Classic Bikes at Bob and Dave’s On Bass Ave, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
My View of Life on the Dock
Classic Bikes at Bob and Dave’s On Bass Ave, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The boys have some classic bikes that they have been restoring and selling. Swing by their funky Gloucester shop and check em out!
Dave Changes Out New Tires, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Bob Driscoll works on restoring a classic bike at Bob and Dave’s on Bass ave.
Bob Works On A Classic Bike, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
More Funny Mugs At The The Black Swan, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Who knew they were so naughty over at The Black Swan?
Dark Secrets and Eat Me Chocolate Bars at the Black Swan, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
More Funny Mugs At The The Black Swan, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Funny Mugs at The Black Swan, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
It was very encouraging to see the passengers board trolleys bound for downtown Gloucester!
Everyone I spoke with was having a great time and was delighted to be here.
Beautiful new awnings at Dogtown Book Shop and Menage Galleries.
The new awnings will protect the products they sell that can be damaged from the sun. They also fit right in with the style of the buildings that they face. Pretty soon signs will be erected over the awnings with the shop names on them.
When I stopped by to check the place out I noticed the floors in the old gal have been re-sanded and finished. It really brightened the place up.
Main Street is on the rise baby!
Dogtown Book Shop’s New Awnings, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Picked up this beauty for the Mrs at The Black Swan. It holds 12 ounces of coffee and is one of many funny coffee mugs they carry.
Present For The Mrs From The Black Swan, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Bubbles mom sent me a comment telling me that Bubbles on Main Street should have won and wasn’t duly represented in the Downtown Merchants’ Flower Box Competition because I didn’t include her oustanding and creative flower and shell garden in front of her Main Street storefront. I told Bubbles Mom that I’d make it up to her so here is her honorable mention for the fantastic display she put her hard work into to make our Main Street ultra hip and cool.
Thanks Bubbles!
Bubbles Flowers- Honorable Mention, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

The Black Swan located at 47 Main Street in Downtown Gloucester offers a coupon for 15% off any single item. The Cape Ann Business Incubator and Sustainable Cape Ann’s coupon book has been wildly successful and can be purchased right at the counter at The Black Swan for ten dolla!
You could probably pay for most of the cost of the coupon book with a single purchase at The Black Swan and then have loads of coupons left over to save money all over town.
Third Place Winner In The Downtown Merchants Flower Box Competition- The Black Swan, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The Black Swan is located at 47 Main Street in the heart of Downtown Gloucester. The Black Swan participates in the Sustainable Cape Ann & The Cape Ann Business Incubator’s Where The Locals Go coupon book program.
Congrats on your third place finish out of a strong field, and thank you for making Gloucester a more beautiful place.
Again and Again, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
More bags for sale at Again and Again Inc in East Gloucester Square. Bags made from recycled sails, now that just makes sense!
Again and Again, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Again and Again is a retail shop that manufactures bags from sails. They are featured in the Where The Locals Go coupon book from Sustainable Cape Ann.
Again and Again, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Here are some pouches made from recycled sailcloth at Again and Again in East Gloucester Square.

Today’s Where The Locals Go Coupon Spotlight is on Again and Again Inc, located in East Gloucester Square. Again and Again produces hand made bags and pouches from “retired” sailcloth. A fantastic idea for a sustainable Cape Ann. There are two coupons located in the $10 Where The Locals Go coupon book for 10% off any purchase at Again and Again. I will be showcasing some of her very cool and hip designs over the next few days. Her website is http/://www.againnagain.com check it out
Again and Again, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Again and Again, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
From a friend of Freida who wrote very nice things about her.-
Frieda came to this country from Germany in 1997, after living on the West Coast she and her family settled to Gloucester. Where Frieda fell in love with the ocean, boating and the community of Gloucester.
Frieda is somewhat of an accidental entrepreneur.
She started the business Again and Again Inc. on order to solve the practical problem of what to do with “retired” sailcloth instead of throwing it in the landfill in 2005.
She opened her workshop on 195 East Main Street and there she designs the terrific, european styled totes, hand bags and messenger bags.
Frieda gets the stamina for making bags, running a business, and raising a family by year-round sunrise walks around the Back Sjore, Pilates classes and keeping up with her two young boys.
If she retires with Again and Again Inc., she will learn to how to weld and create some cool iron sculptures, she already has in her head.
Weathervane Gloucester Beach T Shirts, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
There are Wingersheek Beach and Good Harbor T Shirts at The Weathervane.