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Month: June 2010
View from the State Fish Pier 6/07/2010
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Art in the Barn this weekend
Essex —
Essex County Greenbelt will hold its 21st annual Art in the Barn Exhibit and Sale, June 11-13, a fundraiser to benefit its land conservation efforts, at the Cox Reservation in Essex. Admission is free,and the public is invited to browse or to buy.
The work of over 150 new and returning artists will be exhibited and for sale. Participating artists represent a diversity of style and medium, including fine art painters, potters, photographers, woodcarvers, sculptors and jewelers.
In addition to the art exhibit and sale, the event will feature live artist demonstrations by jewelers, potters, woodcarvers and plein air painters, with some artists offering hands-on instruction. On-site demonstrations will be held both Saturday and Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m.
For more information, click here.
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Felicia from Spain on the Stanley Thomas
While taking photos off of St Peter’s Plaza, I ran into Felicia, she was posing with her friend on some of the boats tied up. I asked permission to also take photos and here are the results. I asked her to pose on the Stanley Thomas, for the color contrast.
The only information I got was that she was “Felicia”: from Spain, that was good enough for me. I hope they are enjoying themselves in Gloucester.
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The Wedding Food Nazi Poll
Is it only Italian men that solely rate a wedding by how good the food is?
It always amazes me how much stock some people put into how good or bad the food is at a wedding. How the food tastes is not going to make or break me having a good time at a wedding (although it is always nice to have something to eat if you are going to be in one place for an extended period of time).
Not wanting to alter the results of this poll any more than the opening statements we will further discuss this once we have people start to vote.
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Gloucester At Dawn- 4:45AM 6/7/10 Good Harbor Beach Creek
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Market Restaurant At Lobster Cove- The GMG Interview
Never have I seen such an excitement among online foodies as the one created over the past month for the newly opened Market Restaurant At Lobster Cove. Check the video for the inside skinny and the slide show at the end of the video
My breakfast sandwich was fantastic and it looks like The Mrs will be doing a recon mission for dinner with her girlfriends next week. I’d say that she would get you some great photos from that dinner but I think we all know that when the Mrs gets together with her merry band of alcoholics friends it will be more about the wine than the picture taking. 🙂
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You Asked We Delivered (Well Beth Swan Delivered)-GMG Facebook Fan Page
Continuing my Facebook Hold-Out people had been asking us to put our updates in a GMG Facebook Fan Page so that they could get their GMG updates through FB. There was no way for me to start a GMG Facebook Fan page without signing up for a Facebook account so new contributor (more about this soon) Beth Swan put one up for us. I guess you need to have 25 or more people who “like” you before they will give you the shortened http://www.facebook.com/GoodMorningGloucester URL without a whole slew of numbers and letters after it. Within a day the page had the required number for us to have the URL. So if you are a Facebooker, you can go to the URL and do whatever it is you do to get the updates to show up on your wall.
I think that’s what it’s called-a wall. I’m pretty much clueless as to the ins and outs of FB. But if it were Twitter it would be your timeline. Sample below-
Good Morning Gloucester Facebook Fan Page
In addition to Beth Swan I should also thank Jill and Kristen from North Shore Dish for the inspiration and how-to.
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Bass Rocks
Beautiful view of the Twin Lights from Bass Rocks
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The Impact of Fishing Industry Consolidation On The City Of Gloucester Documentary
Produced by Erika Street. Ann Malloy, Frank Rose, Scott Memhard, Beanie Nicastro and Yours truly are interviewed for this documentary about the effects of Fishing Industry Consolidation on the City of Gloucester.
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16 Days Til Fiesta Homie!
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Miss Merideth Pulls Away From The Dock
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Dory Race Eliminations Pictures
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Low Tide Shore Road Pic From Donna Ardizzoni
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Shalin Liu Performance Center
Shalin Liu Performance Center of Rockport finishing touches:
The scaffolding came down off the back window on Saturday. This shot on Sunday shows that all gone so that attendees of the sold-out performance on Thursday June 10 will have an unobstructed view of the harbor.
Tickets available for Friday on can be ordered HERE. They seem quite reasonable $25-$46 since there is not a bad seat in the house.
One can also get an unobstructed view of the harbor by purchasing a purple cow ice cream cone from the Ice Cream Store and a latte from Bean and Leaf (both on Bearskin Neck) then walking out onto the Lumber Wharf. (Daughter purple cow, large latte, me.)
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The Hive Re-Opening Show June 12th
We’re doing it again this summer. The Hive grand RE-Opening Show.. Saturday June 12th from 6-9pm…Come on down to help us celebrate new work, our new location (@Art Haven) on Main St. If you like what we are doing pass the word and help us build community through creativity. Local food and beverage provided by Alchemy and Cape Ann brewing. After party across the street at Alchemy. Hope to see everyone out.
TheHive>CapeAnn http://www.thehivecapeann.com
180 Main Street Gloucester, MA
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Andrew Spindler’s Gloucester House Featured In The New York Times Home and Garden Section
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Music Around Town ~ June 7 – 13, 2010
I am wicked excited that the Monday night jam is back. I have to say that I loved hearing The Bandit Kings and Chelsea Berry over the past few months. They took the place of the jam and gave us some extraordinary music.
During these jams you get some magical moments from musicians that are there to let loose with no planned agenda. Thank you to Dan King for hosting this and to Fred Shrigley for making it possible.
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Market Restaurant At Lobster Cove Interview Preview Pics
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The Savory Skillet – Great Breakfast and Lunch
Jerry and Sheila run the Savory Skillet inside Brown’s Mall.
For lunch I had the summer salad with grilled shrimp, option grilled scallops or chicken. Excellent!!!
Made with three varieties of lettuce, Cherry Tomatoes, Red Onions, Feta Cheese and cucumbers, and a special dressing that brings all the flavors together.
Good Morning Gloucester 