Month: June 2014
What a way to spend a Sunday on June 1, 2014
Kayaking around beautiful Gloucester Harbor.
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Who Remembers The Catnip Man?
I did a post about a year ago on the Catnip Man
https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2013/06/29/who-remembers-the-catnip-man/. I received an email today from Ann Flood of Florence, Oregon with this picture. She and her husband operate a collectibles shop there called Treasures by the Dunes.
In 2005, they purchased this painting of the Catnip Man at an auction in New Hampshire. She came across my GMG post while searching for information about the man in the painting, who they both initially thought was a sea captain, and so had purchased the painting because they live on the coast in Oregon. There is no identification as to the artist, who may have been from Beverly because of his note on the back about The Catnip Man standing in front of Salem 5 Cent Savings Bank (presumably the one on Cabot Street in Beverly where Catnip Bill spent a good deal of time during the last years of his life) selling bags of fresh green catnip.
I think it is pretty cool that Catnip Bill has been gone for over 50 years, but he still keeps popping up in unexpected ways.
E.J. Lefavour
http://www.hobbithousestudio.com
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Carry In/Carry Out Rock Get Replaced By a Pile Of Abandoned Trash
Here’s a big bag of suck from Janet Rice. (yesterday’s feel good story of the day gets turned on it’s ear by some rotten bastards)
Janet Rice reports-
Last evening I stopped by the Good Harbor footbridge to enjoy the sunset and I noticed something was missing and something was added.No nicely painted rock to remind people to take care of our beach and a big pile of trash to replace it. Really? So sad….
Here’s the post from yesterday that had everyone cheering-
SOMEONE HAS A SWEET WAY TO GET ACROSS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER…
Posted on June 2, 2014 by Joey C 5 comments Edit Post
Janet Rice submits-
A nicely painted rock with an important public service message at the Good Harbor Footbridge.( Thank you to the person who took the time to do this-made my day! )
Best-Janet Rice
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Dave Sag’s Thursday night blues party at the Rhumb Line to host Sax Gordon 8:30-11:30pm 6.4.2014
This could be my highlight of the summer,so c’mon down to the Rummie and grin and barbaric to the likes of that Saxophone wizard: Mr. Gordon “Sax” Beadle. Gordon bleu will have you rockin’ in the aisles with his drug resistant strain of infectious musical madness. This guy really scares me sometimes: he’s so up and away that I get the chills along with my shortness of pants.
He’s travelled the world with his take on rhythm and blooz, backed up everybody, and I’m so honored that he still finds time to come up here and entertain us. Take your Wayfarin®!
And he’s bringing along one of the most sympathetic Qatarists I know in the guise of Mr. Mike DiBari. This Kat knows all the chords! Tintinnabulations provided by Broomful drumbler Mr. Chris Rivelli. Me on base. Don’t miss it!
THE RHUMB LINE BAR & RESTAURANT
40 Railroad Ave.
Gloucester, MA 01930
phone: 978-283-9732
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Wednesdays with Fly Amero ~ Special Guest: Allen Estes
Wednesdays Only:
Prime Rib is BACK!!! $12.95!
Wednesday, June 4th
Special Music Guest: ALLEN ESTES!
Prime Rib is BACK!!! $12.95!
Wednesday, June 4th
Special Music Guest: ALLEN ESTES!
photo by Donna Amero
Recently, Allen has been filling in as host here and there when
I’m on the road. This week, we get to play together again!
How many times have I mentioned how lucky we are to have
him here on the island? Such a great spirit! Allen Estes! ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Prime Rib, $12.95!(while they last)
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Plus – Check out Fred’s rockin’ new wine menu!
Coming soon…
Jon Butcher
Charlee Bianchini
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward…
…to seeing you there! 🙂 ~ Fly
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B.R.I.L.L.I.A.N.T, I tell you!!!
Where has this been all my life!?
