Where would you rather be?
Where would you rather be?
The lobster dock, or stuck indoors in a stuffy factory with no windows?
Embossing washing machine face plates. When it’s 5 below zero, or 80 degrees. I’ll take the dock anytime.
Think of me next time you wash your undies.
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Yes, that was the Roseway doing doughnuts in the outer harbor.
A neat way to track some of the schooners coming to participate in the Schooner Festival this weekend. Go to MARINE TRAFFIC.COM and create a free account. Now you can make “My Fleet” and find some of the schooners. You can then see realtime where the schooner is. This only works for boats out there with AIS transponders so some have them, some don’t. If anyone comes up with a more inclusive way to follow the whole fleet before the Mayor’s Cup race post in the comments.
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The Annisquam Exchange
The Annisquam Exchange – Fall Hours and Furniture Sale
After September 6th, the Annisquam Exchange will be on Fall Hours Schedule: Fridays and Saturdays only: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The annual Furniture Sale will be on Saturday, September 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Another bonus from the Annisquam Exchange is their 20% off RED DOT sale. The Exchange is a nonprofit, fine consignment shop offering items for the home: china, silver, antiques and collectibles, including many estate pieces, jewelry, gifts, toys, cards, as well as Annisquam apparel and souvenirs. Located at 32 Leonard St., Annisquam Village, Gloucester.
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Water Shuttle Faces Aug 2014
This group of faces on the Water Shuttle include; tourist from Scotland, India, Canada, and many places through out the US, enjoying what Gloucester has to offer. A special couple from Newton, celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary, on the water shuttle.
For your next ride see CAPE ANN HARBOR TOURS
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Thirtieth Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival Program and Visitor Guide Is Now Online
Click here to view or print the entire program
Friday, August 29, 2014
Schedule of events subject to change based on wind, marine, and weather conditions.
If needed, schedule changes will be announced at www.gloucesterschoonerfestival.net and on
Facebook.
All Day Arrival of Participating Vessels
Mid-afternoon Arrival of U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Mayor’s Reception for Invited Guests
Sponsored by First Ipswich Bank
and hosted by U.S. Coast Guard Station Gloucester
6:30 pm Maritime Gloucester’s “Under the Spars” Gala (ticketed
event)
8:00 pm Henri Smith New Orleans Friends & Flavours Concert at
Mile Marker One at Cape Ann’s Marina Resort (Rt. 133).
(ticketed event) Proceeds to benefit Cape Ann YMCA
Camping & Teen Services
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Schedule of events subject to change based on wind, marine, and weather condions.
If needed, schedule changes will be announced at http://www.gloucesterschoonerfesval.net and on
Facebook.
9:30 am – 3:00 pm Marime Gloucester Heritage Day at Marime
Gloucester, 23 Harbor Loop in downtown Gloucester.
Free to the public. Over 25 arsan vendors and
community organizations with demonstrations and
family activities. The traditional Celtic band, Meridian,
will play on the Boat House stage at 11:30 am and 1:00
pm. Schooners will be at the dock for visitors. Food will
be available onsite. Maritime Gloucester’s exhibits and
aquarium will be open throughout the day for half-price
admission.
10:00 am – 7:00 pm Open House Aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle
at Americold, 1 Rowe Square on Gloucester’s harborfront.
12:00 noon – 4:00 pm U.S. Coast Guard Station Open House. Stop by the
Station on Harbor Loop to learn all about the Coast
Guard and its important role in Gloucester.
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm 2nd Annual Public Lobster Bake. Enjoy freshly steamed
lobster, corn on the cob, and a Virgilio’s roll. Relax with
your dinner at Marime Gloucester and on the slopes of
the Fitz Henry Lane lawn. Also available: hot dogs &
hamburgers, soda, spring water, beer & wine.
7:00 pm Fireworks Viewing at Beauport/Sleeper McCann
Museum. Ticketed event. Registration is required. Info:
978-283-0800
7:00 pm Concert on the Boulevard (time subject to requirements of
Parade of Lights and Fireworks)
7:30 pm Boat “Parade of Lights”
9:15 pm Fireworks Display over Gloucester Harbor. (following
Parade of Lights, me approximate)
(The Gloucester Fireworks Committee is in need of more
donations for the Labor Day weekend fireworks.
