It’s that time of year—the END of 2011! I’ve been working hard selecting my FAVORITE captures from 2011! Some categories include: Favorite first dance Favorite mother/son dance Favorite father/daughter dance Favorite garter removal Favorite bouquet toss Favorite wedding dress Favorite … Continue reading →

Gerald Green will make his debut with the Los Angeles D-Fenders in tonight’s D-League game against the Erie BayHawks at 7 at Tullio Arena. The 2007 NBA Slam Dunk Champion was waived by the Los Angeles Lakers in training camp this month, but joined the D-Fenders through the D-League’s allocation rule which allows D-League teams [...]

Caught a commercial the other night for Country Fair stores offering 10 cents off per gallon of gasoline if you use one of their Citgo gift cards. The savings is typically half that. The dime per gallon is a “limited time offer,” according to the chain’s website at www.countryfairstores.com. It doesn’t say how long the [...]

Steve Madden wedge bootiesSocks from Marshalls Leopard pants from PacSunSweater from New York & CompanyOld Navy button down shirt Hat from Body CentralNecklace from Clothes MentorENTIRE OUTFIT: $119I’m loving my new pants and floppy hat! Two gif…

The glassware has been packed and re-packed. The mail forwarded for the umpteenth time. And the motherload of our personal library has found a new home. Again. And it the winner of the Our-New-Home-Lottery is??? Baltimore! Or, Bawlmore, Bawlmer, Ballimore, B’more, or Body-More, if you please. The land of John Waters, Edgar Allen Poe, National Bohemian [...]

Not really local, but too good to pass up. Beaver Borough near Pittsburgh had placed restrictions on who can sled down the hills there. I’m pretty sure it’s not legal under the US Constitution, so it should be interesting to see how this plays out…

Her works have come home for the holidays. And art critic Luke Gehring stopped by the Geary’s Studio 7 Gallery to review the exhibit.
Topic Categories: 
Arts & Culture
read more

Her works have come home for the holidays. And art critic Luke Gehring stopped by the Geary’s Studio 7 Gallery to review the exhibit.
Topic Categories: 
Arts & Culture
read more

This Christmas was by far the best I’ve ever celebrated in my entire adult-life. Everything was just perfect. I was able to spend time with everyone I love, and our visits were full of happiness and laughter. I really couldn’t have asked for more; for the first time in years, I really felt the Christmas spirit. [...]

Hello my blogging friends.  How is your week going?  Mine is wonderful.  Just wanted to show you a card I made for my friend.  Her birthday is in the beginning of December so I thought I would use the Damask Snowflake die from Pa…

Match Notes – Grand Canyon Duals

Match Notes – Grand Canyon Duals

Erie is full of talented musicians. Greats bands, singer-songwriters, and creative minds engendering emotion and awareness through the prism of music in order to fulfill an inborn need to release their inner souls. The music is entwined in the fabric …

Erie is full of talented musicians. Greats bands, singer-songwriters, and creative minds engendering emotion and awareness through the prism of music in order to fulfill an inborn need to release their inner souls. The music is entwined in the fabric …

2011 offered up some great music. Alex Bieler reviews the ten best albums of the year.
Topic Categories: 
Music
read more

2011 offered up some great music. Alex Bieler reviews the ten best albums of the year.
Topic Categories: 
Music
read more

My son will be moving to Florida this weekend, and I am a basket case. I am happy for him and so proud, but I am deep into worry that only a mom or dad can experience. I worry about him driving there — the roads, the weather. I worry about palmetto bugs. I worry [...]

ERIE, Pa.- The Mercyhurst women’s basketball team hosts Notre Dame College Friday, December 30, at 5:30 p.m. It marks the final non-conference game of the season for the Lakers.

ERIE, Pa.- The Mercyhurst women’s basketball team hosts Notre Dame College Friday, December 30, at 5:30 p.m. It marks the final non-conference game of the season for the Lakers.

I’m not going to say much about Gannon’s 94-62 annihilation of Malone in the opening round of the Porreco Cup because we’ll have plenty of time to talk after the championship game vs. Seton Hill. Also I don’t want to jinx the Knights by gushing about t…

Everyone wants to lose weight, eat healthier and exercise more, but…chances are, if you’re reading this blog, you probably already mastered those. Here, then, are 5 resolution suggestions for runners: 1. Wear more reflective gear AND run defensively. In case you haven’t seen the news there have been a series of horrific pedestrian vs. car [...]

Have your ever heard of Good Riddance Day? I never have. Until we spent this week in New York City and my husband read about it in the Daily News. It was yesterday, Dec. 28. I apologize I didn’t know about it in time for you to participate, even in absentia, but I believe holidays [...]

Dale Snyder, 50, of Franklin Township, shot a non-typical 10-point Dec. 3. The deer had a 23½-inch antler spread.

Yesterday, I shared one of the Worldwatch Institute’s simple steps for going green in 2012. Here’s another one that can help save the environment and also money for you, particularly if you like salad: Grow your own lettuce. Lettuce seeds are cheap, according to the e-mail I received from the Worldwatch Institute. When planted in [...]

Check out the latest update on Kristen Cameron, the former assistant coach with the Mercyhurst College women’s hockey team.  

OSHAWA, Ontario – The Erie Otters are nearly healthy for the first time this season. Except for forwards Connor Crisp (shoulder) and Sondre Olden (reported minor injury), the Otters were at full strength for Wednesday night’s game against Oshawa at General Motors Centre. But that didn’t keep the Otters from falling 4-1 to the Generals [...]

From Yourerie.com…

Meadville Police drove to Erie this morning and arrested Edward G Herrick for the DUI crash that killed a woman on the Smock Highway Bridge in October.

Herrick had been hospitalized and in rehabilitation since the October 29 cras…

Pittsburgh Did not participate: LB James Harrison (neck), G Doug Legursky (shoulder), RB Mewelde Moore (knee), S Troy Polamalu (knee) Limited participation: WR Mike Wallace (ankle), LB LaMarr Woodley (hamstring) Full participation: LB Chris Carter (hamstring), C Maurkice Pouncey (ankle), QB Ben Roethlisberger (ankle), WR Emmanuel Sanders (foot) Cleveland Did not participate: QB Colt McCoy [...]

Just a heads up to the mobility impaired crowd, Cata bus service and shared ride services will stop at 5 pm New Years Eve. No service on Sunday January 1. Normal bus routes and schedules will resume Monday morning, January 2.

Building the Ravine Flyer, 2007.