HBO on Main Street, Day 1

Posted on by Fredrik Bodin
Here's a view of today's shoot at the corner of Main and Center Streets. From what I could glean, the filming was mostly drive-by's with 70's and 80's cars, all with Maine plates. They'll be working here tomorrow and the day after. Interesting for me, but not much business.
Here’s a view of today’s shoot at the corner of Main and Center Streets. From what I could glean, the filming was mostly drive-by’s with 70’s and 80’s cars, all with Maine plates. They’ll be working here tomorrow and the day after. Interesting for me, but not much business.
This is Hillary Derby with her HBO walkie talkie, a professional costumer for big productions. She stopped by for a short visit. I know Hillary through Janet, they're cousins. "Hill" and her husband Tom have hosted the family for many an Easter Dinner at their home in Boston. The poor woman has to be on set at 5:30am, but she's used to it.
This is Hillary Derby with her HBO walkie talkie, a professional costumer for big productions. She stopped by for a short visit. I know Hillary through Janet, they’re cousins. “Hill” and her husband Tom have hosted the family for many an Easter Dinner at their home in Boston. The poor woman has to be on set at 5:30am, but she’s used to it.
In talking to Hillary, I pointed out the truck across the street in Palazola's parking lot. "Is that the Chow Wagon?" I asked. Turns out, it's the "Snack Wagon." They serve water, coffee, sandwiches, and other snacks. The real chow is served at Sugar Magnolia's, which HBO has rented.
In talking to Hillary, I pointed out the truck across the street in Palazola’s parking lot. “Is that the Chow Wagon?” I asked. Turns out, it’s the “Snack Wagon.” They serve water, coffee, sandwiches, and other snacks. The real chow is served at Cruiseport, part of which which HBO has rented.

Representing at Punkin Chunkin 2013

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hello Joey & Good Morning Gloucester!

Do you remember the pumpkin cannon & team members in front of Cape Ann Brewing Company during Fiesta? 

“American Chunker” actually broke the world record while I watched on Friday afternoon.  As the de facto  “home team” for Cape Ann  — Brian Labrie’s distance of 4,694.68 feet  has succeeded in bringing home the Gold…  Viva!!!    Enjoy the photos! 

Brian Labrie just moments after hitting the new record Friday afternoon…

Photo3323

Brian representing GMG early Saturday morning…

DVC00006aa

The presentation of the “trophy” following the end of competition Sunday afternoon…

Photo3380

Rick Terselic, daughter Louise & son Anthony representing Good Morning Gloucester with the Evil Pumpkin Boy, a.k.a. Dennis…

Photo3348

and here they were last year-

Rick Terselic Represents! At The World Championship Punkin Chunkin Competition in Bridgeville, Delaware

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Joey C

Community Stuff 11/5/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Maritime Gloucester 2013 collage

Curtis Sarkin submits-

We had an amazing 2013 season! Our Museum and Aquarium will reopen in late May 2014, but be on the lookout for special winter programs, including maritime lectures and children’s activities.
While we are currently closed to the public, we’re busy visiting Cape Ann’s elementary schools and hosting field trips through our expanded Ocean Explorers program!

1536_631567196887145_2109600228_n

SEACOAST NEWS

November 2013

Thank you to the Friends of Seacoast!

The Friends of Seacoast have recently provided our facility with a couple of wonderful foliage trips a lunch trip to Turner Hill and Russell’s Farm in Ipswich. A special Halloween Variety Show with exceptional entertainment provided by Big Smile Entertainment, Dinner Theater and weekly concerts.

The Friends of Seacoast enhance the resident’s lives at the Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center with hours of enjoyment by providing the finances needed for the special entertainment, supplies and community outings.

Any and all donations to “The Friends of Seacoast” are gratefully accepted.

The Cape Ann Museum received a grant from “Mass Humanities” and will be offering Seacoast an on going program from September 2013 through June 2014 called  “The Power of Place”

This artistic expression project will include poetry, painting

A museum tour and art demonstrations within the Seacoast facility.

We are looking forward to many upcoming events with the support of the Friends of Seacoast including A Veteran’s Day Celebration with Singer Sargent Dan Hart, Dinner Theater with entertainment and special foods, outings, weekly concerts and more……

The Holiday Bazaar is scheduled for Saturday, November 23, 9AM-2PM. Will Feature a Cookie Walk, Bake Sale, Raffle, White Elephants, Many craft vendors. Food and Fun for Everyone in the Community.

All Donations to white elephant table and bake sale will be accepted.

Alison Cox

Activities Director

GloucesterCast 11/03/13 With Guest Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

GloucesterCastSquare1

GloucesterCast Podcast Taped 11/03/13 With Guest Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro

Topics Include: Gloucester Beach Off Leash Petition, Should Gloucester Offer A Weekly Non Resident Beach Parking Pass?, Chanukah This Year, Jewish Holiday Food, Lou Reed, Visual Pollution, Which Ethnic Foods Can Be Considered A Ten

Bean Curds. Really?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

So Kim Smith asks if I’d like her to pick up lunch today.  My cousin Joe Marcantonio a while back suggested I try out the Chinese restaurant on Washington St- Midori.

