Keeping up with bleeding edge technologies has always been Joey’s passion, so it was no surprise when he told me he had already been approved by Google to be the first Boston Area blog to get his smell into their new Aromabase.
Just in case you didn’t know, Google introduced smell search today under the moniker Google Nose, which has been hailed as the latest scentsation in search — and as you might expect, Our Boy Joey is right on top of things.
We all know that email is for old farts. Facebook’s already in decline. Joey’s interviews with people who tweet are all done. Now it’s time for the next big thing… and here it is:
Watch the video and you’ll see how to get the full aroma of Joey’s dock right at your computer, tablet or smart-phone. GMG’s new tag My Smell on the Dock will debut next week after the rest of you FOBs watch the video and follow instructions for getting your smells into Google’s Aromabase too.
Let’s make GMG one of the first blogs to adopt this new cutting edge technology with every post. Perhaps next year BONS will nominate GMG in their new “Smell” category.
Vickie and I are doing our part this afternoon. We’re bringing our smell phones to The Cave’s wine & cheese tastingat 4pm. With any luck, you’ll be able to get the full aroma from our post tomorrow.
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Fr. John Kiley and I went to Olivia’s at Good Harbor for brunch on Easter. The staff were dressed up for Easter:
I had Grand Marnier French toast with extra crispy bacon, and Fr. John had roasted ham with potatoes and veggies:
Full disclosure: I was invited by the chef. But in all honesty, the food was delicious! And the portion sizes were generous; Fr. Kiley took half of his food home for later, and I had enough bacon to go with all the French toast (three good-sized slices of bread and something like six or seven slices of bacon, nice and crispy as I requested). Apparently word is getting around, because the place was pretty busy!
No joke. Seasonal wine & beer licenses kick in April 1 (MON).
That means The Cave, at 44 Main Street, can sell wine again and they’re opening up at 4pm (usually closed Mondays) to host a wine tasting from 4-6pm.
They’ll have some new Italian wines at very affordable prices. Plus they always have cheeses and other goodies to taste with the wines. (You can taste any cheese before you buy it). This has become one of our favorite new spots in town. When I go in, I always let other people go ahead of me — not because I’m polite, but because I want to see what they’re getting — and when they get a taste, I pipe up, “Can I have a taste too?” I’ve discovered over a dozen new delights this way.
Here’s a video I shot about 3 weeks after The Cave opened last Summer of Vickie tasting some of their wine and cheese.
Since then I’ve learned how to pronounce the name of the wine in the video. It sounds like “Sarah Harris”. I still don’t speak Portuguese, but Laura says that’s close enough for her to recognize which wine I’m talking about.
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Think about this- Instead of your kid selling raffle tickets for $25 a pop and the person they sell them to begrudgingly holds it against you and hates you for putting you on the spot by sending their bratty kid to hit you up for $25 which they will probably never win anything from, the kid sells them a Dinner Dealer Deck. The supporter pays $25 but after just a couple uses they guaranteed get their money back and then after that they continue to make money from the savings in the deck. Out of the sale of the deck the organization keeps $10. The restaurant that offers the great savings gets the business from you coming into their restaurant.
Wins all the way around and best of all your kid is selling something that is actually going to make the supporter money in savings!
Total, complete no-brainer!
Over $300 Savings In Each Deck
What’s more fun than shuffling through a deck of cards full of great discounts to local restaurants? Brand new to the North Shore, Dinner Dealer is dishing out deals to residents in and around the region. Not only will diners get great savings — over $300 — with these cards, they will enjoy dining at a great variety of local restaurants. Retailing for only $25, Dinner Dealer is designed to stimulate commerce within the community and inspire consumers to dine out, dine local, and dine often. It’s a win-win for both the diners and these delicious establishments. Additionally, $1 will be donated back to a local food pantry for each deck sold.
Decks can be purchased online at www.DinnerDealer.com. Don’t forget to get mom a deck for Mother’s Day! And, be sure to tell them Joey sent you.
Love the small discreet size of the decks, easy to slip in your pocket or keep in your glove box or for the ladies inside your purse.
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Welcome to the Beach Gourmet and Savour Wine and Cheese Chef’s Table
The Chef’s Table is a great way to extend our hospitality to clients for private tastings and classes. Our antique, hand-crafted table seats up to twelve people comfortably and is uniquely located inside Savour Wine and Cheese, adjacent to the Beach Gourmet exhibition kitchen. Guests at the table experience an exclusive private dining experience with a menu that is designed specifically to compliment the wine pairing.
These events are typically booked for private parties and are not open to the public; however we periodically open the table to reservation on a first-come, first-served basis. The Community Chef’s Table is a great way to meet new people who share a love of good food and wine or who simply want a change from the fast paced restaurant scene.
Your personal dining experience begins when you arrive at Savour Wine and Cheese for hors d’oeuvre and wine tasting using the Napa Technologies dispensing system. Dinner follows shortly afterward, when you join your dining companions at the table for a four-course meal, each course paired with complimentary tasting-portion of wines selected by our in-house expert, Kathleen Erickson.
SAMPLE MENU
Before placing your order, please inform your server if a person in your party has a food allergy.
