My View of Life on the Dock
Last night I was handing out Lobster dinners at Harbor Loop …this morning I will be handing out Italian Donuts, Italian Cookies and my Gifts of Gold….This is an opportunity for my Kickstarter backers to pick up their books, & for others who want to purchase books. Location, Cape Ann Giclee Maplewood Ave Gloucester Ma 9-11
All Set Up At Cape Ann Giclee- All This Awaits You At This week’s Mug Up!
50 Maplewoood Ave
Well the original idea hatched last year came to fruition under stewardship of Brett Ramsey, Mike Costello, Daisy Nell and the Rest of The Gloucester Schooner Festival Committee. 
We had to reload them three times with lobster as the line for lobsters at times stretched all the way from Maritime Gloucester to The Building Center.
I knew it could be big but never imagined in the first year out of the box just how big.
Next year Brett promises more cookers, more serving stations and even more fun (if that’s even possible).
Best part of it all and the reason for the idea in the first place was what made me most happy- It got the public down to Maritime Gloucester to check out one of Gloucester’s premier events- The Gloucester Schooner Festival!
Big time thanks to my Schooner Fest promoting partners in crime Al Bezanson and Tracy Arabian.
#Killed it!
More Schooner Fest Info here-
For More Info www.gloucesterschoonerfestival.net and to get tix www.maritimegloucester.org/visit/events.php
Sunday, September 1, 2013
8:30 am
Skippers Meeting
This meeting is required for all Schooners sailing in the Mayor’s Race. Meet at Solomon Jacobs Park, immediately adjacent to the U.S. Coast Guard Station on Harbor Loop.
10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Parade of Sail as Schooners proceed from Inner Harbor, past the Fishermen’s Memorial on Stacy Boulevard, to the race starting area off Eastern Point.
10:30 am
Parade of Sail Party at Beauport/Sleeper McCann House — EVENT IS SOLD OUT
11:00 am to 1:30 pm
Shuttle Bus to Eastern Point Light, from Eastern Point Gate (Eastern Point Boulevard at Farrington Avenue) to watch the start of the Mayor’s Race. Free of 
Charge, courtesy of Cape Ann Transportation Authority.
12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
U.S. Coast Guard Station Open House
Stop by the Station on Harbor Loop to learn all about the Coast Guard and its important role in Gloucester.
1:00 pm
Start of Mayor’s Race for the Esperanto Cup, Ned Cameron Trophy and Betty Ramsey Trophy off Eastern Point. Click here for information on reserving your space on one of the schooners during the Mayor’s Race.
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Reception and Awards Ceremony for contestants and invited guests.
Fred Bodin adds-
Lobster Delivery Completed!
Lobster Bake at Maritime Gloucester. At $12 for a lobster dinner, we cooked and served over 800 lobsters, all from Captain Joe and Sons. I collected a scary amount of money for them. You gotta’ give back to the community.
Len Burgess submits-
Sharon St Claire submits-
Joey,
What a fantastic Schooner Festival so far! We are up from Florida and saw so many GMG folks at the Lobster Bake! Not only did we see you, but Sista Felicia was serving lobsta plates, Fred Bodin was selling tickets, and photographer Len Burgess was sailing on the Roseway. Here is a photo of the photographer enjoying the sail (center). The Festival continues tomorrow!
Cheers, Sharon St Clair
Jane Gibbs catches Ed Eating (What a surprise)
Hi Joey,
Congrats on your sister’s cookbook – looks awesome! Will pick up one soon!!!
I have entered a contest for a national contest – Martha Stewart’s American Made 2013 – here is my link and my entry. Anyone can vote 6 times per day every day between now and Sep 13. We everyone on Cape Ann voting,…. I have a chance of winning and building my own studio outside of my home – getting out of the basement.
Here’s the link:
http://www.marthastewart.com/americanmade/nominee/82939
Here are photos….I can email you a pdf of all of this if you’d like..
Thank you so much for your help!!
Lisa Vincent
Rose Baker Center Announces SeniorNet Computer Classes
Classes Begin September 9
Once again this year, the Rose Baker Senior Center is pleased to offer SeniorNet computer classes. SeniorNet is a 26-year-old organization dedicated to teaching seniors to use computer technologies. Nationwide, SeniorNet has more than 60 Learning Centers and over 3000 dedicated volunteers. SeniorNet’s Gloucester Learning Center is located at The Rose Baker Senior Center.
