This Fall the sunsets have been so beautiful. This is from Wingersheek beach the other day. I love this time of the day.
Year: 2012
Mixing it Up
Is there such a thing as too much Rubber Duck?
Rubber Duck and her sister were chatting before Thanksgiving about, wait for it, … … …
Rubber Ducks.
RD was wondering if she was suffering from over exposure and so she thought that a poll might be worthwhile to gauge what the GMG reader thinks. This is a multiple choice poll so you can vote for any or all. Here at GMG we listen to our readers.
[edit] I have received email and text requests for the address to send Joey a Rubber Duck. It’s easy. Click here to select multiple cheap ducks or go to Toodeeloos and then ship to:
℅ Joey’s Rubber Ducks
Captain Joe & Sons
95 East Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930-3860
Click and mail as low as $2.95, or 26 ducks at a time. Do it now.
Our Hearts are Broken Today
As are many today doing same, my thoughts and prayers turn to the children and teachers that were gunned down in Connecticut, and their broken hearted families.
The children belong to all of us, and as our President said, “Our hearts are broken today.”
Today I had planned to announce the winner of the book give-away and to post a beautiful essay about Niles Pond written by Gloucester resident and celebrated author JoeAnn Hart; will save all for tomorrow.
Come kick off your Sunday evening with Bradley Royds @ The Rhumb Line 6:00-9:00 pm
Fishmas tree progress report
Mary Ann and David are getting the fish onto the tree! Today I received a whole school of more than 200 wonderful origami fish folded by the students of St. Ann School (huge thanks to Gemma Amero Flavin, their art teacher!). I don’t have an exact total count yet, but with these new additions and those folded throughout the week, we probably have close to 700! Keep folding fish to help us reach our goal of 1000!
I’ll be folding a star for the top sometime in the next few days.
THIS IS WHAT TO DO TONIGHT- THE ROCKY NECK WINTER SHOW!
Rocky Neck Art Colony
8th Annual Winter Show
December 1 – 23, 2012 at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
Ellen DeGeneres Quote of The Week From Greg Bover
December 13, 2012
“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.”
Ellen DeGeneres (1958- )
A Louisiana native, DeGeneres began her public career as a stand-up comedian after a number of working class experiences as a waitress, house painter and bartender. She had a sitcom for several years before her syndicated talk program The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which has won multiple Emmys. She has appeared in several movies and is in demand as a voice actor, especially since her award-winning role as Dory in Finding Nemo. Her wisecracking ability to think on her feet has made her a memorable host of the Emmys and the Academy Awards. She famously came out as a lesbian on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 1997 and is married to Portia Rossi. DeGeneres is an animal rights activist and owns a vegan tapas bar in Los Angeles.
Community Photos 12/15/12
O’Maley Happenings From Christine Leveille
Cape Ann Diner Inside Brown’s Mall Hosting Santa This Morning (Saturday)
Dear Joey and Fr Green,
Just want to say hello and thank you for the recent comments and photos that you posted this past week on the blog.
We’ve only been open for a couple of weeks but business has been great!
We’ve met so many nice people who are quickly becoming regulars at the diner. Everyone has been so helpful and supportive.
We are very happy to be here and again thank You.
We are having breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning 12-15 at 9 AM at the diner. Stop in and say hello.
Thanks Again,
Ron and the staff at The Cape Ann Diner
Community Stuff 12/15/12
Dear Joey,
I want people to know that I am still having multiple sales in the Sarah Elizabeth Shop this weekend. Could you please post these sale flyers for me?
Thank you very much. I appreciate your help in getting people to shop local!
Julia
The Sarah Elizabeth Shop
5 Whistlestop Mall
Rockport, MA
Joey,
Dan Driscoll here from http:VisitCapeAnn.net and Facebook’s Capeann Ma. I am hoping you could spread the word about a Fun contest for local Cape Ann Residents to participate in, as well as for any Local Merchants that might want to get involved in as well (For prizes and Merchant Exposure. )
We are having a contest for people to post their Outside Christmas Decorations and the photo with the most likes by Midnight on Christmas Eve will be the Winner. Currently we have a $100 dollar Prize from Driscoll’s Jewelry & Gifts (local merchant that uses Amazon) as well as a $25 Gift certificate from Sunbanque of Gloucester. If we get allot more prizes from local merchants we will expand the winner’s list as well.
the Facebook contest is here:
http://www.facebook.com/WhoHasTheBestOutsideChristmasDecorationsInCapeAnn
We at VisitCapeAnn.net Value Local Residents, Local Events, and Local Shopping within our Community, and like you in Gloucester (whom we have emulated!) want to show the world how great it is here! Our Main site’s traffic fluctuates during the year between Tourists looking to find out more about visiting Cape Ann and the things to do and visit, as well as many local residents thru our Facebook page.
Thanks for sharing this, and We love and Support Good Morning Gloucester and try to promote it at any chance we get!
