Month: December 2012
Ciaramitaro Christmas Tree 2012
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Alrighty Rick
Heard some noise in the office while making dinner, went into the office and there is my honey in the ceiling. He was actually wiring an AIRAVE to help with cell service in the house, by the way it works. Our Christmas presents to ach other new phones and the AIRAVE.
Very attractive picture of Rick
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Season’s Greetings
May all your holidays be bright, beautiful and filled with joy, peace and love. This is a scan of an incredible three dimensional wood scroll saw carved card I received from my dear friend Chris Murray, now living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. You might remember the amazing 3d photography Chris exhibited at the gallery our first season on Rocky Neck.
E.J. Lefavour
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Rubber Duck is Done
Christmas Shopping. Done in 60 minutes. Bananas, Fred Bodin Photo, The Cave, then a speed run in Rockport to finish it off at Tuscan Designs and stocking stuffers at Tucks Candies.
If you screwed up, don’t have that killer gift then go to Rockport and hit the last store on the right before you turn to Front Beach. Grab anything. They go with everything and you can put pasta on them, olive oil in them, then hang them on the wall when you’re done because it’s art. Rubber Duck doesn’t even clash and the blue really shows off her eyes.
Started today at 1PM and got to the dock to pick up lobsters by 2PM. Martini time.
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Holiday Song of the Day “Baby Please Come Home”
“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” by the One Woman Wall of Sound Darlene Love
This video includes a few snapshots of Darlene Love recording at Gold Star Studios.
Darlene Love performed “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”on the David Letterman Show Friday night and she brought the house down. She has performed this song on Letterman for over 25 years, beginning when he was on NBC and following him to CBS.
While looking for a video for Darlene Love’s “Christmas,” I came across this article (see below for link) where she shares stories of life’s lessons, finding her words of wisdom relevant during this season of forgiveness. It is widely known how badly Darlene Love was treated, both financially and artistically, by Phil Spector and she is no longer angry. “For one thing, as she pointed out, these aren’t fresh incidents: “I had a lot of years to get un-angry,” she says. But it’s also something of a matter of principle. “I have no reason to hate him,” she says, “and I never did, because I always found that hate makes you ugly. Makes you have wrinkles. Which I don’t have.” Here, she laughed. “But you know what? That has a whole lot to do with your insides. When you hate people, it not only makes you hate that person, it gives that vibe off for everything around you. I really do believe that. So I really did try hard not to dislike him and always be the good guy, and say what I say about him and nothing bad. ‘Cause it doesn’t help.”
The article was written by Linda Holmes for NPR in 2011 when it began airing its series Women Who Rock, which was originally inspired by an exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall
Darlene Love on Phil Spector, Christmas, and How Hate Gives You Wrinkles
Darlene Love performing River Deep Mountain High on the David Letterman Show, 2007.
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Ed just sent this to me, the boss is still snoozing. Quick Caption this in comments.
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Gift Memberships – A win, win, win gifting solution!
Hi Joey,
We’re down to the wire on Christmas and I thought I would share this story about a great gift idea. Giving the gift of membership to one of your favorite organizations is a perfect way to tell somebody that you want them to share your interests and spend some time together. It’s extending a hand of friendship and inviting the recipient to join you in a common experience – not just at the time of giving the gift, but throughout the year and beyond! Read more…
Merry Christmas!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
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This Song Is Just For Joey!
This Song Is Just For Joey! All you other readers may be offended by it.
You’ve been warned! It uses his favorite word.
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St. Ann School Christmas Concert
Last Thursday, St. Ann School had its Christmas concert. Kudos to their choir director, Lori L’Italien, for her great work with the kids! The cuteness factor of the little kids was off the charts. Here are a few photos:
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2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Tiny Island Beach Glass
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Pearls
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Common Crow
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- The Sequined Fan
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Sage Florists
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Present
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Pisces
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Green Life
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Island Art and Hobby
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Local Colors
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Harbor Goods Life Is Good Store
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Jewels Of Gloucester
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- G33K
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Dogtown Books
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Larsens
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Main Street Art and Antiques
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- The Dress Code
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- The Weathervane
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Menage Gallery
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- House of The Raven
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Village Silversmith
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Toodeloos
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Bananas
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Nelsons
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Alexandras Bread Co
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Lone Gull
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Kids Unlimited
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Harbor Loop Gifts
2012 Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Pleasant Street Tea and Coffee Co
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Community Photos 12/23/12
Schooner Ardelle Aground In Essex photos by Anthony Marks
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Stuck For A Gift Idea? How Bout A Fort Square Café T Shirt or My “This Is Gloucester” DVD- Available Today At Fort Square Cafe
Stop in, grab a smuffin, buy a t-shirt or what I consider the all time easiest stocking stuffer or Yankee swap or grab gift- A Joey C produced “This Is Gloucester” DVD featuring bluie lobsters, greasy pole videos, seine boat videos, commercial fishing videos, ect.
