Archive | December, 2009

Posted on December 14, 2009. Tags: Cardiff, England, laura marling, Wales
Little different tune today, from England’s Laura Marling. I’m a big fan of her acoustic-y folk tracks and if you have a moment, go and find out more about her. She’s 19. Doesn’t sound it though, right? This summer, I got to spend some time in England and Wales, and had an amazing time. I’d [...]
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Posted on December 14, 2009. Tags: clara ward, extreme makeover angel, Extreme Makeover Home Edition
Watch Erie in the national spotlight
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Posted on December 14, 2009. Tags: clara ward, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Saturday Night Live
Winter weather, national media and home makeovers. Just a typical weekend in Erie.
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Posted on December 13, 2009. Tags: Mighty Mighty Bosstones
I love the holiday season because I get to chill with family and friends. It seems like we all spend so much time running around with our blinders on trying to get work done or the kids to practice or write a daily blog post that we forget to step back and take a breather. [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2009.
Erie, PA sponsoring the PGA in Tiger Woods’ absence? Perhaps.
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Posted on December 13, 2009. Tags: Blues Beaters, Peek'n Peak Resort and Spa
A Christmas of a different color
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Posted on December 12, 2009. Tags: matt pond pa, snow day
Quick – what are the two most magical words any child can hear during winter? Snow man? No. Snow day. There’s nothing more exciting than knowing that you don’t have to go to school that day and you can spend it sledding, throwing snowballs or even sleeping. We used to all meet up at a [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2009.
Frosty loves ska. Seriously, he does. [wpaudio url="http://media.erieblogs.com.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2009/12/67_unleaded_plus_frosty_the_snowman.mp3" text="Unleaded Plus: Frosty the Snowman" dl=0]
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Posted on December 11, 2009.
I think it’s finally winter.
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Posted on December 10, 2009.
“Last Christmas” by Wham! is a song that’s been out for 25 years now, and covered by many artists over the years. I still like the original the best.
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Posted on December 09, 2009.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
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Posted on December 09, 2009.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year in NYC!
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Posted on December 09, 2009.
My favorite holiday song to sing in church was always “O Come All Ye Faithful”.
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Posted on December 09, 2009. Tags: Armstrong Cable, Erie BayHawks, Kenneth Toglia, Office of Children and Youth Services, the Dog
Bank robberies. Bayhawks. Blood Bank. Busted pipes. Mario & Luigi = stunned.
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Posted on December 08, 2009. Tags: Erie BayHawks
Donations = free tickets.
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Posted on December 08, 2009.
The holidays just aren’t complete at my house without listening to A Christmas Together with John Denver and the Muppets.
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Posted on December 07, 2009. Tags: John Huegel, photography
Slices of life through a gifted photographer’s lens.
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Posted on December 07, 2009.
Today’s holiday tune has to do with what happens a week after Christmas.
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Posted on December 06, 2009. Tags: American Red Cross, Flagship Niagara, snow, Wesley Heerssen
Whole lotta stunnin’ going on.
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Posted on December 06, 2009.
Today’s holiday music selection is from my very favorite Christmas special–A Charlie Brown Christmas
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Posted on December 05, 2009.
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Posted on December 05, 2009. Tags: Berwyn Moore, Erie County, Gannon University
Are you a poet (and not know it?) Share your works for this interesting project.
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Posted on December 04, 2009.
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Posted on December 04, 2009.
Rivalries are hard to form in the D-League, but one may be forming between the BayHawks and the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.
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Posted on December 04, 2009. Tags: Emergycare, GE Transportation, Stat MedEvac
We live in Erie, right? Shouldn’t we be waist deep in the white stuff right about now?
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Posted on December 03, 2009. Tags: Coldplay
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Posted on December 03, 2009. Tags: Allegheny College, Erie Playhouse, Gannon University, Penn State Behrend
Dreaming of a White Christmas?
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Posted on December 02, 2009. Tags: Run DMC
We’re starting to get into the holiday spirit now!
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