Mug Up, Sunday (Today) 9:00-11:00 or so at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave, G3

Yeah, that’s this morning!

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Come on by and meet the crew!

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MUG UP #1 In The Books

I could only stay for a short bit as I had to work but managed a few pictures and despite the incredible temptations of carbohydrate laden goodness surrounding me I stayed true to the diet and ate Kathy Chapman’s lettuce and flowers that she brought.

Greg Bover Bringing The Thunder with this powdered sugar GMG Logo Cake (he also bakes when he’s not banging out harpsichords in his spare time)- #Boom!

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Alicia Cox’ Re-Di-Cu-Lous World’s Greatest Coffee Rolls (don’t ask me how I resisted but I did) EJ’s Deviled Eggs, Muffins, Brownies, Cakes Coffee, you get the idea!

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Sista Felicia made some killer cookies from what I hear and everyone had a great time catching up.  The first of many Mug-Ups this summer!

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Nice to see the Greeleys make an appearance!

It was also great to see Jenn Cullen in attendance.  Oh wait she didn’t come?  Shocker! Smile

MANDATORY FOB ATTENDANCE FOR THE FIRST GMG MUG UP OF THE SEASON SUNDAY MORNING!!!!! and Barry Marshall Represents

Breaking UPDATE 6:50AM:

ALICIA COX, OUR BUDDY FROM MAIME’S KITCHEN IS MAKING A PAN OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST COFFEE ROLLS FOR MUG UP- GET THERE EARLY OR YOU JUST KNOW ED IS GONNA DEVOUR THE WHOLE BATCH!

We’re starting off the season tomorrow morning with a BANG! and if you’re one of our FOB’s we expect you to come on down and revel in the positivity and fun that will be sure to ensue. Meet your favorite GMG Contributors and other FOB’s, Bring a dish (not mandatory) and just plain come hang out.
DO NOT THINK THIS IS SOME TYPE OF INCLUSIVE PARTY! WE WANT YOU TO COME ON DOWN EVEN IF YOU ARE SIMPLY A CASUAL READER OF GMG AND EVEN IF YOU"VE NEVER LEFT A COMMENT OR BEEN TO ANY OF OUR OTHER EVENTS!!!

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COME ONE COME ALL!!!!!!

THERE WILL BE FOOD, THERE WILL BE COFFEE, THERE WILL BE STICKAS, THERE WILL BE OTHER GMG PEEPS, THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE MISSING IS YOU IF YOU DON"T COME!!!!!!

Barry Marshall visiting from Pacific Grove, CA, represents at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery.  You might remember seeing Barry’s paintbox on Paul Frontiero’s post https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/barry-marshall-shows-his/.  Barry is originally from Gloucester, was on Rocky Neck years ago, and back visiting until May 26th.  Aside from the fact that Paul and Ed were jonesing for deviled eggs and didn’t want to wait until Memorial Day weekend, tomorow morning’s Mug Up is also so Barry can meet some GMG peeps before he heads back home to the Central Coast of California.

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If you didn’t check out Barry’s artwork, you can see it at  http://www.barrymarshallpaintings.com/ and come by for Mug Up tomorrow morning from 9:00-11:00 am at Khan Studio & the GMG Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave., G3 and say hi to Barry before he leaves.

P.S.  In case no one can tell, Joey wrote the top part of this post.  Hope to see as many of you as can come tomorrow.  And remember, anyone who comes as a stranger always leaves as a friend.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

2012 DISCOVER GLOUCESTER MUG UP MEETING & VISITOR GUIDE DEBUT!

2012 DISCOVER GLOUCESTER

MUG UP MEETING &

VISITOR GUIDE

DEBUT!

THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012, 6PM

THE CASTLE MANOR INN

141 Essex Avenue, Gloucester

Join us as the 4th Discover Gloucester Visitor Guide makes it debut,

and see which Gloucester photographer is responsible for its fabulous cover picture.

A great opportunity to see the totally refurbished Castle Manor Inn and meet their staff before it opens to the public on May 18; to do some networking, and to have a celebratory drink and a nibble.

