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.

Enough Was Enough! Lighthouse Beach Discovered!

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I had finally had it with seeing all these pictures and paintings of Lighthouse Beach.  It was time for the family to discover it for ourselves!  (thank you EJ for the directions on where to park)

Much like the Rocky Neck beach that the residents there would rather you not know about Lighthouse Beach is a secluded treasure that all my GMG peeps need to know about.  We spent the better part of three hours there picking periwinkles, romping around the beach and climbing the rocks without seeing another person on the whole stretch of beach.

Incredible!

Click the picture to check out our adventure-

Lighthouse Beach directions-

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One Hour At A Time Gang Notice For Saturday May 7th

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I was walking down Main Street and near the Blvd. and Pavilion Beach still noticing so much stuff on the ground..  maybe tomorrow we can start at 9:00 We  can meet at 9:00 at St. Peter’s Square…

Will get yellow bags…

Thanks, Donna Ardizzoni

TWIN LIGHTS Half MARATHON SPECIAL at the Seaward Inn

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TWIN LIGHTS Half MARATHON SPECIAL Stay with us at the Seaward Inn, Saturday night before the Half Marathon and receive a complimentary pasta dinner for two as well as a bottle of wine in our ocean view Sea Garden Breakfast Restaurant.The menu? A *tossed garden salad with balsamic-honey vinaigrette, *house-made Spaghetti and meatballs, garlic-herb bread and, for dessert….* Lemon Pot De Crème with fresh berries http://twinlightshalfmarathon.com/

Betcha Didn’t Know How Many Places There Are To Stay In Gloucester Did Ya? -GMG Gloucester Tourism 2011 Kick Off Week

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Here’s a poll, how many places do you think there are to stay overnight in Gloucester?

Well if you have guests coming in all you need to do is go to www.GloucesterMA.com for the handy reference list.

I was absolutely astounded at the sheer number of places there are to stay.

Is your local hotel, bed and breakfast or inn listed?  If not what the hell are you waiting for?  Fill out this business listing form to get in

Cape Ann Television Schedules Annual Member’s Meeting May 24th

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Cape Ann Television Schedules Annual Member’s Meeting

Cape Ann Regional Cable Access Television is holding its Annual Member’s meeting on Tuesday, May 24 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Sawyer Free Library Friend Room. Annual meeting and election of officers, news about what is new and exciting at Cape Ann Television.

A Special Presentation, “Public Access and Democracy: From the Boob Tube to YouTube, A revolution in Our Time, ” gives members a glimpse at the evolution of public access television, a form of mass media where ordinary people can create content cablecast through their local cable system.

Dory Help And A Chance To Bid On A Dory

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The Dory Committee and boat builder Geno Mondello could use your help this Saturday, May 7th at 1 PM to help move the stored race dories in preparation for our dedication next Friday May 13th at 6 PM both at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center on Harbor Loop downtown Gloucester.  This move shouldn’t take long if we get some volunteers, so please make an effort to get there on Saturday!

We would also like to remind all of you to make every effort to attend our dedication and congratulate our sponsors, our organization and Geno for all of their dedication and hard work with this boatbuilding project.  It has been many years since a nest of 4 dories has been built in Gloucester .  We hope to have a strong membership showing to offer our appreciation.  The event will consist of a short introduction and the unveiling of the dories followed by some light snacks and conversation with all attendees.

Lastly, we continue to take offers on our last floating old practice boat.  The initial and only offer at this point is $500.00.  Please respond if you would be interested in putting in an offer!

 contact one of our board members below with an offer:

Glenn Harrington – Vice President, neptunemarineus@yahoo.com
Eric Dombrowski – Treasurer, edombrowski@verizon.net
Geoff Thomas – Board of Governors, GThomas@dcrsystems.net
James Tarantino – Board of Governors, james.tarantino@noaa.gov
Gina Lampassi – Board of Governors, ginarow@netzero.com
Mark Duvall – Board of Governors, mlduval17@hotmail.com

