My View of Life on the Dock
Captain Robin Walbridge (in green sweatshirt)aboard the BOUNTY during its visit to Gloucester in September. Mr. Walbridge, who was 63 years old and captain of the Bounty for 17 years, was presumed lost when the Bounty sank during Hurricane Sandy. Also dead was crew member Claudane Christian, said to be a descendent of Fletcher Christian, leader of the famous mutiny aboard the original Bounty in April, 1789.
After a wonderful lunch at Minglewood, Rick and I took my sister Janet and her husband Gus for a walk around the Harbor.
The potato skins in the picture were delicious.
Passports Restaurant Super Waitstaff ~ friendly, helpful, efficient, and always welcoming! Back row from left to right: Shawna, Katie, India, Lyla; Nicole front seated.
Not to be missed! Come on down to Passports Restaurant, for their always divinely delicious lunches and dinners, and check out the Good Morning Gloucester group photo show, running now through December. We hope to see you there!
Gloucester 28 – Salem 19
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In preparation for the Good Morning Gloucester group photography show at Passports Restaurant (running now through December), I was hoping to work with a fine art printer because I have never been very satisfied with the results from my own limited experience in printing. I recalled having seen a video about Cape Ann Gicléee, created by Alicia for Good Morning Gloucester back in July, and had mentally filed the information for future reference. I first called Anna Eves and she was so helpful over the phone I knew I was heading to the right place.
James Eves was simply fantastic. His background is in fine art, which is apparent in the artistry he brings to his own digital art work. He is an absolute whiz in post production photography techniques and extremely generous with his time.
James Eves
Stop in and see James and Anna’s studio located at 20 Maplewood Avenue, Gloucester. Cape Ann Giclée is a fabulous resource for all your photography printing and fine art reproduction needs.
James’s Digital Seascape ~ Created entirely on his computer, Not a brush painting.
From Cape Ann Giclée’s website: What is a “Giclée”? A giclee (pronounced – jee-clay) is a fancy term for a print made by a fine art inkjet printer, fine art printers have 6 or more ink colors (ours have 11), use archival inks and the prints are printed on museum quality archival papers and canvas. We use the term “Giclée” to differentiate it from a print made by a commercial printer that does meet the criteria above, like the kind of printers used to make business cards or brochures, those kinds of printers will not produce a “Giclée”. A giclee printer will reliably reproduce color consistently no matter how many prints you print because the print is produced from a digital file that does not degrade over time or use.
Alicia Penarosa’s Video for Good Morning Gloucester
I LOVE to bitch, so I vote. I may not like the choices. But I figure they can’t possibly be identical, so I vote for the one who might be a little better. No, I’m not always sure. And sometimes I end up disappointed with my vote. BUT THEN I GET TO BITCH — because I voted. Having voted makes bitching so much more fun. I can say, I can’t believe I voted for that a**hole. Or I can say, don’t blame me, I voted for the other one.
You’re probably saying, what? … another election ? … already? … really? Yeah, this one snuck up on us — just came out of nowhere. In fact, this post is probably the first you’ve heard that there’s an election tomorrow, right? That’s OK. Google “presidential election”. You’ll find a few results (1,160,000,000 as of this writing). Google also returns about 23 million results for “massachusetts senate race”. So you’re good to go there — along with the other local races too. Between now and tomorrow (Tuesday) at 8pm, you should be able find out enough about the candidates and ballot questions to make intelligent choices.
If you live in Gloucester and you’re not sure where to vote, you can get a wicked cool color-coded map of Gloucester polling stations here.
Even cooler than that, if you live in Gloucester, you can go out after you vote, get a drink and reward yourself for making all those difficult choices with some great music — whatever your taste: Billy Novick & Thomas Hebb playing jazz at The Franklin, KMBG — masters of classics, rock, blues, etc. at Jalapenos or Henley Douglas soul at Rhumbline.
Here’s the complete live music listings for Gloucester, so after you’ve chosen whom to vote for, you get to choose where to start your bitching after you cast your ballot.
Julie Cleveland, Owner/Piano Instructor, Cape Ann Piano Studio.