Hors d’oeuvre
Cheddar and Gruyere Shortbread
Sausage Stuffed Mushroom Cap
Wine: Marc Hebrart Premier Cru
Blanc de Blanc Champagne
(Tasting at Wine Machines)
Starter
New England Crab Cake with Spring Greens Julienne Vegetables and House Dressing
Wine: Hirsch Heligenstein Gruner Veltliner
Kammern/ Kamptal
Entrée
Grilled Lamb Chop with Oven Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Pan-Fried Red Bliss Potato and Jus
Wine: Prado Enea Gran Reserva
2005 Muga Rioja
Dessert
Grand Marnier Bavarian Cream Tart
Wine: Tre Monti Casa Lola
Albana di Romana Passito
Watch the website and Facebook for announcements of future Community Chef’s Table events. Or, sign up for our newsletter to be one of the first to know about these exciting evenings.
Do not delay in making your reservations. Community Chef’s Table events tend to sell-out very quickly.
The price range is typically $75 to $90 per guest (MA Meals Tax and gratuity not included). A credit card or check is needed to hold your place, but will not be processed until the day of the event. As this is such a small gathering, we must charge for no-shows or cancellations within the 24 hours prior to the event. Just call and let us know prior to the 24-hour deadline if your plans change.
We look forward to sharing a great evening with you!
Owner Kathleen Erickson Gives Us a Demonstration Of The Wine Tasting Machines-
While at The Beach Gourmet Open Table Dinner Sunday night Kathleen Erickson Paired Incredible wines with the equally delicious dinner served by Chef Matthew Beach.
When they hold their next Open Table Dinner do not hesitate to sign up. It’s such a hit there’s no way these don’t sell out every time.
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Sista Felicia so graciously made Rick and I some the best Zuppa Minestrone soup we have ever had. She also made an amazing crab dip and cookies. Thank you so much Sista.
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In case you didn’t know, Sailor Stan’s is open for breakfast Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7:30 until 11:30-12:00. As season starts coming in, they will be open more mornings. Sailor Stan’s is one of the coolest most colorful artsy spots on Cape Ann, which always reminds me of Key West. Karen and Wayne are the nicest people, and will cook you a special breakfast treat. Wayne has a great display of his bold paintings on display, so your eyes as well as your mouth will be busy.
E.J. Lefavour
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As you may know Passports Restaurant is nominated for the best Burger in North Shore Magazine’s BONS Awards. You can vote for them here
Jeremy at Passports has developed a drug so powerful I’m fairly confident that it can be used to wean addicts off of heroin. It’s called Bacon Marmalade.
Bacon Freakin’ Marmalade.
So here’s what you gotta do-
You sit the addict down at a table and you offer them a teeny tiny taste of one of the Bacon Marmalade burgers at Passports. Then you give them two options-
Option A) Finish off the Bacon Marmalade Burger
Option B) Heroin.
I’m certain that once the addict tries the Bacon Marmalade Burger they’ll opt for the burger a hundred times out of a hundred.
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Each player shared some original songs. A great time was had by all.
Be sure to stop by next week March 28th to hear Inge Berge, Jon Waterman, Dylan Estes, Allen Estes, Steve Caraway, Joe Wilkins and Marina Evans.
Last nights singers where Will Hunt, Satch Kerans, Annette Dion, Jon Waterman, Bradley Royds, Marina Evans, Brian O’Connor and Joe Thomas as our friendly host and comedian.
Available now at Market Basket. In case you’re too freaking lazy to slap a slice of cheese between two slices of bread, grill them and have zero care about your child’s nutrition- there you go.
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Usually we post about music, but we’re so excited about having launched our latest Web project that we just can’t resist showing it to you. Just in case you didn’t know, in addition to publishing gimmesound and producing concerts, Vickie and I also design and build websites (see a list of some of them here, but remember, we’re too busy to update our own website, which was built in 1998) and we do Web and social media marketing.
Yesterday, we finished a new website for one of our favorite new local stores, The Cave. This is different from all other websites we’ve built. It’s a “responsive design”, which means it optimizes the viewing experience on what ever device you’re using: desktop computer, tablet or phone. For example, here’s what it looks like on a desktop computer:
Here’s what it looks like on my Samsung Galaxy III held portrait (the way you talk on the phone).
Notice the menu system is completely different and the top heading is centered instead of flush-left. The Facebook plugin is off the screen in this picture, but you can scroll down to it. Everything is stacked nicely so you can easily find it on a phone.
If you tap the phone number at the top-right it will call the The Cave.
The photo is different too, but that’s because it’s a slideshow and a different photo was showing when I took this picture. (This is actually a little more than you’ll see all at once on a phone, but I wanted to give you an idea of how it looks below the photo.)
There are many reasons why you want a website in a responsive design. Most importantly, you want your site to be easy to use no matter what device you’re on. And you don’t want to build a completely different site for each device.
This site uses the EXACT SAME HTML CODE for the phone display you see on the right as we do for the desktop version, above. The difference in how it looks is controlled by one little file called CSS.
This helps your website rise to the top of Google search results and it also makes it easier when you need to change something (like your store hours). You only have to write content once and maintain it in one place.
Here’s what it looks like when I turn my phone sideways.
Be sure to go down there on Tuesday and try some of their excellent cheeses and other delicacies. You’ll be glad you discovered this gem in the heart of Gloucester’s thriving downtown.
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Good Morning Gloucester 