PSA To All You Kids Out There- You Think The First Time This Broad Popped A Pill She Ever Imagined That She’d End Up A Mess like This?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Andrea Cortois posted this to twitter-

This girl could have been attractive.  She could have been a lot of things.  But look at her.

A mess.

Think any addict starts out taking drugs thinking they were ever going to end up blowing ugly dudes so they can afford their next fix?  Think anyone ingests balloons full of drugs only to shit them out to smuggle them or hide them because they’re normal?

Here’s a little suggestion for you-

Don’t think you’re stronger than the drug.   It doesn’t matter how strong willed you think you might be.  Imagine if the chance of you got addicted was only 10% even though it’s way higher.  Would you take a 10% chance that you’d ever end up looking like this chick?

Would you take a 10% chance that you’d end up getting screwed by ugly dudes for money to buy drugs because you were that desperate?

Do yourself a favor and find other ways to distract yourself.  Throw yourself into creating art.  Throw yourself into sports or working out.  Throw yourself into taking higher education classes.

Throw yourself into anything but taking drugs.  Not once.  Not ever.

Don’t be the chick with horrible acne screwing ugly dudes for money to buy dope.

Dinner Dealer- I’m A Believer. Featured Card Of The Week- Willow Rest

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I dig the whole concept. When there’s things that we can take advantage of that are wins all the way around, that’s something I can get behind.
In this case the restaurant gets your business, you get great savings and after you use just a couple of the cards at places you would have eaten anyway, the rest is all gravy!

From the Dinner Dealer Site-

Good luck walking out of Annisquam’s Historic Willow Rest empty handed. Talk about good ol’ home style cooking that comes from the heart . . . their food is sure to feed your soul (and your stomach). Within the 2013 Dinner Dealer deck, you’ll find a $10 off $30 coupon for this local favorite. And guess what?! Takeout meals are included with the discount! So, what are you waiting for? Grab a Dinner Dealer deck and go. Tell them Joey C sent you!

The WILLOW REST
1 Holly Street • Gloucester MA 01930
978-283-2417 • www.willowrest.com

https://www.DinnerDealer.com
Yep, you get a ton of great discounts to awesome North Shore restaurants for just $25!

Charlie Carroll One Man Show At Cape Ann Giclee

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Attached is the Invitation to my One Man Show, which will be held at Cape Ann Giclee.

The opening will be on April 12th, 2013, from 5pm till 9 pm.

Am presenting all new work… 

Am hoping that you’ll be able to attend the opening.

It should be fun.

C

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Gloucester Mill Pond Earth Day Cleanup Saturday April 13th

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

In support of the City of Gloucester’s Earth Day activities, NOAA Fisheries is sponsoring the volunteer cleanup of the upper section of the Mill River between 8 – 10 am on Saturday, April 13th.    The 30 acre upper section of the Mill River was collaboratively restored in 2011 by the City of Gloucester, NOAA Fisheries  and a host of other project partners, in part to restore habitat for the fish that provide the basis of the food chain for fish stocks that are important to Gloucester’s commercial fisheries.   Anyone who wants to learn more about this project and pitch in a little volunteer time to further the recovery of this important estuary please meet at the tide gate located at approximately 400 Washington Street anytime between 8 – 10 am.  Wear shoes that can get muddy.  The city of Gloucester will provide bags.  Bring a 5 gallon bucket if you have one.  For more information please contact Eric Hutchins at 978-281-9313.

Eastern Point Culvert Restoration ©Kim Smith 2010

Ed. Note: Eric Hutchins and his organization were also the group responsible for the restoration of the culvert at the Eastern Point Lighthouse.

Dinner Dealer- I’m A Believer. Featured Card Of The Week- Willow Rest

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I dig the whole concept. When there’s things that we can take advantage of that are wins all the way around, that’s something I can get behind.
In this case the restaurant gets your business, you get great savings and after you use just a couple of the cards at places you would have eaten anyway, the rest is all gravy!

From the Dinner Dealer Site-

Good luck walking out of Annisquam’s Historic Willow Rest empty handed. Talk about good ol’ home style cooking that comes from the heart . . . their food is sure to feed your soul (and your stomach). Within the 2013 Dinner Dealer deck, you’ll find a $10 off $30 coupon for this local favorite. And guess what?! Takeout meals are included with the discount! So, what are you waiting for? Grab a Dinner Dealer deck and go. Tell them Joey C sent you!

The WILLOW REST
1 Holly Street • Gloucester MA 01930
978-283-2417 • www.willowrest.com

https://www.DinnerDealer.com
Yep, you get a ton of great discounts to awesome North Shore restaurants for just $25!

Street Hockey At The MAC

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joey,

Spring has sprung!!!! So have the Youth/Teen programs at Manchester Athletic Club. Join the summer FUN of street hockey at MAC!!

Summer Street Hockey

There is nothing more fun in the summer than playing street hockey with all your friends. This summer, join NSSPI at the Manchester Athletic Club for the opening season of Summer Street Hockey! It is sure to be a banner year! The format is 4 V. 4 (not including goalies). All standard street hockey rules apply.Don’t worry, your family won’t miss out on pool time! The Manchester Athletic Club has graciously offered a special rate to use their pool and snack bar during the evening games! Bring your suits, bring your family, and bring your hockey sticks!

