Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey – As requested, I’ve uploaded a video of the hardy souls who did the Polar Plunge today to support the Rotary International campaign against polio. There were about 200 plungers and watchers. And, a good time was had by all.

Long Beach at Cape Ann Motor Inn: air temp 35◦F, ocean temp 43◦F, wind 13 mph

The footage [approx. 9 minutes] is not edited so here are some time stamps:

0:00 Prelims and herding the Plungers

4:20 Introductions

6:00 Running and plunging into the ocean

6:38 Running out of the ocean

7:00 Recovery: Finding clothes and warming up

Please post. Thanks very much, Lucinda Seigel, Cape Ann Communications

​Howdy Joey –

Members of YMCA TEEN LEADERS each rocked in rocking chairs for 24-straight-sleepless hours over MLK Weekend.  For that extreme effort, they are asking folks to donate non-perishable food items for friends, families and neighbors in need.  So far they have collected the equivalent of 5,181 non-perishable food items for our community.

They would like me to ask you to help them reach their goals, so that they may help more folks AND dye my hair electric blue. 100% of all donations will go to support The Open Door and/or the St. Vincent DePaul Society. Cash or cans…whatever is easiest for you. Accepting donations at the Y through February 9.

Hi Joey – As you know the Rotary Polar Plunge is tomorrow Saturday Feb 4 at Cape Ann Motor Inn/CAMI.  Timing sounds a little casual, but check-in is supposed to end ~10:45 a.m.   “Plunging” begins at 11 a.m.     Everyone will be gone by 1 p.m.

The event URL  is  http://www.gloucesterrotary.us/fund-raising/polar-plunge-2017/ 

Cape Ann Motor Inn is   http://capeannmotorinn.com/

Blanks Ready For New Designs-

New prototypes for internally lit openers-

Kate and I became infatuated with Mike and Wendy’s Instagram Pages a couple of years ago,  stalking their interesting coastal lives in Mystic Seaport and admiring their cool business creating custom Bottle openers,  key chains, coasters, and shavers.  

Finally we made it down to Mystic where they treated us to a great night of dinner,  drinks and conversation.  

You need to check out their website and Instagram pages-

www.mwcoastalgoods.com

@mwcoastalgoods 

@mwhille 

These are about the coolest gifts ever and I can think of about a million different scenarios where these would be appropriate.  Think of a wedding party gift.  Perfect, right?

I’m not sure how Mike and Wendy are doing this morning but Jesus did we get after it last night. #alchoholpoisoning

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TBT Post responds. 

To be clear Donna and I tried to reach out several times. 

From TBT Post-

Hello and good morning GMG,

TBT Post Gloucester would like to  enlighten you in reference to your Blog. We have always enjoyed a great business relationship with you. Therefore, surprised you did not contact TBT Post to verify the information m the Blog.

Please see the attached Blog below.

Mario and I are heart broken that the TBT Post Store in Gloucester is closed. The blog was like a stab in the heart.

The Blog has a picture of TBT Post Rockport Store “last month” and a picture for “this month” showing the new art gallery located their.

TBT Post Rockport Store closed in a great injustice to us and Cape Ann at the end of September 2016 and not last month.

The communications that TBT Post sent out on January 16, 2017 was 100% true that the store was not closing. What happened after January 16th 2017 was even more of a surprise to us than anyone.

TBT Post Gloucester, Rockport, Salem and Beverly did not closed the joint/s as mentioned.  Instead we lost all of our stores in an injustice put upon us. Not only did we loose the stores we lost every penny the company owned.

I was in Gloucester this past Monday and was immediately surrounded by shop owners and customers asking us to please come back. Thank you to all of them.

As I have always said over and over again from the heart we love you Gloucester!!!

Mario and Richard had a meeting just yesterday discussing how to raise funds to come back. Including discussing other options to come back to Gloucester since we grew so attached to the community, business partners and our customers as well.

TBT Post had a great business plan for Gloucester 2017. We would like to mention a few as follows:

1. A marketing campaign entitled “Eat & Shop Gloucester Main Street.” TBT Post customers would be allowed to come into the store and receive a 10% discount off their entire order by showing a current day receipt from any restaurant and/or food & beverage establishment on Main Street. Once the pilot proved to be effective it would be expanded out to all of Gloucester food & beverage establishment and the new hotel.

2.  TBT Post kicked off Christmas and the New Year 2017 by providing a 25% discount to all business owners and all their employees. This was working and was to be rolled out to Gloucester City Hall in 2nd Quarter 2017.

3. TBT Post had a third business plan as follows:

TBT Post was greatly concerned that Main Street did not have enough retail stores. Mario and Richard were discussing putting together two completely new clothing lines in 2017 that would open two more retail stores on Main Street fall of 2017. Two more additional clothing stores on Main Street would have been great for the community.

Note: The two new store on Main Street would have been open 7 days a week just like TBT Post was.

The reason TBT Post Stores were forced to closed was due to an unscrupulous person from Rockport who decided to swamp our business in legal proceedings to the point that the company had to close in order to regroup.

Rockport store at 8 Dock Square last month-
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Rockport Store Dock Square Location today

Thank you

Richard P. Fenk

Mario A. Bravo

fenk.bavo@verizon.net

“We love you and miss you Gloucester MA!!!! “