Month: March 2012

St. Joseph Novena with the Orlando Family

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So many thanks to the Orlando Family for again opening their home and hearts.

Joe, Maryann, and Grandma Orlando

The singing and prayers are beautiful. We recorded an entirely different selection of songs (compared to the previous evening), followed by a delicious and lovely spread of homemade pastries and cakes, with much laughing and joke telling in the family’s kitchen.

Rosalie and Maryann

Maryann’s Sister Vickie

Felicia’s Viva San Giuseppe Bread

Vintage angel figurine

To read the extensive GMG coverage and see Joey’s videos from last year’s Novenas, go to the GMG search box and type in Novena.

So you don’t think you need a music video? Think again.

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Hollywood director Brandon Rose, of Mind Venture Pictures, came to Gloucester this weekend to shoot a music video for Brad Byrd, who was gimmesound Artist of the Week in January.  So we figured it fitting for Brandon to be Artist of the Week starting today.

In this video, Brandon has advice for all you musicians out there trying to get your music heard and seen.

The rest of the week you’ll get the very first glimpse at the making of Brad’s music video for his hit song, Zero to the 101 — footage you’ll only see on Good Morning Gloucester — so stay tuned!

It’s a big day for music with different choices every hour starting at 4pm this afternoon featuring last week’s Artist of the week Michael O’Leary at the Landing (especially for those of you who just don’t want St. Patrick’s Day to be over).

See full music lineup here.

And don’t forget our good friend Allen Estes at the Rhumb Line with Orville Giddings ~ Always a great show!

St Joseph’s Trolley Tonight at 3:45pm

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

We’ll be going! You should too!

Sefatia writes-

Good morning, remember today is the eve of St. Joseph when we go see the altars and experience the culture and faith of so many.. there will be a Trolley this year (no cost) it will be picking us up at Harbor Loop time 3:45 WE LEAVE AT 4.. we will only be going to 8 houses this year even thought there are over 20.. see the tradition of the homemade pasta and dishes that are made the preparing and the faith of these friends and family.. all are welcomed.. and those who come are also welcomed in any of the homes for St.Joesph feast celebration tomorrow to try the pasta all doors are opened.. come and enjoy a part of the other side of Gloucester. PS you do not have to be catholic to come and can be a friend who just wants to observe..

Cape Ann Chamber Business After Hours

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours

Serving Essex, Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport

Elder Service Plan of the North Shore

Carol Pallazolla, Education and Outreach Coordinator

Event Information:

Business After Hours

Wednesday, March 21  Elder Service Plan of the North Shore                            

Hosted By:

29 Emerson Avenue Gloucester, MA 01930

5:00 – 7:00 pm

Members: $10  

Future-Members: $20

Register Here

About Us

Cape Ann Vacations

Rockport USA

Elder Service Plan of the North Shore

Ask Joey- Bartender crush

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Bartender crush writes-

Hey Joey-Can you give me some advice-

I have a crush on a bartender here in town.

When I am there with my friends I am way to nervous to ask him out.  I’m sure he has plenty of girls that are into him and I don’t know of a way to stand out and get his attention.  What should I do?

OK, here you go.

I’m pretty sure we are living in the year 2012, right?  This isn’t 1950 where women were expected to be docile quiet home makers and wait to be asked out.

I’m assuming you are a female interested in a male bartender but even if you’re a woman interested in a female bartender or male interested in a female bartender, whatever.  It’s very simple- ask the person to hang out one day.

I’m not a fan of the stone cold “never met someone before and straight up ask them out for dinner routine” but the best way to ask someone out if you don’t really know them is to invite them to a party or an event where there will be a bunch of your friends, male and female there.

Perfect scenario is this-

A bunch of friends are going to a Sox game, you buy an extra ticket and ask the person you are interested in if they want to come along.  This way you set up a date but it’s not like you’re putting yourself out there for rejection as if you asked them to go out for dinner one night.  If they want to go, they go, you feel out the chemistry and if you hit it off you hit it off.  If the person isn’t into you they decline but it’s not as if you asked them out on an official date so it’s not as awkward.

If you’re not into sports the Cape Ann Museum has been holding Cape Ann After Hours events where they have wine and get together that would be a perfect event if you’re an artiste.  Get a bunch of your friends to go and then meet the bartender for coffee first at Pleasant Street for a cup of coffee.  You’re friends will make you look like the superstar you are and if you are not comfortable holding the conversation one on one you have your friends to play off of.

