A great day to be on the Gloucester Harbor Water Shuttle, operated by Cape Ann Harbor Tours.
It’s in the Genes
Genes kind of crack me up a little bit. While I’m (painfully) aware of how similar Finn and my husband are I find myself stopping to consider it more on Father’s Day. Finn and Freddy look a ton alike…as I hear at least once per week while out and about with Finn. I’m not lying when I say that complete strangers come up to Finn in public places and say, “You must be Freddy Schrafft’s son.” I think that, in the photos below, Finn also looks like Freddy’s father, Fred. My older son, Thatcher, looks nothing like Freddy or more….but shares most of my personality traits. He does, however, look a lot like my husband’s sister’s son. Strange.
What do you think?
Thatcher and Finn
Freddy and his dad, Fred
Finn
Freddy
Finn is on the left….Freddy, at about the same age, is on the right.
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Two Inch Thick #ReverseSear #Ribeyes Finished With Bacon Fat Sauteed Mushrooms On The @WeberGrills Performer For Father’s Day
Got to use Ryan and Wood Distillery Whiskey Barrel chunks for smoke. They sell them at the distillery. Directions- 15 Great Republic Dr, Gloucester, MA 01930
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Gloucester Harbor Police comes to the aid
The Gloucester Harbor Police comes to the aid of a pleasure boat and tows them back to their mooring.
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Support Reid’s Ride; Altering the Course of AYA Cancer
Riding for Reid R. Sacco AYA Cancer Alliance
To participate in and donate to Reid’s Ride –
Stage Fort Park will be hopping with activity as the finish line for Reid’s Ride, Sunday July 16th,
Come to Stage Fort Park, Gloucester MA Sunday, July 16th and meet ‘the force’ behind Reid’s Ride –
Join Reid’s Family, Lorraine, Gene, Weston, Deb and Frank Sacco and their wonderful group of organizers and participants for 28 Mile fundraising Bicycle Ride from Lynnfield MA high school to Gloucester MA, Stage Fort Park.
So much positivity behind this group, you can’t help but get caught up in their wave of progress against cancer in adolescents and young adults.
Stage Fort Park, overlooking beautiful Gloucester Harbor –
- Greet and cheer on the cyclists as they arrive at the end of their 28 mile ride to Stage Fort Park.
- Stop by the Raffle Table at the finish, Stage Fort Park
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Welcome To Cape Ann Community Bulletin Board
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GloucesterCast 229 With David Calvo, Kim Smith, Randy Oneil and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 6/18/17
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Topics Include:
Wonder Woman IS A Must See
Parade Of Sails
GMG/Ryan and Wood Plus 90 Cigars Rum and Cigar Sail On The Thomas E Lannon Is Set For July 20th.
Parking- Would It Be Bad To Put Up A Sign That Reads “Pull All The Way Up and Don’t Park Like An Asshole”
David Calvo Wood Carving and Craft Workshops- For Class Schedules www.davidcalvo.com
Swan and Plover Update
Alice Gardner Book Signing At The Library
Laura Ventimiglia “Nonna, What is St Peter’s Fiesta”
The Effect at Gloucester Stage
Butterfly Superhero Plants
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Happy Father’s Day bouquet
Kids were having fun decorating this morning 🙂
Happy Father’s Day to you and yours
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Adventure and Roseway at Sail Boston
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WHY IS DAN ALLEN’S HONEY THE BEST YOU’VE EVER TASTED? -BECAUSE IT’S FROM GOD’S COUNTRY!
Joey often uses the expression “God’s Country” when describing East Gloucester, not only because of the beauty that surrounds but because of the wonderful community of East Gloucester friends. I came home to find in my mail basket three jars of Dan Allen’s amazingly delicious ‘Peace, Love, and Honey,’ made by honey bees gathering nectar in his rambling and rambunctiously gloious garden. At Dan’s garden, you’ll find an exquisite array of Massachusetts native flowering trees and shrubs, as well as cultivated herbs, fruit trees, vegetables, flowers, and vines, all of which have made his golden yellow honey rich with a unique complexity of flavors and fragrance. At our home, we eat honey nearly everyday, on toast, in tea, and I love to cook with it. Dan’s is simply the best I have ever tasted.
