My View of Life on the Dock
Funny that we saw little buckets of Rosa Rugosa for sale at Northeast Nurseries for something like $24.99 when you could go right to the Back Shore and dig up a little for yourself. It can be found all along our coastline.
Rosa Rugosa Update, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Rosa Rugosa Update 5/11/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Rhodedendrons popping in the yard. No wonder everyone feels so good this time of year. There is hope after the grey of the winter.
Rhodedendron’s Popping, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
La Trattoria Prociutto and Mozzarella Panini, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Lady Jane and Captain Novello at The Railways, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
I just love breakfast at Sailor Stan’s. Another place that makes Gloucester so much better a place than generic communities anywhere else.
Sailor Stan’s, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
I messed up because I wanted to ask what kind of coffee they serve. It’s delicious. I also messed up because I was going to take a picture of my Eggs Oscar (crabmeat, asparagus and egg with hollandaise) but it looked so good I dug right in and forgot to take the picture. Duh!
Funky Art Colorful Walls Make Sailor Stan’s Special, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
You will be hard pressed to find a seat here in July when the nice weather comes.
These seats won’t be empty in July, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Attention Gloucester Lobstermen-
The Bottom Line Project
Maine Poly Groundline Exchange Program
The Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation (GOMLF) received funding from Congress to conduct the Bottom Line Project, a voluntary program to provide economic assistance to lobstermen who want to convert from floating to sinking groundlines. Converting to sinking groundlines will reduce the likelihood of entanglement for large whales, such as the highly endangered North Atlantic Right Whale.
The Maine lobster industry is comprised of more than 7,000 ”owner-operated” businesses. These small fishing businesses fuel the economy of Maine’s coastal communities. As small businesses, they are not able to easily absorb unexpected costs in a timely manner. But collectively, the lobster industry is an essential component of Maine’s economy. In 2005, Maine’s lobster fishery landed over 64 million pounds valued at nearly $300 million. The lobster industry is the backbone of Maine’s fishing industries which as a whole are responsible for 26,000 year-round jobs sustaining nearly 1 billion dollars of economic activity (Coastal Enterprises, 2004).
GOMLF estimates that a typical full-time lobsterman currently spends an average of $5500 to rig his gear with floating groundline. This cost increases by nearly 60% if the gear is rigged with sinking and/or neutrally buoyant groundline. And depending upon the type of groundline fished and configuration of the gear, the cost of rigging gear could more than double. Further, the cost of maintaining sinking groundlines is significantly more expensive than maintaining floating groundlines, increasing business expenses over the long-term.
The Bottom Line Project will help defray some of the initial costs for fishermen and provide an incentive to comply with whale rules. The program will begin in southern Maine, and expand throughout the state based on interest by lobstermen and availability of funding.
For more information about the Bottom Line Project, contact Laura Ludwig at the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation:
laura@gomlf.org
207-263-5300 cell
In the past couple years this program has been available to Massachusetts Lobstermen. I’m not sure if the money congress has appropriated for this program is to go to all Gulf of Maine Lobstermen (which would include Gloucester lobstermen), or just State of Maine Lobstermen. I have an email in to the person running the program and I’ll report back the results here. If our lobstermen can participate also, it will be a huge cost savings for them.
Gloucester Harbor 5:00AM 5/11/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Tugboat Captain Bill’s Propeller, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Captain Bill, Hauled Out at The Railways, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
I’ve felt like this more times than I’d care to admit.
The Bookstore of Gloucester, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Cafe Sicilia Pastry, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Cafe Sicilia Decadence, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
If you are the guy that still hasn’t bought that present for the special mom in your life let me guide you through a fail safe 20 minute guarantee to make them happy gift idea session.
All you have to do is head downtown to Gloucester’s West End.
Within one block there are 4 shops or more that will cover every gift giving idea and price range you could need.
Harbor Goods, the Life is Good store will be open from 11-6PM today.
At Caffe Sicilia you can pick up Canoli or Tiramisu for a quick visit and cup of coffee at your moms house. Caffe Sicilia is open from 7-1PM today.
A couple of doors down from Cafe Sicilia is the apparel shop First Impressions which has a wide range of designer clothes and handbags for very reasonable prices. Open 10-5:30PM
Across the street from First Impressions The Bookstore of Gloucester will be open from12-5PM. Pick up a book of local color or one of the ones recommended by the Mrs down in the post below.
All within about 30 yards of each other you can get in and out with a perfect gift all in Gloucester’s West End, without having to drive out of town to the malls.
I hope this helps any desperate people looking for gift ideas out there.
The Bookstore of Gloucester, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The Bookstore Of Gloucester Open 12-5PM Mothers Day
61 Main Street Gloucester
If you need a gift for the literary mom, The Bookstore of Gloucester will fit the bill.
The Mrs recommendations-
For light reading and the “Sex In The City” type mom she recommends any of the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella.
For something with a little more substance she recommends two books from Khaled Hosseini- “A Thousand Splendid Suns” or “The Kiterunner”
For Something with a little local flavor Trevor Corson’s “The Secret Lives of Lobsters”
I don’t read chick books, those recommendations are straight from the Mrs.
Here are a few from local authors-
My Last Romance and Other Passions from Katerine Valentine, also The Old Mermaid’s Tale
Ron Gilson’s An Island No More
Joe Orlando’s The Fisherman’s Son
Good Morning Gloucester 