Tag: Family
August 29th Gloucester Event -Free Vendor Tables!
Dear Potential Vendors and Organizations!
Subject: SoberConnections.net & Cape Ann YMCA Camp Spindrift Event
I’m writing you since you showed an express interest in participating in our August 29 2010 upcoming
event called “End of Summer Splash”. We are scheduled to open the Gates around 12-12:30 PM and
the live music and events will be from 1-6PM. This is a Rain or Shine Event.
This is totally FREE to you the vendor, just set up and good luck! Since this is our first large event,
we cannot promise what our turnout is going to be, it could be 50 or 500. That being the case, we felt
that we couldn’t charge for vendor or organization booths.
This Event is the vision of SoberConnections.net being hosted at Cape Ann’s YMCA Camp Spindrift, 13 Atlantic Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930.
We at Sober Connections are striving to create events for the sober communities here on the North
Shore, and hopefully expand across the state. Our Social Website, http://www.SoberConnections.net has
started picking up people from all across the country! Our goal is to bring to the sober community a true
sense community awareness that there are fun things to do without the use and abuse of alcohol and
or drugs, and with our website, a forum for people to find or share these events whether it be just a
group of people heading to the movies, or a large event like we are pulling together for this venue.
We have been creating smaller venue events now for about 8 months, mostly local bands and dances,
but are stretching our wings to do this outdoor Bands and Barbeque Family Time event in the hopes of
raising monies not only for Camp Spindrift, but also for our quest to become nonprofit.
Ok enough said. Our venue for August 12, 2010 incorporate the following
*Local live bands and music from 1-6pm
*A barbeque that is included in the ticket pricing
*Children’s activities and games
*The use of Camp Spindrift’s Pool with lifeguards
*And hopefully you, the vendors and organizations, to help the parents and kids break up the
afternoon and do some worthwhile shopping or organization awareness!
What we would like from you if you’re interested in setting up, is to just answer the following questions
and contact info, and e-mail it (or snail mail with a quick telephone confirmation) back to us at
Danield@SoberConnections.net. Please let us know as well if you cannot so I don’t send out an annoying follow up e-mail.. lol.
VENDOR INFO NEEDED:
•Vendor Organization Name?
•Vendor Organization info?
•Type of Goods or Organizational program?
•Setup Space needed?
Thanks for responding back to us, and we hope you have a Profitable (in sales or
knowledge) and Fun time with us!
Daniel R Driscoll
President/Creator
SoberConnections. net
We would like to have you onsite to setup before 11:30am so we may organize your vehicles and have
a nice clean festive look for the ticket holders when they start filtering in around 12:30ish.
Story Land
Story Land 2010
Well I had one day off in June and two in July- the Fourth and yesterday, a family day up at Story Land. As soon as I got home from work on Saturday night we packed up the girls and told them we were going on a “mystery ride”. They had no idea where we were going as the plan was to get them to sleep in the car on the ride up (so much for plans).
We got on the road around 6:30PM and as tired as the girls were they were chatterboxes the whole ride up to New Hampshire. Eloise finally fell asleep about an hour and a half into the ride but Madeline (the stubborn one) kept chattering away much to the chagrin of the Mrs who can only handle so many “Mommy-Mommy-Mommys” in her ear. As is usual when we plan to have the girls nap on a long ride somewhere they did what they normally do and finally fall asleep minutes away from our destination.
Anyway we got to the School House Motel. $125 a night for a Saturday night-two beds- very clean-nothing fancy-great location. I’d stay here again if it were only to sleep like we planned.
Madeline (the stubborn one) woke up at 4AM which of course meant we all woke up at 4AM. There was a fridge and we had a stocked cooler so we ate some apple slices and fiddled around reading cheap magazines and the girls watched a few cartoons.
Got the girls ready and headed out for a nice breakfast right up the street from the motel at a breakfast joint called Peaches- again nothing fancy but good friendly service and decent food.
I hadn’t been to North Conway outside of Mt Washington for a day since I was a kid. It struck me how well they have managed the growth there. Everything is well maintained and clean, service everywhere is very friendly. They have a beautiful little old school downtown area and outlet shopping. My preconceived notion was that we were heading up to the sticks but the whole area is a fantastic destination.
We got to the park 10 minutes before it opened and were second in our line to enter the park.
Clean, friendly and just right. I never felt like it was a Disney-like operation where they are trying to squeeze every last penny out of you at every turn, and I never felt like it was overly commercialized. Fantastic. IF you have the means and don’t bring your kids there between the ages of 3-11 that you are really missing out on a great time with your children.
David Cox and His Two Biggest Fans The Bean and Snoop Maddie Mad At The Block Party
Chickity Check Out Sister Felicia’s Grape and Ginger Ale Punch Video On the Gloucester Daily Times Website
click on the picture to see the video
Click Here For The Recipe On The Gloucester Daily Times Taste of The Times Online Website
The Bean Makes A Video
I’m wondering where she gets her shooting style? Hmmm….
Not too shabby for a 4 year old. This video was taken during her quiet time alone in her room without any coaching or prompting by the Mrs or me.
The Bean In The Fun House
Family Beach Day June 26, 2010
Happy Father’s Day! Love You Snoop Maddie Mad! Love You Beannie Kabeannie!
Since the girls are off to Connecticut today I got my Father’s Day Present at Last Night’s Block Party. The Bean made me a beautiful picture book with photos that she had taken with her new camera and Snoop Maddie Mad made be a paperweight with a nice picture that she drew on it.
It was nice to spend the night with the family 🙂
(nice pasta sauce Mad)
Happy Father’s Day Dad
Mom and Dad With Bass Rocks Buddies at Last Night’s Block Party
Lobster- It’s What’s For Dinner
The Table Is Set For Tonight
Gloucester Little League- Nice Shades Beasley!
Friendship Carriage Tour Rockport Ma
http://www.friendshipcarriagetours.com
Slide Show Coming Tonight
Friendship Carriage Tour Rockport Ma, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Slide Show Coming Tonight
Friendship Carriage Tour Rockport Ma Slide Show
Snoop Maddie Mad Does Her Best Axl Rose Impersonation
Watch For The Big Finish
Hit The Brakes Mad!!!
Madeline’s First Bike 5/13/10
Yep Mad, You’re Three Today!
Happy Birthday Beautiful Girl!
Yep Mad You’re Three Today!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.





