New Show Opens March 1st at Flatrocks Gallery in Lanesville

west-end1West End Boys featuring Jack Evans, Willie Alexander & Jon Sarkin starts on Feb. 28 with the opening reception Mar. 1 from 6-8pm.   See Noise cover story about Willie Alexander here.

Address: Flatrock Gallery ~ 77 Langsford Street/ Route 127 Gloucester, MA 01930
Hours: Thurs-Sun 12-5pm
Phone: 978-879-4683

You Know You’ve Made It When They Make You Into A Bobblehead- Check Out Wicked Tuna Dave Marciano’s New Bobblehead

Zucchini Fries

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Zucchini Fries ~Make a delicious snack, appetizer, or side dish to any meal.  They are a great way to sneak vegetables onto the kids dinner plate! Click see more for recipe details and more photos Continue reading “Zucchini Fries”

If you haven’t joined the new GMG Google+ Community Group then you missed…

If you haven’t joined the new GMG Google+ Community Group then you missed Cigar Joe Talking About Fishing In The Earl;y Part of The Twentieth Century, Ron Martel’s Belgian Waffles with Ya Mon drunken syrup with pineapple, coconut, Jamaican rum and fresh berries and EPIC storm off South Coast of Ireland video-

I’m just sayin…

It’s a great way for the GMG FOBs to communicate.
Join Here

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25 Pound Lobster Attacks Gloucester Fisherman!!!

Gloucester Fisherman Chief Fulford Attacked By 25 Pound Lobster

More Monster Lobster Photos Here

Can You Only Imagine If This Allston Couple Ran Into This Monster In A Dark Alley?  Guy would need therapy for years-

The Bostonians who were scared of lobster

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Monday February 24th 2014 Cape Ann Forecast ..

Marine Forecast …
Small Craft Advisory…
Mon: NW winds 15 to 20 kt…becoming W 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

Mon Night: NW winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Light freezing spray.

Now to our forecast .. Well Cape Ann I hate to be the bad news messenger but our mild warm times are done for the time being . Temps today 35-40 degrees with clouds and sun .. West to north west winds 15-20 mph .. Monday night cold yup cold nights are back for quite sometime .. Lows in the lower 20’s..
Tuesday even colder highs only around 30 degrees with mostly sunny skies and west winds 15-20mph!
Tuesday night temps plummet into the teens with a chance of snow after midnight ..
Wednesday chance of snow highs around 30 degrees …
Thursday through Sunday sun and clouds temps in low to mid 20’s with night time lows in the single digits to teens .. Saturday snow threat / then very cold Sunday high 21 degrees …

So winter is back with only 24 days left till spring , March is actually looking to be a very cold and potentially snowy stormy month .. 10-15 degrees below the monthly average .. And plenty of chances for frozen precip events …
So hang in there for a 3-4 more weeks .. Then hopefully will have “SPRING” like weather… Thanks for reading … I’ll have more on Wednesday’s snow threat Tuesday morning …Have a wonderful day ..
Peter Lovasco
GMG
Weatherman

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Golden Opportunity- Gloucester Fire Department Open House This Thursday For Recruitment

If ever there was a city job that you want it’s the Fire department.  Great Hours – Great Pay – Tremendous Benefits.  If you fit the criteria and don’t have a direction in life, let me tell you, it doesn’t get much better than being a Local Fireman.  I never even knew the had to recruit.  I just figured there was a backlog a mile long of applicants kinda like the waiting list for a mooring.   If you have a son or daughter who fits the age requirements or are a vet returning from duty without a job you’d be crazy not to show up for this Gloucester Fire Department Recruitment Open House.   Thursday February 27, 2014.  get on it!

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Free Online Storage and Why You Should Be Using It

I use a bunch of free online storage options.  Mainly I use Dropbox for sharing big files, Microsoft OneDrive for stuff that I want to use on any of my computers, GoogleDrive for documents on the fly, Flickr, Amazon mp3 for music.  I don’t use Picassa because it seems when people share photos using Picassa they always send the small compressed files rather than the better quality hi res ones.  For a blog that relys heavily on photos, that’s sucky.  I do think Picassa works well for lots of people and I love most everything else Google but that one little thing drives me nuts about Picassa.

Anyway, it goes without saying that you should back up your hard drive often.  I suggest at least one hard copy onto an external drive and a service like Carbonite that backs everything up to the cloud for your important files like photos, music, videos and documents.

But what I’m mainly focusing on in this post are online storage options that are free and allow you access to the bulk of your photos, music and documents for easy access anywhere you are in the world and from any device.

The main one I use because it syncs so perfectly among all my computers and makes beautiful photo albums I can share on the blog is OneDrive from Microsoft (formerly SkyDrive).  It allows me to make beautiful slideshows and photo presentations and it’s completely free.  I can acess the files from any of my devices including my android phone, Apple iPad, my laptop or my desktop PC. To get it and it’s storage for free click here

Here’s a snapshot of my OneDrive homescreen- Simple, uncluttered, easy to navigate.

I highly recommend you take advantage of this free online storage option

Get it here

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Tomorrow DropBox

What a great day!

We celebrated Paul’s 30th Birthday at The Cape Ann Brewery. All his friends came and shared Paul”s stories. What an awesome day. Thanks to Cape Ann Brewery for such a great day.

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Cheers paul!

Calvin Swims With Sea Turtles From Martin Del Vecchio

Joey, here’s a video from our recent trip to St. John, USVI.  We spent the trip looking for sea turtles, and finally found them on our last day.

We stayed at the Concordia Eco-Resort, which I highly recommend to anybody looking to avoid the madding crowds.

Parade of Sails Through Gloucester Inner Harbor

Continuing with ” reruns” while in Mexico, the Parade of Sails is another favorite event. So looking forward to this year’s Schooner Festival!

See original post on GMG, September 2, 2013:

Video: Time Lapse Parade of Sails Through Gloucester Inner Harbor

Sunday Dinner @ Passports

No Sunday Dinner being served in Sista’s Kitchen today….Enjoying a delicious meal meal at Passports after The Last Winter Dance Performance at The Governors Academy! Sent from Xfinity Mobile App

Celebrating Paul’s life and 30th Birthday Today.

We’ll be down at Paul’s favorite place to go when he came home with his friends. A lot of his friends are coming down to have a beer with Paul. The Cape Ann Brewery. 1pm on.
This is a photo the night Paul was born 2/23/1984

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Fiesta Pub – One Last Time

Welcome Katrina’s Pub. Hoping it will be as colorful as this!

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Long Live Katrina’s Pub