My View of Life on the Dock
If you entered the free contest watch the video to see if it was you who won!
Also bonus points for anyone who can pick out the snots that I wiped on my shirt prior to filming this piece. Question- What’s worse watching a video with a guy with snots running down his face or watching a video with snots on his shirt that he wiped from his upper lip before filming said video?
The Contest was sponsored by www.gimmesound.com Sista felicia and The Mrs Mason Jar Co
Hi Joey,
Here are some pictures from the Paint Essex Day and Wet Paint Auction tonight at the Cox Reservation. We painted in the rain and had a great time.
The auction of paintings and party was enjoyed by all . Alice
The Whalemobile is coming to Maritime Gloucester! Join whale naturalist Cynde McInnis for a very special Creature of the Week, featuring Nile the life-sized inflatable humpback whale.
When: Saturday, August 25, 10:30-11:30
Who: PreK – 6 years
Where: Maritime Gloucester, 23 Harbor Loop
Cost: Free with admission/membership, no registration required
Let me know at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com if you would like one for yourself or for a gift. They are canvas wrapped around a one and a half inch frame and come with the hardware attached to hang so you don’t have to pay for expensive framing.
Going to place the order if any of you want one. $125 for a 16×20. $137 if you want it shipped in the US. Thanks for your support 🙂
Choose here-
Good evening Joey C,
I met you last week by stopping by Capt. Joe’s, a place you have worked since your were 9 years old. You handed me a 3 pound lobster and my wife of 30 years took a photo of us, me grinning like an idiot holding a large crustacean with a man I hold in high regard. You may have an inkling of what influence you wield with GMG but then you might not. You are a fantastic advocate for this very special place called Gloucester. It is a natural for you, your affinity and passion for all the great things this very unique community has, but you deserve credit for connecting the dots- connecting people within your community and by your gregarious bent, connecting people from outside to this unusual place that is Gloucester. I suspect that you see yourself as just a regular guy, and you are, but then again, you aren’t. You have an exceptional talent in promoting Gloucester. Keep up your good work and thanks for coordinating a wonderful blog- Good Morning Gloucester.
My wife and I are very much taken with Gloucester and we have you to thank at least in part and for this I thank you.
Love ya man, keep up the good work!
Ned Liggett
photo courtesy Cape Ann Museum
Fred writes-
joey – here’s the schooner with a broken mast on top of city hall. the copper model was created by washburn on rt. 114 in 1989 and donated to the city by the cape ann savings bank. this pic was taken just before she was hoisted up to her place of honor. it is, of course, the elsie, built in 1910 by a.d. story in essex. gordon thomas, in fast and able, called her "one of the greatest." if anyone can help bring her down for repairs, step forward! a model of the elsie by cape ann master craftsman erik ronnberg is on display at the cape ann museum. it’s a beautiful thing…
infamous fred
This post is in response to our August 16th photos from David Cox showing the Elsie weathervane in serious peril below-
Posted on August 16, 2012 by Manuel Simoes
The Mrs writes-
Tell people to look for the huge red balloon and they will find the tent
If you wander down there snap a picture or two. if you are a vendor down there send in your photo in front of your booth and we will post it. Send in your iphone/android phone pics from the waterfront festival to goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com
If you don’t have a camera or the ability to take a picture head to our GMG booth(Booth 88) and Amanda will take your picture and send it in.
Where to Park?
Free parking along Stacy Boulevard or at the High School.
However, please note that there is small fee to park across the street at Beach Parking.
Meet the Artisans at the Gloucester Waterfront Festival …
Christian Derobert submits-
. I thanked “Sista” Felicia. She made my grand kids happy campers with her recipe of the toasted Genoa Salami with crème fraîche. Every time they come to Gloucester I have to make that for them (5 and 3 Years Old)
Cheers
8:45AM Update From The Mrs- Things are Heating Up
Hi Joey,
I saw Homey on Tablet Rock Saturday overseeing the Gloucester Waterfront Festival.