RSVP to info@seaportgloucester.org

Looking forward to the GMG Spring Fling at Bodin Historic Photo

This Saturday, March 31st at 6:30PM, there is going to be a GMG “mug-up” at Bodin Historic Photo on Main Street! If you haven’t been to one of these before, you should really stop by. It’s always fun, with good company, good food, and good art too! I plan on showing up for at least part of the time, and hope to see all my GMG friends there!

Here’s a shot (from a previous event) of Fred Bodin with two of the artists whose work is represented in his gallery.

Fred and friends at the "Early Elf" Opening last November

 

The GloucesterCast Podcast Episode 14

The GloucesterCast Podcast Episode 14

Click here to play or save the podcast 

Taped February 20th, 2012 with hosts Joey Ciaramitaro from GoodMorningGloucester.organd Kenny MacCarthy from www.CapeAnnInfo.com

Topics:

Charles De Gaspe Beaubien Letters to the Editor In the Gloucester Daily Times

Harbor Walk

The Fort Discussion

Bikini Speedo Dodgeball

Hearts All Over Town

Local Real Estate Buys

Mug Up at Donna Ardizzoni’s

Kenny’s No Sugar- No Caffeine Diet

Joey’s Juicer

 

 

Mug Up At Donna’s

The Spread

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EJ’s Famous Deviled Eggs

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Erika’s Sausage and Cream Cheese Bombs

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Vickie Van Ness and Peter’s Quiche

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EJ, and Donna’s Ass

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Len Burgess

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I got nothin’.

Oh em gee it’s snowing outside I cannot go out to take a photo and Stella won’t go outside because there are alligators in the puddles. So I’ll just post a photo that Marty Luster took of Stella at a GMG Mug Up while everyone was stuffed in the kitchen.

Which I thought of after visiting puppytube.com and ran into this animated gif

For the record, Stella would never think of eating that muffin … unless it was Joey’s. And just a lick.

Time lapse Mug-Up at EJ’s house

One second on the first one then a third of a second per shot so it’s a bit fast. Focus on one plate or duck and see where she goes. I got distracted in the living room several times so when a plate vanished it was gone ready to be replaced by more food as it rolled in.

You can see when Donna leaves because her Red Sox Duck vanishes. You can also see that my smoked bluefish pate was hammered on the entire time once we scared off Joey.

Waxing Gibbous Moon rose 2:15 PM today

2:15 PM this afternoon a waxing gibbous moon should have popped up just to the left of the Rockport breakwater in the photo. I got to chatting with some Brit geocachers at the end of the Pigeon Cove breakwater I was standing on and complained that my moon had not shown up. Maybe I screwed up the time change? Nope. Twenty minutes later it arrived out of barely visible haze. It’s directly even with the bow of the boat and about a boat length from the horizon. The color is all weird because I had to adjust the crap out of the saturation and temperature in iPhoto to even get it to show up.

I told the Brits when they were getting warmer on the geocache and they too found what they were looking for. I’ll try again closer to a full moon so the sun is not bleaching the moon out. Rubber Duck stayed home to finish off Fred Bodin’s pickled herring. I’m trying out a handfull of EJ’s Canadian Bacon leftover from the deviled eggs mixed with Beth’s chocolate covered pomegranate seeds. Wowiekaflowie that’s a tasty combo. Huge bennies throwing the Mug-Up today. Clean house and all the leftovers are mine mine mine.

Mug-Up Sunday 10AM Returns

70 Phillips Ave (corner of Phillips and Haven Ave) in Rockport. Sunday 10am-noon. Don’t be a Homie and stay home with a chunk of herring. Gather with the FOBs of GMG for the really maybe the last Mug-Up of the year.

Homie and the Rubber Ducks

Rubber Duck has already got the fire going, set the clocks back and is dreaming of some cheesy sweet pastry that someone is creating in the kitchen tonight. With  or without something under your wing, stop on by.

January 1 when crazy people go for a swim is a Sunday! Sounds like a good Sunday Mug-Up is needed.