Sign up now for the Winter Quarter (12-week quarter begins Monday, Dec. 10th) and get 25% off your Winter Quarter tuition payment! Must sign up by close of polls tomorrow to get the discount, and mention that you saw this ad on GoodMorningGloucester.com.
Julie Cleveland, Pianist/Instructor/Composer
M.Mus., New England Conservatory
Cape Ann Piano Studio, Gloucester, MA
http://www.capeannpiano.com/
Teaching children and adults to play the piano since 1988
Hello,
Gloucester High School Varsity Cheerleaders won the Northeast Conference Divison on November 4, 2012 at Salem High School. Next week they move on to Regionals at Beverly High School! Captains for GHS Varsity Cheerleaders: Allie Biondo, Erin Jerymn, Abby Avila. Team: Alex Costanzo, Sabrina Cardone, Kayla Harris, Jayme Harris, Hannah Nasser, Cara O’Connoll, Maddie Puccio, Bailey Titus, Veronica Gibbs, Miranda D’Oleo, Olivia Parsons, Sam Ryder,Lexi Orlando, Lexi Testaverde, and Luidwin Amaya. Coach Beth Costanzo has been with the team for 2 years.
Thank you!
Beth Costanzo
Hi Joey,
Could you share this event with your readers. If anyone has items that they want to sell they can contact us before at
skatecapeann@hotmail.com
Thanks!
Maryanne
For more information regarding Cape Ann Skating please visit:
http://www.facebook.com/CapeAnnSkatingClub
website: http://cafsc.org/
Thanks Steve! only Here on GMG Baby!
State Fish Pier Sunset
First, this photo I took in France:
Say what? Batman posed like Adam in the “creation” fresco in the Sistine Chapel, with Superman in place of God? In front of a Gothic church, behind the Louvre, in Paris??
OK, now the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen on a brick wall in Gloucester:
Yup, it’s a bagel stuck to the wall by the adhesive power of peanut butter. Did someone trip while eating and accidentally stick the bagel to the wall? Or was it intentional? If so, is it vandalism, or art? Or were they just saving it for later?
Results as of 9:30AM 11/5/12
We won’t be taking comments on this post but it will be interesting to see how close the GMG readership predicts the outcome of the presidential election compared to local, state and federal results.
My guess is that it mimics the results in Gloucester and somewhat closely in the state but will be furthest off deviation wise from the national election.
One thing is for certain, I can’t wait for it to be over with so all the hate filled extremists on the right and left can focus on something else.
Join us for food and drink and wonderful hand-made goods as we open for the 2012 season! Thursday – November 8 – 5pm-9pm. See you there! Oh, we’re at 271 Main St. Next to Leonardo’s!
Angela writes-
You never know what you will find when you visit the sea, and yesterday was no exception. Imagine my surprise when I was shooting pictures and there in the rocks was a bright green object. Of course, I needed to investigate and found this little sea horse … Written on it was “The Hurricane Sandy Project” with instructions to sign, take photos then throw it back into the sea… so I willingly obliged.
check out Angela’s photography website here www.oasisrockport.com
Mary Barker submits-
These photos were taken between 4 and 4:30 on Saturday October 28, 2012 from Eastern Point – DogBar
M. A. Barker
No matter whom you support, it’s important to excercise your right to vote!
On Tuesday, we’ll be electing state and federal officers to represent us in Boston and Washington. In addition, you will be asked to express your opinion on six ballot questions covering such issues and legalizing medical use of marijuana, allowing doctors to prescribe medication to allow a person with a fatal disease to take his or her own life and whether or not to overturn the so-called "Citizens United" decision of the Supreme Court that allows corporations and unions to spend without limits in elections. 
This is our most precious right, one that many have paid the ultimate price to preserve. Honor them and honor our country by making time to vote on Tuesday Nov. 6. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Polling places for Ward 1 are:
Ward 1, Precinct 1: East Gloucester School,9 Davis Street Extension.
Ward 1, Precinct 2: Veterans Memorial School, 11 Webster St
If you are unsure which precinct you are in, click here to see a map showing the boundaries for all the city’s five wards and 10 precincts.
