Dear Joey,
We enjoy your blog. Joe and I look forward to it every day. The photos of the St. Joseph’s Shrines brought back many wonderful memories.
We were born and brought up in Gloucester. My husband, Joe Ciarametaro, yes, that’s his name, is related to the Ciarametaros who owned the boats Mary Rose and Baby Rose, and the Gloucester Grocery & Boat Supply on Rogers Street. My relatives were the Bertolinos of the famous Italian bread bakery on Commercial Street. My dad, Anthony Tony Bertolino owned the fishing dragger St. Theresa.
Joe’s Great Aunt Francis Aiello, who lived on Summer Street years ago, had a shrine every year when we were growing up. My mother, Rose Chiancola Bertolino’s St. Theresa statue and dining room lamps were always a part of Aunt Francis’ shrines.
We have been gone from Gloucester for many years, but try to visit every summer. We are now living in sunny Arizona, but missing the sound of the fishing boats’ horns, the clang of the buoy bells, and the smell of the salt ocean air. Ciao,
Phyllis Ciarametaro
http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com Do you get it?
Good Morning Gloucester 
I grew up in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, another of Mr. Champlain’s colonies…very similar to Gloucester is so many ways. Love your blog, Joey – my day would not be complete without checking it out. Thanks so much for doing this great work for us who love this place so very much.
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I also grew up in beautiful Gloucester, Mass. I moved away some time ago but always try to come home every year. Some times I wish I could bottle the smell of low tide and take it home with me. I know that sounds crazy, but, “it’s a Gloucester thing”. I also love your blog.
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