Top Dog Lobster Roll

Top Dog Lobster Roll, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

As much as I heartily recommend y’all going to Top Dog on Bearskin Neck if you’ve read any of my rantings about lobster rolls then you know my take on what place lettuce or celery has on a lobster roll-none.

I’d ask for it “Joey-Style” and when they look at you with a puzzled look on their face because they’ll inevitably have no idea what “Joey-Style” means, tell them “without the lettuce- DUH!

We will forgive this minor transgression because everything else at this place was outstanding.

A Holistic View of Childhood Vaccines Free Workshop

Cape Ann Healing Center Free Spring Workshops 
Tree Top Yoga Studio, 85 Eastern Avenue
Gloucester, Ma 01930
Holistic View of Childhood Vaccines
Saturday, May 8th 1-2pm, with Dr. Nicole Andrade 

 In this FREE* workshop we will spend one hour reviewing 

*a brief history of vaccines
*the basic immunology behind how they work
*the areas where potential risks can come from 
*how to know what might predispose your child to a reaction
*how to identify a reaction
*how to research vaccine lots for reported reactions
*how to report a reaction
*the laws on vaccination for school admission
…and more

Informational handouts will include websites and other resources for further information.  Time afterwards is reserved for questions

Pre-registration is required, Please call to reserve your space now (978) 282-1191 x1
Check our website for more details www.capeannhealingcenter.org

Sun Setting Over the Man at the Wheel Submitted To The GMG Flickr Group By Elinor Teele

Welcome To the Group Elinor!

Went swimming before Mr and Mrs Bathroom sign appeared!

Even if we were in Body Gloves it still counts. It was hot enough Sunday that we would dunk then sit on the rocks and get hot before doing it again. My goal is to beat the Rockport Mr and Mrs Bathroom sign each year and this time we did it.

The sign should be up this week. Please e-mail me when they sneak out there and if you can actually get a photo of who does it you would make my day. I think it is Rockport fairies putting out the sign that is the official beginning of summer.

Blackburn Challenge update: Registration for the July 17 race goes live on the Blackburn Challenge web site tomorrow, May 4.

I may come in last but I’ll have a low number.

Anyone want an earlier workout the Essex River Race is on May 15 and the registration is live.

The Rabbit Goes In For The Kill At Madfish- St Pete’s Beach

After the ball game we went to St Pete’s Beach to chill out for a bit and met up with Ricky Ticky Tampa, one of my close friends from my youth and brother to the Best Man in our wedding- DK.

Ricky has a penchant for knowing the very best spots to eat in whatever town he happens to be living and yesterday he kept his streak alive with yet another outstanding call foralate afternoon meal.

Madfish on St Pete’s Beach looks on the outside like any diner would but once you enter the doors you realize that this is no plain old diner (not that there would be anything wrong with that)

Inside the walls are adorned with dark wood paneling, the countertops granite, the refrigerators and appliances all top end. This place is actually a fine dining spot that also features some incredibly creative comfort food.

The service was spot on, the food outstanding. It seemed out of place on St Pete Beach where everything else is so laid back and less current. St Pete Beach seems like it has a lot of history and most of the places up and down that strip are still living in the past-some of it in a good way and some in a not so good eiighties redneck kinda way.

In any case the numerous awards that Madfish St Petersburg have won are well deserved and much like Ferg’s is a must visit place if you are going to a ball game at Tropicana field, Madfish is a must visit if you find yourself in St Petersburg. I would drive thirty miles out of my way to go to this place.

Mad Hot Ball!

All the fifth-graders in the city learned ballroom dancing through a grant. The girls were adorable and the boys…well, they all made it through it. A few boys actually got into it! The kids danced the waltz with their parents staring at their feet trying not to step on any toes!

Click on the photo above for more photos from the Ball!

Slideshow from Celebrate Gloucester fundraiser!

Click on the photo above to start the slideshow!

Ferg’s-Across the Street From Tropicana Field

This joint serves buckets of beer and baskets of wings for short money. Outdoors with a dj playing and a ton of tv’s it’s a huge party before the game. You really don’t even need to go into the ballpark to get a feeling for Tampa Ray baseball nation. Just about everyone in here is sporting Rays jerseys and caps.
I was surprised that I didn’t see more Red Sox caps but I guess when the Sox have been playing like they have and the home team is in first place all those transplants from up north switch who they root for-sad.

Ferg’s is THE SPOT to hit before the game if you’re ever down here though. The place is jumping on game days.

We scalped tickets for $10 and culd basically sit anywhere we wanted to up and down the first and third base lines or the outfield

Devil Rays Game Yesterday With The Boys

Tropicana Field is everything that Fenway is not

New, easy peasy parking, they have a giant tank in the outfield where you can pet rays. Could you imagine if someone suggestedthat they put a huge tank in right field at Fenway full of codfish? yeah, that’s gonna go over big.

There were lots of fans who seemed really into it. Nothing like there Fenway though with over half the ballpark empty. Across the street