We took advantage of the Tuesday special ticket pricing for an afternoon sail on the Schooner Thomas E. Lannon. It’s buy one, get second at half price on Tuesday in July and August and I highly recommend considering this treat for yourself or perhaps for visitors. There are other opportunities to save money on ticket prices as well, so check them out.
The 90 minute sail around the harbor is relaxing and low key: just right for hazy lazy summer afternoons. Captain Heath and his staff make the experience fun and informative. We had a birthday celebration, visitors from Maine and the other cape along for our ride recently. And it’s so darn gorgeous out there, it’s hard to resist. Thanks Captain and crew for an awesome sail!
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This week’s hours of operation, location’s, and menu. Subject to change due to weather and availability of product. You asked and we listened. Bringing back some of your favorites.
Tacos
The Dirty Gringo- seasoned ground beef, lettuce, Pico de Gallo, cheddar cheese, sour cream.
Mother Clucker- smoked buffalo chicken, lettuce, tomato, onion, and homemade blue cheese dressing.
All up in Bahn Mi- soy ginger citrus braised pulled pork, pickled vegetables, boom boom sauce, toasted sesame seeds, cashew/peanut dust, fresh cucumber, carrots, and serrano peppers.
Lazy Caprese- grape tomatoes and mozzarella pearls tossed in pesto and balsamic vinaigrette over arugula and drizzled with balsamic glaze.
Tater Tots
Straight up Gangstah- plain
Smokey Cowboy- chipotle ranch
Show Me Your Tots- soy citrus ginger glaze, boom boom sauce, toasted sesame seeds, crushed peanuts/cashews, scallions
Other Stuff
Coconut shrimp Ice cream bar Freezer pops Water Peach iced tea
Kids
Chicken nuggets and tater tots Cheese quesadilla and tater tots
Plum cove beach
Thursday 11-3 Friday 11-4 Sunday 12-5
Halibut Point state park- Pigeon cove/Rockport Grand reopening and concert
Announcing the return of local coffee roaster, Eoin Vincent of Motif Roasters, available at Willow Rest.
Gloucester-based coffee roaster Eoin Vincent dba Motif Roasters is back roasting some of Cape Ann’s favorite coffees. Motif Roasters is running a pilot program with Willow Rest, the Gloucester restaurant. The bags will have 30% more coffee with the new 16oz bags.
Eoin is best known as the head roaster of the now-closed Breakwater Roasters in downtown Gloucester. He is rebooting the coffee with its Cape Ann-themed roasts, including:
Motif Morning Blend, a Central American medium roast blend
Halfmoon, Colombian medium roast
Dogtown, Colombian dark roast
Lanesvillian, Brazilian light roast
For the last few months, he has been training and consulting with the Boston Brew’s Stoneham roastery crew, teaching the fine art of bean selections, profiling, and roasting. Leading him to a partnership of coffee roasting opportunities.
Perhaps you, like me, have noticed the monarchs have arrived. The monarch news has been pretty grim recently but it feels as though we are blessed with a fair number. This is in part due to efforts to lure them with milkweed and other butterfly attractors by several Cape Ann residents. Thank you to all of you for your efforts on their behalf. It is very nice to see them about and enjoying plentiful loosestrife in our backyard. Several species were taking advantage of the plentiful blooms in addition to the monarch though I cannot identify them all. Monarchs are ceaselessly photogenic. For additional photos and story details, please visit Pat D’s Photos and Adventures on Facebook.
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“The tugboat Wallace Foss once led a charmed, if hard-working life in the Pacific Northwest. And the fate of this wooden boat changed even before she was launched: her owners modified the original passenger vessel design to that of a tugboat in the middle of the construction process. Originally christened as Oscar B. in 1897 at Tacoma, WA, today the tug carries the name Wallace Foss and is berthed in Gloucester Harbor.
By 1913, Oscar B. was already a tired ship and had been beached along the Snohomish River in Everett, WA. Good fortune brought her to the attention of Seattle’s Rouse Towing Company, which bought and restored her, replacing her original steam engine in the process. Then in 1920 the Rouse Towing Company was purchased by Foss Maritime, which changed the name to Wallace Foss. (The company named its boats after family members; Wallace was a grandnephew.)
For the next 52 years, Wallace Foss towed barges and logs around Puget Sound, Hood Canal, and the San Juan Islands. And she was well maintained along the way–a new pilothouse was added in 1949 and a new diesel engine was installed in 1960. She worked hard as a tug until 1972, when she was retired. After retirement, she was restored and upgraded by her many successive owners, somehow always dodging the scrap yard.
Wallace Foss was built with Douglas fir planks and cedar decks. She is 65 feet in length, overall, and measures 16 feet, six inches on the beam. Her recent upgrades include new stainless-steel rigging, a bulwark replacement, resealing of the wheelhouse windows, fresh paint, and a new galley stove and watermaker. Her Caterpillar diesel has 1900 hours, and she also carries a Yanmar genset in her large, stand-up engine room. Although her machinery and modern electronics have been continually updated, she has retained her classic lines and historic aura, which have won numerous best-in-show awards at classic boat gatherings.
Today, the tugboat’s interior is more about comfort than hard work. A nicely appointed settee is the centerpiece of the deckhouse salon, while a fully equipped galley and a diesel stove provide everything needed to turn out hearty meals. A belowdecks bunk room accommodates five, and her recognizable pilothouse offers 360-degree views.
A recent owner, who converted her to be a comfortable liveaboard, relocated her from the Pacific Northwest to Newport, RI. She is ready for the next phase of her charmed life as a posh cruiser, exploring the waters of a new coastline.”
We’re in our second heat wave, but Cape Ann is surrounded by water. There are ways to cool off.
Visit waterfront preserves like the Trustees’ Coolidge Reservation, Manchester, early in the dayAnd enjoy shady pathsJoin a Junior Sailing program, or take a sail on Thomas E LannonYour profession may already have you out on the waterOr you could decide to live on the ocean – here, Princess Mia from The NetherlandsYou can fish into the nightA splash in Niles Pond is refreshingMuch of the fishing goes on late in the dayIf the heat is just too much, you can take a dive…into the pool
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