My View of Life on the Dock
John Morris came by to talk about his new book a 448 page documentation of Gloucester Fishing in the age of sail (1623-1939).
John spent 10 years of his life writing and researching this book. Watch the video and see some of the incredible pictures and details within this masterpiece.
June 10th book signing and reading at Sawyer Free Library.
Read Gail McCarthy’s Gloucester Daily Times piece with John here
Mona Faherty Gives Us a Tour Of The Under Construction Suite In The Top Level Of The Rocky Neck Accomodations
Click here to go right to Mona’s Rocky Neck Accommodations Website
Minimal Editing- Minimal Commentary-Just A Slice of Time On Gloucester Harbor
get that gear out there boys. It’s not gonna make any money in the yard!
Trapper’s new tattoo to honor his late father
Fresh Ink
Amy talks about the hours, offerings and a special event this weekend with $1 scoops
The best of luck to Amy!
Grand Opening kicks off on Friday, May 28th with $1.00 scoops of ice cream between 4pm and 7pm.
Saturday, May 29th Kids Face Painters from Art Haven from 12pm to 2pm and A-Train Orchestra performing on the deck from 3pm to 6pm. Come join the fun!!!
Here is a link to all of our posts from on the set of the Adam Sandler Movie Grown Ups which filmed here last Summer. You can see many of the locations we took pictures last summer that are in the trailers
https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/?s=Grown+Ups&x=16&y=11
http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com
Here is exclusive Video Shot At my Dock This Morning Showing the CBS Amazing Race Teams Boarding Gloucester Fishing Boats- The Jennie C, No Excuses, Karen Lynn, Tuna.Com, Lady J and Lady Lane.
I accidentally call it the Great Race in the video but I know it’s called The Amazing Race.
You can see the teams dressed in different colors walking down the gangway to board the fishing boats at the State Fish Pier. Then they head out single file past the historic Paint Factory to Gloucester’s inner harbor where they passed by The Greasy Pole and Hammond Castle en route back to The Eastern point Yacht club where they disembarked and the race begins. On East Main Street one of the teams stopped the Mrs and her friends who just got out of a run-fit class for directions to Boston’s Logan Airport. She had to sign a release stating that she may be on TV.
One team stopped while in traffic on East Main St and rolled down their window. It was a good looking man and woman who asked how to get to Logan. When the car stopped two cameramen popped out of SUV which was right behind the man and woman race team who were rolling seperately in a Smart Car. The cameramen and a microphone were shoved in the Mrs face and when she replied how to get to Logan the team told her not to speak to anyone else. Then they signed the releases and were off.
I’ll post many more pictures of the teams over the course of the next few days. if you are looking at the video right now at 6:58PM it may be fuzzy but the quality will improve within an hour when it is fully processed by YouTube.
Farm Bar and Grille Hospitality With Jen
Get an insiders view with Jen
Here’s to a great season down on Rocky Neck. Brenda just got back from a six month stint in Thailand. Check out more on Brenda here
A tour Inside Glazed!
God Help Me If My Wife Finds Out You Can Bring Your Own Bottle Of Wine Into This Joint.
Meet Joe and Memory and wish em well!
Get the inside scoop first here at GMG 🙂
Here is Giuseppe’s Site
You can also check out Memory Layne Creative and the beautiful watercolor work she does.