So wanting to step outside of the box a little I suggest to Kim Smith that she pick up something from Midori but not something deep fried and greasy.

She suggests some veggies with bean curds.

Now I ask you.  Who in the world would make this kind of suggestion outside of the obvious Kim Smith?

Bean curds?  As in some farmer feeds his cows beans and they collect the been laden feces and make it into bean curds?

Uhmmm no thanks Kim.  Think I’ll take a pass on the bean curds and veggies.

Bean curds?

Only commies eat bean curds.  Mark my words.  Next time you hear someone order bean curds in a restaurant you can rest assured they’re a commie.

image

More Olive Kitteridge Filming

Posted on by Marty Luster

Thirty-five year old cars with Maine plates, people dressed in the latest 70’s fashion, lots of activity and lots of waiting. Just another day on the set.

IMG_0137 IMG_0139 IMG_0144 IMG_0147 IMG_0156 IMG_0158 IMG_0167 IMG_0184 IMG_0185 IMG_0188 IMG_0151

Actor Bobby Kenny On Main St Gloucester For Olive Kitteridge Filming

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Was strolling on Main Street this morning and had a brief conversation with actor Bobby Kenney (was in The Fighter). Snapped a quick picture of him and a few really cool cars I thought I’d share with the rest of Gloucester 🙂

Love your site!! Read it daily!!
Lorna Bird-Hood

http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com Do you get it?

Marni Farms in Ipswich Corn Maze

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Went to the Corn Maze with family and friends from Philly, what fun with the bouncing ball, corn maze and finishing off a great day at the Cape Ann Brewery.

 

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Good Morning Gloucester 2013 City of Gloucester Election Poll and Voting Info

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

voting

Comments on this post are disabled. This is strictly a poll and any comments endorsing one candidate or another on this post will not be posted.

Your votes in our poll are however, greatly appreciated

It will be interesting to see how closely the GMG results track the actual Election results.

vote

Elections

List of candidates for the November 5th 2013 Municpal Election:
Candidate list
Specimen Ballots Wards 1 thru 5

The deadline to register to vote for this election is October 16th at 8:00 PM.
Specimen Ballots:

2013 Municpal Election Specimen Ballots Wards 1 thru 5

dontcomplain

Rubber Duck Says: Cape Ann Needs Another Boat.

Posted on by paultmorrison

Someone is twisting Rubber Duck’s little rubber wing to post a story about bringing her boat up from Woods Hole to Gloucester.

Woods Hole Yacht Club
Woods Hole Yacht Club. Flares, horn, fire extinguisher, PFDs, VHF radio, Sudafed, check check check.
buzzardsbay
Up Buzzard’s Bay to the Cape Cod Canal, Wind 7 knots from the west. Familiar territory.
canal
Cape Cod Canal Railroad bridge. Still a train a week. Last time through the canal was 1972. Looks bigger. That bridge is way the hell up there.
bridge
Bourne or the Sagamore Bridge, always mix them up. FYI: if you have a head cold and you just took a football sized antihistamine cocktail do not look up at an eighteen wheeler crossing the bridge as your boat squirrels around in the current.
glostah
The wind freshened from the WSW to 25 knots so too wet to take photos of Plymouth, Duxbury, Scituate, Cohasset, the Graves lighthouse. From the Graves, aimed at the Salem powerplant stack then picked up the windmills of Gloucester.

Arrived 11:30 AM, 93 miles, four hour trip. Take home: This is an easy trip if you can pick your day. It’s all about the wind. Having VHF and a paid up SeaTow membership (the triple A of the water) helped too. The boat is faded blue. Rubber Duck is christening it “Blue Duck”.

“Blue Duck request opening Blynman Bridge.” Went out for a spin on Saturday up the Annisquam then over to Rockport and Straitsmouth Island. Flat calm tried out the 225HP Suzuki topped out at 30.9 knots, 35 mph. Dialed back to 22 knots, a nice cruising speed.

Photo of Navionics Track

wh_gloc

Store Fronts – Seasonal, Weekly and Even Pure Fantasy

Posted on by Lowell Peabody

So many storefront windows and so many messages! Here are a few designed for the season, a celebration and pure fantasy.

 

A sneak peak behind the scenes

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

If you went to The Slide Brothers concert we presented on Saturday, you hopefully had a good time, but had no clue as to last-minute scrambling that went on.  That’s because everyone involved is a pro — and that’s the way it should be.  Today, we’d like to offer a special shout-out to some of the folks whose work made this event happen and let you peek behind the scenes just a bit.

