My View of Life on the Dock
I have yet to be to a Gloucester Block Party, but this is how Joey C showed up to the Hamilton Community Block Party. The way he was selling the outfit, it was as if he was getting referrals for each lavish robe everyone bought from Restoration Hardware. He was later seen chanting as he left the party.
. . . at Gloucester Marine Railways.
Pam Courtleigh and Cheryl Curran (hat) are living in Rockport under the witness protection program (hence the stickas over their faces and the ficticious names). They came out of hiding and made the long and trecherous journey from Rockport to Gloucester to get the new Version 5.0 Good Morning Gloucester sticker and visit the gallery. Friends of Good Morning Gloucester are such amazing and brave people.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
That today is Violet Gray’s 40th birthday? And she baked this awesome pineapple upside down cake and brought it over this morning for Mug Up at the gallery. Those of you who were here, got a great treat – those of you who weren’t, missed this amazing, still warm out of the oven pineapple upsidedown cake that was to die for. Thanks so much Violet, especially for doing this on your birthday, when you should have been home being pampered by Corey, not slaving over a hot oven (although it is so cold today that you probably really enjoyed hanging out by the oven). Good Morning Gloucester FOB’s just rock diggity, and the Madfish Wharf neighbors are awesome.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
Violet writes in with the recipe-
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
A throwback to the 1920s, also known as a Spider or Skillet Cake (cooked in a cast iron skillet).
1/4 cup margarine or butter
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 can sliced pineapple
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup shortening (I use butter)
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
Heat oven to 350˚ Heat butter in 10 inch skillet until melted. Sprinkle brown sugar over butter. Arrange pineapple slices in skillet.
Beat remaining ingredients on low speed 30 seconds scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour over fruit in skillet. Bake skillet 45-50 minutes/until it passes toothpick test. Immediately invert onto plate (careful the brown sugar butter mix tends to drip over the sides and its HOT)! Let skillet remain over cake a few minutes. Serve warm and add anything you desire, whipped cream or not! ENJOY.
This from The USCG Twitter Feed-
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Recovered person in Rockport (reported to be in mid-30s) was taken to Addison Gilbert Hospital in Beverly by EMS. Case closed for CG.
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Person in the water near Pebble Beach in Rockport recovered by fire department – status unknown. Will send more info as it becomes available
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@MattNoyesNECN I confirmed – the person is near Pebble Beach.
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Rockland Hbr Master & Fire Department are on scene. Station Gloucester should be on scene – awaiting confirmation from our command center.
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@MattNoyesNECN So far that’s about all we have – just happened. Near Pebble Beach I’ve heard.
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Rockland Hbr Master reported a person in water near Rockport to CG. Station Gloucester 47-foot boat crew has launched
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“Sometimes we do a thing in order to find out the reason for it. Sometimes our actions are questions not answers.”
David John Moore Cornwell, (John Le Carre 1931 – ) Magnus Pym in "A Perfect Spy"
LeCarre’s espionage novels defined the moral ambiguity of the cold war for many readers. His best known work, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, and many of his later novels are semi-autobiographical, exposing the difficulties of growing up with a con-man father, and LeCarre’s service in MI-5 and MI-6. His themes often revolve around the nature of secrets and the destructive force they wield on their holders. In recent years, Le Carre’s opposition to the Iraq War and the Bush administration has returned him to the public eye, although he is said to be writing still in his eightieth year.
Gregory R. Bover
On Monday, June 13th at 8:00 pm mentalist Davis Viera will perform his comedy mentalism show at the Gorton Theatre, home of the Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester. Tickets are $20-$25 and available by calling The Gloucester Stage Company Box Office at (978) 281-4433 or visiting www.gloucesterstage.org. Mr. Viera was recently named the “2010 Top Mentalist in North America” by GigMasters.com known as The Amazon.com for entertainers. “It’s quite an honor for me. There were almost 500 other mentalists in the running. Many of them are great mentalists who I look up to – Including the inspiration for Simon Baker’s television character in The Mentalist.”
Mr. Viera, a Taunton, MA resident doesn’t claim to be psychic. “I don’t read minds, I read people,” says Viera. “I simulate real mind reading by reading body language and non-verbal cues, by using subliminal influence, psychological suggestion, and perceptual manipulation to achieve what looks like genuine mind reading. It’s not psychic, but it’s as close as you could ever get.” By simply studying an audience member’s non-verbal communication (body language, facial expressions, eye movement, etc.) Davis can intuit numbers, words, or even pictures that exist only in audience member’s minds. Mr. Viera shows the difference between perception and reality by influencing an audience member’s perception of an event. Everyone clearly sees one thing, yet the volunteer experiences something completely different! He can also predict any newspaper headline weeks or even months in advance with incredible accuracy.
