Year: 2012

Dog Bar Re-Opens Tonight with Michael O’Leary

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Michael O’Leary & Friends on Local Music Seen (see full show here)

OK, we’ve waited for weeks — now it’s happening.  Perfect day to get some sun and then head down to the Dog Bar for Michael O’Leary and friends at 5:30pm.

Watch the video, above, and see what you’re in for.  Since it St. Pat’s week, we thought you might be thinking about Irish music — ergo perfect time to point out just how good Michael and his band are ALL YEAR LONG!  He’s an excellent performer who captivates his audience in any venue so you feel like he’s right in your living room singing just for you.

Be prepared to stay out for a while tonight — lots going on.  See the full lineup here.

It Doesn’t and Didn’t SUCK!

Posted on by capeannpainter

It Doesn’t and Didn’t SUCK!

I haven’t been to a Bruins game since 1996. My wife Cathy and I were invited to her sister Liz’s 40th birthday celebration yesterday at the Td Garden. Her Husband rented a premium box suite from his friend. I’m now officially spoiled. Unlimited food, beer, snacks, soft drinks and a private bathroom so you don’t have to deal with the Riff Raff. Not a bad Deal. $100 for two tickets. It would’ve cost more than that for one ticket in the stadium seats. Maybe us GMG Authors can get together next Bruins season and rent a box for the year.

Architectural detail in St. Ann stained glass window

Posted on by Matthew Green

Another detail from a stained glass window in St. Ann’s Church in Gloucester (part of Holy Family Parish).

We usually focus on the people and events in the window and can easily overlook the wonderful attention to detail in the backgrounds…

Eventually I hope to photograph the stained glass windows in other churches in Gloucester. Any suggestions of churches with really great windows besides St. Ann’s?

Open House at C.B.Fisk

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

March 10, 2012 the open house at C.B. Fisk, we love to go and see how they make these beautiful organs.

Opus 143 this Organ is going to North Carolina

march 10, 2012 best Opus

Our Greg Bover

Our Greg Bover

Too Scale

to scale model

The Moulton to make the pipes

March 12, 2012 Moulton

Then the pipes

Melted Moulton

“Rockport – Historical Photos, Then & Now” ~ Video presentation at the Rockport Senior Center

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

“Rockport – Historical Photos, Then & Now” ~ Video presentation
at the Rockport Senior Center

Gil McCarthy, Rockport Council on Aging board member and Freda Collins,
meals coordinator for SeniorCare view old photos of Rockport. The photos
will be on display on Friday, April 20 at 7 p.m. at the Rockport Senior Center.
McCarthy is preparing a photo video of “Rockport – Historical Photos, Then & Now.”

The Rockport Council on Aging is extending an invitation to
all area residents to attend. The presentation will be a comparison of
historical photographs with current photos. There is no fee, refreshments
will be served. Pre-registration is requested by calling 978-546-2573.

The evening will also be an opportunity to view the
recently restored oil paintings that were placed in the
building around the boarder of the ceilings in the late 30’s.

Michelle Talisman, Chairman of the Rockport Council on Aging
said, “this will be an excellent opportunity for Cape Ann residents
to attend an enjoyable evening with friends and to share refreshment
and exchange experiences of living in the beautiful town of Rockport.”

The Rockport Senior Center is located at 58 Broadway.
To learn more about this program or upcoming programs,
please contact the center’s director,
Diane Bertolino at rockportcoa@rockportma.org

Skip Montello Magic Ice

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,

Winter is waning and the warm winds are closing in on the remaining thin ice at Flat ledge producing a magical quarry wall reflection on the wet ice and as well, a view of the granite blocks just beneath the surface…here today and gone tomorrow.

Skip

PS. Nice work with the Dodge Ball competition!

North Coast Angler www.northcoastangler.com

Skip Montello Photos www.skipmontellophotos.com

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100 year Old Gloucester Postcards From Peter Dorsey

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Peter writes-

Joey,

I have a big box of old postcards, and I realize that a few of them are from Gloucester, Mass.  Perhaps your readers would like to see some of them. I’ll send you a few here. Maybe I can find some more in my big box. I’ll send them from time to time; if you like.  My father was born in a house near the cut in 1919, and his father worked as a scientist for Mr. Hammond (of the castle);so I have a historical attachment to Gloucester.

