Feb 132012
 

Get your tickets early next year. The Wine and Chocolate Tasting was sold out well over a week in advance this year and highlighted samplings from: 62 Restaurant and Wine Bar, Adriatic Restaurant & Bar, Ben & Jerry’s, Busa Wine and Spirits, Café Polonia, Caffe Graziani, Capt.’s Premium Steak & Seafood Grill, Captain Dusty’s Ice Cream, Finz Seafood & Grill, Green Land Café, Gulu-Gulu Cafe, Pamplemousse, Rockafellas, Salem Waterfront Hotel, Sweet Adeline’s, Thai Place, Victoria Station. and Ye Olde Pepper Co.

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Feb 122012
 

See the ice sculptures now downtown Salem as long as the weather allows. Thank you to all downtown businesses who sponsored a sculpture. Vote for your Favorite sculpture on Facebook.

 

Ice Sculptures:

1 The Friendship of Salem – sponsored by the Pickering Wharf Merchants Association, Pickering Wharf

 2 Salem Waterfront Hotel, sponsored by the Salem Waterfront Hotel, 225 Derby St

 3 We ♥ The Children of Salem – A Schoolhouse with Heart, sponsored by Sophia’s, 105 Essex St [The ice sculpture was made in celebration of the children of Salem and the bright future they have in education. Please consider making a donation during Salem’s So Sweet to the Salem Education Foundation. Donations can be dropped off at Sophia’s.]

 4 Salem Witch, sponsored by Salem Witch Museum, 19 ½ Washington Sq. N

 5 Cupid Gets Busted, sponsored by The Great Escape, (50 Saint Peter St.)

 6 Movie Projector, sponsored by Salem Film Fest (Cinema Salem, Church St.)

 7 Based on an untitled piece by Virgil Ortiz from Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art Exhibition, sponsored by the Peabody Essex Museum (161 Essex St.)

 8 Dragon, sponsored by Museum Place Mall: A Sacred Place Wellness Center, Bewitched in Salem, Daily Bagel Café, Glass and Etc., Lotus Gifts, Essex’s N. Y. Deli and Pizza, Marley Properties Salem, LLC, Polonus European Deli, Salem Vintage Photography, Thai Place, Witch Tee’s (180 Essex St.)

 9 Love and Gemstones with Cupid, sponsored by Bernard’s Jewelers, (179 Essex St.)

 10 Marilyn Monroe with Champagne, sponsored by Pamplemousse, Trolley Depot, Century Bank, Salem Trolley, Mighty Aphrodite, Modern Millie, and Reds (5 Central St.) 

 11 Tin Tin (w/Snowy), sponsored by Mud Puddle Toys, (221 Essex St.)

 12 Jazzing up the Winter, sponsored by Rockafellas, (231 Essex St.)

 13 Crystal Snowflake, sponsored by Laura Lanes and New England Soup Factory (in Lappin Park)

 14 Salem State University Viking, sponsored by Salem State University (Lappin Park)

 15 Monkfish with Adriatic Wave, sponsored by Adriatic Restaurant and Bar, (155 Washington St.)

 16 Giant Frog w/ Heart, sponsored by Maria’s Sweet Somethings, (26 Front St.)

 17 The Stanley Cup – Tavern in the Square Style, sponsored by Tavern in the Square, 189 Washington St [If you missed out on taking a photo with the Stanley Cup. Come by and take a picture with the repudiate of the Lord Stanley Cup.]

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Jan 282012
 

There will be 17 beautiful ice sculptures gracing the downtown for the 10th Annual  Salem’s So Sweet festival February 10 – 14, 2012. The festival begins with a Wine and Chocolate Tasting in Hamilton Hall on Friday, February 10. Tickets are almost sold out for this decadent event and can be purchased by calling (978)744-0004. On Saturday, February 11 by noon 17 large ice sculptures will fill downtown Salem. Many shops will be offering free chocolate samples and fantastic shopping discounts. It’s a great opportunity to do your Valentine shopping and make dinner reservations at one of 60 eating establishments downtown Salem.

