Barbara Koen Tends Her Downtown Tomato Garden

Barbara Koen Tends Her Downtown Tomato Garden, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

“It’s a hard night’s work”- Boston Globe Article

By Steven Rosenberg

Globe Staff / August 10, 2008

(Editor’s note: Globe reporter Steven Rosenberg recently joined Mark Carroll for a night of fishing off Gloucester.)

GLOUCESTER – Mark Carroll can’t explain why he’s still fishing. He can’t put into words how he fell in love with a profession that has put his life in danger too many times at sea, claimed a lot of his bank account, and his marriage.”

For the rest of the article click this text to go to the Boston Globe site

Gloucester Perspectives- Pablo

Pablo tells us what he loves about Gloucester, the Red Sox, and the Yankees in this short interview.

Beautiful Industry- Rose’s Marine Oil Tanks

Beautiful Industry- Rose’s Marine Oil Tanks

Beautiful Industry- B & N Fishing Gear Shackles

B & N Fishing Gear, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Hoosier Magnolia Handcrafted Quilts and Onesies at The Sidewalk Bazaar

All hand made.

Lovely Bones

Leon Pointdexter’s Fredonia Design Schooner on the blocks at East Gloucester Marine.

Palazola’s Sporting Goods Gloucester Football Cap

Things To Do- Cape Ann Brewing Hearing -Aug 12th

The good folks at Cape Ann Brewing will be going for a pouring license Tuesday night August 12th.

From their website-

“NOTICE: A hearing will be held August 12th at 6:30 in the Friends Room of the Sawyer Free Library by the licensing Board to consider our request for a pouring license.  We would appreciate any support we can get.”

On the docket the same night is for the ability of the restaurants to serve alchohol outside along with their dining the night of the Block Party.

I feel both are worthy causes to come out and support.  I’ll be there in support, I hope you will too.

Fishermen Tattoos- Dave Jewell’s Tribal Fish Hook

Yet another series begins today-  Fishermen Tattoos.  This one is a tribal fish hook on Dave Jewell’s calf.

Mike’s Place Chicken Parm $5.75

Props To The Lobster Pool!

The Lobster Pool Restaurant took home best honors under the seafood shack category.  Thats a big honor and I love that they beat out Woodman’s.  Of course they did though, they know where to get the best lobsters!

Props To The Lobster Pool!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Gloucester Perspectives- Jeremy

Here is the first in a new series titled “Gloucester Perspectives”  where we interview people about their perspective of what makes Gloucester so freaking fantastic.

Chickity Check It- Sandy Bay Day

A couple of weeks ago someone from SandyBayDay.com contacted me and asked if I’d write a little blurb about the site that they had just put up and add a link to my blogroll. You never really know if people are serious about their blogging or community sites from the first couple of weeks.

See, at first you’re all excited watching your site take form and customizing it the way you would like. The energy level is high and you are discovering a bunch of new techy stuff to add. In the past 4 months there have been a bunch of people ask me how to start a blog so I lead them down the path and more times than not the folks don’t realize how much work it is and they let it go.

Even though SandyBayDay is in it’s infancy, I’d say if you were a Rockporter it would be a must visit site. They have made it a community type of site with a bunch of people contributing as opposed to what I do here where it’s led by mainly one person and come’s from that person’s perspective.

There is a LOT there in just a short amount of time for the Rockporter or person interested in Rockport.

Click this text to check out SandyBayDay.com and see what I’m talking about.

Gloucester Seafood Display Auction 4:50AM 8/8/08