Calico Lobster Landed At Captain Joe and Sons 6/1/12 One In 30 Million? Really?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

A couple of weeks ago the New England Aquarium took possession of a calico lobster and was touting it through their marketing efforts as a one in 30 million lobster.

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Either the numbers they are using are off or we here at the dock are the luckiest lobster dealers on the planet and should be stocking up on megabucks tickets because we get 2-5 a year.

Click here for pictures of the Calico Lobster at The New England Aquarium

I’m pegging the over/under on number of speckled lobsters that are landed at our dock this year at 3.

Here’s the first one I’ve seen this year landed June 1st by our Fisherman Mark Davis aboard the Holy Mackerel-

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Just another mutant to add to the gallery of blue, marbled, albino, speckled, yellow, double clawed, triple clawed and other odd lobsters landed here at our dock, Captain Joe and Sons.

Click below to see the pictures I’ve taken over the years of mutant lobsters landed at our dock.

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Gloucester At Dawn- 4:47AM 5/29/12 The Phyllis A On The East Gloucester Marine Railways

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JJ Jinglenuts Week

Posted on by paultmorrison

This coming Saturday marks two years since the passing of the most famous GMG cat and internet phenom (besides lolcat), JJ Jinglenuts. Joey on 6/9/2010.

So this week we can post our favorite Jinglenuts story. One that I have is that Joey posted several times how JJ liked to clean his junk. Several times.

And then just a few minutes later JJ is wishing everyone a Happy Easter by licking Easter cookies.

My dog Stella is scratching her head on this one.

What is Donna Ardizzoni So Shocked By?

Posted on by God's Morning

Could it be Joey’s uncensored display of his true feelings about R. Duck at Mug Up?  Even the unflappable Ed looks a little dismayed.  And poor visiting Goettemann Residency artist, Katerina Smirnova from Siberia, doesn’t know what to think.  After all, it is only an innocent little rubber duck. 

Inquiring minds want to know:  What has R. Duck done to make Joey dislike her so much?

Butterfly Garden Tour at Willowdale Estate

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Reminder to save the date ~ A week from Tuesday, on the evening of  June 12th, I am giving a tour of the butterfly gardens at Willowdale Estate.  We will be showing my short film about the gardens at Willowdale and Briar’s delicious refreshments will be served. I am very excited to share the gardens and show how to translate this information to your own garden. I hope you can join us for what promises to be a lovely evening!

R.S.V.P. to Info@WillowdaleEstate.com.

 

Blues Festival Performer Preview

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

On August 11, Paul Benjamin & Bob Hastings bring some of the world’s best blues artists to Gloucester for what we hope will be an annual event, the Gloucester Blues Festival.  In this video (the first of our week-long Blues Festival Series) the producers give you a preview of some of the music you’ll hear and artists you’ll see.  Remember, you can save $12 if you buy tickets in advance ~ Get tickets here.

It’s a great week for music on Cape Ann with 22 artists performing between now and Thursday alone!  See the full music lineup here.

Surfside Subs Doing The Lobster Roll the Right Way

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Notice the lack of celery and lettuce?  Notice the split top butter and grilled bun?

This is what’s up!

Surfsidelb Surfside Subs on twitter writes-

@Joey_C Here’s the Surfside lobster roll. Made with avocado and served on focaccia. Kidding! pic.twitter.com/zH9iiODq

Surfside Subs gets my lobster roll seal of approval.

Surfside Subs
147 Thatcher Rd
Long Beach, Gloucester, MA  01930
(978) 281-1700

Surfside subs website here

Portuguese Crowning Procession

Posted on by Matthew Green

Yesterday, I was caught off guard by the sound of a marching band. I ran to the window and saw something I’d never seen before: a procession with a marching band (that part I had seen before) with a series of couples and young women in elaborate gowns carrying crowns (that was new to me!).  Naturally, I grabbed my camera and hurried to get photos. I inquired what the occasion was, and got a brief explanation. In essence, it’s a tradition of our Portuguese-speaking community (from Portugal and the Azores, not Brazil), related to Pentecost, celebrated by the parish of Our Lady of Good Voyage.   I found a more detailed explanation here in an old article of the Gloucester daily Times.  [Update: a fellow GMG blogger gave a great explanation just before I posted this!] So, here are some photos, for those who, like me, have never seen it before!

