Month: June 2012

Herbert George (H.G.) Wells Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."
Herbert George (H.G.) Wells (1866-1946)

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Born in the county of Kent in England, Welles is primarily known for his speculative fiction successes, The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine, although he wrote novels in other genres and a great deal of non-fiction history. His early training as a biologist is reflected in the Darwinian nature of many of his plot lines, though he was a prominent member of the socialist Fabian Society. A controversial figure in English literary circles, Welles supported eugenics and spoke against Zionism until his horror at the actions of the Nazis caused him to reverse both stands. He had several lovers of note, including early contraception proponent Margaret Sanger and Rebecca Sackville-West, with whom he fathered a son, Anthony. Welles was the founder of an organization to promote better industrial design in Britain, as well as another to combat diabetes, from which he suffered. Along with Hugo Gernsback and Jules Verne he is often called  “The Father of Science Fiction.” It is reported that he wished his epitaph to read “I told you so, you damned fools,” but he was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea.

Greg Bover

Big Time Props To The Efficient, Friendly and Hard Working Staff At Cape Ann Insurance

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I go to get a sticker for my pick up and the kind folks at Gaybrook inform me that my truck isn’t registered. 

I call up the girls at Cape Ann insurance (they open at 8:30AM) head down and within 3 minutes I have myself a registered truck and sticker for my license plate.

All done with a smile and some friendly banter about how we all dig Tacos Lupita.

But beyond the stellar friendly service, the rates that they give to me personally and our business is far and away less than what we were paying at the old school insurance agency where our family had been for years.  We were loyal to that old company for a long long while and when we asked to re-examine our policies because they seemed way out of line with what our friends were paying for similar vehicles with similar coverage they didn’t seem to be able to compete for one reason or another.

So now we are with Cape Ann Insurance and couldn’t be happier.  I’m not getting any special treatment for writing this, we aren’t doing advertising for Cape Ann Insurance I just want to forward on when I think my readership can benefit from something.

They rock.  If you are happy with your insurance agency then stick with them.  But if you feel like your rates are way out of line, give them a call.  It can’t hurt. (and they’re really really nice)

Cape Ann Insurance

23 Dale Avenue Gloucester (next to the Post office)

978-283-7757

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Chickity Check it! Sandy Leonard Snaps

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Hey, neighbor,

I have been loving your blog for so long.

Thank you.

Here’s a link to some of the Gloucester-based entries on my own blog.

http://sandyleonardsnaps.blogspot.com/search?q=gloucester

Keep up the good work.

And all best wishes from Highland Court.

-Sandy Leonard

Barred Owlet at Ravenswood From Bill O’Connor

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,

We had a nice walk through Ravenswood Park this past Sunday, and even though it was pretty wet, we still had a great time!  We were fortunate enough to see the barred owlet perched on the edge of the tree he temporarily calls home. When I scoped the trees with my telephoto lens, I saw the mother owl in the next tree over keeping a close watch!  In the wider shot, you can see the mother blurred in the background near the left edge of the photo, and the owlet on the right edge.

Ramona Latham, Ravenswood’s Program Director,  seems to think he’s getting ready to spread his wings!  When he does, he’ll leave the nest and head deeper into the woods.

Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

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Community Stuff June 6th, 2012

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
FREE ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS AT NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION

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The following free artist demonstrations will be held at NSAA during the month of June:  Caleb Stone-Watercolor, Sunday, June 17, 2pm; Carole Berren-Yupo Watercolor, Saturday, June 23, 11am; and, Lynda Goldberg-Monotype Printmaking, Sunday, June 24, 2pm.

Demonstrations are given by NSAA artist members, many of whom will be teaching fine art adult workshops throughout the season.  For a complete schedule of demonstrations and workshops please visit our website at http://www.nsarts.org/Workshops___Classes.html.

NSAA’s historic old building, located at 11 Pirates Lane in East Gloucester, provides the opportunity to view one of the largest collections of paintings and sculpture on Cape Ann. 
North Shore Arts Association is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sundays from Noon to 5:00 pm. In addition to exhibitions, NSAA also offers adult, teen and children’s workshops, lectures, a live art auction and more. Please call 978-283-1857 or visit http://www.nsarts.org for more information

June 19th the Rockport Senior Center will be hosting a FREE Continental Breakfast at 9AM

Come by, Relax  & bring your friends.  RSVP 978-546-2573

Hi Joey,
Wanted to let you know that I am having a one-woman art exhibit at the
Unitarian Universalist Church at 4 Cleaves St. in Rockport for the
month of June. There will be a reception on Saturday, June 9th from 10
am – 12 noon.
My bio :

MeHardMerchandiseAEileen Patten Oliver has been painting in oils and acrylics in both Maine and Massachusetts for 40+ years. She was the Art Chairperson and managed the art gallery at the West Quoddy Head Light visitor’s Center in Lubec, ME for several seasons in the early 2000’s, taught Adult Education Painting at the Lubec Consolidated School, and has had several one woman shows around New England.  She studied with Paul Shea, Peter Nyren and Constantine Sgouras & was chosen to take a class at Mass College of Art while still in high school, but is predominantly self-taught.  Her paintings hang in many private homes.