Point is you can ask someone out without risking a huge let down if the person isn’t interested.  If they are, believe me they will make the time to hang out with you and if the event you are going to interests them it provides a way for you to get together and feel each other out.

There you go.

If you have a Love Life or Etiquette question send it in to goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com It will be answered by me and you will remain anonymous.

To rate this advice using the star system click on the title of the post and you will see the stars at the bottom.  I’ll be interested to hear your comments.

Community Stuff

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Lanesville March Madness Dance Party

March Madness Dance Party! Sat. March 31 – 7:30 to 11 PM at The Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan St, Gloucester. Live music by our fabulous local group: Mari Martin and The Dirty Little Secrets. Dance and/or listen to a variety of great music. Beer, wine and soft drinks for sale, pot luck snacks T-shirts and raffles. Admission by donation to the LCC, including for a boiler to heat our fabulous new floor. www.lanesvillecommunitycenter.org.

Cape Ann Museum Women’s Works Tour March 24th

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present a special tour, Women’s Works: 200
Years of Making Art on Cape Ann on Saturday, March 24 at 1:30 p.m. and 3:00
p.m. Cape Ann Museum docent Trina Smith will lead this special program in
honor of Women’s History Month. Through direct observation of their
paintings and sculpture, this museum tour will consider the challenges and
turning points for ten women artists who visited or resided on Cape Ann from
pre-photography days to the present.  Questions and personal reflections
from the audience are encouraged. This program is free with Museum
admission.
To make a reservation or for more information, please call Jeanette Smith at
978-283-0455, x11 or email jeanettesmith@capeannmuseum.org.

The 17th Annual Gloucester Health & Wellness Expo

The 17th Annual Gloucester Health & Wellness Expo will be held on Saturday, April 14 from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon at Addison Gilbert Hospital, 298 Washington Street, Gloucester.

Over 60 exhibits, food demonstrations and samples, free health screenings, Reiki Clinic, Andy-the-Ambulance and lots of giveaways!

Hosted by Addison Gilbert Hospital in partnership with the City of Gloucester Health Department.

Rockport National Bank-Goes to the Dogs

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa

Update from Gloucester Dog Park: 

Rockport National Bank is going to the dogs in the most figurative manner.  They lead the pack as the first large corporate donor toGloucesterDogPark,Cape Ann’s first dog park.  John Dugger, building committee member of the Friends of Gloucester Dog Park and the architect behind the main pavilion ofGloucester’sDogPark, has said the concrete slab will be poured as soon as weather permits for the foundation of the entryway pergola.  Construction for this phase will be under the management of Nikki Bach from Insider’s Edge and a building committee member as well, who also managed phase 1 of the construction. Structural engineer and committee member, Kelly Brancaleone has completed the foundation plan.

The Friends of Gloucester Dog Park are very grateful to Rockport National Bank’s officers, Grace Giambanco, Peter Anderson and Mike Luster for committing to a volunteer community project that will give our city a much needed amenity. They realize the importance of public/private partnerships at a time when the City is stretched to complete infrastructure upgrades like sewer, water and schools.

The Committee hopes that the bank’s lead will encourage other large corporate benefactors to help complete the project.  For giving opportunities, please contact Roger Broome at 978-768-3400. Visit www.gloucesterdogpark.org for news and updates. Cape Ann’s 1st Dog Park!

 

 

 

Out My Work Window Series- FOB Meg Lee’s Marine Industrial Park in South Boston

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Send in your out your work window pic and description and we will post it here!

FOB Meg Lee writes-

Hi Joey,

It never occurred to me to share what’s outside my window at work. I’ve been working at a company for about 2.5 years now that is situated in Marine Industrial Park in South Boston. The building I’m in was the so-called Army Base back in the day. I’m fortunate enough to have a "window seat." My desk is right next to a window that I peer out of often. Though my view is not of the Cape Ann scenery I so love, it’s not too bad. My direct view is Black Falcon Terminal, now considered officially Massport Terminal. I see cruise ships pull in every week during the cruise season. I see small lobster boats departing from the small fishing pier on the other side of the terminal and returning with their catch. There’s been a lull in the activity there, as I believe the fishing season ended temporarily at the end of December. Looking southeast about a mile away is Castle Island. Further out on the horizon you can see Spectacle and Thompson Islands. Did I mention the killer sunrises? I’m an early bird; I get in between 5 and 5:30a.m. so depending on what time of the year it is I’ll be viewing the moon and stars.

