“Capturing the Living Landscape,” an outdoor oil painting workshop with Mark Shasha

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NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION OFFERS, “Capturing the Living Landscape,” an outdoor oil painting workshop with Mark Shasha, Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14, 10 – 4 pm at NSAA.  Sign up online through the NSAA website, by phone or by mail.

In this two day workshop, award winning painter Mark Shasha will help you learn to manage the challenges that clouds, wind and sea offer when attempting to paint with oils out of doors.  Sharing insights from his thirty years of painting experience, he will discuss composition, traditional techniques, and special methods of reaping aesthetic rewards when capturing on canvas the natural color, light and mood of living landscapes.

The North Shore Arts Association’s galleries are open, free to the public, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Noon to 5 p.m.

More information on all North Shore Arts Association events is available by visiting  their website at, and by email at arts@nsarts.org, or by telephone 978 283-1857.

Magnolias - MARK SHASHA

More Traps Available From Our Lobstermen For Recreational Lobster Fishing $25 Each

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Come get them at the dock 95 East Main Street Gloucester MA
For directions or telephone number – http://www.wholesalelobster.com

Community Stuff 6/7/15

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Manchester Historical Museum Family Program

10 am SATURDAY, JUNE 13 at Seaside #1

“Manchester Fire Fighting: Yesterday & Today”

Come see how our fire department fought fires in the past and then visit our current station to see how they do it today. 

$5 per child (accompanied by an adult)

RSVP requested to reserve your spot.

10 Union Street, Manchester, MA 01944               Phone: 978-526-7230   

E-mail: info@manchesterhistoricalmuseum.org

http://www.manchesterbytheseahistorical.org

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Gloucester Fishermunn Olympians Warming Up For Sort-Put & Javelin Events!

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Zachary Palmer Competing in Javelin and Danny Williamson Taylor Davis, Christoper Morris, Competing in Short-Put

   

  

 

STOK Stainless Steel Grilling Basket Insert Review

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

If you want to purchase this grill you can see it and my other grilling favs here

Last night I got to try out the new STOK Stainless Grilling Basket.
I can’t understand why 99% of veggie grilling trays or baskets have most of the area unexposed to the undersides, most have round holes but don’t allow the veggies to have the maximum amount of exposure to the smoke and or/heat.
I found a thin wire mesh basket for the gas grill and it works well but this stainless one is really well built. It just feels extremely solid.

After getting done seasoning and letting the steak tips get to room temp and preparing the Atomic Buffalo Turds it was time to try out our new grill accessory.

STOK Stainless Steel Grilling Basket

STOK Stainless Steel Grilling Basket ReviewDSC01254 DSC01255 DSC01256Then used the STOK Insert Removal Tool to take out the cast iron center insert and replace it with the Stainless Grilling Basket.

DSC01258 DSC01260 DSC01261 Took it out a couple of times and gave it a good wrist flip to rotate the veggies from the bottom of the unit to the top and it worked out flawlessly.  It stayed securely together and the veggies came out just the way I like them, onions translucent and the peppers with a slight char to them.  Opening it up by sliding the clasp back and used the tongs to flip the top section back.If I wanted less char I would have pushed my coals to the edges of the bottom of the grill and cooked using indirect heat but for the way I like my veggies this was perfect.

a few pics from the Gloucester Tourism Commission’s Lodging Tour organized by Carol Thistle, Kathie Gilson, Laura Baker of the Castle Manor Inn and Laura Dow of the Vista Motel

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Hi Joey,

Terry Weber submits-

Attached are a few pics from the Gloucester Tourism Commission’s Lodging Tour organized by Carol Thistle, Kathie Gilson, Laura Baker of the Castle Manor Inn and Laura Dow of the Vista Motel. During the two day tour, nineteen properties were viewed! I am sorry I couldn’t include them all here, but I hope to include other tour highlights in future posts or other publications. The tour was primarily set up for the volunteers of the Stage Fort Park Welcoming Center who often assist tourists by making referrals to local inns and motels.
1 Fireside room at blue shutters
Fireside Room at Blue Shutters Inn. Romantic, comfortable, with a refrigerator, microwave and private bathroom. Perfect views of Good Harbor Beach.
2 comfy at blue shutters
Living & dining room area of the Blue Shutters Inn where you feel right at home. No corporate-cloned feeling here, just comfortable couches, a fireplace and piano, and a tremendous view of Good Harbor. Blue Shutters serves a complimentary continental breakfast, but because most rooms have a refrigerator, and some have kitchens, you can also make your own meals as big or as small as you like. (This photo was not from the tour).
3 view from rocky neck acc
View from the penthouse (Room #12) at Rocky Neck Accommodations. A beautiful open space with cathedral ceiling, kitchen, and deck. Sleeps 4. Lots of light.
4 castle manor inn
Simple elegance at the Castle Manor Inn. Ten rooms or suites in the Main House and 16 detached motor lodge units. Rumor has it, it’s a great place for a vacation, a wedding or special event. (Courtesy photo from the Castle Manor Inn.)
5 vista view
View from the Vista Motel. The Vista also has a breakfast room, pool, and lounging area overlooking Good Harbor Beach. Each room has a refrigerator and microwave and some have full kitchens.
6 lunch
Photo 6: Lunch at the Vista Motel with the tour group. Big thank you to Laura Dow and Cindy for their hospitality and arranging lunch!

