My View of Life on the Dock
New Photographs by
Paul Cary Goldberg
Please click on this link to see a
NEW SELECTION of PHOTOGRAPHS
from my Caffe Sicilia book project:
http://www.indiegogo.com/Tutta-la-Famiglia?a=264711&i=addr
Please contribute if you can to help bring this book to life.
Grazie,
Paul Cary Goldberg
Copyright © 2011 Paul Cary Goldberg, All rights reserved.
Kim Smith writes-
During my mad rush Tuesday morning to shop for our Thanksgiving dinner, I first stopped in at Alexandra’s Bread to pick up several loaves of their freshly baked bread. Knowingly, I had placed an advance order because the bread at Alexandra’s is so super delicious they are often sold out. I not only needed baguettes for dinner Tuesday evening, but for our fondue dinner planned for Wednesday evening. It is our tradition to serve fondue on Christmas Eve and to the kids, fondue symbolizes warm- and cozy-holiday-fun-dinner; they now request it for “Thanksgiving Eve” as well.
I next popped into Pearl’s to see if Sue had any fondue forks. Pearl’s is a wonderful vintage everything shop at the east end of Main Street. Fondue forks are designed with extra long, heatproof handles and I needed several additional forks for our guests. Sue did not have any fondue forks, but Deb, the meter attendant who was, very fortuitously, standing at the counter chatting with Sue, mentioned she just-so-happened to have a set at her home that had not sold at her recent yard sale. Deb said she’d be happy to deliver her forks to Pearl’s and Sue very graciously agreed to be the go-between. I bought them sight unseen for ten dollars.
Next stop was Abacus Computer and MacDaddy, across the street from Pearl’s and several doors down from Alexandra’s. Their tagline is “Your PC and Apple Repair Service Specialists.” I explained to Frank that my daughter was arriving Tuesday night and was only staying for a few days. Could they possibly squeeze in a look at her laptop to see what was wrong? Yes, no problem, and requested we bring in the computer promptly at 10:00am Wednesday morning.
The following morning Frank and Thad looked it over and thought perhaps they could repair and have it back to her by that afternoon, even though it was by no means an easy fix, needing a new hard drive, along with various other problems. WOW—you don’t get service like that at the big box stores, as a matter of fact, at the Apple Store in NYC, the salesperson told my daughter her laptop was unfixable and not to waste their time.
Next stop was Pearl’s, where we picked up the most gorgeous boxed set of wooden handled fondue forks, circa 1960—very Eames looking— and far more elegant than the forks we had planned to use. Thank you Sue and Deb and thank you Holiday Spirits!
More Holiday Magic—later that afternoon, Abacus Computer and The MacDaddy called with the good news Liv’s computer was ready for pick-up. Cleaned and repaired, it is working perfectly. Thank you Frank and Thad and thank you again Holiday Spirits for working your Holiday Magic!
Brian also has a ton of Sport Fishing Info On His Site-
Click here to check it out- http://www.islandartandhobby.com/
Don also has a webcam streaming from the front window of beautiful downtown Gloucester-
The Infamous One Writes-
joey – here’s a few photos from the cape ann museum archives dating from november 1946. they were taken by norman swett, a bridgetender at the cut bridge, who was also a very active and accomplished free-lance photographer. the pix were donated to the museum about 10 years ago by jane douglas, widow of one of the steeplejacks in the group photo (thomas douglas, 3rd from left in back row). hope nobody gets queasy looking at these guys doing their work like it was nothing special. if anybody has any ideas on the reason for the rebuild, i’d love to hear them. happy t-day! infamous.
Just one more in a long list of contributions to GMG from our FOB Fred. If you haven’t figured out by now the vast number of treasures located in the archives which are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (this means you) then god help you!
You have got to get your ass down there and a crappy rainy day like today would be the perfect day to do so! Say hey to Fred down in the archives and ask them to look something up for you if there is something from Gloucester’s past that interests you. they get off on that kind of stuff.
For more info about The Cape Ann Museum click the link below-
Sista Felicia organizes this every year. This year they are making 90 pies total.
Kim Smith Dropped by to cover it.