I always think its amazing to see the changes that occur in just 100 years, and am glad to have the chance to study old pictures and share them when I can.

I really enjoy Good Morning Gloucester!

Peter Dorsey

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Tacos Lupita: One more reason never to leave the island.

Posted on by paultmorrison

The food. As Joey is fond of saying, Cape Ann is blessed with great restaurants and it keeps on getting better. I have been trying out Tacos Lupita and will have a full review once I make it back up the right side of the menu after already eating my way down the left.

(Click image for menu). From the start I can see why Joey has been ecstatic about this place. The mirror shiny ceramic tables to the open kitchen showing fresh ingredients being chopped up. You can tell just by walking in it’s going to be good.

OK, I have had the Mulita (wow, homemade corn tortillas bursting with cheese and in my case I tried pork sausage), huaraches, burritos, tacos, and the Mexican Bistec Plate. All great I’ll just point out two. The lowly taco and the bistec plate. I’ve been to Mexico five times, once for two months back in 1973. I am always looking for that non-Americanized Mexican food without having to go to Mexico. Lupita serves authentic versions of the taco and bistec. The fresh onions and other stuff in the taco and the seasoning of the bistec (a very decent portion of thin grilled steak) are killer. I don’t need to go to Cuernavaca again. I can stay on the island.

Before I write a full review I have to have the fish taco (this being Gloucester and all), as well as the Tortilla soup. The last time I was in Cuernavaca I had tortilla soup every afternoon for ten days straight. It was an addiction. A good one. Post a comment if you have had it because dang, although open 11AM to 9PM daily they are not open on Sunday. I’ll have to wait.

Fun Fact: Lupita is a girl’s name. The shortened form of Guadalupe which refers to the Virgin Mary as she miraculously appeared to a peasant boy in Guadalupe, Mexico.

Since I ate everything before I was able to photograph it, just click on the screaming Homie and Rubber Duck for photos on the Tacos Lupita website.

One last tip: Try the Fanta Orange soda in the bottle. It is made with real sugar and not high fructose corn syrup. Sodas tasted better when we were kids. They still sell them but you have to read the side of the bottle.

[edit] One more very last tip. The salsa verde. Make sure to get the red and green salsa on the side and that green one, (that would be salsa verde in español), is the real deal. The red is too but as in Mexico, it is the green one that will sneak up on you.

Open House Today at C.B. Fisk!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Reminder: Open House today from 2 to 6 PM to celebrate the completion of Opus 143, a two-manual, 21-stop organ. C.B. Fisk is a premiere and internationally recognized builder of organs. Their workshop and headquarters are located in Gloucester. If you have never been to an open house at the C.B. Fisk workshop, you are in for a very special treat. Delightful music provided by guest organists trying out the new instrument may be heard throughout the afternoon and refreshments are typically served. Opus 143 will then be dismantled, shipped to it’s new home in China Grove, North Carolina, and then installed there.

The photo is of the 1/16 scale model for Opus 143

C.B. Fisk is the first (and I believe only) American company to have ever been awarded the commission to design and build an organ for a European cathedral.

Cathedrale de Lausanne, Switzerland

C.B. Fisk is located at 21 Kondelin Road, Gloucester. Phone number: 978.283.1909


“I never knew the thief in me, ’till I took what was not mine”

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Looks like Megan may already be a bit more edgy than she thinks.  Watch this video and see what we mean.  If you’re not quite sure what we’re talking about, watch yesterday’s video and all your questions will be answered by Megan’s very funny intro to her song Pay It Now.

Lots of music posters adorn Gloucester windows and websites and we think this is the best one we’ve seen in a while.

Bandit Kings are always fun and their sound is becoming known as the Gloucester sound.

No reason to stay home tonight with all the good live music about town from Celtic to Zydeco to good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll — see full lineup here.