My View of Life on the Dock
All the Yankee Charter boats were packed today to head out fishing. The good weather has people out and active. Good to see!
Yankee Freedom Preparing To Board It’s Customers, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The formal observances of Earth Day were earlier this week, but the celebration continues today, just as environmental leaders hope its messages will continue throughout the year and beyond.
In connection with the launching of its new Web site, greenbuildessexcounty.org, focusing on “green building,” the Essex County Greenbelt organization is presenting a Green Buildings Tour today to give visitors a firsthand look at many of the buildings featured on their site.
Tours will be led by those most closely connected with each building, and will offer you the opportunity to ask questions and find out more about what these pioneers in green building have learned along the way.
For directions to these locations and more information, please visit www.greenbuildessexcounty.org.
The tour sites open today are:
Home of John Livermore, High Popples Road, Gloucester, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Sampling of green features: Larson Truss wall-framing system, solar hot water, R-76 insulation, rain barrels.
Latitude 43, Rogers Street, Gloucester, 2:30 to 4 p.m. Sampling of green features: radiant heat floor, high- efficiency appliances, waterless urinals, dual-flush water-saving valves on toilets, use of salvaged materials and environmentally-friendly building materials.
Essex County Greenbelt, 82 Eastern Ave., Essex, 1 to 2 p.m. Sampling of green features: solar panel array, high-efficiency HVAC, icynene insulation, rainwater recapture system, recycle and reused of materials.
FREE MOVIE! – JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN
The Cape Ann Community Cinema
(at The Gloucester Stage)
267 East Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
978/282-1988
www.CapeAnnCinema.com
SHOWTIME: Sunday, April 26th @ 4:00pm
War! What’s it good for? Absolutely nothing! (Say it again!) Blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo’s haunting 1971 film adaptation of his own novel about a World War I soldier trapped inside his own broken body has been largely unseen since the 1980s, but now is your chance to see it — FOR FREE! We’re showing it Sunday, April 26th at 4:00pm, so why not plan to check out The Gloucester Guerilla Art Project III earlier in the afternoon, grab a late lunch at The Last Stop, take a nice walk up and down Rocky Neck, then come back and experience this unforgettable film (which the metal band Metallica owns and used as the basis for the song “One,” which was their first-ever music video two decades ago).
Variety Magazine writer and Hollywood Blacklist expert Daniel M. Kimmel will be on-hand to talk about Trumbo’s career and the Blacklist. It’d be wicked cool if you could join us.
Check out a scene from the movie here:
Click This Text To See The Full Sized Version
Albino Lobster, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The dory’s are launched. Look for video later on today.
Last summer Toby on the Jupiter II brought in a lobster that was yellow in pigmentation, I’ve never in my 33 years down the dock seen a completely white albino lobster. I’ve seen half white ones and documented them in photographs, half blue ones and documented them, but never a completely white one.
Look for the video tomorrow morning.
Thanks goes to Paul Movali for pointing out to me. Paul’s a good egg.
Albino Lobster, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
I spent yesterday in Boston with Grandkid #1. A beautiful day! Walked the Commons, shopped, met up with a friend who took us to dinner at Tremont 647. Great company, fun day.
On Boylston we bumped into a motley group of bicyclists. We found out that this was a Critical Mass ride which is a bicycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world. The ride was originally founded in 1992 with the idea of drawing attention to how unfriendly the city was to bicyclists. Click on this photo to find out more about Critical Mass.
Barb Silberman and Judith Nast Show GMG Readers What’s Up At The House On The Hill
To Learn More About The Sargent House Click This Text For The Website
How many times have you walked past this building and wondered what it was all about? Well check out part II of the video series on The Sargent House Museum Video Tour at 8:00AM
Sargent House Museum, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Second part of the GMG video tour of the Sargent Murray House at 8:00AM.
Gloucester Doors- Sargent House Museum, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
What Up Homie?, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The Sargent House Museum on Middle and Main Streets is rich in architectural detail. For the second part of the video tour check this page tomorrow morning at 8:00AM
Sargent House Museum Staircase Detail, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Here is Ken Duckworth, Chef extrodinaire at his namesake restaurant Duckworth’s Bistrot-
Look for my video interview from the kitchen at Duckworth’s Bistrot or as I call it “The Duck” at 2:00PM today
Ken Duckworth at Duckworth’s Bistrot, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Ken Duckworth’s love of eating began while he was a child growing up in Chicago. The only son born to a Cuban mother and American father, he was fortunate to have his maternal Grandparents, Great-Grandparents and aunts all living on the same street as him. During elementary school lunch break he would hurry to his Great-Grandmothers table to find a home cooked lunch waiting for him. Young Ken loved to eat and Mama (Great Grandmother) loved to cook for him. Later the entire family moved to Tampa/Clearwater Florida and Ken continued his love of eating.
