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‘FOLLOW THE STAR,’ performed by the The Musicians of the Old Post Road in the Gloucester Meetinghouse, Saturday December 16th at 7:30pm.
Join us for a joyful celebration of the completed fire-sprinkler project with a magical Baroque chamber music concert!
We will thank the key civic grant sources and private individual donors to the sprinkler capital campaign; especially Linzee & Beth Coolidge who provided the initial and capping gifts that made it possible
TheMusicians of the Old Post Road is a chamber ensemble based in the Boston area that specializes in the period instrument performance of dynamic and diverse music from the Baroque to early Romantic eras. Founded by Artistic Directors Suzanne Stumpf (flute) and Daniel Ryan (cello), the ensemble also includes Sarah Darling (violin & viola), Marcia Cassidy (viola), and Michael Bahmann (harpsichord).
‘Follow the Star’ is a program showcasing music written for Epiphany and shining a light on the Magi’s journey toward Bethlehem. This festive concert includes selections by Telemann, Geist, and a modern day revival of a…
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ONLY THREE DAYS TO THE GMG 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY / HOLIDAY PARTY DECEMBER 16TH AT CAPE ANN GICLEE0 COME!!!!
Listen Please don’t think you’re not invited if you didn’t get a Facebook invite or personal invitation. YOU’RE INVITED!
I/We don’t have the time top dig through to try to remember each and every GMG FOB to tag on Facebook and some of you don’t even have Facebook.
But the fact is that GMG wouldn’t be what it is without our awesome readers and friends.
we want you there.
Good Morning Gloucester Holiday Party
Hosted by Cape Ann Giclee
Saturday, December 16 at 6 PM – 9 PM
Are You A FOB?
Then you better get your sexy ass down to Cape Ann Giclee For The GMG XMAS Party December 16th! 6PM Til We Burn Down The Neighborhood!
I’m just gonna put this out there that if you consider yourself a FOB you had better show up for our killer OFFICIAL GMG CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!!!!
We’re gonna celebrate it all, Kwanza, spinnin the dradel, all that fun shit!
Saturday, December 16, 2015 – 6 to 9pm (ish)
Location:
Cape Ann Giclée
20 Maplewood Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
It’s pot-luck and byob
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Joe Piscetello Skipper Of The American Eagle -His Story From The Early 80s
The footage at the end was the boat offloading at our dock, 06:30 Our dock where Joe offloaded. Uncle Charlie, Dennis McKillop and Steve Spaceman offloading him in this clip. It’s the spot where a most of my Instagram photos are taken from almost every day.
Right here-
Not much has changed. Same winch. Same hoist. Different generation.
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Vote Gloucester for Lyon-Waugh Christmas Charity Challenge
The City of Gloucester is trying to edge our friends in Peabody for the first ever Christmas Cruiser Charity Challenge, as organized by the Lyon-Waugh Auto Group. The rules are simple: head to the Lyon-Waugh Facebook page, vote for your city by replying to the contest post (seen here) and like/share to get the word out. The City with the most votes wins, with the losing side making a donation to the charity of their choice.
Contest ends 12/15, so please help Gloucester win by liking and voting on the post now!
Full details from the Facebook post are as follows:
CHRISTMAS CRUISER CHALLENGE!
VOTE AND SHARE TODAY!!
STEPS FOR THE CHALLENGE. It’s as easy as 1,2,3.
1. Visit Lyon-Waugh Auto Group Facebook page
2. Like Lyon-Waugh Auto Group Page (we will monitor these likes so please be sure to perform this important step)
3. Vote for the best looking police
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A deal too good to pass up!
Get a head start on your “New year, new ME”! Now through the end of December, join at any of our MAC locations and pay just HALF the fee to join + NOTHING ELSE until FEBRUARY 1st!!!
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France Banning Cell Phones During School For Kids Til They Are 15
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Minglewood Tavern Cheesy Steak Bombtastic!
Minglewood Tavern
25 Rogers St, Gloucester, MA 01930
The Serenitee Rewards Card allows you earn points towards free food and experiences every time you dine at one of our restaurants. You earn 10 points for every dollar spent. All you have to do is put your Rewards Card next to your credit card when you pay. Here are the standard rewards:
2,500 points = Free Appetizer, Salad or Dessert
3,500 points = Pizza, Sushi Roll or Sharing Platter
5,500 points = Free Entrée
10,000+ points = Tickets to special events, like wine dinners and cocktail parties,
plus some fun rewards we’re still dreaming up.