Donations may be made to The Gloucester Fund, 45
Middle St., Gloucester, MA 01930. Please notate
“fireworks” on your donation.)
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Schedule of events subject to change based on wind, marine, and weather conditions.
If needed, schedule changes will be announced at http://www.gloucesterschoonerfesval.net and on
Facebook.
8:30 am Skippers’ meeting for all schooners sailing in the
Mayor’s Race at Solomon Jacobs Park, adjacent to the
U.S. Coast Guard Station
10:30 am – 12:00 noon Parade of Sail as the schooners proceed from the Inner
Harbor, past the Fishermen’s Memorial on Stacy
Boulevard, to the race starting area off Eastern Point
11:00 am – 1:30 pm Shuttle Bus to Eastern Point Light, from
Eastern Point Gate (Eastern Point
Boulevard at Farrington Avenue) to
watch the start of the Mayor’s Race,
courtesy of Cape Ann Transportation
Authority
1:00 pm Start of Mayor’s Race off Eastern Point for the Esperanto
Cup, Ned Cameron Trophy, and Bey Ramsey Trophy
3:00 pm Departure of the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle (me
approximate)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Reception and Awards Ceremony for captains & crews
and invited guests
Monday, September 1, 2014
11:00 am Amistad presents “Refuse to Do Nothing” about
contemporary slavery issues
“Rain Day” for recovery from postponements caused by inclement weather. ONLY IF
REQUIRED.
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It’s Schooner Festival week!!!!!! (Effie, the pup at the helm of Ernestina)
For The Who When What Where Check Out The Schooner Festival Website Here
Al Bezanson submits-
Effie, the pup at the helm of Ernestina, (ex Effie M Morrissey) will be greeting visitors at the SEMA table from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM Saturday at Maritime Gloucester. This Effie is a Newfoundland, no longer a pup, and there’s no missing her. The Schooner Ernestina Morrissey Association (SEMA) has important news to share on a restoration schedule and subsequent plans to put her back to work. Now owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and operated by the Schooner Ernestina Commission, she was launched as Effie M Morrissey in Essex 120 years ago to fish out of Smith Cove for the J F Wonson Fish Company. We are very interested in talking to anyone with information on her early years working out of Gloucester.
We hope to see you at MG on Saturday!
(Mary Ann McQuillan photo, 2003)
Al Bezanson
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Tuesday August 26th , 2014 Cape Ann Weather
Marine Forecast :
Today S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Tonight S winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Beach Forecast :
UV Index 10
Water Temp 68°
Winds light onshore SE 5-10^mph
Mostly sunny …
Beach temps 77°- 84° Degrees
Pod Cast Weather :
http://www.spreaker.com:80/episode/4892550
Hourly Forecast :
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Illinois Tourist Enjoy Collecting Sea Glass
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Why Go To Cape Cod And Get Eaten By A Shark When You Can Come To Gloucester For Schooner Festival This Weekend!
Getting Eaten By a Shark In Cape Cod = Bad
Enjoying Schooner Festival In Gloucester = Good
Click Here for Schooner Festival Program and Visitors Guide
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Gloucester Patriots Need Players To Field A Team!
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Sister Mary Corita Quote of the Week from Greg Bover
August 21, 2014
To be disciplined is to follow in a good way
To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way
Consider everything as an experiment
Nothing is a mistake
There is no win
There is no fail
There is only MAKE
Don’t try to analyze and create at the same time
They are different processes
Be happy when you can manage it
Enjoy yourself
It is lighter than you think
There will be new rules next week.
Excerpted from the Immaculate Heart College Art Department rules
Sister Mary Corita (1918-1986)
Born Frances Elizabeth Kent, the Iowa native joined the Roman Catholic Sisters of the Immaculate Heart in 1936. She studied art at Otis College of Art and Design and the Chouinard Institute and received her BA from Immaculate Heart College where she laterbecame the Chair of the Art Department. She said her work was influenced by Buckminster Fuller and Charles and Ray Eames, with whom she enjoyed close relationships as she developed her signature style of painting and serigraphy, said by many to have changed the course of modern art. Corita Kent left the sisterhood in 1968, moved to Boston, and devoted herself to a highly successful life as a studio artist. Among her best known works are the “Love” postage stamp from 1985 and the controversial gas storage tanks on the Southeast Expressway in Dorchester which are said to contain the profile of Ho Chi Minh.
