My View of Life on the Dock
I met Wayne Hoover from Kentucky at Eastern Point, he and his wife were on New England Lighthouse trip. Below are photos he took of our own Eastern Point Lighthouse and one of myself with his wife. You can see more of his photography on his websites: www.waynehooverphototours.com and www.waynehooverphotography.com.
Gloucester Smiles and Visitors
GMG Familiar Smiles
Couple from Georgia at Eastern Point
Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 9 AM – 3 PM
Market Basket, 101 Gloucester Crossing Rd
Gloucester varsity soccer is out in the first round of the conference series. Lynnfield 1 Gloucester 0. Gloucester Daily Times Nick Curcuru coverage accompanied by Kirk R. Williamson photos here
“…From there, Gloucester adjusted by switching to three strikers. But Lynnfield countered that by bringing back a fifth defender to clog up the passing lanes.
“We knew adding an extra striker would put some extra pressure on their defense,” Marnoto said. “And it did but they added an extra defender and when they won the ball they got it out wide. That gave them time to regroup and kept us from getting into our shape.” Both goal keepers were also a factor.” – Nick Curcuru excerpt
Kirk R. Williamson photos: Gloucester’s Robert Mugabe chases down a loose ball along the sideline while being tangled up with a Lynnfield player ont the sidelines in Tuesday’s Division 3 North First Round meeting.
Gloucester’s Robert Mugabe tries to make a play on the ball as the Lynnfield goal keeper Dante Gesamondo makes a save in front of two of his defenders © copyright Kirk R. Williamson
This weekend is a big weekend for Cape Ann Youth Hockey! It is the annual Sal Grasso Memorial Tournament. Each year, since 1987 (there may have been couple of years taken off in the middle) teams from Cape Ann play in a tournament against teams from Westmount in Montreal, Canada. Programs alternate between traveling to the opposing host city each Veteran’s Weekend in November. This year Montreal teams will be traveling to us and we are excited to host their players and families.
Families who have been a part of Cape Ann Youth Hockey will tell you that the camaraderie off the ice between teammates, friends, and families is just as important as any game play that takes place on the ice…if not more. Hockey is a commitment… to say the least. There are long weekends spent in cars, early morning wake ups, and expenses that are sometimes quiet hard to believe, but….through it all, the highs and the lows, shines the Sal Grasso Memorial Friendship Tournament.
Opening ceremonies take place on Friday at 4:30 and will continue all weekend long until the 3:00 pm closing ceremonies on Sunday. Please stop by and cheer on our home teams.
Sportsmanship, friendship, and teamwork are at the heart of it all, but both programs will tell you that winning is nice too. The Westmount teams, unbelievably, took the trophy for the tournament’s first 14 years in a row! Since then, Cape Ann has won seven and Westmount five.
Montreal won the tournament last year. Cape Ann is looking to keep the cup here in Gloucester Sunday afternoon. Full stands and local support will certainly help that cause.
Read more about past tournaments by following these links:
https://goodmorninggloucester.org/2018/11/15/for-the-love-of-hockey/
https://goodmorninggloucester.org/2017/11/13/3-days-24-games-72-periods-25th-year-check/
https://goodmorninggloucester.org/2017/11/09/sal-grasso-memorial-tournament/
https://goodmorninggloucester.org/2016/11/14/congratulations-cayh-nation/
https://goodmorninggloucester.org/2015/11/16/a-lot-of-hockey-was-played/
This tradition is important to Cape Ann Youth Hockey and the City of Gloucester. Please come to Talbot Rink this weekend to cheer on our teams and to welcome our friends from Westmount.
Friends of CAYH, Paul T. Russo and Shawn Grasso will be dropping the ceremonial pucks for the first games.
Let’s fill the stands!!!
The hawks we typically see in our neighborhood have been somewhat scarce lately but recently have returned. I love that they seem to accompany me on my walks, so I call them my “Walk-Hawks”. The hope of spotting them pushes me out the door for the walk on days I might be reluctant.
I tested my laptop’s onboard webcam from home yesterday in an area of our house that has not-great wifi. The results were decent (see the resulting stream below) but I concluded that if I used the laptop plugged into the router instead of relying on the wifi connection that the results would be way better. So now I’m at the dock and I ran speed tests on my ethernet wired PC, my new iPhone and my old LG V20 android phone.
The internet speed test results between my wired desktop and untethered wifi cellphones were very similar which I find odd.
Ethernet connected PC download speed 30.05/ Upload 5.85
Iphone over wifi download speed 29.4 upload 5.75
Android Phone LG V20 over wifi download speed 28.57/ upload 5.96
In the live streaming test I did last night on the wifi Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 the quality of the stream was decent even though it was rerecorded in a part of the house where the internet is spotty.
I don’t want to spend money for the sake of spending money but I want to try a higher quality webcam connected directly to the ethernet on my PC and see if that gets much better results and eliminate the pixelation. In theory it should but now after doing the speed tests showing my cellphone and wired ethernet connection are practically the same, I’m unsure if there’s going to be a noticeable difference.
