Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

The creator of goodmorninggloucester.org Lover of all things Gloucester and Cape Ann. GMG where we bring you the very best our town has to offer because we love to share all the great news and believe that by promoting others in our community everyone wins.

Can’t Touch Your Toes? Bend Your Knees! : ) At Cape Ann Power Yoga

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Have you seen our posts, flyers, or happy students walking out onto Main Street? You haven’t taken the leap and come up the stairs to Cape Ann Power Yoga?

Here is YOUR chance.

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People have been asking and we’ve been listening. We are offering a four part series to introduce you to our strengthening and rejuvenating practice.

Cape Ann Power Yoga

Four Saturdays – February 20, 27, March 5, 12

11:00am-12:30pm

$50 per person

Click Here for More Information and to Sign up

A limited class size and focus on basics allows you to be in the company of other newer or brand new students, ask questions and get answers, and take the first step on a life changing journey.

HOW TO

This isn’t the “cool kids club”. There is no secret handshake, you don’t need fancy pants, or a $100 mat. Come as you are. After the first class you can go to Marshall’s or…

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Ann and Mike Lafferty Represent! In Arkansas

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Another exotic spot for GoodMorning Gloucester to be represented. Ann and Mike Lafferty in Arkansas for the winter

rode the Indian motorcycle to dine in Paris. 

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Shout out to FOB Ray Cahill @seaportvet

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@TheBevLowDown: Harry had a great visit this morning @seaportvet! Thanks Dr. Cahill, for the care & insight on his diet. #bigfeline

Roz Gold of Rocky Neck made the front page of the paper in Bradenton, FL Submitted By Rick Gold

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Roz Gold of Rocky Neck made the front page of the paper in Bradenton, FL while on a vacation on Anna Marie Island in Florida checking out the stone crab mac & cheese at a benefit for Filling Young Stomachs. Roz volunteers at Gloucester’s Food Bank.  Rick Gold

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Grover Hudson Carter, Owner Of The Cupboard Has Passed

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Grover and his wife Cindy ran the Cupboard and had countless friends and if you grew up in Gloucester you were touched by the “Cupboard Experience” that they created and maintained all these years.  

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This forwarded by John Nelson –
Hi Joey:
I wanted to pass along the attached obit for Grover Hudson Carter. This wonderful man ran The Cupboard on Tolman Ave for years and passed away in Georgia this past weekend. I grew up across the street from you Grandmother and can’t count the number of cones, burgers and goodies Grover supplied. For a few years in the late 60’s/ early 70’s, Grover and Cindy held an end-of-year, Tolman Ave ‘block party’ as they closed up The Cupboard for the season; a great pick-me-up for a young lad bummed because summer was over and school had started up. He helped make my childhood in Stage Fort Park memorable and magical.

I will miss him.

https://shar.es/14zBck

John Nelson
Gloucester ex-pat

Here’s a link about the Cupboard I wrote a while back – the Cupboard – A Gloucester Classic

If you go to the blog and type in the search term Cupboard there are many posts

Authentic fishcake recipe for consumers abandoned by Gorton’s

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Authentic fishcake recipe for consumers abandoned by Gorton’s

There was a time when Gorton’s offered wonderful time-saving fishcake products.  Canned ‘ready-to-fry’, Gorton’s brand frozen fishcakes and fishballs, and best of all, Red L brand frozen fish cakes made with exactly the right proportion of salt cod.  But no more. 

So here’s a question for readers …. Are fishcakes obsolete?

For posterity, here is a recipe from our artist friend, the late Mary (Desmond) Lizotte.  It came from her mother.  Mary’s father was from Nova Scotia and captain of a square rigger.

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New England Codfish Cakes ___ from Desmond

Editor’s note from Joey: Best fish cakes ever were made by old timer and good friend of ours at the dock who has passed a long time ago now- Leo “The Flounder” Ciaramitaro but Leo’s fish cakes would have a whole lot of garlic in them.  God, Frank and I used to pound down a tray of them at the dock.

Peter McWilliams Quote of the Week from Greg Bover

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“Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it “the first law of personal growth.”

Peter McWilliams (1949 -2000)

He went on to say: “Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. I am not saying you can’t change the world, right wrongs, or replace evil with good. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don’t fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don’t fully accept the situation, you will never really know if the situation should be changed.”

Williams was a native of Detroit who attended Eastern Michigan University and Maharishi International University. His 1975 book on transcendental meditation, The TM Book, was a best seller. He went on to write nearly 40 more books in the self-help genre and worked extensively with Werner Erhard in the awareness training movement. He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1996 and was a proponent of the legalization of marijuana. His last books on the “absurdity of consensual crimes” became popular with the Libertarian community.

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Dragger Heading Out In The Sea Fog From Pat Morss

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Joey:  Here are a couple of pictures of a trawler passing Eastern Point this morning in the sea fog.  Best, Pat

Google Auto Stylized Photo Album From Our Trip To Playa

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Google took a bunch of random photos from my cell phone camera roll on our trip to Playa and made this stylized video on its own.

A-nah suites room walk through video Playa del Carmen

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Swanky,  brand new, affordable,  a couple of blocks to the beach and Fifth Avenue.  Just far enough off of Fifth to get a good night sleep.  Perfect for families or groups of friends with two full baths and three large beds-

Let me know if you are interested in staying here and I’ll get you the info.

In the kitchen with Anthony Caturano and Rob Picardi At Prezza

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Anthony will be bringing his culinary skills to soon to be opened “Tonno” in #GloucesterMA.  Currently completely renovating the space in the Blackburn Tavern  building on the corner of Washington and Main St.
Check them out them on Facebook here and get all the updates

In this video,  Rob Picardi demonstrates preparing the type cuisine we can expect at Tonno and we talk to owner/chef Anthony Caturano in the kitchen.

Here’s the wood grilled squid and octopus with braised white beans and toasted parsley –

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Risotto and almond raviolini with braised veal, tomato, onion, red wine and pecorino cheese –
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Bone in ribeye, sautéed escarole, Roasted potatoes, red wine sauce-
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What a treat we are in for when Tonno opens up in Gloucester!

Lobster 101 HarborLAB at Maritime Gloucester

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HarborLAB: Lobster 101

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016, 6:30 PM TO 8:00 PM

REGISTRATION : $25 MEMBERS, $30 NON-MEMBERS

AUDIENCE: ADULTS

Join our adult HarborLAB and learn about one of Gloucester’s notorius marine invertebrates…Homarus americanus, American Lobster. Participants will learn about our native Gloucester Harbor lobsters through dissection and microscope use. This is not your high school bio class. No formaldehyde. No grades. No experience required.

HarborLAB will meet in the Sarah Fraser Robbins Classroom easily accessible down the walkway towards the pier.  Click here to register.

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Sawyer Free Library Week of February 14, 2016

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Save The Date: The next Cape Ann Reads Event is Saturday February 27, 2016:Seagull-Logo-72

Networking Event for Illustrators and Authors

February 27th (SAT) 10:00AM – 12:00PM

Network with Cape Ann illustrators and authors of all ages who want to take part in the creation of a new picture book.

Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester

Click HERE for the Cape Ann Reads website

 Technology class this week: Google Docs & Drive: 6:30-7:45, Tuesday February 16.

There are still a couple of spots available, sign up HERE

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