My View of Life on the Dock
Espresso is FOB Kurt and Dani Lubber’s Favorite Gloucester joint to eat.
Dani gave me crap because she says I don’t give them enough love so here you go!
Speaking with Annette when I just picked up my lunch she told me that Thursday night they are doing a fresh lobster casserole with dessert for $15 which people have been raving about.
GMG Inside The Numbers For Monday January 23, 2012- 36,159 Views
If we are getting these kinds of numbers now in the dead of winter I project ridiculous numbers for when things heat up around here in June.
For comparison’s sake last year January 25th 2011 we had 15,374 our growth has more than doubled!
January 29th, 2010 6,233
January 16,2009 2,041
Like I said, you either embrace this fun thing we have going or get run over by it’s momentum. You can’t stop the fun positive GMG momentum baby, we’re comin’ straight up in your grillmix.
Boom!
Here were the top 20 posts from yesterday-
Total views from inception-
Total views 14,532,848. I remember back in January of 2008 when we hit our first 100 viewers and I was ecstatic, lol. then I remember thinking 10,000 would be incredible if we could get to a total of 10,000 people seeing GMG, then 100,000 and then a million and so on, now we do about a million views a month. That doesn’t suck my friends.
Reach? You Wanna Talk About Reach? There are under 29,000 residents of Gloucester MA. Then when you account for those residents that are children that don’t use computers or old folks that don’t use computers, there’s no denying the reach is far greater than just a local readership.
These stars represent the locations where we got hits from around the world today January 24th up until 11:06AM.
From the USCG;
PAMLICO SOUND, N.C. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted three people from the water after their sailboat ran aground near Rawls Island, Saturday.
Members aboard the 26-foot sailboat Honey Badger made a mayday call via VHF-FM channel 16, notifying Coast Guard watchstanders that their boat was on a shoal near Rawls Island.
Watchstanders dispatched a crew aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet along with an aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City.
The MLB and Jayhawk crews arrived on scene at approximately 2:45 p.m. The MLB crew was unable to reach the sailboat due to shallow water.
The Jayhawk crew then hoisted the three people aboard the aircraft and transported them to Air Station Elizabeth City where they were met by awaiting medical personnel.
A follow-up to yesterday’s post…
At the Cape Ann Savings Bank.
To see more, click on the link – Sharon Lowe Photography
Thanks! ~Sharon
Read about how this Boston lesbian had had enough and just flat out pops some dude that had been making degrading remarks toward her.
so much bullshit but we won’t give in..
Hey, an attractive woman is an attractive woman but I’ll never understand men who feel the need to make remarks toward women they don’t even know on the street.
I’ll say this though, if you think it’s bad here in the US you should hear the way men make catcalls toward women in Spain. The men in Spain have ZERO filter in the presence of an attractive woman.
Maybe it’s a whole different psyche over there in Europe but in my experience pre-marriage, catcalling some girl you were interested in was about the worst thing you could ever do if you were trying to pick her up.
Truth.
Winter finally arrives. More shots on the blog:
Squam Creative Services Photography Blog
Rachelauren Somers forwards this photo spread from Juxtapoz Art and Culture Magazine–
UNDER THE C-CUP
Monday January 23, 2012
In response to the over-arching presence of porn-industry aesthetics and plastic surgery perfection in today’s culture of beauty, Laura Jacobs has created a collection of awesomely outlandish nautical-themed bras, exotic aquatic shrines to the power of breasts. Equal parts silly and sexy, these bras directly reflect the duality and often circus-like nature of society’s perceptions and treatment of female sexuality.
Blah blah blah blah blah, to see the other pictures of sea life undergarments at Juxtapoz click here
They call it “Erotica Under the Cup”.
I’ll tell you one thing, some broad whips off her top to expose a lobster/crab claw bra covering up her naughty bits and I’m heading for the hills.
Hello,
My name is Gina Fettig and I am starting the first North Shore chapter of a wonderful organization called Neighbor Brigade. I am the chapter leader and in the future I will be looking for volunteers to be part of a team that helps our fellow citizens in their time of crisis. Volunteers can choose how they want to help depending on the requests the team receives.
I hope you will take a moment to check out www.neighborbrigade.org
If this is something you might want to write about that would be awesome.
Thank yo for your time.
Gina Fettig
Annisquam Village Church Online Auction Team
AVCOnlineAuction@gmail.com
Auction web address
https://www.biddingforgood.com/avc
GloucesterCast Podcast Episode 12
Click here to play or save the podcast 
Taped January 23, 2012 with hosts Joey Ciaramitaro From GoodMorningGloucester.org and Kenny MacCarthy from www.CapeAnnInfo.com
Show Notes:
Due to my miscalculation Kenny announces this as Gloucestercast 11 but it is Gloucestercast 12.
Difference Between Cats and Dogs, seARTS Initaiative for Style Magazine’s Best Arts Community in the Country, Bikini & Speedo Dodgeball Tournament, Next Step Organization, Kenny’s State of Cape Ann Real Estate Segment, Playa del Carmen, Trying To Understand The Lack Of Internet Searching Ability.
