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
Author: Joey Ciaramitaro
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GMG Contributor Post Counts
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-
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David Cox
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Ellen Lefavour
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Chickity Check It! Paul Frontiero Sr. Show
August 29, 2013
‘From Ships to Shores’: Doryman left fishing to pursue painting
Doryman left fishing to pursue painting
By Gail McCarthyStaff Writer
The son of a Gloucester fisherman, the late Paul Francis Frontiero Sr., began fishing with his father at the age of 12.
He did not know then that this would become his way of life for many years. He never finished Gloucester High School because his father was injured while fishing and he had to leave his studies. As a result, he spent many years laboring in jobs at sea.
Frontiero, born in 1925, even worked as a doryman, an avocation that became extinct; with the innovation of the motorized trawler, the dory fishing industry began to wither in the late 1930s. However, he remained in demand on the port’s fishing vessels because of his skills as an engineer and cook.
For the entire story click here
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Ready for Back to School- Find belle+me Junior Scarves at Your Local Store- Toodeloos!
HI Joey,
I hope you had a wonderful summer. As always great blog, great information!- Thank you for posting this and supporting Cape Ann businesses!
As the kids get ready to go back to school, belle+me has created a very cool line of scarves and pendants for Tweens and Teens, and these are available at TOODELOOS! (142 Main Street).
We are vey excited to work with Susan Parent, the owner of Toodeloos! She picked the scarves and pendants with care, and did a wonderful job displaying them in her store.
Bright colors are available as well trendy stripes! You pick your scarf, you pick your pendant, then trade them with your friends! These scarves are HOT- a must have to wear in the fall!
Come and visit Toodeloos today, they are selling fast! or e-mail us at amalvaux@belleandmedesigns.com or visit us on Facebook- www.facebook.com/pages/belle-me/137605986413239?ref=hl
thank you!
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If You Didn’t Order Sista Felicia’s Cookbook On Kickstarter You Can Get One At The Farmer’s Market Today!
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Special Lobster Cooker Made Specifically For 1st Annual Public Lobster Bake During The 2013 Gloucester Schooner Festival
Brett Ramsey brought down the Modern Heat built lobster cooker which is capable of steaming 120 lobsters in 20 minutes flat!
The thing is a beast!
The Details-
For More Info www.gloucesterschoonerfestival.net and to get tix www.maritimegloucester.org/visit/events.php
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Huge Thanks To My Partners On the Red Carpet
Huge thanks to The Beautiful Lillian LoGrasso and Top Community 1 percenter Rick Doucette for co-hosting the pre-Gala fashion red carpet festivities.
Also a monumental thank you to our good friends David Cox, Thom Falzarano and the incredible Kim Smith.
The night was an incredible success mostly in part to Felicia’s fantastic planning and Sherry DeLorenzo and her crew’s excellent execution at Cruiseport.
What I’m most happy about is that my peeps Thom and David and Kim came through in capturing the crowd- our friends and family and that is what makes this blog so special. That we try to make it about community.
Success all the way around due to the best team in the business.
Look for David’s photos soon as well as Kim’s awesome video coverage of the Red Carpet!!!
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Adventure Returns, 1988
Fred Bodin Submits-
Schooner Adventure came home to Gloucester in 1988, twenty five years ago. The arrival was a grand event, and included the USCG, many private boats, and a blimp. Celebrations continued after she docked. The honoring of Adventure will commence again this weekend. She is the host and star of the visiting schooners.
No, that’s not the Hindenburg in the sky, it’s the Goodyear Blimp! This photo got me started on schooner photography. They are so graceful and beautiful. That’s John McNiff’s Whaler behind Adventure. This was a significant moment in Gloucester schooner history. What a day! A few years later, she was painted in her original “fisherman’s black.”
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Community Photos 8/29/13
Lowell Peabody Mason Jar
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Community Stuff 8/29/13
“Where the Heart is” — a new collection of paintings by Julia Purinton
Time & Tide at Post Road Framers, in the Rowley Marketplace, Route 1, Rowley
Exhibition is open September 1-30
Opening reception is September 7th, 5-7pm
Refreshments will be enjoyed!