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
What happened to the model fishing boats inside Our Lady Of Good Voyage Church?
The Mrs writes-
Tell people to look for the huge red balloon and they will find the tent
Hi,
I spent my summers growing up in Gloucester. Back in the sixties there used to be a high end fashion store in Magnolia called Ina’s. Once a year my mother would go there to buy one dress. It was a big occasion. I am trying to find someone who might remember this store.
Hope someone does.
Thank you.
Mary Giurleo
Yankee Freedom Heading Out photo from Ron Gilson
Joey,
Essex County Trail Association is having a surf-themed fundraiser party on September 7th in Hamilton. Both of the bands playing are local Gloucester bands – The Runaround Sound and Johnny Carwash. Dom from Cape Ann S.U.P. is helping out with decorations and promotions, and he and one of our board members, Dan Mayer, suggested that I contact you to see if you would be willing to spread the word about this event on your blog and Facebook page.
We’re really excited about this event – it should be a great night!
Here are the links to the party web page and the raffle web page:
http://ecta27.camp7.org/events?eventId=521400&EventViewMode=EventDetails
http://ecta27.camp7.org/events?eventId=525273&EventViewMode=EventDetails
If you need more information, I would be happy to give you more details. You can email me, or call my cell at 978-500-4014.
We really appreciate your help!
Ashley Hill
Outreach Coordinator
Essex County Trail Association
EPDS is having a Free Kid’s Science and Arts Activity Day on Tuesday 8/21 from 2-6.
The Annisquam Exchange, 32 Leonard St., is having a red dot sale on antiques and collectibles beginning Friday, August 24. Select merchandise and jewelry on sale and 15% off our inventory of Annisquam merchandise. The annual furniture sale will take place Saturday, September 15, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the schoolyard. Hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Annisquam Exchange, a community-based nonprofit organization, offers antiques, collectibles, linens, cards and gifts.Call 978-281-0358.
WHAT: Each month throughout the summer, Chef Frank McClelland hosts a themed dinner at his home on Apple Street Farm to showcase the farm’s seasonal and organic produce, protein and eggs. For the month of August, Chef has designed a four-course meal inspired by the versatile tomato. Rather than farm-to-table, the Festival of Tomatoes Dinner will bring the table, and the guests, to the farm for an evening of wine, moonlight, and tomatoes.
Guests are encouraged to explore the beautiful grounds while enjoying cocktails and savory hors d’oeuvres prepared by the chefs of L’Espalier and Sel de la Terre restaurants. Seated under the moonlight, guests will enjoy an evening of the freshest fare Chef McClelland has to offer. The Festival of Tomatoes menu includes:
WHEN: August 24 & 25
5:30 p.m. arrival
6:30 p.m. dinner begins
WHERE: Apple Street Farm
35 Apple Street
Essex, MA 01929
Other: Tickets to this event are $175.00 per person inclusive of tax and gratuity.
Space is limited so call L’Espalier at 617-262-3023 to make a reservation.
Dinners will be held rain or shine.
For more information, please visit: www.applestreetfarm.com.
Hi Joey,
We have two opportunities for kids this week at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck. One is Tues. & Thurs. morning, poetry and art combined with artist/teacher Jayne Lacey. The other is drawing and painting with artist/teacher Ed Touchette on Wednesday morning. Kids can register through the Rocky Neck Art Colony website – www.rockyneckartcolony.org, click on CALENDAR, and register directly with the teachers – info is all there and space is limited!
Thank you, as ever!
Karen
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 and Thursday, August 23, 2012 from 10:00am to 11:30am. Cost: $25.00 (this includes the cost of all materials) For more information, please call 978-283-9026 or jaynela@gmail.com .
Poetry is an accessible mode of writing for children with all ranges of writing abilities. Whether an apprehensive or a confident writer, finding success in creating poems is possible for all.