In addition, below are two links to files showing the front and back of the ballot that will be used in the city, including the six ballot questions.
Nov. 6 ballot front page
Nov. 6 ballot back page
I hope to see you at the polls on Nov. 6.
If you have additional questions about voting, including casting absentee ballots, contact the City Clerk’s office at (978) 281-9720 or drop me a line. My contact information is below.
978.381.9115 pmcgeary@gloucester-ma.gov
31 Eastern Ave. Gloucester MA 01930
Tonight’s The night! Come on down to Jalapeno’s Restaurant for some great food and a chance to win some terrific prizes in support of a this wonderful cause.
Thank you to all who have donated to this event!
Prize List:
Patriots Gift Basket
Movie Gift Basket
X3 Christmas Baskets w/ bottle of Vodka
Picnic Basket
Christmas Candle Basket
X2 Kid’s Gift Baskets
Beaded Necklace
Jewelry
Candle w/ Stand
Breakfast for 2 at George’s Coffee Shop
X2 Oil Changes at Sudbay’s
#6 Breakfast for 2 at Two Sisters, x1 per month for 12 months
Movie Passes for x2 to Gloucester Cinema
$15 Flav’s Red Skiff
$25 Mile Marker One
$30 Causeway Restaurant
$25 Minglewood Tavern
$25 Zeke’s Place
$25 Great Escape (Salem Ma)
$25 Odyssey Restaurant (Boston Ma)
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AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Post #32
14 Prospect St.
Gloucester, MA 01930
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Visit our website for more information:
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I’m suppose to tell Joey that Muffy sent me.
If you are a GMG FOB from outside of Cape Ann before you go any further please comment below the post where it says “comment” as to what brings you back daily to the blog.
This morning when I got the email from Sem Sutter who is an avid reader of GMG daily and works down in Georgetown I began to wonder what it is about GMG that brings people from outside our geographic location back over and over and has them subscribing to GMG and requesting Bumper stickers and participating in our comment sections.
I am honored that our team here has developed such a huge following all over the country and in often cases all over the world and obviously when you are pulling down 50-60,000 visitors a day in a city that has roughly 30,000 citizens there are folks from other places that are checking this thing we’ve created out.
GMG is obviously a hyperlocal blog which mainly focuses on Cape Ann but when you look at the map of where the hits come from, our readership is global.
The current GMG hits map when I’m writing this at 6:07AM 11/4/12
You can access the current GMG hits map here
So I am curious as to what it is about GMG that brings you back if you’re not from here.
Did you visit one time and have fond memories? Do you dream of moving here? Is it the photographs? Is it the humor and camaraderie of the GMG family? Is it the GMG breaking news which 9 times out of 10 you will find here first?
What is it that compels you to make GMG a daily or hourly visit?
Thank you so much for being part of our GMG community from afar and don’t forget to leave a comment letting us know what it is that brings you back. If you don’t see the words comment directly below this post click on the title of the post and you should see it then.
I’m anxious to find out what drives you back here, thanks again,
-Joey
Joel Brown is a freelance writer who writes for the Boston Globe, www.hubarts.com and other publications.
His Essex Coastal Byway Guide Is THE GUIDE for anyone coming to visit from out of town but also for locals who want to know more about all the incredible opportunities to explore the magical area we live in.
We all know there are a ton of things to do around here but through the daily drudgery of life we often forget what is right outside our windows. Instead of asking what to do and heading to the mall or the movies there’s so much more culturally to do and the Essex Coastal Byway Guide has it all laid out for you.
You can get it now at the Book Store of Gloucester, Toad Hall in Rockport, Manchester By the Book, Book Shop of Beverly Farms, River’s Edge in Ipswich and the Wenham Tea House. Also: Peabody Essex Museum, Cape Ann Museum, Lynn Museum, Custom House Maritime Museum, Jabberwocky, Bertram & Oliver, Brass Lyon, Joppa Flats Audubon, the Bird Watchers Shop and my main source of sustenance, the Warren Street Market Deli. More added every day!
Check out the Essex Coastal Byway Guide website here
Watch our interview below-
Good Morning Gloucester 