My View of Life on the Dock
Today until 2:00 there is a flea market going on at the Marine Railways featuring nautical stuff, tools and fleas – part of the proceeds benefit the Schooner Adventure. There are also tours all day into the evening of the Schooner Adventure, and Peter and Joanne Souza will be on board until 10:00. A good place to check out some of the activity in the harbor, pick up some flea stuff, and learn about the historic Schooner Adventure.
E.J. Lefavour
On the next Cape Ann Profiles show host Rich Sagall interviews Art Thomas and Milt Lauenstein, two frequent letter writers to local newspapers. They discuss their motivations for writing letters, what they hope to achieve, and provide suggestions to other who want to express their opinions.
Cape Ann Profiles can be seen on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 on Friday, September 2 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, September 4 at 2:00PM. It repeats on Friday, September 9 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, September 11 at 2:00PM.
Rich Sagall is a physician and the president of NeedyMeds, a national non-profit that provides information on programs that help people unable to afford their health care costs. He also publishes Pediatrics for Parents, a children’s health newsletter.
Here’s the scene 9:15AM at The Heritage Center
By Cathy (Frontiero) Spiro
At the urging of my Aunts Mary Scola and Vincie (Scola) Gounaris, and my sister Josie (Frontiero) Palazola, I wrote this piece to express my thanks and appreciation to all the Cape Ann friends and family of fans who viewed and rooted for Mike and Sam during the eight NBC ‘Love In The Wild’ episodes that aired on Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. from June 29 to August 17, 2011, where Mike and Samantha met, partnered up for seven of the eight challenges, and went on to win the grand prize trip around the world. Congratulations to them! Here is some personal information that your readers may enjoy.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THE LETTER
A few shots from our Grand Finale Night on the Neck on Madfish Wharf. Bird Mancini was in rare form and definitely lively-ed up the place. T Max stopped by and joined in for a piece with his old Urban Caravan buddies. It was a beautiful evening, although you could feel the nip of fall in the air. Everyone had a good time, even the dogs, and Isla served up a heap of dark and stormies.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
Honky Tonk Women of Gloucester will be performing Saturday, September 3rd, for 
Update from Cape Ann Animal Aid:
RUBIO IS STILL MISSING AND VERY SCARED. PLEASE DO NOT CHASE, FEED OR FOLLOW HIM. PLEASE JUST CALL ANIMAL CONTROL OR CAPE ANN ANIMAL AID 978-283-6055 WITH LOCATION ONLY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE HOME SOON.
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I feel very bad for this pup, it must be very scary being alone and hungry 😦
I hope he is found soon.
-Alicia
All photos and recipe from Sista Felicia
Ingredients:
½ ripe Bartlett Pear diced into ½ inch pieces
¼ cup thinly sliced Vidalia onion
2 tablespoon of sweet butter1 ½ tablespoons light brown sugar
½ teaspoon cider vinegar
½ cup baby arugula
½ cup crumbled blue cheese
¼ cup crumbled goat cheese
2 thin sliced prosciutto torn into bite size pieces
Balsamic glaze for drizzling
Step 1: using a paring knife, thinly slice onion
Step 2: Cut pear in half-length wise and remove
Step 3: Remove core
Step 4: to dice pear into bite size pieces , first Slice pear horizontally then vertically
Step 5: Melt butter in small fry pan
Step 6: add onions and sauté over medium high heat for 5- min.
Step 7: continue cooking over medium high heat until onions start to turn golden brown
Step 8: add diced pears
Step 9: continue cooking over medium high heat for 3-4 min or until pears start to soften, but are not mushy
Step 10: turn heat to low and stir in brown sugar
Step 11: Add cider vinegar and deglaze the goodness stuck on the bottom of the pan 
Step 12: remove pan from heat and let mixture rest for 2-3 min
* Note: Have will Power! Mixture will look good enough to eat with a spoon…
Step 13: spoon mixture evenly across flatbread 
Step 14: Top with blue cheese and goat cheese
Step 15: carefully transfer flatbread to a pre-heated pizza stone, in a pre-heated 400 degree oven 
*I’ve baked this flatbread 2 different ways. First by adding arugula & prosciutto before baking, as seen in this photo and the second time and every other time therefore after, baking it first then adding the arugula and prosciutto. I have to say I definitely prefer adding it after. Try it both ways see which way you and your family prefer!
Step 16: Bake 5-7 minutes then carefully remove flatbread pizza by sliding it onto a large cutting board
*Note this is what your flatbread will look like if you bake it without the arugula and prosciutto
Step 17: Scatter baby arugula and torn pieces of prosciutto over the top
Step 18: Drizzle balsamic glaze over the top
Enjoy!
I posted this about a month ago but am editing it because a gadget blog I visit daily just named it best Pocket Camera.
Here is their article that came out today September 1, 2011
http://gizmodo.com/5720794/battlemodo-the-best-point+and+shoot-cameras
The only thing is they say it is around $400 but I see the Powershot s95 on Amazon for $369 here
People ask me all the time what camera I would buy. As a gadget information freak I feel like I’m pretty qualified to give advice in this arena so instead of answering this question over and over again in private emails I’m going to start a series of my personally approved items that I 100% endorse. I’ll also give you the reasoning behind why I endorse the products.