I can’t buy one fast enough. The problem is that the places that really need them will never install them. What a beautiful world this could be!!
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Guess Who’s Sitting in my Seat?
Guess Who’s Sitting In My Seat?
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Pasta with Rope Mussels and Smoked Chourico
Pasta with Rope Mussels and Chourico
Our dear family friend Toby Pett stop by the house with a special delivery Saturday afternoon
Toby’s visits always include a special treat of some kind! He usually comes bearing delicious, assorted cheeses, bottles of fine wine and on occasion handy kitchen gadget of some sort. Saturday’s visit was no excepting. When the door bell rang, and Coconut began barking, I peeked out the window and noticed his tan truck in the driveway. I greeted Toby at the front door where he stood grasping a white shopping bag, sporting his big happy smile. As I opened the door, Toby said “I brought you a few things today, and one of them I’m hoping you don’t already own.” Tobey knows how much I love our conversations about food, cooking and fine wines! He and I have been know to chat hours about our passions for good food and delicious wines. As Toby entered and walked over to my kitchen island, the excitement to learn what was in the bag grew…. he reached into the white bag and pulled out a container of marinated Colossal Green Olives, and said, ” I know you loves olives…so enjoy these how ever you please, but have you ever cooked with this? …as he removed 4 large links of Smoked Chourico Caserio. The smell of the smoked Chourico was mouth watering. He then pulled out a beautiful hammered copper dome shaped pan, one in which I had never seen before, and said, “do you have a “Cataplana?”…and immediately began explaining the uniqueness of cooking with a Cataplana- a traditional Portuguese seafood pan. The copper pan, cooks very much like a pressure cooker, and has been commonly used to cook seafood dishes in Portuguese kitchens for many generations. After admiring, and thanking Toby for his generous and thoughtful gifts, he shared some of his favorite dishes prepared with seafood in this pan over the years. During our conversation Toby encouraged me to create a new recipe for Sista’s Dish GMG post. I used the Cataplana yesterday for the first time, and I’m loving it! It easy to use, cook awesome, and love that it makes one dish meals in minutes. I highly recommend purchasing a Cataplana. This traditional Portuguese seafood pan get a two thumbs up in my kitchen this week!
Yesterday I whipped up this incredible pasta dish for a late luch my husband Barry and I shared. This handy copper pan, cooked an amazing one dish meal in less then 20 minutes. The flavor of the Smoked Chourico, combined with the Rope Mussels was outstanding! Pasta with Rope Mussels and Smoked Chourico is a quick and easy recipe that’s delicious enough to serve as an entrée or appetizer this summer!
Toby, thank you for the treasures that inspired me to create this tasty fast and easy new recipe!
For Step-by-Step recipe details and photos click continue Continue reading “Pasta with Rope Mussels and Smoked Chourico”
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Tick Tock…
The Stage Is Being Set-
Within this trailer, the St Peter’s Fiesta Altar Is About To Become Erected Once Again To Bring On The Greatest Time Of The Year For Our Fair City.
Gloucester’s Superbowl- The Saint Peter’s Fiesta 2014 Edition- Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
Mike Lindberg’s Classic Here (I don’t know why but I tear up every time I watch this)-
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Wingaersheek Beach Outing, circa 1900
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Celebrate diversity!
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Tuesday June 3rd , 2014 Cape Ann Weather !
Marine Forecast ….
Small Craft Advisory !
Tue SE winds 5 to 10 kt…increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
Tue Night SE winds 10 to 15 kt…diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Patchy fog. A chance of showers. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY!! With offshore storm very slowly moving away to the east , will continue to produce big surf 4-6ft waves on top of tide .. There is also a strong rip current …
Beach Forecast… Temps 66-74° , sunny early / clouds late .. Winds SE 15-20mph , water temps 56° …
UV INDEX 6 .. Chance of evening storm .
