Archive | December, 2009

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 14

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 14

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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Watch Erie’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Watch Erie’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Watch Erie in the national spotlight

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Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Monday, December 14, 2009

Winter weather, national media and home makeovers. Just a typical weekend in Erie.

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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 13

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 13

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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SNL pokes fun at our fair city

SNL pokes fun at our fair city

Erie, PA sponsoring the PGA in Tiger Woods’ absence? Perhaps.

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Youtube Video of the Week: Blue Christmas

Youtube Video of the Week: Blue Christmas

A Christmas of a different color

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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 12

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 12

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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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 11

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 11

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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Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Friday, December 11, 2009

I think it’s finally winter.

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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 10

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 10

“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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Erie, Pa News, Sports and Events for Thursday, December 10, 2009

Erie, Pa News, Sports and Events for Thursday, December 10, 2009

Stormy Weather

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Grasshoppers, Squirrels, and Mary

Grasshoppers, Squirrels, and Mary

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)

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Christmas in the City

Christmas in the City

It’s the most wonderful time of the year in NYC!

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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 9

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 9

My favorite holiday song to sing in church was always “O Come All Ye Faithful”.

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Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Bank robberies. Bayhawks. Blood Bank. Busted pipes. Mario & Luigi = stunned.

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BayHawks Give Helping Hand To Red Cross

BayHawks Give Helping Hand To Red Cross

Donations = free tickets.

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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 8

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 8

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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Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Have you seen a red balloon?

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ErieBlogs Post of the Week: John Huegel Photography

ErieBlogs Post of the Week: John Huegel Photography

Slices of life through a gifted photographer’s lens.

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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 7

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 7

Today’s holiday tune has to do with what happens a week after Christmas.

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Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Monday, December 7, 2009

Whole lotta stunnin’ going on.

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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 6

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 6

Today’s holiday music selection is from my very favorite Christmas special–A Charlie Brown Christmas

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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 5

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 5

Woof Woof Woof

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Poet Laureate Accepting Poems and Artwork for Project

Poet Laureate Accepting Poems and Artwork for Project

Are you a poet (and not know it?) Share your works for this interesting project.

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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 4

Let’s jazz it up!

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Warming Up to the Idea of a Rivalry

Warming Up to the Idea of a Rivalry

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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Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Friday, December 4, 2009

We live in Erie, right? Shouldn’t we be waist deep in the white stuff right about now?

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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 3

One of my favorites

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Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Thursday, December 3, 2009

Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Thursday, December 3, 2009

Dreaming of a White Christmas?

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25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 2

25 Days of Holiday Music: Day 2

We’re starting to get into the holiday spirit now!

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