Day: April 8, 2010

Topside Grill Grand Opening Friday

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey Joe,

So tomorrow night (Friday) we are planning on having a Grand Opening at The Topside Grill. I was hoping you could post a little blurb about it on your website. Here is what I was hoping you could post:

Friday night (April 9th) The Topside Grill will be hosting a Grand Opening of the New Topside! Come see the tremendous changes we’ve made! Upstairs in the bar/lounge area from 8:00 to close we will be running $3 appetizer specials along with $5 cocktail specials. You’ll be amazed by the new look!!

Beautiful Industry- submitted to The GMG Flickr Group Pool By ciabat

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e73, originally uploaded by ciabat.

 

Summer 2009 submitted to the GMG Flickr Group By halibut2

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Summer 2009, originally uploaded by halibut2.

 

Chickity Check It!- Live Ship Tracking Map

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

FOB Kurt Ankeny from OneSqFt Studio passed this link along to the live ship tracking map- http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

It’s amazing how everything is updated live and you can drill right down on each individual ship.

click picture to check out the live site

Big Brother Isn’t Watching, I Swear!

Where Are the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

From James Caviston-

Hi Joe,
 
This is James Caviston from seARTs writing to ask a favor. I know you have been running a lot of popular votes and poles recently, but I would like to ask you to put one more in the GMG blog. The Massachusetts Cultural Council funds many arts and educational non-profits in and around Gloucester. They fund the best known institutions like the Cape Ann Museum and the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center.
 
They also fund the smaller organizations as well. Through past funding to seARTs under the John and Abigail Adams fund, we have been able to partner with the City of Gloucester Committee for the Arts, the Gloucester New Arts Festival, the Cape Ann Artisans and the Rocky Neck Art Colony (the MCC’s support made possible the Captains Courageous Festival that Manny covered so incredibly well). In short the MCC has meaningfully supported Gloucester and the Cape Ann region.
 
They have put out a poll to find out what residents of the Commonwealth think are the great places in Massachusetts. The goal, like all MCC programs, is to draw attention to Gloucester’s many assets and stimulate the economy through cultural tourism. So I hope everyone who sees this will vote early and often.
 
Thanks again for offering such a terrific service to the community. Like everyone else, I check GMG first thing everyday.
 
James Caviston,
seARTS


Where Are the 1,000
Great Places
in Massachusetts?
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts invites residents from all 351 cities and towns across the state to nominate their favorite places. The nominations will be considered for a final list of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts to be announced in May.

The Great Places initiative will celebrate what is unique about the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, its communities, and its people. It also aims to stimulate the economy by boosting visitation to the state’s wide range of exceptional historic sites, cultural venues, and natural landscapes.

The deadline for nominations is April 15. Tell your members, visitors, and fans to nominate their favorite place here: http://www.massvacation.com/1000/index.php

Check out Chronicle on WCVB-TV on Monday, April 12 at 7:30 pm for more on 1,000 Great Places.
Read more.


Pictured: Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

 

 

DOGBAR, Naples Florida -For Andy Mullholland

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Along Fifth Avenue South in Naples Florida a shop owner made a little water stop for dogs.  Above in tile it reads “DOG BAR” which is a fantastic restaurant in Gloucester Ma owned by Andy Mullholland.

DOGBAR, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Maritime Center Sunrise

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Maritime Center at Sunrise

Maritime Center at Sunrise

VISIT THE CENTERS Website; http://www.gloucestermaritimecenter.org/

Big-Ass Shrimp at Kirk’s Seafood Naples Florida

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

As most of you know whenever I go on vacation I try to swing by whatever seafood establishments are around and talk to the people there to get a feeling of what is happening in their corner of the world.

Kirk Seafood is a retail store located across the street from Cambier Park.  The park we bring the girls in the heart of olde Naples, Florida.  I popped in and commented about the “Big-Ass Shrimp” sign saying “Big-Ass Shrimp!  I Love That!”  The woman behind the counter replied “well I loved writing it!”

Come to find out she was the owner and a Massachusetts native.  She had married a fisherman from Marco Island over 20 years ago and moved down to be with him. 

We got to talking about fishing and the regulations which have pretty much decimated the commercial fishing industry down there.  I thought we had it bad where we are but it seems the commercial fishing lobby down south was no match for the regulators down there.  So she turned to retail and has a beautiful store.  Spottless and the fish was the freshest I’ve seen down here.  We talked for a good bit-until my spidey senses told me the Mrs probably had had enough and she was ready to hit the park.

Big-Ass Shrimp at Kirk Seafood Naples Florida, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

I Capture The Bean Capturing Me On Our Photo Safari

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here are videos of me taping the Bean while she taped me during our video safari and the other way around.

First me taping her-

And here is her version of the very same moment in time-