My View of Life on the Dock
Seen on the east end of Main Street. The orientation of the letters is right from this side, but “nepo” isn’t a word. On the other side, the letters are in the right order to say “open”, but the letters are flipped the wrong way. Was this an intentional compromise, knowing the banner would be seen from both sides, or is it a mistake?
Here’s Coconut (and a tail of one of her friends) enjoying a walk with their Fairy Dog Ma. Such lucky dogs!
Another great shot of my salty dog with her pal, Paco, in the background.
If you don’t know already– Jen Nicol, aka the Fairy Dog Ma, is the best dog walker/pet sitter on Cape Ann! She has a big heart and takes excellent care of all her fur clients. We have been using Jen for Coconut’s walks since Coconut was just a pup. She’s someone that I trust fully in my home and with the care of my little baby.
The dogs have a blast and they come home tired and well behaved. She always picks up after them and even uses biodegradable poop bags. Plus, we get great emails with photos and/or videos of their adventures.
If you need a dog walker or pet sitter, check out Jen’s website for more info: www.fairydogma.com
~Alicia
If interested contact Ron at anislandnomore@comcast.com
87 Atlantic Road End Unit With Sweeping Views Of Thacher Island, Good Harbor Beach, and Bass Rocks.
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GMG Exclusive!
Ipswich Chronicle humorist and FOB Doug Brendel, known as “The Outsidah,” will release his funny new cartoon-illustrated book Only in Ipswich 2013 at a “Day After Thanksgiving Dessert Leftovers Potluck & Book Release Party” from 5 to 8 pm at Time & Tide Fine Art, 4 Market St., Ipswich. Doug will be reading selections from the book, and autographing copies. Also debuting at the party: all-new Outsidah cartoon mugs. For more information contact Doug personally via Outsidah@DougBrendel.com.
Cynthia Curtis Pottery Holiday Student and Studio Potter Show
The holidays are coming and what better way to start your shopping than to visit Cynthia Curtis Pottery’s 7th annual Student and Studio Potter Holiday Show in lovely Rockport during the “Christmas in Rockport Gallery Stroll,” on the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 8 and 9 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Located in the woods, not far from the Atlantic ocean and Cape Ann granite quarries, near the end of a road you will find a cozy wood-stove-warmed gallery that offers a beautiful collection of Cynthia’s work in her signature colors of the sea – blues and greens accented with sea glass. Inside her studio you will find pottery fashioned by current and past students and teachers, some of whom have gone on to open their own studios in the area. After 14 years of teaching, Cynthia’s classes have included over 1,000 students! Their work, and the work of their teachers, including functional and sculptural pieces, is innovative, compelling and gorgeous.
Connect with new and familiar friends at the Artists’Reception on Saturday, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission, refreshments and plenty of parking. All are welcome! Come and support emerging and established artists.
Profits go to the Cynthia Curtis Pottery Class Scholarship Fund. The gallery is open throughout the holidays. Private lessons and weekly classes are offered year round.
Cynthia Curtis Pottery 7th annual Student and Studio Potter Holiday
Show, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 8 and 9. 80 Pigeon Hill Street, Rockport, MA 01966
978-546-6186 orwww.cynthiacurtispottery.com
Hey everyone,
Have you made those Thanksgiving plans yet? Still scrambling figuring out what to do? Let the Topside Grill take care of all your turkey needs. We will be open and serving all the traditional dishes like Turkey dinner, Honey Baked Virginia Ham with a pineapple raisin sauce, & Roast Spring of Spring Lamb plus all the great sides like butternut squash, stuffing, broccoli, roasted sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and some non traditional items as well. Reservations are filling up quickly, so hurry and reserve your table today!
Thanks,
Doug Silva, General Manager
Topside Grill 50 Rogers St. Gloucester, MA
(978) 281-1399
www.topsidegrill.com
Reminder on Sea Shells and Jingle Bells
Rockport High School DECA Fundraiser
December 8, 2012 1-5 PM
Starts at Rockport Inn and Suites
12 different locations on this Holiday Inn and Home Kitchen Tour
Tickets are now available on our website: http://seashellsandjinglebellsrkpt.blogspot.com/
Contact Mr. Scott Larsen RHS DECA advisor with questions slarsen@rpk12.org
Cape Ann Farmers’ Market
Market News
A very big Thank You to everyone who visited, perused and purchased food or goodies at the Thanksgiving Harvest Market! Be sure to save the date for the CAFM Holiday Fare on Thursday, December 20th!
For more info- Cape Ann Farmer’s Market Website
Sponsor: Magnolia Library & Community Center
Ever wondered how to use a fire extinguisher? Curious what illicit drugs look like? Come to Safety Saturday on Dec. 1 to find out the answers.
Gloucester firefighters will simulate a house fire, by filling a trailer with smoke created from dry ice.
This smoke filled room is a training tool for adults and children to learn how to respond to a potential fire. There are real doors and the door knobs are heated. Firefighters will show you how to map out, and practice, an escape route.
Gloucester Police Department will have a display of illegal drugs. See what drugs crop up on our city streets. Officers will answer questions about how to identify drug users.
