You may not often string these three little words together but next time you hear someone say Girls Guns & Glory, in that order, listen up. GGG is a band of four with a unique flavor and sound. When you hear front man, song writer and guitar player Ward Hayden sing you’ll be surprised to find out that Ward grew up in Scituate and not south of the Mason Dixon line.

Ward and Girls Guns & Glory drummer Mike Calabrese joined us in the studio last week to talk about their roots, roots music and their upcoming show at the CNote in Hull.

Ward credits his mom to introducing him to country music as a child which is one part of the special mix of roots, folk and country that helps to make the Americana genre that GGG is known for. In fact the group is up for a Boston Music Award this year as the Best Americana act for 2009 and you can vote for them here!

GGG has three albums under their belt and their latest was recently re-released under a new label. You can hear tracks from Inverted Valentine on their website. Check out Temptation – it’s my favorite.

Ward’s a true story teller and you feel like you’re right there in the front seat of the car he’s driving on this emotional journey of love found and love lost. Powerful stuff.

The group will be performing in MA, NH & ME in the next few months, the closest show to the shore will be @ The Paradise in Boston in January. Take a listen on their website, their sound is just amazing.

If you live in Scituate, then you probably have been asking the same questions we have here at South Shore Live: “What’s up with the vacant, red Welch Building? Who’s moving in? Is it changing dramatically? Monday night Lisa and I spoke with Harold Brown, Chairman of the Hamilton Company and he gave us the 411. Are you sitting? A chinese take-out is coming to Scituate. Yes, our very own! Man that place is going to be busy. And a second upscale restaurant from the owners of the famous Stella’s in Boston. That adds to the existing Harbor line-up of The Mill Wharf, TK Omalleys, Riva’s and Phins. The Hamilton Company said the plan is to make Scituate a destination spot and hinted that we might see some more outdoor cafe spots too. Hurray! (more…)

Last Saturday the SSL entourage headed to Italy, I mean Scituate to dine at Riva’s on Front Street [aka my hometown]. Although it had been a little while, I’d definately eaten there before and always enjoyed it. But this time something was different. The bartender Jay, is now the owner and the Executive Chef Brett is now leading the flavors and the waitress Cara is marrying Brett and Danielle the veteran server who has been there since the start [she came from The North End with the original owner] is the mom of not one, but two, of the delightful waitresses — Gabby and Bianca. So in addition to exceptional flavors, the place feels like everyone knows your name. And I’m pretty sure it boasts the only [not closed in] sidewalk cafe in Scituate. TK Omalley’s a few door’s down has a patio, but that doesn’t cast the same sidewalk eatery feel. (more…)

While in Scituate we met Linda Adams, owner of Booth Hill Farms.  Not only can you visit Booth Hill  for traditional horseback riding lessons, but it’s also the home of Children’s Therapeutic Riding — Linda is a certified Hippotherapy instructor. Hippotherapy is the use of the movement of the horse as a treatment strategy in physical, occupational and speech-language therapy sessions for people living with disabilities. Hippotherapy has been shown to improve muscle tone, balance, posture, coordination, motor development as well as emotional well-being. Hippotherapy and therapeutic riding help build coordination and motor skills as well as confidence and self-esteem in students.

Next time you’re in Scituate, pop over to Booth Hill Farm and say hi to Linda!

This past Monday was our fifth week on 95.9 WATD, South Shore Live – the show that tells you where to go, who to know and what to do on the south shore. So far on the Virtual View, we’ve talked about tweeting, creative ways to use blogs sites, Wikipedia, email alerts and fun things happening online in the South Shore.

This week, we traveled to Scituate, Massachusetts [aka the Irish Riviera and my hometown] and we talked facebook and Yelp. Why? Because there’s this sub shop called Maria’s Sandwich Shop on Front Street in Scituate, Ma who’s fans are so devoted they’ve created not 1, but 2 facebook accounts with nearly 1000 loyal followers. They also have 4.5 stars on Yelp, the largest online customer review hub. (more…)

The SSL entourage also visited Phins Restaurant on Saturday night, while we were sampling the tastes of the Irish Riviera [aka Scituate]. Phins was named in honor of Phineas Pratt —one of the first colonists in Massachusetts who arrived in the Scituate Harbor in 1622. So 387 years later, his great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great……great relative is the proud owner and chef — Aaron Pratt. Aaron opened the restaurant with a superb Front Street location in 2007.

There to meet and greet us as we entered Saturday night was the hostess who is also his fiance — Christine. Love must be in the air in Scituate as it was our second chef engagement that night. Christine tells us the wedding is on for September! (more…)