My View of Life on the Dock
Update:
We just got a phone call from the guys at Cacciatore’s and while they put out the sign that they would be opening, this Saturday March 21 they have to wait for a few final sign offs from the City to get started. They want to make sure everything is just right and are looking to next week but assure us that they will give us a heads up as soon as they get final sign offs from the city.
TOBY FORWARDS-
SATURDAY MARCH 21ST!
Bruce had been a regular on GMG from the early days even though he lived in Canada, and visited every summer. Always friendly and upbeat he loved GMG and Our City. In the picture below you can see Bruce with the original GMG Bumper Sticker back in May 2009, a year and a couple months after GMG started and Bruce was already hooked.
Posted on May 30, 2009 by Joey C
Bruce Bonham From Ontario Represents!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Daughter Jacquelyn writes-
Just wanted to send a big thank you to Good Morning Gloucester, My father Bruce Bonham who passed suddenly on March 3/15 was truly a fan. My parents spent many years vacationing in Gloucester ” Rocky Neck ” and my dad always wanted me to see his favorite spot. I was fortunate enough to join my parents on trips to this special place. My father loved this so much he said he felt he was home.
Good Morning Gloucester was a regular routine for my dad with his morning coffee.
I want to thank all the people of Gloucester, Mona and her husband at Rocky Neck Accommodations, thanks for making our stays special and of course the boat rides. Thanks to Brenda who conversed a lot with my dad. Thanks to the Rudder who always found us a table. Thanks to you Joey for of course Good Morning Gloucester, and the Lobsta!!. To Nights On the Neck for making us feel welcome, and to Town of Gloucester for the same.
Thanks again for making this my fathers very special place
Bruce Bonham obits St Catharines Standard Newspaper St. Catharines, Ontario Canada
Yours Truly
Jacquelyn and Louise Bonham
2010
Hi Joey,
Thought I’d send you this holiday greeting from St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA!!
Thank God for GMG! Keeps us informed about the greatest place on earth.
All the best to you and your family,
Bruce and Louise Bonham
ps – see you at the dock in May — if all goes as planned!
Hi Joey,
You may recall I was at the ‘dock’ last Tuesday (Sep. 21).
Since 2004, we’ve stayed at Mona Faherty’s Rocky Neck Accommodations.
Since I’m now retired, we’re trying to make the trip from St.
Catharines, Ontario (near Niagara Falls).
Obviously, we love the area. And we love GMG!
Thought I’d send you three pictures I took during our last visit, if
they’re any use to your web site.
See you next May, if all goes as planned!
Bruce and Louise Bonham
2012
Hi Joey,
A warm greeting from Canada!
We wish you and all your thousands of blog viewers a healthy holiday season.
Hope to see you in the spring. Especially eager for a Gloucester and Rocky Neck appearance since having to miss 2012’s visit.
Take care,
Bruce & Louise Bonham
St. Catharines, Ontario
2013
Hi Joey,
All the best of the season to you, yours and your many blog viewers!
See you in the spring.
Bruce Louise Bonham
St. Catharines, Ontario
Thank you Bruce and Jackie. It was always my pleasure when you guys came to visit. Your dad is a special man and we will miss his warm smile every time he was around!
March Gloucester History Sharing Program
Come see images of old Gloucester and share your own memories during these monthly presentations presented by Beth Welin at the Rose Baker Senior Center.
On Monday, March 23, 1-2pm, the program will be “Downtown Gloucester”. How has our downtown changed? See images of former businesses and street views as we stroll down Main Street and the downtown. Sponsored by the Phyllis A Marine Association. Supported by the Awesome Gloucester Foundation. For more information go to the Phyllis A Marine Association website at www.phyllis-a.org.
Gloucester Rotary Club’s Night at the Races. Night at the Races is a fund raiser on April 10th, at The Cruiseport, in Gloucester. All proceeds will go to the support the activities of the Gloucester Rotary Club.
Uber has partnered with the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and will be in town looking for partner drivers!
Click here to get signed up and start making money
. To fill you in (if you didn’t know), Uber is a mobile app that seamlessly connects riders with drivers at the push of a button. The technology has taken-off in over 260 cities across the globe (it’s HUGE in Boston!) allowing residents to travel around their communities quickly and efficiently. Driving with Uber is perfect for a those looking for seasonal/temporary work or for folks who need an entrepreneurial full-time opportunity. You can work whenever you want at the push of a button (you’re the boss!) and no previous experience as a driver is necessary.
Uber’s driver partners come from all occupational walks of life ranging from traditional driving and transportation industries to service and creative industries. If you are a designer, artist, entrepreneur, fisherman, or in between jobs and need flexibility, you should try driving with Uber to supplement your income. Partners in Boston are making up to $35/hour ($6400/month in fares) and checks are deposited into their bank accounts weekly.