Also you can check out Kim Smith’s Videos on Cape Ann TV
Program schedule for "The Butterfly Garden at Willowdale Estate" on Channel 12 on Cape Ann TV:
Monday, November 21 at 8:00 pm
Tuesday, November 22 at 2:30 am and 10:30 pm
Saturday, November 26 at 8:00 pm
Program schedule for "The Greasy Pole Fall Classic" on Channel 12 on Cape Ann TV:
Wednesday, November 23 at 8:00 pm
Thursday, November 24 at 1:00 am and 6:30 pm
Saturday, November 26 at 7:30 pm
Lots of people when putting together advertising for local events they still think in terms of printing flyers. Bill from North Shore Kid get’s it and took all that info designed for flat print (and there’s a whole lot) and re-entered it with the proper hyperlinks to each organization so people can follow up with any questions and find contact info for each participating community organization by clicking through.
He was nice enough to offer to share it with us so here you go- straight from the pages of the best resource for Children’s and Families on The North Shore, North Shore Kid!
Saturday, December 10, 2011 10:00am – 10pm
9 am-6 pm
Saunders House, Sawyer Free Library
SeArts Wearable Arts Show and Fundraiser Raffle Sale to benefit Sawyer Free Library – tickets sold at Saunders House and at Library.
10 am
Sawyer Free Library
Deborah Costine, Gerwick Puppeteer, with her program ‘A Woodland Cinderella’. Refreshments will be served.
10:30 am
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3 pm
Gloucester City Hall
10am-2pm
Saunders House, Sawyer Free Library
Presentation of history of murals and Samuel Sawyer.
10 am-2pm
10 am-3 pm
Trinity Congregational Church of Gloucester
Cape Ann Thrift Shop Seasonal Goods Sale.
10 am-4 pm
Cape Ann Art Haven
Free Events:
10 am-4pm
Sargent House Museum
Open House decorated for the season, Holiday Goodies & Seasonal Gifts.
10am-8pm
Rocky Neck Art Colony Main Street
Annual Winter Exhibit
11 am
Cape Ann Museum
Tour of the Elias Davis House with period “Winter Display” decorations for the Holidays by Gloucester Civic & Garden Council.
11 am
Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
Church Tour
11 am
Gloucester City Hall
Live performance – The Lobstah Crackah preview
11 am-1 pm
Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
Chowder Lunch
11 am-2 pm
Gloucester City Hall
12 pm
Trinity Congregational Church of Gloucester
The Heavenly Bell Choir performs Seasonal Music.
12 pm
Cape Ann Museum
Connie Richards and the Plum Cove Singers singing Holiday Songs
12-2 pm
Middle Street Trolley Rides
Narrated historical tour along with the Songbirds singing seasonal music, courtesy of CATA.
12:30 pm
Temple Ahavat Achim
Learn about Shabbot and tour the new temple
1 pm
Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
Church Tour
1 pm
Saint John’s Episcopal Church
‘A Children’s Holiday’ with area churches children’s choirs.
1 pm
1:30 pm
Trinity Congregational Church of Gloucester
Louis Stella and Friends concert
1:30-3 pm
Sawyer Free Library
The Girl Next Door concert
2 pm
Cape Ann Museum
Tour of the Elias Davis House with period “Winter Display” decorations for the Holidays by Gloucester Civic & Garden Council.
2 pm
Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
O’Maley Middle School Band and Gloucester High School Chorus perform.
2:30 pm
Gloucester City Hall
Saint Ann’s School Student Concert
5 pm
Cape Ann Art Haven
Annual Lobster Trap Tree Lighting at Police Station Plaza with a visit from Santa
7pm
Gloucester City Hall
Family Friendly Holiday ball featuring the Cape Ann big Band to benefit City Hall’s Restoration
($15 per person)
Participating business and organizations include:
When: Saturday, December 10, 2011 10:00am – 10pm
Location: Downtown Gloucester
Prices: Free
Phone: 978.283.9292
Email: schtruant@verizon.net
Link(s):
Good Morning Gloucester Middle Street Walk Coverage
check out the schooner adventure webcam here under attractions
Special thanks To Tim Blakeley from www.gloucesterbytes who has been installing the webcams at a reduced service rate because he believes in the project.
24 cams up with more to come from Cape Ann Marina Cam and Mile Marker 1 Cams!
Over 4 pages worth.
Thanks to Penelope Crane for forwarding the link.
Click the pic below to check ‘em all out
Chickity Check It- Lois McNulty’s Blog-
I recommend this one in Essex, MA. It’s at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum, where they restore old wooden boats.
Click here for more pictures inside this fabulous structure at Lois’ blog.
Hey, when you gotta go, you gotta go.
My boy Steve Saleeba at CBS Boston sends us a nice shout out on CBS Boston.
Check out Steve Saleeba’s blog here and follow him on Twitter here @TheSteveDuJour
Click the pic for the full story on CBSBoston’s website featuring our Sharon Lowe’s Photo!
