Christina and Valentin Bike from Somerville for Breakfast at Sugar Mag

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

IMG_4980Christina and Valentin Bike from Somerville for Breakfast at

Sugar Magnolia.

Valentin is planning to start a bike ride across America on Monday.

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If You’ve Got A Boat- The US Coast Guard Eagle Will Be arriving Around Noon Today

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

It will be a sight and there will be quite the welcoming committee.  By land check it out from the Boulevard or the Breakwater.

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Rubber Duck says, “Yeah, yeah, Schooner this, Schooner that …”

Posted on by paultmorrison
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It would be insane to miss any of the Schooner doings all weekend and RD has a plastic card she will carry so as not to miss one event but remember Cape Ann has other stuff going on. Rockport Farmer’s Market stop by Saturday at 9AM and get a jump on the weekend. Pick up Anadama, Abbott Honey, Sasquatch Smokehouse Salmon or mussels. Then go to Schooner festival but take thick slice of Anadama, butter, honey, add smoked mussels and stuff that in your face while watching the Schooners. Do it early so you have room for the lobster mania at Harbor loop later int he afternoon. Almost forgot the tomato jam stuff which sounds as weird as my above sandwich but it’s crazy good.

If Your a Grandmother Visiting Cape Ann this weeked Run to “The Last Resort”

Posted on by Sista Felicia

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Yesterday afternoon Daughter Amanda and I shared a beautiful mommy daughter afternoon in Rockport together, playing tourist, after dropping a special Surprise Birthday Gift off at “My Place Restaurant” at the end of Bearskin Neck for my BFF Dee Noble. Bearskin Neck is really a great place to visit if your in the Cape Ann area. They have it all, a wide variety of shops, food, and art galleries, with the bonus of breath taking scenic views in its mist. Amanda and I shopped our way down the neck, in and out of several gift, jewelry and clothing stores, explored a few art galleries and enjoyed a slice of Apple Strudel at the Famous “Helmut”s Strudel” Of Bearskin Neck.  The Last Resort Located diagonally across from Helmut’s Strudel really struck a cord in me, returning me back to the days of shopping with my Mom for specialty Baby clothing for BJ & Amanda when they were babies.  My heart was fluttering as I took a few photos of their gorgeous lien and cotton infant and toddler clothing yesterday. If your a Grandmother or parent in the Cape Ann area this holiday weekend, who is looking for beautiful boutique style children clothing, run don’t walk to “The Last Resort”  on Bearskin Neck…and tell them Sista Felicia sent you! 

 

 

 

 

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Operation Sail, New York, July 4th, 1976

Posted on by Fredrik Bodin

TallShipwmI took this photo from the roof of the Hotel Bossert, in Brooklyn Heights. The tall ship is parading up the East River, as part of the nation’s Bicentennial celebration. Lower Manhattan is in the background.

Good Morning Gloucester The Poem For The Gloucester Lyceum

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

An oldie from the blog and the poem still holds up I think.

Gloucester Welcomes Schooners with Loaves of Warm Virgilio’s Bread!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Joe Virgilio ©Kim Smith 2014 -2.This past spring while working on Gloucester’s Feast of Saint Joseph film project, I filmed Joe Virgilio making Virgilio’s Saint Joseph rolls and wrote a post for GMG about Virgilios. At that time, Al Bezanson, owner of the Green Dragon Schooner, shared that during Schooner Festival, Joe Virgilio welcomes the schooners with warm loaves of freshly baked bread as they sail into Gloucester Harbor.

Al provides more details:

“Hi Kim

Virgilio’s started donating bread to the visiting schooners two years ago, and it now threatens to become a popular new tradition.  The first year Brett and Max Ramsey, in Brett’s high speed inflatable, met up with schooners as they entered the harbor and presented them with a loaf or two along with a pineapple.  In some cases the bread was still warm from the oven.  When that happened with Adventurer, out came the butter, and the bread was enjoyed in a flash. Last year Max and Dom Nesta made the deliveries, and more of the Sea Scouts may be handling it this year.”

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In the photos Al provided, Green Dragon had just received a delivery in the outer harbor as she entered from Manchester.

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I was so struck by the Virgilio’s generous, welcoming gesture and thought what better time to pass along Al’s story than the night before the Schooners begin to arrive. As Al points out, “When you get around schooner people you may hear them talking about the need to have extra butter aboard in Gloucester. This is a very big deal in fending off other ports that are vying for schooners that same weekend. Thanks Joe and the high speed Ramsey/Nesta delivery guys!”

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10606178_718995488173406_6058799094986917975_nDuring summer months Virgilios makes fabulously delicious and delightfully refreshing Italian ice, created only with pure fresh fruit juices and cane sugar (not corn syrup).

For store hours and menu visit their Facebook page here.

Read more about Virgilio’s Saint Joseph rolls here.

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… Because Gloucester

Posted on by paultmorrison
OMG all is right with the world. Rubber Duck showing off the Nutella we scored at Market Basket today at the bakery with Anna Benedetto. Also loaded up on Mrs. Renfro's Jalepeño Green Salsa
OMG all is right with the world. Rubber Duck showing off the Nutella we scored at Market Basket today at the bakery with Anna Benedetto. Also loaded up on Mrs. Renfro’s Jalepeño Green Salsa

Yummy George’s breakfast

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Rick and I love going to George’s on Sunday. I always get the veggie rollup with hash browns. Eat only one and bring the other one home for breakfast on busy Monday mornings.
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No Mug Up This Weekend

Posted on by God's Morning

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With it being Labor Day Weekend and all that is going on with the Schooner Festival, etc., we are not going to hold a Mug Up this weekend. Look for one next weekend though! Have a great, fun and safe Labor Day Weekend!

E.J. Lefavour

We Need Your Vote!

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https://www.bankgloucester.com/ballot

We Need Your Vote!
We are excited to learn that RNAC was chosen to be on the ballot for BankGloucester’s 7th Annual Banking for Community Program. BankGloucester is giving $20,000 away to nineteen organizations based on the number of votes received: the organization that gets the most votes will be awarded $5000, 2nd and 3rd places get $3000, 4th and 5th get $1000 and the remaining 14 organizations will each receive $500.

Click Here to Cast Your Vote

You can only vote through BankGloucester’s website, one vote per email address (although you can vote for three different organizations when you vote). Friends, relatives and colleagues can vote.

Your vote will help us

· Encourage free expression and open mindedness through our creative programming and exhibitions
· Provide opportunities for educational and professional development in the arts through lectures, worshops, scholarships and residencies
· Work to keep the traditions upon which the Rocky Neck Art Colony was founded to keep them vital in the context of contemporary culture

Boston Globe lists Gloucester Schooner Festival in “10 Ways to Spend Labor Day Weekend in New England”

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

After this spectacular article in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago, it’s nice to see this piece in the Boston Globe’s travel section listing 10 Ways to Spend Labor Day Weekend in New England.