Dan
PS for Merchants interested in adding a prize to this contest:
We are having a Local Cape Ann Christmas Photo Contest of Local Cape Ann Residents outside decorations. We are looking for Local Merchants who would like the Opportunity to donate a small prize that the winner/winners could pick up at YOUR location, as well as show our 1200 plus followers some of the local merchants who are committed to the Local Community. We are planning a few contests thru-out the year as well. The contest Facebook Page is here: http://www.facebook.com/WhoHasTheBestOutsideChristmasDecorationsInCapeAnn
Love to be able to support all of our Local Businesses!
SEACOAST NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER ‘S HO-HO HOTLINE
This holiday season, children of Cape Ann have a direct line to Santa’s workshop through Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center ‘s Ho-Ho Hotline. From
December 17 through December 21, from 3-5 p.m., children’s calls will be answered by Santa, Mrs. Claus or one of their elves.
While Santa, Mrs. Claus and their helpers won’t make any promises to the children, they
will listen to the children’s wishes and encourage them to be on their very best behavior.
The phone number for Seacoast’s Ho-Ho Hotline is 978-281-3086.
Carol Mckenna writes-
You might like my new poetry book ~ Pass the word please ~ Thanks ~ Happy Holidays
namaste, Carol
Here is the link in case link below doesn’t work ~ http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3858176
for more info- http://www.cynthiacurtispottery.com
GMG Special Cross Promotion- Free Copy of Ron Gilson’s An Island No More For The First 8 People That Order Two or More This Is Gloucester DVDs

A review-
With all the book talk lately, I thought I would share one of my favs from Ron Gilson.
Readers of An Island No More will immediately recognize this memoir as no routine historical account of Gloucester. It is a deeply moving essay of an author’s experience of the fishing industry as it affected the everyday life of its citizens. Gilson transports the reader into decades that cover depression, war, prosperity and, finally, decline. Gilson’s story is a poignant personal insight into many vignettes of the characters which fill his historical account. Using the fishing industry as a metaphor for life, Gilson reveals the life of a city over four decades. This historical approach is the strength of his work. Only a native of Gloucester could have written such a memoir.
As I read Gilson’s history, having been away from my home- town over fifty years, I was immediately taken back into time. Gilson’s account rings with such an authenticity, a virtual new experience of that time and place came back to me. In short, this history will engage the reader at all levels of emotion.
Dr. Richard J. Elliott
Professor Emeritus
University of New Orleans
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2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- G33K
The fourth year of the GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Video Series where we walk up and down Main Street and try to capture as many retailers as we can and highlight their best gift ideas one a day every day leading up to Christmas.
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Main Street Art and Antiques
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- The Dress Code
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- The Weathervane
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Menage Gallery
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- House of The Raven
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Village Silversmith
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Toodeloos
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Bananas
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Nelsons
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Alexandras Bread Co
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Lone Gull
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Kids Unlimited
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Harbor Loop Gifts
2012 Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Pleasant Street Tea and Coffee Co
Can this tiny thing of heavy cream really cost $3.69????
Stupidest Thing I Did Today
Went to grab a sub at the supermarket as I was in a hurry and on the way out of the store picked up a bag of Doritos.
I haven’t eaten a bag of Doritos for at least a year.
I feel disgusting.
What a waste of calories. Empty- disgusting- make your breath bad- disgusting calories.
Idiot.
What makes it worse was just last week when I took Snoop Maddie Mad out for some special father-daughter time we were at a restaurant and this guy with pleated dress slacks and a royal blue shirt sits down next to us with his dinner- two hot dogs, two cans of regular pepsi and a bag of chips. The guy was a total mess with greasy hair and a huge gut and slight shoulders- just carried all his weight like a tire made out of crisco right around his waist.
All I could think of was how the guy had totally given up on life. No pride, not even trying. Like if it was one hot dog, one can of regular soda and a bag of chips that would have been one thing. But nooo, straight up two hot dogs, two cans of soda and a bag of chips. I’m sorta surprised he didn’t double up on the chips. May as well at that point, right? Like if you’re trying to kill yourself live it up man, just fill out the two way shit trifecta and double up all the way around.
Seriously. Two hot dogs, two cans of sugar-laden pepsi and a bag of chips? Have some respect for yourself. You know the whole your body is a temple saying and all that?
I shoulda known better than to pick up that bag of Doritos.
I won’t make that mistake again any time soon. Believe that!
Stupid Joey
Kenny MacCarthy’s Cape Ann MarketWATCH for this week
If you are interested in any of the properties Kenny shows you give him a call-
(978) 758-0983 and tell ‘em your Boy Joey sent you.
Fish on Fridays
The Fish on Fridays series is a collaboration between Gloucester photographers Kathy Chapman and Marty Luster. Look for various aspects of Gloucester’s centuries-old fishing industry highlighted here on Fridays.
This week we continue with our documentary photographs and videos from Gloucester’s Steve Connolly Seafood. Salmon is cut fresh for the retail counter and boxed for shipping. http://www.steveconnollyseafood.com/