SeniorNet’s classes are designed specifically for seniors, who may not be as “tech-savvy” the younger generation, yet don’t want to be left out of the digital age. The classes teach seniors to be comfortable with technology and personal communications tools such as email, smart phones, the internet, digital cameras, social media, and more. Classes have coaches who assist the instructor and provide personal attention to each senior student. Classes include a book for each student containing exercises and step-by-step instructions so students can continue learning at home.
The Center features a state-of-the-art computer lab. Each student has access to a dedicated computer, so learning is uninterrupted by having to share a computer. To further facilitate seniors’ learning experience, classes are conducted with the use of a projection screen so students can actually follow the instructor’s keystrokes. Classes fill up quickly, so interested seniors should call for details and to enroll.
SeniorNet’s fall 2013 classes at the Rose Baker Senior Center begin the week of September 9. Classes meet once a week for six to eight weeks, depending on the course. Tuition is $50 per course.
Here are the course offerings for this fall:
Ø Level 1 – Computer Fundamentals
Ø Level 2 – Introduction to Computers
Ø Digital Photography
Ø Introduction to the Internet and E-mail
Ø Facebook
Ø iPad
Ø Kindle
Word, Excel (spreadsheet), Genealogy, and Fun with Computers may also be offered if there is enough interest. We will also offer a suite of classes beginning in January and April 2014.
Come in to the Rose Baker Senior Center to sign up or call 978 281-9765 for more information.
Hey Joey, thanks for the great lobsters and keeping everyone up to speed with the goings on in Gloucester when we can’t be there.
http://steintrek.com/2013/08/30/being-the-idle-rich-is-awesome/
Jeff
I am doing it without the rich part but I’m totally living the life. If money was not a concern, it would be hard to motivate myself to work. I would spend my days donating money to needy bar owners.
I’m coming off of 10 days with great friends in Annisquam, Massachusetts. Gloucester is the nearest big town. If you want to know more about America’s oldest fishing port, go to Good Morning Gloucester, a blog written by Joey, (pictured below with what would soon be dead and in my friend’s stomach) from Captain Joe & Sons seafood on E. Main Street. It’s a warehouse on a dock where the lobsterman directly sell their haul. This year, we were buying 1.25 lb softshell lobsters for about five dollars each. Less expensive than going to McDonald’s.
For the entire entry click here
@Joey_C: On our way back to @MaritimeGlou with third load of lobsters for @GlSchoonerFest Lobster bake @CaptJoeLobster http://twitter.com/Joey_C/status/373937010559700992/photo/1
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Lobsters are en route!
Alice Gardner submits-
Cape Ann Chamber Launches Drive for Special Cape Ann License Plate
Reaching out to the Cape Ann community for license plate design proposals.
The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce today announced the kick-off of the organization’s initiative to create a special Cape Ann License Plate. Following months of preliminary planning work, including the creation of a Cape Ann License Plate task force and consultations with the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV), the Chamber is now moving into the design and public outreach phase of the license plate drive.
From now through October 15 the Chamber is reaching out to the Cape Ann community at large, inviting the submission of design ideas to create a distinctive and compelling image for Cape Ann’s special license plate. The license plate design competition is open to all who love and treasure Cape Ann, including residents and visitors, professional and amateur artists and graphic designers, the young and the young at heart.
All proceeds from the special Cape Ann license plate will be used for the sole purpose of marketing and promoting Cape Ann and the Cape Ann communities of Essex, Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport. “There is tremendous support and enthusiasm among the Chamber’s Board of Directors for this initiative, and we are thrilled to have this opportunity to raise a significant and sustained new source of funding to support Cape Ann tourism,” said Chamber C.E.O. Robert Heidt.
The RMV contracts with 3M to assist in the design and manufacture of special license plates, and designs are contained on reflective sheeting on the aluminum plates. All Cape Ann license plate design submissions must conform to the design specifications and restrictions detailed here. The RMV advises: “When it comes to the design of license plates, Simple is Better!” View a sample license plate here.
