Back from the Falls

Two nights and almost two days in Niagara Falls (aka "mini-me Las Vegas") flew by so quickly that I barely had time to blink. My D. golfed in a friendly tournament at the Legends course. Mulligan and I went along for the ride to NF, in order to spend the last couple days of vacay with our dude, and to avoid worrying about him driving on the highway after a full-day of golfing (two rounds). This was our first time with the dog in a hotel, so we booked a pet-friendly place: Best Western Fallsview. For an extra $25 per night, which included kennelling if you're out for the day visiting the Niagara attractions, they give you a treat bag on arrival and many smiles for your family pet. I put the dog in the kennel for a half-hour on Saturday morning so that I could go get something to eat, and she seemed even perkier when I picked her up! Mulligan is a champion traveller, and except for the occasional BOOF! when peeplz in the hall were making noizes, she was perfect.
We ate Antica Pizzeria pizza on Friday, recommended by a friend, and it was delicious! A+ for sure. I had their signature Antica Pizza, with onions and sauce and parmesan cheese (no mozzarella), and I think that might be my new favourite topping combo. Friday was so unbearably hot + high humidity that my brain started to melt, and I turned into cranky-monster with swirling eyes who frightens my D. He said, "Oh, I remember where I saw this version of you before: when we were in Mexico!" We booked a trip to Mexico in September, the tail-end BUT not the end of hurricane season (H-Ivan swamped our beach for a whole day), and we went to the tropical rainforest part of Mexico in SUMMER, not bright am I? I spent the first two days prostrate on the bed from the humidity, and the rest of the week I only ventured out after noon, and always had to stay in the shade, or MY BRAIN WOULD MELT. I inherited this condition from my mother: unable to stand high-humidity plus heat is a genetic defect apparently. Note to self, always book desert vacations if you want to travel in the summer months.
Back in the air-conditioned Niagara Falls hotel room, I was less of a grizzly bear, but I was content to rent a movie on the tv so we stayed in and watched "Hot Tub Time Machine." Except for the soundtrack, don't bother; oooh, and parts of it are really really gross! That guy from the story in the link to the grizzly bear attack certainly has the right to HATE that mo-fo bear, but he doesn't ... maybe I could print out this article and show it to my D. when I have one of my g-bear, brain-melting attacks, and he won't "bear" a grudge against me, like that scientist, who must have a brain disorder to HATE NOT that mo-fo bear!

We walked down the steep hill to the Falls, and luckily the dog pulled me all the way back up because she thought she heard an animal squeaking behind the wall lining the sidewalk. The Falls are beautiful at night, but so think thousands of other people: it was busy for fireworks night, which meant we left before the booming started (goggie is very scared of fireworks!). The mist columned up twice as high as the Falls that night too, which meant we couldn't really see much of the Canadian side.
Saturday I lazed around = heaven! Read a new book (more on that later), napped, walked goggie three times, ate bacon, watched trash tv; it was bliss. That night, we got Thai Express takeout, and if you haven't had it yet, you are seriously deprived! I recommend their food, especially the green curry. The nearest location for local-bros is Lime Ridge Mall: worth the trip!
This morning, Sunday, we came home early, and now I'm blogging. Almost two days without my computer didn't kill me, but now I've been on it for two hours ... catching up I guess. Thanks to Lady Buttons for including me on her list of fav blogs -- yours is my absolute fav, Lady B.!