A double Christmas present to my better half was a twofer I picked up at Bodin Historic Photo Gallery right here on Main Street in the West End of Gloucester:
I can stand at the window on the left and line up the street with the historic map and wonder what the Avenues looked like when Eben Phillips was thinking of developing the whole point. My house was there in 1884 when the map was done so the horse hair insulation is authentic. (Real horse, really blows for insulation.)
And the ceramic Striper can remind me that small stripers are being found right now so the blues are not far behind and with that smoked bluefish pate.
Fun Fact: Visit Fred’s website and click on the events calendar. The most recent addition is a wine tasting on Feb 7, 1998. I missed that! It was catered by the Grange Gourmet. I miss them too. I think in the summer of 1986 I visited Grange Gourmet about every other day.
But back to Fred. Glad to see he has his priorities straight and is not wasting time screwing around updating his website. No need. Everyone knows where to find him.
Gallery, Studio, whatevah. (Kudos to Fred for not rolling his eyes.)
Good Morning Gloucester 