My View of Life on the Dock
Through a program called Bailee’s Backpacks, seven-year-old Bailee Militello is working with Senator Bruce Tarr, Action, Inc., North Shore 104.9 and the Gloucester Block Parties to help needy Gloucester children get the supplies they need to start school off on the right track. Check out the video, filmed by Lisa Smith at Cape Ann TV, yesterday.
You can also see this video streaming on Cape Ann TV’s wicked cool new on-line streaming feature here.
Fred Bodin submits-
Noah Willett landed a 28.5 inch “football fat” striper. As Marty Luster said on GMG, this is The Gift. Your children will treasure these experiences as long as they live, and then pass them on to your grandchildren. You think this young man will ever forget this? Well, read Marty’s post: https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/the-gift/ Noah is 8. He looks so proud it could break your heart. The charter boat is owned by Vito Demetri, AKA “The Striper King,” Captain of the F/V Pavilion, out of Gloucester. Noah’s father Peter says that Vito’s rates are very reasonable. Where did Capt. Vito drop the hook? Outside (the breakwater) is all I can say. Most pro fishermen won’t reveal the exact location of where they hit the “money fish.” But I will tell you where the fish are: “In the water!”
Caleb Willett landed this 31″ striper. Don’t he look proud? Older brother Caleb is 11 years old. His parents, Peter and Leah Willett, have raised two outstanding children. Parents Peter and Leah Willett are long time customers, and his birthday is July 28th, same as Jackie and me.
Len Burgess submits-
Essex Shipbuilding Museum’s flagship “Lewis H. Story” was a big attraction at the Salem Maritime Festival on Saturday. Intentionally rolling the ship over at low tide, as shown, is how the original Chebbaco 2-man fishing schooners of the 1700’s would unloaded their catch of the day and also the way they would repair and paint the bottom when the tide was out. The Shipbuilding Museum’s booth at the festival was also very busy all afternoon.
-Photos by Len Burgess
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I’ve had roast beef sandwiches late night since back in my days at Bishop Fenwick in 83. Had em all over the place.
Listen to me right now- Kelly’s Roast Beef isn’t even in the same stratosphere as Nick’s Roast Beef. I could rattle off two or three other roast beef joints that decimate Kelly’s Roast Beef in the roast beef game. 9 times out of 10 Kelly’s comes with gray dried out meat. Nothing like the succulent rare beef you’re gonna get at Nicks.
Supreme’s, Rockport House easily better than Kelly’s. Not to mention you go to Kelly’s and their prices are freakin outrageous.
I’ll give Kelly’s props all day long for the video though. Outstanding.
A rap video don’t make the beef taste better though bro.
When you want the best its Nick’s FTW.
Photos taken on the NY-PA border.
Hello: My name is Mister Major, I am a male, three-month-old active kitten who is orange-and-white. I am at the Cape Ann Animal Aid located at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter in Gloucester.
I have been asked to remind you about “Dog Day “on Sept. 15, the Golf Tournament on September 23 and the Sunset Cruise on Sat., August 17 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. aboard Capt. Bill’s from Harbor Loop with complimentary refreshments. Tickets are available at the CAAA, Animal Krackers, Cape Ann Vet Hospital, Nothshore Vet Hospital and Essex Bird Shop & Pet Supply. Please check our website at: CapeAnnAnimalAid.com for more information.
years of duty. eroded by time and elements
Part II
The Essex Shipbuilding Museum Proudly Presents!
A new model of the Evelina M. Goulart
Presentation and Model introduction by Paul Gran
Tuesday, August 13 at 7 p.m.
Essex Shipbuilding Museum Water Line Center
Paul, an American and Israeli citizen, has lived in Israel, for the past 35 years. He and his wife, Brenda, have spent many summers in Rockport. Paul, 72, has been a hobbyist since he was a teenager. He started building model ships, including the U.S.S. Constitution and the Titanic. He is perhaps best known to Cape Ann folk for his model of the Andrea Gail that debuted two years ago at the Cape Ann Museum.
