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Please Do Not Forget Nail Salon and Beauty Salon Gift Certificates For Mother’s Day Gifts- These workers could use your support

I know I spend lots of time talking about restaurants because I just happen to have food on my brain all the time.

But there will be a time when our beauty and nail salons will open back up for business and when they do you can bet your ass that your mom is going to want to be pampered.

We have a wonderful community of beauty salon workers that can use your support and one way to do that is to buy gift certificates for the moms in your life.

It’s an easy purchase and they sure could use your support.

They are important contributors to our local economy, let’s not forget them. 

I know Kate, Felicia and my Mom consider these people close like family and your wives, moms and sisters probably feel the same way.

 

 

Online workshop “Gardening for the Zombie Apocalypse” with Backyard Growers – a second session!

backyardgrowersgloucester's avatarCape Ann Community

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It’s spring, and even though it’s the zombie apocalypse out there, we have people to feed! So what to plant? What crops will produce the most food? With the most calories? And the most beneficial nutrients? With the best storage capacity? In the least amount of time?

To find out, register for the second session of our Gardening for the Zombie Apocalypse on-line workshop, which will take place on Tuesday, May 12 from 4-5:30 pm. Your workshop fee of $20 will help support our urgent zombie apocalypse work in the community. You’ll receive an overview on how to: 🌿 Plan a small urban garden for the greatest yield in terms of calories and amounts of veggies 🌿 Maximize small growing spaces with the square foot gardening method and succession planting 🌿 Sheet mulching and container gardening to grow food anywhere 🌿 Harvest water, save seeds, find free local growing resources…

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Do Yourself A Favor And Buy This Cheap Knife Sharpener Instead Of Cursing At Your Dull Knives All Day Long Like An Idiot

We have some expensive knives that are dull as hell. It is aggravating knowing how much they cost and that when they’re dull they might as well be tossed in the shitcan because they’re virtually useless.

Bring them to a knife sharpener and besides being a pain in the ass, it’s fairly costly.

Enter the cheap and easy to use and super effective “Sharp N Easy” knife sharpener. Under $10. Four passes on the coarse side and four passes on the fine side and your dull-ass knife is razor sharp. Check out the demonstration where I go with the before and after cutting the paper. Before sharpening it would bounce off the paper. After eight total passes it sliced right through.

You are literally an idiot not to buy one and keep it in your knife drawer

Eric Lorden from Passports told me about this about six years ago and I didn’t act. So now I’m pissed off at myself for going all these years with expensive dull knives when I could have always had sharp knives for hardly money.

Here’s the link to purchase

MOTHER’S DAY WEEK AT FEATHER and WEDGE!

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THIS WEEK AT F&W:  TAKING TAKEOUT TO ANOTHER LEVEL!

INDIAN FOOD SELECTION
chicken korma, shrimp curry, masoor dahl + more
available à la carte
or try our special dinner package for 4!
MOTHER’S DAY MENU
tuna tartare
local Jonah crab salad
beet and spinach salads
fresh halibut
green garlic spinach risotto
Maine Family Farm ribeye steak and pork chops
strawberry rhubarb crisp
chocolate mousse
+ more
THURSDAY – SUNDAY for CURBSIDE PICK UP beginning at 4pm
Accepting ONLINE ORDERS from 10am-7pm + PHONE ORDERS from 3-7pm.
Treat your mom this MOTHER’S DAY… she wants take out from F&W!
Full menu (including discounted wine + beer!) available at www.featherandwedge.com

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GloucesterCast 415 With O’Maley Science Teachers Amy Donnelly and Dave Brown, Jimmy Dalpiaz and Joey C Taped 5/8/20

GloucesterCast 415 With O’Maley Science Teachers Amy Donnelly and Dave Brown, Jimmy Dalpiaz and Joey C Taped 5/8/20

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GloucesterCast 415 With O’Maley Science Teachers Amy Donnelly and Dave Brown, Jimmy Dalpiaz and Joey C Taped 5/8/20

Thank you to the people on the front lines of the crisis that are sacrificing being away from their families- First Responders, Health Care Workers, Grocery Store People, Truckers and anyone else sacrificing to keep things moving.

GloucesterCast Virgins Death Row Meal/Sub Picks

Both science teachers at O’Maley innovation middle school. Created a go fund me to help cover supplies so that the teachers can keep making shields if you want to include the link anywhere: charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/schools-makingfaceshields
How did this project get started?
How many facilities have you been able to help so far?
How many shields do you envision producing?
Who are the volunteers for the project?
Where does the funding come from?
How does Gloucester have so much amazing equipment?
How can the community/others help this initiative?
Have you ever done anything like this on this scale before?

 

 

Celebrating Nurses Week: Supporting Nurses with Sessions for Relaxation and Stress Relief

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Your expertise, care, compassion, courage and dedication are much appreciated!

Be sure to make time for self-care, in the process!

We are offering FREE 20-minute Consultation Sessions and Webinar Meditations for Nurses and Other Front-line Healthcare Workers; Breathing Relaxation and Guided Imagery. (Offered throughout the MA ‘stay at home’ directive. One per person) Contact Us to Schedule: Email: dreamtimewellness@gmail.com.