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Breaking News: Space Shuttle in New York Harbor

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A GMG blog favorite Tugster is following the voyage of the Starship Enterprise as it travels through New York Harbor. CLICK FOR MORE.

Healthy Snack Tip From Your Boy Joey C Trader Joe’s Edamame Hummus and Broccoli

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Tasty- Texture- Healthy. Easy snack to have on hand to keep you away from that bag of chips or candy bar.

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Celebration of the Feast of the Holy Spirit

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

D.E.S. – “Divino Espírito Santo”

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Fatima and Manuel Silva  Honored with the Holy Crown

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Harold Ercolani –President of the DES

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Taylor Benttencourt –Carries the New DES Crown

The History of the Holy Ghost Feast
The original Holy Ghost Feast was held during the reign of Elizabeth (Isabel) of Portugal, who lived from 1271 to 1336. She was known as a peacemaker and as “The Holy Queen” who was devoted to the Holy Spirit. She built a church dedicated to the name of the Holy Spirit in Lisbon and often demonstrated her devotion to her people and their well-being. There are many stories of the Queen’s piety and service, but the dearest to the Portuguese people of the Azores is the one explaining their devotion to Queen Elizabeth and the Holy Ghost. In the 13th century, the Azores Islands suffered from many violent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The most seriously hit was the Island of Pico. The people of these Azores Islands could not survive the drought, crop failures, and famine that now plagued them. They gathered together in prayer to the Holy Ghost for help. On the morning of Pentecost Sunday, there was a great rising sun, and the people of these islands saw in the sunrise a ship coming into the Port of Fayal. This ship was laden with necessities of life. The food was distributed among the people of the various islands, and they were very grateful that their prayers had been answered. When their Queen heard of this providence, she organized a solemn procession in honor of the Holy Ghost. Accompanied by her maids she carried her Crown through the streets of Lisbon to the cathedral, where she left it on the altar as an offering of thanksgiving for the favors the Holy Ghost had given her people. In addition, she began a tradition of feeding the poor at Pentecost. Each year she chose twelve people to whom she gave a new suit of clothing and personally served them a meal at her table. The people of the Azores vowed that they and their children and their children’s children would commemorate the day by giving thanks to their Queen for the sacrifice she made. Since then, many Portuguese churches have displayed replicas of her eight-sided crown in remembrance of her goodness and God’s grace. Later, in the 16th century, the church canonized this holy queen in recognition of the miracles that were attributed to her pious life

The DJ Rant

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I’ve kept this one bottled up for far too long.

Much like The How To #U@& UP A Lobster Roll Rant, The Broads Out In California Lobster Roll Rant, The Note To Restaurant Owners Rant, The Follow Up To The Note To Restaurant Owners Rant, The Bluetooth Headset Rant , The Soggy French Fry Rant, The Pensive Pose Rant, these are more like Public Service Announcements.  I’m just trying to make the world a better place.

This one goes out to the DJ’s of the world.

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It is time to retire Celebrate, We Are Family and YMCA from your music library.

I will go so far to say that if the DJ you hire plays any of these songs you should fire him on the spot and take over the wheels of steel, iPod, or whatever else is driving the music.-YOU CAN DO A MUCH BETTER JOB!

We went to a benefit a couple of months ago and this DJ who was much younger than me started doing his thing.  I swear he didn’t play a single song from this decade or last decade.  We’re talking straight 80’s.  From start to finish.   Not a single person danced to a single song except the party organizers who were obviously embarrassed by the DJ selection.

There was hope when I saw this particular DJ was 30ish.  Nope- he may have been the worst DJ of ALL TIME.

I like lots of classics, I really do, but really there is a music catalog beyond those same old tired tracks that you hear at every wedding or fundraiser since 1982.

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My advice either these old DJ’s either better get current or the young kids running their equipment from iPad’s are gonna eat your lunch.

NEW MUSIC HAS BEEN CREATED IN THE PAST 5-10 YEARS I SWEAR!

and any of you that tell me that the new music all sucks, you just haven’t listened, there are some great new artists out there.

