Year: 2011
Bass Rocks Ocean Inn -Room 212 Tour
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Rubio is still Missing
Update from Cape Ann Animal Aid:
RUBIO IS STILL MISSING AND VERY SCARED. PLEASE DO NOT CHASE, FEED OR FOLLOW HIM. PLEASE JUST CALL ANIMAL CONTROL OR CAPE ANN ANIMAL AID 978-283-6055 WITH LOCATION ONLY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE HOME SOON.
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I feel very bad for this pup, it must be very scary being alone and hungry 😦
I hope he is found soon.
-Alicia
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What’s New in Jenna’s Garden – Week 11
By Jenna Howard
"The Burnham’s Field Community Garden survived Hurricane Irene but not without some damage. It seems that most gardens, including mine, had damage to their tomato plants. The extremely heavy winds blew my tomatoes over and caused the stakes to pop out of the ground. I was lucky that I was able to get my plants standing again. But I did lose lots of ripe tomatoes, which I found on the ground around the garden, unfortunately. I’ve included photos of some of the damage done to other’s gardens. Looks like everyone has some repair work to do this week!"
Jenna
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Sista Felicia’s Caramelized Onion and Pear Flatbread Pizza Recipe
All photos and recipe from Sista Felicia
Ingredients:
½ ripe Bartlett Pear diced into ½ inch pieces
¼ cup thinly sliced Vidalia onion
2 tablespoon of sweet butter1 ½ tablespoons light brown sugar
½ teaspoon cider vinegar
½ cup baby arugula
½ cup crumbled blue cheese
¼ cup crumbled goat cheese
2 thin sliced prosciutto torn into bite size pieces
Balsamic glaze for drizzling
Step 1: using a paring knife, thinly slice onion
Step 2: Cut pear in half-length wise and remove
Step 3: Remove core
Step 4: to dice pear into bite size pieces , first Slice pear horizontally then vertically
Step 5: Melt butter in small fry pan
Step 6: add onions and sauté over medium high heat for 5- min.
Step 7: continue cooking over medium high heat until onions start to turn golden brown
Step 8: add diced pears
Step 9: continue cooking over medium high heat for 3-4 min or until pears start to soften, but are not mushy
Step 10: turn heat to low and stir in brown sugar
Step 11: Add cider vinegar and deglaze the goodness stuck on the bottom of the pan 
Step 12: remove pan from heat and let mixture rest for 2-3 min
* Note: Have will Power! Mixture will look good enough to eat with a spoon…
Step 13: spoon mixture evenly across flatbread 
Step 14: Top with blue cheese and goat cheese
Step 15: carefully transfer flatbread to a pre-heated pizza stone, in a pre-heated 400 degree oven 
*I’ve baked this flatbread 2 different ways. First by adding arugula & prosciutto before baking, as seen in this photo and the second time and every other time therefore after, baking it first then adding the arugula and prosciutto. I have to say I definitely prefer adding it after. Try it both ways see which way you and your family prefer!
Step 16: Bake 5-7 minutes then carefully remove flatbread pizza by sliding it onto a large cutting board
*Note this is what your flatbread will look like if you bake it without the arugula and prosciutto
Step 17: Scatter baby arugula and torn pieces of prosciutto over the top
Step 18: Drizzle balsamic glaze over the top
Enjoy!
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Thachers Island Advection Fog Video From Adam Bolonsky
Thachers Island, Rockport: the best overnight deal in town. You can camp there for $5.00 per night.
But sometimes the advection fog moves in here fast and thick.
Here’s a video shot of launching a sea kayak from the island as the fog crept in from the northeast.
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GMG Represents At Saratoga Race Track
From Cherie Grey
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Update: The Gear You Should Buy- Pocket Camera The Canon Powershot s95:Gizmodo Agrees Calling It The Best Pocket Camera
I posted this about a month ago but am editing it because a gadget blog I visit daily just named it best Pocket Camera.
Here is their article that came out today September 1, 2011
http://gizmodo.com/5720794/battlemodo-the-best-point+and+shoot-cameras
The only thing is they say it is around $400 but I see the Powershot s95 on Amazon for $369 here
People ask me all the time what camera I would buy. As a gadget information freak I feel like I’m pretty qualified to give advice in this arena so instead of answering this question over and over again in private emails I’m going to start a series of my personally approved items that I 100% endorse. I’ll also give you the reasoning behind why I endorse the products.
The first product up is for a pocket camera. many of you have read my thoughts on cameras and how important I feel it is to own a camera that you can comfortably carry with you without having to lug a cumbersome bag.