Artwork attached: “Labor Day” by Julia Purinton
Salty Dog Day at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum
The Essex Shipbuilding Museum will be holding its popular Salty Dog Day on Saturday, September 7th, from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (rain date Sunday, September 8th).
All are invited, with their 4 legged friends, to participate in this wonderful day filled with activities for people and dogs alike and to learn a little of the unique history between dogs and our maritime past. This year the museum will have special events which will be kicked off by the Salty Dog Costume Parade (for the dogs not the people). Prizes will be given for the Best Nautical Costume, Best Dressed, and Judges’ Choice. Demonstrations being done by dogs will happen throughout the day and will include: Newfoundlands doing carting and water demonstrations, Boston Snow Dogs doing mushing, and dogs from Fit-n-Trim Dog Training doing Agility. There will be live music by Livin’ on Luck. Gary Foreman from the USS Constitution Museum will tell us about the Guerriere the Terrier who was aboard Old Ironsides, and the Schooner Adventure will be reading “Skippy’s Adventure” a children’s book about Skippy who was on board the Adventure.
For those wanting to wander and try new things there will be lots of other activities for kids and dogs , and for adults there will be the Barque Avenue marketplace. Should hunger strike, wander over to the Salty Dog Galley.
At 2:00 pm there will be the opening reception for the new exhibit: Salty Dogs: A Maritime Legacy. Included in that exhibit will be the winners of the Salty Dog Day Photo Contest.
For programming and times, please check our website: www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org
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Robin Jones Represents! at Shaker Square Near Cleveland, Ohio
Joey,
From a British Car show today at Shaker Square near Cleveland, Ohio.
Robin
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Sista Felicia Prepares For Tonight With Grandma Felicia’s Picture As Inspiration
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Prepping Cruiseport For Tonight’s Gala
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Tuna, Truro, Magnolia, and the Fish Stick
Fred Bodin Submits-
From the (Martha’s) Vinyard Gazette, circa 1951: ” John Sweek of Queen’s, NYC, secretary to a magistrate in his home city, is shown at left with his companions, Robert Collinson from Provincetown and John Kohr of Magnolia, with three tuna caught on rod and reel near the Truro shore in Provincetown Harbor. The fishermen had their best luck with blue atom plugs and squid as bait.” These are definitely surf casting fishermen. Just look at the bare feet, rolled up trousers, and 4 wheel drive Jeep.
I met John Kohr and his wife Esther (1914–2007) while she and I worked at Endicott College in Beverly. The was something about her that was vaguely aristocratic, but in an old fashioned gracious American way. I now know that she grew up in Provincetown and Truro. In fact, her ship captain uncle sailed in the China Trade, and another ancestor commanded a ship for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and built the oldest still standing house in Truro. Previous ancestors came here on the Mayflower and established Truro. Husband John Kohr (1911–1999) was a graduate of MIT and invented an amazing product while he worked for Gorton’s: The Fish Stick!
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Boats Wanted For Annual Lighted Boat Parade!!
Hi all-
I am just putting out a call to everyone for any assistance you can help with in getting people to participate in the Annual Lighted Boat Parade this year. Remember this is a nonprofit, volunteer effort so every little bit helps keep the event going.
We are asking Parade boats (with lights) for this Saturday to meet up just before sunset, at the mouth of Jones Creek on the Annisquam River. They check in with a committee boat and pick up a number, if they want to be judged by the judges. Then we parade the boats down the river, through the bridge, past the Man on the Wheel and the judges boat, into the inner harbors and back to the main harbor for the Fireworks. We continue to get low boat attendance, and need everyone to reach out through your avenues for participation. Including your Facebook pages etc. This has been a great tradition for the North Shore, Gloucester, as well as a nice complement to the Schooner Festival.
Please send this link along if you email your groups for pre-registration of the parade. Pre-registration is not a requirement, but helpful.
http://www.capeannmarina.com/Forms/BoatParadeSignUp.pdf
Its FREE and need boats!
Pass this email along- forward to friends with boats, it all helps!
Any questions, please let me know.
