Once again "Shoppers" wiped out the inventory in minutes!
Another Mariposa Warehouse Sale In The History Book!
Passports Wine Dinner Coming Up NOV 20TH
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Mariposa Staff Hands Out ” The Shopping Bags”
5 Minutes away from Kickoff!
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20 Minutes Away from Sale Time!
You know its close to sale time when the chairs get folded up and returned to the cars!
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Live From Mariposa Warehouse Sale…50 Minutes Away From Sale Time!
A Peek behind "Warehouse Doors"
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Cape Ann Artisans Holiday Show and Sale at the Rockport Art Association
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Community Stuff 11/15/14
Trident Gallery Live Art Series presents
Dance in Dialogue
Kate Tarlow Morgan, Loren Doucette, Sarah Slifer Swift
Saturday November 22, 7:30PM
Trident Gallery, 189 Main St. Gloucester MA, 978-491-7785
“Dance in Dialogue” features two original performance works, followed by conversation and refreshments. Free, donations encouraged. Space is limited so please reserve a seat at events@tridentgallery.com.
Kate Tarlow Morgan (dancer/writer) recently returned from a midwest pilgrimage to bury her father’s ashes with a dramatic story of relatives unknown to her. She will report this intense personal story with the aid of artifacts, photographs, and a movement score created especially for the walls of Trident Gallery.
Loren Doucette (visual artist) and Sarah Slifer Swift (dancer) will show a segment of their collaborative project “Unravelling.” The piece explores the building of a framework within which a relationship is contextualized. Through dance and visual art created in the live moment, they inhabit the possibilities of unravelling the self from the frame.
HOLY FAMILY CHRISTMAS FAIR
Starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 22, 2014, spend a relaxing day and do some of your Christmas shopping too! Holy Family Christmas Fair has something for everyone. Your Christmas decorating will be easier with the selection of swags, wreaths and other fresh green accents for your home. Jam preserves, scarves, jewelry, toys, doll clothes and dolls and knitted baby items will be available at prices that can’t be beat. The “Wheel of Fortune” for those who would like to take a chance and win a basket filled with delightful things for every taste! Take a minute or two and look over the White Elephant table. You will never know what treasures you might see if you don’t take the time to look. The bake table has at least one thing for your sweet tooth or to put in your freezer for the holidays. Toys, books, religious items, pocketbooks and face painting will also be available. The children will also enjoy having their photo taken with Santa at the most reasonable price on Cape Ann. The kitchen will be open to have a bite to eat so you can keep up your strength to continue to shop. The best always comes last! Holy Family is known for their wonderful Italian bakers. The Christmas Fair will have many cookie selections and their all good and reasonably priced. See you at the Fair!
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More Community Activities Saturday November 15th
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Live Blogging From The Famous “Mariposa Warehouse Sale”
The first Diehard Mariposa shoppers arrived at 3pm today!
Congratulations to Shannon & Lauren Butt, Nancy, Amanda & Erin McMorrow and Roberta Spence(Grammy) From Pelham NH and Belchertown Ma. These lucky ladies will be the first shoppers through the warehouse door at 8pm tomorrow morning!
Tonight these ladies will keep warm in their car knowing their #1 spot in line is secured!
My girlfriends Tanya Frost, Lori Simpson, and Alli Battle were the second group of shoppers who arrived at 3:20 this afternoon and secured the #7,#8 & #9 spots in line
Several groups of women have already gathered in line, and a steady flow of cars continue to steam into the parking lot
…Mariposa shoppers don’t mess around when it comes to tailgating on the Eve Of “Female Super Bowl”… they come prepared with heat lamps, cocktails, and wine!
Ladies….Don’t forget to start your cars often.. to prevent draining your car battery!
Shoppers from Rye NH, Gloucester, Chelmsford, Brighton, Salem, Newburyport, Newton, Pelham, and Belchertown Ma. are currently camped out at The Blackburn Industrial Parking Lot waiting for the BIG SALE to begin!
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State Fish Pier #GloucesterMA Timelapse 11/14/14
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I would totally soil myself…
Two men were on a boat in a fjord in Norway, then 6 gigantic whales decided to show up
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VIDEO: THE DUCK STOPS HERE – RD V WMD’S
She was a nice duck….not really.
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Limoncello Making: Part Two
Last night we strained and bottled (and sampled!) out-of-this-world-delicious limoncello. The first time I had ever tasted limoncello that I found to be enjoyable was while filming at the Groppo Family’s Feast of Saint Joseph celebration. Nina serves her icy cold homemade limoncello in the traditional tiny glasses and I think it is so much better tasting than commercially bottled preparations. The flavor of her limoncello is intensely lemony fresh, sweet, and tart all at the same time, without the alcohol burn on the way down.