Before anyone should own a DSLR in my opinion, they should own a good pocket camera.
The canon powershot s95 is not like 99 percent of compact cameras in one hugely important aspect- It contains a sensor that is 88% larger than most compact camera sensors. while most people ask about megapixels, what they don’t realize is that the size of a camera sensor is vastly more important to picture quality than the amount of megapixels packed onto a small sensor.
Photography is all about collecting light and recording it. A larger sensor allows you to collect more light more efficiently so you get far superior results.
Here is an article in the new York Times from technology editor David Pogue-
A Love Letter to a Camera
Dear Canon S95,
I don’t often write love letters to gadgets. But you, you’re something special.
Truth is, I’ve been searching for someone like you for years.
The Canon S95 has a sensor with 88 percent more area than most pocket cameras’ sensors.
The Times’s technology columnist, David Pogue, keeps you on top of the industry in his free, weekly e-mail newsletter.See, I love the huge light sensor that’s inside an SLR. It can take sharp low-light shots without the flash. It can blur the background the way professionals do.
I just don’t like how an SLR is big and heavy and obtrusive.
What I’ve always wanted is a little camera with a big sensor. Is that so hard?
Apparently, yes. The problem is covering a rectangular sensor chip with a circle of light from the lens. Bigger sensor? You need a bigger camera. Those are the simple bylaws of physics.
But you, oh, cute little Canon PowerShot S95! I love that you’re a pocket camera, only 3.9 by 2.3 by 1.2 inches. I love your big, bright, three-inch screen, your built-in flash, your H.D.M.I. output for hi-def TV sets. I love that you turn on directly into Playback mode, without having to extend the lens.
I love the unique control ring around the dial, which I can quickly program to adjust whatever feature I want: focus, zoom, exposure, light sensitivity (ISO), aperture, even degree of color saturation (all the way to black-and-white).
I’ve had fun with your special modes, like the tilt-shift-lens simulator and fake fisheye.
I love the wink-driven self-timer. Yes, I set up the camera, walk into the scene, and then wink—the picture is taken two seconds later. Beats hunting around for a remote control. (Or I can ask you to wait two seconds after a new person—that would be me, joining the group—enters the frame.)
But above all, I love your enormous sensor. It’s 0.59 inches diagonally—88 percent more area than most pocket cameras’ sensors. And I love that you have an f/2.0 lens, a rarity among pocket cameras, meaning that you let in a lot more light.
And all of this means that you, little S95, can take amazing, sharp pictures in low light without the flash. Your designers have shrewdly dropped the ludicrous quest for more megapixels—you have 10 megapixels, just right—in favor of something that really matters, like better photos.
click here to read the entire article at The New York Times Website
So if you want to buy it, you can get a great deal on the Canon Powershot on Amazon here-
My best technically difficult shot of 2010 was taken with this camera-
Here is a video demonstrating how great it is in low light (a true test of a camera’s sensor)
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Sista Felicia Caramelized Onion, Blue Cheese & Goat Cheese and Pear Flatbread Pizza- Recipe Coming Soon
Decadent
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Carol McAuliffe Listens to the Voice Of Reason- Produces The Perfect Lobster Roll
Hey Joey
I wanted to share my lobster rolls with you!
You are soooo correct about it being simple! This is exactly the way your mrs does it and the only way!
They were delish!
I wanted to add it to your gmg site – but don’t know how- so you can if you like!
Take Care!
Carol McAuliffe
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Parade of Lights is Saturday!
BOATS WANTED…show up, and checkin in with the committee boat at Jones Creek on the Annisquam River to enter the 2011 Parade of Lights this Saturday by 7:15. $50 of FREE fuel is you enter, and gifts for participating. The show can’t go on with out support from out boating community to keep this annual event going. If you questions, contact Tobin from Cape Ann ’s Marina Resort at 978-283-3293.
Thanks Joey – by the way I signed up for your cigars and rum cruise…sounds like fun!
Take care, Tobin
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Gloucester is one of a few towns high-lighted on Chronicle tonight
Gloucester is one of a few towns high-lighted on Chronicle tonight Gloucester resident and Chronicle’s original host, Jeanne Blake takes Chronicle to Steve Connelly’s fish market and two other Gloucester establishments: tune in to find out! September 1st 7:30 Chronicle “My Home Town ” Tape it if you’re heading out to nights on the neck!
