Chinese Food Fest

Happy Friday, everyone!


The heat is back on at the BRD and we're thankful, but keeping the space heaters close by... it looks beautiful outside, but it's chilly. This could be the last Indian Summer weekend, so soak it up! Visit Lynch, Obear or Dane Street and get your last tan of the year.

Today Josh and Gail are having a Chinese Food Fest. I don't like Chinese, so I'm having ramen, which really makes no sense. Gail fixed a biscuit breakfast and yesterday was yet ANOTHER group pizza lunch. Josh says he has a good bake-off idea, but has yet to reveal it.

Volunteers for the Holcroft Park Autumn Festival are trickling in (Skeslie!) and it's our goal to have at least 10 people, so sign up NOW! All you have to do is email Joscelyn or FB Beverly Recreation. Pumpkin decorating, face painting, basketball and games. Yeah, you can do that! Come on, staff!

In other news, the CH (that's Carriage House, for the layperson) doors are looking great, there are new lights to illuminate the outside all night long and some generous folks donated chandeliers and light fixtures to dress up the inside. Lovely.

We hope you're all doing well! Feel free to drop us a line or comment (below) on the blog. We'd like to know what you want us to report on, so keep in touch, will ya?

Oh, and I can't let another day go by without commenting on the poll... come on, Halle Berry and Blake Lively look mean! I am pretty sure that they can shoot lasers out of their eyes. Just sayin...

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“Great floods have flown from simple sources.” – William Shakespeare

Holy rain, Batman! Beverly is flooded! Fire up those sump-pumps! Okay, enough with the exclamations, but it is true, a great flood descended upon the North Shore and delayed operations quite a bit. Schools were delayed or closed and parts of Lynch Park were renamed Lake Beverly, having transformed into humongous Canadian goose baths. It took Gail hours to get to Lynch Park from Ryal Side and even longer for Jean to come from Danvers. Check out these pics…



As promised, here are the BIG updates…

There was a dead seal on the beach yesterday. The specialist at the N.E. Aquarium said to leave it alone, let it go back in with the tide. We did, but it was kind of gross just rotting away out there.

I know you’re probably sick of looking at pics of our bathroom, but if you’ve ever worked here or used the upstairs bathroom, you will marvel at the organization and cleanliness. Just a few more…



The Skev Report – Skevajandro graced us with his presence after his para-professional job. He wanted to pick up a recommendation, along with socializing and being the first to try the new K-cups. We chatted about his job (he’s bouncing from classroom to classroom and helping some kid with chemistry), about his weekend (Octoberfest in Boston was surprisingly low-key) and which celebrities in the most recent edition of People magazine look the meanest. I think Halle Berry looks mean, while Skev thinks Jennifer Aniston does. Josh thinks Tyra Banks is mean and hey, where did her talk show go? Skev admitted to taking over the remote at other people’s houses and always turning to VH1. He and I did a little techno beat boxing. He asked Josh to run errands with him that night and then went home for a nap.

Josh did not go to Octoberfest because, unfortunately, he has to pay the bills.

Momball got one series of games in on Friday, but the rest had to be postponed until the weekend of October 21. Not sure which days, exactly, but we’ll post when it has been decided.

Bruce and Josh went to Costco and bought coffee, pizza and the most important thing of all…


The Carriage House has a new door!! Ch-ch-check it out!



Our fall catalog is out and there are so many classes to choose from! Click HERE to browse and register for classes.

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Octoberfest

Happy Monday! Quick note that tomorrow there will be a BIG blog post. Lots to report on Skev, Josh, Momball, and pictures of our latest Costco trip and the NEW CARRIAGE HOUSE DOOR!

NEW POLL on celebrity meanness (based on a discussion between Gail, Skev and I from this afternoon). Vote in the poll NOW! Results of the old poll indicate that you thought Indian Summer was going to end after Jerzday last week... almost, but not quite.

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Progress

Happy Friday! The weather is so beautiful at Lynch, we can't imagine a downpour tomorrow. Cross your fingers that Momball will go on...