With the summer demand just around the corner, there will be huge opportunities to make some more money during our summer festivals!
Here are some pretty cool videos to see how people use Uber as a great way to keep their income rolling:
– Uber Partners for Every lifestyle
– Uber Partner Musician
Interested? Here is some basic information about being a partner driver:
What You Need to Get Started:
✓ 4-door vehicle (2000 or newer)
✓ Valid driver’s license and personal auto insurance
✓ Vehicle registration
✓ You’re at least 21 years old
Start the application today!
If you are interested, start the application process here: t.uber.com/GMGloucester
If you have any follow-up questions, please visit us in person at The Hive on Tuesday 3/17 or contact partnersboston@uber.com . The more you to today, the sooner you will be on the road making a difference and earning income!
Meet the team:
The Uber team from Boston will be holding an onboarding/information session on Tuesday 3/17 from 6p-9p at The Hive at 11 Pleasant St in Gloucester to explain the economic opportunities for the residents of Cape Ann.
Big time props to all those who made the Gloucester Booth happen. For too many years I’d attend the International Boston Seafood Show and Gloucester had no representation. This group has elevated our town on an international stage and for that we should all be proud. Thank you for all you do.
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You know how cell phone companies come out with incredible numbers of features with every product upgrade? Well I’m willing to bet that if a cell phone manufacturer developed an “opt-out” button for group texts that it would be a huge hit.
There are definitely situations where group texts are big time helpful but I’m sure that I’ve initiated some group texts that have irritated the hell out of people. This is why they shouldn’t go away, but have the option to self opt out of them.
Here’s the situation:
You’re waiting for an important business text about what time to meet up when you get a group text invite to a BBQ with all your best buddies. You’re thankful for the invite but know that you won’t be able to make it because you know you’ve got this business meeting. So you politely decline and then put your phone back in your pocket while waiting for confirmation on what time you’ll be meeting your business associate.
Aaaaaand that’s when your phone starts to blow up with replies (not unlike your own initial reply) and then counter replies all throughout the text message chain. Each time your phone chirps you’re obligated to check it because you’re still waiting for that confirmation from your business associate. Phone in and out and in and out of your pocket.
If you knew you couldn’t make the BBQ right off the bat and you had an “opt-out” button, you’d be all set.
Maybe I’m missing something and it already exists. If so, let me know. Also how do you handle group texts?
PS:Thanks cousin for the great tweet this morning 🙂
What kind of psychopath willingly takes a yellow starburst over a pink one? That’s just crazytalk.
The Number of Selfie Sticks I’ve Seen On This Trip Is Disturbing.
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Spring is Just One Week Away! A welcome sight after the long winter we’ve had in New England. The mountains of snow are beginning to melt and signs of spring are finally cropping up.
‘Bluebird of Happiness’. Photo Courtesy of Michael Chamness. © Wings & Waves Photo Art. Gloucester MA.
Did You Make A New Years Resolution to Exercise? Have you been able to keep it, or has it gone by the wayside, like the ‘disappearing sidewalks’ that made getting around this winter more difficult? Even if you LOVE winter and winter sports like I do, the brutal winter temperatures made it difficult to get outside to exercise. Hopefully, you found…
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Uber has partnered with the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and will be in town looking for partner drivers!
Click here to get signed up
. To fill you in (if you didn’t know), Uber is a mobile app that seamlessly connects riders with drivers at the push of a button. The technology has taken-off in over 260 cities across the globe (it’s HUGE in Boston!) allowing residents to travel around their communities quickly and efficiently. Driving with Uber is perfect for a those looking for seasonal/temporary work or for folks who need an entrepreneurial full-time opportunity. You can work whenever you want at the push of a button (you’re the boss!) and no previous experience as a driver is necessary.
Uber’s driver partners come from all occupational walks of life ranging from traditional driving and transportation industries to service and creative industries. If you are a designer, artist, entrepreneur, fisherman, or in between jobs and need flexibility, you should try driving with Uber to supplement your income. Partners in Boston are making up to $35/hour ($6400/month in fares) and checks are deposited into their bank accounts weekly.
With the summer demand just around the corner, there will be huge opportunities to make some more money during our summer festivals!
Here are some pretty cool videos to see how people use Uber as a great way to keep their income rolling:
– Uber Partners for Every lifestyle
– Uber Partner Musician
Interested? Here is some basic information about being a partner driver:
What You Need to Get Started:
✓ 4-door vehicle (2000 or newer)
✓ Valid driver’s license and personal auto insurance
✓ Vehicle registration
✓ You’re at least 21 years old
Start the application today!
If you are interested, start the application process here: t.uber.com/GMGloucester
If you have any follow-up questions, please visit us in person at The Hive on Tuesday 3/17 or contact partnersboston@uber.com . The more you to today, the sooner you will be on the road making a difference and earning income!