Ken’s love of cooking began at the age of 16 when he took his first restaurant job; he has been cooking ever since. At the age of 19, with a deep passion for food, Ken decided to make a career in the restaurant business.
While honing his skills at for five years at Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Ken met his future wife Nicole and the two began their culinary journey. From Tampa, Ken and Nicole headed to Saint Simons Island, Georgia where Ken went work at the world- renowned 5 star-five diamond resort The Cloister. Ken began at the Cloister as a lead cook at one of the Cloisters outlets specializing in world cuisine with a southern flair. He went on to become a butcher for the resort; practicing what he considers a lost art. Finally, he helped lead the resort’s Garde Manger in the Main Dining Room.
In 1998 Ken’s desire to work in a city with a great restaurant reputation and Nicole’s New England roots led the couple to Boston. There Jacky Robert took Ken on as sous chef at nationally acclaimed Maison Robert. At Maison Robert Ken built on his knowledge of French Classics and learned the nuances of working in a family run business. Ann, Lucien, and Andree Robert sent Ken to Paris to work at Le Relais De Auteuil, a two star Michelin restaurant.
In 2000, the Robert family gave Ken the opportunity to head up the kitchen as Executive Chef, where Ken truly came into his own. While running the two kitchens at Maison Robert, Ken developed menus according to the seasons, learned the business side of running a restaurant and developed an understanding of balance. The bittersweet closing of Maison Robert in 2004 led Ken and Nicole to a small restaurant with a rich history in the beautiful port city of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
In October of 2004 Ken and Nicole opened Duckworth’s Bistrot. Duckworth’s Bistrot quickly caught the attention of local and national diners. In 2005 Duckworth’s Bistrot earned a rating of three stars (excellent) from Alison Arnett of The Boston Globe and Best of the New in The Boston Globe Magazine. In 2006 Duckworth’s Bistrot received a Best of Boston, Best Restaurant North award from Boston Magazine. Duckworth’s Bistrot is Zagat rated and has been mentioned in Yankee Magazine as well as Food and Wine magazine.
Jim & Judy Caulkett with Ron Pino & Carol Herrick at Quinta do Seixo in Portugal , originally uploaded by captjoe06.
To go to The Mommies who Shop! website click this text
Mommies Who Shop Event May 7th, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
More than 50 Gloucester residents, including top officials, community leaders, and more than 20 high school students, will present the drama In Harm’s Way, on Friday, May 8, 2009, at 7 p.m., at Gloucester High School. Now in its fifth production on the North Shore, the play is a powerful dramatization of stories drawn from victims of domestic abuse, teen dating violence, bullying and teasing.
The production is being made possible by the Gloucester Public Schools under a Safe and Supporting Learning Environments (SSLE) grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The grant’s purpose is to help create a climate at Gloucester High School where students feel safe and welcome, so they can learn and achieve to their highest potential.
Sponsored by HAWC, the domestic violence agency serving the North Shore, and written and directed by Nicki Richon-Schoel, In Harm’s Way has been widely recognized as an important tool in helping communities confront domestic violence. More than 2,000 people have attended previous productions in Lynn, Peabody, Ipswich and Gloucester, and In Harm’s Way has also been featured on community cable televison in several North Shore communities.
In Harm’s Way weaves together stories of survival and hope through drama, poetry, music and dance. The upcoming production will feature Loretta Peres the work of acclaimed slam poet Dr.Thema Bryant-Davis of Pepperdine University and a former NGO representative to the United Nations.
Others in the cast include Mayor Carolyn Kirk, State Senator Bruce Tarr, State Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante, Gloucester Police Lieutenant Joe Aiello, Cape Ann Savings Bank vice president Bob Gillis, North Shore United Way executive director Margo Casey, and rock-and-roll musician Willie Loco Alexander.
In Harm’s Way is best suited for adults and young people age 13 and over. Admission is a suggested donation of $10, or for students and seniors, a suggested donation of $2.
Gloucester High School is located on Leslie O. Johnson Road, off Centennial Avenue and Route 127 in Gloucester near the “Man at the Wheel” Fishermen’s Memorial.
CONTACTS:
Nicki Richon-Schoel
(978) 853-3340
Ann-Marie Jordan
Gloucester Public Schools
(978) 281-9816
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