Tobin
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Community Photos 8/28/13
Photos By Angela Cook
Hi Joey
Thought you might like to post this photo I took recently while out on a
cruise in Gloucester.
Thanks
Angela
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Community Stuff 8/28/13
Henry Ferrini writes-
Joey,
We have Joe Muzio coming to read at GWC in October
SIX PLAYS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
Hear Cape Ann Talent read six original 10-minute plays
On September 22, 2013, at 7:30 pm, the GWC and M. Lynda Robinson will present Six Plays for the Price of One. Six promising writers will debut six original plays at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck located on 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester Massachusetts. There is a suggested donation of ten dollars but nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.
This is the final step in the GWC’s 10-minute playwriting workshop. Following the staged readings the audience is suggested to provide feedback for the playwrights as well as asking any question they might have.
Linda Hanley Finigan stated about her teacher and the 10 minute play workshop series that, “Lynda Robinson has an amazing ability to tease out the inherent drama and humor in just about anything she hears. The class is fast-moving and great fun. Her knowledge of theater is inspiring. Her ear for dialogue is perfect. The ten-minute play is a challenging format; Lynda is a terrific guide.”
With six different plays being preformed there is sure to be a story for everyone. There are both comedies and dramas based upon a variety of subjects ranging from rest homes, and marriage, to the “dark lady” of William Shakespeare’s sonnets. Come support Linda Hanley Finigan, Carole Frohlich, David McCaleb, M. Lynda Robinson, Jess Semeraro, and Joseph Stiliano in their creative endeavors.
The Gloucester Writers Center was founded in 2010 to save the late poet Vincent Ferrini’s home and turn it into a working writer’s center. Its mission is to preserve, promote, and celebrate Cape Ann’s rich literary legacy and to encourage writing and the belief that all voices count.
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If you would like more information about what the Gloucester Writers Center does or any of the recent events, visit www.gloucesterwriters.org
“The Gloucester Writers Center is a working writer’s center in a working town.”
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Breaking News: We Will Be Taping Pre-Oscar Style Fashion Award Interviews On The Red Carpet Before Sista Felicia’s Cookbook Gala At Cruiseport
Complete with fashion awards at the end. Bring your A Game. We will be asking who designed your dress, who did your hair and generally have fun with it.
Hosted by me, your boy Joey C, the effervescent Lillian LoGrasso and Rick Doucette.
Remember you DONT have to wear a tux or gown. Whatever you would feel comfortable wearing to an evening wedding is fine and creative dress is encouraged 😉
Hoping to have arrivals for interviews and paparazzi photo sessions starting at 7:00.
See you on the Red Carpet. Tickets available at Captain Joe and Sons, Mamie’s Kitchen and Audrey’s Flower Shop!
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Photos From The Adventures First 2 shakedown Sails via Mary Barker
Hi Joey, Here rare photos from the Adventures first 2 shakedown sails. Captain Graham McKay was at the helm for both trips. Ryan Graham was the mate. The people hauling on the lines are hoisting the main sail, which sits atop a 65 ft boom, is 2100 square feet. The 4 sails total 5,500 square feet. Many thanks to Donny King who welcomed me aboard the Scotia Girl to capture the shots of the Adventure under way. The final shot was taken from Stage Fort Park with the Adventure taking down her sails. Mary Barker
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Drive by Samaritans Strike Again!
Fred Bodin submits-
Drive by Samaritans Strike Again!
The first part of this installment can be found here
This morning at 10 am the two Samaritans and their mothers came to my gallery to claim their rewards for finding $106 on Main Street and, with my assistance, it was returned to the owner. On the left are Paige and her mom Tracey Harmon, and on the right is Baylee with mom Mayor Carolyn Kirk. But the story of good deeds by these young ladies is not over – read on.
The envelopes are open, and the proud 13 year olds each display their $12.50 rewards.
Paige and Baylee with their small fortunes of reward money. What are they going to do with it? They told me they’re going straight to CVS, and spend it on toys to give to the Boston Children’s Hospital. Still making that good karma – that’s just who they are. You gotta love it!
Fred
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