Mug Up Spread

This is just part of the table with goodies from our FOB’s at Mug Up- what you don’t see because I couldn’t get it into the frame was Greg Bover’s killer Apple Crisp, Sista Felicia’s Ricotta Pie and Kim Smith’s Clam Dip and even more stuff came after I left to get back to work.  We have the best online and offline community going!  Big Up’s To All Our Peeps!

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Prepare Yourself For Another Bat Shit Crazy Fun Filled Weekend In Gloucester- Here’s Your Playbook

I suggest y’all rest up because yet again (I feel like I say this every week) there is an insane amount of fun just about free stuff to do.  Get Ready To Partay!

Saturday September 17th

Downtown Gloucester Block Party

Entertainment:

At 6 pm sharp start dancing to the Docksiders Big Band plus jazz, reggae, African, folk, rock, show tunes and oldies. Linda Amero is at the Franklin Café, the Bandit Kings play at the Dog Bar.  The Honky Tonk Women of Gloucester and we will be performing at 7p.m. in front of the Sovereign Bank.  Enjoy exquisite dancing by OmBellyCo Tribal Dance and the Cape Ann Center for Dance Performance. Buy 50/50 raffle tickets from our Gloucester High School cheerleaders and help support the parties.

Also at 6 pm, a special magic show in Kids’ Town – win a special prize from magician Joe Howard!

GMG/ Lat 43 Outdoor Celebrate Gloucester II Bash To Renew Newell Stadium

Stop by and say hey and let me take your pic.  We will be live blogging the event!

LAT 43 Entrance

Saturday Starting at 7PM

Matt Burke From the Gloucester Daily Times Will be presenting  Awards To the top 25 Gloucester High School Gridiron Greats and we will have photos of the award winners blown up 25 feet on the big screen as Matt gives out the awards.

We will unveil the 25 foot screen that Ed Collard and I conceived and Ed mostly built with help from Sista Felicia and screen Sam Hartson’s “This Is Fiesta” movie- outside hoisted high up on the pilings in front of Lat 43, show footage of the blue lobsters albino lobsters, golden sea robin, Sunday Senior Seine Boat race, Friday Saturday and Sunday greasy pole footage, Monkey Balls, Craig Kimberly’s Fiesta Videos, Faces Of The Fishermen From EJ, Gloucester’s Finast Kind Calendar, and much much more.  The Outdoor café setup in the parking area in front of Lat 43 will be incredibly set up Lat 43 will be practically giving the food away and there will be adult beverage service- NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!

Lat 43 will be serving Sista Felicia’s Special Hot Cocoa and Peppermint Schnapps (also served without the booze for the little ones) and we will be proudly serving The fantastic Ryan and woods Folly Cove Rum with hot mulled Cider to keep y’all warm through the night.

Best of all 10% of all food and beverage sales goes to GFAA to help rebuild Newell Stadium.

Art Now Rockport

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Tickets are available for this evening event, please visit www.artnowrockport.com. (The official promo poster is attached to this email.)

Featured artists: Kurt Ankeny, Renata Fryshara, Ben MacAdam, Nina Samoiloff, and Karen Tusinski. Much thanks to Sarah Kelly, Rockport’s very own events guru and all around booster for the arts!

Sunday September 18th

10:00AM

Mug Up and GMG Lobster Roll Competition!!! at Khan Studio Good Morning Gloucester Gallery

Swing by the Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck Ave gallery G3 (On Madfish Wharf)

Meet lots of your favorite GMG personalities and enjoy free coffee, pastries and EJ’s killer deviled eggs.  Bring some pastries if you would like but it’s not mandatory.  Sometimes Paul Morrison even graces us with Monkey Bread!

