Love the haunted house and giant chocolate pumpkin!
Are you in need of some warming up? Passports has your back!
Nothing takes off the chill in your bones like a bowl of the amazing gumbo at Passports Restaurant! Once you have a bowl, you’ll never be the same. Trust. (and you will have an addiction)

And here’s a little tip of mine. When you get your pop-over (which comes fresh out of the oven, and free!) rip it open and place a pat of butter inside without opening it. Wait 1 minute, and it will start to melt out of the wrapper. Pick it up and squeeze it, and BOOM piping hot butter melts all over! Enjoy.

So addictive!
Dave B and the Hot Shots Making their debut tonight @ The Dog Bar 10.24.2015
This is a tight 4 or 5 piece jump and R&B band – they’ve been together for over 20 years, and this is their first appearance in Gloucester!
Show em some love!
Dave B and the Hot Shots
This 5 piece group performing authentic interpretations of vintage R&B Jump Blues/New Orleans music from the late ‘40s through the mid ‘60s, was formed in the early ‘90s and retains three of it’s original members, Dave Birkin – sax/vocals, Mark Shelford – guitar/vocal, and Ken Steiner – acoustic bass/vocal. The current line up also includes Richard Malcolm – drums, and Jim Heffernan – keys.
In the early to mid ‘90s the group worked steadily in Fanuil Hall Market place at Cricket’s and The Marketplace Café. The group became active again in the mid 2000’s. For the past 2 ½ years the band has enjoyed a residency at a Worcester club “The Sahara” and semi-annual stints for Swing City in Somerville and Cambridge.
https://www.reverbnation.com/davebandthehotshots
DON’T MISS JEFF WEAVER, DON GORVETT, AND PETER VINCENT OPENING TODAY!!
Live From @ShopRockport with Exciting News For Bakers & Cookie Lovers!
Street Scene
Salt Isle View
Pumpkin Caramel Halloween Cookie Bark
Pumpkin Caramel Halloween Bark
It’s no secret to my friends and family that Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays. As soon as my twins were old enough to sit up in their highchairs I had them cooking and crafting for Halloween. Each year our activities grew grander and our creativity in the kitchen did too! A few years ago I combined two of our all time favorite recipes, Pumpkin Caramel and Chocolate Cookie Bark together and confected this almost to pretty to eat Halloween treat! I promise you won’t be disappointed and either will the Ghosts and Goblins in your life!
Friends of Seacoast Annual Road Race
Thank you Richard from TBT Post
Tourist with Gloucester Smiles
Thief! From Bob Hall
Wise Aging Together
WISE AGING TOGETHER
Temple Ahavat Achim (86 Middle St., Gloucester, MA)
Sunday, November 1st from 10 am to 12 pm
We can look forward to a longer life span than in any time in history. This trend is expected to continue.
What are the opportunities, the concerns, challenges, the questions? How do we navigate the inevitable changes that will accompany us? How do we make the best use of our extra years? This is new terrain. There a no precedents and few models to follow. No paths but the steps we take, one after the other.
WE DON’T HAVE TO DO THIS ALONE.
At TAA we are starting a year long Wise Aging Project, partly in cooperation with Jewish Family and Children Service and in collaboration with other community resources. Through readings from secular and Jewish texts, guest lectures, guided exercise and discussion groups, we will explore, this life stage together.
Our First event will be a presentation and discussion by Marjorie Sokoll and her staff from the JF&CF Spirituality and Aging program. We are thrilled and excited to be starting this project with you.
Marjorie U. Sokoll, M.Ed., Director, JF&CS Spirituality and Aging
Sue Spielman, MPA, Manager, Jewish Healing Connections
Barbara Sternfield, MA, Program Specialist, Jewish Healing Connections
Again and Again Sailbags. Get the Original!
NAUSET LIGHT ~ A BEAUTIFULLY CARED FOR AND BELOVED ICON OF CAPE COD
Nauset Light, moved from its previous precarious perch above eroding bluffs, is today beautifully maintained by the Nauset Light Preservation Society, a group of dedicated locals who are committed to preserving and interpreting its important story for visitors.
From the Nauset Light Preservation Society website: The Coast Guard owned Nauset Light and had no plans for saving it. Modern instrumentation has diminished the need for lighthouses. However, the lighthouse is still used by the fishing fleets and small recreational boaters who navigate close to the shore. Nauset Light is an important part of Eastham’s cultural and maritime history, and is the most well-known and photographed lighthouse on Cape Cod.
A group of citizens in Eastham formed the Nauset Light Preservation Society, a non-profit volunteer organization whose original mission was to rescue the lighthouse. This was accomplished in November 1996. Read More Here.
So This is Happening in the Sky Right Now
Come help Backyard Growers Clean up School and Community Gardens!

It’s starting to get chilly. The flannels are coming out as the men grow their beards. That means one thing- it’s time to clean up some garden beds! Join Backyard Growers in one of our many available volunteer clean up days and give back to Gloucester!
Sign up for the McPherson Park Clean Up (10AM-12PM or 1-3PM on November 11) here or sign up for the School Garden Clean Up (10AM-12PM or 1-3PM on November 3 or 3-5PM on November 4 or 18) here.
Thank you for your service and happy gardening!
The Golden Hours before Sunset
The Paper House
Many of you have probably visited The Paper House at one time or another if you grew up in Rockport or Gloucester. I remember visiting it as a child when my grandmother (God only knows how she found it) took us there. My mother and I went to visit it again yesterday. It is a cool tucked away little treasure in Pigeon Cove, well worth a visit if you’ve never been, or a nice memory to return to if you haven’t been in years. It was built by Elis and Esther Stenman, who must have been a very unique and interesting couple. You can learn more about it at http://www.paperhouserockport.com/index.html. It seems to always be open, and is run on the honor system, where you leave your $2 admission in a metal mailbox by the front door of the main house. There are signs, but it is a little tricky to find. From Rockport, take left just before you reach the Tool Company, go up a little and take a left and then your second right (watch for signs). It is #52 Pigeon Hill Street. Coming the other way, take the right up a hill, right after you pass the Tool Company, then first left and second right.
If you look closely, the 2nd photo includes The Boston Post edition from April 16, 1924, in which the Sox apparently lost with 24,000 fans watching.
E.J. Lefavour




















