by Mark Kawabe | Mar 6, 2025 | All Blog Posts
I am part of BNI Champagne, a business networking group that meets in St. Catharines. It’s a very structured networking system which is probably why BNI is the world’s largest networking organization of its kind. Members take turns running the chapter. My...
by Mark Kawabe | Feb 17, 2025 | All Blog Posts
If you’re thinking “what the heck is Feldenkrais?”, you’re probably not alone. I’d heard of it many years ago but didn’t know much about it. I’ve known that it was available locally for perhaps a decade, but many years later,...
by Mark Kawabe | Sep 15, 2024 | All Blog Posts
Fit Collective Studio is a local health and fitness facility that provides services to those looking to improve their overall health, wellness, and well-being through fitness, connection, community, and hard work. In 2023, the Fit Collective Foundation was created, a...
by Mark Kawabe | Aug 21, 2024 | All Blog Posts
Don’t you just hate a good idea that you just can’t get out of your head? Sometimes, that’s a good thing, I think. It’s probably the main reason The Niagara Guide is still here, while most other online directories in Niagara have gone by the...
by Mark Kawabe | Aug 10, 2024 | All Blog Posts
Some astute readers will have noted the site’s been down for a few days. We’re back tonight. What happened? Some technical problems, exacerbated by an attack on the site. A DDoS attack, I’m told. I have a difficult time understanding why someone...
by Mark Kawabe | May 1, 2024 | All Blog Posts
On the outside looking in, there doesn’t seem to have been much going on with The Niagara Guide. That’s fairly accurate, in some ways. This website has been around for a long time. My interests have evolved, so this is no longer the focus of my work life....
by Mark Kawabe | Jan 3, 2022 | All Blog Posts
Welcome to 2022! Now that the holidays are over and we’re getting back to the reality of our world, stress levels are sure to start inching up. Keep stress at bay with an amazing aromatherapy massage and reflexology treatment from Lori at Shine Holistic! Helping...
by Mark Kawabe | Jan 1, 2022 | All Blog Posts
Here’s hoping for a better year for us all. The majority of us have never been through a pandemic before and the past couple of years have been tough. Hopefully we will be able to resume more normal lives. But then, what? What will you do, once the...
by Mark Kawabe | Feb 21, 2021 | All Blog Posts
When I was a kid and someone we knew died, shortly after receiving the news mom would head to the kitchen. She’d make a meal of some sort for the family who’d suffered the loss. It would usually be something that could be frozen, like a casserole or...
by Mark Kawabe | Feb 3, 2021 | All Blog Posts
A well-defined enemy is one of the best things you can hope for in life. You need a good enemy to bring out your best. Without one, you’ll live a more comfortable but more mediocre life. What’s an enemy? Someone or something that poses a threat to you,...
