We had a lovely stroll around Newburyport a few days ago. One of our favorite stops is the Oldies Marketplace at Rear Water St. It recently reopened for the season with limited hours. It’s a large barn kind of building with several stalls offering up a wide variety of “oldies”. You can lose yourself for hours. I am always looking for Gloucester history and sometimes find I have better luck finding it when I am NOT in Gloucester. Though I did not find Gloucester that day, I did find Rockport represented in an old glass bottle. It can be a little chilly in there so be prepared if you stop by. I did find several little items that caught my eye. It’s a fun way to spend some time.
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Please join the Greater Cape Ann Chamber for a full buffet breakfast at Cruiseport Gloucester and listen to a presentation on the Economic Outlook of the region by Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, followed by a brief Q & A session.
The breakfast session is limited to 90 attendees so reserve your spot now.Cost is $45 for Chamber members and$55 for non-members.
March 1st was the beginning of Meteorological spring. We’ll see if Punxsutawney Phil is right that there will be no spring until after the Vernal equinox on March 21st.
A singing Cardinal is a good sign for the Meteorological springThe early crocuses are anotherBut we have a couple of storms a week. Nun 4 off the lighthouse rides them outThe US Coast Guard is always out to practice. Sea birds in the foregroundAfter her storm refuge in Gloucester (see Pat D’s post), ‘Ile de Molene’ is out on the European cableA double-ended Canada Goose is feeding on land at Niles PondThis Mallard needs a napkinThe female is perfectly camouflagedA male Hooded Merganser arrived on the pond and the women are after himHe looks back, wondering if he made the right choiceHe concludes he did
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The Cape Ann YMCA Performance Camp led by award winning professional actress, director and arts educator Heidi Dallin is back for Summer 2023. Dallin and her team of theater professionals / arts educators including Rin Wolter, Tyler Garofalo, Sarah Vandewalle, Jenny Hersey, TS Burnham, Martina Gallo and Julia Drost are set for another exciting summer at the Cape Ann YMCA culminating in 2 public performances of Disney’s Frozen JR!
To continue my limited series honoring March and St. Patrick’s Day, cheers to Tonno on Main St. for their version of Irish Coffee! Rich in flavor and very satisfying as we awaited the recent storm huddled by the fireplace. Unlike Netflix, I cannot promise when the next Irish Coffee post will drop, but rest assured you will see another soon!
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Happy to tell you that April 19,2023 Pauline’s Gifts will be OPENING for my 24th. Season. Excited and Honored to be Celebrating our beautiful city’s 400th.Year. You aren’t going to want to miss all of the NEW items as well as our returning faves!! Thank you for being here for my #smallbiz. #ilovemycustomers❤️
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It’s always a treasure to walk down to the dock area at Maritime Gloucester on the Harbor Loop. This happened to be a very pretty day a couple of weeks ago. I ALWAYS recommend this to visitors, so if you haven’t been down in a while, take the stroll.
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Join us in celebrating Seaport Grille’s 14th Anniversary. Kick off our anniversary with Chris Fritz-Grice on Tuesday, March 7th from 5 to 8pm. Enjoy flights specials, live music, prizes, giveaways, and more.
Three nights of celebration!March 7th, 8th and 9th.
Hi joe,It’s Dean Burgess from Bothways farm in essex ,Its Maple syrup cooking time ,I have to boil down anywhere from 60 to 70 gallons of maple tree sap to get 1 gallon of maple syrup.This is a wood fired sap burner which will take about 3 days straight to burn off all the water .I then use a hydrometer to get the right density of syrup in order to bottle it up.
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