Forecast pretty much the same as yesterday warm temps 70’s coast / 80’s inland with SE winds at the shore 15-20mph .. Mostly Sunny early increasing clouds late . Chance of a storm early evening hours …
Tuesday Night temps mid to upper 50’s light SE winds …
Hourly Forecast
Look Ahead …
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Community Stuff 6/3/14
Hi All,
You are cordially invited to the GHS Greenhouse Ribbon Cutting this coming Tuesday, June 3rd 2014 at 3PM.
Refreshments to follow, provided by GHS Culinary Department and Gloucester U Cooking and Chemistry Classes.
Many different Gloucester groups under the direction of GHS Culinary Arts teacher Mr. Patrick Reardon have come together to provide “seed money” and labor for the NEW GHS Greenhouse. These include: GHS Environmental Club to Gloucester Education Foundation, GHS Culinary Department to Wolf Hill Gardens
The GHS Greenhouse will be used to support the GHS Culinary Department and Gloucester U’s Cooking and Chemistry Classes, as well as science experiments for the GHS Science Department.
Gloucester U is also looking for students who would like to help with the GHS Greenhouse over the summer session (see http://gloucesteru.weebly.com). The new Greenhouse is outside the far side of the Science Wing at GHS, next to the pre-school children’s play area. Please come and visit sometime – but please don’t pick the flowers!
Best,
Mark
Essex Merchants Group’s Online Auction is Open
Essex Merchants Group is excited to offer over 125 items donated by Essex individuals and businesses up for bid now until Monday, June 16th at 8 PM.
You’ll find gift certificates from the town’s restaurants and many of its antique shops, plus fine art, specialty gift baskets, marine goods, landscaping and carpentry services, concert tickets, and museum memberships. Fishing charters and cruises on the Essex River are well represented too.
A few highlights on the auction block:
- Paul Russell’s vintage car tour
- Private 1 1/2 hour cruise for 42 people on Essex River Cruises’ River Queen
- Large bronze and glass dragonfly garden sculpture by Chris Williams
- Oil paintings by local artists, Teri Eramo of Eventide Fine Art Gallery and Robert Hanlon of Walker Creek Furniture and Art Gallery
- Family portrait session from Underwood Photography
- Cogswell’s Grant tickets to Herrmann’s Royal Lipizzan Stallions
All proceeds from the auction go to promoting Essex.
Click here to browse, register and bid!
Morning Joey!
Attached is a flyer for our old time carnival happening in Millbrook Meadow this coming Sunday. I’m not sure which version is easier for you to post, so I’m attaching both a pdf and a jpeg. We truly appreciate you posting this for us!
Thank you!
Shannon
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seARTS 2014 Partner With an Artist Program
seARTS 2014 Partner With an Artist Program:
Call to Artists and Application Guidelines
seARTS invites artists to apply for Partner With an Artist Grants
Partner With an Artist (PWA), seARTS signature artist grant program, provides grants to artists to create new work — in any medium: visual, performing, multimedia art — in partnership with local businesses. PWA’s focus is to celebrate the arts, strengthen partnerships with the business community, and to promote a vibrant and culturally rich economy on Cape Ann.
The 2014 PWA program will connect with three of Cape Ann’s Cultural Districts: Essex River, Harbortown and Rocky Neck. Jurors will award three $1,500 grants, totaling $4,500, to artists who collaborate with a business in a Cape Ann Cultural District. One artist or project in each of three Cultural Districts will receive a grant. Each completed project will be presented in its Cultural District for the public to experience and enjoy.
Partnership with a business: This is an opportunity for artists and businesses to explore a creative relationship. We seek to fund innovative projects where artists and businesses work together to explore new opportunities only made possible by collaborating. A business might provide goods, services, or space for a project.
Creating opportunities for artists: PWA supports artists and encourages creative new work that connects to the local community and that will attract residents and visitors to explore and enjoy the Cultural District.
Grants: One $1,500 grant will be awarded to one artist in partnership with a business located in each of these three Cultural Districts: Rocky Neck, Harbortown and Essex Cultural Districts.
