Author: Nichole S.

GHS Fishermen Girls Basketball is gathering socks, hats, and gloves for students in need in collaboration with The Gloucester Giving Elves and Together Gloucester Inc. Please click on this post to learn more! Bring donations to their home opener on Friday, December 8th at 6:00. They are also collecting $10 gift cards to local restaurants to further help students in need. What a great way to spread cheer and give back to our community if you are able. Much thanks to all who are working to make this happen.

Have you been thinking of trying a yoga class at Treetop Yoga? On this Giving Tuesday, if you purchase a New Client Special ($60 for an Unlimited Month of Classes), you will be giving back to both yourself and an animal in need. $10 of every New Client Special that is purchased today will be donated locally to the Cape Ann Animal Aid.

Giving Tuesday Yoga is for the Animals! Today, a portion of sales will be donated to the Cape Ann Animal Aid for the important work they do locally as a no kill organization dedicated to facilitating appropriate placement of adoptable animals.   Make a Purchase Today, and help to give back on this Giving Tuesday:   $10 of Every New Client Special $30 of Every 10 Class Pack Will Be Donated to Cape Ann Animal Aid  This includes gift cards that you purchase for someone else! Purchase New Client Special Purchase 10 Class Pack Gift Card Purchases Visit The Cape Ann Animal Aid website  to See Available Pets  Adoptable Dogs Adoptable Cats November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month Treetop Yoga Class Schedule Treetop Yoga Studio 3A Pond Rd, Gloucester, MA 01930 978-637-8477

Treetop Yoga. We are lucky to have a McKay on my Finn’s hockey team. That means that sometimes, during downtime between games, you can find Treetop’s owner, Erin, guiding the players through different exercises and poses. We have also brought teams in to work with Erin in the studio during past seasons. A beneficial and important exercise for the total athlete. If you haven’t checked out Treetop Yoga yet, be sure to! Located right off of Pond Road in Gloucester, you’ll find their robust in studio and online schedule perfect…especially this time of year! They’re also offering a special now for new members. Be sure to head to their website to learn more. https://treetopyoga.com/

Top Golf, Canton. Finn and his hockey team played at 9:00 on both Saturday and Sunday at the Rodman Arena next to Gillette Stadium. After winning a huge championship game (against an undefeated team) they wanted to celebrate at Top Golf right down the road in Canton. Such a fun spot….click on the whole post to see the desserts that they were maybe the most excited for…and use this link to learn more about Top Golf itself. https://topgolf.com/us/canton/

Tonno’s Blackburn Barrel-Aged Manhattan was totally what I needed the other day….as well as the company of a good friend. And, for the record Joey, in case you’re reading… the ‘s in Tonno is because it is possessive….not because I think that is its name!

Blackburn Barrel-Aged Manhattan
Bully Boy Whiskey, Bully Boy Amaro, Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth, Black Walnut Bitters, Barrel-Aged In-House

Tonno Gloucester Menu

Gloucester High School Baseball Fundraiser at Cape Ann Lanes. Let’s Bowl for Baseball! Click post to read more. A Bowling fundraiser on December 3rd from 4-6. 3 strings and shoes for $30 per player or grab 5 friends to make a team of six for $180. Email rgentile2@gloucesterschools.com to reserve your spot!

GHS Hockey is helping the GPD and Kops-N-Kids to make sure that children have toys this holiday season. Help them PACK THE BUS at 5:00 on December 6th at their game while also PACKING THE TANK. Click link to read whole flyer! Bring a toy to stuff the community impact bus and receive a free gift from Gloucester High School Hockey in return…then stay to watch the game. Doors at Talbot Rink at O’Malley open at 4:00 for donations.

The view from on top of the Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jump. Click the post for views from the bottom. It’s pretty impressive. I learned, evidently, that I’m not a huge fan of standing on wooden platforms that high up. Who would have thought?

https://olympicjumpingcomplex.com/

November.

I’m kind of excited about Snowport returning to Boston’s Seaport. 140 vendors, beverages, activities, and the city’s tallest tree (that’s a big promise). It’s such a fun way to spend a winter evening. “Hold on to your handwarmers — we shook Seaport up in a giant snow globe and transformed the neighborhood into a magical winter getaway. Find gifts, treats, and plenty of surprises in this one-stop wonderland you can enjoy all season”

SNOWPORT 2023

Good night, Main Street.

Good Morning, Gloucester. Sunrise over downtown Gloucester and City Hall from my window.

Have we talked about the Mediterranean Pizza at the Salted Cod on Rocky Neck? Because, it was delicious and we should! What a perfect spot to meet for a bite to eat and a drink…. Not to mention the artwork.

A Room with a View. I love the view of the Essex River from the bar at CK Pearl on the causeway in Essex.

Tools of the trade. Like a doctor before surgery…..Finn likes to spread out the essentials before getting ready to make some casts. This was bright and early the other day. 4:45 alarm to start fishing before sunrise.

The Chappy Ferry. (Click the link for a video) Finn and I went to Martha’s Vineyard over the weekend because fishing the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby (in it’s 48th year) has become a fall tradition (for about the last four years). With 4:45 a.m wake ups to be ready for the sunrise blitz, I got to watch the Chappy Ferry wake up with the world as well….and then watched it/them go back and forth for hours. It has always made me laugh. On Time II and On Time III go back and forth from the Edgartown Memorial Wharf to Chappaquiddick all day long. The trip from one dock to the other is just over one minute. It takes just over four minutes for a ferry to load up with cars (maybe 4 max), travel across the way, dock, unload, and reload, and make the return trip. Not sure why that cracks me up, but it does. It adds such an interesting twist to one’s commute I should think.

Another lonely lifeguard stand. It’s going to be a long off-season.

I took a trip to Russell Orchards on Argilla Road in Ipswich the other day. (Click on this post to see many more photos) Even if you don’t have the time or the desire to go into the orchards to pick apples (or other seasonal treats) you should swing by. Visit the farm animals, browse the pumpkins, gourds, and produce and shop for a large variety of goodies in the barn…..including just to name a few, a children’s section, wine/cider, honey, jams, baked goods, ice cream, pies….of cider donuts.

A long walk to a short pier. With another 90 minutes to burn while Finn skated over at Governor’s Academy, I took my Tuesday drive through Newburyport and then walked a bit at the end of Plum Island. It’s really a special place.

Beach blooms. I went to sit for a bit on the beach on Plum Island last week and this caught my eye.