But there’s more…
- We also add surprises through the year. You might find a free appetizer show up on your card for TWK, or lunch at 15 Walnut, or sushi at Opus.
- You always get a free entrée and dessert to celebrate your birthday month
- You…
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Holiday Specials! everyBODY welcome!
GIVE THE GIFT OF YOGA!
A “Transformative Experience”
Enjoy this beautifully written blog, Up Near the Light Where the Breezes Blow, by student, Andrew McCloy. He describes how yoga has brought him back in time to those feelings he would get as a child, playing in the woods of Manchester. “As I see it, the transformation with a yoga practice is ongoing — it can be life-long and you do not receive a diploma. It happens every day.”
With over 40 classes a week, Treetop Yoga Studio offers multiple styles of classes for everyone. Whether you like a more powerful vinyasa flow or a slower restorative class, we look forward to seeing you and your loved ones on the mat. We also have plenty of options for beginners, children, and even expecting moms! And have you tried one of the amazing Barre classes? A great workout before or after work!
Feel…
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We Want Every One Of You To Come To The GMG 10 Year Anniversary / Holiday party December 16th At Cape Ann Giclee
Listen Please don’t think you’re not invited if you didn’t get a Facebook invite or personal invitation. YOU’RE INVITED!
I/We don’t have the time top dig through to try to remember each and every GMG FOB to tag on Facebook and some of you don’t even have Facebook.
But the fact is that GMG wouldn’t be what it is without our awesome readers and friends.
we want you there.
Good Morning Gloucester Holiday Party
Hosted by Cape Ann Giclee
Saturday, December 16 at 6 PM – 9 PM
Are You A FOB?
Then you better get your sexy ass down to Cape Ann Giclee For The GMG XMAS Party December 16th! 6PM Til We Burn Down The Neighborhood!
I’m just gonna put this out there that if you consider yourself a FOB you had better show up for our killer OFFICIAL GMG CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!!!!
We’re gonna celebrate it all, Kwanza, spinnin the dradel, all that fun shit!
Saturday, December 16, 2015 – 6 to 9pm (ish)
Location:
Cape Ann Giclée
20 Maplewood Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
It’s pot-luck and byob
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Caption This Photo Contest. Winner Gets A Free GMG T Shirt At Our Ten Year Anniversary Party!
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Isn’t It A Pain In The Butt To Turn Off Your Christmas Tree Lights? Not When You’ve Got Alexa! Your Alexa Device Buying Guide.
We Use Our Amazon Alexa Devices Constantly. Every Single Day When I Get Home Kate Has An Alexa Timer Going For Dinner, We Ask For Game Times, The Weather, To Turn The Lights On Or Off, Movie Times, For Cooking Unit Conversions And Every Day We’re Discovering More And More Uses.
We have our Christmas tree jammed in a tight space so tuning the lights on and off is an exercise in Yoga to unplug them at the end of the night. Not so now with Alexa and a $5 smart plug. My bedside table lamp is on an Alexa enabled plug. My Alexa request- “Alexa turn off my bedside lamp.” Off it goes!
The prices this week are the cheapest they’ve ever been and there are all different levels. Some as low as $30. I recommend you start out with the $80 Echo and a couple of $5 smartplugs.
Get Your Amazon Alexa Devices Now At This Link
I predicted a month ago that they would be one of the most popular Christmas gifts, one because of how much bang for the buck you get, two for the cool factor and three how there’s a wide range of prices on the different devices so there’s really no- one that you couldn’t get one for.
Here I am last night turning the Christmas tree lights on and off from the couch-
I’ll share pictures of the different units and who they’d be good for-
The Echo Show– Has A Screen That Constantly Scrolls Time, Relevant News, Will Show Your Cooking Timers, Play Prime Videos, Show The Weather, Plays Music with Lyrics If You Want Them And A Ton More Stuff. PERFECT For The Kitchen Counter. Normally $229 On Sale As Of Yesterday For $150 Get It At This Link
The Echo– Speaker That Fills The Room With Sound And Does What The Echo Show Does Minus The Screen. Perfect if you don’t care about the screen and if you only want to dip your toes before going all in you could get just this one and keep it in the kitchen, living room or bedroom. they provide excellent sound even for a pretty large room. Normally $100 On Sale For $80 Get It At This Link
The Echo Dot– Smaller Speaker That Does Everything The Echo Does But Is Smaller And Less Powerful Speaker. Perfect for the bathroom, bedside table, living room if you already have the larger Echo or Echo Show. Also perfect for kids gifts- they will absolutely be wowed and psyched. Can be used as an alarm clock, to play music, as questions and all the stuff you do with the larger units just better suited for smaller rooms or as add on’s throughout the house. We use one in our Master Bath to play music in the shower, ask the time, (I constantly ask for current sports scores).
