Year: 2012

Guest Post From Tuffy- Skipper of The Degelyse

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
photos ——– large lobster —— degelyse —

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Mug Up This Morning at 9:00AM Come Say Hey to The Crew

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Sunday 9:00-11:00 or so at Khan Studio & the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery.

On Madfish Wharf If you can find Madfish Grill in between the Rudder and East Gloucester Marine railways, you can find The GMG Gallery and Khan Studio.

Come for coffee and to meet some of your favorite GMG folks

Phyllis A Being Caulked From Peter M Hennessey

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Took these photos July 6th of the Phyllis A being refitted while visiting my brother in East Gloucester.

Thought you might like to share.

Peter M Hennessey

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Community Photos 7/22/12

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joey:

Two photos of the Thomas E. Lannon, taken aboard the Ardelle, towards the end of the sunset cruise to benefit The Gloucester City Hall Restoration. The first is a sunset photo and the second at dusk. It was a fun event with great food and entertainment on a calm, beautiful summer night in Gloucester harbor.

Take care — Christopher Lewis

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July 2012 Downtown Gloucester Block Party Pics

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Rick Doucette Crushes This Teddy Bear Holding a tulip Balloon

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Jen Cullen Workin Sugar Mag’s

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Sugar Mag’s Lobster Risotto-

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Beannie Facepainted

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Johnny Mac Teaches Ruby how to jump rope while Luke does his thing.

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Fun at the Block Party

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa

This was my vacation week and Mike and I enjoyed an amazing stay-cation, right at home in Gloucester. I can’t believe I have to go back to work on Monday! Today we had an amazing day paddling with Cape Ann SUP (if you haven’t done this yet– what are you waiting for?) and tonight Mike and I spent the evening having fun at the Block Party.

First we had dinner at the The Franklin on their roof deck; which I didn’t know they had until tonight (the food was awesome and was devoured before I took any pics).

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We also did some shopping and bought this awesome pillow from Pop Gallery. The pillow is double sided with the Kraken and ship on one side and a New England map/Jolly Roger on the opposite.  Perfect for our guest room.

I hope you got to enjoy the Block Party too. It’s obviously a great event to bring the community together and great for local businesses. Any local business that wasn’t involved is just silly. It’s a must-be event!

~Alicia

Video- West End Sweets From Kenny MacCarthy

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

http://www.capeanninfo.com/ Ice cream is one of my staples. I just had a NorEaster at West End Sweets, 37 Main St. Downtown Gloucester. I’m going back tonight for another one. http://www.westendsweets.com/

Topside Grill Serving Al Fresco Tonight!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that tonight we have a beautiful outdoor seating area set up today for the block party!! Come enjoy dinner and cocktails on our patio an watch all the fun stuff going on around you. We will be accepting reservations as well if you want to guarantee yourself a spot. The Gloucester Block Party is a fun time where all of Main street closes down for the public to enjoy. All the store fronts stay open late and set up on the sidewalks. All the rest of the shops and restaurants do the same thing. There will also be entertainment and live music. The city does it 3 times a year (3rd Saturday of July, August, & September) If you haven’t checked it out yet, definitely try to come and see what it’s about!! Hopefully see you tonight 🙂

Thanks,

Doug Silva General Manager Topside Grill

Robert Louis Stevenson Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

July 20, 2012

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To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Born to a Scots family of lighthouse builders and the product of a strict Presbyterian upbringing, Stevenson suffered ill health his entire life. After a desultory attempt at an engineering degree, he devoted himself to his art, first as a travel writer and later, a poet. In his early twenties, he moved to the south of France for his health and wrote much of his best known work, including Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He married an American woman, Fanny Osbourne, and moved to Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks. With the financial success of his novels he continued to search for a climate that would improve his health, traveling widely in the South Pacific, befriending the King of Hawaii, and eventually settling in Samoa. He spent much of his few remaining years working against the European missionaries and colonialists who dominated the politics of the islands, taking the name Tusitala (Storyteller). He died of cerebral hemorrhage at 44. During much of the twentieth century he was dismissed by academics as a writer of children’s adventure tales, even though Hemmingway, Kipling, Borges, Nabokov and Chesterton all cite his influence on their work.

Greg Bover

Jujuba returns home safe and sound.

Posted on by Joanne

I received the news late yesterday that Jujuba had been returned home safe and sound to her owner. A local pet store contacted the owner  and that an older woman had the dog. I am so happy and thankful for such good news.

Fishermens Wives’ Memorial

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Designed by Gloucester sculptor Morgan Faulds Pike, the statue captures the all too familiar pose of waiting-with-strength known to wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters of fishermen and mariners whose family members chose to go out to sea. The memorial is a reminder that while the men are out at sea, the women are active in the community engaged in the work of promoting and preserving the Gloucester and New England fishing industry and helping active and retired fishermen and their families live better lives.  When I look at this picture, the mother’s face and her children holding her hand and her shirt say it all.

Mug Up! and Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Support the Street Children of Senegal

Posted on by God's Morning

Sunday 9:00-11:00 or so at Khan Studio & the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery. 

Then have a psychic reading with Joy – she really is a very good reader. 

Then go to Wendie Demuth Photography for her amazing Traveler’s Sale – so much amazing stuff for sale, including these really cool rice bag totes from Senegal.  Proceeds will be used by returning Peace Corps Volunteer and Gloucester native, Richard Ross (GHS Class of ’04) to help a Senegalese group implement a sustainable micro-enterprise opportunity. 

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Mackerel Sky

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Lighthouse Beach and Ipswich Bay Panorama ~ Click to view full panorama

Last night we had a beautiful dinner at the home of one of our dearest friends, the Gale Family. Mom Kristina and daughter Sarah prepared a gorgeous dinner of salmon poached with a medley of vegetables, in parchment paper. I was too busy having fun and socializing and wish I had taken a photo of the salmon. We had sunset dessert on their west-facing porch, with its amazing views of Lighthouse Beach and Ipswich Bay.

Ben called it a Mackerel Sky

Living the Good Life!

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