Two Fun 2014 Summer Events Coming Up – Mark Your Calendars and Join Us!

We hope you've had a good spring!  With summer around the corner we’re looking forward to getting together with UCSC folk, old friends and new.  We’ve planned two great events and hope you can join us.

ON SUNDAY, JUNE 22, we’ll be visiting SoWa market, in Boston’s South End.  It’s New England’s largest open-air arts market.  

We’ll meet at 11:30am at Cafe Green Light.   Click here for directions.

We will browse locally grown/produced food, handmade craft items, and art, and then eat lunch from a wide selection of food trucks.

ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, at 11 a.m. we’ve arranged to have a docent –led tour of the exhibit, “Turner and the Sea” at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass.  “In the first full-scale examination of Joseph Mallord William Turner's lifelong preoccupation with the sea, this exhibition features iconic works spanning the artist's career from his transformative Academy paintings of the late 1790s and early 1800s, to the unfinished, experimental seascapes produced towards the end of his life.”—PEM website.

We’ll meet in the museum lobby at 10:30 a.m.  Tickets are $18 each.  (Unfortunately you can’t use any passes or memberships to get in for less.)

We can have lunch together at the Gulu Gulu Café.

The Turner Exhibit tour requires an rsvp by Friday, August 1.

If you are planning to come to either or both of these events, please rsvp on the B-SLUGS Facebook page or email beatapanagmailcom

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

The B-SLUG Board

BSLUGS Head Out to Spectacle Island Sat. Aug. 17

Mark your calendars! On Saturday, August 17, we’re heading out to Spectacle Island, one of the Boston Harbor Islands, for a laid-back, relaxing day walking, hanging out at the beach, and picnicking.

We’re taking the 10:45 a.m. ferry from Long Wharf-North Pier in Boston to Spectacle Island. Spectacle Island is only a short, 15 minute ferry ride from Boston. There are 5 miles of trails to walk around and two "summits" to get a better view of the surrounding islands and the city skyline. There are also proper facilities, a snack bar run by Jasper White (Summer Shack) and lots of benches, picnic tables, open grassy lolling areas, and a protected (buoys) beach. The ferry leaves hourly going back to Boston. The last ferry leaving Spectacle is at 5:35 p.m. Round-trip ferry tickets cost $15 (adults) and $9 (kids 4 yrs-11 yrs).

Come check out this jewel of a park!

RSVP by Saturday, August 10

What to bring:

* Shared picnic: Bring something bought or homemade to share and plenty of water – unless you are happy to rely on the Jasper White.
* A bathing suit and towel (if you want to go swimming)
* Sunscreen and bug spray
* A windbreaker or something warm for the ferry -- even if it's a hot day, the ferry ride will likely be cool.
Optional: Frisbee, kite, cards, camera...?

Looking forward to seeing you there!
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.
Beata
Tel. 617-491-3871
Email: beata dot panagopoulos at verizon.net

Save the Date - Sat. Aug. 14 Trip to Boston Harbor Islands

Mark your calendars! On Saturday, August 14, we’re heading out to the Boston Harbor Islands for a laid-back, relaxing day hiking, hanging out at the beach, and picnicking.

We’re taking the 10:30 ferry from Long Wharf-North Pier in Boston to Spectacle Island. Spectacle Island is only a short, 15 minute ferry ride from Boston. There are 5 miles of trails to walk around and two "summits" to get a better view of the surrounding islands and the city skyline. There are also proper facilities, a snackbar run by Jasper White (Summer Shack) and lots of benches, picnic tables, open grassy lolling areas, and a protected (buoys) beach. The ferry leaves hourly going back to Boston. You can also take a ferry from Spectacle to Georges Island, which is the ferry hub to all the other islands. The last ferry leaving Spectacle is at 6 p.m. For $14 (adults), $8 (kids 3 yrs-11 yrs) you get round trip fare to both Spectacle and Georges Islands. But if we have a group of 10 or more, we can get discounted ferry tickets.

Come check out this jewel of a park!

RSVP by Saturday, August 7

What to bring:

* Bring a bag lunch and plenty of water – unless you are happy to rely on the Jasper White.
* A bathing suit and towel (if you want to go swimming)
* Sunscreen and bug spray
* A windbreaker or something warm for the ferry -- even if it's a hot day, the ferry ride will likely be cool.
Optional: Frisbee, kite, cards, camera...?

Looking forward to seeing you there!
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me or Zoe.

Beata
Tel. 617-491-3871
Email: beatapana at gmail.com

Zoe
Email: zrphoto at gmail.com

July 18th Cook-out and Smith Society Fundraiser in Nahant - A Wonderful Day!

