Year: 2013

Icey Finger of Fate

Posted on by God's Morning

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Caught this Image of the Ice’y Finger Of Fate, this morning over at Buswell’s…

You can only see them, on the day before a major snow storm….

and only if that day happens to be a Thursday…

So I guess I was pretty lucky…

Charlie Carroll

Sober Connections Event Rescheduled!!! March 9th!

Posted on by God's Morning

Ok, So after watching the weather forecasts this afternoon, there is now a possibility for up to 33 inches of snow, possibly not ending until Sat night/Sunday morning (depending on the station you watch), so we have rescheduled this event to MARCH 9th.

We want to thank Frank Santos Jr. and The Hastings House for graciously allowing us to do this! Thanks! All tickets will be honored on that day, and for those of you that have already bought your tickets and cannot go on that date, please contact me at 978-381-9888 and I will refund your monies!

Tickets will continue to be an sale for 15 dollars online, thru Donny, Myself, or Trish S in Beverly, as well as at Sunbanque Tanning Gloucester & at Sunbanque Tanning Beverly. Remember! They will be 20 Dollars at the door!

Some of the deciding factors in our decision are all about the safety of anyone attending. The roads will definitely be narrower (never mind that the state and cities might only want emergency vehicles on the roads) Parking would certainly be an issue with parking bans in effect. Sidewalks would not be cleared in most areas, and we do not want you walking in the street to get to the event. And although Frank Santos Jr was more than happy to drive up from RI no matter what our plans, we didn’t want him having to drive with reduced speeds (it would probably take him three hours each way!). But the most important reason is that I lazily didn’t want to have to shovel the Hastings house out…lol
Please spread the word to others!!

If you have any more questions or concerns please feel free to email us at Founders@SoberConnections.net

https://www.ticketriver.com/event/5813-frank-santos-jr–r-rated-hypnotist
Daniel Driscoll
978-381-9888

Don’t forget to visit our sites:

SoberConnections.org our Public Site

SoberConnections.net our Social Network of Recovery

SerenityCircus.com our Retail Online Store! Please consider checking us out and using our Donations Page to help fund our Programs!

February 8, 1920

Posted on by God's Morning
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I don’t pretend to forecast the weather. I only know how to deal with it when it arrives. The photo: “Washington Street, Gloucester, February 8th, 1920.” I just got one of those emergency messages from the Mayor’s office stating that a snow emergency parking ban starts tomorrow, February 8th, and will be enforced as the intensity of the storm increases. Ok. We’ll be open. Bring it on. Thanks for venturing out and taking this photo, with tripod and 5×7 inch camera, Alice M. Curtis. Your legacy continues. The Chocolate Tour is on for Saturday evening.
 
Fredrik D. Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930

LATEST UPDATE: Who’s open ~ who’s closed

Posted on by Vickie & Peter
Here’s a photo from Inge Berge’s facebook page

Rhumb Line is open.  Fred says they’re packed and serving food.  Stay tuned about entertainment there, tonight.

Poseidon is open

Espresso’s says they’ll try to stay open as long as they can.

Gloucester House closing at 4pm.

Jalapenos closing at 3pm.
Cape Ann Brewing Closing 3pm
Franklin Closed
Giuseppe’s Closed
Alchemy Closed
Latitude 43 Closed
Minglewood Closed

Cafe Shalom Concert tomorrow is cancelled.

No answer at Dog Bar.  Still waiting on an update from them.

We’ll continue to post here on GMG whenever there’s a breaking open vs. closed story.  For music, we’ll continually update gimmesound.  Don’t be one of those people who misses out on a good time because you checked an hour ago and nothing was scheduled.  This weekend’s entertainment info will be in constant flux, so stay connected!

 

FUN.

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards airs Sunday night at 8:00–a perfect end to a snow-bound weekend. My hoped-for winner is FUN., with the always fabulous featured artist Janelle Monáe. Good Luck FUN.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you win all six categories for which you are nominated, including Best New Artist, Record, Album, and Song of the Year. Although Fun. has been together for a few years, to be nominated for Best New Artist I believe the criteria is to have released at least one album, but not more than three (please correct me if incorrect). FUN. is performing Sunday night. I hope we don’t lose power!

We are Young (acoustic version).

BREAKING NEWS: If you’re going out tonight, you’re gonna have to walk

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Check out this latest AP wire:

BOSTON (AP) — BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has declared a state of emergency and banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. as a blizzard that could bring nearly 3 feet of snow to the region began to intensify.

Patrick said as the storm gains strength it will bring ‘‘extremely dangerous conditions’’ with bands of snow dropping up to two to three inches per hour at the height of the blizzard, prompting whiteout conditions.

Patrick said the travel ban will apply statewide and bans all motor vehicle traffic until it is lifted. The ban doesn’t apply to public safety workers and utility workers.

The MBTA is canceling all services as of 3:30 p.m.end of story marker

More entertainment news to come …

Sunday’s Free Community Concert Cancelled

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Rockport Music Announcement

 Rockport Music Concert Cancelled Due to Weather

 Due to the impeding inclement weather, Rockport Music announces that the free Community Concert scheduled for Sunday, February 10, at 3 PM with Lev Mamuya, cello and Christopher Staknys, piano has been cancelled.

