Waiting for the Capt. to arrive.
E.J. Lefavour
The Always Super Delicious Passports Restaurant Lunch
Lunch at Passports is always a treat. Daughter Liv had the very filling and super yummy pulled pork sandwich. I had the wonderfully tasty and seafood-rich Adriatic stew. I only had my iPhone with me and didn’t get a great snapshot of our waitress Laila, but she was wonderful as well. Thanks Laila and Eric for the fabulous lunch!
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John Fiandaca at the Sawyer Free Library
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Prepping Cruiseport For Tonight’s Gala
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Kayaking in the fog
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Thursday night blues party with Dave Sag’s to host Sax-Gordon @ The Rhumb Line
Dave says,
It’s the big one: Labor Day, that is, so we’re gonna blast off into Oört Cloud Nine with that rapacious rapscallion of Rhythm and Booze: the one and only “Flash” Gordon Beadle. Frontman, vocalist, and saxophone smartypants, if you haven’t seen this guy perform, you oughta consider slashing your ankles and getting it over with. “Sax” Gordon, as many of us refer to him, is the biggest, bestest concept in natural pain relief I have ever known. This man has climbed Mt. Everest a million times, without ever leaving the comfort of of his home. Now he’s gonna do it here. The Natural Guard has been called out and will be on duty. Check him out on Utube. Smelling salts recommended.
Backing him up will be that amazing guitarist and Klonopin® Spokesmodel, Mr. Mike DiBari. This kat knows all the chords….Watch his fingers vibrate and flail and fade in and out of reality.* Drum chores will be handled by our Irish Ace of Pace: Mr. Benny Benson, dentologist and major teenage idol. I’ll be on the bass couch, mumbling about my childhood….
Rheumer has it that there will be a few alien landings in the saxophone department. I can’t mention it…I can’t read it, but suffice it to say that there will be jet fuel spilled and many brains deep-fat fried…
This is it: Summer’s gone after this, so come out and make your presence known!
here’s a link you should czech out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAsrsCHhe6M
40 Railroad Ave.
Gloucester, MA 01930
phone: 978-283-9732
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Wednesdays with Fly Amero @ The Rhumb Line
Special: Tenderloin Tips over Salad!
Wednesdays Only!Hello everyone!
Wednesday, August 28th
Special Guest: FLY!
That’s right, baby! I’m back! And so anxious to play for my
home town crowd again, I don’t even want to share the night
with other guests! Hoggin’ the spotlight this week. Deal
with it! ~ Fly
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Tenderloin Tips over Salad – $11.95(while they last)
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
A special thank you…
…to Allen Estes for holding down the fort for me through
the Orleans/Sail Rock Summer Tour! We were all over the
country and it was a blast. I made many new friends and
have several road warrior stories to tell. Hopefully, I can
find time to post images on my Facebook page…https://www.facebook.com/flyamero
Looking forward…
…to seeing you at the Rhumby! 🙂 ~ Fly
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Tuna, Truro, Magnolia, and the Fish Stick
Fred Bodin Submits-
From the (Martha’s) Vinyard Gazette, circa 1951: ” John Sweek of Queen’s, NYC, secretary to a magistrate in his home city, is shown at left with his companions, Robert Collinson from Provincetown and John Kohr of Magnolia, with three tuna caught on rod and reel near the Truro shore in Provincetown Harbor. The fishermen had their best luck with blue atom plugs and squid as bait.” These are definitely surf casting fishermen. Just look at the bare feet, rolled up trousers, and 4 wheel drive Jeep.
I met John Kohr and his wife Esther (1914–2007) while she and I worked at Endicott College in Beverly. The was something about her that was vaguely aristocratic, but in an old fashioned gracious American way. I now know that she grew up in Provincetown and Truro. In fact, her ship captain uncle sailed in the China Trade, and another ancestor commanded a ship for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and built the oldest still standing house in Truro. Previous ancestors came here on the Mayflower and established Truro. Husband John Kohr (1911–1999) was a graduate of MIT and invented an amazing product while he worked for Gorton’s: The Fish Stick!
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Sea Again New & Consigned Fashion & Accessories
Discovering stores that specialize in second-hand items in the Gloucester-Rockport area has been an adventure, and I keep discovering more! Often I’ll go to one store, and they’ll refer me to another. Unfortunately some also have closed since I started this series of posts – “Stuff” on Main Street is gone, and “Junque and Disorderly” on Washington Street is in its last days.
When I visited Bub’s Tool Consignment I found out that the owner’s wife, Joelle Williams, also has a consignment store. Her store, Sea Again, is in Rockport (14 Dock Square) and focuses on women’s clothes and accessories, including both consignment and new items.