I want to give these older DJ’s a chance to update their libraries but honestly in the past three years I’ve probably been to 20 events where there was a DJ and you know what the trend is?

The trend is that the high school kids who are buying equipment are doing a bazillion times better job than the older DJ’s around that rehash the same old playlists from the 80’s.

Get with it or step aside and let the youngsters take over.

My Boy Matty K from the Farm Bar and Grille is IMO the greatest DJ around these parts.  Sista Felicia had a youngster spinning at BJ and Amanda’s Graduation party last night and he killed it.

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Cecropia Moth emerges at Long Beach from Christine Morey

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Look what emerged from it’s crysalis last week!!  Amazing, and I understand they are nocturnal, so few people ever see them!

The video is grainy – I haven’t used that function before – but worth watching him stretch out after getting out of his tiny pod!

Wingspan of over 5", covered in a beautiful orange fur!

Stayed, stretched, and rested for the day, gone in the morning!

Research I found:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia

http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm

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from Christine Morey at Annabelle’s Pet Care

Weak Eye from Bill O’Connor

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,

I had to change some chains for our docks recently and was mortified when I dug up the stem of one of the 150lb. mushroom anchors that hold them in place to find this.  I’m pretty sure I was one storm away from disaster!

Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

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Devils Island From Shaun Goulart

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Hello Joe,

Devils Island is Gloucester High School history teacher Shaun Goulart’s second film he has written which is the sophomore film to his 2009 effort, romantic comedy "In a Weeks Time". Devils Island began being written in February of 2009 and was ready to begin shooting in July 2010. This is Goulart’s second film but his directorial debut as the director of the first film could not direct due to a scheduling conflict. The shooting was on and off for a year and a half until the final scenes were shot at Cape Ann TV studios in January 2012. The film was shot all around Cape Ann most notably on Thachers Island which is the main setting for the film and fictitious "Devils Island".
Goulart’s film resume includes acting in many independent films as well as being an extra in such films as "Mall Cop", "Grown Ups", and "The Proposal" to name a few.
Devils Island was inspired by such films as Heat and Public Enemies which has the direct good vs. evil premise. The plot of Devils Island is based on a character named Jeffrey Taylor (played by Danvers native Nick Decoulos) an unemployed writer who is trying to save his relationship with Brianna (Caralyne Fondulis). Taylor takes a job on Devils Island as an assistant caretaker working alongside Trent (Shaun Goulart). All is fine until a life threatening discovery leaves Jeff in danger and fearing for his life stranded on the island.
The film has a laundry list of characters many played by local actors. Notable people include YMCA’s Rick Doucette, Gloucester High School teachers Rich Francis and Ed Reid, a handful of high school students and the late Mitch Cohen.
Cohen who passed away in October 2010 (2 months after shooting his footage) was an integral part of the film, playing a substantial character as well as lending his personal office for a scene. Mitch was very sick during the shooting of the film (unknowingly to himself or anyone else) and truly put a lot of effort into his role. He traveled out to the island in rainy rocky seas, spent the day in the raw weather and never once complained even while being asked to climb ladders and lay on the rocks.
After a three year journey, the film was finished with special thanks to many but most notably Andrew Love, Lisa Smith and all of the great folks at Cape Ann TV. They supplied all of the equipment, editing space and training. This film truly could not be completed without the tireless efforts of Love and Smith; they were a true joy to work with. The Thachers Island Association also was very accommodating while we were shooting on the island. It’s a beautiful place and really a hidden gem. This film really highlights how picturesque the island really is. Essex native and musician Jeff Fraser lent music to the film, and Ralph Oliver Jr was the necessary transportation of the cast and crew to get back and forth to the Rockport island everyday of shooting.

The film opened at the Gloucester Cinema to a packed house on Wednesday May 9th  warranting a second showing of the film. The second showing is on Wednesday June 6, 2012 at 7:30pm at the Cape Community Cinema on 21 Main Street in Gloucester above the Mystery Train. Half the door will go to the upstart Gloucester High School filmmakers club that GHS history teachers Shaun Goulart and Rich Francis are establishing.

For tickets go to http://capeanncinema.wordpress.com/

Gloucester At Dawn-4:44AM 5/29/12 East Gloucester Marine Railways

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Here it is in color and at an degree angle-

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