Michelle, Dan’s thirteen year old daughter, designed the new labels – Peace, Love, and Honey ❤
Dan is currently selling honey directly to friends and will hand deliver to your doorstep. To order your honey, email Dan at dan_gallen@yahoo.com.
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SAIL BOSTON…ESSEX BUILT SCHOONERS FRONT AND CENTER!
Post by Len Burgess, photo by Matt Frank.
SAIL BOSTON…ESSEX BUILT SCHOONERS FRONT AND CENTER!!!
“Roseway” and “Adventure” right behind the Coast Guard’s “Eagle” to start the Sail Boston parade Saturday.
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Home Stretch
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If a tree falls in Rafe’s Chasm
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On the Lannon
Donna Ardizzoni / Circle Consulting Group 978-526-9222
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Gloucester adventure
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Sail Boston very exciting
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Sail Boston 2017
Headed to Boston early yesterday morning to find a spot to watch the Parade of Sails which did not disappoint despite the early fog and 1 hour delay! It took quite a while for the boats to reach my location on the Seaport but it was worth the wait. The boats are docked in various points of Boston Harbor through Wednesday night and you can get information on the boats, their locations and visiting hours at the Sail Boston website. Here’s just a sampling of my hundreds of pics. (PS…Happy Father’s Day to all the GMG Dad’s today!) Enjoy!
Eagle
Fire boats
Eagle
Eagle
Adventure & Roseway
Eagle
Roseway & Adventure
Thomas E. Lannon
Lannon sails
Thomas E. Lannon
Roseway
Bluenose
Lannon
Bluenose
Oriole
Oriole
Picton Castle
Jolie Brise
Picton Castle
Europa
Europe & American Eagle
Europa
Europa
Oostershelde
Oostershelde
Tree of Life
Oostershelde
Angelique
Angelique
Plane incoming
Hindu
Guayas
Guayas Crew
Guayas
Liberty Clipper & Fame
Oliver Hazard Perry
Oliver Hazard Perry
Picton Castle
Oliver Hazard Perry
Formidable
Union
Union
At port
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In All The Years Of Reading Dumb “Best Lobster Roll” Articles I’ve Never Seen Such An Abortion As The One Laurie Wilson Wrote For Open Table
It’s been 4 years. People always send me photos or links to articles that have terribly bastardized lobster rolls and I’ve been on hiatus for several years, but the article by Laurie Wilson brought me out retirement from the stupid lobster roll review shaming game.
It’s THAT bad.
First a refresher course before we get to the silliness in Laurie Wilson’s Top Lobster Roll article hack job.
A PREEMPTIVE LOBSTER ROLL REFRESHER COURSE BEFORE ANYONE GETS ALL CRAZY
Posted on June 3, 2013 by Joey C
I’m putting out this Lobster Roll PSA at the beginning of this lobster season to save chefs from making the horrible dastardly crimes against lobsterdom that so many make each year when they try to go all fancy with their lobster rolls.
One of our lobstermen, Dave Jewell’s boat was originally christened as the KISS. Chuck Kersey built it and explained the meaning behind the name-
KISS– Keep. It. Simple. Stupid.
What I will suggest to you is to take the name of the lobster boat which Chuck Kersey christened and apply it to your lobster rolls.
You don’t want to end up in the list of lobster roll debacles like the ones we’ve chronicled through the years here on GMG-
Bastardized Lobster Roll on Tap Today At Gloucester Gourmet
Posted on June 26, 2012 by Joey C
What Is Wrong With People???? Another Lobster Roll Disaster From Some Broads In California
Posted on July 11, 2011 by Joey C
The Broads Out In California Try To Defend The Undefendable
Posted on August 16, 2011 by Joey C
What Does a $50 Lobster Roll Look Like???????
Posted on December 21, 2010 by patrickr
Grandma Ethel Needs To Put Down the Crack Pipe
Posted on July 19, 2011 by Joey C
IDIOTS!!!!!!!!