Join Gloucester native Gardner H. Winchester II for these entertaining, hands-on lectures and learn knot tying skills that are invaluable to all mariners. This four part series is geared toward boaters aged 16+. Each session is 2 hours long, starting at 7:00 PM, on the first Tuesday of June, July, August, and September of 2010. Materials will be provided. Workshop offerings consist of:
Tuesday, June 1, 2010: Knot Tying for Mariners: Participants will gain a basic understanding of line handling and knot tying. Topics include proper line coiling and storage, the difference between a knot, a hitch, and a bend, the usage benefits and drawbacks of cordage of different compositions commonly in use today, helpful techniques for docking and anchoring, and the proper use of and how to tie the 7 knots most useful in the marine environment: The Bowline family, the Trucker’s knot, the Tautline hitch, the Sheet bend, the Reef knot, Figure 8 stopper knot, and the Cleat hitch.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010: Traditional Cordage and Line Handling: This lecture focuses on the historical usage of cordage and knots. Participants will learn traditional techniques of canvas work and sailmaking, including roping and worked eyes, traditional splicing techniques such as working an Eye splice in natural fiber line using a Fid, traditional ropemaking and the construction of cordage, and the setup of dead-eyes and lanyards and the knots and seizing used in a traditional ships’ standing rigging.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010: Advanced Knots and Splicing:This lecture will be a continuation of the Knot Tying for Mariners program. The participants will learn the uses of and how to tie a Fisherman’s knot, Clove hitch, Carrack bend, Anchor hitch and Constrictor knot. Other topics include: the uses of the different “hands” of cordage, how to make an Eye splice in three stranded nylon line, how to use a Fid and a Marlinspike, termination techniques for synthetic fiber lines, the handling differences between stranded and braided cordage, and block-and-tackle advantage subjects.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010: Artistic Knot Tying:This workshop is geared toward those who are interested in the marlinspike sailor’s art of decorative knot tying. Participants will learn the origins and traditional usages of several knots that are considered decorative today: the Wall sennit, the Crown sennit, the French hitch, Mathew Walker knot, Turks Head knot, Double Wall and Crown. Participants will learn how to tie these knots and will make a “bell lanyard” key-fob to bring home.
Member Admission is $10 per individual session or $30 for all four sessions.
(Non-members pay $15 per session or $45 for all four)
To register for one or all sessions click here
Delaney gives the skinny (and her mom puts her 2 cents in too) about her birthday party experience at Glazed.
Look for part II tomorrow
Ed Collard walks us around the site and details the work that took place at the I4C2 beautification project May 22, 2010
About a third of the way into the video there is a very useful tip that could save you money!
Kudos to all that were involved
We captured this beat down at The Farm Bar and Grille On Video
Nice Work Rabbit!
Roselle Would Like Nothing More Than For You To Come On Down To 184 Washington Street And Get Your Glaze On!
Part II and III coming over the course of the next two days.
Imagine that we have this amazing world class operation right here in our midst.
Greg Bover was kind enough to send in these-
Dear Joe,
I don’t know if you have seen either of these, but people tell me they find them interesting. The first one is from WFIU in Indiana, about C. B. Fisk finishing up our project at the University in Bloomington.
The second one is a trailer for a documentary that Gloucesterman Dennis Lanson is shooting of our upcoming project at Harvard University. It is meant to be a teaser for the full length PBS-quality film following the entire job, just now in the midst of the design phase.
We also have an Open Shop coming up on June 12 for an organ in between these two that we have built for the First Presbyterian Church of Incheon, Korea. It’s a Saturday afternoon, from 2 to 6 at our place on Kondelin Road. I’ll send along a proper invitation for you and your readers as soon as we get them back from the printers.
Regards,
Greg
Gregory Bover
VP Operations
C. B. Fisk, Inc
www.cbfisk.com
Watch For The Big Finish
Meet Marty and Barbara Luster and hear their story about how it came to be that they moved to Gloucester after 34 years in the same house in Ithaca NY
Welcome Home Marty and Barbara 🙂
This is the documentary we made to Celebrate Gloucester at Latitude 43. It features interviews with Mark McDonough , Fisherman Peter Libro , Nicole Duckworth- from Duckworth Bistrot, Debbie Clarke- artist, Dave Anderson from The Black Swan, Ashley From Lat 43, Lobsterman Joe Mondello, Joe and Mary Ellen Borge from The Lone Gull, Lobsterman Mark Ring, Chef Zach Sears, Cape Ann Community Cinema’s Rob Newton, Stephanie From Lat 43, Lobsterwoman Renee, Real Estate Tycoon Ruth Pino, Ryan and Wood Distiller Bobby Ryan.
I hope you enjoy it. there are some pretty touching moments in here.
Good Morning Gloucester 