My View of Life on the Dock
You’re invited to visit my new blog entitled “Matched Pairs.” Despite the name, it’s not a dating service, but when completed will be home to my regular Sunday GMG photo + poem posts. Take a look at the work in progress and let me know what you think.
Thanks.
Marty
Stopped in the Ohana on Monday and asked if I could take some pictures. The Sous Chef and the staff were very inviting. They are preparing for the pre opening, by the way it smelled delicious.
Front Dining Room
Back dining room
ANNISQUAM SEWING CIRCLE PLANT SALE
SATURDAY, MAY 26th
Don’t miss the ANNISQUAM SEWING CIRCLE’S Annual PLANT SALE on Saturday, May 26th at the Annisquam Exchange, Leonard Street, Annisquam, from 8 am to 11 am!
The PLANT SALE includes perennial plant treasures dug from our member’s gardens at a bargain price, plus an array of annuals and perennials from a leading garden center.
Not to be missed is our BAKE SALE TABLE with delicious pies, cakes, and savory treats. Many items will be prepared from recipes in our award-winning Annisquam Sewing Circle Cookbook, ” A Circle of Recipes,” which celebrates the 175th Anniversary of the Sewing Circle. “A Circle of Recipes” will be sold at the sale.
Come early for the best selection at this always popular event! The plant sale is in Annisquam, Gloucester, off Rt. 127A. Turn into Annisquam by the Annisquam Village Church.
A great place to pick up a savory treat to bring along and share at the first Mug Up of the season on Sunday morning (5/27, 9:00am) at Khan Studio & The Good Morning Gloucester Gallery (hint, hint)!
You went away and left me long time ago
And now you’re knocking on my window
I hear you knocking
But you can’t come in
I hear you knocking
Go back where you’ve been
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
Captain Joe and Sons lobsters are simply the best! From dock to table, you can’t get much fresher than that. Happily so for me, both Liv and Alex are home at the same time for a few days–cooking their favorite dinners and reveling in the joy and laughter that fills our home whenever they are together.
Toby Burnham
Joe Ciaramitaro
… just because you can see them every Tuesday at Jalapenos. They are some of the best musicians on Cape Ann. And once in a while guests show up and sit in. Last week it was Allen Estes. You never know what will happen.
Yesterday we published a clip from Celebrate Gloucester 2010 and people asked for more. Here it is. It’s KBMG Electric and they ROCK!
Now if you can’t get into Jalapenos to see these guys tonight because it’s too crowded, there are other choices. And if you’ve never seen Henley Douglas, Jr, you should really go down to the Rhumbline at 10 and check him out. See full music lineup here.
Click for photo music info
We usually average 30-35,000 people a day. Monday was a little above average. My guess is that people who were outside enjoying the weather all weekend finally came back to their computers on Monday with the rain and being back to work.
Have you subscribed to get the daily GMG feed emailed to you so you won’t miss a thing?
If not you can by clicking this link and get with all the cool kids.
A good day for the home team. #Boom!
4th Submission in the Series “Show Me Yours and I’ll Show You Mine”
Hi Paul;
Saw your post on GMG- here’s a shot of my studio. I love to use Prismacolor pencils, Liquitex acrylics, and Windsor Newton oils. My favorite colored pencil is indigo blue and my favorite oil paint color is Prussian blue.
Right now I’m working on a colored pencil series, “Love Letters to Gloucester” some of which can be seen on my studio wall. I’m drawn to imagery with text, luminosity, and color and have looked to the paintings of Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Edward Hopper, Nell Blaine, and Richard Diebenkorn for my inspiration.
I’ll be in the upcoming show, “Art @ Bass Rocks” which opens on May 31 from 6-8 P.M. Hope to see the FOB there!
My website is: http://www.leslieheffron.com. I hope you enjoy my paintings and drawings!
Thanks! Leslie
http://www.leslieheffron.com/art/Welcome.html
You may have seen some of Alice Garder’s work at the Annie last December…
…or at other venues. She also organizes the monthly painter/photographer meeting downtown. The other day I met her just outside her studio, right next to the Cape Ann Museum, and she invited me in to see her work space! Here are a few photos.
This is a shot I took with my camera’s built-in panorama option, so there are some jagged lines, but I liked the overview it gives of the space.
Among her specialties are house portraits, as you can see here:
Thank you for the tour, Alice!
The GMG Easy to Prepare Loaded With Flavor and Healthy Recipe Contest:
I’ll rate your recipe based on three criteria: Taste, Easy To Prepare (if you can make it in an office without a stove you get bonus points, without a microwave even higher), Nutritional Value. Minus 5 points for lack of photo.
