Dear Joey,
Manny’s photos are amazing!
He is a gifted, reliable, incredibly generous, SO creative and devoted contributor to making the magic of GMG fly.
I am in awe of how he can put people at their ease and draw them into spontaneous, natural, beautiful character studies…no matter what age, what background, their faces come alive and you just wanta know more about them, and you realize: Manny is truly our good-will Ambassador, welcoming them to Gloucester with photographic honor and hugs.
Just look at his work with happy people on the harbor shuttle, hard-working people on the docks (like you Joey!), school students in Gloucester, and man’s best friend: he goes for it, everyday, and it must take hours…
His posts about DES and Our Lady of Good Voyage and the St Peter’s Fiesta bring such important (and beautiful!) recognition to faith, family and generations of people who (along with many others) just make this place so real, so alive, so down to earth and not “fake for tourists.”
I grew up in Cape May long before it got discovered and so over-developed. We always called our walkway along the ocean “the promenade.”
Half the time i still call Stacyboulevard “the promenade” too! Why? Because people LOVE to walk this gorgeous, flower-filled (or sleet hammered) way, great for dogs and wheelchairs and strollers because people CRAVE being close to the Ocean, as close as they can get by “promenading” for joy, health, pleasure…
“Dar un paseo, dar un paseo.”
Manny, you and your photos are an absolute treasure and a magnificent monument to the real Gloucester, our Gloucester and its heart: our boulevard, our promenade.
Thanks Joey for sticking up for Manny (and our town) in the most positive, passionate way!
Abrazos!
Eleanor Marks
Good Morning Gloucester 
So very well said. All true!
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Thank you for the thoughtful and kind words. GMG has many great contributors.
Manuel
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