The first product up is for a pocket camera. many of you have read my thoughts on cameras and how important I feel it is to own a camera that you can comfortably carry with you without having to lug a cumbersome bag.
Before anyone should own a DSLR in my opinion, they should own a good pocket camera.
The canon powershot s95 is not like 99 percent of compact cameras in one hugely important aspect- It contains a sensor that is 88% larger than most compact camera sensors. while most people ask about megapixels, what they don’t realize is that the size of a camera sensor is vastly more important to picture quality than the amount of megapixels packed onto a small sensor.
Photography is all about collecting light and recording it. A larger sensor allows you to collect more light more efficiently so you get far superior results.
Here is an article in the new York Times from technology editor David Pogue-
Dear Canon S95,
I don’t often write love letters to gadgets. But you, you’re something special.
Truth is, I’ve been searching for someone like you for years.
The Canon S95 has a sensor with 88 percent more area than most pocket cameras’ sensors.
The Times’s technology columnist, David Pogue, keeps you on top of the industry in his free, weekly e-mail newsletter.See, I love the huge light sensor that’s inside an SLR. It can take sharp low-light shots without the flash. It can blur the background the way professionals do.
I just don’t like how an SLR is big and heavy and obtrusive.
What I’ve always wanted is a little camera with a big sensor. Is that so hard?
Apparently, yes. The problem is covering a rectangular sensor chip with a circle of light from the lens. Bigger sensor? You need a bigger camera. Those are the simple bylaws of physics.
But you, oh, cute little Canon PowerShot S95! I love that you’re a pocket camera, only 3.9 by 2.3 by 1.2 inches. I love your big, bright, three-inch screen, your built-in flash, your H.D.M.I. output for hi-def TV sets. I love that you turn on directly into Playback mode, without having to extend the lens.
I love the unique control ring around the dial, which I can quickly program to adjust whatever feature I want: focus, zoom, exposure, light sensitivity (ISO), aperture, even degree of color saturation (all the way to black-and-white).
I’ve had fun with your special modes, like the tilt-shift-lens simulator and fake fisheye.
I love the wink-driven self-timer. Yes, I set up the camera, walk into the scene, and then wink—the picture is taken two seconds later. Beats hunting around for a remote control. (Or I can ask you to wait two seconds after a new person—that would be me, joining the group—enters the frame.)
But above all, I love your enormous sensor. It’s 0.59 inches diagonally—88 percent more area than most pocket cameras’ sensors. And I love that you have an f/2.0 lens, a rarity among pocket cameras, meaning that you let in a lot more light.
And all of this means that you, little S95, can take amazing, sharp pictures in low light without the flash. Your designers have shrewdly dropped the ludicrous quest for more megapixels—you have 10 megapixels, just right—in favor of something that really matters, like better photos.
click here to read the entire article at The New York Times Website
So if you want to buy it, you can get a great deal on the Canon Powershot on Amazon here-
My best technically difficult shot of 2010 was taken with this camera-
Here is a video demonstrating how great it is in low light (a true test of a camera’s sensor)
BOATS WANTED…show up, and checkin in with the committee boat at Jones Creek on the Annisquam River to enter the 2011 Parade of Lights this Saturday by 7:15. $50 of FREE fuel is you enter, and gifts for participating. The show can’t go on with out support from out boating community to keep this annual event going. If you questions, contact Tobin from Cape Ann ’s Marina Resort at 978-283-3293.
Thanks Joey – by the way I signed up for your cigars and rum cruise…sounds like fun!
Take care, Tobin
Gloucester is one of a few towns high-lighted on Chronicle tonight Gloucester resident and Chronicle’s original host, Jeanne Blake takes Chronicle to Steve Connelly’s fish market and two other Gloucester establishments: tune in to find out! September 1st 7:30 Chronicle “My Home Town ” Tape it if you’re heading out to nights on the neck!
A Gloucester-based company Jeanne Blake founded produces Words Can Work: multimedia about the public health issues kids face growing up such as bullying, obesity and substance abuse. Blake speaks nationally and consults to communities and corporations to develop programs that encourage parents and kids to talk about these topics. www.wordscanwork.com
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Hi,
I really enjoyed looking at the videos along the back shore along Atlantic Ave. into Gloucester. I have been coming to Gloucester and Rockport for years with my family. I have walked that walk way from Good Harbor Beach to where we stayed at the Atlantis and before that we were at a private home for years on Atlantic ave. I felt like I was right there. I could walk it with my eyes closed. I have such a love for this area. I am so glad I found out about this GoodmorningGloucester web site. If I can’t be there, this is the next best thing.
Thank you,
Ingrid Lindmark
Poughkeepsie, NY
Dorothy Englander, a resident of Albany, NY, holds an MFA from The University at Albany and a BS from Skidmore College. She has received awards for her work, which she has exhibited regionally and nationally since 1980. Her art is in public, corporate, and private collections. She has taught painting in college and private settings.
Dorothy works in a variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolor, drawing, monotype, collage, and digtal imaging. She incorporates abstraction with recognizable imagery in her work.
Dorothy’s Guest Artist Exhibit at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck will run from Friday, 9/2 through Thursday, 9/15 with an Opening Reception on Saturday, 9/3 from 4:00-7:00 pm. Come by and welcome Dottie to Rocky Neck.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
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