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Contributors december ‘16 “You can’t get too much winter in the winter.” - Robert Frost ABBY BADACH catches up with the clever team at Erie Arts & Culture to discuss what’s coming next in the Art & Industry Artist Residency Project in Erie. Badach is a senior marketing communications specialist at Erie Insurance. page 32 JOHNNY JOHNSON announces that Dec. 2 is Harry T. Burleigh’s sesquicentennial birthday. Johnson is a retired teacher, author and advocate for Erie’s African-American community. page 35 KAREN BEARSDLEY gives readers some last-minute tips on how to deck the halls and more. Beardsley is the manager of media relations at UPMC. page 14 PAM PARKER shares memories from Lake Erie LifeStyle’s December, 2007 issue, compiles winter weekend recommendations and visits a 1950s ranch that was completely renovated. Parker is the editor of Lake Erie LifeStyle, Her Times and House to Home. pages 12, 24, 30 TRILL DREISTADT invites everyone to embrace winter, and she offers plenty of suggestions on how to do it well. Dreistadt is a retired English and journalism teacher with 38 years of experience. She is currently a freelance writer and copy editor. page 20 Coming in January 2017: Brides share their experiences about what works and what to avoid in preparing for your wedding. 10 | L A K E E R I E L I F E S T Y L E / / w w w . l a k e e r i e l i f e s t y l e . c o m STEVE ORBANEK rings in the holidays with some of his favorite beers and news of what’s happening on the beer and wine scene in the region. page 26 STACEY WITTIG visits a Louisiana town where French and Spanish history meet in architecture, food and holiday celebrations. Wittig is a travel writer who lives in Flagstaff, Arizona. page 38