The Cape Ann License Plate task force will review all design submissions and choose three finalists, whose designs will be submitted to the community for a final round of public input. The winning designer will win a prize of $1,000, while the two runners up will receive prizes of $250 each. (Please note that prizes will be awarded upon issuance of the first Cape Ann license plates.)
“With so many creative Cape Ann people putting their artistic and design talents into this initiative, the new Cape Ann license plate is certain to become a top seller, not only locally but across the state,” said Chamber President Ed Collard.
The Massachusetts special license plate program is authorized and guided by the provisions of section 2F of Chapter 90 of the Massachusetts General Laws. Under the law, once the Cape Ann license plate design has been selected and approved, the Chamber must collect at least 1,500 applications (together with the $40 special plate fee with each application) before manufacture and distribution of the special Cape Ann can begin. The application fees will be held in escrow until the 1,500 threshold is reached.
For further information contact Peter Webber at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce at peter@capeannchamber.com.
Gregory G. Walsh | Director of Marketing & Communications
978-283-1601 | gregory@capeannchamber.com
978-283-4740 fax
Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce
33 Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
capeannchamber.com | capeannvacations.com | rockportusa.com
The Gloucester Gig Rowers and Maritime Gloucester are planning their 5th Annual Harbor Race for Sunday September 15. The 3+ mile triangular course is open to Pilot Gigs, Whaleboats, Dories and other traditional rowing craft. The course will start and finish at Niles Beach. Registration opens at 8AM, at Niles Beach,. At 9:00 there is a Captain/Cox meeting and heats will start at 9:30am. Pre registration is strongly encouraged, contact Debe Holland at debe.holland@comcast.net or 781 608-9006. The cost is $30 per person, $25 with advance registration received by August 30th.
Mike Costello,Brett Ramsey and Daisy Nell Could Use A Hand Putting On A Hell Of A Time At The First Annual Public Lobster Bake At Maritime Gloucester.
If you would like to be part of this inaugural event head on down to Maritime Gloucester and have yourself a ball and 30 years from now you can say- “I was there at the first one!”
Sista Felicia will be there helping out and she will also have copies of her cookbook for sale.
The Details-
For More Info www.gloucesterschoonerfestival.net and to get tix www.maritimegloucester.org/visit/events.php
Saturday, August 31, 2013
10:00 am
Working Waterfront Walking Tour
Starting at Fishermen’s Memorial ($5 per person) Sponsored by the Schooner Adventure.
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Maritime Gloucester Heritage Day
Maritime Gloucester, located at 23 Harbor Loop in downtown Gloucester, will host its annual Heritage Day celebration from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Center’s exhibits and aquarium will be open free of charge throughout the day. Free to all.
12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
U.S. Coast Guard Station Open House
Stop by the Station on Harbor Loop to learn all about the Coast Guard and its important role in Gloucester.
Click image to purchase tickets in advance.
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
1st Annual Public Lobster Bake
Enjoy freshly steamed lobster, corn on the cob, and a Virgilio’s roll– all for $12 per person. Relax with your dinner on the slopes of the Fitz Henry Lane lawn while listening to Old Cold Tater & Friends. Also available for sale: hot dogs, hamburgers, veggies burgers, cold sodas & spring water, beer & wine.Tickets available in advance from Maritime Gloucester or at the event.
7:00 pm
Fireworks Party at Beauport/Sleeper McCann House (ticketed event, reservations required)
Watch the lighted boat parade & fireworks display from the terrace and lawn of Beauport and enjoy an abridged evening tour as the house transforms at night. Bring blankets, chairs, picnics, and mosquito spray. Candles are prohibited. Adults and children over twelve only, please. Registration is required. 978-283-0800 for more information.
7:00 pm
Concert on the Boulevard
Featuring the band “Full Circle”
7:30 pm
Boat “Parade of Lights”
Boat owners interested in participating in the Parade of Lights can register online athttp://www.capeannmarina.com/Forms/BoatParadeSignUp.pdf. For additional information, contact Tobin at 978-283-3293 or tobin@capeannmarina.com.
