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.
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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