I should also add that for nutritional value I’m going for something that will reduce fat, give energy but provide enough as to not lose muscle. A fruit salad I understand is nice and all but it isn’t gonna get me through a work day.
For The First Four Weeks I will award one prize per week from our GMG Swag Bag to the highest rated pic/recipe.
Contest winner will have to pick up their award and if not claimed within two weeks it gets awarded to the next person.
Bex Sweet Potato Chili:
My original recipe calls for no meat but I’ve amended it for you. Photo attached is vegan and gluten free.
If you like heat, Tapatio Hot Sauce is the best hot sauce around but I haven’t been able to find any in MA. It is not vinegary like Pete’s, Red Hot or Tabasco. Makes a huge difference. I use it in anything when I want a kick of heat.
Bex’s Sweet Potato Chili
1 pound lean ground turkey
2 T olive oil
1 large onion diced
1 garlic clove fine chop
1 large carrot small chop
1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1/2" cubes
29oz + 16oz can diced tomatoes
16 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 package chili power
1t hot pepper flakes (optional)
2T Tapatio Hot Sauce (+/- depending on your preferred heat index)
Sauté the ground turkey in the oil until cooked. Remove turkey and add the garlic, chili powder and onion. Cook until soft. Add turkey back and everything else and cook until the sweet potato is soft on the fork. Serve with brown rice.
1-10 in each category with the cumulative score being the final and minus 5 for a lack of photo.
Taste: Looks mighty tasty, and I do like the heat. 10
Easy To Prepare: It’s easy enough for a chump like me to make but a step or two more than Sarah’s recipe from yesterday and definitely not able to make it at work without an oven. 5
Nutrition Value:Looks solid, I’m a huge fan of ground turkey over ground hamburger. Sautéing the turkey in the oil gets a slight ding I guess but still a very solid score. 9
Total for those of you keeping score at home Bex scores a 24
While Boston Magazine top ten sleepy bedroom communities take their shots at GTown (while secretly making 95% of their dinner reservation and community event fun plans around it) we have yet another reason to celebrate.
Check out the renderings from the Epstein Joslin Architects, Inc newsletter and forwarded to me by GMG contributor Greg Bover
Here’s an interview I did with Alan Joslin on May 17, 2011
From the Epstein Joslin Architects, Inc newsletter-
An auto dealership, a fish processing warehouse, and
now a WORLD CLASS REGIONAL THEATER:
A vision for Gloucester Stage Company’s home on the harbor
The Gloucester Stage Company was co-founded
The Gloucester Stage Company was co-founded in 1979 by Geoff Richon, Denny
The Gloucester Stage Company was co-founded in 1979 by Geoff Richon, Denny
The Gloucester Stage Company was co-founded in 1979 by Geoff Richon, Denny
The Gloucester Stage Company was co-founded in 1979 by Geoff Richon, Denny
The Gloucester Stage Company was co-founded in 1979 by Geoff Richon, Denny Blodgett, and award-winning playwright Israel Horovitz as a “safe harbor for playwrights and new plays”. For it’s first seven seasons, the company performed at the historic Blackburn Tavern in downtown Gloucester. In 1987, Gorton’s generously offered GSC a long term residence in its building in East Gloucester on The Gloucester Stage Company was co-founded in 1979 by Geoff Richon, Denny Blodgett, and award-winning playwright Israel Horovitz as a “safe
Hi Joey,
Can anyone tell me what this beauty is- the butterfly looks like a Monarch but the blue spots got me…
Ciao
Cynthia
Hello Ohana!!!!!
Here’s the number-
978-283-3200
Before you do another thing just take my word for it and dial it. Like now. Because if you don’t get your reservation in soon, within two weeks time when word gets out you’re not going to be able to get into this place. Don’t forget to let them know Joey C from Good Morning Gloucester sent ya!
Here’s the address- 151 Main Street Gloucester (across from the Lone Gull)
#Boom!
Gloucester Game Changer- Shit Just Got Real In The Asian Fusion Dining Scene In Our Beloved Gloucester Massachusetts.
I could go on and on but let me just shut my yap and post some pictures and let them do the talking (video at 8PM)
Chef Enx studied under Roy Yamaguchi and if any of you know a little something about Roy Yamaguchi you know the guy basically brought Asian fusion to where it is today. Based on what I ate and saw last night it looks like Chef Enx took what he learned at Roy’s and brought it to a whole ‘nother level.
