Great Valentine Art Show at the Gloucester House

The Gloucester House venue for this event was terrific. The staff was so kind and made sure we had coffee, tea, water and treats. Cannot wait to have another show there. Thank you Gloucester House. Even the seals wanted to see the show.

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The Landing @ 7 Central ~ Chelsea Berry: Celebrity Bartender for Pathways for Children.

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 This Wednesday, über-musical talent, Chelsea Berry steps behind the bar to bartend for Gloucester’s Pathways for Children from 6 to 8pm.There will be a raffle with 100% of the proceeds going to Pathways. Tickets will be 1 for $10 or 3 for $20 and prizes will include Landing gift certificates, bottles of wine and liquor.Come out and support Chelsea and Pathways for Children!

7 Central Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massach

Christy Juckett Thinks She May Have Seen A Meteor

Feb 8th around 5PM:

Hi Joey:
I saw this overhead about an hour ago – does anyone know what flew overhead? meteor? satellite??
Thanks!
Christy

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Roasted Tomato Soup

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Are you looking for the perfect main course, or side dish to serve to your Valentine this week?  Get closer to their heart with the delicious roasted flavors packed into this simple soup! For Recipe and Photos, click see more Continue reading “Roasted Tomato Soup”

Who Remembers Using One of These?

Warning:  You will be dating yourself!

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The stencil duplicator or mimeograph machine (often abbreviated to mimeo) is a low-cost printing press that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper. The mimeograph process should not be confused with the spirit duplicator process.

Mimeographs, along with spirit duplicators and hectographs, were a common technology in printing small quantities, as in office work, classroom materials, and church bulletins. Early fanzines were printed in this technology, because it was widespread and cheap. In the late 1960s, mimeographs, spirit duplicators, and hectographs began to be gradually displaced by photocopying and offset printing.

When I was in junior high, I worked part-time in the office at Seacraft Industries (my Dad’s scuba diving business) and learned to run that mimeograph machine.  When I was really young (5 or 6), I wrote (actually printed) and published a newspaper called The Neighborhood News which covered local news in the neighborhood like new babies, puppies, someone being sick, getting a new job, or moving, etc.  My Dad would run off copies on this same machine and I would sell them to the neighbors for 5 cents.  My love of writing and sharing information started at a very early age.  This summer Dad came to visit me at the gallery and brought an edition of The Neighborhood News that he had found.  It was still in amazingly good condition.  I don’t know what I did with it.

E.J. Lefavour

Monday February 10th 2014 Cape Ann Forecast..

Marine Forecast
Mon: NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

Mon Night: NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

This morning few flurries / clouds then sunny conditions temps 24-31 degrees with north west winds 10-15 mph . Monday Night cold temps crashing into the teens north west winds 10-15mph.. Tuesday Sunny 20’s lower 30’s / Wednesday fair / Thursday watching potential storm and track uncertain as well as mix / rain / snow lines .. Stay tuned …. Thanks For Reading . Have a great Monday .
Peter Lovasco
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Community Stuff 2/10/14

Joseph Curley recently presented a $1,000.00 donation from the Cummings Properties Employee Directed Giving Program to the SeniorCare Meals on Wheels Program.  Receiving the check are Scott Trenti, Executive Director of SeniorCare and Linnea Hagberg, Nutrition Program Director.  Last year SeniorCare delivered 131,649 meals to homebound elders and served 39,832 meals at senior dining sites in Beverly, Gloucester, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Rockport, Ipswich, Hamilton, Topsfield and Wenham.  The donation kicks off SeniorCare’s 2014 March for Meals campaign to raise awareness of the need for senior meals.  For more information visit www.seniorcareinc.org

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Hi Joey
I am a GMG fan, and have a big event coming up, but due to my own tech-dummy problem, have not been able to get it on the GMG site.
Can you help me?
Unfortunately, it is coming up soon! (I’m sure you have heard this before)
I am a Co-Chair of  the Gloucester Coalition for the Prevention of Domestic Abuse along with Sunny Robiinson  We have joined the global initiative
ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE 2014 which is a flash-mob and speak-out about violence against women and girls.
Given the brutal headlines in the GDT this past week, we hope that lots of people will show up.
2013 was our first One Billion Rising event, and we were well supported by the community, the city and the police department.
This year, we hope to gather at least 100 people on Main Street!
Our event will be on Friday, February 14th, Valentines Day at 12:30, Cape Ann Savings Bank Park, 101 Main Street
Speakers will include:
-Mayor Carolyn Kirk
-HAWC Executive Director Anthony DiPietro
-YWCA North Shore Rape Crisis representative Sally Struble
-GPD Lt. David Quinn
-Staff from SeniorCare
I will emcee (Nicki Richon-Schoel)
There is great video at www.onebillionrising.org , but again- being tech-dumb can’t seem to figure out how to upload onto GMG!

ALSO:  THERE IS ONE REHEARSAL remaining to learn the dance to One Billion Rising.
It will be on Wednesday, Feb 12 at JANINES FITNESS, ROCKPORT.
Really hope you can help put this out to the community, and eternally grateful!
call me 978-853-3350 if need more, or text/email
thanks so much!
Nicki

Yellow Water Nasty Rooms- Welcome to Sochi!