Shipbuilding is not new to Paul. In the 1970s, he was the chief engineer of a yacht-building company in Korea. While there, he built a ketch, the Brenda Lynn. After a nearly five-year journey around the world with his wife and daughters, they ended up in Israel, where they settled. Paul who has an electrical engineering degree from Penn State and a master’s degree in computer science from UCLA, founded companies there, mostly start-ups producing electronic medical equipment. He loves building accurate model ships and feels it is not that much different from building real ones as he’s done both.
Paul will give us insights into what is involved in model making by discussing the many aspects of building the model, including design considerations and the fabrication of some of the components.
Please join us in the Water Line Center of the Essex Shipbuilding Museum at 7:30 p. m. on August 13.
Admission $8 members,
$10 nonmembers
For more information call (978) 768-7541
www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org
66 Main Street, Essex MA
Lanesville Art Show Special Event: Unveiling of the Lanesville Quilt
On Friday, August 9, at 4:30 PM, a special preview event will precede the official opening of the annual Art in Lanesville show at the Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street, Gloucester.
We will unveil the newest addition to the Gloucester Council on Aging Neighborhood of Quilts project—the Lanesville quilt. This vibrant piece of fiber art showcases many iconic images of the Lanesville village and represents the collaborative work of many Gloucester seniors.
Participants from the Rose Baker Senior Center, who created the quilt under the artistic direction of artist Juni Van Dyke, will attend the event and will be available to discuss the project.
Mayor Carolyn Kirk will also attend as a special guest to welcome the artists. Please join us to celebrate this community event.
Cape Ann resident L.M. Vincent, author of IN SEARCH OF MOTIF NO. 1, will be reading from and signing copies of his latest book, SAVING DR. BLOCK, at Manchester-by-the-Book, 27 Union Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, on August 9, at 8 PM. A departure from his previous non-fiction history of Rockport’s famed fish shack–which was a finalist for the 2011 Non-fiction Book of the Year by the Massachusetts Center for the Book–SAVING DR. BLOCK is comic fiction, a coming-of-age caper that takes place in Kansas City in 1963.
Twelve-year-old Howard Block has a lot on his mind. If being bullied in gym class every Tuesday and Thursday, an overprotective mother, and the stress of preparing for his upcoming Bar Mitzvah weren’t enough, Howard’s father has just been named in a fraudulent medical malpractice suit. Inspired by a new movie sensation, the British secret agent James Bond, Howard recruits best friends Mike Hunsacker and Irwin “Stinky” Devinki for a crack undercover team to thwart the psychiatrist villain Chadwick Huntley and his patient/accomplice Hannah Stringer. Like 007, Howard learns there’s always a female involved, which doesn’t make his mission to save Dr. Block any easier. This touching and often hilarious book follows Howard’s journey to self-discovery and manhood during an era of cultural divides between Jew and Gentile, black and white, and even father and son.
A native of Kansas City and former editor of the Harvard Lampoon, L.M. Vincent has published both fiction and non-fiction, and his plays have been produced regionally and Off-Off-Broadway. A former member of the Kansas City Ballet Company, he was one of the earliest investigators of eating disorders and menstrual problems in classical ballet dancers, and is considered a pioneer in the field of Dance Medicine. He currently is on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School. He and his wife have two grown daughters and divide their time between Cape Ann and Seattle, WA.
Some pictures from the Fiesta by the Sea in Manchester. Great music. lots of crafts, good food and good weather!
Hi Joey,
Photos from Saturday night’s Beaux Arts Ball. Again, I live over the bridge and by virtue of knowing Marianne in Bayview, I get to be part of these events. The food was plentiful and delicious and the band, Le Prestige,very professional.
