Month: July 2021

SATURDAY JULY 24th COMPLIMENTARY FINE WINE TASTINGS @ SAVOUR!

WHAT: Join us this Saturday, JULY  24th for a special complimentary wine tasting with the owner-wine importer Harry Zarkades of Main Street Wines distributors.  Harry will be pouring an exciting lineup of very fine special wines from Washington, Oregon, France and Italy, 6 bottles that may be new to your palette.  As always, the tasting is elevated by tasters using our imported Riedel stemware.  

WHY:  The opportunity to introduce tasters to wines that have distinctive qualities…unique grape varietals from ascending and prized wine regions, wines of noteworthy complexity… the perfect occasion to experience the new.      

WHO: Main Street Wines, owner & wine merchant Harry Zarkades together with Savor’s Kathleen Morgan have assembled a notable group of acclaimed vintners and small artisan producers whose wines deserve this special showcase.

WHEN: This Saturday, July 24th, from 1 to 3pm at Savour 

HOW: Savour’s Saturday tastings are complimentary as is parking in Savor’s lot behind the store with rear entrance.

Saturday’s Fine Wine Tastings Selections:

Octapoda Chardonnay, CA 

Duck Pond Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley, OR 

Firriato “Jasmin” Zibbibo, Mt Etna, Sicily 

Rosaline Rose, Provence Fr

Firriato “La Sabbie Dell” Etna, Mt Etna, Sicily

Dead Canyon Ranch, Horse Heaven Hills, Washington

Adding to the Main Street Wines Saturday tasting is Savour’s Everyday Tech Tastings at the North Shore’s Only – Digital Wine Machine.

Just added 20 new wines for August to sample and yes, complimentary …the occasion to try a diverse collection of seasonally paired wines, whites – reds – rose enjoyed with Riedel imported stemware to taste at your pace. All wines are paired with food recommendations from Kathleen. The wine machine is a breeze to use.

Please Note: If you aren’t fully vaccinations, we ask you wear a mask when not tasting wines.  Thank you for this accommodation for our mutual well-being. 

Thanks you,
                                                                                   Kathleen & the Savour team                                     
                        Savour Wine & Cheese  l  76 Prospect St.  l  Gloucester l  978. 282 .1455    
                                                    savourwineandcheese.com

Jimmy and Pat did a piece on Ripple On The Water about a month ago.

Eloise asked if we could go out for dinner and I figured it was a perfect night to give it a shot.

Boy am I happy we did. While a lot of the other Essex restaurants serve excellent standard fried clams and baked haddock, Ripple On The Water is doing creative flavorful dishes not lacking for any punch!

Like The Pig wings:

The Spring Rolls:

The Room Is Beautiful:

The View Is Fantastic Overlooking the Essex River and Essex Landing

The Tuna Poke Was Excellent and Tuna Nachos as well. I devoured them without taking photos, sorry.

74 Main St, Essex, MA 01929

(978) 768-6320

Front row seats….

If you listen to the GloucesterCast, you know that new-to-GloucesterCast-guests are asked for their choices of Death Row Meals and Subs. These choices need to come from an establishment and not someone’s personal kitchen. We have been asked to share the results.

An unscientific tally indicates that Virgilios St. Joe’s (including Chicken St. Joe’s) is the most popular choice with Destinos Cheesesteak as a close second. Sclafanis Italian comes in third for subs.

Dinner choices were more wide ranging but the local favorites include Hangar Steak at the Franklin, Bolognese at Tonno and clams at Causeway.

Here’s the sheet for your own perusal! What are your choices?

This Sunday, tune into WCVB-TV ABC Boston at 2:00 pm to catch Home, Life & Style – featuring Yella on the Water! Parker Kelley stops by to get a behind-the-scenes look at everything Yella. We talk food, family, and lifestyle – and even do a little lobstering with Mark Ring and his wife Cara! Set your reminder now so that you won’t miss this must-see episode!

I thought it might be interesting to open my Gloucester Daily Times newspaper books to a random day in 1956 and see what was what. Always intriguing to find that as much as history changes, it stays the same. I noticed some familiar names and establishments on the list of licenses granted in April 1956. The “Dun Fudgin” boat landing was just a sparkle in the eye of the city. The high school baseball team played on. Young homemakers had new and modern furniture options available on Main Stree.t Enjoy your stroll.

A couple of hummingbirds are having a territorial dispute in my backyard.  This tiny little thing is sitting on the bud of a dahlia resting and watching.

Hello,
I just found your Good Morning Gloucester blog and was hoping you could help me with a question. I’m interested in photographing the Eastern Point lighthouse from across the water at Old House Cove. I don’t know the area that well, so I wanted to ask you if the cove is a public-access property, and if it is legal to park on Dolliver Neck Rd near the cove. 
I’ve attached a picture of the map where I’d like to take photographs from.
Thank you, Stephen Turner

The Nurse Project, Portrait Paintings and Writings by Nurses is on Exhibit at the Sargent House Museum throughout July and August

A new exhibition featuring the work of Vanessa Michalak opens July 22^nd at The Sargent House Museum in Gloucester MA. The exhibitions, organized into two parts, features groups of five different portrait paintings and written anecdotes by each subject. Part 2 opens August 12^th and closes Sept 2^nd.

The exhibition entitled “The Nurse Project” is a collaboration between artist and nurses. Painter Vanessa Michalak asked nurses to send her their selfies and written anecdotes describing their experiences during the pandemic. The idea was to give nurses an opportunity to express themselves visually through the act of taking their own photo and through their choice of writing style. The participants described their experiences through poetry, anecdotes and personal essays.

Michalak, who graduated with an MFA in painting from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing wanted to make paintings that honored the nursing profession.  Michalak, who still works as a per diem while building her career as an artist has been a nurse since 2004.   Each portrait is large scale, many measuring 36”x30” and acts as a way to honor each nurse and their experiences. The writings accompanying each portrait are given their own recognition.  Printed posters of nearly equal size, share the written experiences of each nurse in their own words.

Nurses, Michalak writes, are no strangers to feeling unheard. About the body of work, she states: “I wanted to give nurses the opportunity to share their thoughts, feelings and experiences with the hopes of honoring and calling attention to the critical role in healthcare that they play. The exhibition strives to honor not just the role of the nurse, but the voice of the nurse. I hope that by sharing this body of work with not only healthcare workers, but the general public that we as citizens, will work together to make decisions that reflect our care about the wellbeing of others, prioritize safety and value the contributions of our nurses. 

Michalak, who was this year’s Gloucester Artist Invitational Resident at the Geotemann Artist Residency is known for her landscape paintings depicting Cape Ann and the Dogtown Art Show, an outdoor art installation featuring numerous plein air paintings displayed on site. She was a recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Fellowship Award in Painting in 2014 and was included in New American Paintings, issue 110. 

The Nurse Project is a moving, contemplative exhibition, each painting and written experience serving to honor the profession of nursing while at the same time reminding us that this pandemic is still not over and we must continue to work together.

Shoreline pond….

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