Chef Enx and wife Alyssa
Click below for the slide show with more food pics and the who’s who of Local celebs making the scene-
Got Stuff? Need Stuff? Recyle in Style: Rockport Rotary Mega Yard Sale this Saturday May 26
Got Stuff? Need Stuff? Rockport Rotary Club is hosting a huge yard sale where you can sell or buy – and have some family fun! YMCA youth will be doing face painting and you can grab a coffee, donut, or hot dog to start your day. Wow – there are even restrooms! It all goes down at the Rockport School Grounds (24 Jerdens Lane, Rockport) this Saturday May 26 from 8 am to 1 pm (Rain date Sunday May 27, 1 to 5 pm). Admission is free, and so is parking. Recyle in style, and if you wanna renta space to get rid of your good junque, contact the Club and for just $50 donated clams you get a nice big spot, and they help you market your stuff with lotsa customers and area advertising (you keep all the dough from your sales). Contact Kecia German, ksgerman@verizon.net, 978-283-2924 or, Bill Elwell, 978-423-4855 for details, or seewww.rockportrotary.org
Manchester Beach Club Looking At Its History
Does anyone remember when there were horse shows–yes, horse shows—on Crescent Beach (aka Gray Beach and Magnolia Beach) and the private gallery from which to watch them? Or perhaps the grand hotels prominently situated with spectacular ocean views? Are there any recollections of ladies in knee-length bloomers and swim dresses basking on the sparkling sands of Kettle Cove? Were the fifty cases of “real old Scotch,” jettisoned into Harbor in 1922 just as authorities were about to nab the Prohibition-busting smugglers, ever found?
This is only part of the history of the Magnolia/Manchester seaside, when the beach and its beach club were sought-after summer destinations for the movers and shakers of the early Twentieth Century’s “Golden Era.” From Boston and St. Louis, Philadelphia and Kansas City, politicians, captains of industry and society swells flocked to the sunny sands of “little Newport” to see and be seen.
In 1913, the North Shore Swimming Pool made its debut, with a salt-water swimming pool and a membership roster of the “who’s-who” in families of that era. With changes through the years, it is now known as the Manchester Bath & Tennis Club and will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2013, and asks for your help in compiling memories from days long gone and not so long ago.
If you are a present or former member of the B&T, attended events there, or have friends or relatives who did, the Centennial Historical Committee of the Manchester Bath & Tennis Club would appreciate your photos, menus, dance cards and other memorabilia to compile a memory book recounting the past 100 years. All submissions will be catalogued and returned to the owners when the project is finished. Please share your memories and memorabilia with the MB&T Centennial Historical Committee by contacting MBT100th@gmail.com orwww.facebook.com/groups/mbt100th. Your contributions will be greatly appreciated.
Holy Crap How Brilliant!!!!! You Can Call The Boat Directly and Request A Pick Up!!!!!!
Are You KIDDING ME???
HOW BRILLIANT IS THAT?
Say you’re over by our dock at Captain Joe & Sons In Cripple Cove and you want to get downtown. Simple. Save the number listed below to your cell phone, give them a calla and they’ll include you in the stops along the route. So you hang out at Cripple Cove Playground (Benjamin Smith Playground really) and then hop on and get over to Rocky Neck, Downtown, Harbor Loop.
SERIOUSLY?????? THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!
SAVE THIS NUMBER DAMNIT! Like Right Now, punch it into your smartphone
Then when you’re casually strolling around Rocky Neck hanging out at our Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck Ave impress your friends and relatives by whipping out your cell phone and calling the water shuttle directly.
Here’s The Presser-
Dear Joey,
Happy to announce the beginning of the Gloucester Harbor Water Shuttle 2012 season.
Memorial Day weekend we will be operating from 12 to 6 pm.
Weekends during the Spring and Fall, 12 to 6pm.
Also, we have expanded our Summer weekend hours as follows:
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 12 to 9pm,
Sundays through Wednesdays 12 to 6pm.
We will be adding a new stop (on request) at the head of the harbor (Three Lanterns).
Seasonal Passes will be available for $50 per season (great deal!!!)
Aside from the regular stops at Harbor Loop, St. Peter’s Landing and Rocky Neck,
the boat will be reachable by phone at 978 290 3496 to request stops from
Cruiseport, Cripple Cove and Three Lanterns.
Thank you for your support regarding the Shuttle operation, and HAPPY SUMMER 2012!
Steve Douglass
Harbor Tours, Inc
www.capeannharbortours.com
All I’m gonna say is to call and get your ressies now because in two weeks you won’t get in once word gets out! Tell em Joey from GMG sent ya!
Good Morning Gloucester 