The bathroom has undergone a transformation, thanks to Josh. What is he going to paint now?




The barn door is almost done! We'll see an actual DOOR next week, but in the meantime, take a look at the construction and new lights. We're a few steps closer to a beautiful community center that everyone can enjoy. I can smell the arts and crafts supplies now...




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We Say it’s Jean’s Birthday

Happy Birthday to Jean! We celebrated as soon as the apple crisp came out of the oven. Presents, munchkins, dessert, even a surprise visit from Suzanne, the Rose Garden Coordinator. Livin it up!






I was sitting at Gail’s desk, eating a medium-sized portion of apple crisp when I spied this…


Here is the transcript of Will McAuliffe’s August 27, 2011 gate shift (has been edited to correct minor spelling and grammatical errors)…

8:57 – 1st paying car.
9:15 – Dan visits with Josh’s money.
9:18 – Woman asks if we have a rake to get rid of the geese poop.
9:23 – Beverly High XC teams starts practice run.
9:28 – Woman thinks its Friday and only $5, then asks if I could give her a special deal.
9:33 – The sun makes its first appearance of the day!
9:39 – Radio to Ryan, he responds by telling me he is currently going to the bathroom.
9:50 – Man is walking his child on a leash. Ryan is tired of people walking their children on leashes.
9:57 – 1st sticker of the day.
10:01 – 10:00 passes without lifeguards asking for help. Never thought that day would come.
10:08 – XC team leaves the park.
10:33 – Woman doing Tai-Chi on the hill.
10:38 – Ed enters the park, but not for kayaks, turns around and leaves for the access road.
10:41 – Woman says, “Why thank you muchly.”
10:55 – Katie Hart, the gate trainee for the day, arrives.
10:55 – Family gets out of car on hill.
11:20 – Dog in park, Ryan’s on it.
11:25 – Captain Dusty’s arrives.
11:35 – Rookie practices the radio.
11:41 – Rookie puts 1st sticker on very poorly.
11:46 – Rookie's 2nd sticker improved.
11:50 – Rainbow is spotted in the sky.
11:55 – Unleashed dog in park.
12:12 – Ryan learns how to work the phone to order pizza.
12:13 – Corey Malone enters the park shirtless.
12:43 – “No dogs, EH?”
1:14 – Woman asked if she would get a ticket without a sticker.
1:18 – Corey Malone gets into car by climbing through window then exits park.
1:27 – Its starting to rain! IRENE is coming!!
(Katie Hart now reporting…)
1:47 – Will & Ryan enjoy some quality time on “Brokeback Hill”.
1:55 – Ryan & Will ignore Katie.

Memories… seems like hurricane Irene was just yesterday…

According to the poll, one of you is going to be a tarantula (that's Stella), one will be Amy Winehouse and one will scare the daylights out of people, dressed as Josh. New poll! Vote!

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The Return of Crock Pot Friday!

It's Crock Pot Friday or "Fancy" Friday (as it was dubbed when Skev showed up like this...)


We feasted on Italian wedding soup, biscuits, crackers, chocolate cake and M&M cookies. The chocolate was reported to have made Bruce tingle.




Everyone pitched in a little something and made this meal special. Even Skev graced us with his presence...

The Skev Report - Skev Armstrong was all dressed up for his job interview today. He will be subbing in a number of communities, in addition to working at Marbles, in the North Shore Mall. What a braniac! His advertisement in the Bev Rec brochure should really boost his tutoring business. Call 1-800-Skev! Mike is always a good sport, posing for as many pics as it takes. We love this one of him, recreating this classic childhood pose (see the invite on the wall behind him?)...



New poll! Ch-ch-ch-check it!

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Potty Talk

It's kind of like an entire year DIDN'T go by... Josh is here painting and another Crock Pot Friday is upon us. Check out these pics of Bruce and Josh working on the bathroom...



This week's Crock Pot meal is Italian Wedding Soup. Josh may or may not steal oyster crackers from Rowans.

Please check out our NEW website. Let us know what you think and check out the fall brochure and fall programs! Woo-hoo, fall!

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