This workshop is designed to bring a sense of fun, satisfaction, and pride for each child. The timing may be perfect for the transition back to school. Children will enjoy the process of coming up with ideas, choosing words, playing with language, and ultimately creating a small portfolio of poetry. Simple art projects will be used to enhance the presentation of the poems.
Jayne Lacey is a Boston Public School teacher, a writer, and a resident of Gloucester.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Cost is $25.00 per student.
All fees benefit the Cultural Center. Contact: Ed Touchette at eddesign@nii.net
Auction for the W.Gloucester Trin. Cong. church ends tomorrow. Great local items.
Easy to bid just register online. Just click on the following link to see.
http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?auctionId=161214803
Joey ….. When you look left from the end of your dock and you may see this schooner on her mooring in Smith Cove. BALD EAGLE will be racing again this year on September 2nd in the Small Schooners Class vying for the Betty Ramsey Plate along with ESTRELA, GREEN DRAGON, IRENA, LEWIS H STORY AND SUGAR BABE. Amy Beaudet got this photo from GREEN DRAGON in the 2011 race. Here are some words from her owner.
“BALD EAGLE was designed and built by two men whose names are associated with sea-kindly and beautiful wooden vessels: Crocker and McIntosh. Sam Crocker designed more than 300 vessels. Bud McIntosh was a designer and builder of large and small cruising boats for more than 50 years and built many Crocker designs. Her graceful lines were taken from Gloucester fishing schooners. BALD EAGLE came out of McIntosh’s Piscataqua River boatyard in 1955. She is 37’ on deck, white oak frames, mahogany planking, fir spars and two tons of iron on the bottom of her full keel. She is gaff rigged, carrying a Yankee (jib) off her bowsprit, staysail, foresail and mainsail. Her name, BALD EAGLE, is because she is a bald headed schooner, carrying no topmasts. Her wheel is from the Lunenburg Foundry, her mast hoops were made by the skipper. In 2001 she spent 10 months in Harold Burnham’s boatyard in Essex getting an extensive rebuild that included replacement of 80% of her frames, 20% of her planks, new deadwood, cabin house and decks.”
Al Bezanson
http://www.capeanninfo.com/ Another testimonial to Mr. Gus Foote. This one’s on top of Portuguese Hill.
If you wander down there snap a picture or two. if you are a vendor down there send in your photo in front of your booth and we will post it. Send in your iphone/android phone pics from the waterfront festival to goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com
If you don’t have a camera or the ability to take a picture head to our GMG booth(Booth 88) and Amanda will take your picture and send it in.
Where to Park?
Free parking along Stacy Boulevard or at the High School.
However, please note that there is small fee to park across the street at Beach Parking.
Meet the Artisans at the Gloucester Waterfront Festival …
7:30AM getting set up.
There are a limited number of the new GMG T Shirts for sale in these sizes-
M, L, XL Pink
L and XL Sunwashed Blue
L and XL Navy
S, M Lg Youth
Dri Fit Long Sleeve Navy (Bad Ass) Limited number of these and once they are gone we probably wont be getting more.
Mason Jars with Iced Tea
8:45AM:
Report From The Waterfront Festival and Rotary’s Pancake Breakfast From Ron Gilson
12:00PM Update From Bill O’Connor
Taken from High above on Tablet Rock
12:20PM Update Latest Mason Jar Iced Tea Customers- The Melvin Family
12:40PM Update
Pictures From Around The Waterfront Festival Taken By Amanda
Hi Joey,
I came across this tonight at the Coast Guard website and was wondering if you would share: Lasers Halt Coast Guard Searches
Apparently the USCG is looking for help to get the word out about not aiming lasers at their aircraft. It may sound like a cool idea to hit a low flying helicopter with your laser pointer, but lasers can blind a pilot and crew long enough to end up in a catastrophe. The Coast Guard has seen a huge increase in laser activity directed at their craft and have instituted a policy where a mission will be terminated and crew grounded immediately should a laser be visible in the aircraft cockpit. The crew is grounded until they are seen by a physician and cleared to fly a craft again.