Thanks to all of you who attended our Welcome to New England / Smith Society fundraiser on July 18 at Carter and Elizabeth's house in Nahant. What a great day it was - beautiful weather, delicious food prepared by Carter and Elizabeth, good friends and a relaxing, fun time. With your generous contributions to the Smith Society, we raised $820! Bill Dickinson (Cowell Pioneer Class and founder of the Smith Society) generously offered to match every dollar we raised for the Page and Eloise Smith Renaissance Society. Our donations are critical this year with the huge budget cuts the University currently faces. For more information visit the Smith Renaissance Society site. An enormous thank you goes to Carter and Elizabeth, who opened their home to us all and prepared an amazing cookout for 30 people.

"Welcome to New England" Bash in Nahant, June 28

Come one, come all to our "Welcome to New England Party/BBQ" at Carter Smith's fabulous new house in the oceanside resort town of Nahant!

We would like to invite, in particular, all those SLUGs who have recently moved to New England, either having recently graduated from UCSC or who have recently chosen this wonderful corner of the country to live in for whatever reason.

WHEN: Saturday afternoon, June 28

WHAT TO BRING: BYOB and your bathing suit!

RSVP deadline: June 18

This party is being made even more meaningful because Carter Smith is generously providing the BBQ. In lieu of a contribution towards the food, we are suggesting that you make a donation to the Smith Society , an organization the BSLUGS have supported for many years which is a grassroots, alumni-initiated effort to provide financial, academic and emotional support to veterans of the foster care or juvenile justice systems, orphans without family support or others who have been forced to go at life on their own. We would now like to target our fundraising effort to raise the funds necessary to support the position of the part-time student advisor of the program who has been playing an essential role in the Smith Society.

Please rsvp and mail your tax-deductible contributions to Beata.
email: beata_panagopoulos@harvard.edu
tel. 617-491-3871 (h), tel. 617-496-1775 (w)


The BSLUG Board (Beata, Robin, Paula, Erika, Bill, Carter, Maria, Jill, Ian, Zoe) look forward to seeing you there!


All tax deductible donations received will go to whichever fund you choose: either the Operating Fund (which will directly support the position of the part-time advisor) or the the Scholarship Fund. Contributions large and small are needed to reach our goal of $1000. Bill Dickinson, fellow BSLUG Board member and founder of the Smith Society (Cowell '68) has offered to match all contributions to help us reach our goal.


Make check payable to the UC Santa Cruz Foundation and write in the memo line: Smith Society Scholarship Fund F1011F or Smith Society Operating Fund SS009F

Mail to: Beata Panagopoulos, 28 Maple Ave., Apt. 3, Cambridge, Mass. 02139-1130

Wayside Inn Picnic (So. Sudbury, Mass., July 21, 2007, 11:30 a.m.)

It was a beautiful early summer day. Maria had prepared a fantastic feast of sandwich fixings, cookies and drinks. We lounged around on the grass, watching wedding parties get their photos taken in front of the gristmill and watched one actual wedding in it's brief entirety. We also witnessed the arrival of Lee, the Horselogger, escorted by the police down Wayside Inn Road. Lee has ridden his horse-drawn covered wagon from Montana to Boston?! So, that was quite a sight. We visited the miller in the Gristmill, who explained how the mill works. And then, we meandered over to the tavern and had a great glass of Wayside Inn draught beer over great conversation.

Peak’s Outing (Saturday, August 11, 2007)

If this was our last outing to Peak's, at least we're going out with a bang! It was such a great party. Many many thanks to Judy without whom the event would never have happened. And an equal number of thanks to Pennie, who returned to her role of party organizer extraordinaire. And last, but not least, our eternal gratitude goes to Bill for his hospitality, giving us the opportunity to have a picnic in such a special location.

The morning began bright and early for Judy and Pennie who headed up to Peak's from Boston at 6 a.m. They finished all the food shopping and were on the ferry by 10 a.m., so everything was under control by the time the rest of us arrived around 1 p.m. The weather was glorious - hot and bright in the sun, cool and pleasant in the shade. By the time 2 p.m. came around, we were ready to dig into the fabulous picnic that Judy and Pennie had prepared for us: sandwich fixings, fresh guacamole, delicious pasta salad, watermelon, and ice cream. One BSLUG husband came with a guitar which was a great ice breaker. Other people played the guitar, people sang - it was really wonderful.

After lunch a group of us walked around the island. By the time we got back it was time to hop on the ferry back, exhausted but happy.

Zoe Rath took many photos of the day.

And here’s a link to a few more photos taken by Beata.

Thanks again to all who helped make this such a splendid outing.