Normally $50 but have been on sale for since Black Friday for $30. Get Them At This Link
At $30 these are absolute no-brainer gifts for young adults in your life or to try out in different locations in the house.
Smart Plugs– This Is What you plug tour Christmas Tree lights or lamps or other electrical device into to be able to turn them on and off with Alexa or if you’re away from home with the Alexa app.
Right now these plugs that are normally $28 are $5 when you purchase them in addition to an Alexa device. You’re CRAAAAZY NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT
Special holiday offer! For a limited time, purchase select Amazon Echo devices and get a TP-Link HS100 smart plug for only $5. Discount will only be applied at checkout. When you’re adding the Alexa devices T your Cart Make Sure You Take advantage of the smartplug offer and add it! 
I list a couple of the obvious uses that we use ours for but literally there are thousands of uses and differnt things they can do. Even the most expensive unit at $150 is a bargain considering how much it does. The thirty dollar units are just absolute steals for the functionality they provide.
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Are you present when you eat?
When was the last time you pulled out a chair at your table and enjoyed your meal? Can’t recall?
Are you experiencing gas, heartburn or indigestion? Through the lens of Ayurveda it is not so much about what you eat as it is to being mindful (present) when you eat.
Ayurveda Wellness Healing has a few tips to help you get back on track and to view food as medicine…
~ Stop
~ Breath
~ Prepare foods that are in season
~ Use spices to help your digestive fires
~ Set the table
~ Turn off all electronics
~ Eat your heaviest meal between 12 – 2 pm
~ Smile
You are not what you eat but what you digest and that includes your site and hearing.
“Blockage is disease/Flow is health”
info@ayurvedawellnesshealing.com to book a private consultation or purchase a gift certificate for a loved one or call/text: 978.395.1234
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Smoked/Braised Ox Tail On the @WeberGrills Performer
First Season with coarse salt/pepper/garlic and whatever seasonings you like on your beef.
Next smoke offset the coals at 275 for three hours.
Once the oxtail has reached the color you’d like to achieve add some beef broth in the corners and cover with foil to braise. allow to braise for at least a couple hours more or until the meat is fall apart tender.
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4:30AM There goes Tuffy. Another day in the grind. #lobsterman #GloucesterMA
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City Of Gloucester News- Minutes From O&A
Click Here For The Latest Ordinances & Administration Committee Minutes
Dogs Allowed On Beaches Off Season (October 1 thru April 30)
Dogs shall be allowed on public beaches from October 1 to April 30. In addition, unleashed dogs shall be allowed on the beaches as follows: Read on…
City Release: Gloucester Introduces Municipal Leadership Training Workshops
Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken announced new training workshops for City of Gloucester employees designed by the Van Loan School at Endicott College’s Center for Leadership, starting with “Fundamentals of Leadership” training for municipal managers. Read on…
Per City Ordinance Section 9-2 – Trash and Recycling Must Be Out No Later Than 7am
Just a friendly reminder: Per City Ordinance Sec 9-2: trash and recycling must be out no later than 7AM. Read on…
Fourth and Final Fall Curbside Yard Waste Collection – December 11-15th
The fourth fall curbside yard waste collection will be December 11 – 15th, on your regular trash day. Place leaves and grass clippings in paper leaf bags or loose in marked barrels. Yard waste in plastic bags will not be accepted.
Plastic Bags Are Not Accepted In Curbside Recycling
Gloucester’s curbside recycling program participation is at an all time high, with recycling rates continuing to climb year over year. That is only possible through the dedicated recycling efforts of residents like you, helping to make our City greener Read on…
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Big News from Main Street!
Last weekend teachers from Rockport and Gloucester Public Schools sacrificed their weekend so they could inquire about their own relationships to health and wellness, as to better understand how they can serve the youth they work with. There were also nurses, coaches, and other leaders who work with youth all across Massachusetts and one participant even traveled from Virginia.
