Day: April 16, 2020

Feather and Wedge Dinner Drinks and Dessert!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Feather and Wedge Dinner Drinks and Dessert!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

GLOUCESTERCAST 400 THE NOT-SO-NEWLYWED GAME WITH HOST SCOTTIE MAC, CHRIS AND CHARLEEN MCCARTHY, RALPH AND KIM DIGIORGIO AND JOEY C AND KATE

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

GLOUCESTERCAST 400 THE NOT-SO-NEWLYWED GAME WITH HOST SCOTTIE MAC, CHRIS AND CHARLEEN MCCARTHY, RALPH AND KIM DIGIORGIO AND JOEY C AND KATE

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Topics Include:

Thank you to the people on the font lines of the crisis that are sacrificing being away from their families- First Responders, Health Care Workers, Grocery Store People, Truckers and anyone else sacrificing to keep things moving.

All new mask requirements came out today-

http://gloucester-ma.gov/CivicAlerts/SingleAlertItem?alertID=1548

Also the state of Essex before the pandemic and all the cool stuff happening there

What it’s like for hockey parents so used to be on the go every day to not have soccer

Scottie:

Easter 🐣 and lack there of (tradition , prayer, family ,friends etc).

Recent experiences with good/bad/ thoughts of necessity and essential shopping

How will this effect upcoming elections . Social distancing vs. getting the nomination to be on the ballet, and the current voting process .

What will you/ people do you first for social engagement , as the Powers that be loosen restrictions and thing begin to return to normal ?

Topic: who is cross fit for and how does someone with no wind ever catch up to the people that are in great shape

Ken has chickens

Topics:
Picked up an Easter cake ice cream cake at white farms today…. because I’m no Felicia.

What are your silver linings? Mine is more quality time with Thatch. He truly enjoys long car drives, bike rides, and walks. Finn prefers his video games right now. One of two isn’t bad.

There’s a house in Rockport that we have thought maybe belonged to Adam Sandler for years….. met the owner the other day. Turns out he’s not Adam Sandler…. and he may not love people driving by looking for Adam. 😂

‘I Just Need the Comfort’: Processed Foods Make a Pandemic Comeback
Shoppers, moved by nostalgia and hunting for longer shelf lives, are returning to old standbys like Chef Boyardee and Campbell’s soup.
By Julie Creswell

 

THANK YOU GOVERNOR BAKER AND THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION FOR PROTECTING PIPING PLOVERS AT DCR BEACHES!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

So proud to live in Massachusetts, a state where the lives of threatened and endangered shorebirds that nest along our coastline, birds such as Least Terns, Piping Plovers, and American Oyster Catchers, are considered worth protecting.

Despite all that the state government is trying to manage with the pandemic at its very peak, a huge shout out to Governor Baker and his administration for continuing the fight to help protect Piping Plovers. The Governor’s list of essential workers includes natural resource workers and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation has placed symbolic roping and threatened species signs on DCR beaches. For over forty years, people have been working to rebuild the Piping Plover population and it will only add to the coronavirus tragedy if we cease protecting threatened and endangered wildlife.

The PiPls are having a tough time of it this spring, largely because so much of their overwintering habitat was ravished during last year’s Hurricane Dorian. Let’s all work together to share the shore with wildlife and to protect our own Good Harbor Beach Piping Plover family!

Males and females are pairing up at local beaches

Male PiPl building a nest scrape and tossing bits of shells and sand into the scrape

Female PiPl keeping out of the path of gusty winds

Winthrop Shores Reservation ‘Five Sisters’

 

FISHERMAN’S WHARF GLOUCESTER NEW CURBSIDE PICKUP DETAILS – OPEN NOW EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY – READ MORE

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns
We have partnered with our neighbor Minglewood Harborside to help provide you with everything you need to enjoy a delicious meal around our fresh, local seafood – without making a trip to the store.

Order your haddock or scallops from Fisherman’s Wharf Gloucester and sides, beer & wine from Minglewood Harborside; one call, one stop, one payment.

Just call 978.281.7707 to place your order and receive a pickup time, pull into one of our curbside pickup spots in front of Minglewood Harborside, and we’ll bring everything out to your car.

10 AM – 4 PM, Tuesday – Saturday
978.281.7707

Credit Cards, Apple & Google Pay only

$15 2 lbs. Fresh Haddock (pre-bagged)
$15.00 1 lb. Container of Fresh Scallops(dry)
edit: clam chowder* $22

TOO FAT FOR CHINA STREAMING VIA THE GLOUCESTER STAGE COMPANY

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TOO FAT FOR CHINA 
A Comic Look at the Agony of Adoption by PHOEBE POTTS 
WATCH ONLINE NOW!
 
Gloucester Stage Company debuted  TOO FAT FOR CHINA, a world premiere one woman show written and performed by cartoonist and storyteller and Gloucester resident Phoebe Potts, to sold our audiences at Gloucester Stage in November 2019 This comedic theater performance (debuting on National Adoption Day, Nov. 23) is a sequel to Potts’ graphic memoir, Good Eggs (Harper, 2010), which charts her travails with infertility and the endless rounds of treatments and miscarriages she and her husband endured. Roz Chast, the New Yorker cartoonist, called Potts’ memoir “sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always honest, intelligent, and completely involving.” In Too Fat for China, Potts picks up the narrative with her quest for an international adoption. The story has a happy ending, but it twists and turns through fraught questions about family and race— subjects that feel particularly pertinent in our current political climate. Potts tackles it all, as she does life, with humor and irreverence.
Phoebe Potts is donating all proceeds from streaming to Gloucester’s Backyard Growers. 
 