The scrambling began a couple of days before the show when we learned The Slide Brothers were not going to be able to bring a drum kit.  Mike Doyle happened to be at the theatre when we heard this, so he scooted down to Nate’s The Drum Shop North Shore on Rantoul St. and arrived back at the theatre in less than half an hour with a very nice sounding Premier kit in gorgeous white pearl, which you can see in the photo.  Thanks MTD and Nate for making this happen so quickly.

Then, on the day of the show, we discover we need even more gear and everyone in the Michael Thomas Doyle band chipped in to lend The Slide Brothers all that was needed for their stellar performance.  Thanks guys.  You’re real pros.

That performance relied, in good measure, on the expert talents of our sound crew, led by Will Hunt, who spent half of Friday drilling through a brick wall in order to hide the snake.

And on the night of the show, Bill Winn and Bradley Royds gave us absolutely perfect sound — so good that we heard compliments from both performers and fans!

Perhaps the last person ever to get any credit for his hard work is the guy in the light booth, which for this concert — and for Allen Estes, was Inge Berge, whose artistic lighting enhanced both performances.  And when Calvin Cooke (the B.B. King of Slide Guitar) told Inge to raise the house lights for a gospel tune so it would feel more like a church, he obliged gracefully and then returned the theatre to a performance feel with class and style.

You’ll notice that most of these people are from Gloucester and all are from Boston’s North Shore.  We are terribly grateful to live in a place so full of talented professionals!

Maritime Gloucester 2013, 2014 Season

Posted on by capeannpainter

https://www.facebook.com/maritimegloucester

https://maritimegloucester.org/

from Maritime Gloucester;

“We had an amazing 2013 season! Our Museum and Aquarium will reopen in late May 2014, but be on the lookout for special winter programs, including maritime lectures and children’s activities.

While we are currently closed to the public, we’re busy visiting Cape Ann’s elementary schools and hosting field trips through our expanded Ocean Explorers program!”

collage

The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Posted on by Sista Felicia

PrintIt feels like Christmas every time I receive a GMG comment, email, or Facebook message from GMG’s FOB regarding one of my recipes or post! When I decided to share my recipes and passion for cooking with the public I never realized how my “Gifts Of Gold” would become a gift that keeps on giving. I had hoped to inspire all ages to get into their kitchen and break through their fairs, and unlock the mysteries of cooking, but I had no idea they would turn into gifts of my own. Thank you for taking the time to share your comments, and photos of dishes that you created from my easy Step-by-Step tutorials. They warm my heart and bring a smile to face every day…keep them coming!

Cathy Kelley~ AKA…my incredibly talented book designer and friend, sent in her photo of her Walnut Cups she made this past weekend from the pages of “Gifts Of Gold In A Sicilian Kitchen with Sista Felicia”. They look perfect…Nice job Cathy! Thank you for sharing.

1412662_10152316465172004_2068156005_o

Melissa Joy Teixeira~ Resident of Gloucester, and current School Committee member tagged me in this photo on Facebook of her Pork tenderloin with Vidalia Onion Fig Sauce,  Straight from the pages of “Gifts of Gold”…Beautiful presentation! Thank you for sharing.

Melissa Pork

Ellyse Hamlin~ Sent in from CT, One of America’s top teenage USTA Tennis Players, and dear friend of my daughter Amanda sent her beautiful photo of  a recipe posted last week on GMG, “Pumpkin Caramel Cookie Bark”…She made my day…Loved seeing her creative talents on and off the tennis court!

ellyse Hamlin

Lainie Noble~ Eldest Daughter of Steve and Dee Noble owners of Noble Electric, sent me text message at 11:00 pm Saturday evening, whipping up a batch of Grandpa Joe’s Italian Ricotta Donuts as a late night snack for her friends during a sleepover with he BFF’s…Awesome Job Lainie! I heard that they were gone in minutes.

Lainie noble Italian Donuts

Before Passports

Posted on by Fredrik Bodin
From Brenda Grimes Davis: "Fred...Here's a picture of Barney Marnoy who managed Benny Schred's fabric store...which was located where Passports (temporarily Village Pharmacy) is in the 1960s...he's standing just outside the door..I believe Benny was Barney's father-in-law." Notice the Rexall sign on the left. That was the original location of Connors Pharmacy on Main Street.
From Brenda Grimes Davis: “Fred…Here’s a picture of Barney Marnoy who managed Benny Schred’s fabric store…which was located where Passports (temporarily Village Pharmacy) is in the 1960s…he’s standing just outside the door..I believe Benny was Barney’s father-in-law.” Notice the Rexall sign on the left. That was the original location of Connors Pharmacy on Main Street.

Filming Olive Kitteridge on Main Street Gloucester Now!

Posted on by Sista Felicia

Word on the Street … is that best viewing is near Pallazola Sporting Goods!