Please note: Projects in the Rockport Cultural District are not eligible. A grant was awarded in the Rockport Cultural District in 2012.
Phase One:
April – June 2014
Grant applications will be solicited by seARTS for artists collaborating with a business in each of these three Cultural Districts:
Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District
Gloucester’s Harbortown Cultural District
Essex River Cultural District
Phase Two:
June 2014
One grant of $1,500 will be awarded to one artist collaborating with a business in each of these three Cultural Districts:
Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District
Gloucester’s Harbortown Cultural District
Essex River Cultural District
Phase Three:
September-October 2014
Completed projects will be presented in their Cultural Districts.
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Resources and Links:
PWA Overview
Massachusetts Cultural Council
www.facebook.com/GloucestersRockyNeckCulturalDistrict
TIMELINE
Application Deadline: June 20, 2014
Award Notifications: June 27, 2014
Public Project Presentations: September/October 2014
HOW TO APPLY
If you are a current member of seARTS, there is no fee to apply for this program. To join or renew your membership please visit www.searts.org/wp/joinsupport/. If you wish to apply, but not join seARTS, there is a $25 application fee.
APPLICATION must include:
1. Cover sheet with contact information: name, street address, email, phone number(s), and names of all artists and business partners involved in the project.
2. Resume or C.V.
3. $25 application fee for non-member applicants.
4. One page project description, including a description of how the partnership will work. Identify the business partner(s): company name, street address, contact person, email and phone number(s)
5. Budget including in-kind donations.
6. Work samples:
Visual Art: 10-20 images numbered and titled on CD-ROM readable on Macintosh. Jpeg files at 300dpi, approximately 4” x 5”.
Media, Performance or Sound Art: 5 minutes on DVD or CD, with numbered media list that corresponds to work samples.
DEADLINE: All applications must by received no later than June 6.
Contact information: pwa.searts@gmail.com or 978-281-1222
Send your application to: pwa.searts@gmail.com or seARTS/PWA, P.O. Box 1476, Gloucester, MA 01931
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Manchester Athletic Club 2014 Summer Programs
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The Paper House In Rockport Is An Interesting Joint
Went This Weekend With The Kids, Check It Out Some Time, Everything’s Made Of Paper
from the website-
About The Paper House
The Paper House is an actual house made from paper.
Newspaper.
It was built by Mr. Elis F. Stenman, a mechanical engineer who designed the machines that make paper clips, began building his Rockport summer home out of paper as a hobby. That was in 1922.The paper was meant to be good insulation. Eventually, not only was the house made of paper, but furniture as well, including some intricate and beautiful pieces.
For more about the background, read the interview with his grand niece. For an interesting look at what you’ll see, let’s step inside.
Here’s the website- http://paperhouserockport.com/index.html
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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Found on Niles Beach Sunday Afternoon
Nathan from Littleton found this message in a bottle. The bottle had been sealed with a cork and wax. He’s promised to write in to the comment section at GMG to let us know what was written on the note!
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“Alaric’s March,” a short film shot in Gloucester, by high school student Will Bermudez
Check out this short film, shot in Gloucester, by Will Bermudez, for the Lexington High School Film Festival. Will is the son of my friend Claudia Bermudez and he won second place in the festival! You’ll see scenes of Brace Cove, the Paint Factory, the train station, and more. So many congratulations Will–just beautiful!
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Our Quadruple Pincer Clawed and Blue Lobster Has Company With Today’s yellow Lobster!!!
Yellow Lobster-Blue Lobster-Quadruple Pincer Lobster All Landed In Gloucester at Captain Joe and Sons
Crazy, right? There’s Nowhere that you can go to see these three lobster mutants in the same place let alone same lobster crate but we’ve got them her at our lobster dock, Captain Joe and Sons In Gloucester
Way More Pictures and Video when you click below this first picture-
Good Morning Gloucester 