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Jan 122012
 

Tickets are now on sale for the popular Salem’s So Sweet Chocolate and Wine Tasting event Friday, February 10, 2012. This decadent sampling of delicious desserts and chocolate from many of Salem’s premier restaurants and  shops is always a favorite. Add delicious wines and champagne plus the music of Evan Goodrow and you have the perfect combination. The event will be held in Hamilton Hall, 9 Chestnut Street from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by calling (978)744-0004. We hope tickets will also be available at the door however we have sold out in advance the last few years. For more information about the whole Chocolate and Ice Sculpture Festival February 10 – 14 visit the So Sweet Link.  Wine and Chocolate Event Participating businesses include: 

62 Restaurant and Wine Bar
Adriatic Restaurant & Bar
Ben & Jerry’s
Busa Wine and Spirits
Café Polonia
Caffe Graziani
Capt.’s Premium Steak & Seafood Grill
Captain Dusty’s Ice Cream
Finz Seafood & Grill
The Great Escape
Green Land Café
Gulu-Gulu
Pamplemousse
Rockafellas
Salem Waterfront Hotel
Sweet Adeline’s
Thai Place
Victoria Station
Ye Olde Pepper Co.
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Dec 162011
 

Over 50 stores will be open late Friday, December 16 with many serving refreshments and offering great deals and discounts!

Have your card validated at seven businesses and turn your card in by 8 p.m. at Rockafellas and be entered for a chance to win $100 and other great prizes! Santa Claus will be drawing the raffle winners at 8:30 p.m. Follow this link to download a raffle card.

Participating Businesses:

Addicted Fashions, Albatross, Angelica of the Angels, Angels Landing, Artemsia, The Barking Cat, Beehive, Bella Hair Salon, Ben & Jerry’s, Bernard’s Jewelers, Body and Soul Massage and Wellness Center, Boston Bead Company, The Boutique, Caffe Graziani, the Cat N The Fiddle, Coons, Fool’s Mansion, Fountain Place, Glass and Etc., The Happy Sunflower, Harrison’s Comics, Hex, The Hungry Whale, J.Mode, Laura Lanes, Living With Pets, Magic Parlor, Mighty Aphrodite, Mud Puddle Toys, The Official Witch Shoppe, Omen, Pamplemousse, Peabody Essex Museum Shop, Penelope’s Pet Boutique, The Picklepot, Radiance Aveda, re-find, Roost, Rouge Cosmetics, Salem Cycle, Salemdipity, Scrub, Seedstitch, Signatures, Sophia’s, Sweet Anthem, Thai Place, Treasures Over Time, Trolley Depot, two girls shop, Urban Elements, The Urbane Cyclist, Witch’s Hide, and Witch Tees

Special offers include: 20% off special on purchases of $50 or more at Addicted Fashions, 15% off an item at Albatross, Free cocoa & samples of winter ice cream flavors and cocoa at Ben & Jerry’s, Open until 8pm offering free chair massage if you make a donation to the Northeast Animal Shelter and free hand paraffin, Free gift with purchase and homemade cookies and cider at Body and Soul Massage and Wellness Center, Refreshments and specials at Boston Bead Company, 20% off all non-sale items at the Boutique, Christmas cookies at Caffe Graziani, 20% off at Coons, 10% off at Fool’s Mansion, Receive a free personalized ornament with a $20 purchase at The Happy Sunflower, $10 off readings for the night at Omen, 20% off at Penelope’s Pet Boutique, Refreshments & a free gift with any $75 purchase and gift wrap at Rouge Cosmetics, 10% off Seedstitch, stocking stuffer weekend at Signatures, Complimentary Refreshments and 20% off purchase of $100 or more. Enter a free drawing to win a Sid Dickens Memory Block at Sophia’s, Free $9 gift certificate to Thai Place or Cinema Salem with a $49 dinner purchase, (excluding drinks) at Thai Place, Free gift with $20 purchase at Trolley Depot, and 10% off two girls shop and take 25% off regular room rates to stay at the Hawthorne Hotel Friday night and breakfast is included!  (Not valid on existing reservations or with other offers or packages.)

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