It's snowed so little this winter it almost made me forget how much I hate the lack of shoveling, monster plows and salt that results from it. I love snow but this transforms me into a get-off-my-lawn type of guy.
I want to make a drone that lets sprays shaming messages on the lawns of people who plow but can't shovel. Some blog shaming is the least I can do. ;)
My dream is to have an website where you can report/document incidents and property owners could be easily fined by the city. It would go along with a program for disabled/elderly homeowners who couldn't afford a service could find shovelers, who would be paid to shovel by the fines. It'd have easy access to location info of users so shovelees could be matched to shovelers, and for reported properties it could pull county tax records to generate fines based on assessed value and frontage.
More than 24 hours after the heavy snow, Sinatra didn't shovel their Franklin Street slum house, but did plow their parking lot and driveway.
Neither did McGuire development, also on Franklin
Just because a building is for lease doesn't mean you don't have to shovel.
Or Elmwood Village Fabrics, although they also managed to plow their driveway.
Cleve Hill Auto piles their lot's snow on the corner of Main, over the fire hydrant and handicapped ramp.
A plow knocked a North Street light off and drives away.
And the stupid Church of the Ascension manages to drive down the sidewalk, heaving the sandstone - and plows our driveway in.
Also the wind blew one of our dormer windows open and split it at the hinges. ;(
The Como is very popular with native Niagarans, probably because of its stature as an icon in the community. It has always been there, and most of the locals have grown up with it. So they love it automatically. Fortuna's is way better for pasta, and La Hacienda is better for pizza. If you're not in the mood for Italian the next time you're in the Falls, I'd highly recommend checking out the 755 Lounge, pretty much around the corner from the Como. A huge part of the menu is Lebanese, so there are lots of amazing vegetarian options. We had a vegan appetizer platter last weekend that was really good. Their non veggie options are really good too. The fish tacos are really good and their Friday fish fries. The atmosphere is kind of funky, as you'd expect off Pine Ave, but it's pretty cool. And the staff is super friendly and cool. :::link:::
P.S. I only go to that outlet mall when it absolutely cannot be avoided because I desperately need something from it. It's wildly popular with Canadian tourists though.