The flags have been installed on the Boulevard once again and they are beautifully inspiring. Thank you to all for the time, energy and funds to display these symbols of freedom and patriotism to thank our veterans: the DPW, Mayor Sefatia, Pauline Bresnahan to name a few. The holiday weekend is now official.

Huge movement going around town with different Facebook groups starting up to randomly drop off wine gift baskets or beer at people’s houses as acts of kindness during the pandemic.

Well my beautiful bride asked this question a couple of nights ago:

and wouldn’t you know Jimmy and Pat Dalpiaz came through:

Very sweet

BEER ME BRO!(or sis) Gloucester/Rockport

Throughout these last weeks in isolation, I have been keeping a journal. I knew right away that nothing was ever going to be the same again for all of us and I wanted to document my reactions as well as general news. For each daily entry, I tried to include one thing that made me smile that day. Today, I share with you what made me smile yesterday.  Yesterday’s lovely busy day on the harbor made it almost feel normal again.

When Kate and I bought our boat it had a pretty janky sound system on it.  There were speakers that were mounted to the t-Tops with bungy cords and the wiring for it was duct taped down the rails.  The sound system sounded decent but was really trashy looking.  couldn’t have it.  In the console there was the stereo system that took up a bunch of the space and the lettering on the control knobs were worn off.  it was big and cumbersome.  If I had to rate the whole set-up i’d have given it a 2 on a scale from 1-10.  it did provide sound but it just looked like shit.

So after we took the boat out of the water last year I knew when we started to work on it that the duct tape had to go.

After researching I was thinking I might get a large bluetooth waterproof speaker and just keep it in the console but when searching waterproof bluetooth speakers I came across these 6.5 inch marine bluetooth speakers that would run off our cell phones wirelessly.  It paired immediately as soon as we fired them up with my cell phone and then Joey Ciolino tried and he immediately paired up too!

Really sweet way to get tuns on your boat for next to nothing and actually have better options for listening to music than an old school boat stereo head unit.

They’re $65 on Amazon Link to Purchase and Reviews Here

So we took out the head unit (stereo part) and installed these which only require power and they sound awesome!

Listen to them in our test here-

Danielle Denman reports in The Gillnetter that Gloucester High School Seniors will be able to celebrate graduation June 21 in the high school parking lot for a drive-in video presentation of “A Celebration of the Class of 2020”.  Also, a Senior Night Awards Video will be shared with families Friday June 19. Additionally, an in-person graduation ceremony has been scheduled for Sunday Aug 2. More info at this link.

We wish all the seniors well as they navigate the beginning of adulthood in a “new” world. Congratualtions on your hard work and effort over the years! High school website linked here. 

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