A Gloucester-based company Jeanne Blake founded produces Words Can Work: multimedia about the public health issues kids face growing up such as bullying, obesity and substance abuse. Blake speaks nationally and consults to communities and corporations to develop programs that encourage parents and kids to talk about these topics. www.wordscanwork.com
http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com
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To Stand At The Edge of the Sea
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Ingrid Lindmark Has Some Nice Things To Say
Hi,
I really enjoyed looking at the videos along the back shore along Atlantic Ave. into Gloucester. I have been coming to Gloucester and Rockport for years with my family. I have walked that walk way from Good Harbor Beach to where we stayed at the Atlantis and before that we were at a private home for years on Atlantic ave. I felt like I was right there. I could walk it with my eyes closed. I have such a love for this area. I am so glad I found out about this GoodmorningGloucester web site. If I can’t be there, this is the next best thing.
Thank you,
Ingrid Lindmark
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Dorothy Englander, Guest Artist at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery
Dorothy Englander, a resident of Albany, NY, holds an MFA from The University at Albany and a BS from Skidmore College. She has received awards for her work, which she has exhibited regionally and nationally since 1980. Her art is in public, corporate, and private collections. She has taught painting in college and private settings.
Dorothy works in a variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolor, drawing, monotype, collage, and digtal imaging. She incorporates abstraction with recognizable imagery in her work.
Dorothy’s Guest Artist Exhibit at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck will run from Friday, 9/2 through Thursday, 9/15 with an Opening Reception on Saturday, 9/3 from 4:00-7:00 pm. Come by and welcome Dottie to Rocky Neck.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
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Hurricane Irene Pics from Mark Lombard and Karen Joyce
Mark Lombard Photos-
Karen Joyce Photos
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The News From Rocky Neck via Judy Robinson Cox
Hurricane a/k/a Tropical Storm Irene Mug-up
Click for full story and more photos by EJ on Good Morning Gloucester
NIGHTS ON THE NECK
THURS, SEPTEMBER 1, NIGHTS ON THE NECK, 5-9pm
Friday, September 1 : Tom Nihan, A Small Show of New Work
Kismet Wharf / Residency Studio, 51A Rocky Neck Ave
7-10 pm
For more information, call 978-879-6211
Apples Hanging from the Sun, oil, 15" x11"
Ruth Mordecai : Open Studio and Sale
Saturday, September 3 and Monday, September 5
Paintings, drawings, monoprints, collages, 1980 – 2007, framed and unframed
All work priced to sell to make room for new work.
4 Terrace Lane, Rocky Neck
(up the stairs across Rocky Neck Avenue from IMAGINE. Look for Balloons on the stairs andBalloons on the porch of the third house up on the right.)
Call Ruth at 617 462 9171 for more information.
August 31 – September 13: From Cape Ann to Tahiti
Oil paintings by Rokhaya Waring
RECEPTION : SAT, September 3, 6 – 8pm
Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave
Sunset, Opunohu Bay 20" x 20" , oil by Rokhaya Waring
Last June, I traveled to Moorea, a volcanic island in the middle of the South Pacific and part of Tahiti. Moorea can truly be called "Paradise on Earth". A place I had only read about was suddenly the place I stood, paints in hand. I often had the feeling there of being in a dream. I couldn’t help but think of Fletcher Christian and the Bounty or wonder where Gauguin and Matisse might have walked… My greatest challenge was seeing through its picture-postcard beauty. It is a real place, after all. On Tahiti I was drawn by the swiftly changing clouds, lush vegetation, and the colors of the ocean- the same elements I love about my home in Gloucester, Mass., on the Atlantic. As far apart as they are, each place has helped me see the other- more often contrasting though at times reminiscent.
Guest Artist at Khan Studio
Dorothy Englander, Through Sept 15
RECEPTION: Saturday, Sept 3, 4-7pm
Khan Studio / Good Morning Gloucester Gallery on Madfish Alley
Artwork by Dorothy Englander
Dorothy Englander, a resident of Albany, NY, holds an MFA from The University at Albany and a BS from Skidmore College. She has received awards for her work, which she has exhibited regionally and nationally since 1980. Her art is in public, corporate, and private collections. She has taught painting in college and private settings.
Dorothy works in a variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolor, drawing, monotype, collage, and digtal imaging. She incorporates abstraction with recognizable imagery in her work.
Dorothy’s Guest Artist Exhibit at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck will run from Friday, 9/2 through Thursday, 9/15 with an Opening Reception on Saturday, 9/3 from 4:00-7:00 pm.