The K-9 Unit of the Police Department will be on hand, for demonstrations. (And even patting!) Visitors will have a chance to sit in a police cruiser or an all-terrain vehicle used to patrol Gloucester beaches. (?)A Gloucester Fire Truck will be available for kids and family photos.
For more information, call Jamie O’Hara, president, Magnolia Library and Community Center, 978-979-7533
Kate Seidman writes-
Please join us for a special evening at The Cape Ann Community Cinema
My brother, Gene Seidman will be introducing and interviewing Gina Belafonte on December 8th at 8 PM
We’ll watch the film Gina made about her dad, Harry Belafonte and then get a chance to hear her talk about it.
This is going to be a wonderful night, hope to see you.
With love,
Kate
Everyone is welcome, we’re expecting a full house so get your tickets on line today.
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Song: Stand Up From Local Musician The Incomparable Tom Hauck, Dad of The Livinator.
From His Album Pistonhead
Available for download on iTunes here
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Jen Amero writes-
Continuing the Be Grateful Project through the holiday season with a nod to Gloucester’s own Open Door/Cape Ann Food Pantry. Under the energized direction of Julie Hazen LaFontaine, the Open Door offers a free grocery store and community meals for the needy, the elderly and the lonely at their Emerson Ave location as well as neighborhood, senior care and school-based mobile farmers’ markets and a second hand clothing and furniture shop at it’s "Second Glace" resale boutique on Pond Road.
For the rest of her blog post about The Open Door Pantry click here
On December 1st at 8 PM and December 2d at 3PM the Fishtown Players will perform a staged reading of A Christmas Twist, a little Christmas Carol and a dash of Oliver Twist combined to produce an hilarious parody that shouldn’t be missed. This fundraiser for the Cape Ann Community Cinema costs only $15 per ticket which can be purchased purchased or reserved by calling the cinema at (978) 282-1988 or the players at (978) 515-7957 or e-mailing fishtownplayers@yahoo.com.
For further information click here
Here is a slideshow of Monday night’s rehearsal.
First we talked about Skinny Jeans and Yoga Pants now there are pants called, are you ready, “Crouch without singing soprano jeans” and “Jeans for men who are tired of feeling the pinch”. Ballroom denim jeans built with a Crouch Gusset™ so you can crouch without the ouch. Click below to see more. Vickie and I actually saw this commercial while watching the weather channel during Sandy.
This just in from Will Hunt:
I photographed this seagull coming in to land at lighthouse beach and again after he had landed, then I noticed another photographer sneaking up on him to do the same. That’s one photogenic homie.
E.J. Lefavour
Thanksgiving is still two days away but we have to get ready for Santa’s arrival now because it will be the earliest in history! Rockport will be visited on Saturday, December 1st by Santa Claus! That is only eleven days away. Dock Square today was adorned with the most perfect Christmas Tree ever. The little Christmas trees up and down the street are already up. Rubber Duck and I have our Santa hats all dry cleaned. Are you ready?
Last year’s lighting:
Main Street Shops with Gold Star
will all be open at 6:00Am on Black Friday.
John The Proprietor
More stills from B-roll locations for my Monarch Butterfly film. I saved filming B-roll for my film until after the butterflies had departed our shores. When I write B-roll, I mean B-roll relevant to the script, not in terms of beauty. B-roll around here is equal to A-roll everywhere else!
The light is gorgeous year round on Cape Ann, but I find its ephemerality in autumn the most beautiful of all.
View from the dock at Captain Joes
Degelyse Lobster Boat
A hundred million thank yous to Joey and Frankie for allowing me to film and photograph lobster boats coming home from the dock at Captain Joes. I have much video footage to share and will when I have a bit more spare time work-wise.
Eastern Point Lighthouse Gloucester
Oakes Cove
Why it’s TB4NB4T of course! Translation: Tuesday Before the Night Before Thanksgiving. Yup, that’s today and there’s plenty happening tonight too. Check it out here. Most music venues in Gloucester offer special entertainment for tomorrow, sometimes referred to as Homecoming or NB4T (you can decipher this based on the translation, above). Check out tomorrow’s full live music lineup here.
Now, maybe I’m old, but when I was a kid, none of this existed. It was just plain Thanksgiving. I don’t ever remember shopping the next day. I did go to the parade in NYC a couple of times (people called it the Macy’s Day Parade). There was no Internet, so no Cyber Monday. And the day before was spent cooking or travelling or both. We sang Over the river and through the woods (the Thanksgiving version, not Christmas).
Here’s the original 1844 poem by Lydia Maria Child.
Now there’s so much to do it makes your head spin. So, take Joey’s advice from this post, buckle your chinstraps, enjoy the ride and have a very happy 21st Century Thanksgiving!
www.visual.ly is a fun site which lets you create infographics based on twitter statistics. You can have fun plugging in your favorite twitteratti, just go to the site and click on Twitter Faceoff and then enter two twitter usernames and it will create your infographic.
Fun!
You can and should follow the Gloucester Daily Times Twitter Feed here
My Twitter feed can be found here
I plugged in The Gloucester Daily Times Twitter feed and Mine- here are the results they came up with (I based the GDT Character off of my buddy Andrea Holbrook)
At Brown’s Mall. Former offices of the Encyclopedia Britannica? (or is there another explanation for the thistle emblem over the door?)
Good Morning Gloucester 