The policy is great for the crew of the craft, but if you’re floating around in the Atlantic in the middle of the night and the rescue crew that’s coming to get you is grounded… You wait.
Thanks,
~Bill OConnor
North Shore Kid
Thursday, August 16th
Dear Joey,
Here are six photos I took aboard Ardelle during Monday night’s Schooner Race against Thomas Lannon. (I’ll send them in two separate emails, because they’re large.) You might want to feature one or two on a slow day.
It was a beautiful, warm evening, and the crew was most welcoming; they do Gloucester proud, and the sail was worth every penny.
I love GMG site!
Best Regards,
Leslie DeVaney
GLOUCESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $58,531
IN FUNDING FOR GLOUCESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Gloucester Education Foundation (GEF) has awarded funding totaling $58,531 to the Gloucester Public School District for an array of programs for students in the city’s elementary, middle and high schools.
In announcing the grants, GEF President Maggie Rosa said, “We are proud to award this funding to the Gloucester Public Schools. It will support important activities that enrich the school day for students and help deepen their love of learning.”
GEF funding is underwriting stipends for faculty advisors of a number of GPSD activities, including the district-wide Docksiders band, student council, community service, National Honor Society and others; a series of elementary school field trips held throughout the year; elementary and middle school instrumental music; elementary school ballroom dance; and an array of after-school programs at the O’Maley Middle School.
“The support that the Gloucester Education Foundation has provided for the children of Gloucester is invaluable,” said Dr. Richard Safier, Superintendent of the Gloucester Public School District. “The number and the quality of programs they support in literacy, science, and the arts among other things ensures that we are educating ‘the whole child’. In the future, we will be working to strengthen our collaboration on behalf of the students of Gloucester even more.”….
GEF is a non-profit organization dedicated to making Gloucester one of the five best school districts in Massachusetts. Since its founding in 2005 GEF has raised more than $2 million to sponsor innovative programs as well as sustain programs that would be otherwise in danger of being curtailed or eliminated in the Gloucester Public School District Schools. Currently, GEF provides approximately $200,000 in funding each year to support programs in the District. For more information go to www.thinkthebest.org .
August 25 & 26, 9am-noon
Recycle your used electronics, help conserve local land, AND get free ice cream!
Dear Friends,
It’s time to clean out the basement, attic and garage. Greenbelt and Ethical Electronics RecyclingTM
invite you to participate in a local e-waste recycling event:
WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, August 25 & August 26, 2012, 9 a.m. to 12 Noon, RAIN OR SHINE!
WHERE: Captain Dusty’s Ice Cream, 121 Eastern Avenue, Essex, MA 01929
PLEASE DO BRING: Almost anything with a battery or a plug. Click here for a detailed list
PLEASE DON’T BRING: Hazardous materials of any kind.
RECYCLING FEE: $1.00 per pound, payable by cash or check. (Discounts for air conditioners, microwaves, and marine electronics).
FREE ICE CREAM: Free small Captain Dusty’s ice cream (cup or cone) for everyone who recycles 40 or more pounds of materials.
NET PROCEEDS: Support Greenbelt’s efforts to conserve the farmland, wildlife habitat and scenic landscapes of Essex County.
QUESTIONS? Schedule conflict? Items too big to fit in your vehicle? Need something picked up? Contact Christopher at 617-233-4120, or, onehealthyocean@gmail.com.
NOTES: This event is a production of Ethical Electronics RecyclingTM and exceeds the requirements of the Electronic Waste Code of EthicsTM–the highest set of electronics lifecycle standards on the planet. Nothing will be tipped into landfills, incinerated as solid waste, or dumped in the developing world.
Thanks so much for your support.
Blood pressure screening
Look for their tent at The Gloucester Waterfront Festival Saturday and Sunday and get your photo taken for the live blog we’ll be running all weekend long!