What’s more? Skills will be showcased at the Hockey Jamboree at the end of the season, where everyone will get to see all the teams in action!

Younger players will likelyplay in the earlier time slots. VolunteerCoaches are encouraged.Our Personal Best,Nan & all the NSSPI Coaches*Please visit the Manchester Athletic Club website for all the exciting programs they are offering this summer!

Well Lookey Here. My Buddy Dre Takes Home Some Hardware :) Congrats Andrea Holbrook!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Times’ Holbrook, Cape Ann magazine win honors

http://m.gloucestertimes.com/GDT/db_269214/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=YAK2zkjE

Burnham’s Field Getting All Clean and Shit! Lend a hand April 21st!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joey,     Hi my name is Ambrose Orlando and I am getting a group of hopefully quite a few people to go down to burnhams field and clean up on April 21 at 9am if u could give us a shout out on ur page that would be greatly appreciated.ThanksAmbrose

@MayorKirk: tweets VB interviews Stephen Lynch and gives shout out to Gloucester!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

@MayorKirk: VB interviews Stephen Lynch and gives shout out to Gloucester! http://www.myfoxboston.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8751248#.UWMTTY_t7AE.twitter

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Gail Levin, author of Hopper’s Places Has Some Nice Things To Say About Our Catherine Ryan’s Work

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

What exciting work all the sleuths in Gloucester are doing tracking Edward Hopper’s footprints! I sure wish that I had had the power of the internet when I was first doing my research on Hopper in the 1970s and early 1980s, but there was no internet presence then. Most folks I encountered in Gloucester had never even heard of Hopper. Congratulations to all the people finding Hopper’s presence and to those who conceived of the website.

With best wishes,Gail Levin, author Hopper’s Places, Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonne, Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography, and other books

Tweet of The Day From Fitness Motivator

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Safe Harbor

Posted on by Marty Luster

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

Mark Twain

Easter Stroll

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Even though it was cold and windy the Easter Parade was a lot of fun.

Julie and Katy from
Julie and Katy from
Life is Good
Susan Parent always fun
Susan Parent always fun
Our Fun Easter Bunny
Our Fun Easter Bunny
Cotton Tail
Cotton Tail
Easter Parade
Easter Parade

What a Difference a Day Makes

Posted on by paultmorrison

Yesterday we were hanging out with my favorite wolf at Wolf Hollow in Essex freezing our asses off.

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And today on Lansdowne Street outside Fenway Park I can almost say in the past hour it has gotten downright hot. Hope the Red Sox stay hot like this Italian Sausage Rubber Duck and I are having. Not an Ambie but it is the locale that gives it the zing.

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ps. Did anyone catch the moon right before sunrise this morning? The smallest waxing crescent I have seen in a while. If it is crystal clear tomorrow it should be even smaller, (yuck clouds predicted.) New moon on the 10th.

Shout Out to Professor Gandhi

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

So many, many thanks to my former botany professor, Dr. Kanchi Gandhi, who sent my BomBom Butterflies video to many of his colleagues, friends, and students. My video is getting a growing number of hits in India! I loved every second of Doctor Gandhi’s class and wished often I could be his full time student. Professor Gandhi’s classes are held at the Harvard University Herbaria, with more than 5 million plant specimens. Along with its library, the Herbaria forms the world’s largest university owned herbarium.

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Doctor Gandhi’s interests are in the areas of plant nomenclature, plant morphology, and plant taxonomy. He is currently working on the International Plant Name Index, the HUH lookup tables, and Flora of North America project. In 2010 he was awarded the American Society of Plant Taxonomist Distinguished Service Award, which is only given occasionally and reserved for individuals who have made exceptional efforts for ASPT or the plant-systematics community in general.

Kanchi Gandhi ASPT presentation

India is a country rich in flora and many species of butterlies. A beautiful Indian butterfly we on Cape Ann may find particularly interesting is the Blue Tiger Butterfly (Tirumala limniace).

Blue Tiger Butterfly Tirumala limniace

It bears a striking resemblance to our Monarch Butterfly (both members of Nymphalidae, sub-family Danainae, or Brush-foot Family of butterflies) with the clearly defined mitten-shaped cell on the underside of the hindwing. And like our Monarch caterpillars, Blue Tiger caterpillars generally feed on the milkweed family of plants (Asclepiadaceae). Another similarity is that the Blue Tiger migrates through Southern India, although the distance traveled is not quite as long as that of the Monarchs.

Images Courtesy Google Image Search

Beeman 4th & 5th Graders present “Oliver” the Musical Wed & Thursday

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

You know how we love to promote taking your kids to see live music.  Well for all of you who say, “Yeah, yeah, Ok.  Someday we’ll do that,”  this Wednesday & Thursday are your some-days.  Lisa Smith sent the following video preview and a little note about it:

Here is a sneak peek of the musical “Oliver” a 5th Grade production at Beeman Memorial School Performances are on April 10 & 11 at 7PM. Heidi Dallin directs this production, Beth Goldberg is musical director.

Officer Cliff Alves getting ready to run the 5k on Sunday morning.

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Officer Cliff Alves getting ready to run the 5k on Sunday morning. The Gloucester Police department had a great group of men and women in the race!! Maybe next year I’ll join them!! Thanks for posting.

Melissa Cox