Man oh Man!
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My View of Life on the Dock
Got my flu shot at CVS yesterday. Took five minutes. Most insurance covers it without a co-pay. The lady who gave it to me was explaining how much overwhelming evidence there is to say it saves lives and then brought up the anti-flouride crusaders and how much misinformation is out there.
She also told me it takes three weeks to take effect, so get ahead of flu season and potentially save lives!
Explore downtown Gloucester through the historic lens of maritime painter Fitz Henry Lane
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (September 11, 2015) – The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present Fitz Henry Lane’s Gloucester, a guided walking tour, on Saturday, September 26 at 10:00 a.m. Explore downtown Gloucester and discover what it was like in the 19th century when Fitz Henry Lane roamed the streets and painted the views. Tours last about one and a half hours and are held rain or shine. Participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. Cost is $10 for Cape Ann Museum members; $20 for nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited and reservations are required. Email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455, x10 for more information or to reserve a space.
Fitz Henry Lane was a Cape Ann artist, printmaker and world-renowned American marine painter. With his subtle use of gleaming light, Lane is generally regarded as one of the finest 19th century practitioners of the style known as luminism. The Cape Ann Museum’s unparalleled collection of works by Fitz Henry Lane – which includes paintings, drawings and lithographs – is on permanent display in the gorgeously renovated Lane Gallery, a space fully devoted to Lane’s life and work.
Image credit: Fitz Henry Lane (1804–1865). Gloucester Harbor at Sunrise, c. 1850, oil on canvas. Gift of Lawrence Brooks, 1970. [Acc. #2020]
GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts – On Thursday, September 10, 2015, from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the grand opening ABC Home Healthcare Professionals. The ceremony took place at the new location at 281R East Main Street in Gloucester, MA.
Jeannette Sheehan, owner of the family run business, welcomed the public to the new location with a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by an opening reception. ABC Home Healthcare was presented with a senate citation from the office of Senator Tarr. Refreshments were served to the many guests who attended the ceremony.
ABC Home Healthcare is a local, family owned, full service home care agency. Jeannette Sheehan, Board Certified Nurse Practitioner, is the founder and owner of ABC home care in Boston, with over 40 years industry experience she leads their team of compassionate caregivers. ABC is dedicated to providing the most advanced and comprehensive private home care services.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR CHAMBER’S ANNUAL $25,000 GAME
Reserve your ticket for the BEST ODDS in town!
Join the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, October 1, for the Chamber’s annual $25,000 Game. The event will be held from 5:00 – 7:00pm at The Gloucester House Restaurant, 63 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA, and one person will walk away the lucky winner of $10,000. As one of the most exciting and fun-filled events on Cape Ann this Fall, it will also feature a 50/50 raffle, door prizes and much more. A total of $25,000 in prizes!
Tickets are available on a first come first served basis at the Chamber office located at 33 Commercial Street in Gloucester and are $100 each. A limit of 500 tickets will be sold. Each ticket admits the ticket holder and one guest to the Gloucester House festivities on October 1st and includes a light dinner. Prizes are as follows:
Grand Prize: $10,000
2nd Prize: $5,000
3rd Prizes: $2,500
4th Prizes: $1,000 each (6 lucky winners)
5th Prize: $500 (3 lucky winners)
Total: $25,000
To reserve your ticket for the Best Odds in town, please visit the Cape Ann Chamber today or call us at (978) 283-1601. More information can also be found on www.capeannchamber.com
September Business After Hours at Ohana!
Thursday, September 17, 2015 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Ohana
151 Main Street Gloucester, MA 01930
Come Mix, Mingle and Network with other area Business Leaders at this delicious, award winning Restaurant!
Sample from their menu and enjoy this great little jewel of a restaurant in Downtown Gloucester. $10.
Cash bar available.
Mayoral Candidates Forum
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
The Elks at Bass Rocks 101 Atlantic Road Gloucester, MA 01931
The 2015 Gloucester Mayoral Race promises to be an exciting one! Come meet the Candidates and hear where they stand on important issues facing Gloucester, in this first of two Forums.
A light breakfast will be served. $25 per person.
The Annisquam History Discussion Group will present Elizabeth Enfield on Friday, September 18, 2015, at 7:30 PM at the Annisquam Village Library. Her talk with focus on Captain Oliver Griffin Lane – the life, times and voyages of the Great 19th Century Sea Captain, father, trader and Christian Man.
FURNITURE SALE
Once a Year – One Day Only
Saturday, September 19th from 9- 12
The Annisquam Exchange
32 Leonard Street
Annisquam Village, Gloucester
http://www.annisquamexchange.com/
IF YOU HAVE FURNITURE TO SELL, CALL/EMAIL FOR DETAILS
Call for details if you want to bring furniture to sell

ALICIA UNLEASHED PODCAST EPISODE 3 TAPED 9/11/15 WITH GUESTS KD, B-Side AND HOST ALICIA COX
Topics Include:
9/11 tribute, where were you on 9/11?, preparing your kids for real world instances, reason for swear jar, cape ann animal aid, how many people actually listen to Alicia unleashed, Thursday Patriots game, Brady or Garopplo, fantasy league, do you like the fall and pumpkin flavor, weather in new England vs. everywhere else, worst winter ever, do you like ice coffee in any weather?, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, the word MOIST, meeting people through national site, vagina cupcakes in a second grade class, XXX talk (disclaimer), homie cast talking about balls, P note

We should be proud of our Rockport Harbormasters who helped respond to this tragic situation last night. I will update with more information as it becomes available.
From wcvb.com
The body of a woman who fell off a cruise ship off Cape Ann Friday night has been recovered, according to the United States Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard said it received word of a woman falling overboard from the cruise ship Seabourn Quest about 10 miles off the coast around 7 p.m.
Several search and rescue teams responded and searched the area.
Around 8:30 p.m., the Rockport Harbormaster, with emergency medical service personnel on board, recovered the woman’s body.
http://www.wcvb.com/news/womans-body-recovered-after-falling-off-cruise-ship-off-cape-ann/35231340
Pilar has started a new fashion trend, Monarchs as hair accessory.
Enchanted by Monarchs! We had a fantastic day filmmaking, thanks to Emma, Pilar, Frieda, Annie Kate, Lotus, April, Elijah, Esme, Charlie, Atticus, and last but not least, Meadow. And an extra huge thank you to all the moms and dads for not minding the early morning wake up calls and texts to let the kids know the butterflies were emerging! I was tied up filming and so wish I’d taken more stills.
Meadow
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First up I’m going to split up a pound of bacon into thirds and will set up the STOK Drum for offset smoking around 225 degrees for about an hour. I started my coals and pushed them to one side of the grill and tossed a hunk of apple wood on for smoke. The bacon is placed on the opposite side of the grate from the charcoal. The idea is to partially cook the bacon because the shrimp will cook quickly and we want the bacon to finish around the same time once they are wrapped so the shrimp don’t dry out and get rubbery.

While the bacon is smoking I put the wooden skewers we’ll be using in water so they don’t burn up once they’re on the grill. You’ll want to soak them for at least…
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