A member of the Rocky Neck Artist Colony and Newburyport Art Association, Eileen is originally from Waltham, MA and lived in Lubec and Randolph, Maine from 1998-2010. She currently lives and paints in Rockport, MA with her husband, James Oliver, a Rockport native, who is also an accomplished painter, illustrator and print maker (etching).

The photo I’ve attached is me with my painting of the "Hard Merchandise" at the Best of Rocky Neck show that just ended at the Rocky Neck Art Colony gallery. I’m also going to be hanging work at Khan studio and Good Morning Gloucester Gallery on Rocky Neck in July.

LOVE Good Morning Gloucester!
Eileen Patten Oliver

Calvo Studio Sculpture Class Starts June 11th Sign Up Now!

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Gloucester At Dawn- 4:47AM 5/27/12 The Miss Sandy and Razzo Tied Up At Felicia Oil

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Congratulations Beasly and Amandacakes!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Congratulations on your graduations.

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We couldn’t be prouder of you both.

You are both beautiful, smart and kind and to say that we are proud of the young adults you have become would be the understatement of the year.

Also kudos to Sista Felicia the maniac and the guy who does so much and leads their family with quiet strength Barry.  You both are inspirational as to how to shower your children with love and always put them first.  The results speak for themselves.

You guys have always been great kids.  Kids that any family would be proud of.  Now you’re great young adults.  Keep on the track you’re on. Smile

And So It Begins. T Minus- 22 Days

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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2012 Saint Peter’s Fiesta Altar construction begins.  Kudos to those who do the work behind the scenes to bring us the best time of the year.

Saint Peter’s Fiesta Dates 2012-

Click below for a schedule of events

The 2012 festival starts on Wednesday June 27 thru Sunday July 1

Get your hotel reservations now while there may be some availability.

Check out the live views from Gloucester Inns and Hotels on www.gloucesterwebcam.com

When the bridge goes up on a Misty Sunday

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

When the bridge goes up, like to get out of the car and check things out.

Coast Guard and high tide with splash over

June 3, 2012 Coast going through the canal

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Nights on the Neck – This Thursday

Posted on by God's Morning

They are actually forecasting a break in the weather for Thursday, so come on over to Rocky Neck and enjoy the first Night on Neck of the Season.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

 

Chicken Soup for What Ails

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Trudging around a stone yard looking for just the perfect stepping stones for a client’s garden, in the ceaseless-downpour-and-howling-umbrella-ruining-wind that was yesterday, I had my family’s favorite Lemon Chicken Soup to look forward to serving for dinner. I think what makes this soup so restorative is the quantity of, and tanginess of, the lemons combined with the piles of rich flavorful mushrooms. Both my kids LOVE this recipe and at the first sign of a cold or flu they request it for dinner–a sure cure for whatever ails–or at least the very least, one will feel better for a few moments while consuming!

Cover a whole chicken with water, throw into the pot 1 onion quartered, 1-2 celery stalks, whole black pepper, and bouquet garni. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer  for approximately 1- 1.5 hours, until the chicken falls off the bone.

Remove the chicken to a cutting board and strain the stock. Set stock aside undisturbed for about fifteen minutes. Skim away the fat that has risen to the top. Cut the chicken into bite-sized serving pieces.

While preparing the soup, cook al dente 1/2 box of orzo.

1 Chicken

Chicken stock

2 Tbs. Olive oil

2 Garlic cloves

1-2 Onions

2 8-10 oz packages of button mushrooms, total 16 – 20 oz.

1 Zucchini or 3 carrots (or both)

3-4 celery stalks

4 Large Lemons

Fresh baby spinach leaves

Salt, pepper, and fresh thyme or dried thyme

Heat olive oil in a large pan with two cloves of garlic. Remove the garlic after about 30 seconds–when after just a hint of the garlic aroma has been released. Saute onions in olive oil until they are a pale golden brown. Add carrots and celery and cook until they give a tiny bit when pressed with a fork. Add mushrooms and cook down until deliciously soft and aromatic and much juice has been released. Add zucchini and cook for several minutes more. Pour the stock over the vegetable mixture. Add the cooked pasta. Squeeze the juice of 3 lemons, remove seeds, and add to the soup. Slice remaining lemon in half lengthwise and then into thin half-round slices. Squeeze the lemon slices gently to release the oil and zest as you toss into the pot. Add a pinch of thyme and salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. Add handfuls of fresh spinach leaves  just before serving.

