Day: May 11, 2020
It’s Hummingbird Feeder War With The Dalpiaz’ Day One
Jimmy and Pat Dalpiaz Rub My Nose In Their Hummingbird Feeder Success After We Got Zero Hummingbird Sightings Last Year. This Year We’re Using The Cheapo Red One As Opposed To The Fancy Green Glass One We Used Last a Year. GAME ON DALPIAZ! GAME ON!
It’s A Hummingbird Feeder War With Pat Dalpiaz: Day One
Jimmy and Pat Dalpiaz Rub My Nose In Their Hummingbird Feeder Success After We Got Zero Hummingbird Sightings Last Year. This Year We’re Using The Cheapo Red One As Opposed To The Fancy Green Glass One We Used Last a Year. GAME ON DALPIAZ! GAME ON!
For the first time in 44 years, no flowers from the Flower Lady at Grant Circle. Hopefully soon.
Photo Joan Bediz

Under the Good Harbor Footbridge
Love this person under the footbridge getting out of the wind.
Mallard Couple Photo From Jackie Bennett
The Monday Night Jam w/ Dennis & Joe – LIVE STREAM 8pm 5.11.2020
Here’s tonight’s schedule!
Jim Coyle : 8-8:20

Brian King : 8:25-8:40

George Hall : 8:45-9:00

Bobby Cardoza (birthday boy): 9:05-9:20

Renee & Joe: 9:25-9:40

Jesse Ciarmataro : 9:45-10:00

Gorf Saul (Geoff Small): 10:05-10:20

Amanda Cook : 10:25-10:40
Dennis Monagle : 10:45-11:00
Tune in here on this group page a little before 8p for greetings and salutations! – D. > https://www.facebook.com/groups/1227095700794122/permalink/1263690163801342/
Fisherman’s Wharf Updated Hours
Around Town #156
GloucesterCast 416 With Ray Johnston, Charles Esdaile, Chris McCarthy, Pat and Jimmy Dalpiaz and Joey C Taped 5/11/20
GloucesterCast 416 With Ray Johnston, Charles Esdaile, Chris McCarthy, Pat and Jimmy Dalpiaz and Joey C Taped 5/11/20
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GloucesterCast 416 With Ray Johnston, Charles Esdaile, Chris McCarthy, Pat and Jimmy Dalpiaz and Joey C Taped 5/11/20
Thank you to the people on the front lines of the crisis that are sacrificing being away from their families- First Responders, Health Care Workers, Grocery Store People, Truckers and anyone else sacrificing to keep things moving.
GloucesterCast Virgins Death Row Meal/Sub Picks
Storms Rage, Gloucester Endures banners at the Cape Ann Museum.
President of the Board Charles Esdaile
1. The Cape Ann Museum recently sent a mailer to its membership asking for donations to The Open Door, can you tell me about that?
2. What else is the Museum doing right now to show support for our community?
3. How can people who want to support Cape Ann’s Frontline Heroes participate in the Pop Up Support Rally on Thursday May 14? Info-
Thu 8:30 PM PDT
Cape Ann Museum
1606 at Beauport Hotel and Seaport Grille Opening For Takeout Thursday
1606 Restaurant andBar At Beauport Will Be Opening Up For Takeout Orders May 14th!
New menu
Seaport Grille will be open for takeout orders only, starting Thursday, May 14th
Thursday, May 14th – Sunday, May 17th
12 Noon – 8 pm
Starting Thursday, May 24th we will be open 7 days a week
12 Noon – 8 pm
Essex Seafood on 133 2 alarm fire
ESSEX, MASS. (WHDH) – Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at a restaurant in Essex late Sunday night.
Crews responded to a reported fire at Essex Seafood on Eastern Avenue around 11 p.m.
The blaze left the building charred.
No additional information has been released.
Mama Duck on Mother’s Day
We happened by this proud mama duck and her ducklings on Mother’s Day. She was doing a bang up job keeping them all in line. I have trouble keeping my two in check…. she had seven following her closely.
Updated Restaurants Offering Groceries and Essentials
As expected, this chart needed updating about 20 minutes after I first published it last week, so here’s an update as of May 11 2020. I hope you find it helpful but please keep in mind changes to this information are likely. Gloucester restaurants and cafes offering groceries, pantry items or other essentials in addition to their menus:
Plum Cove Beach at High Tide
GloucesterCast 416 Live-streaming Monday at 10AM with Charles Esdaile, Ray Johnston, Chris McCarthy, Jimmy and Pat and Joey C

Joey C Breadmaking Adventures: A Couple Of Things I’ve Learned and A New Cheap Breadmaking Tool To Make You Look Like a Pro
OK first thing I’ve learned is not to improvise too much.
When you find a recipe if you think that adding extra salt because you like salt or letting it rise longer will make it fluffier, stop thinking.
There are ratios that you use that are there for a reason- too hot of water, too much salt, too long a proof time can all destroy the structure of the glutens in your bread.
If you are a beginner like me, just stick to a couple of simple tried and tested recipes and through the making of the bread you’ll begin to understand the reasons why you do certain things.
One little thing I learned is that there is such thing as too long a proofing time. If you’re supposed to leave it overnight, 24 hours is going to be too long in the no knead bread recipe I use. What happens is the dough rises and rises and the air bubbles spread out the dough and then when you cook it, the bread doesn’t have that rise. It comes out more like a disc.
The other simple tip I have for you is to buy a lam (pronounced laam) It is a tool to score your bread and make fancy designs. If you try to score your bread with anything other than a super razor sharp knife you’ll make a mess of it. You need crisp cut lines cut in just before you’re going to pop it in the oven.
This way when it rises it will peel back a bit and make the bread have those cool ear’s on the top and if you put a little extra flour on top before you do so, those cuts will be even more pronounced.
Here’s a link to a bread scoring lame on Amazon
SAINT GERMAIN Premium Hand Crafted Bread Lame with 6 Blades Included – Best Dough Scoring Tool with Authentic Leather Protective Cover
It’s under $15 and it comes with a bunch of blades. Scoring bread this setup will last you decades.
Here’s a video showing all the cool things you can do with a bread lame-
Check Out Kim Smith’s Excellent Blog
I’d like to thank Kim for her years at Good Morning Gloucester. She is an incredible photographer and writer and her own blog has grown tremendously throughout the time she’s been with us here at GMG.
We want to wish her the best and congratulate her on her success, growing personally and professionally.
I’m going to leave a link up here at the top of the blog so all our readers have a chance to find her blog and bookmark it if they haven’t already done so.
You’ll also be able to find the latest updates to her butterfly film and a new weekly web series where she highlights wonderful things happening around Gloucester.