Yesterday afternoon, a small navy ship pulled in to the terminal. It’s right in my direct view, literally a stone’s throw away from my window. It’s called Desron 2, and you can see a pic and find out more about it here:

http://www.cds2.navy.mil/

This morning when I got into work and came over to my desk, it was of course still completely dark out. However, I was surprised and delighted to see a string of green lights from bow to stern on the ship. Maybe the sailors are getting ready to celebrate St. Paddy’s Day?

Oh – by the way – I guess I should also share what’s currently in the drydock terminal on the other side of the building, on Drydock Ave. It’s a navy hospital ship, called the Comfort. It pulled in about 2 weeks ago. It must be here for maintenance.

http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/usnscomfort/Pages/default.aspx

Best regards,

Meg Lee

corned beef- my take

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

here’s the mrs’ corned beef and cabbage which I just consumed.

and it was fantastic. 

and by fantastic I mean it was a 7, the highest rating corned beef and cabbage is capable of earning.

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please excuse the lack of caps as our keyboard is on the fritz and my tech guru tim blakeley from www.gloucesterbytes.com  is ordering the replacement laptop keyboard to get us back on track.

in any case, back to the matter at hand, corned beef and cabbage.

let me first state for the record that there may be no more jealous italian on the planet of the irish on st paddy’s day than this guy.

in the top ten days of my life after my marriage, birth or my girls and every night of fiesta at least half of those top ten are filled with st paddy’s days.  either in southie with my boys , down in deep ellum texas with my boy dk or at the rhumb line, st paddy’s day is the greatest excuse to get completely annihilated and sing awesome songs at the trop of your lungs while swaying back and forth arms around your best friends, ever.

that being said, while corned beef and cabbage can be good, it in my opinion can never ever be considered great.  to have that at the top of your food pecking order as a nationality is kind of an embarrassment only better than what my jewish buddys eat for their holidays.

I should also insert here that I’m no fan of st joseph’s pasta as cao contributor mya was quick to remind me of in a private message this afternoon but I think most would readily admit that if you put the top ten italian dishes up against the top ten irish dishes you’re probably gonna win at least 9 rounds of that competition.

there are other foods that people rave about to which I usually scratch my head saying, really insert question mark here as I have no ability to make an upper case charachter .

take corned beef and cabbage first.  the very best corned beef and cabbage you’ve ever eaten in my book is only worthy of a top score of 7 on a scale from 1-10.

you stack the best corned beef and cabbage and stack it up against a perfectly prepared mrs lobster roll and there’s no way on god’s green earth you could score that corned beef a 10.

I feel the same about reuben sandwiches.  my mil and fil rave about this deli in nyc.  my fil talks about how this deli serves the most incredible reuben sandwiches.  I feel the same way about a reuben.  like the very best reuben you’d ever eat couldn’t possibly ever score a 10 on a scale from 1-10.

10’s are reserved for delectable sushi or lobster or steaks or scallops wrapped in bacon.  in my book there’s no way in hell a reuben ever earns some kind of praise that merits mentioning.  I have had some heavenly cheesecake at some delis down in miami beach so I guess they have that going for them.

what types of food falls into your 10 on a scale from 1-10 range and what type of food do you hear people rave about that you would never consider anything out-of-this-world insert question mark here

Erin Gra Ma Chroi sung on Gloucester’s Harbor Walk

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gimmesound Artist of the Week Michael O’Leary sings one of his favorite songs of Ireland in the traditional Irish style on St. Patrick’s Day at the site of Gloucester’s new Harbor Walk.

It’s not too late to get out to one of Gloucester’s many St. Pat’s parties ~ this town is just getting started.  See full music and party lineup here.

Bait and Tackle Open Casting In Gloucester Tuesday

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joey,

Bait & Tackle is holding an open casting call for extras on Tuesday, March 20 at 11 am at our offices in the Beacon Marine at 211 E. Main St., Gloucester. We are looking for a variety of roles including Fishermen, Dock Workers, Girlfriends, and Fish Plant Workers. In order to choose approx.15 extras, we will be taking a photo and gathering contact information.

This is a non-broadcast film project. Extras will be paid $50/day and must be available at least 2 full days (TBD) during the week of 3/26-3/30

Oh, Please!

Posted on by capeannpainter

Oh, Please!

Boiled dinner?!

REALLY?

A Potato, Cabbage, carrots and some kind of Mystery meat?

Throw it in some water and boil all the taste out of those ingredients?

What kind of Celebration meal is that?

THANK GOD I’M DESCENDED FROM SICILIANS!

YUCK! 

JUST MY OPINION.