Posted on June 25, 2009 by Joey C
HERE’S THE LATEST LUNACY FROM LAURIE WILSON-
Roll Call: Top Lobster Rolls to Celebrate National Lobster Day
LAURIE WILSON JUNE 15, 2017
Avenue Restaurant, Long Branch, New Jersey
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Order the lobster roll and you’ll get fresh lobster with tomato, spicy mayo, oranges, and arugula, all crowning a brioche bun.
In all my years I’ve never seen such an unmitigated disaster of what some people call a lobster roll as this one that Laurie Wilson puts in her Top Lobster Rolls In The Country article. Tomato? Really??? Oranges???? Arugula???? OMG. Laurie Wilson you have insulted your readership with this nonsense.
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Baptiste & Bottle, Chicago, Illinois
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Chef James Lintelmann’s chunky lobster roll keeps things interesting with a little fruit. The roll is created with housemade crème fraîche, fine herbs, shallots, chopped celery, and honey crisp apple.
I’m not even sure where to start here. Normally it’s easy to decide where to hammer the outrageousness but there’s so much going wrong here it’s hard to decide which to list first. I guess I’ll start by saying that when looking straight down at a lobster roll if you can’t optically distinguish anything at all resembling lobster then you automatically start out with a failing grade and can only go down from there. But we can’t let the whole “Fruit” thing slide. You’ve all heard the phrase “Don’t fruit your beer”. I really didn’t think we had to spell it out for the Foodies (and lets be honest, is there anyone that refers to themselves as a foodie that you can talk to for more than three minutes before you want to kill yourself from pretentiousness overload), but let me spell it out anyway-
DON’T FRUIT YOUR LOBSTER ROLL
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Kingbird at the Watergate Hotel, Washington, D.C.
It’s a New England Lobster roll — with a twist. This ocean treat is created with yuzu mayonnaise, and scallions on a brioche bun along with classic pommes frites
Uhmmm Kingbird at The Watergate Hotel, how bout you rename this yuzu mayonnaise roll with a hint of lobster?
You have to go 8 deep on her list before you get to a restaurant location that is a place where lobster catching is a staple of a community.
Baptiste & Bottle, Chicago, Illinois
Avenue Restaurant, Long Branch, New Jersey
Blue Island Oyster Bar & Seafood, Denver, Colorado
Cull & Pistol Oyster Bar, New York, New York
Vince Young Steakhouse, Austin, Texas
Rick Moonen’s RM Seafood Restaurant, Las Vegas, Nevada
Ways & Means Oyster House, Huntington Beach, California
Paddlefish, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
The Hourly Oyster House, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Siena Tavern, Chicago, Illinois
View, Oakdale, New York
Kingbird at the Watergate Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Striper’s, Kennebunkport, Maine
This lady has to be a Yankees fan, no?
To list Chicago, New Jersey, Denver, New York, Austin Texas, Las Vegas, Huntington Beach and Lake Buena Vista before you even get to a Maine or Massachusetts based joint, you gotta be out of your foodie mind. Don’t they revoke your foodie card if you’re not pushing farm to table in every article you write? This is food critic blasphemy in this, the Golden Age of Pretentious Food Writing.
Ed Collard put it best after listening to me rant about this article while creating this blog post. Ed says- “The poor lobster already died once, why are you killing it again?”
May god have mercy on your soul Laurie Wilson. I don’t know how you sleep at night.
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Would I Be Wrong To Post This Sign In My driveway?
So at the new homestead we have a skinny driveway that opens up to a space where you can easily park four cars with the teeny tiniest amount of courtesy and common sense. You can clearly see the open space in front of you where you can park three side by side and one in the corner allowing everyone easy access to come and go as they please.
I’d say 5 times out of 10 people that are visiting or doing work pull right to the skinniest part of the driveway and park, making it impossible for anyone parked respectfully inside of them to leave. Equally if not more frustrating, if someone is coming home they will have to block the person that parked like an asshole in, and then have to go back out to move the car to let them out.
So after having said that, do you think it’s entirely inappropriate to put up this sign right at the skinniest part of the driveway?
BTW Frankie Gwynne says it’s a total power move to park like that big of a dickhead
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Hand crafted @webergrills postcard
Came to work this morning to this sweet card. Who is cookiesnmilk? No clue.
Good Morning Gloucester 