See you Saturday,

Your IDRC Board of Directors

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Air Tran’s In Flight Magazine Features Gloucester, Peter Prybot and Your Boy Joey

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For those of you who actually read the blog and don’t just look at the pretty pictures, you know last fall I along with Peter Prybot were interviewed about our love for Gloucester, Cape Ann and our industry- the lobster industry for Air Tran’s in flight magazine- Go.  The issue will be in every seat back pocket of every Air Tran flight during the month of May.  Presumably travelers with money in their pockets will read the article and fall in love with our area or at least be tempted by our seafood and unpretentious attitude and come visit.  Hopefully it helps with the local tourist season.

The picture of my ugly mug in the picture in this post was taken by Jessica Scranton who also shared the pictures she took of Peter with us in this post

Click the link to read the story on Go Magazine’s website-

The Old Town & the Sea

By John O’Connor

Find your sea legs — and claws, and tails — among the clam and lobster shacks and restaurants around Gloucester, MA, a place steeped in maritime history and atmosphere.

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If Anyone feels like Seeing My Dopey ass On Cape Ann TV- Here’s The Schedule

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The lovely Heidi Dallin had me on as a guest along with some Local Kids and The Energenic Jackie Ganim-DeFalco.

Thursday, May 5, 6:00 PM

Friday, May 6, 1:00 PM

Sunday, May 8: 3:00 PM

Check Out Jackie On Twitter at @CapeAnnArt

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New Glasses For Your Nerdy Buddy Joey-The Bet

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How much do you think they cost including frames, super-lightweight lenses with scratch roofing and anti-glare?

Over $200 or under $200

OK, OK I can’t take it any more!!!!  I have to spill the beans.  If any of you heard the last podcast you were privy to my absolute meltdown rant about the reaming the Mrs took even after using a $50 for $200 Groupon worth of eyeglasses at a regional eyeglass place which shall go un-named (not in Gloucester).  It was the only time I’d gotten burnt using a Groupon but my ass still hurts from getting bent over at that place.  First of all the worst frames not including the lenses that they offered in the whole place started at $169. the frames the Mrs picked out were $228  Then if you wanted the standard lenses which are heavy and are thick as old school coca-cola bottles they are an additional $220 and if you want the the lightweight and scratch-proofing that is an additional $124.  After hearing all this in the store I was visibly and audibly upset, knowing we were being taken advantage of and I let the guy know it.  We opted to forgo the scratch proofing and lighter lenses and we paid $428 minus the Groupon which cost us $50 for $200 worth of glasses which netted $278 out the door for her middle of the road frames without any special lenses.

Listen to my rant about this experience on the GloucesterCast podcast by forwarding to 9 minutes in after clicking here-

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So as we left the un-named regional Eyeglass chain after shelling out the dough we got into the car where The Mrs knows I’m steaming mad.  I’m mad at myself for not investigating a little more but never in my wildest dreams did I think there could be that much juice in eyeglasses but apparently I was grossly mistaken.

I was railing on and on about how screwed we just got and how mad I was.  After hearing enough she starts to tell me that I’m just out of touch with prices nowadays and that it had been forever since I bought eyeglasses and that they must have gone up in price.

That’s when we made the bet.  I bet her that I could get glasses at Costco or BJ’s WITH the lighter lenses AND the scratch proofing for $200 or less.  She took the bet saying that there was no way.

Well wouldn’t you know I didn’t get one, but two pairs of goddamn glasses and two boxes (a dozen) contact lenses for $200.98.  One pair has the scratch proofing and the super-light anti-glare lenses for $108.98 and the other at $59.99 I got without the extras as a spare.

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So there you go.  I paid for two pairs of prescription eyeglasses and a dozen contact lenses 30% less than she did for one pair without any upgrades. And for those of you wondering, she had a regular single prescription just like mine, no bifocal or progressive lenses.

Do your eyeglass shopping at BJ’s or Costco and save yourself some dough.