Define Value: Passports Wine Dinner

My Lord That was great

4 glasses of wine and four courses for $40 bucks or so.

Toby Pett says-

Eric and his crew definitely "hit it out of the park" Thursday night…As Chili mentioned to me that in Boston, the quality of food, paired with the wines that he brought would be $ 100.00 per person, and I am sure that he is right…there is no place in Gloucester that offers that kind of deal for the money…it should be sold out every month

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G. K. Chesterton Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

January 26, 2012
"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected.

G. K. Chesterton 1874-1936

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Often called “The Prince of Paradox,” Chesterton wrote 80 books, several hundred poems, 200 short stories, 4000 essays and several plays. His 1905 biography of Charles Dickens is often credited for reviving interest in Dickens’ then largely overlooked work. Though they differed strongly in their respective world views, George Bernard Shaw described him as a man of colossal genius. His life-long study of religion and theology culminated in his 1922 conversion to Roman Catholicism. Diverse writers and thinkers including Mohandas Gandhi, Ingmar Bergman, Jorge Luis Borges, Neil Gaiman and Hilaire Belloc cited Chesterton as an influence on their work.

Greg Bover (Plus ca change…..)

Bridal Show at Cruiseport From Kathy Chapman

Beautiful dresses tonight at the Cruiseport Bridal show.

Photo © Kathy Chapman 2012

http://www.kathychapman.com

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Check out the Cruiseport Gloucester Website here designed by my buddies Peter and Vicky VanNess

Winter Youth Programs at Gloucester Stage

Heidi Dallin Writes-

Hi Joey,
Winter Youth Programs start at Gloucester Stage on February 3. Expanded classes in Acting, Singing and the Art of Observation!
Hope you can include this in GMG to help get word to parents.
Thanks

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BREAKING NEWS- TACOS LUPITA GLOUCESTER TO OPEN TUESDAY- MENUS, PICTURES and INTERVIEW WITH NEW OWNERS!!!!

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST ON THIS GOOD MORNING GLOUCESTER EXCLUSIVE!!!

Don’t forget to tell them you saw it on GMG and give them a warm welcome to Gloucester!

The most expensive thing on the menu I saw was well under $10.  The smells coming the kitchen were HEAVENLY.  You could smell the freshness of the ingredients!!!!

63 Washington Street, Gloucester MA

Telephone 978-282-9600

It seems like people have been asking me every single day when is Tacos Lupita going to open it’s doors.  I’ve been on the case knocking on the doors daily and today it paid off as our readership will be the first to know!!!!  Woot!!!!

Video Interview with new owners here-

OPENING THIS TUESDAY FOR TAKE OUT OUT FOLLOWED BY DINE IN ONCE/IF PERMITS ARE APPROVED.

Former Boston Mayor Kevin White Has Died and Gloucester Sculptor Pablo Eduardo Is The Man Who Created His Statue

Our Donna alerted me to the fact that sculptor Pablo Eduardo lives in Gloucester.

Check out his website here where there are photos of the 10 foot sculpture.

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Congratulations Dean Salah On Your Tenth Year As Owner of George’s Coffee Shop! May There Be Many More To Come!!!!

Dean had no idea that his staff went in and decorated the joint in the middle of the night to surprise him as he thought that no one even knew it was his tenth year anniversary of when the keys were handed to him.

There’s a big time camaraderie in there with everyone who works, they obviously adore the leader of the pack, Dean and the way he runs the place with a warm smile and respect and a kind word for everyone.  One of Gloucester’s finest he is!

Dean is a guy that makes you proud of your community and brings people together to celebrate the positive.  A TRUE GLOUCESTERMAN!

Cheers Dean and to the rest of your wonderful crew at George’s!

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Video- The Final Trap Hits The Dock From the 2011 Lobstering Season Aboard The Degelyse

Good Harbor at Sunset From Jenn Klopotoski

Jenn writes-

Took a drive by so my daughter could see the water tonight.  Nice weather brought out many!  Busy day for January!
~Jenn Klopotoski

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Tyler Cruising Around The Harbor In The Dead of Winter

If you would have told me some dude would be cruising around standing up on a surfboard on the 26th of January 5 years ago I would have told you to back away from the crack pipe.

But you know we’re here in Gloucester MA where anything is possible.

Next thing you know they’ll be riding around on these things at night with the whole thing lit up.  Crazy right?  Nope.

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THE PLACE TO BE TONIGHT!! CRUISEPORT FOR THE 2012 ART HAVEN BUOY AUCTION!

5PM Tonight At Cruiseport!  Where all the cool kids will be!

Video here-

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Jamie Marshall Pimps Matt Light Fundraiser Raffle

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Joey,

Good afternoon pal—I wanted to see if you could help me post something to help my friend Matt Light out with his charity.  Matt currently plays for the New England Patriots and has a unique raffle for Super Bowl tickets and they are $2.00 each—(less with more quantity buy) and all is done on line.  The proceeds go to his charity—“the Light Foundation”.  I have helped Matt with his cause over the past two years and he is a very genuine person.  Can you please post this link and info to your tremendous site and hopefully one of our locals will win and go to the big game?

I am connecting with you because our favorite left tackle, NE Patriot Matt Light, has asked me to reach out on his behalf to see if you might be able to help promote his SuperBowl raffle.  The details are here, but in essence, the winner gets two tickets to the game, a hotel room from Friday to Monday, a signed Brady jersey, a game ball signed by the starting O-line (all of which Matt will hand-deliver post SuperBowl,) and $2000 in travel dollars for a flight/transportation:
http://www.celebritiesforcharity.org/raffle/matt-lights-big-game-in-indy-raffle/
Please let me know your thoughts on this and thanks in advance for your help.

Best,

Jamie

The Final Load

There’s nothing quite like that feeling when the last load of lobster gear comes out of the water for the season.

A long grinding year of hard core lobstering comes to an end and the boys enjoy the fruits of their labor.

It was that day today for the crew of the Degelyse.

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