My View of Life on the Dock
This has been a bad week for me. First I leave my card in the ATM (see this post). Then I get Gordon Bok’s Old Sloop Concert day wrong: It’s FRIDAY not SATURDAY (see corrected post).
On Saturday, Old Sloop presents Grammy-winning Debbie & Friends for a special children’s show at 10:30 AM (better check the poster below to see if I’m right).
A whole lotta music today and tonight (it’s already started). Check the lineup here.
I figure this jumble looks like about 3 traps. John thinks it’s 9. So we settled on 6 and based on that we counted 36 mangled traps on a small stretch of rocky Magnolia coastline today (see map here).
Joey, maybe you and some of your suppliers can estimate the number of lobster traps in this mangled mess more accurately and we’ll adjust our count accordingly.
Anyone else wanna take a shot at guessing?
Wine Classes
Wine Classes start a week from today!
Kathleen begins the 5-part series Tuesday evening, March 5.
Skip begins his 2-part classes, with the first series on Italian wine, Thursday, March 7.
Be sure to email Kathleen Erickson or call Savour (978 282-1455) to sign up. Remember, this is the only time the 5-part course will be offered this year. Please feel free to call with any questions or concerns. If you have to miss a class, Kathleen can review the content with you (and you will have a notebook with all the articles and handouts, so you can keep up).
St. Patrick’s Day Dinner
Sunday, March 17
5:30 – 6:00 – appetizers and snacks
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – dinner
We plan to have a great St. Patrick’s Day meal for about 40 people. So come celebrate with us! From colcanon to corned beef, with beer tasting and wine, we will all have a good Irish party! (The cost is $25.00, excluding MA meal tax and gratuity).
Menu
Cheddar and Stout Fondue
Irish Soda Bread
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Colcannon
Dark Chocolate Cake with Irish Cream Mousse
Chocolate Stout Pot de Creme
Nothing else needs to be said – DELICIOUS
Peter, Enza and the crew do a wonderful job preparing some of the best dishes in the area. Always a wonderful dining experience at the Causeway Restaurant.
I took this photo a couple of weeks ago but didn’t get around to posting it until today.
March 6th 9 AM Free Continental Breakfast & Social Hour, Call for Reservations, 978-546-2573
Beginner Computer Classes starts on Thursdays, March 7th from 1-3:30. 4 weeks for $40.00. Call 978-546-2573
Flower Show at the Seaport World Trade Center on Wednesday, March 13th. Cost is $31.00 and includes Admission & Transportation. Call Diane for tickets at 978-546-2573
Specialized Telephone Equipment March 20th at 10 AM at the Rockport Senior Center. If you have trouble hearing on the telephone this equipment is something you would like to see. It prints out your conversion on a screen for you to read it. Free, please call for reservations.
March 14th St Patrick’s Day Luncheon 11:30 with Comedian Mel Simons
Corned Beef & Cabbage, Carrots & Turnip, Potatoes with parsley, Irish Soda Bread and Blarney Stone Parfait (minted pudding with topping) $2.00 Call Freda for reservations 978-546-5027
If you need a ride to any of the events, call Diane at 978-546-2573 and she can help you fill out a form for CATA to pick you up at home and drop you at the Senior Center. This is a one time application process.
Contact Paulie to buy one or go to the GMG/ Khan Studio this summer and get yours.
Thanks Paulie
Hello Joseph!!!!! How are you ??!! This is a photo of zavanny .she is three years old and a delight to be with .she is my niece. ( iris’s younger sisters daughter ) . I like to spend a lot of time with her when we are here.we had her for Friday night sleep over and swam in the pool, made mr. Potato head ,watched Winnie the Pooh and read books .she has a great laugh and smart as a whip. Keep smilin …….. Tuf
Is that a Honduras Soccer shirt?
You gonna try to make the squad Tuf?
Cape Ann Brewery WINGS
Photos submitted by Annisquam and Cambridge FOB, Cynthia Kennedy Sam of a new fancy glass “birdfeeder” which she hung up off her back deck three days ago to attract cardinals, bluejays, juncos, white throated sparrows – you know those lovely feathered ones…. only to find that this pesky critter figured out how to access it! Of course, s/he’s a Cambridge squirrel, quite obviously an engineer, maybe educated at HAHVARD!
Usually I drive to visit my daughter in Brooklyn, but with last weekend’s pending snowstorm, I decided to take the Acela from South Station to Penn Station.
View from the Acela window
The Acela is more convenient and much faster than the usual Amtrak train, although more expensive. My train was crowded in both directions with mostly business-types, each entertaining an array of personal electronic gadgets spread about. No passenger had less than three electronic devices, including a laptop or ipad, a phone, and some type of blackberry.
I very much enjoyed taking the train and it was delightful to work while looking out at the passing scenery, and equally delightful not to have to worry about my car once in Brooklyn. It’s an extravagance I can only justify when the weather is bad because when I drive my Prius to NYC it costs less than 75., including tolls and refreshments along the way, compared to the 340.00 round trip Acela fare. Of course there is always the Fung Wah Bus, but then you run the risk of death by heart attack or crash, or both.
This will be a one-of-a-kind experience. Get tickets here.
Tonight it tough. Excellent music all over Cape Ann. Too many good shows overlapping, so you will just have to choose. Here’s some help with that. Usually we take John with us, and tonight there are plenty of good shows starting early enough to take the kids. But we’re going to stay out late and party, so we’ll be kid-less tonight. For us it’s Chelsea Berry at Shalin Liu. Even though it had previously sold out, right now there seem to be about 6 tickets left on-line from people who couldn’t swap their Feb 9 tickets. You can try to get them here or you call 978.546.7391.
Then we’ll try to get to Minglewood in time to catch the Toasters’ last set. Carlos says they should be rockin’ the house until about 12:30.
Positions are still available for Girls & Boys at all age groups. Don’t miss out on the fastest game on 2 feet.
Contact Tricia Reed for more information triciaann0809@aol.com
To register visit http://www.capeannyouthlacrosse.com
Good Morning Gloucester 