Karen Pischke BSN, RN, Alumnus CCRN, Nurse Researcher, Integrative Nurse Consultant, Author, Speaker, Photographer. Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Tobacco Treatment Specialist, Usui Reiki Teacher/Komyo Shihan. Owner/Founder of Dreamtime Wellness LLC. Your Bridge to Health: Promoting Optimal Wellness for Mind, Body and Spirit. Karen is a registered nurse with a background in critical care nursing, cardiac rehabilitation, cardiac risk factor reduction, wellness and integrative healthcare. Incorporating a collaborative, integrative approach, Karen strives to educate, advocate for, and empower you in your healthcare goals. Providing evidence-based integrative healthcare services and self-care tools that are

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Cape Ann Museum plans illuminated message on new campus to pay tribute to city, front line workers during pandemic

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GLOUCESTER, MASS. (May 7, 2020) – In an effort to boost the city’s spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cape Ann Museum is presenting a CAM Contemporary exhibition involving the projection of an illuminated multilingual message on the nights of May 6 to 8, 2020, saying “Thank You Frontline Heroes.” The installation is called “In Gratitude.”

“We know many of our neighbors, friends, and families are struggling at this time of social distancing, isolation, and anxiety around health and financial concerns from the coronavirus,” said Museum Director Oliver Barker. “We want to send a message of solidarity, gratitude and hope to our community.”

This “Thank You Frontline Heroes” illumination planned for the side of the White-Ellery Barn at the Cape Ann Museum Green, 245 Washington Street in Gloucester, was created by Stephanie Terelak Benenson, a North Shore artist and founder of the nonprofit, Harbor Voices…

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GloucesterCast 414 With Pauline Bresnahan, Jon Hurst President of Retailers Association of Massachusetts, Peg at Pop Gallery, Donna Ardizzoni, Jimmy D and Joey C taped 5/7/20

GloucesterCast 414 With Pauline Bresnahan, Jon Hurst President of Retailers Association of Massachusetts, Peg at Pop Gallery, Donna Ardizzoni, Jimmy D and Joey C taped 5/7/20

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GloucesterCast 414 With Pauline Bresnahan, Jon Hurst President of Retailers Association of Massachusetts, Peg at Pop Gallery, Donna Ardizzoni, Jimmy D and Joey C taped 5/7/20

Thank you to the people on the front lines of the crisis that are sacrificing being away from their families- First Responders, Health Care Workers, Grocery Store People, Truckers and anyone else sacrificing to keep things moving.

GloucesterCast Virgins Death Row Meal/Sub Picks

Jon B. Hurst, President

Jon Hurst has served as President of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts (RAM) since 1990. As CEO of the 4,000-member statewide trade association, Hurst manages the member services,

education and public affairs of the organization. RAM was organized in 1918 as the Voice of Retailing in Massachusetts, and today represents stores and restaurants of all types and sizes.

Hurst also serves as Chairman of the Board of the MA Retail Merchants Workers Compensation Group, Inc., a non-profit group organized by RAM in 1991.

He also heads the Retailers Association of Massachusetts Health Insurance Cooperative, the first non-profit small business health insurance cooperative authorized in 2012 by the state.

Hurst has served on various state advisory boards, including current roles with the Economic Development Planning Council, the Statewide Healthcare Quality Advisory Committee, the Health Policy Commission Advisory Council,

and the Workforce Competitive Trust Fund Advisory Committee. Hurst has served on numerous non-profit boards, including the Beverly YMCA, Beverly Main Streets,

the National Retail Federation, and also served as Chairman of the National Association of State Retail Association Executives.

Prior to serving at RAM, Hurst worked in public affairs roles for the Hershey Foods Corporation and the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants,

as well as at the Ohio House of Representatives. Hurst graduated from the Ohio State University in 1981.

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About RAM

RAM has been the voice of the Commonwealth’s retailers for almost 100 years. Our knowledge of retail issues and our understanding of the challenges facing small businesses in Massachusetts today allows us to uniquely serve our members’ needs. We provide our members with valuable regulatory and policy briefings, money saving tools, and highly-effective representation on Beacon Hill.

Link to article about the new guidelines from Gov. Baker on May 4,2020

Peg at Pop Mother’s Day Top Three Gift Ideas
Pauline’s Gifts Mother’s Day Top Three Gift Ideas
Donna Ardizzoni- Circle Consulting Rick helping people with home teleconferencing and Zoom?

 

Ooni/Uuni Pro Pizza Oven Initial Thoughts, First Cook Pics and Video

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Yesterday Sista Felicia and I added an Uuni Pro Multi-fuel  Pizza Oven to our arsenal of outdoor cooking devices.  This particular unit can run off of propane, wood or charcoal.  We used it with propane for our first cook and will experiment with charcoal/wood and report back our findings.

The unit performed flawlessly with the gas maintaining deck temps of between 650-725F in yesterday’s cold windy conditions.

We were banging out pizzas as a team.  Felicia prepped them and I cooked them.

Roughly 60-90 seconds per pizza depending on how many toppings or how thick she stretched the dough.

I launched the pizzas so the edge of the pizza was roughly 3 inches from the mouth of the oven.  Then let it sit for about 20 seconds and turned the pie with the peel 120 degrees so that there would be three turns around to get all sides cooked as…

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