On Sunday, September 18th during Mug Up, we will be holding the First Annual Lobster Roll Competition.  Judges for this competition will be Sista Felicia (we all know what an awesome cook and foodie Felicia is), Wendie Demuth (who grew up working for her father’s lobster business and ate huge amounts of lobster, prepared in every imaginable way), Brenda Hill (food judge for the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association, author and freelance writer from FL, originally from Gloucester) and Kim Smith (butterfly garden and lobster roll expert, who’d better show or Ed Collard gets her spot).  The lobster roll competition will be fierce and require special handling, so we need to have an idea of the number of entrants in advance.  Bun grilling can be done here at the gallery just before the entry goes to the judges, so entrants only need to bring a batch of their filling (hopefully enough to share a little with everyone after judging is complete) and their buns of preference.  If you are planning to enter, please reply post on the blog, or if you want to be more secretive, you can email me at khanstudio@comcast.net.  You might also want to put in a reservation early with Joey at Capt. Joe & Sons for your lobsters.

12:00PM Sunday

The Fish Box Derby On Rogers Street!

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Fish Box Derby Info Here

Sunday September 18th
The Lone Gull 10K

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Runners (and those interested in running),
An email will be sent out to all registered runners sometime tomorrow in regards to the final race details. I will outline some important points below for anybody who doesn’t feel like waiting for the email. This year’s Lone Gull 10K will in fact be its final running. It has been a great five years and I really want to thank all of the runners, volunteers, sponsors, and most of all my family for helping and putting up with my September stress! So here are some details for the race:

1) Pre-race packet pickup is available at New England Running Company on Friday (10-7) and Saturday (9:30-6).
2) You can pickup your numbers and shirts on raceday starting at 7:30 AM at Good Harbor Beach.
3) You can sign up for the race on raceday.
4) There is plenty of free parking available at Good Harbor Beach.
5) We will not be holding on to shirts that have not been picked up so after the race it will be on a first come, first serve basis.
6) Good luck to all runners!!!!!

For more info-

http://www.lonegull10k.com/

Sept 11 Mug Up At Khan Studio Good Morning Gloucester Gallery- Photos From Kim Smith

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Don’t Forget To Come To Mug Up This Morning- 10AM Madfish Wharf!!!

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Madfish Wharf  77 Rocky Neck Ave In the alley that leads you to the Madfish Grille

We will be celebrating ED, Paul Morrison and R Duckie’s Triumphant Victory (they finished) in The Blackburn Challenge!

Also FOB’s from around the country have told us they will be coming to say hey and mingle with their favorite GMG personalities.  You can also meet the new guest artist Ruth Curtis and see her beautiful photography.

Ed Collard, Paul Morrison, Paulie Walnuts Frontiero, EJ and I will be there for sure.  If I get confirmation from other contributors that they will be there I’ll add them to the list.

Hey even if you don’t particularly care for the company come for the free coffee and coffeecake Smile

click below for directions

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Things To Do- Discover Gloucester Mug Up

From Linn Parisi

Hi Joey,

Would you include this info in the blog, please?

Discover Gloucester, the Seaport Gloucester Destination Marketing Organization, invites all who are interested in local tourism to attend the free, December Mug Up Meeting on Wednesday, December 9, 8:30AM, at The Blue Shutters Beachside Inn on Nautilus Road across from the Good Harbor Beach footbridge.
Featured speaker will be Anne Turcotte, Group Sales manager for the North of Boston Convention and Visitor Bureau who will speak about the important group market of travelers and travel planners.
Thanks in advance to Ed Comer and crew for their hospitality and generous invitation!

Seaport Gloucester DMO Free Mug Up Meeting Nov 3

“”The Seaport Gloucester Destination Marketing Organization kicks off their membership drive this week by snail and e mail.
Gloucester and Cape Ann tourism related businesses and individuals are invited to come to the new Seaport Gloucester Destination Marketing Organization’s first, free Mug Up Meeting.
The event is on Monday, November 3, 2008, 6PM at The Gloucester House Restaurant.
The Mug Up Meeting is an opportunity to learn about how the DMO will market Gloucester to the tour, motor coach, travel and cruise companies outside of Cape Ann; to ask questions; to network and to take advantage of membership incentives available that evening.
Questions can be directed to Linn Parisi, 978-290-9723 or to  linn@seaportgloucester.org. “”

Linn Parisi
Over the Bridge Tours of Cape Ann
PO Box 6108  Gloucester, MA  01930
978-282-3354 (c)978-290-3777