 Please note: The Box Office will be closed on Friday, due to the weather.  Please check our homepage for additional updates.  The Box Office phone number is 978-546-7391.

A surprise show with Chelsea Berry

Posted on by Joanne

c landingSnow forced the postponement of Chelsea Berry’s shows at the Shalin Liu, however, tomorrow night we will host an intimate evening of music with Chelsea atThe Landing @ 7 Central in Manchester by the Sea. Share this photo and you will automatically be entered to win a copy of Chelsea’s new CD, “Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.”

Origami at the Hive

Posted on by Matthew Green

Last night I had an origami class at The Hive, with a Valentine’s Day theme.  Although I had a variety of models ready to teach, we ended up focusing on just making a rose, which is a somewhat complicated model. There were two other meetings going on in other rooms, from which we benefitted by getting spillover snacks!

Snacks, a finished rose, and a rose in the making

We added origami leaves and a stem to the rose at the end, which you can partly see in this photo with David Brooks:

David Brooks with his finished rose

I will be teaching another class in March, although the date is yet to be determined.  The theme is yet to be determined, but some possibilities are:

  • boats and ships (not the typical newspaper sailboat – ones with more variety of shape, maybe some that float, but maybe also some with more detail but less functionality)
  • Origami spirals (kind of abstract but really cool)
  • Suggestions?

– Fr. Matthew Green

Thank You from Seacoast Activity Director Alison Cox

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns
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Dear Friends of Seacoast,
Thanks to you, the residents of Seacoast have enjoyed many special events and activities since we last met including:
The New Years Eve celebration with a dessert buffet.
Dinner theater with entertainment by Pianist Vocalist Scott Andrews in January
A Baby Farm animal visit
An assortment of new supplies and games
And the Atlantic Shores unit now has an electric Fireplace
Upcoming special events include:
Dinner theater catered by Capt. Hooks with entertainment by Nick Esposito 2/12
Dessert buffet with a harpist & violinist 2/14 for a Valentine’s Celebration
2/14 Chocolate candy & Balloons will be given to each resident as a Valentine’s present
Any Friends available to volunteer and help deliver the gifts please come join us. Gifts will be distributed to all residents for Valentine’s Day 2/14 @ 3:00 PM
We are especially grateful to Hallie Baker of Turtle Alley Chocolates who generously gave us the chocolate candy at her cost.  Thank you Hallie
Thank you all!
Alison Cox
Activity Director
Thomas M. Lattof
lattotom@aol.com
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Hallie Baker Turtle Alley Chocolates

Nostradamus. The Oracle. Fred MF Bodin.

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

You know I pride our contributors on being on the cutting edge providing you with the news way before anyone else.

But then you have our boy Fred Bodin just really swinging for the fences yesterday with this bold prediction in the comment section-

Fred writes-

I have a sickening feeling that this could be a big one.

Really Fred? Whoa!!!!!!

Now I don’t know about you but he just totally blew me out of the water with the balls to make such a bold prediction.
Nostradamus? Puh-Leeeease! The Oracle- Ain’t Shit.

We got Fred MF Bodin, sticking his neck out with cutting edge, hard hitting, ballsy weather analysis right there.

I mean how could he ever have deduced that we’re getting a major storm? There was nary a mention of it all week long on the news, facebook, or twitter. The guy is the prognosticator of prognosticators.

I’m just glad we have him on our team. Sheesh. Guy is a weather forecasting monster.

Here’s Fred working up his latest weather models-

Evie will be opening her show at Alchemy February 13th

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Evie will be opening her show at Alchemy February 13th

Hey All!
Hope this message finds everyone well and having lots of fun in life. I wanted to invite you to come celebrate my art opening at Alchemy with me from 5:30-7:30 on February 13th. I look forward to seeing you there!
xo.
Ev.

SAVOUR WINE AND CHEESE CELEBRATES THE DOWNTOWN GLOUCESTER CHOCOLATE TOUR

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro


Come to
SAVOUR WINE AND CHEESE
on Saturday, Feb. 9 for the Gloucester Chocolate Tour. Buy one of our Featured Chocolate Items, and get 10% off all your purchases!

Remember, we have Aksinosie “Bean to Bar” chocolate, featured in Bon Appetite, Oprah! and Food and Wine Magazine. We also have homemade Chocolate Chip Biscotti and Peacan Squares, Chocolate Powdered Almonds, and the Mademoiselle de Margaux Chocolate with Pear, Chocolate covered Grapes, and Chocolate covered Cherries (just in time for Valentine’s Day)! Consider a bottle of Bramusa Itlalian Brachetto to pair with a flourless chocolate cake for a sweet treat. And don’t foregt the wonderful chocolate covered figs that go beautifully with rich red wines like Five Vintners Zinfandel. We have it all (and at 10% savings)! We will see you this Saturday (open 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.), and you can park in our lot in back of the store.

Kathleen Erickson
978 282-1455
Savour Wine and Cheese
76 Prospect St.
Gloucester, MA 01930

Check Out My Boy Rabbit’s Glass Eye Just Floating Around In His Skull Like A MFer

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Welcome to the Chelsea Berry Blog Sponsored By Gimme Sound.
Can I get anot her drink up in this mother?

YOLO Baby, YOLO!!!!!!!