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Mr. Viera, who is working on a television show of his own, will put his unique brand of award-winning mentalism combined with his quick wit on full-display on Monday, June 13 in Gloucester. He’ll determine the thoughts of random audience volunteers, he’ll quickly memorize entire magazine issues, and he’ll humorously solve a CSI-style murder mystery in a way that gets him standing ovations across the country.
Comedy Mentalist Davis Viera presents this mind-blowing entertainment event at The Gorton Theatre, home of the Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main Street Gloucester, MA. Doors open at 7:30 pm and show starts at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $20-$25 and are available by calling The Gloucester Stage Company Box Office at (978) 281-4433 or visiting http://www.gloucesterstage.org.
ZOOM’D Off of Pebble Beach. Rockport, Ma
Jerry Ackerman Writes-
There’s someone out there who would DIE to have a poster signed by BRAD PITT and TERRENCE MALICK… It’s up for sale now, at a bargain price, on the Gloucester UU Church’s “Bidding for Good” auction site… but TIME IS SHORT – THE AUCTION CLOSES TUESDAY EVENING. This film hit the theaters last week – so this item is HOT.
Here’s the description…
Picture this on YOUR WALL!
Brad Pitt/Terrence Malick SIGNED poster
Rare teaser poster for the upcoming film by Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life." Very few posters of this initial campaign featuring a baby’s foot are in circulation. It was only out for a few weeks when it was replaced by the final poster which is the multi image one that’s everywhere now. This copy has been signed by writer/director Terrence Malick and producer/star Brad Pitt. Size 27" X 40". Comes in mailing tube, excellent, unused condition.
Here’s the link:
https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/Item.action?id=136595185
Please let folks know – TIME IS SHORT!
Best wishes – Jerry Ackerman
Freeing the net drum.
A beautiful evening in Annisquam around 6:15 Tuesday night.
Angela Writes-
I was wondering if you would help me get the word out. I have established a Cape Ann Chapter of Shoeboxes For Kids, an organization that has done a lot in helping out after the devastation in Joplin. The Cape Ann Chapter is helping out those affected by the recent tornadoes in Massachusetts. Details are below:
Would you like to help after the recent devastation caused by the tornadoes in Massachusetts? We are taking collections for the Cape Ann Chapter of Shoeboxes For Kids.
Our goal is to give a little hope to the children devastated or affected by the tornadoes. The shoe boxes contain items such as Play Doh, coloring books, crayons, sidewalk chalk, jump rope, small stuffed animals etc. Would you like to help us help out? If you would like to put together a box and send it to us or bring it by the Oasis Rockport gallery we will arrange for delivery to the areas affected by the recent tornadoes in Western Massachusetts.
Please place items in a shoe or a plastic box and mark boy or girl and approximate age range. We will take care of the rest. These boxes will be distributed to shelters, schools, churches, anywhere they can be distributed to the children to give them hope in these sad times.
Donation Center is located at:
Oasis Rockport
65 Bearskin Neck
Rockport MA 01966
Or call Angela at (978) 290 – 3184
On the Cape Ann Profiles host Rich Sagall interviews Fred Cowan on volunteerism and the rewards of being a volunteer. Fred donates his time to many local, regional and national nonprofits including the Gloucester Board of Health, the Council on Aging, The Open Door, AIDS Action Committee Hotline, NeedyMeds, plus many others.
Cape Ann Profiles can be seen on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 on Friday, June 10 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, June 12 at 2:00PM. It repeats on Friday, June 17 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, June 19 at 2:00PM.
Upcoming guests include Attorney Meredith Fine, Gloucester Times editor Ray Lamont, Max Levi on his experiences as an adolescent in Nazi Germany and other Cape Ann personalities who have a story to tell.
Rich Sagall is a physician and the president of NeedyMeds, a national non-profit that provides information on programs that help people unable to afford their health care costs. He also publishes Pediatrics for Parents, a children’s health newsletter.
Thanks,
Rich
Allison Varga – May 13, 15, 20, 22
Henry Allen– May 27, 29, June 3,5
Fred Cowan– June 10, 12, 17, 19
Meredith Fine – June 24, 26, July 1, 3
Ray Lamont – July 8, 10, 15, 17
Max Levi – July 22,24,29, 31
Joey Ciaramitaro – August 5,7, 12, 14
have a stretch of good hot summer weather setting in. better go to the art supply and get some stretchers.
best,
deb.
ps: there’s an intimation of Heasley’s house on the upper left. and how could i ignore that big tree? easy…i just didn’t see it until the end.
Meet Pete Chamberlain, the first guest exhibiting artist at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery. He has finished hanging his exhibit. It looks great, and Pete looks a little tired! But he’ll be fresh as a daisy and ready to meet everyone Saturday, June 11 between 4:00 and 8:00pm during his opening reception. Come on by, say hi to Pete, see his really cool three dimensional pieces, paintings, furniture and one of a kind, never before seen, Shamus the Sweetgum Man.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
Good Morning Gloucester 