With thanks to Christina Sun, in whose excellent Bowsprite: A New York Harbor Sketchbook I found this excerpt.
Gregory R Bover
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Public art: Justin Desilva bookmark and seagull question
Hi Joey,
Artist Justin Desilva has completed several more crosswalks: Our Lady of Good Voyage, Lobsters, Howard Blackburn, and St. Peter’s Square. He’s had several requests for a postcard or some take away about his temporary project. If you see him, ask for a bookmark. Some of the murals are at different stages in their installation process; you will see him going back and forth to different sites. As this project is temporary, Justin will remove his work at the conclusion of his exhibit.
There is a Google map http://goo.gl/maps/mc696 with updated locations and photographs.
Gloucester Counts Down to Kindergarten streamed across the Sawyer crosswalk. Congratulations GPS, Sawyer Free, CAM, Art Haven and YMCA in partnership with the Boston Children’s Museum for planning what looked like a stellar, joyous event.
Question: Does anyone know how to persuade the seagulls to forego their perch atop the light above the crosswalk by City Hall and Sawyer?!
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Happy Birthday Lotus!
Nine-year old Lotus celebrated her birthday with friends and family at Niles Beach last night. Happy Birthday Lotus! You are Terrific!
No Niles Beach luau would be complete without Ukeladies and Muffy White and the Hula Girls!
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Maria Cracchiola’s Whimsical Cakes
The kids (and adults) were wonderfully fascinated by Maria Cracchiolo’s mermaid birthday cake–the details were simply charming–with shade-dyed waves, sea creature candles, fondant mermaid, and chocolate covered rock. Believe me, it tasted as good as it looked!!
You may recall that we featured Maria making the special Saint Joseph altar bread at Caffe Sicilia back in March. Maria makes beautiful, whimsical cakes such as this, by special order, and may be reached by calling Caffe Sicilia at 978-283-7345. To see more of Maria’s creations, visit her Facebook page here.
New Film: Making the Special Saint Joseph Altar Bread
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Live blogging 5:25pm Hard Merchandise
Live blogging from cruiseport 5:25pm hard merchandise offloading more Tuna
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AMERICAN BANDSTAND
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New Bird Feeder
At the Waterfront Festival I bought an Edible Birdhouse/feeder. This bird feeder has the seeds all around the house. When the seeds are gone you can put peanut butter on the house and put more seeds on the peanut butter. The Woodpeckers are really loving their new feeder and here is photo of a Chickadee waiting and a Nuthatch enjoying their treats.
For more information please follow the following link.
http://www.ediblebirdhouses.com
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“MARCIA WILL U BE MINE” Graffiti on Straitsmouth Island
Monday August 25, freshly painted on the gap end of Straitsmouth Island.
“MARCIA WILL U BE MINE?”
Marcia, here’s a tip, dump this loser and tell him to go row out to Straitsmouth and remove his stupid message.
You could also name him so we could publicly ridicule him too. That would be fun. Is he the D-bag who spray painted “MOLLY” under the Keystone Bridge?
Your boyfriend with the low IQ should not be dating material.
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Imagine if it was a coyote and it was in a cage at East Gloucester Elementary and…
one of the animal pacifists kept telling everyone how harmless the coyote was and then they went into the cage with the coyote and then the coyote lunged at the animal pacifist’s neck just like this supposedly tamed lion did. That would probably be the only more ironic scenario than the one shown in the video below.
Published on Aug 16, 2014
FULL VIDEO: Lion Attacks Teacher During a Circus, 16 August 2014 | Lion attacks teacher during circus performance as students watch in horror | RAW VIDEO
Schoolchildren on a day out at the circus were left horrified when their teacher entered the lion’s enclosure to prove the animal wasn’t aggressive – and was savagely attacked before their eyes.
and that my friends is why this guy ain’t going in no cage with any lions or tigers or bears. Oh My.
Any of you coyote lovers wanna try out this little demonstration for the kiddies? Probably be the best lesson on wildlife they’ll ever get.
Good Morning Gloucester 