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Month: March 2010
Things To Do- Gloucester Pride Stride April 25,2010
The Pride Stride will be entering it’s 23rd year this coming April 25th.
Dennis Acker writes in-
Good morning,
We are hoping to be listed with the Upcoming Events on your site. The 23rd Annual Pride Stride Walk is Sunday April 25, 2010 at Stage Fort Park. We are encouraging Cape Ann Non-Profits to register and recruit walkers to help raise money for their Non-Profit.
Thank you
The Gloucester Pride Stride Board of Directors
Here’s a link to The Pride Stride Website for more details on how you can get involved
From the website-
The 23rd Annual Gloucester Pride Stride Walk will begin at noon on Sunday April 25, 2010 at Stage Fort Park. The 5 mile walk will start and finish at Stage Fort Park, while enjoying scenic views of the Boulevard, Rogers Street, State Fish Pier, Main Street, Boulevard. We look forward to your participation on behalf of your favorite Cape Ann Non-Profit. We will begin collecting pledges at 10:00AM in the Visitor Center. If you are unable to join us on the 25th, you can still collect pledges for your Cape Ann Non-Profit and bring them to Becky Sumner at The First National Bank of Ipswich in the Walgreens Plaza, mail them to us, or a donation may be made to the Gloucester Pride Stride Committee to help defray the costs of the annual walk.
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Heather Atwood and Lenny Linquata Tape The 100th Episode Of The Gloucester Daily Times Taste of The Times
Last night The Gloucester Daily Times held it’s 100th taping of it’s Taste of The Times Food Show at Cruiseport Gloucester. My buddy and new GMG contributor Joe Langhan asked me to go and I didn’t know if I would be able to make it but my sister Felicia was going to be there and things just happened to fall into place to allow me to make it. I expected there to be about 30-40 people there but when I pulled up there was a capacity crowd of about 250.
It was a great night for several reasons- I got to meet a lot of the people from the Times that I email with often but never had met face to face along with many friends and fans of the blog that I’d never met in person. There was a ton of food there. I mean a TON but even though I hadn’t eaten beforehand I only sampled a few excellent pieces of sushi from Lat 43 and a small cup of the new Folly Cove rum from Ryan and Wood Distillery. I was starving but meeting new people will always trump hunger. Making friends to me is what life is all about.
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Gloucester Zen- More Clips From The Back Shore After The Storm
For smoothest playback pause video and let the red line fill along the bottom before resuming play.
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Friday Night! East Gloucester Elementary Auction For The Arts
This is not to be missed. there are many fantastic prizes to be had.
Now if you click on the Upcoming events tab at the top of the blog you will be able to access the GMG Community Calendar in which you will find all the details about the event. If you have a community event coming up, don’t hesitate to contact us so we can add it and share it.
East Gloucester Elementary Auction For The Arts, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Nordstrom Cafe Bistro
Every time we go to Nordstrom Cafe Bistro we have an outstanding experience. There’s hardly ever anyone in there which must be due to its tucked away location but it is fantastic in every detail. The service is always great, the food tasty, fresh and prepared perfectly and the prices are reasonable. Last night our server John was super kind and efficient and that has been my experience with each and every one of the staff here. I know it isn’t all that trendy to recommend a place that is a chain of sorts but this food and service and room are worth a visit. I promise you will not be disappointed.
To view the slide show click here
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Ken Duckworth Prepares Line Caught Gloucester Cod on Taste of the Times
Ken explains that he does not just cook, he composes a meal based on contrasting flavors in order to fully engage your taste buds. Whenever possible he also uses ingredients that are from local waters and farms. In this recipe he utilizes a line caught cod from a Gloucester fisherman and makes a celery root puree similar to mashed potatoes.”]<a href=”http://food.gloucestertimes.com/?
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Soft morning light
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Things To Do- The Rotary’s An Evening To Remember Event
From Ruth Pino-
There’s still time to get tickets to Evening to Remember.
The Rotary Club of Gloucester presents “An Evening to Remember” starring, in concert, local legends Linda Amero, Vito Calomo and Tony Verga, with piano accompaniment by Ferdinando Argenti, plus the Big Band Music of the Gloucester High School Docksiders.
Proceeds from the event will be shared with the Docksiders for their upcoming trip to Hawaii and be used to fund other Rotary Programs. The Club continues to maintain the Stage Fort Park Playground and Bandstand as well as fund several scholarships at Gloucester High School, purchases books annually for the Sawyer Free Children’s’ Library and makes donations to several community organizations.
Hosted by Cruiseport Gloucester, the event takes place on March 25, 2010 and the doors will open at 6:30 pm. Show begins at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $25 and are available from Ruth Pino at 978-865-1232 or at the Chamber of Commerce at 33 Commercial Street in Gloucester.
Please consider attending this wonderful event. The Rotary Club of Gloucester has a proud history of funding community projects and this fundraiser will help us to continue those good works
Thngs To Do- An Evening To Remember- Concert, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Criticism, Can YOU Take It?!
From Debbie Clarke;
Criticism can be a scarey thing for an artist to take, yet this is the way we learn our trade, our craft.