We have video of the walkers and and more pictures coming tomorrow from Kim Smith and Thom Falzarano. Great all around effort on the coverage guys.
Because you know, when it comes to Greasy Pole- nobody and I mean NOBODY does Greasy Pole coverage like our team!
Link to CBS Boston Greasy Pole Story
Yep The Lannon now has it’s own webcam with a view of the docks at the Gloucester House and The Star of The Show, The Thomas E. Lannon.
Click below and find the Thomas E Lannon Webcam among the 23 webcams on www.gloucesterwebcam.com Have you bookmarked the site yet so you can go to it when there is something interesting going on in town?
This will be perfect for judging the line at Fiesta to get into The Glo Ho and monitor the comings and goings of the working ships in Harbor Cove. A GREAT GREAT VIEW!
Special thanks To Tim Blakeley from www.gloucesterbytes who has been installing the webcams at a reduced service rate because he believes in the project.
23 cams up with more to come from The Schooner Adventure at The East Gloucester Marine Railways, Cape Ann Marina Cam and Mile Marker 1 Cams!
www.gloucesterwebcam.com just killing it!
The latest addition, the working docks of The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center now named Maritime Gloucester. This one’s a beauty!
Now with 22 live Cape Ann webcams and more to come!
Still on tap- The Schooner Lannon webcam, and Schooner Adventure as well as a repositioning of the Cape Pond Ice cam where they fill the holds of the fishing fleet with ice on Gloucester Harbor, also a Dun Fudgin webcam from Cape Ann Marina and Mile Marker 1 webcam.
Have you checked it out yet?
Special thanks To Tim Blakeley from www.gloucesterbytes who has been installing the webcams at a reduced service rate because he believes in the project.
Dr Nicole Writes-
So excited to get my GMG DropCam today! There is still office space available upstairs with some of the most breathtaking views of GHB and Salt Island, so hoping the camera will reach to share that killer view, even better one floor up from me. May need to contact the wonderful Mr. Tim Blakely of Gloucester Bytes for a wireless extender upgrade if needed. Attached is a pic of him hard at work on the install of this amazing little gadget! Thanks again for getting this going!
Also wanted to share these fun pics in honor of Halloween. Dragons need to have their adjustments too, she’s roarin’ and ready to go after her visit!
Our next Cape Ann Healing Center workshops are coming up, drop-cam not streaming them live yet but planning that for spring with regularly scheduled stunning Cape Ann views in between.
Thanks again for all you do!
—
Bright Blessings,
Dr. Nicole K. Andrade
Chiropractic Family Physician, Holistic Healer, Public Speaker
President, Atlantic Family Chiropractic, PCFounder, The Cape Ann Healing Center
Co-Founder, Treetop Yoga Studio
Yep another webcam showing another beautiful Gloucester view.
This from the third floor of the Para Research building (the old Eastern Avenue School).
Dr Nicole from Cape Ann Healing Center had our guy Tim Blakeley install her webcam yesterday!
Check It Out!
Have you bookmarked www.gloucesterwebcam.com yet?
Click below to check out all the webcams.
Real Nice Views of Bass Rocks, Good Harbor and The Crashing Waves!!!
We’re up to 20 webcams live on the site now.
Coming up-
Cape Ann Healing Center
Schooner Lannon
Maritime Gloucester
Schooner Adventure
Mile Marker 1
Cape Ann Marina
Manny Simoes Cam
Good Harbor Beach became Zombie Town on Saturday night, as the Blue Shutters Beachside Inn threw a Murder Mystery Night featuring a “walking dead” theme. The Blue Shutters innkeepers jumped right in along with guests of the inn – that’s Ed and AnnMarie Comer on the far left, Tony Sapienza on the far right and Patty Sapienza center front.
Tony, Patty, Ed and Annmarie
Check Out The Blue Shutters Beachcam on www.gloucesterwebcam.com
100 Hour Film Race 2011 Top Films
His film has made the top 20 and if you feel they deserve your vote you can support their efforts by clicking the ballot below
The top films created for the 100 Hour Film Race 2011, a competition that challenges filmmakers to create short films in just 100 hours based on a theme, action, and prop assignment.
Click here to vote and help determine the Audience Award!
The winners and awards will be announced by November 18, 2011. Good luck to the filmmakers competing!
Hey Joey – A few pictures from Saturday for you on Aja’s blog! Thanks!
Check Out Aja’s blog-
http://www.arthavendarndestthings.blogspot.com/
Click the picture blow for the slide show
Good Morning Gloucester 