Khan Studio, Madfish Alley | www.khanstudiointernational.com | 857-891-9054
Wedding Gifts from Sigrid Olsen Art
Fish and Birds have long been among my favorite motifs. The egret was, in fact, the first shape I cut out of the surface of a potato and applied to the surface of a fabric to print. It was the central icon of my company’s logo and still to this day graces many a card or platter in my gallery. And love is one of my favorite emotions. The promise of new love is imbued with such hopefulness, such optimism that the notion of an upcoming wedding grabs everyone’s heart and makes it sing.
I developed two favorite motifs long ago to honor the happy couple and can be created on a platter and inscribed with the names and date of the wedding.
NOW we also haveLove Cards: Kissing Fish and Love Birds to enclose with your gift!
34 Rocky Neck Ave | Gloucester | MA | (978) 281.1766
Hours : Thurs-Sat 11-5 pm Sundays 12-5 pm
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Music Around Town ~ August 1 – 4, 2011
This Thursday at the Harbor Loop Concert to play ~ Phat Maxx and the opening act Chelsea Berry
Opening act ~ Chelsea Berry
Photo By Louise
Thursday – 9:00 to 12:00 ~ Dave Sag’s Blues Party
Dave says,
Well, another summer shot to hell. I’m needing all this week to recover from last weekend’s grueling gigload. Nearly made $150 for three nights’ work. Things are looking up! We’re going to razzmatazz you this thursday with the likes of Mr. Andrew Clark, the tootin’ Torquemada of the tenor. Thrill to the dentist drill-like sorties from one of the most pre-eminent sax tootlers in the New England area. A.C.’s the man! Whether he’s crooning yer favorite toon or just outgassing to the boogie beat, you’ll find something to pray for.
Pushing the beat behind him will be one of my personal faves, Mr. Forrest “Gump” Padgett. Or, “Frosty” as we refer to him. I don’t know why. Someone left him here one night and we can’t figure out how to get him home!
Of course,all you air glitar heads will be happy to know that, yes, Greg T. will be there, too, as well as myself.
Friday – 9:30 to 12:30 ~ Down and Derby Band
Photo by Sharon Lowe
Saturday – 9:30 to 12:30 ~ Soul Force ~V~
Sunday ~ 8:30 ~ Pitch Black Ribbons
http://www.captcarlo.com/index.cfm
Thursday – 6:30 to 9:30 ~ John Jerome – acoustic
Friday – 9:00 to 12:00 ~ Full Circle
Saturday – 6:00 to 8:00~ CASEY HERLIHY
9:00 – 12:00 – FAST TIMES 80’S TRIBUTE SHOW
Sunday – 3:00 to 6:00 ~ MICHAEL KING
The Dog Bar~http://dogbarcapeann.com/welcome1.html
Thursday – 9:00 to 11:00 ~ Marina Evans
Friday – 9:00 to 12:00 ~ Blue Bop – featuring Marty Rowen, Dave Mattacks and Dave Brown
Saturday- 9:00 to 12:00 ~ Funbucket
Sunday – 9:00 to 12:00 ~
Minglewood Tavern
Photo by Louise
Groovin’ at the Lat.
Live Music at Latitude 43!
September 2, 2011
Ned Nugent & The Big Babies
Ultimate Rock N Roll Band! In the Pub
September 3, 2011
Mike O’Connell Band
Southern/Classic Rock In the Pub
Alchemy~http://www.alchemybistro.com/
“Art of Alchemy”
Wednesday.
10% of proceeds go to fund Gloucester Arts Education.
We’ll have a new artist every month. Matt
Wednesday ~ Ladies night ~ 7:00 to 9:00 ~
The Franklin Cafe ~ http://www.franklincafe.com/
Friday night – 7:00pm ~ Chelsea Berry
Cape Ann Brewing ~ http://www.capeannbrewing.com/
Thursday nights ~ Open mic with Brian Fines
Friday night 9:30 to close~Troy and Tramack
Saturday 9:30 ~ 9:00 pm ~ The Runaround
Madfish Grille ~ http://www.madfishgrille.com/
Thursday – 9:00 to close ~ Soul Rebel Project
Friday – 9:00 to close ~ 9:00 pm ~ Safety
Saturday – 9:00 to close ~ Richard James
Sunday – 9:00 To close ~ Jack Lee and Diversity ~ 5.00 dollar cover charge
Topside Grille – Events ~ http://www.topsidegrill.com/index.php?link=events
Jazz brunch-11:00 to 2:00
Giuseppe’s~ http://www.giuseppesma.com/Giuseppes/Welcome.html
Click photo for info and tour.