The store is open year-round, although the hours vary somewhat according to the season. The best place to check for updated hours is their Facebook page or their website.
Besides the consignment clothes, they sell new clothes and new Italian Sterling silver and crystal jewelry.
The sign out front isn’t very big, but the building (photo at right) is very distinctive if you know what you are looking for!
Here are a few more photos I took during my visit:
Joelle Williams
Here are the previous posts in this series on second-hand stores (thrift, consignment, antique, etc.) in alphabetical order:
- Bananas
- Bub’s Tool Consignment
- Bullseye Books and Flyboys
- Cape Ann Thrift Shop
- Dogtown Book Shop
- The Dress Code
- The Eco Boutique
- Gabriel’s Antiques
- Junque & Disorderly
- Main Street Arts and Antiques
- Mystery Train Records
- The Past Present Shoppe
- Pearl’s
- St. John’s Thrift Shop
- Scout Vintage Finds
- Sea Again
- Second Glance
- The Sequined Fan
- StudioVo
- Vintage 211
We still have more to go in no particular order. (I have visited several of them already. I hope to get the rest before I go on another trip…)
- Annisquam Exchange
- St. Vincent de Paul Society
- Thrift Shop at the UU Society of Rockport
- Mary Rose Vintage Design
- Kalypso’s Gifts and Antiques (is this still alive? It’s physically still there but always closed)
- Art Longwood Books
- Main & Pier
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Pet of the Week- Nala
My name is Nala, a three-month-old female Great Pyrenees/Retriever mix. I am at the Cape Ann Animal Aid (CAAA), located at the Christopher Cuter Rich Animal Shelter, Four Paws Lane, Gloucester. My brother and I are both here and eager to find forever homes. We will be large dogs and already have our fluffy cream-and-white coats. I keep telling my brother that our dream of having a wonderful home, like our CAAA family will come true; he just needs to believe!
I have been asked to tell you about the 3rd Annual Golf Tournament to take place on Monday, September 23rd at Bass Rocks Golf Club in Gloucester, MA. The tournament features a day of golf followed by a celebration dinner with awards, prizes, and live auction. Players will receive a take-home gift and compete for top prizes and a special hole-in-one contest for a new car. For more information or to register to play, visit www.CapeAnnAnimalAid.com[CapeAnnAnimalAid.com] or call 978-283-6055, ext. 23.
Oh! Remember that “Dog Day” is Sunday, Sept. 15 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester. If you adopt me, we can go together and my dreams will come true!
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Boats Wanted For Annual Lighted Boat Parade!!
Hi all-
I am just putting out a call to everyone for any assistance you can help with in getting people to participate in the Annual Lighted Boat Parade this year. Remember this is a nonprofit, volunteer effort so every little bit helps keep the event going.
We are asking Parade boats (with lights) for this Saturday to meet up just before sunset, at the mouth of Jones Creek on the Annisquam River. They check in with a committee boat and pick up a number, if they want to be judged by the judges. Then we parade the boats down the river, through the bridge, past the Man on the Wheel and the judges boat, into the inner harbors and back to the main harbor for the Fireworks. We continue to get low boat attendance, and need everyone to reach out through your avenues for participation. Including your Facebook pages etc. This has been a great tradition for the North Shore, Gloucester, as well as a nice complement to the Schooner Festival.
Please send this link along if you email your groups for pre-registration of the parade. Pre-registration is not a requirement, but helpful.
http://www.capeannmarina.com/Forms/BoatParadeSignUp.pdf
Its FREE and need boats!
Pass this email along- forward to friends with boats, it all helps!
Any questions, please let me know.
Tobin
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Community Photos 8/28/13
Photos By Angela Cook
Hi Joey
Thought you might like to post this photo I took recently while out on a
cruise in Gloucester.
Thanks
Angela
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Community Stuff 8/28/13
Henry Ferrini writes-
Joey,
We have Joe Muzio coming to read at GWC in October
SIX PLAYS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
Hear Cape Ann Talent read six original 10-minute plays
On September 22, 2013, at 7:30 pm, the GWC and M. Lynda Robinson will present Six Plays for the Price of One. Six promising writers will debut six original plays at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck located on 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester Massachusetts. There is a suggested donation of ten dollars but nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.
This is the final step in the GWC’s 10-minute playwriting workshop. Following the staged readings the audience is suggested to provide feedback for the playwrights as well as asking any question they might have.