Just a few days ago an artist friend responded to the demonstrations that appeared here on GMG. “What bothers me,” she said, “is the Sharpie.” I laughed and said: “The erased sharpie?” she said “no, leaving the sharpie, it is not permanent.” I smiled and said: “Oh, that. it doesn’t bother me. if the sharpie pigment detaches, so what? I don’t care if it is permanent. (is anything ever permanent? no. truly, truly archival? no. why? time. change. impermanence says the buddha.)
“No statue has ever been put up to a critic.”
Jean Sibelius, composer
He got his fare share of criticism, yet the Finns put up a monument to his musical genius! and now they critique the sculpture, some even call it ugly!
Read Debbie’s Additional Thoughts on Art Criticism by clicking the link Below;
http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/2010/03/art-criticism.html
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Another sign of Spring
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Snoop Maddie Mad Eats Bread That Is Supposed To Be Fed To The Geese
Well I got home from work relatively early the other day and when I popped in the door Snoop Maddie Mad ran up to me as she usually does (unless she is distracted by a riveting episode of Dora the Explorer) and asked if we could go feed the geese in the back yard. “Of course” I proclaimed and off we went with a bag of bread that I thought the Mrs pulled out of the pantry.
Well come to find out it was weeks old bread that her uncle gets free to feed the ducks and geese. I didn’t see any mold on it and it didn’t seem to bother her as she was tearing right through that bread I tell ya.
Oh yeah, parent of the year award, here I come!
Snoop Maddie Mad Eats The Bread That is Supposed To Be Fed To The Geese, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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East Gloucester Elementary School Auction Friday Night
I donated breakfast with me and on me at Sailor Stan’s as an auction item (I know, not that exciting, right?)
Come on out and bid it’s sure to be a great night and how can you beat it when you have the food being done by Duckworth Beach Gourmet?
from Marty Del Vecchio via Cape Ann Online-
The East Gloucester Elementary PTO is holding an “Auction for the Arts” on Friday, March 26th at 7:00p, at Cruiseport in Gloucester.
East Gloucester is lucky to have Ed Touchette, a truly wonderful art teacher. He is unlucky enough to have no dedicated art room, and to get by on less than $3 per student per year. The proceeds from this auction will help in both regards.
The evening will feature appetizers provided by Duckworth Beach Gourmet, a cash bar, and dance music by Wheelhouse. Bidding for silent auction items will commence immediately, with select items presented in a live auction at approximately 8:00p.
Please check our blog for page at http://egscharityauction.blogspot.com/ for more details.
Here’s one of the featured items-
Vintage School Chairs Decorated By Each Classroom
Also here is a list of other items up for Auction
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Chamber of Commerce Home and Garden Preview With Ed Collard
Ed Collard gives GMG viewers the inside skinny on what they can expect to see at this weekend’s Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Home and Garden Show-
Ed says “If you live in a home there’s something for you there”
http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com
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Rainy Evening on GHB
Took Coconut for a nice cold walk in the rain and found this interesting fort that someone made
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An immigrant boy makes Gloucester his home again
March 23rd 1954, this immigrant boy arrived in Gloucester, and made it his home.
Fourteen years later he crossed the bridge and created a new life. Forty Years later he returned to make Gloucester his home again. His parents made many sacrifices to allow him that choice, just like many parents in Gloucester’s history did for their children.
On this anniversary of our arrival, thank you Mom and Dad (Anibal and Adelina Simoes)
This story has been repeated many times, and I would love to hear more in the comments.
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The Bean’s Buoy from The Lobster Trap Tree
Thanks to David and Dawn from Art Haven
here’s the buoy that The Bean painted for the Lobster Trap Tree back in December. She’s a beaut ain’t she?
picture taken by The Bean also
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Learn to Crochet with Leslie Wind!
Learn to Crochet with Leslie Wind!
Basic Crochet with Not So Basic Results
Using the simplest of crochet stitches and odds and ends of yarn it is possible to
see results worthy of gift giving in an evening!
Come Join Local Artist Leslie Wind as she will run a 2 hour workshop for all levels of crochet.
Instructor: Leslie Wind
March 31st
10:00AM-12:00PM
Ages 16 & Up
Fee: Member $15
Community: $22
Pre Registration is recommended
Katy Milne | Youth & Sports Director
Cape Ann YMCA
71 Middle Street | Gloucester, MA 01930
(M) 978-283-0470 978-283-0470 ext. 1714 | (F) 978-283-3114
milnek@northshoreymca.org | www.northshoreymca.org
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Freezer Down The Dock With More Stickas
Feel free to send in your sticker to me at the dock. I’ll add it to the rusty old freezer and take a picture for the pages here at GMG.
(if for no other reason than to help me cover up that rust 🙂
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Pimp!- Panther Lamp at Bananas
Sabine at Bananas tells me that back in the day when people first started having televisions in their homes the press was telling people that they needed to have a light on in the room or they would go blind watching tv in the dark. So most people had some type of lamp on top of their big ol’ tv sets. She says the panther lamp was a very popular lamp to have.
Pimp!
Good Morning Gloucester 