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March 3rd, 2007

  1. Niagara Falls

    March 3, 2007 by Gail

    Niagara Falls Niagara Falls
    Niagara Falls Niagara Falls

    On the Canadian side.

    I found a great vantage point on the top parking level of the Fallsview Casino. I got myself a player’s card just to get free parking and the other freebies. I haven’t spent a penny in the casino, and my friend is playing the tables so our meals are free. I love that word free!

    There’s a whole story about how my hotel room card probably ended up going over the falls this afternoon because the wind caught it while I was taking pictures along the Niagara Falls Parkway, sending it sliding down the embankment… and into the river… but I’ll save it for after dinner. Because I’m hungry!

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  2. Let the Chips Fall Where They May

    March 3, 2007 by Gail

    Lakeview Falls Casino
    Lakeview Falls Casino Lakeview Falls Casino

    Fallsview Casino, March 2

    I couldn’t take photos inside the casino, but here are some exterior pics. Casinos are such WACKY places — ’tis a crying shame I can’t snapshoot the slice of humanity inside. It’s a goldmine for people-watching… no wait, a DIAMOND mine. But it’s almost 4 o’clock in the morning, so I’ll prattle on about it later, after a top-grade snooze.

    [UPDATE: After catching up on this week's deficit of sleep, I corrected the name of the casino to Fallsview instead of the bewildering name of Lakeview Falls! What was I thinking? I must've been delirious. No, I hadn't anything to drink. But we went to bed at 5am.]

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  3. Is Winter Over Yet?

    March 3, 2007 by Gail

    bench island

    Well, the storm that blew through Toronto did so with a vengeance on Thursday night, its fierce winds downing trees and power lines, wreaking havoc all over southern Ontario and dumping 30cm of snow on Montréal. That’s one advantage for me by living in the downtown grid: I don’t have to worry about losing power. All I got was a tiny blip that reset the stove clock, but luckily it wasn’t enough to take out my alarm clock because for me to wake up naturally in the morning is like asking for a rain shower in Phoenix. It ain’t gonna happen, just truck in the rain machines.

    Today, by comparison, was warm and most of the snow that descended upon us had melted by morning rush hour and evaporated in the course of the day.

    Hey, Daylight Savings Time is this next weekend. It feels insanely early, doesn’t it? Mother Nature needs to take note and send the memo to the weather gods that Spring’s appointment was moved forward!

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