The limoncello doesn’t look that appetizing in the pre-bottled stage.
As part of the film’s sequence on Feast preparations, Nina and friends Cathy Gunn, Kathy Pratl, and Jane Beddus very graciously agreed to allow me to film during the different steps of limocello-making, along with inviting me to participate and make my own batch! Nina and her family and friends have been so wonderfully helpful and accommodating with Gloucester’s Feast of Saint Joseph Community Film Project and I will be eternally grateful. Making limoncello with these sweet ladies has been so much fun and a wonderful reminder of the delight and joy that comes from sharing a project with friends.
Catherine Gunn, Nina Groppo, Janer Beddus, and Kathy Pratl
After bottling, we sampled each other’s batches, the reason being that they were all made in slightly different ways; several types of lemons were used, some had more vodka, and some had more simple syrup. Kathy pointed out that the because the recipe is so super simple, the only real error in making would be if you were to grate the lemons to close to the pith, which would make the beverage bitter.
Needless to say, we had a ball sampling all, as well as indulging in the beautiful array of cookies and treats prepared by Nina. To see more photos visit Jane Beddus’s FB page here.
The sieve we found to be the easiest and most effective for straining the pulp was a simple wooden flour sifter, used with cheese cloth, that Nina had purchased in Italy (see below in the Vine).
Nina served hot, freshly roasted chestnuts. To remove the shell, simply give the chestnut a slight whack. The nut opens and the meat is easily removed by hand.
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Caption Contest
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Harbor Goods Anniversary Sale
SATURDAY – 10th ANNIVERSARY SALE – 10am to 8pm. We began our adventure at 33 Main Street so for every $33 you spend on regular priced items, we’ll take off $10. Spend $33, save $10. Spend $66, save $20, etc. Stop by for refreshments and take part in a Main Street scavenger hunt for clues to win a free gift with purchase. Thanks to every one of our fans for your support. We’re still here because of YOU.
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Pink water at sunset
Seagulls swimming at sunset.
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Jamie Wyeth Exhibit Boston Museum of Fine Arts ends December 28
Son of Andrew, well worth the trip. Goya downstairs if the copious amounts of Jamie do not do the trick. If you like Jack Russell Terriers you have to check it out. And Seagulls, lots of seagulls, JFK, Andy Warhol and Nureyev’s large member.
Goya did a bunch of portraits which I had never seen. Compare the size of his head to body length then go over into the American Gallery and check out the portraits there. I always thought the early American portraits were botched a bit because they were not trained in getting the head size right.I thought you needed to shrink them on huge canvas but not too much. Now I am not so sure. Big canvas and sometimes the head goes too big. Check out John Singleton Copley over in the American Gallery as well as compare heads that Jamie Wyeth did.
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Get out My Face Sucka!
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Organ Recital at Gloucester’s UU Church Tommorow (SAT)
The Meetinghouse 2014-15 Concert & Lecture Series continues tomorrow night, November 15th, with Robert Wech playing the 1893 Hutchings-Fisk pipe organ in organ works by Bach, Walond, Franck and Mendelssohn. The concert starts at 7:30pm and will be followed by a reception. General Admission is $15/$12 Seniors & Students.
You are invited to park in the church yard, entering between the stone pillars at the corner of Middle & Church Street. The handicap accessible entrance is at the side entrance, 10 Church Street. Doors open at 7:00pm.
The concert is sponsored by a gift from Judith A. Williams in memory of her husband Robert M. Williams. All proceeds will go towards the ongoing restoration of the building, a centerpiece of the Harbortown Cultural District, Gloucester’s oldest (1806), largest and last remaining Meetinghouse.
The grand instrument played in this concert is one of the most distinguished pipe organs on Cape Ann, built for the Universalist Church in 1893 by George Hutchings, who was also the builder of the original pipe organ for Symphony Hall in Boston. The organ was refurbished by C.B. Fisk, Inc., the world-renowned Gloucester pipe organ firm, in 1962. Robert Wech is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, taught music in public schools for over 30 years, and is the newly appointed Music Director of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church.
REVIEW ABOUT THE ORGANIST:
“A seasoned and natural performer, Bob Wech demonstrates his great sensitivity to historic American pipe organs by carefully choosing repertoire and registrations that feel entirely at home. His long experience as a teacher and music director, including the RC Cathedral in Scranton, PA and two Synagogues, is evident in the nuanced way he uses the key-action, winding, and unique sounds of the pipe organ to accurately bring the music to life.”
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Ground Breaking Ceremony For Beauport Hotel
Good Morning Gloucester 