9:15 pm
Fireworks Display over Gloucester Harbor. (following Parade of Lights, time approximate)
(The Gloucester Fireworks Committee is in need of more donations for the Labor Day weekend fireworks. Donations may be made to The Gloucester Fund, 45 Middle St., Gloucester, MA 01930. Please notate “fireworks” on your donation.)
Cape Ann Art Haven and The Hive Center celebrated their 5 year and 1 year anniversaries on August 27. Over the past five years, we have emerged as important members of downtown Gloucester, serving hundreds of youth, artists and emerging artists. Our founder David Brooks expressed deep appreciation to all those who have been the backbone of the success that Art Haven has seen over the years. “It has been amazing to see so many amazing people willing to lend a hand to make it all possible. We have been blessed and are excited to have the support as we look to the future at all that is to come.”
Our anniversary party drew over a hundred people to The Hive and its success was largely due to the support of various donors. We have many “Thank You“s to share! Chive Catering and Sustainable Event Planning provided all the delicious food, which was made possible through food donations from local farms. Chive runs zero-waste events and composts all their left over products. Ryan & Wood, Cape Ann Brewery Company and Seabreeze Liquors provided all the adult libations. Cape Pond Ice generously donated all the ice to keep the drinks nice and chilled. Most importantly, we want to give a final “shout out”to everyone who came and helped make The Hive truly buzz with life and vitality last Saturday night.
It was such a great time we are planning on making this event an annual summer fling!
—
Rebecca Borden
President & interim Executive Director
Cape Ann Art Haven
Meg Jarrett from Film Cape Ann forwards-
The Massachusetts Film Office announces HBO and Playtone will begin filming Olive Kitteridge next week on MA’s North Shore throughout the fall of 2013.
Olive Kitteridge is an HBO Miniseries presentation of a Playtone production in association with As Is. Executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Frances McDormand and Jane Anderson. The miniseries is directed by Lisa Cholodenko. Steven Shareshian is co-executive producer; David Coatsworth is producer.
The four-part drama stars Frances McDormand in the title role and Richard Jenkins as Olive’s husband, Henry Kitteridge.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Elizabeth Strout, with a screenplay written by Jane Anderson, Olive Kitteridge tells the alternately poignantly sweet, acerbically funny, and devastatingly tragic story of a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and a staunch moral center.
“We welcome HBO and Playtone to Massachusetts” said Lisa Strout, Director of the Massachusetts Film Office, “and are so pleased to host such a prestigious project with such extraordinary talent.”
This is HBO’s second recent production in the Commonwealth of MA. “Clear History,” with Larry David, Jon Hamm, Kate Hudson, Michael Keaton and Eva Mendes, filmed on the North Shore in 2012. The comedy debuted on HBO earlier this month.
The production has hired and cast locally, and is utilizing Massachusetts-based businesses and services.
Fred Bodin submits-
Adventure Wins! 1988
A few days after Schooner Adventure arrived in her new home port of Gloucester, she participated in the Mayor’s Cup Race at the Schooner Festival, and won. An amazing accomplishment, as she had a quickly assembled volunteer crew, but clearly great sailors. The race this year will be very, very interesting. My money’s on Adventure.
©Fredrik D. Bodin
Jim Dowd Submits-
THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS GLOUCESTER!
Cspe Ann Giclee will be hosting a mug up and Sista Felicia will be making homemade Italian donuts and Italian c cookies.
If you ordered through Kickstarter and would like to pick up your cookbook before they get shipped out you can go to Cape Ann Giclle Sunday from 9-11
Phil Scannell writes-
Wednesday night in Gloucester and so much going on we stopped into Jalapenos for Jimmy Muniz night and you would have thought it was Saturday night place was packed ,. really gets you to thinking what a wonderful place we live and what a great group of people we are surrounded by. Lynne and I happy to be part of it.
If this weekend was your last opportunity to tour the entire Sargent House
Museum for a year, you’d jump at the chance, right?!? Come visit us for our
final full weekend of the 2013 season, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from
12-4pm. Tours depart on the hour. Grab a friend, view our unique John Singer
Sargent gallery, and see the “Writing Closet” of America’s first published
feminist, Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820). See you then!
