Month: August 2008

Gloucester Perspectives- Heidi Wakeman

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Heidi Wakeman cutting up sails for Again and Again in East Gloucester Square.

Heidi Wakeman Measures And Cuts Used Sails

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Heidi Wakeman measures and cuts used sails to be made into bags for Again and Again in East Gloucester Square.  You can’t get much more of an local innovative business than this make bags out of sails that were destined for the junk heap.

At 8:00AM look for her Gloucester Perspectives interview in which she talks about what she loves about it here.

Heidi Wakeman Measures And Cuts Used Sails, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Block Party Comes to Main Street Saturday-The GDT Story

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This from The Gloucester Daily Times-

“Block party comes to Main Street Saturday

By Michael Farrell
Staff Writer

Imagine yourself sitting at your favorite Main Street restaurant Saturday night. The food is delicious. The place is clean. The staff is friendly. The service is prompt. There is a distinct difference, though, from the other times that you have eaten on Main Street.”

For the rest of the article click this text

Fishermen Tattoo- Jerry McKay

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Here’s one of Jerry McKay’s tattoos.

Fishermen tattoos- Jerry McKay, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Inmate 23856 Loves His Gloucester Bumper Sticker!

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Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

Inmate 23856 Loves His Gloucester Bumper Sticker!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Gloucester Perspectives- Myron Lepine

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Myron Lepine displays his award winning pickles and relishes.

Myron Lepine’s Award Winning Pickles and Relishes

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Myron Lepine takes big time pride in his pickling and it shows. Here are some of his award winning pickles and relishes that have won top honors at The Topsfield Fair.

Myron Lepine’s Award Winning Pickles and Relishes, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Public Service

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Last night I went to the liquor licensing board hearing for the liquor permit to serve alcohol outside during the Downtown Block Party.

On the docket and heard before the Block Party stuff was the hearing for Cape Ann Brewing Company’s pouring license.

Now putting aside whichever side of the Brew Company liquor license issue one might fall on, one thing struck me after the meeting.

I was left wondering why on god’s green earth that anyone would want to serve on a board like this.  No matter what happened last night as far as the brewery was concerned there were going to be people leaving there miffed at you.

Why motivates someone to sit on the board, because I honestly don’t know.

Is it power?

Is it money? (I doubt this one)

Is it because you feel that you are doing something positive for your city?

I just don’t see why you would want to serve on that board knowing that when half of the people left, they were going to harbor bitter resentment toward you because  you didn’t take their side of their case.

Thank goodness there are people that take these kinds of jobs and the responsibility that goes with the title.  I sure as hell wouldn’t want to do it.

Telephone Numbers for Block Party Restaurants

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Check out The Website Domain Donated By Cathy Tarr and Website Designed By Vickie Van Ness-

http://www.downtowngloucester.com/Restaurants.cfm

Palazola’s Sporting Goods Personalized Monogramming

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Palazola’s Sporting Goods Persoalized Monogramming, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Passports Braciole

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Jeremy at Passports whipped up this for me just before the liquor licensing meeting for the block party last night.  OUTSTANDING!

Passports Braciole, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Gloucester Perspectives -Susie Byrd Part II

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Part Two of Gloucester Perspectives Interview with Susie Byrd. Susie talks about her day fishing and lobstering and also how the captain knows when to haul back the trawl on a dragger.

GoodMorningGloucester Gloucester Sticker

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Come on down the dock to pick up your free GMG Gloucester bumper sticker. I only ask that you put it on your vehicle.

GoodMorningGloucester Gloucester Sticker, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

GMG fan Rob Tarr made a great suggestion yesterday-

“what do we do if we’re 1,000 miles away?

I guess I could someone stop by, get one, and send it to me.

You should encourage out-of-town readers to send pics of your bumper sticker at faraway places.”

As long as supplies last if any GMG folks want a bumper sticker but can’t drop down the dock, just send a self addressed and stamped envelope longer then 7 and a half inches and I’ll drop one in the mail for you.

Send the self addressed and stamped envelope to the dock at 95 East Main St Gloucester Ma 01930 care of Joey (put my name in big letters to make sure it gets to me)

Then it would be cool as hell if you could send pics with the Gloucester GoodMorningGloucester sticker on your vehicle in cool places and I’ll post them here on the blog. Also I’d love if folks would send in pics of themselves standing next to their car proudly donning a GMG Gloucester Bumper Sticker so I could post em here.

Thanks for the suggestion Rob!

Victory at Liquor Licensing Hearing!!!!!

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Votes were in favor of serving booze outside (responsibly) during the Downtown Block Party!

 

If I were y’all I’d be on the phone tryting to make an outside reservation!