More hospitality workshops and tours are planned for both Stage Fort Park and Chamber of Commerce volunteers. Anyone in the tourism industry can join in for free. The next one is Thursday, June 11 at the Stage Fort Park Welcome Center from 6pm to 7pm. Steve Winslow, from the Community Development Department, City of Gloucester, will be giving a short talk about the best walking, hiking and biking trails in Gloucester.

For more questions about hospitality workshops, contact Carol Thistle at cthistle@gloucester-ma.gov.

Here is a video link to the penthouse at Rocky Neck Accommodations.

Terry Weber
Writer and Researcher

Doppelgänger? WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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A GMG Reader sent me this email.

I think this is aPretty good match.

Doppelgänger? WHAT DO YOU THINK?

From Brianne Caso;

“Your puppy is adorable. What about Van Gogh for a name?
There’s a resemblance…”

 

 

Definition;

For other uses, see Doppelgänger (disambiguation).
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, How They Met Themselves, watercolor, 1864

In fiction and folklore, a doppelgänger or doppelga(e)nger (/ˈdɒpᵊlˌɡɛŋə/ or /–ˌɡæŋə/; German: [ˈdɔpəlˌɡɛŋɐ] ( listen), literally “double-goer”) is a look-alike or double of a living person, sometimes portrayed as a paranormal phenomenon, and in some traditions as a harbinger of bad luck. In other traditions and stories, they recognize your ‘double-goer’ as an evil twin.

The word doppelgänger is often used in a more general sense to describe any person who physically or behaviorally resembles another person.

Lynzariums- The Coolest Living Art Plant Store I’ve Ever Encountered. Must Visit-Bottom Line.

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www.lynzariums.com
Instagram- https://instagram.com/lynzariums/
186 East Main Street.
Just.
Go.
There.
As a man with a black thumb I’ve never had any experience with beautiful exotic plants that virtually thrive more with increased negligence.
Tomorrow, Sunday Her Sister Will Be In The House For The Second Day Of A Two Day Pop Up Shop Featuring Her Funky West Coast Collections From- www.establishsf.com


Check Out The Gallery Of Photos I Shot This Afternoon-

Elon Musk Quote of the Week From Greg Bover

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June 4, 2015

“I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.”

Elon Musk (1971-    )

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Born in South Africa, Musk sold his first video game at the age of twelve, immigrated to Canada as a teenager, and became a US citizen in 2002. He began his entrepreneurial career selling his city guide company Zip2 to Compaq, and then founding and ultimately selling the company that would become PayPal to Ebay for $1.5 billion. He founded SpaceX which has developed rockets with record weight-to-thrust ratios and has the NASA contract to supply the International Space Station. He was a co-founder of electric car maker Tesla and currently serves as CEO and Chief Product Architect, for which he famously receives a $1 salary. The company has sold more than 70,000 vehicles to date. He is also the chairman of SolarCity, currently building the largest manufacturing facility for solar panels in the US.

Greg Bover

SHOCKING “OBSERVERS” (SPY) PROGRAM PUTTING GLOUCESTER LOBSTERMEN’S LIVES AT RISK

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NOAA Lobstermen meeting ©Kim Smith 2015The NOAA Fisheries sponsored informational meeting held Thursday night at their Gloucester facility did nothing to alleviate lobstermen’s deeply held concerns over the NOAA observer-spy program.

The lobstermen’s greatest concern is safety; safety for their crew, the observer-spy, and for themselves, along with the liability issues and lawsuits that will fall squarely on their shoulders when the accidental injury or drowning invariably occurs. The financial burden will be huge because of the adjusted insurance rates and the fact that the boats will now be forced to carry expensive safety equipment; combined costs in the tens of thousands of dollars. The observer-spies carry sleeping bags, pillows, personal coolers, measuring boards, baskets, and buckets. When asked about her experience on a lobster boat, NOAA representative Sara Weeks admitted that she had never been on a lobster boat. On a small boat, where there is barely enough room for a second crew member, the panelists did not seem to comprehend the dangerous situation they are forcing upon the lobstermen.

The president of the Massachusetts Lobsterman’s Association, Arthur Sawyer, pointed out that although over fifteen years of data has been collected by the state of Massachusetts, this information was not sought by NOAA. The company contracted by NOAA to carry out the gestapo-like spy program is called MRAG Americas. Andrew Rosenberg owns MRAG. He was also the former Deputy Director of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (or the fox evaluating the chicken coop, see below).

Reportedly, MRAG is paid approximately $800.00 – $900.00 for every spy. The spy is paid roughly $125.00 to $150.00. MRAG pockets the rest (this program is huge and there are thousands upon thousands of these observer-spies). Now that there are few to no ground fishing boats on which to position the spies, MRAG and NOAA have suddenly targeted the Massachusetts lobstermen. Afterall, they have to keep the gravy train collecting our tax payer dollars to spy on our fellow citizens.

“Sea days” are the number of days the lobstermen will be forced to allow an observer-spy on their boat. This information, although available to the NOAA representatives, was conveniently and purposefully withheld from the lobstermen at the time of the meeting.

Some Background from Big Game Fishing Journal: HIRING THE FOX TO EVALUATE HOW WELL SECURITY IS WORKING AT THE CHICKEN COOP.

Lady B. Gloucester Lobster Boat ©Kim Smith 2015Lady J. Gloucester Lobster Boat at Daybreak