If this doesn’t highlight in boldface italicized underlined font that Big Time Sporting Events Belong In Big Time Cities I Don’t Know What Does.  Who is on the Olympics Committee?  Fire the whole lot of them.  Like yesterday.  They shouldn’t be making decisions any more.  Who the hell wants to go to this dumpy ass third world city to celebrate the biggest sporting event on the planet- The Olympics?  This is where you hole up the most elite athletes in the world?  Hotels with brown water?  Mickey Mouse sheets?  WTF is going on over there??????  Imagine you train your whole life for the winter Olympics dreaming of St Moriz Switzerland, Vancouver, Turin, Oslo, and then you get off the plane in Sochi, check into your room, turn on the water and its urine colored and the beds are better at the Pine Street Inn.

Lets see I’m on the Olympics Hosting City Selection Committee and I’m gonna pick a world class city to host the 2014 Olympics.  You don’t suppose that all that Russian oil money doesn’t come into play?  Has to, right?  I mean how else in the world do you justify picking this kind of third world hotel hosting city over a real big time developed country.  (and I understand that these aren’t really third world country conditions, but compared to US hotel Standards and real International City Standards they are)

This goes for the Superbowl too.  (and I’m aware that there’s talk of a Superbowl coming to Foxboro)  Let me just state for the record- Probably no one deserves more respect in the NFL than Bob Kraft.  Classy, took a team from despair and turned them into Champions, humble, the whole works.  They did a great job with Patriots Place, the mall , the dining options, the hotels, ect, ect.  But lets not get crazy here.  Foxboro is a blip of a town with such little to do.  It’s  SOOOO far removed from a real City that the poor people that would come up here to watch and cover the Superbowl  would be scattered all over the place and there would no way to cohesively host them.  Not like they can in New Orleans, San Fran, Miami or Dallas.

Put me in the camp that says that these events should only be held in Cities with tons of awesome hotels and restaurants and fun things to do.  Foxboro?  Really???  

Hmmm, lets see where would I rather spend  a 4 day weekend to celebrate the Superbowl in February? 

Miami, nah, too warm and sunny and too many awesome restaurants and sights to see. 

New Orleans?  No way.  Place is wayyyy too fun and centrally located and set up for a huge event like the Superbowl.

Oh, I got it!  Foxboro!!!!  That thriving metropolis where we can have people have to drive to get to and stay in other cities like Providence or Boston, no where near the stadium and for there be no way to cohesively party with all the other fans rooting for your team.

Yeah, that’s the ticket, Foxboro.

 

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Melody Beattie Quote of the Week from Greg Bover

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Melody Beattie (1948-    )

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A St. Paul, Minnesota native, Beattie is best known for her writing on co-dependence, the excessive preoccupation with the needs of another, at the cost of paying attention to one’s own needs. She survived kidnapping at age 4, childhood sexual abuse, alcohol and drug addiction, marriage to an alcoholic, divorce, and the death of one of her own children. She spent three years caring for her mother as she died from Alzheimer’s disease. She has written more than a dozen books on topics including grief, denial, meditation and 12 Step programs.

Love Shack!

What do you give your lover for Valentine’s Day?

Why, a Shaque D’Amour, of course!

Love Shack ©Kim Smith 2013

Where can you purchase your Love Shack?

Gloucester’s Nichols Candy House, naturally!

Originally posted January, 2013.

A Magical Moment Just Occurred in my Kitchen

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… this share is for all who know the story behind why I hosted my First St. Joseph Altar last year… yesterday while driving to my Cousin Amy’s baby shower my mother Pat,  Aunt Gina Ciaramitaro and I set a schedule for this years St. Joseph’s Day preparations, activities and Feast. Opening your home and hosting a feast for a small army takes precise orchestration and teamwork.  While at the bridal shower I announced the dates to my family members, so they could block off their calendars.  Today  I began sending private text messages to others between preparing Sunday Dinner. While I was preparing twice baked potatoes, I was texting my life long friend Michele Tocco the dates while the potatoes cooled for a moment.  At the same time I began humming to myself The St. Joseph Rosary in Sicilian.  I picked the first potato to cut, and reached for my camera to snap a shot for a future recipe post, an action I do dozens of times throughout my days cooking. I snap a shot depicting the cut, then let the potato fall open in my hand to snap a second shot of the potato halved. To my surprise 2 identical cross shapes appeared on each half…. I could feel a warmth around me.  My eyes filled with tears as I looked up towards the heavens and said out-loud…” So I guess your all happy with the dates we selected for our Families St. Joseph Festivities this year❤️

I like to think of happenings like this to be little  gifts from my guardian angels above. Thank You Grandpa & Grandma with the Wharf, Nono & Nona with the Store, Uncle Mick & Auntie FeFe  Militello  and Uncle Charlie<3

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Who is Good at Jumping Rope?

This is amazing.  I couldn’t do this even when I was young, and I only have two legs and no tail to get in the way.

E.J. Lefavour

Keep your eyes and ears on Darlingside – featured in this month’s Noise

Every month, when the new issue of The Noise comes out, I’m grateful for the forces that brought T-Max to Gloucester and for his perspective on local Music.  This month, he chose to feature a Massachusetts band with a unique sound, so we can all enjoy watching their star rise together: Darlingside.  See the article here … and check out this video!

Beverly Votes “Yes” For New Brimbal Avenue Interchange – …and Whole Foods

After much controversy  the results of a special election for the project have been released and it was approved by a vote of 3,978 “Yes” to 3,743. Along with the new interchange will come a new shopping center to be anchored by Whole Foods. Photo at least gives an idea of the changes.

Ralph Hendrickson and great granddaughter Kiara

Hey Joey, my sister Cindy and myself are Good Morning Gloucester followers and wanted to share my dads big 89 with you. He is a big Red Sox and Patriot fan, and enjoys following politics. Happy Winter!

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