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Let's Get Lazy
I've just had my first taste of summer vacation and I can say
with complete honesty, that it was easy. I feel, really feel, like I
know why people do this stuff, vacationing. I have however heard,
that it is difficult for some people, but I guess that I am blessed.
Please read My Summer Vacation, to get, third grade style, my
experience that I hope is your experience too.
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My Summer Vacation |
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I haven't actually been on vacation yet. But I did go away for a
few days and saw and did the best things. I found this easy to
do and so I want to tell you about it so that maybe it could be
easy for you too, if you want it to be. I went to Cape Cod (like
all of Massachusetts does, cause everyplace is too far, right?)
to visit my big sister and her family and we spent two long and
good days playing in the sand, waves and tide pools. The tide
pools are really fun because my kids (I'm older than I look)
love the warmer water and the neat little animals running
(swimming I guess) around in them. The water was very cold so we
couldn't go swimming too much, but we did when we were brave and
hot and the reason why this vacation was so easy for me, other
than the fact that I was with all the best people in the world,
was that I didn't really spend much time thinking about the
place where I work (I really am older than I look) except I did
think of good people left behind, but not all the tough stuff of
running a business (I'm precocious too) and wondering how to
make the next payday. You see, I have this talent, it's sort of
like that talent that other people have when they go to bed,
they sleep all the way through, well I don't have that talent,
but I do have this talent where I can go on vacation and not
bring anything with me. You know, I mean I bring underwear and
stuff, but I don't bring all that other stuff with me and so two
days feels like two weeks, with some imagination and that's a
talent I also have. And really that's what I wanted to say about
my summer vacation, that even though I haven't really gone yet,
I had a very good time already and am looking forward to my
actual summer vacation which is supposed to be longer and in the
other place where everybody goes because it's nearby but still
kind of far, Maine. I can wait because this last one was the max
and I hope yours is too because all you really have to bring is
your underwear and bathing suit and shorts and sandals, some
money, some beer if you're allowed and nothing else needs to
come with. It's a real neat trick, like sleeping at night all
the way through.
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Karaoke! |
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Tuesday, July 29th
Karaoke Night, 8-10 PM
From 6 - 10 PM 10% of Coupon Holders' bills go to the cause.
Yup, we are doing it. You mustn't fear that I am going the
way of Keeno, Video games and Miller Lite. Merely, we are
setting up a very good and fun time on one particular night in
order to help put a local group in the green as they raise money
in the battle against a rare blood disease known as Hereditary
Angioedema. There is no cover for this night, you need only to
bring in a coupon (published here soon, and elsewhere) and 10%
of your bill will go to the cause. The entertainment will be
provide by you, and I double dare you to get up there.
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Don't Forget - Cheers Are On Us |
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Don't Forget that we are the best place to get
Brunch on Sunday,
Lobster on Sunday,
Spaghetti on Tuesday (with carafe way cheap of wine),
Prime Rib on Wednesday and
music all weekend long
and a great Pub, the best we could put together. Cheers Are On
Us.
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Sidewalk Sale |
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Experienc Gardner Sidewalk Sale
Friday & Saturday, Aug. 1st, 2nd
all day till 5:00 PM
Ale House Opens at 10:00 AM
Free Brewery Tours
Friday & Saturday, 12 Noon & 3:30 PM
Free Beer Brewing Workshops
Friday & Saturday, 1:30 PM till 2:30 PM
Sign up at the Ale House on the day.
LIVE MUSIC
Friday, Fern & Rita "In The Street"
12:00 Noon till 1:30 PM
Saturday, Brian Chaffee "In The Street"
12:00 Noon till 1:30 PM
When there's no live music you can count on us piping some
choice tunes into the street, like ABBA and The Beatles. Can't
wait, can't wait.
The area's largest and best known sidewalk sale is coming up
Friday & Saturday August 1st and 2nd. Downtown Gardner turns
into one, huge pedestrian mall as store owners and
out-of-towners lay out their goods and their good times for two
hot summer days. And you know where you can get cool while your
there. The Ale House will have an outdoor beer cafe with
sausages, beer and other stuff. We also have live musical
performances on both days. Dave will be teaching a beer brewing
seminar on each day and doing two brewery tours. Forget anything
you had to do that weekend and come on down as Gardner blooms in
summer.
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Electric Friday with The Ray Hendricks Revival |
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Electric Friday
The Ray Hendricks Revival
10 PM till 1:00 AM
The most exciting thing to happen in late night Gardner is our
once monthly Electric Friday, conceived by Stacey K.,
rare, local thinker. Our last with The Franks, was a blast. This
will be too. No cover.
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Ah Ciao! |
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I get a little sleepy writing these summer time newsletters
late at night. Maybe you get a little sleepy reading them. Well
then, good night! And take care of your summer, it really is the
best season.
Thanks for being there.
Rick Walton
Always Here
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Big Weekend Ahead
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Thursday, July 17th, 8:30 PM
Fern & Rita
I don't know what has gotten into Fern & Rita lately, but they
are treating my place to an unusually good time. Now, of course
this kind of statement can be completely misunderstood, as many
well intended statements are, ("you mean you didn't like them
before?") and you know what they say about the path to hell and
all that and so I just want to say that I have always loved Fern
& Rita and have booked the #*&(*%^+ out of them here, but lately
they seem to be on after burners (just look at their backsides)
and the electricity that they feed to the pub is of a different
sort. It is enough for me to say that I think you need to know
that they are coming back this Thursday for the last of a series
(two) of Thursdays during which the Wasabi Tribe takes a break.
We have it good here, we do, and we have it too good on
Thursdays.
Friday, July 18th, 8:30 PM
Mark Nomad
Blues
We had the Mark Nomad Trio here back when the Ale House
Blues Project was in full swing. Those were our heady Salad
Days. We've backed away from bands a bit, but not the Blues and
so we had to have Mark back a few times. Be ready for a great
blues night out.
Saturday, July 19th, 8:30 PM
Jen & Chris Robichaud
These two, a brother and sister pair, debuted at the Ale
House during an Audio Wasabi night. Myself and Steve Gaetz were
struck at their sound. We immediately tried to sign them up, but
they played coy, but coy no more are they. They've signed up for
this gig and we are unveiling a great talent for you all.
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