Thursday – Saturday 8:30 pm ~ JOE THOMAS
Sunday – 7:00 pm ~
http://www.thecapeann.org/
www.henryallen.org
First Monday of the month
Gloucester Dine and Dance Cruise ~ http://gddcruise.com/menu.html
7:00 ~Jack Lee and Diversity
http://www.espressoitaliangrille.com/
Sunday Brunch – 11:00 to 2:00 ~
Monday night karaoke
DJ SCOTTIE MAC @ ESPRESSO’S
Coffee House at Saint John’s ~ http://www.stjohnsgloucester.org/
7:00pm –
Pleasant Street Tea Company ~ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gloucester-MA/Pleasant-Street-Tea-Co/69436656326#!/pages/Gloucester-MA/Pleasant-Street-Tea-Co/69436656326
The Gloucester House – http://www.thegloucesterhouse.com/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237702456259719
Cruiseport Gloucester ~ http://www.cruiseportgloucester.com/
Studio Restaurant ~ http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Studio-Lounge-Deck/118740858169297?sk=wall
Friday ~ 9:00 ~ Generation Gap
Saturday ~9:00 to 12:00~
Sunday – 6:00 pm ~
Antonio Gentile Memorial Bandstand Summer Concert Series ~ http://www.capeannvacations.com/festival-event.cfm?id=268
Gentile Bandstand Summer Concert Series, 32 Revere St., Gloucester, MA 01930
7:oo pm ~ Cape Ann Community Band
Cape Ann Community Cinema – http://www.massbayfilmproject.org/
Woodmans – http://www.woodmans.com/
Woodman’s of Essex
Latin Night events at the Lobster Trap is Essex, presented by Franco Lazo Morales, Woodman’s Director of Entertainment. You can expect a live music set early around 7 that will lead you into Salsa lessons and a live DJ Latino-style dance party! Franco is from Mexico City and works as a soloist inviting along special guests, he plays a variety of Latin inspired music with a reggae flare. Please spread the word, these events are taking place every Thursday in May with prospects of continuing throughout the Summer!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=10150175856403124#!/event.php?eid=215246525158899
Sea Garden Restaurant at Seaward Inn – http://www.seawardinn.com/ http://www.seawardinn.com/pdfs/Seaward%20Inn_Calendar_2010.pdf
The SEAWARD INN, Rockport welcomes back Jay & Abby Michaels, The Harper and the Minstrel, Sunday Morning Live,
9:00 a.m. to Noon, September 4th. during a Breakfast Buffet by the Sea.
“Celtic Harps, Flutes, Recorders, Penny Whistle, Bowed Psaltery, Guitar, Dulcimer and beautiful vocal harmonies will transport you to another place and time!
Visit blog.seawardinn.com or call 978-546-3471. There is no cover charge!
The Shalin Liu Performance Center ~ Performance Center” – http://www.rockportmusic.org/newperformance.html
10:00 pm ~
Click the banner for upcoming events
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA
978-546-7391 or www.rockportmusic.org
Shalin Liu Performance Center,
Main Street in Rockport, MA
Old Sloop Coffee House ~ http://www.rockportucc.org/oldsloopcoffeehouse.htm
Click banner for event happenings
The Rockport Legion Band~http://rockportlegionband.wordpress.com/
Steve Thomas, Music Director Rockport (MA) Legion Band WEB: http://rockportlegionband.wordpress.com E: rockportband@gmail.com
One World Coffeehouse ~ http://oneworldcoffeehouse.org/
One World Coffeehouse has been hosting folk & acoustic music since 1993. Concerts are held (more or less) monthly on Saturday night. All concerts start at 8 PM. Unless otherwise noted, $15 donation at the door. Handicapped accessable. Reservations:978-768-3690
The Farm – http://farmbargrille.com/events.html
Friday – 9:00 ~
Saturday -9:00 ~
The Landing – http://www.thelandingat7central.com/index.php/calendar
Friday 8:30 pm
Saturday – 9:00 pm ~The Bandit Kings
Sunday 6:00 – Michael O’Leary
Up coming events
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Video- Amenities At The Bass Rocks Ocean Inn
Esther gives us a rundown of some of the amenities available to guests at the Bass Rocks Ocean Inn.
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GOING ONCE!
The Sawyer Free Library’s Annual Art Auction Starts Today!
You can Bid on your favorite Painting all Through the Month of September. The live Auction Will take place on October 5th 2011 including The preview party, with a lot of great food, drink and Entertainment will begin at 6pm and the live Vocal Auction Starts at 7pm. This is the time to get a great painting by one your favorite Cape Ann Artists for a great price.
Go and Check it out at the Sawyer Free Library!
CLICK HERE FOR THE SAWYER FREE LIBRARYS FACEBOOK PAGE
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