The performance was filmed in front of a live theater audience and edited to fit your viewing screen.

Streaming Tickets are $9. Click https://gloucesterstage.com/too-fat-for-china/ to purchase and gain access Now through Sunday April 26th.

 
ABOUT THE COMPANY: Gloucester Stage is a professional non-profit theater providing a unique, intimate experience for audiences and committed to supporting new works. Located in a century old re-purposed brick warehouse on the waterfront of Cape Ann, the organization is led by Artistic Director Robert Walsh and Managing Director Christopher Griffith.
For further information, call the Gloucester Stage Box Office at 978-281-4433 or visit WWW.GLOUCESTERSTAGE.COM

Cape Ann Olive Oil Store

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Cape Ann Olive Oil Co. 57 Main Street, Gloucester, MA  01930, will be OPEN this Saturday, April 18 from 11 to 2 for curbside pickup and delivery. You can order at www.capeannoliveoil.com and email at capeann.oo@gmail.com or call at 978-281-1061. We appreciate your support. Stay safe!!

I have done this as well, love their Mission Fig, it is safe and easy to pick up.

Joe Wilkins: Social Distance Sing Online! 7:30pm April 19.2020

Posted on by Joanne

Hey all 🙂

I’ll be live streaming a set of music from the dining room here this upcoming Sunday, the 19th @ 7:30. I’ll be showcasing some new originals, some old originals – and maybe I’ll throw in a few tunes by other people. Please share any requests you have for me here 🙂
Tune in to the live stream on my personal page: https://www.facebook.com/joe.wilkins.906

http://www.wilkinsnoise.com/?fbclid=IwAR2-ZM2Z2uKZnMPDXInt7yoA5Z3_lxW6scCmySNnpq_9Ku6EHkPKc3CdwfE

CASTAWAYS BIANCA GIACALONE- TOGETHER WE WILL WEATHER THIS STORM!

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Love this message painted by Bianca Giacalone. You can see the Big Red Heart at her Castaways breakfast and coffee shop. Thank you Bianca!

This would be a great spot to take a family photo at while out getting some fresh air and practicing physical distancing ❤

Castaways Vintage Cafe is located at 65 Rogers Street, Gloucester. They are open from 8am to 2pm and are offering curbside contactless pick up of acai bowls, lattes, coffee, smoothies and juices. In addition Castaways is offering delivery or pickup of assorted fresh veggie bags and fruit bags. Deliveries are on Tuesdays and Fridays and must be ordered the day before. Order through FB or call the cafe 978-559-7984 to order. These are an offering to provide for our community while hopefully keeping people out of the grocery stores.

Tablets for Covid Patients to Communicate with Loved Ones

Posted on by Nichole S.

Noah Hano is very close to his goal of $30,000 to provide tablets to Covid nurses to use to help patients communicate with loved ones who are not allowed to visit hospitals.  At last look his Facebook fundraiser had raised just shy of $25,000 and Noah and his family have been able to deliver tablets to several local hospitals.

Can you help with the final push?  Read below and then please click on the link to see how you can help.  https://www.facebook.com/donate/898937720535998/907608029668967/

Ok, so we’ve raised close to $20,000 from 212 donors and over 1100 people have been invited to the fundraiser by sharing.

Every night before I go to bed I check the total raised and I’m amazed at the generosity!!! Yes, I started this fundraising effort but each and everyone one of you made it a reality! You all deserve a pat on the back.

You all represent the good in this world!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Help us provide the critical bridge between Covid patients and their families before they die or get intubated. As many of you probably know, the family members of Covid patients are not allowed to visit their loved ones in the hospital. Often times the only means of communication is Skype, Zoom or FaceTime. Some nurses have been using their personal devices to make the connection between patient and family to say their last goodbyes before they die or get intubated. This is not practical or sanitary. As more and more patients pile in there will not be enough time to lend their devices. Many hospitals are unable to provide the tablets or phones to the nurses. We have purchased a number of tablets for local hospitals and would like to continue to provide many more. If we can facilitate one last goodbye then our mission is complete. Please donate whatever you can! If you can’t donate money, we’ll accept your lightly used tablets. NOTE: ANY EXTRA MONEY WILL BE DONATED TO THE RED CROSS.

To learn more about his mission or to donate, visit:

https://www.facebook.com/donate/898937720535998/

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Smoked Meatballs With Kate’s Sugo In The @weberGrills Ivory Mastertouch

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Northeast BBQ

Last night’s dinner was a collaboration with my beautiful wife Kate.  Quarantining has been pretty great when you love being with the ones you’re quarantined with.

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Two lbs 80/20 chuck (if I had veal and pork I would have used those too)

Chopped Basil

Chopped parsley

Two Cloves Garlic Minced

2/3 cup Parmeseasn

2/3 cup Riccotta

2/3 Cup Panko

Red Pepper Flakes and Black Pepper

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Indirect cook 400F for 30 minutes

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Transfer to pot with Kate’s sugo to simmer for a half hour on the stove

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Time to Eat!

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