Breakfast, then Open Houses on Sunday 2/24! Get Up, Get Up!

Damn the weather. If you’re thinking about relocating to the North Shore, you have to come up for breakfast. Rent a Zipcar — or take the train, and stop hating on the earth.Marika’s is on Cabot St. near Town Hall, and I highly recommend the pear & almond pancakes and the corned beef hash (fresh, dry….). The cook, Buzzy, is an old Greek man who grinds his own sausage — ’nuff said.The Irish Breakfast at Kitty O’Shea’s on Cabot is pretty good — all of the lovely sausages and puddings, but way, way cheaper than the same deal at The Druid in Inman Square. They make a darned good Bloody Mary, too, you drunkard If you come in through Salem on 114, try a place called “Bite.” They have a Greek sausage that will leave you in fennel heaven all morning. They’re not open on Sundays, though.On River St. in Danvers there’s a place called The Portside Diner that we’ve just discovered. The food is good, but the old stainless art deco diner is worth a trip.The Queen Mother of North Shore breakfast joints is Sugar Magnolia’s on Main St. in Gloucester. 12 miles farther up the coast, Gloucester is a place you need to see anyway — not as convenient as Beverly, but I’d move back up there in a second if I could lose my commute. Sugar Mag’s offers 6 kinds of Eggs Benedict (Irish Bene is the best), a lobster and cream cheese omelet, and carrot cake pancakes with maple-cream cheese butter.Then, check out some open houses:12-1:30 $180 per square foot!90 DODGE St. Beverly, MA 01915Price: $395,0001-3 In my neck of the woods!3 STEWART AVEBeverly, MA 019152-4 PM Have I told you how I feel about bungalows? Montserrat is a beautiful, convenient, and still affordable neighborhood, too. $95 per square foot and almost 3700 square feet!14 DEARBORN AVEBeverly, MA 01915