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Happy 20th Birthday to Erie’s Intermodal Transportation Center in 2022: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on February 7, 2022 by xtinethewriter

In 2002 the port city of Erie, PA changed the face of local transportation with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of a shiny new transportation hub on its popular bayfront at the Holland Street Pier. The facility came … Continue reading →

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The Beautiful Elinor Dunn was personal maid to movie director Cecil B. Demille’s wife: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on January 25, 2022 by xtinethewriter

Restored this photo of my lovely maternal Grandmother Elinor (Santi) Dunn. In doing so I realize she is wearing a white carnation, pearls, furs and white flowers in her hatpiece. Might this have been her wedding day? From what I … Continue reading →

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Little Italy Erie, PA ~ Grandma survived the Great Depression and continued to live that way into the 1980s: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on January 25, 2022 by xtinethewriter

Even though it was 1980s, Grandma Augustina (Sunseri) Frazzini on W. 18th lived as though the great Depression was still going on. Her electric bill was about $5 a month because her house remained unlit after dark, and she bought a … Continue reading →

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Dig this crazy list of 51 super groovy catch phrases and slang of the 1960s/Psychedelic Era: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on January 15, 2022 by xtinethewriter

It’s 1968 and here’s how we talk in everyday life if we’re part of the hip crowd: 1. Don’t blow your stack. 2. Don’t blow your top. 3. Don’t lose your cool. 4. Level with me. 5. She’s a living … Continue reading →

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See this 1923 view of downtown Erie, PA: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on December 17, 2021 by xtinethewriter

Catch a glimpse of downtown Erie, PA in 1923 when the trolleys were running. Continue reading →

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Watch and Hear the Psyclones perform “Twilight” by U2 at Sherlock’s in Erie, PA 1981

Posted on December 5, 2021 by xtinethewriter
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Before The Computer Age … your band’s literature was either hand-written or typed, or both like this one. Here’s our 90% original songlist program from Rainbow Gardens, in a 1985 “Battle of the Bands” featuring Generic Beat, Thrilling Detective and Ventura. Dan Smith/Danny White leapt from the ceiling down to the floor in the opening song and startled everyone because nobody knew he was there. I also have a scar on my ankle from that show when Dan struck a cowbell with all his strength as I kicked upward and took out a chunk of skin. ha ha. Of course we didn’t stop playing… Those were the days…

Posted on November 28, 2021 by xtinethewriter

Pictured from left: Mark Emhoff, Xtine (aka Christine Lorraine Morgan), Roger Prehoda and Dan Smith aka Danny White. Check out the awesome Generic Beat videos posted on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/ChristineLorraine/search?query=generic%20beat

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Please enjoy 55 seconds of Lake Erie waves crashing

Posted on October 27, 2021 by xtinethewriter
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Anthology of bad Jokes: Christine’s Chronicles

Posted on October 7, 2021 by xtinethewriter

Yes, I’ve been told to stick to the facts, m’am, when writing. However, occasionally a “joke” rears its not-too-funny head in my brain, and this sort of nonsense erupts because of it. p.s. If any of these jokes gives you … Continue reading →

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Wondering what to do with your hand weights? Here’s the Answer! Catch the moves here in Weight Workout Woman’s 12-minute routine

Posted on September 18, 2021 by xtinethewriter
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