Join us every Wednesday and Thursday for our 1606 Live Music Series with local artists from 6-9PM! With full bar bites & dinner menus available, 44 seat bar with lounge, couches, fireplace, and wide screen TV’s, 1606 is a great spot for all to enjoy local live music. There is no cover fee and we also offer complimentary self and valet parking.
1606 Restaurant & Bar is located on the lobby level of Beauport Hotel Gloucester at 55 Commercial Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
November 6th – AJ Edwards
November 7th – John Jerome
Congratulations and thank you to all the candidates for your dedication!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4e6wixgQ2ss4-p54RU2FjricJTglah-d_PaFs0/?igshid=w78wo5n1faog
Every year we love seeing all the folks from Gloucester & surrounding areas coming and picking up great deals on Skis, Skates and Snowboards. We always have a great deal of Hockey equipment for a fraction of what you would pay, if you bought new. Thanks everyone for your support of this great North Shore event.
Congratulations to Danielle for the continued success of her fabulous homemade pasta and wine shop. Danielle has a gorgeous new website, with great information on her local sources and the natural, organic wines she carries, with photos by Nubar Alexanian.
Message from Danielle ~
Three and a half years ago, I decided to take the biggest risk of my life and open up my shop in a tiny 800 sq. ft. space that was originally a shared space. My cool retro display case broke the first day, half the shapes were extruded and half the shapes were made completely by hand, and I even tried a little tricolore up at the top.
I’ve since refined, worked on my Italian language skills, educated myself more on regional Italian cuisine and family recipes, visited with numerous farmers and artisans here and in Italy, as well as meet and feed some of the most wonderful people in my community.
It’s super exhausting, challenging and tiring. But I love this more than you could ever imagine. Having the opportunity to educate and put real food on your tables has been my life goal. What I’m saying is, holy shit, the store has changed since the beginning, now I’m on Main Street, selling real Italian provisions from @gustiamo and natural wines from @selectionaturel . My importers and I have the same values and views. We work so hard as outcasts to deliver you the real message and passion of the people behind your food and wine.
Updated my website, check it out. I now am not just a pasta shop, but a provisions + natural wine shop too. Wow, to believe I built this with my two hands is not worthy of thanking all the people that helped me along the way….especially my customers – we have created a serious movement, thank you for coming into the shop. The power of the consumer is REAL!
Located at 123 Main Street, Suite 1, in historic downtown Gloucester.
Hours:
Open Wednesday-Sunday 11 AM to 7-ish PM
Closed Monday & Tuesday
The moral of the story is Danielle pretty much lives at the shop. Give us a ring if you’re heading out and you’d like to place your order in advance and/or you think you might miss us.
Contact:
+1 (978) -868-5005
pastaioviacorta@gmail.com
Reception Wednesday, November 13, 5-7 pm
Over 20 of Jeff’s paintings will be exhibited
at the Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts, at Endicott College
The show begins November 5, 2019, and runs through March 2, 2020.
Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts
Heftler Visiting Artist Gallery
Endicott College
376 Hale Street
Beverly, MA .
For more information please call: (978) 590-2979.
TOO FAT FOR CHINA: A Comic Look at the Agony of Adoption by PHOEBE POTTS
Gloucester Stage Company presents TOO FAT FOR CHINA, a world premiere one woman show written and performed by cartoonist and storyteller Phoebe Potts, November 23, 24, 30 and December 1 at Gloucester Stage, 267 E Main St., Gloucester.
This comedic theater performance (debuting on National Adoption Day, Nov. 23) is a sequel to Potts’ graphic memoir, Good Eggs (Harper, 2010), which charts her travails with infertility and the endless rounds of treatments and miscarriages she and her husband endured. Roz Chast, the New Yorker cartoonist, called Potts’ memoir “sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always honest, intelligent, and completely involving.”
In Too Fat for China, Potts picks up the narrative with her quest for an international adoption. The story has a happy ending, but it twists and turns through fraught questions about family and race— subjects that feel particularly pertinent in our current political climate. Potts tackles it all, as she does life, with humor and irreverence.
TOO FAT FOR CHINA PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES:
Saturday, November 23: 7:30pm
Sunday, November 24: 2:00pm
Saturday, November 30: 7:30pm
Sunday, December 1: 2:00pm
Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 TICKET PRICES: $25 Available for purchase online to gloucesterstage.com or by calling the Box Office at 978.281.4433 
GHS Fishermen Athletics Boys Soccer hosts Lynnfield now- come on down!
(MIAA) boys soccert tournamentbracket here
Beautiful swans at Niles Pond, all four had their heads eating.
Start your holiday shopping early,
Photo by Arian Hewitt
Gloucester Smiles and Visitors
From Salt Lake City Utah at Eastern Point
“G” smiles at Halibut Point
Good Morning Gloucester 