u/Cubensis_93

Greetings all!

My (33M) wife (28F) and I will be traveling to Niagara falls for the 4th of July weekend (via motorcycle from Cleveland, OH). We will be staying stateside, but do have our passports and plan on going over into Canada for a day.

The only thing we have planned is to do the jet boat ride on the 4th. Looking for some local recommendations for live music, brunch, hidden gems? We are not big drinkers, but we do enjoy some good wine. Really hoping to find a couple of gems and somewhere to have some fun Saturday night.

Thanks!

LOCATION: CLEVELAND, OH.

Try and make this a long story short.

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My motorcycle broke down only 2 years ago while I was out for a cruise. Reached out to a couple of shops and decided to send it to a Polaris dealership. Was given a 6-week turnaround time that somehow turned into 5 months. I rode the bike home and the next day it snowed. Did not get to ride again until the spring of 2025. Within 300 mi the bike began to develop a knock. Instantly reached out to the dealership. Explain the situation and was told that I should bring it back. No charge for diagnostics and that it would be a priority. It sat around the shop for weeks before anybody looked at it. After discussing the options with the shop we decided to go ahead and do the work on both front and rear cylinders (it is very time consuming to pull the motor out of this bike). Was given a 6-week turnaround.

For the next 6 months I was given the runaround about damaged parts (damaged by them), The timeline kept shifting, just excuse after excuse. They reached out to me in November of 2025 and told me the bike was done. They sent me an invoice and I realized after reading the invoice that they only did half the work they said they were going to. Giant debacle ensued and they had to pull the motor out of the bike again. February of 26 I reach out to them, only to find out that somehow the bike had been damaged cosmetically and now they had to repaint part of it. No explanation on how.

They finally get the bike delivered to me March of 2026. It sits in my garage for about a week before. I have the ability to start it. When I do, the bike is blowing white smoke. A lot of it. It sounds like it's going to send a rod through the top of the motor. The wiring is a disaster. I decide to pull the tank off the bike and found a ton of other problems. Broken wiring, harness, dog food in the intake, a bunch of cosmetic damage, loose battery connection (brand new battery installed but only finger tight), missing hardware, grounding strap disconnected. You name it. It's happened.. I reached out to the shop and explained in detail all the damage that was on the bike. Both cosmetically and mechanically. All the missing parts. Everything. They refunded me my money. But it doesn't begin to cover what the repairs cosmetically are going to be for the bike. Not to mention the mechanical issues that it is still having .I bought and replaced all of the missing parts, and now, about 500 mi into having my bike back. It's leaking oil out of the top end of the motor, still blowing smoke, and still knocking (not as bad). I do not want to take my bike back to the shop. Cuz I know I will not see it again for another 2 years. What are my options here?

I have all the phone records of calls. I've documented everything. Every correspondence every email every anything to do with that shop and the bike.

Can anyone give me genuine legal advice?

What's up Reddit!

So, long story short. My wife (28F) is going to go on a little solo trip at the end of July. I (33M) encouraged her to do this because she works from home and doesn't get out crazy often unless she's with me. I'm really excited that she's going.

With that being said, I have a long weekend all to myself with no plans and no idea what to do.

She's going to be rolling out of town on Tuesday, July 28th. I would like to meet some people to maybe show me parts of the city that I haven't seen before. Or any recommendations for something to do downtown. I've been looking for concerts or events for that particular week/end, and it doesn't seem like there's a lot going on.

I'm not a huge partier. I can sip a cocktail and enjoy some wine. Haven't been a huge sports guy for quite some time. Ideally I would like something stimulating. Open to meeting some people and playing board games at a bar if people do that? Or if there's a lounge? I really have no idea. But I want to try something new and I figured Reddit would be the best place to figure that out. Any advice or open invitation would be much appreciated.

Camping on CrossFork Creek. Hoping to do some fishing. Looks like the water will be really low without any rain.. any suggestions on alternative water or activities?

So here's a question, my wife and I enjoy fine dining. We love going out and getting the Royal treatment where napkins are placed on our laps. Our wine glass is always full. We get multiple coursed meals and wine pairings to boot.

When we go out to a nice dinner like that, we always tip at least 30%. Keep in mind some of these bills can be upwards of $1,000 or more ($2000 Michelin style dinners). It's a fantastic experience.

We also frequent a couple of local pubs by the house. The staff is incredibly friendly to us, they remember us by name. We rarely have to order our drinks. They also receive 30 plus percent on every tab. They take care of us. And we want them to be there when we show up. So we always try to take care of them the best we can.

But I'm curious how I can justify tipping someone $50 versus $20 just because the cost of the food is higher?

Prime example. When we go out for a seafood boil. Our server comes to our table generally 4 times the entire meal. Takes a drink/food order, brings us the drinks, brings us the food, then the check obviously.

However, since we enjoy seafood. Specifically king crab. Which is $80 a pound right now? We have to tip more even though there was absolutely no extra effort compared to if we had just ordered shrimp?

It makes absolutely zero sense. What's the difference between someone bringing me a burger and someone bringing me a 40 oz porterhouse? Absolutely nothing changes. Nothing. The only thing that changes is the expectation that they are going to receive a higher tip because I spent more money on my meal.

Make it make sense.