Meet the team:
The Uber team from Boston will be holding an onboarding/information session on Tuesday 3/17 from 6p-9p at The Hive at 11 Pleasant St in Gloucester to explain the economic opportunities for the residents of Cape Ann.
Check out this and more Cape Ann Health Fitness and Wellness News here- http://www.capeannwellness.com
Day One
I’m super planner guy when I travel. Have just the right bags (four wheel 22 inch spinner and messenger style style second bag that slides over the handle of the spinner) with everything packed just right. Anyone who knows me knows about my obsession with staying dry and comfortable so I get up early, shower, and power the hell out of my nuts to avoid that sticky nuts sensation you get on long flights where they get stuck to your leg and you gotta peel them off when you finally let the boys free. I didn’t have any baby powder so I used this product that Kim Smith gave me last year which is a corn starch based powder. I pre download several podcasts including the Tony Kornheiser Show, Joe Rogan and Adam Corolla podcasts onto my ipad.
All set to go. Everything’s perfect.
We have the middle and window seat and there’s already a guy in the aisle seat of our row and he gets up and we get settled into our seats but both of us really had to pee. Feeling terrible about making the guy get up twice because we had to go pee like five minutes after we made him move the first time, I give him our assurance that I won’t make him get up again, not wanting to be a total pain in the ass.
So now we’re three hours into the flight and I’m really bummed out because my ipad which had my downloaded podcasts stored on it is stored in the carry on that is 15 rows ahead in the overhead compartment and I had given this guy in the aisle seat my assurance that we wouldn’t get up again and he’s like like a water saving camel. I figured at some point he’d have to get up and go pee which would give me a chance to go grab my ipad but no, the guy is like a rock. Staring straight ahead the whole time, never once reaching for his seat belt or giving any signs that he’s gonna budge.
It’s a total test of wills but at this point. I’ve had this monster frontal wedgie where my nuts have been all mashed up into my body and because I used so much corn starch thinking it would keep my nether regions dry, I realize that it’s created a corn starch /nutsack sweat-like paste between my balls and my inner theigh/taint area because I’m sweating from contracting my prostate for so long to hold in the pee because I don’t want to bother the half camel /half man creature sitting in the aisle seat.
Finally I can’t take it any more and I ask to get up because I’m just too uncomfortable and the big goofy ginger in the front row of our section wearing a Washington Wizards basketball jersey stinks so bad that my eyes are watering from his uncomprehensible BO. And the reason I say it’s uncomprehensible is because he’s with a girl, not completely unattractive who you would think might tell him that he needs to take a frickin shower before you go on a four hour flight to an eighty five degree destination. You have to wonder how the not-completely unattractive girl is with Stinky, Neanderthal, Washington Wizards Basketball Tank Top Wearing Ginger Stinky Guy. No joke we were five rows behind him and could smell his BO.
So I work my way past stinky guy and get to the bathroom, lock the door behind me which slides the vacant sign to “occupied” on the other side of the door. Not even 10 seconds into the bathroom the door handle starts jiggling uncontrollably and someone is trying to get in. I figure they’re going to realize immediately that it’s locked a) because the door won’t open and b) because the goddamn sign shows in their face that the frickin bathroom is occupado! But no, not one but two more rounds of crazy handle jiggling at which point I fully expect an ax to come flying through the door and Jack Nicholson to poke his head into the chasm created by the ax, screaming “Heeeeere’s Johnny!”
Weeeee!
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The Gloucester Daily Times Used To Carry Our Feed Along With Other Local Blog Feeds On It’s Home Page. Then They Got Rid Of That Feature.
Offer Stands To Use Our Feed If They’d Ever Like To Bring It Back And Offer Their Readers Our Pretty Interesting Content
Fecebook Engagement Vs Gloucester Daily Times, Cape Ann Chamber Of Commerce and Discover Gloucester.
Past Week 314,063 Views
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‘Fukuju’ in Japanese means ‘Long Life and Happiness.’
The Longest Living Woman in the World Just Celebrated Her 117th Birthday! http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/03/04/worlds-oldest-person-117-birthday-japan/24362311/
Misao Ōkawa (大川 ミサヲ) Born March 5th, 1898 is the oldest living woman. She currently resides in a nursing home in Osaka, Japan. (See link above for more of her story.)
When asked her advice on ‘longevity,’ Misao-san answered
SUSHI
Benefits Sushi is high in natural Omega-3 fatty acids which has been reported to help decrease inflammation. Information on Omega-3 and health benefits from Mayo Clinic – http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/in-depth/omega-3/art-20045614 Over the past few years we have seen an increase in Sushi offerings on Cape Ann: Latitude 43, The Rudder, Madfish, the Franklin, Midori, and the Studio are some of the Cape Ann Restaurants offering…
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