My hat is off to all of them. We’re blessed to have people like these teaching our kids.
Cape Ann Power Yoga is grateful to our teachers and our community for making it possible for us to host this type of empowering training in conjunction with the Baptiste Foundation! The two day training was free for people who work with youth to help them bring the techniques we practice on the mat into the classroom.
#Unstoppable was a huge success and we are honored to announce our now
Official Affiliation with Baptiste Yoga!
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GloucesterCast 256 With Jimmy and Pat Dalpiaz, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 12/10/17
GloucesterCast 256 With Jimmy and Pat Dalpiaz, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 12/10/17
When you subscribe you need to verify your email address so they know we’re not sending you spam and that you want to receive the podcast. So once you subscribe check your email for that verification. If you don’t see it, check your spam folder in your email acct so you can verify that you’d like to get the GloucesterCast Podcast sent to you for listening at your convenience..
Timestamped Topics (click on the timestamp in front of each topic to go directly to that topic) Include:
06:25 Free Tickets To Cape Ann Community Cinema – Share this post on Facebook for a chance to win two free tickets to Cape Ann Community Cinema, The Cinema Listings are always stickied in the GMG Calendar at the top of the blog or you can click here to go directly to the website
OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE GMG CONTRIBUTORS. CHECK OUT THEIR HOLIDAY OFFERINGS
Review of Middle Street Walk Activities
Kudos To The Gloucester Police and Fire Departments
Lobster Trap Tree Lighting
Picked Out A Christmas Tree At Cape Ann Marina- Leeman Landscaping Reasonably Priced Nice Full Tree- Are There Less Places Selling Trees This Year?
Blow Up Ornamentals Decorating Outdoors- Can’t Go Half Way Madeline Says You’re Either All In Or Just A few Outdoor Decorations Can’t Get Stuck Half Way.
How Great is Kate With The Vintage Red Weber Kettle Christmas Tree Stuck In It At The Head of Our Driveway?
Harbor Voices
O’Maley Middle School fundraiser last week for O’Maley Academy “Holiday Showcase” sneak preview at Shrek Jr. performance first two weekends in March. Our middle school spy tells me our friend Nate from To Kill a Mockingbird will star in one of the casts for Shrek Jr.
Feather and Wedge Book Signing Rockport Through The Ages Photographs From The Sandy Bay Historical Society- Charles Cleaves December 14th
Snowstorms rural vs urban
A Note To Restaurant owners- OLD PEOPLE LIKE US CAN’T READ TINY TYPE ESPECIALLY IN DIMLY LIT SITUATIONS
Call To Action Paprika Grill-
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Not sure if Crossfit is right for you?
Not sure if CFCA is right for you? We offer a 14 day trial membership for $65 so you can test the waters before fully committing to improving your health/fitness and life! Trial memberships start with a private intro session with one of our coaches. The intro will give you an opportunity to check out our facility, learn more about our program, watch an actual class in progress and learn some of the basic movements that we use on a regular basis. More importantly, it’s a chance for us to get to know you… (your goals, athletic background, previous injuries) and address any questions or concerns that you may have. This session generally lasts 40-60 mins. Once you have completed your intro… come to class as much as you want for the next 14 days! Get a feel for our workouts, our coaches and our supportive community. When the 14 days are…
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Rocky Neck Cultural Center – Impromptu Reception Sunday 12/1
Promoting Optimal Wellness for Mind, Body and Spirit
Rocky Neck Cultural Center “December in November—Giving the Gift of Art!”
Rocky Neck Art Colony Members’ Fine Art and Crafts Sale
Last Chance to Visit the Holiday Art Show at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center!
Sunday. December 10. 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 6 Wonson Street. Gloucester MA. Offerings of Fine Art, Jewelry, Photography, Blown Glass, Calendars, Cards and More.
Impromptu ‘Closing Reception’ from 2 – 4 pm. Sunday, December 10. Join in celebrating the end of the 2017 Season! We are looking forward to future exhibits on Rocky Neck, American’s Oldest Art Colony. Renovations begin soon at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center. Looking forward to the 2018 season at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center and Gallery 53!
Art is Good Medicine – Creative activities can relieve stress, aid communication, and help arrest cognitive decline. (Harvard Health Publishing, July 2017)
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