Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives 2020 map #GloucesterMA #CapeAnn 🚗☕🎄✨⛄

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When I was a girl, my family, like many other families, considered every nocturne drive a chance to look for Christmas lights. Of course we carried on this tradition with our own children. The magic of the season is so easy to find in neighborhoods throughout Gloucester and all of Cape Ann. Coasting past classic New England home styles decorated for the holidays– while driving along bends and dips in the roads by charming coves– is sheer visual delight. There is a surprise around every corner.

Plus the season’s early nightfall is most welcome for little ones’ bedtime enchantment. Throw on some comfy holiday attire and toss in a thermos of hot chocolate to make it an extra special treat for the youngest, and the young at heart, and the perfect outing for social distancing in this year of Covid. Repeat visits are encouraged because there’s so much to see and more added every day.

Last year readers asked for a map. Here are some of the homes spreading cheer NOW with their Christmas lights and holiday yard displays, and it’s not yet December 1, 2020! Is your favorite friendly seasonal character out there? Or favorite color lights twinkling bright? I’ll continue to update the map and photographs, including specific requests and location recommendations from GMG readers.

Holiday lights & cocoa drives Gloucester Mass as of November 30, 2020

FAQ HOW TO PRINT THE MAP- Two steps: First click the empty rectangle to be taken to the map page. Once at the URL for the map page, click the three dots for the pull down menu and select “print”. Here is the PDF option in the horizontal format as of Dec. 2.

PDF Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives 2020 Gloucester, Mass. by c. ryan (updated Dec. 21)Download

NEW for 2020: And still more attractions with festive lights coming soon.  First Annual Winter Lights Display on Cape Ann starts December 7th. Check out all the businesses and organizations readying light displays downtown and local shopping!

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The New GloucesterCast Intro Has Been Tweaked Using Fiverr. If you sign up with my referral link you can get up to $100 in free freelance design work.

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Here’s the new intro! (listen to the end)

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Not Your Typical Game Day

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I took a trip down to do some shopping at Finn’s favorite store at Patriot Place. After some time at Bass Pro Shops I wanted to go to the ProShop at Gillette and I happened to be right outside the stadium gates at 1:00. While the pregame festivities inside the stadium may have sounded like a typical game day (minus the thousands of rowdy fans)…nothing else seemed right. As they played the hype music, introduced the starting lineup, and then sang the National Anthem…..there were maybe six people in sight. As I shopped some more, it was so strange to know that a Patriots home game was taking place right there and, if you didn’t know it was game day, you could have totally missed it. Sigh.

These photos were taken at 12:50…..for a 1:00 start. And, see the video below.

Festive Lights at Stage Fort Park

Posted on by Pat D

The almost-full moon helped the festive lighting at Stage Fort Park seem even brighter and more joyful. I think Carol Mondello is probably responsible for the lighting at the Visitors Center, so thank you! It look great. Mother Nature did a much better job showing off the moon than these cell photos, but I think it still looks pretty wonderful.

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You Have Home Financing Options Contact Gloucester Local CrossCountry Mortgage 617-688-6891

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A Quiet Thanksgiving — pat morss

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Still activity around us, as family was reassigned to Zoom.

It was skeletons here at Halloween
A live Christmas tree was planted in the same spot this weekend
Other trees have their own natural ornaments
Your snow stakes are confusing me
Mallards on Niles Pond
This may be why we are called ducks
An outdoor light fixture needed a cleaning
Inside, a microclimate was creating a miniature garden
Rolling on home
Literally

Nina Goodick Dogtown Common Babson Bowl Donated As One Of Next Week’s Podcast Sharing Prize

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Dear Joe: attached are a few photos of the Dogtown Common Babson Bowls I have been making in my studio on sale now for this Holiday Season. They are wheel thrown , and then the Roger Babson messages are carved into them, bisque fired, Glazed and then They are all high fired by my friend and fellow potter Marty Morgan in her gas kiln. Phew! Quite a process.
I love that Roger Babson’s messages from over 100 years ago are relevant today in this time, in this moment.
I’m donating one of these bowls for your live podcast raffles next week.

Happy Holidays! Nina

Here to there

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November 2020

Streaming Nia and Restorative Yoga Classes via Zoom with Linda All Free! Week of Nov. 30th Broadway Routine and new Restorative class starts Mondays at 5PM

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Come bring out your inner Broadway baby!  We will move to the hits you can sing along to and get rid of any leftover turkey and stuffing. Hopefully you got to spend the holiday with some loved ones or at least had a good meal to yourself.

If you are new to Nia with Linda, these streaming classes are free.  Share with anyone who you feel needs a little movement in their lives during this period of social isolation.

So here is how it works.  It will be easier for you if you download the Zoom client for meetings for a desktop or laptop, or the app for phones and tablets.

Click here for the link to download the zoom client or the app

Then click on this link to bring to my website and the list of streaming classes

At my website, niawithlinda.com, you will want to click…

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@WeberGrills Family Q 300 Reverse Sear Chairman Reserve Ribeye

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@WeberGrills Family Q 300 Reverse Sear Chairman Reserve Ribeye. Love the two burner Q for reverse searing. Easy peasy. I think between the thick grates for an excellent maillard reaction and the separate burners the Family Q makes for a great reverse searing machine! Check out my blog if you want www.northeastbbq.com for more

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