Linda Hanley Finigan stated about her teacher and the 10 minute play workshop series that, “Lynda Robinson has an amazing ability to tease out the inherent drama and humor in just about anything she hears. The class is fast-moving and great fun. Her knowledge of theater is inspiring. Her ear for dialogue is perfect. The ten-minute play is a challenging format; Lynda is a terrific guide.”
With six different plays being preformed there is sure to be a story for everyone. There are both comedies and dramas based upon a variety of subjects ranging from rest homes, and marriage, to the “dark lady” of William Shakespeare’s sonnets. Come support Linda Hanley Finigan, Carole Frohlich, David McCaleb, M. Lynda Robinson, Jess Semeraro, and Joseph Stiliano in their creative endeavors.
The Gloucester Writers Center was founded in 2010 to save the late poet Vincent Ferrini’s home and turn it into a working writer’s center. Its mission is to preserve, promote, and celebrate Cape Ann’s rich literary legacy and to encourage writing and the belief that all voices count.
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If you would like more information about what the Gloucester Writers Center does or any of the recent events, visit www.gloucesterwriters.org
“The Gloucester Writers Center is a working writer’s center in a working town.”
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Breaking News: We Will Be Taping Pre-Oscar Style Fashion Award Interviews On The Red Carpet Before Sista Felicia’s Cookbook Gala At Cruiseport
Complete with fashion awards at the end. Bring your A Game. We will be asking who designed your dress, who did your hair and generally have fun with it.
Hosted by me, your boy Joey C, the effervescent Lillian LoGrasso and Rick Doucette.
Remember you DONT have to wear a tux or gown. Whatever you would feel comfortable wearing to an evening wedding is fine and creative dress is encouraged 😉
Hoping to have arrivals for interviews and paparazzi photo sessions starting at 7:00.
See you on the Red Carpet. Tickets available at Captain Joe and Sons, Mamie’s Kitchen and Audrey’s Flower Shop!
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Photos From The Adventures First 2 shakedown Sails via Mary Barker
Hi Joey, Here rare photos from the Adventures first 2 shakedown sails. Captain Graham McKay was at the helm for both trips. Ryan Graham was the mate. The people hauling on the lines are hoisting the main sail, which sits atop a 65 ft boom, is 2100 square feet. The 4 sails total 5,500 square feet. Many thanks to Donny King who welcomed me aboard the Scotia Girl to capture the shots of the Adventure under way. The final shot was taken from Stage Fort Park with the Adventure taking down her sails. Mary Barker
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Drive by Samaritans Strike Again!
Fred Bodin submits-
Drive by Samaritans Strike Again!
The first part of this installment can be found here
This morning at 10 am the two Samaritans and their mothers came to my gallery to claim their rewards for finding $106 on Main Street and, with my assistance, it was returned to the owner. On the left are Paige and her mom Tracey Harmon, and on the right is Baylee with mom Mayor Carolyn Kirk. But the story of good deeds by these young ladies is not over – read on.
The envelopes are open, and the proud 13 year olds each display their $12.50 rewards.
Paige and Baylee with their small fortunes of reward money. What are they going to do with it? They told me they’re going straight to CVS, and spend it on toys to give to the Boston Children’s Hospital. Still making that good karma – that’s just who they are. You gotta love it!
Fred
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Eleanor’s Bow
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Magnolia Road Race
On a beautiful Saturday with a beautiful venue, Magnolia’s 37th Road race was held.
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Coyotes Invade Rocky Neck
Caught these two on Richard Rosenfeld’s property. They held their ground and didn’t budge.
E.J. Lefavour
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Video: Sunset Sail Aboard the Gorgeous Schooner Thomas E. Lannon
Many thanks to Captains Tom and Heath Ellis, Kay Ellis, Bob and Kathryn Ryan, and Paul Giacalone for hosting the 4th Annual Good Morning Gloucester Sunset Cruise aboard the elegant Schooner Thomas E. Lannon. Old friends and new enjoyed the beautiful harbor views, the superb cocktails and aged rum provided by Bob and Kathryn Ryan, and Cuban cigars from Paul Giacalone. We almost didn’t have Joey aboard as a lobster boat came in late, but the Ellis’s Zodiac provided last minute transport to the schooner.
I had never filmed on a schooner, or any boat for that matter, and it was So Much Fun. I cannot wait to try it again!! Admittedly, I’ve only been on a boat less than half a dozen times (excluding the ferry to and from Martha’s Vineyard) and think I have been missing out on way too much. Thanks again Joey, Tom, Kay, Heath, Bob, Kathryn, Paul, and Ship’s Crew for a great night of fun and beauty aboard the gorgeous Schooner Lannon!
Kathryn Ryan
View from the Schooner Lannon
Good Morning Gloucester 