One of the best ways to get a flavor for a city or region is to sample the cuisine unique to the area. When in Erie, here are a few things you should definitely try: 1. Sponge candy. You can find this sweet treat at any of Erie’s chocolatiers — Romolo’s, Steffanelli’s and Pulakos. Stefanelli’s […]

It’s going to be a scorcher in Erie this week, with the forecast calling for temps in the 90s through the weekend. Here are five good ways to beat the heat in the Erie area: 1. Go jump in the lake. Presque Isle State Park is home to seven miles of sandy beaches. Swimming is […]

Lake Erie is the smallest, shallowest, and warmest of the Great Lakes. It also has the most shipwrecks and sinkings. In fact, it has recorded more sinkings than the Bermuda triangle. This is why Erie, an important shipping port in the early 1800s, is home to three lighthouses – the Presque Isle Lighthouse and the […]

Erie has a vibrant arts and entertainment scene, with several theatres, including the Erie Playhouse, PACA Performing Arts and Theatre, and the Warner Theatre, which is home to the Erie Philharmonic. You’ll find murals all over town and there are several museums, including the Erie Art Museum, the Maritime Museum, the Hagen History Center, and […]

Presque Isle State Park is a bird-lover’s paradise year-round, but never more so than during the spring and fall migration, which last about six and eight weeks, respectively. More than 350 species of bird have been confirmed at PISP in the last 50 years. Last Friday, my daughter and I finally got the chance to […]

My older daughter, Kelly, and I recently went to Key West, Florida, for a week to celebrate her college graduation. One of the biggest attractions in Key West is the nightly Sunset Celebration at Mallory Square. Of course, we went, twice, in fact, and the street performers, shopping, and warm breezes did not disappoint, but […]

There are less than 300 operating drive-in movie theaters left in the United States and one of them — the Sunset Drive In — is in Erie County in nearby Waterford Township at 808 Route 97. The theater operates every weekend from May through September and shows double features of two new-release (in theaters now) […]

On any given day from April 1 through mid-September, you may encounter a long line of backed up traffic on the inside lane of Presque Isle Drive at the entrance to Presque Isle State Park. While the park enjoys more than 4,000,000 visitors each year, the hold-up is not traffic entering the park, it’s motorists […]