Here’s some good news for this dreary windy day: Cape Ann Brewing will be opening for take out Friday May 1. Here’s the link for the menu which includes some grocery items such as paper towels, gloves, flour, bleach, Virgilio’s Bread and other items.

It also includes some very interesting menu choices such as Pulled Pork, Wings, Burger and Steak Bomb. New (at least to my eyes) are “build your own” choices (chicken, haddock among additional items) and dinners for 4: Roast Chicken and Mac & Cheese!

My mouth is watering already. Follow their Facebook page for updates and further info. I am so excited!!

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It was very chilly but poignant with still boats and water. I found one boat worker rocking out while fixing the Ardella.

Listen we can’t let pretender North Shore wannabe cities win these awards.  The hardware for “Best Of” needs to stay here in Gloucester, Essex, Rockport and Manchvegas.  I’ll leave this stickied to the top of the blog through the week so people can find it!

Get out the vote- Link here to vote!

SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES!

Northern cardinals appear regularly in our backyard and I consider ourselves blessed to be part of their world. It’s hard not to be fascinated by the bright red males, but the females hold their own particular beauty. Symbols of hope and renewal, it seems appropriate now to share these with you. Many people believe cardinals indicate a departed loved one is nearby and watching. I think we could all use some help throughout this trying time.

4.24.20 – Cape Ann Pharmacies, Convenience and Grocery Stores

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When I was a kid and my mother would drop us off at our Grandfather Joe Popcorn’s store I could wait for the warm Virgilio’s bread to come in. My grandmother would cut it in half and add EVOO, salt and pepper to the warm bread. Man that was delicious.

So that’s what I did to yesterday’s bread-

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And also a Humpback whale end of the day through the mist.

We’re staying close to home with the pandemic, but there was no shortage of wildlife and other goings on around Eastern Point this weekend.

There was a time when I used to read mob books.  Black Mass, Brutal: The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger’s Irish Mob, Gotti: Rise and Fall Mass Market Paperback – June 1, 1996

After a while I stopped reading them.  The reason was because if you read what these people did and how they betrayed each other you lose your faith in humanity.

In “Operation Family Secrets” it tells the story about how a mob boss’ son wore a wire to and took down a lot of people in the Chicago mob including his own father.

In the video of the investigative report the last words of the son who says how it’s portrayed as glamorous and everyone is taken care of but the reality is far from that.

Link To The Book Here