20 Ounces of mushrooms–the quantity of mushrooms lends a rich, flavorful component.

Yes folks, Sun will shine again, and when it does top Blues Stars will also shine on Gloucester

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Yesterday’s video introduced you to the Gloucester Blues Festival performers (click here if you missed it) and promised a week-long preview.  Today, we feature the headliner Shemekia Copeland, whose stellar performance at the White House recently aired on WGBH TV.  Watch the video and you’ll know why you have to get tickets now, so you can save $12.

Just since yesterday, we’ve received new music listings, including a live Blues Concert featuring Rita Chiarelli (Canada’s Queen of the Blues) at Cape Ann Community Cinema on Friday and  T Max’s CD Release Party at the Dog Bar on Saturday.  See new updated music lineup here.

Bradley Royds @ Giuseppe’s every Thursday for the Month of June.

Posted on by Joanne

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Bradley Royds has spent the last year recording and producing some of the North Shore’s finest musicians. Now he is switching gears! As the summer rolls out, Bradley will be releasing a steady stream of his own recordings, both old and new, and don’t miss him as he throws himself headlong in to the live music scene. Be there every Thursday’s 8:00 to 11:00  for the month of  June at Giuseppe’s.

http://bradleyroyds.com/bradley/index.html

http://www.giuseppesma.com/Giuseppes/Welcome.html

Wednesdays with Fly to host Ric St. Germain

Posted on by Joanne


Prime Rib Specials!
Wednesdays Only!

Hello everyone!
Wednesday, June 6th
Special Guest: RIC ST. GERMAIN!

The Master of Rockabilly himself… Ric just keeps getting
better and better! We’re sure to have fun this week! ~ Fly
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Prime Rib Dinner –$10.95 (while they last)
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Coming sooner than you think:
Jake Pardee!

Looking forward…
…to seeing you there! 🙂 ~ Fly

New Good Morning Gloucester Series: Tips For PR Professionals

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey I just created and edit a blog that reaches an average of 38,000 people a day and won CBS Boston’s Most Valuable Blogger Award.   What do I know, right?

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I’m no professional but I’d like to offer up tips to the PR professional who may be responsible for getting out their client’s messages or their community organization’s message.

From an editor’s perspective who gets to decide what makes it on our pages I’ll offer up some tips on how to get the stuff you are interested in promoting, promoted.

Tip #1

Make it easy for the editor.

I’m running a business and get to tend to the blog in the sparse down time that I have from running the business that pays my bills.  Make shit easy for me.

The best press releases are interesting stories that provide some type of payback for my readership.

In the email that you send me pitching your idea, type it out the way you would like it written and in the subject line type the title of the post the way you would like to see it on the blog.

I’m not too proud, I’m a goddamn professional copy and paster, believe me.  If I can easily copy and paste your copy without it being in some crazy font or weird formatted margins that makes me happy.  The worst is when I  have to backspace 40 lines of copy to make it look like a normal paragraph and I tend to get irritated when I get something preformatted in some weird 7 words of copy per line.  The absolute worst.  I have better stuff to do than to realign your message.  I can create much more interesting stuff for my readership in the limited time I have to work on my publication than what I will be editing for you, believe me.

In the email you send, include the hyperlinks to the corresponding organization or where you want the reader to go for more info.

Provide a nice pdf and think about where it will be displayed.  For example: if your organization is making flyers to post on standard sized 8.5 x 11 inch paper for around town and you send that to me with standard sized font, when it gets shrunk down for display on the blog, the column which we display it will be about half that.  So the standard sized font you used for a coffee shop flyer will be half that size when posted the blog and barely legible if legible at all.

If you continually send me stuff that I need to edit the shit out of to make work I will ignore you (unless I really like you and you bring me food).

This will be a weekly feature.

Pass it on.

St Ann School 8th Graders Graduation

Posted on by Matthew Green

Last night, St. Ann School celebrated the graduation of it’s 8th grade class with a Mass and graduation ceremony, followed by an great dinner! Here are few of my photos.  For a full slideshow, follow this link.

 

The statue is St. Ann teaching her daughter, Mary. A very appropriate image for the school!

To see all the photos, click here:

Boston Tea Party Museum and Gloucester Built Beaver Photos From Anthony Marks

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey
Was in South Boston the other day and shot these pictures of the Tea
Party Museum and the Tea Party ship Beaver .
                Anthony

Check Out The Construction Of The Beaver In Web Videos By Clicking Below-

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