More photos: http://finedesign.net/photo/index.php?/category/29
Michael
Hey Joey,
On a recent road trip (totaling over 3,300 miles round trip) to Minnesota, I thought I could shed some light on this little known fact about a widely know river.
The Mississippi River starts from Lake Itasca, MN when it simply flows over a merely 12 foot wide rock barrier to my left in the picture. From there, “THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI BEGINS TO FLOW ON IT’S WINDING WAY 2552 MILES TO THE GULF OF MEXICO.”
Ryan
Stone’s Pub
P.S. Also learned that rescue pups can grow up to be brave dogs! Caroline got up to 40mph on the Jet Ski! www.capeannanimalaid.com
www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks
Dear Joey,
My wonderful hound is still missing. Every day that goes by i fear
his foot may be caught in a pile of rocks and coyotes
may be tearing him apart. I’ve walked in the woods but i don’t know
them that well.
GMG followers who know the woods of Dogtown,
Quarry areas, and Cape Ann, I need you !! As a writer/photographer,
I’ll document our search and collect your stories of the woods
if you have any. Please come walk in the woods and help me find this
amazing and much loved dog. Know the best maps of the woods ? Tell me.
You love the woods, and so does my hound. Let’s make this a woods-lovers and dog-lovers success story !
Thanks, everyone.
alexandra stella d’maris
lanesville
suburban_seaqueen@yahoo.com
MOVIE EXTRAS WANTED
The HBO Mini-Series entitled “Olive Kitteridge” will be shooting in the Cape Ann (Gloucester/Rockport/Manchester/Essex) and the North Shore area this coming September through November.
The film is looking for men and women who might be interested in taking part as extras (or background actors) for our production. We are particularly looking for small town New England seacoast characters: i.e. fishermen, dockworkers, bar goers, townsfolk, coffee shop regulars and others.
The casting call will be held this coming Saturday, August 10th from 9:00am-2:00pm at the Kyrouz Auditorium at Gloucester City Hall, 9 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930.
PLEASE: No one under 25 years old. PLEASE : Bring a recent, non-returnable, snapshot or photo with a photo ID. If you are selected, these are paid positions.
Next to my car on Magnolia Beach, these cuties love the clover that borders Magnolia Beach Parking lot with Clark Pond. So darn cute.
Tristan visits Gloucester and takes a quick jog on the new track. (see GDT Article)
Tristan also became a track star at Princeton University, and ran in the 2010 Boston Marathon.
One of my favorite artists is Robert Smithson (1938-1973), and I especially love his seminal earthwork Spiral Jetty, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and created in 1970. The Brace Cove Sculptor created a mini-spiral jetty at the high tide line the other day, and it was fun to be reminded again of Smithson’s Spiral Jetty.
Spiral Jetty is an earthwork sculpture made from rock and earth and is located on the northern end of the Great Salt Lake. Three new guardians are working to protect and promote the Spiral Jetty, and they are Dia Art Foundation, based out of New York City, the Great Salt Lake Institute, and the Utah Museum of Fine Art. For more information visit Siral Jetty.
Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty
Images Courtesy Google Image search
A true New York City institution, CHICAGO has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; and one show-stopping song after another. No wonder CHICAGO has been honored with 6 Tony Awards®, 2 Olivier Awards®, and a Grammy®.
When: Tuesday August 6 – Sunday August 11 . 2013
All performances @ 7:30pm
Where: Annisquam Village Hall
36 Leonard Street, off of Route 127 North
Annisquam village in Gloucester MA 01930
Ticket Info: Reserved Seating $32.
General Admission $16.
General Admission and Reserved Seating tickets can be ordered online.
Go to www.annisquamvillageplayers.com and click on Tickets.
General Admission tickets (but not reserved seating tickets) may be purchased after July 22nd at the following locations:
Directions: http://annisquamvillageplayers.com/directions-parking
The Annisquam Village Hall is air-conditioned and handicap accessible.
Refreshments served at intermission.
Good Morning Gloucester 