Community Stuff 11/11/13

Special Dinner at Ohana- November 14, 2013 

Make reservations early for this event with a special menu, cocktails featuring Ryan & Wood products and a talk by Bob Ryan on his products – Beauport Vodka, Knockabout Gin, Folly Cove Rum and Ryan & Wood Rye Whiskey. 

November 14, 2013, 6pm

Three Course Cocktail Dinner $60

Includes 3 Ryan & Wood Cocktails

By  Ryan & Wood Distilleries

1st Course

~choice of~

Lobster Bolognese

fresh spaghetti, lobster brodo & truffle brown butter froth

Herb Salt Crust N.Y. Striploin

burrata cheese, speculoos butter, balsamic onion

2nd Course

~choice of~

Lemon Thyme Salmon

white bean veloute, tomato marmalade, yuzu saffron sabayon, bouillabaisse sauce

Hoisin Five Spiced Whole Roasted Duck

vanilla lime pomme puree, cornbread stuffing, maple brussels sprout, vinjuan demi

3rd Course

Eight Layer Chocolate Cake

peanut butter ice cream

Poached Pear Melba

raspberry vanilla ice cream, chantilly crème, almond tuile


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“Outsidah” goes “Unzipped”

Just the Facts:

Who? Columnist Doug Brendel, “The Outsidah,” releases his 3rd annual “Only in Ipswich” book, Ipswich Unzipped

What? Book launch party

Where? MiXtMedia Gallery, 40 Essex Road, Ipswich (Rt. 133 at Bruni’s Marketplace)

When? 5-8 p.m. on “Black Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving, November 29th

Why? Because Doug always releases his “Only in Ipswich” books on Black Friday

How? Free and open to the public

A Little More:

Ipswich hasn’t been quite the same since Doug Brendel arrived.

He’s “The Outsidah,” writing a humorous column each week for the Ipswich Chronicle, commenting on life in small-town New England from the standpoint of a newcomer.

As if this weren’t bad enough, he releases a book each year, compiling the year’s columns and illustrating them with scratchy cartoons.

His third book in the series, Ipswich Unzipped, will debut at a party on the day after Thanksgiving, 5-8 p.m. at MiXtMedia Gallery, 40 Essex Road, in Ipswich.

The author, who is also a veteran actor and popular speaker, will read from his columns. “Hearing them, you avoid the cartoons,” Doug says. “They’re even worse than the columns.”

All three of the Only in Ipswich books will be available for purchase and autographs at the event. And various contests (like “How many clamshells are in this bucket?”) will give attendees the chance to win free books.

For more information about this event, contact MiXtMedia’s Susan Burton via 978-356-0408 or sue@susankburton.com. Or reach Doug Brendel personally via 978-810-1005 or Outsidah@DougBrendel.com. For news of other performances by “The Outsidah,” follow Doug’s blog at Outsidah.com.

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