Click pic below for the video-
We will be Live blogging from the GMG tent at The Waterfront Festival so be sure to stop by to get your mug shot taken to be featured on these pages!
Sista Felicia and The Mrs set up tonight here’s their space booth 88 behind the Chamber’s tent and in the first row! T Shirts and Iced Tea in those killer mason jars with the crazy straws! Get yours!
Also don’t forget that Saturday night your shopping doesn’t stop with the waterfront festival. Head down to The Downtown Gloucester Block Party to shop and dine Al Fresco.
Family Fun Throughout The Weekend In G-Town Baby!
Meet the Artisans at the Gloucester Waterfront Festival …
Sponsored by the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce
Where to Park?
Free parking along Stacy Boulevard or at the High School.
However, please note that there is small fee to park across the street at Beach Parking.
Donna Ardizzoni photo
Click for the slideshow below-
Historic Stage Fort Park along Gloucester Harbor will come alive with color, flavor and music for the
32nd Annual
Gloucester
Waterfront Festival
Saturday, August 18 & Sunday, August 19
9am to 6pm daily
Over 175 Juried Artists and Craftsmen from throughout the U.S. will display their unique American made creations, craft demonstrations, live musical entertainment, children’s activities plus delicious ethnic foods.
A pancake breakfast, famous Gloucester Lobster and a huge assortment of Antique Cars complete this picture perfect Seaport event!
Are you ready for this?…. this is a big one folks!
Come on out and meet the Artisans … Exhibits include Fine Jewelry, Original Watercolors, Pottery, Quilts, Silk & Dried Floral Arrangements, Wildlife Art, Dolls, Doll Clothes and Accessories, Custom Signs, Plush, Acrylic Sculpture, Tile,
Wire Mesh Buffalo by
Peter Robinson Smith
Pressed Flowers, Painted Antiques, Photography, Candles, Metal Sculpture, Intarsia, Carved Birds, Maps, Fiber Arts, Tapestry, Stained Glass, Vintage Chic, Scroll Work, Wood Burning, Slate, Scarves, Nautical Crafts, Aromatherapy, Pewter, Soaps, Wearable Art
, Oil Paintings, Blown Glass, Ornaments,
Tide Clocks, Stone, Fleece, Calligraphy, Pet Gifts, Fragrance, Primitive and Folk Art, Mosaics, Wire Mesh, Stone, Candles, Stained Glass, Turned Wood, Basketry, Leather, Glass Chimes, “Sports” wear, Felting, Handbags, Walking Sticks, Accessories, Flags, Burl Wood, PVC Birds & more.
Come and sample gourmet delights such as Herbal Dips, Jams & Jellies, Honey, Nuts, Home-made Fudge and Candies, Oils, Vinegars, Maple, Pickles, Fruit Sauces, Wine Slushies, Cupcakes, Hot Sauces and more.
Bring your appetite … Food Vendors include traditional American Fare and Lobster Rolls, plus Fried Dough with all the fixins, Fabulous Kettle Corn, Gourmet Lemonade, Brick Oven Pizza, Trolley Dogs and Fresh Healthy Paninis, Guzpacho, Soups, Crab Cakes and Cup Cakes!
Live craft demonstrations include Basketry, Decorative Painting, Fiber Art, Red Work Sewing, Pottery, Tile Making, Leather Embossing & Acrylic Sculptures.
The Rotary Club starts us off Saturday morning with their fabulous Pancake Breakfast! From 7:30am to 10am
North Shore Old Car Club will display over 75 Antique or Vintage Autos on Sunday …. 
The Gloucester Waterfront Festival runs from 9am to 6pm each day.
Handicap Accessible and friendly pets are welcome, on a leash. 
Directions: From Route 128 North take Exit 14.
Location: Stage Fort Park, Hough Ave Gloucester
Admission is FREE! Rain or Shine.
Free parking along Stacy Boulevard or at the High School. However, please note that there is fee to park across the street at Beach Parking.
Good Morning Gloucester 