21 Chapters in all-
Gloucester at Dawn Featuring Music By Dan King - 2011 Friday Greasy Pole
- 2011 Jr Womens Seine Boat Champs Donna Del Mare
- 2011 Saturday Greasy Pole Featuring Footage From Adam Bolonsky & Sam Hartson
- Building The 2011 Greasy Pole Shrine
- Down The Fish Hold Of The Sanfilippos Captain Domenic
- Gloucester Zen 6/3/11 Good Harbor Beach at Dawn
- Why I Love Gloucester Interviews
- How Your Lobsters Were Harvested- Aboard The Trapper John
- Blue Lobster Landed In Gloucester By Lobster Boat The Connemara Bay
- Lobster Molting In Real Time At Captain Joe and Sons
- Monkey Balls or Sea Squirts -European Invader Ascidiella Aspersa
- One Inch Baby Lobsters Filmed and Released
- Rare Golden Sea Robin Landed Videotaped and Released
- Triple Pincer Claw Lobster
- The Back Shore 3/16/10
- Salting Herring At Cape Seafoods
- Gloucester Zen 6/3/11 Good Harbor Beach at Dawn
- Lobstermen Matt and Mark Ring Prepare A Trawl For The ’11 Season
- Fontana Family St Joseph Novena 2011
- Ferrante Family St Joseph’s Novena 2011
Screen Shot From The Menu-
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Someone Seems To Think I’m In Need Of A Blow Up Rubber Duckie
Attention People!
I’m not the goddamn duck guy. That would be the mad scientist Paul MF Morrison.
Packages arriving every day now. The madness needs to end.
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Community Stuff 12/23/12
Hello Friends of Rocky Neck Art Colony!
We were so pleased to see this fabulous article in last week’s Cape Ann Beacon about the Cultural Center:
If everyone could send this to a few friends who might share the vision of what we are doing here on Rocky Neck, please have them contact one of us on the Capital Campaign Committee. There are many ways to support the Cultural Center – our immediate goal is to secure its purchase on behalf of the community, and we need your help!
Seasons Greetings and best wishes from the
Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
Capital Campaign Committee
Linda Amero forwards
Help an Old Friend from Gloucester in Need this Christmas!
Myf Phillips, former long time resident of Gloucester (who lived 10 years on Rocky Neck and 6 in Lanesville), has arrived back on Cape Ann after living in NM for the past 15 years. She packed up her car with a few belongings, her beloved dog and her 2 cats, left her long time relationship and headed back east – where she would be among good friends to support her during this difficult transition. At the age of sixty-something, she’s finding it extremely hard to find an affordable apt. (temp or not) that will accept her and the animals. She could pay rent up to about $850/month and has excellent local references.
She is currently living alone in a secluded, wood-heated cabin in northern New Hampshire (kindly rented to her by a Gloucester friend), but where she knows no one – lovely cabin but very isolated and remote in winter.
Please help this friend in need to find an affordable, pet-friendly apt. and bring her back to Gloucester for Christmas or soon thereafter!
Myf can be reached at 603-787-2467
Email: myv@earthlink.net
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Cape Ann SUP adventures Down In South Florida Night SUPing
Tyler Knight submits-
The saga of the NightSUP from Cape Ann SUP continues down in sunny South Florida….
Tyler has taken the fleet and joined forces with a local company from
Ft. Lauderdale called Precision Paddleboards and the mind-blowing
tours continue….
The critters that we’ve seen down here are truly awesome….whether in the intercoastal waterways or out on the open ocean, the results are the same, lots of interaction with beautiful aquatic life. Squid, Jellies, Sharks, Rays, Manatees, and lots of fish, like Needle Fish and Puffer Fish,..just to name a few…..
We’ve developed a new NightSUP kit which is better, bolder and brighter…..and it’s turning lots of heads all over the country.
Gloucester Harbor was the first place we tested this product, so it seems proper to check in with the GMG family with updates…. especially since it’s a Lobster update…. check out this video from Islamorada…..
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
T
REPRESENT!
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Santa hits telephone pole, only deer legs remain
Not to worry, it’s part of the remains from my nephews’ hunting trip in Michigan.
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I wish I could fly
I wish I could fly. That’s the title of a gorgeous Christmas song by Fly Amero & Allen Estes (Fly gets top billing — it’s not called I wish I could Allen).
You can hear this song on Aurelia Nelson’s show Curtain Up on North Shore 104.9 FM Tomorrow (Sunday, Dec 23) at 9am. You’ll also hear a beauty by Aaron Neville. If you were lucky, you saw Aaron Neville at North Shore Music Theatre in August with Henri Smith opening.
And tonight you’ve got excellent live music choices in all four Cape Ann towns. See the live music lineup here.
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2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Pearls
The fourth year of the GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Video Series where we walk up and down Main Street and try to capture as many retailers as we can and highlight their best gift ideas one a day every day leading up to Christmas.
Good Morning Gloucester 