Author: Nichole S.

Day #1 of my bridge construction experience was fairly seamless. I dropped Finn off at Gloucester High School (just a few more weeks until he has his license!) and sat at a red light for just about a minute before being able to turn left off the boulevard to the HS. Leaving the HS traffic was backed up on Centennial just a bit….but again, no big deal. As my luck would have it, the light turned red again just before it was my turn to turn back onto the boulevard so that the one-way traffic headed over the bridge could commence for those waiting on the other side. I had to sit again for just a couple of minutes and then continued on my way. I need to remember to reroute myself going forward and I’m guessing things will be worse on other days and at other times….but, so far so good. And, you can’t beat the view while “stuck.” Given that we’re all used to sitting at the bridge all summer long, this is just par for the course….for drivers anyway. Boat traffic is a different issue.

Several of us had a delicious brunch on Sunday at the Grove in Rowley. The Grove is located at the Briar Barn Inn. It is eloquently rustic and everything was wonderfully delicious. All necessary information can be found on their website here: https://groverowley.com/

GHS hockey is raffling off two tickets to the Boston Bruins Game and Zdeno Chara Number Retirement Ceremony that is taking place on 1/15/25! The winner will also score the amazing Bruins Sail bag made by Regina (photo below in post).

GHS HOCKEY RAFFLE TIX are $10 each. You can Venmo @Melissa-Francis-29

The winner will be chosen this coming Saturday, January 10th and the winner will be notified.

Take a chance!

Winter on Main Street. Frozen solid. I think we can all relate to this photo right about now. This is exactly how I’ve been feeling the past couple of days.

Merry Christmas from everyone at The Rhumb Line

I was happy to celebrate some festive fun at Fleur Cuisine in Rockport last weekend. Some delicious food and cocktails before walking around to enjoy some holiday shopping.

https://www.fleurcuisineharborside.com/

Mako was up for the challenge of supervising Finn as he cut down our Christmas tree this year. Our first year getting a tree without Thatcher as he’s living his best life down in Florida. Sad for us….but exciting for him as he spreads his wings.

Pink sky in morning……. It was a pretty wintry scene this morning.

I typically stop by Googans Galley in downtown Essex about once per week on the way to work or while out and about over the weekend. If you haven’t been, or haven’t been in a while, make a point to stop by. It is super festive in there right now! As always, their gift selection is to die for and they also just put out their holiday cookie assortment and have delicious winter beverages.

The Lobster’s Sticky Rib Salad was pretty excellent. Ribs aren’t necessarily something I would normally order out, but I’m so glad I tried this. It was delicious.

There is still some time left to purchase raffle tickets to win one of three great prizes. All proceeds from this raffle will be donated to the Christopher Dailey Memorial Fund and the winning tickets will be drawn at the GHS home opener on Saturday, December 13th. Look below for prizes and Venmo information. Please note that in addition to the two prizes listed on the flyer below, a Secret Santa surprised us with prize #3! Bruins Tickets for the Bruins vs. Vegas Golden Knights. Thursday Jan 22 -7pm. Sec Loge6 Row5 Seat 17&18. A big Thank You (listed below) to all who donated to the fundraiser.

Tickets for the Opening Night game will include the 6:15 pregame ceremony for Chris Dailey Night where his number will be retired. Those tickets go on sale tonight at 5:00 on GoFan and the link is provided below. It is going to be a very special night, to honor an incredibly special player who is missed every single day by so many. Help honor Chris’ giving spirit by purchasing raffle tickets so that his Memorial Fund can continue to make a difference in his honor.

https://gofan.co/app/school/MA14579

Special thank you to: GHS Hockey Boosters, Joey Loiacano (Tonno), Zach Sears (Minglewood), Fireflies, Rockport Mortgage, Marrone Family, Envogue Salon, Regina Loiacano, Mahoney Family, Sanfilippo Family, Harnish Family, Curley Family, Team Smitty, Lambert Family, Tarr Family, Francis Family, Albano Family, Joey Ciamataro (Good Morning Gloucester), Jamie Mathison (One Ocean), Sarofeen Family, Dan’s Tree Farm, Palazolla Family, Treetop Yoga, ACM Rink, Again and Again Sail Bags, Ruby Hearts, Todd Mazzeo, Sweats of New England, Joe Orlando, Amero Family, Linn Family, Brian Doyle, Connor Curley and all who generously donated to the fundraiser. Thank you!

Here’s this week’s music line up at The Rhumb Line. As always, live music seven days per week.

Here’s this week’s live music schedule! See you there.

To kick off the season, GHS Hockey will be doing something special and holding a raffle with some incredible prizes (see flyer and click on post for all details). ALL proceeds from this will be donated to the Christopher Dailey Memorial Fund. Thank you to local businesses and families for your generous donations to this! A list of “thank yous” will be posted soon.

Venmo is below. If you would like to enter and do not do Venmo, the phone number to inquire is 978-821-1414. Thank you all!

While Joey and Chris and Donna were eating canned fish on Sunday I snuck out for brunch at the James in Essex. It was quiet when we first got there and was packed when we left. There was music and a great crowd….definitely a fun place to spend a few hours.

https://www.thejamespub.com/

I love a great concert in the city! It has been a while since I’ve been to the Orpheum Theatre, but I was lucky enough to be treated to Sarah McLachlan last night and it was amazing. Her voice is truly breathtaking.

If you listened to last Sunday’s podcast you heard us taking about wanting something like this to come to Gloucester in the winter months. I’ve been talking about it forever, but….admittedly….haven’t applied myself to do much about it. These photos are from Cambridge. A couple of food trucks (beer trucks), some great fire pits, some big yard games like shuffle board, ping pong, connect four, bowling, corn hole, Jenga….. With some lights strung up and some music piped in, it would be such a cool place to gather in the winter. Certainly not looking to take away from our great restaurants and businesses, but with so many other places closed for the winter months adding something like this would still leave plenty of business to go around to support our regularly opened establishments and give something festive/outdoors to supplement the season.