Sargent House Museum | 49 Middle Street, Gloucester, MA |
www.sargenthouse.org
Essex “Shop, Stroll, Explore”
Saturday, September 21, 2013 rain date Sunday, September 22, 2013
Along the Town of Essex River Causeway
Essex Cultural District & Merchants Group presents
“ SHOP , STROLL, EXPLORE”
Saturday, September 21 10am-4pm
Rain Date Sunday, September 22 12pm-4pm
Following the Essex River Causeway
On September 21st Essex will celebrate its diverse community of Antiquers, Artisans, Historians & Foodies. Stroll along the Essex Causeway; enjoy the coastal salt marsh and river views. Shop over 50 antique, specialty shops, and crafter & artisans booths. Enjoy a delicious meal, glass of wine or cocktail at one of our well know restaurants, many with coastal views. Explore our historical museums. For more information and event updates go online to www.visitessexma.com and – follow us on Facebook.
Sandbar picnic from Rozanne Santuccio
Christian Derobert submits some dense fog pictures from Wednesday afternoon
Good Harbor Marsh From Janet Rice
Ann Kennedy Submits-
Two Decades Ago-
Hi Joey. Looks like plenty of great things are going on in town as usual! Came across these old clippings and thought you might enjoy…although not as good as the real thing, which we’re looking forward to seeing when you and your team start posting coverage for us all!
Happy Labor Day and don’t labor too much,
Ann
I’m guessing these are from the Gloucester Daily Times.
Hey friends at the GDT, you know what a good feature for you to run leading up to the Schooner Festival? A series of pictures leading up to the event from Schooner Festivals in the past!
Lowell Peabody submits-
“They promised they’d be back before I finished putting in the last bolt on the new signs… Boy ever feel like everyone’s watching you?! Hey is the tide coming? No problem, I know they’re coming soon… just a few minutes more…”
Al Bezanson submits-
New mast hoops courtesy of Greg Bover and clew outhaul for the jumbo courtesy of Ryan Graham’s fantastic rigging crew
Today in Gloucester as I write there is a rush to get ready, who is doing there hair, getting their red carpet dress the buzz is this is the event of the year..I am in Newport enjoying my time with friends and family even though I would be there in a heart beat, I can’t so I am writing this to Felicia (Sister Felicia) as were all now gotten to know her as. I want friends to know that I couldn’t be more proud of her. Not because of the cook book but the dedication behind it, proud of her family( husband, children, mother and brother ) who had to endure her crazy long nights to get the recipe down perfect to make sure it was done right, which turned out easy to make and taste delightful. I would go over and really razz her oh come on Sista your grandmother didn’t do this we would laugh and joke but really she got every grandmother Sicilian grandmother’s recipe changed them around figured the little bit of this a little bit of that some of this too and made it a recipe for all and then she would make it to today’s reality of spices and ingredients etc. She made a series of cook books to make sure the Sicilian-culture is kept alive, she made it so our children can cook the old recipes of our ancestry. Pretty amazing if you ask me in between she missed parties, and gathering to finalize the book for over a year we all got a little taste and yes Sister Felicia got a lot of teasing (all in good fun) from the Godmother who she calls Padrina, and we had a lot of fun nights getting crazy ingredients from all over, but in the long run she was determined and tonight is her night well deserved she has made the Sicilians of Gloucester proud, and yes her Padrina couldn’t be more proud of her.
Lots of love Felicia the Godmother Sefatia
I was looking at our GMG Contributor Post Counts and thought you guys might like to see some of the back end stats we have.
Here are the total number of posts on GMG by each contributor-
Alicia P.
Author
275
Beth Swan
Author
153
Joanne Silva
Author
1124
paul frontiero
Author
1306
Joey
Administrator
19471
Marty Luster
mabl64@comcast.net
Author
972
Craig Kimberley
Author
35
David Cox
Author
157
Donna Ardizzoni
Author
963
Author
54
Ellen Lefavour
Editor
992
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Vickie & Peter Van Ness
Author
835
Author
688
Fr Matthew Green
Author
656
Paul Morrison
Author
479
Manuel Simoes
Author
760
Sarah Kelly
Author
150
Thom Falzarano
Author
300
Good Morning Gloucester 