Words cannot describe the ethereal experience the South Shore Live Entourage has here at Ember so I’m gonna tell you in pictures. Enjoy. And call owner Charly to make a reservation. This spot is amazing. Tell him the Entourage from South Shore Live sent you.
Well, one things is for sure, folks in Cohasset love their town. I stopped counting the word “love” at number eighteen. On every twitter page, youtube comment and facebook. Folks here are passionate about the town’s beauty, charm and location.
So here’s our picks from last week on the Virtual View in Cohasset:
1. Wikipedia of course. Our fun fact was that 25% of Cohasset is land and 75% is water. The town was incorporated in 1775 and….
2. YouTube pick – a boy, a girl and their dog Lucky present a “Day in Cohasset“. It’s amazing what a camcorder and a sense of humor can bring. They stopped at all the locations for filming of the Witches of Eastwick.
3. NEW pick – For anyone who loves to bike, find all the best bike routes in Cohasset on a site called MapMyRide. I found 16 in Cohasset….
See ya next week in Plymouth!
When South Shore based business Dependable Cleaners issued a contest with a chance to win $650 in free dry cleaning, naturally we wanted to hear more! Dependable Cleaners President and Cohasset resident Christa Hagearty joined us and boy did we get caught up with all things dry cleaning!
To celebrate the company’s 65th anniversary, customers are invited to log onto the Dependable Cleaners website and share your best Dependable Cleaners story. I know I have one! I once went to a business breakfast where a gentleman drop his plate of scrambled eggs on my suit. Thankfully, I had a clean suit at Dependable, was able to go there, change and continue with my day…now to win $650 : )
Christa also shared with us the details of another outreach program her company has created to assist the unemployed of our community throughout the recession. The Clean Suit Stimulus Package cleans three suits for free for unemployed job seekers. Click here to learn more about this wonderful program.
Dependable Cleaners is an award winning, third generation family-run business with 16 stores throughout the greater Boston area and many delivery routes.
Thank you Christa for joining us on the show! We’ll look forward to talking to you again sometime soon!
Do you know what a locavore is? It’s someone who eats food grown or produced locally. Our friends at Holly Hill Farm are celebrating our local bounty of goodness with a Locavore Pot Luck Dinner on Saturday, August 29th @ 5 at the farm. Following dinner the documentary Tableland will be shown outside of the Tomato Barn. What a cool dinner and a movie night!
We spoke with Holly Hill’s Educational Director, Jon Belber, last night about the many amazing programs The Friends of Holly Hill Farm run. Jon is teaching more than 14 area schools how to build and maintain gardens on school grounds. The Friends, a non-profit arm of Holly Hill, is dedicated to educating our local community, including our local children, all about sustainability and the benefits to our health, and to the environments health, from growing and eating local, organic food.
The Friends of Holly Hill run many amazing programs – like a canning workshop, also this weekend – so check out their website for more information. And you can purchase their organic food at 236 Jerusalem Road, where the farm is located, and also at the Cohasset Farmers Market, every Thursday from 2:30 – 6:30.
Drop into Holly Hill and say hi to Jon and the rest of the crew at Holly Hill!
I make no secret every week of my cupcake crusade and I’ve recently found a total home run in Plymouth. More to come on that later though. First, let me tell you of my crusade. I, connoisseur or cupcakes, am on a mission to find the best cupcakes on the south shore. It’s a tough job but I’m a professional. I go from town to town on my quest, never leaving a the town without sampling their fairy cakes (that’s for our British listeners).
My latest visit, before Plymouth, was to Marshfield where I stumbled upon Veronica’s Sweetcakes. I enjoyed their homage to red velvet, and their simple vanilla on vanilla was good too.
And speaking of cupcakes, I want to give a big shout out to John Earle, Mr. Johnny Cupcakes, (and my very first interview on South Shore Live!!) for being voted the 237th fastest growing private company by Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 500. Way to go, John! This cupcakes for you!!
Alan Macdonald
Special thanks to Alan Macdonald, the Director of Policy and Funding at South Shore Hospital for recently joining us on the show! Alan wears many hats at South Shore Hospital, but one of the most special is that of the Overseer of the Friends of South Shore Hospital.
This exciting group is a membership organization which I’d encourage everyone who lives and works on the South Shore and cares about the health and well being of our community to join! It’s just plain awesome in a nutshell. Alan’s terrific interview shared the benefits of being a Friend. (more…)
Who better to talk about the History of Dunkin Donuts in the City of Quincy than the owner of the first Dunkin Donuts in the country, Victor Carvalho! Victor joined us recently and shared the story of how William Rosenberg founded the international company at the store located at 543 Southern Artery in Quincy!
Victor is a Dunkin Donuts expert. He should be as he owns 10 Dunkin Donut stores in Quincy and Weymouth! Thanks to Victor, so many on the South Shore run on Dunkin! We reminisced about the commercials with Fred the Baker. Remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwfrBbNo5Jg Victor met this actor when he represented the company. (more…)
We were recently joined by Richard Heapes, a founding partner of Street-Works, the company proposing a 1.2 billion dollar plus revitalization of Quincy Center! Check out the plans that this visionary company has for Downtown Quincy Center at www.newquincycenter.com
I have been to Blue Back Square in West Hartford CT which is another area that was transformed by Street-Works. After seeing this area for myself, I can only hope that all efforts move forward seamlessly as there are great new developments coming our way!
Thank you Richard for giving us the update on your plans. We wish you only the best of luck and look forward to your joining us with updates as your project progresses!
Your visit to Quincy is not complete without a trip to Ginger Betty’s Bakery located at 215 Samoset Ave in Quincy! We were recently fortunate to interview our good friend Beth Veneto, the founder of Ginger Betty’s! Here you will find a magical gingerbread fantasy land that brings out the kid in all of us! Modeled after Candy Land, you’ll find murals of gum drops and candy concoctions everywhere. The shop has its own ice cream shop, cookie, cake, cupcake and whoopie pie stations, not to mention every kind of gingerbread you can imagine. Children have a birthday party room as well where they can build and design their own gingerbread houses or decorate their own gingerbread men or women. Can you tell I am a big fan? Check out Ginger Betty’s Bakery! Find it on the web at www.Gingerbettys.com You’ll be glad you did! (more…)
Three Cheers for Ryan Silva, the bartender extroidinaire at Alba Restaurant. Dear I say the best pour on the South Shore? : ) We can atleast attest that he is one of the best! Thanks to Ryan, we have two new fun cocktail recipes to share with friends this summer!
Thanks Ryan!