Intro music Gloucester Til the End From Earl and Arch available for download free at Gimme Sound
If any of you have the time I’d appreciate if you took a bit and rated the podcast on iTunes here
Hi Joey,
A couple of shots for you.
Suddenly the lights go out. What do you do? We’re sailors, which means candles are at times considered a primary source of light, and losing power really has no meaning. Last night, the whole neighborhood was out, but our living room was bathed in soft candlelight, and the cribbage board replaced the prattle of that black box that hangs on the wall.
The other pic is one of the luxuries of winter. Royal Velvet is now in full bloom! I buy these bulbs at Messelaar Bulb Co. in Ipswich. They have the best. Royal Velvet is 35 inches tall!!!!!
Barbara Boudreau
It’s been forever since I’ve visited the energetic sprite that is Heather Atwood’s site but I did so yesterday. What did I find you ask?
Well she’s done a complete redesign and it looks great. Give H’s site a looksee, I think you’ll agree.
The light snow gave beautiful look to the harbor
as always click for the full sized version
The Degelyse is taking the gear out of the water. Three more loads and it is finito for the season.
Antennae for Design The Descendants
Saturday night we went to see The Descendants and I found this movie enjoyable on many levels. The cinematography, of lush Hawaiian landscapes, was gorgeous. Lingering close-up shots of the actors and dreamy transitions added to the telling of story. Interesting, too, were the clips of suburban Honolulu neighborhoods. Never having been to Hawaii, the film was an eye opener—I don’t imagine Honolulu neighborhoods as a typical L.A. hillside suburb, nor downtown Honolulu with eight lane highways jammed with choking traffic.
Vintage Hawaiian Quilt
The set designs by Matt Callahan mirrored the story beautifully, and I found much inspiration in the furnishings and fabrics, including vintage rattan furniture, appliqué pillows, and bark cloth curtains. Several authentic Hawaiian quilts added a unique touch, and one quilt in particular played a leading role in the telling of the story. The main characters comprise a modern day family descended from a Hawaiian princess. Early in the film, we see a sunny golden yellow and white, slightly tattered and homey, quilt arrayed over the mom, who is lying in a hospital bed, in a coma and dying. The quilt has been brought from the family home to the hospital to provide comfort. In the final scene, the father and children make their way one by one to the family sofa, and eventually all are cozy under the same Hawaiian quilt, watching television together, and sharing bowls ice cream.
What we think of as the classic Hawaiian quilt is characterized by a bold, radial symmetric design (similar to that of a snowflake) or bold, stylized design drawn from nature. The motifs are often times cut from one piece of cloth, unlike patchwork quilts, which are assembled from many smaller pieces of fabric. The design motif is then appliquéd to a contrasting background. And, unlike patchwork quilts, with quilting stitches worked in parallel diagonal, straight, or circular lines, Hawaiian quilters practice “echo” or outline quilting. The stitches follow the inner and outer contours of the design motif.
Much information can be found on Goolge about the history of Hawaiian quilts. Images courtesy of Google search.
The Descendants is based on the book of the same name, written by Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Peter talks with Brad Byrd about his new song Zero to the 101 which was featured on ABC TV’s hit comedy Happy Endings last week. Click here to listen to the song
If you haven’t seen any of Jason Burroughs’ work (mostly creative underwater scenes and Gloucester landmarks), you gotta get down to the Teen Artist Guild gallery at 180B Main Street – definitely worth a look. As you bid, here’s a nice flashback interview with Jason from the summer of 2010 about some of his work:
If you don’t know what’s going on, we’re in the middle of a series of buoys that are being auctioned off to benefit Art Haven. All the buoys from this year’s lobster trap tree will be auctioned off next Friday, the 27th at Cruiseport Gloucester, including the ones featured here. But you can put your bids in now to get your name in the hat. Again, the details:
-If you like a buoy you see, bidding starts at $20, and you can just bid in the comments section below the post, HOWEVER
-Your bid doesn’t become official until you send Art Haven an email (arthaveninfo@gmail.com) saying you’re serious and letting us know how to get in contact with you.
-Finally, if you’re the highest bidder on the blog, that makes your bid the starting bid at the auction. We’ll be in touch about your max bid if you can’t make it to the auction.
If you’ve got any questions, leave ’em in the comments section. Also, check out the artist buoys on Art Haven’s Facebook page and tell us if there are particular buoys you’d like to see go up here. And remember, your money is helping more kids on Cape Ann have access to crazy fun art activities 🙂 Happy bidding!
Bringing it to you first, natch!
This is 18 minutes of video compressed into 1 minute 40 seconds.
The new Boston Tea Party Museum replica ship was launched this morning from East Gloucester Marine Railways.
The ship will be part of a Tea Party museum including the replica ships from the Tea Party and is scheduled to open in June in the Fort Point Channel in Boston. The spot of the museum is close to the original site of the December 1773 tea party, where colonists dumped tea in the harbor to protest British taxes.
Good Morning Gloucester 