Tag: Good Morning Gloucester

The GMG T-Shirts Are Finally In!!!!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

We used Hanes Beefy T’shirts- ring spun cotton, the highest quality t shirts we could buy.

We have sm, med, lg, xl and maybe a xxl.

They are $20 and if need to be shipped in the US $4 or you could pick it up at the dock and save the shipping.

The Dock address is Joey c/o Captain Joe and Sons 95 East Main st Gloucester MA 01930

Thanks so much!!!

Sizes are selling fast and I didnt order a ton so let me know asap if there is a certain size you need  🙂

if you want to order one email me at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com

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And Dog Bar Makes Twenty! Bikini Speedo Dodgeball All Filled Up With Teams For Our Brackets!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

This is gonna be bat-shit bananas! 

Twenty teams of men and women in bikinis and speedos trying to annihilate each other medieval style on the Dodgeball Court Behind The Farm Bar and Grille On March 4th with the profits from the entry fees  going to www.nextstep.org which provides help for teens and young adults afflicted with life threatening illnesses.

Can you imagine 20 teams of 5 and then all of their supports of how much insanity and fun that is going to be?  This is going to be the entertainment event of all of 2012!!!!!

Word Is That One of Gloucester’s Biggest Supporters Of Live local Music Andy Mullholland Will Be Sporting The Speedo and Leading His Dog Bar Squad “American Bacon”.  Andy caused quite a stir with the team name which is a direct shot across the bow of his Cape Ann Farmer’s Market Seafood Throwdown Nemesis Erik Lorden From Passport whose Team had already been named “Canadian Bacon”.  There will be no love lost between these mortal enemies on the Dodgeball Court.  Question Is- Who Will Bring The Meat?

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We do not know how athletic these teams will be compared to the many Cross Fit and Athletic Club Squads but they will surely win the straight sexy points with their many fans!

Mark Your Calendars Now!  March 4th at Noon!  The Farm Bar and Grille for The Ultimate Spectacle that will Be-

The Second Annual GMG/Farm Bar and Grille Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Tournament!

 

All of the profits from the sign-ups of the Tournament are going to Next Step, an organization that provides support, education and resources for teens and young adults coping with cancer and other life threatening illnesses. www.nextstepnet.org

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click here for Cape Ann Brewing Coverage Team Nacho Libre

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North Shore Cross Fit Team Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Captain Tracy Conley

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Maestranzi Brothers Red White & Blue Balls Team Captain Frankie Gwynn

Our Hosts The Farm Bar and Grille check them out the Farm’s Facebook Page here

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Farm Team Name- Ass With Class With Captain Ryan Cox

Here are the other squads signed on

We have a Ryan and Wood Distillery sponsored squad (best damn spirits you can consume on the planet) check out their website and live distillery webcam

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Sugar Mags is putting a yet to be named team together- check the breakfast artistry that is Sugar Magnolia’s and like their Facebook page. Also did you know Sugar Mag’s does catering?

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Cross Fit Cape Ann should be the early favorites, we will see if their elite training will put them over the top. Check out their blog here

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Beverly Athletic Club’s Team will look to contend with the cross fit athletes from Cross Fit Cape for the top seed.

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Team Name- Kiss Our BACsides

I will be sponsoring  GMG Team Rubber Rippers featuring our boy Kurt Lubbers and a team of maniacal Coasties.

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Passports Restaurant

Passports Canadian Bacon Team Captain Erik Lorden

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and Ed Collard’s House Doctors Handyman Repair Services

Team Name Blinded By The White

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check out Jungle’s website here

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Mamie’s Kitchen’s Muffin Tops has signed on to the Farm Bar and Grille Good Morning Gloucester Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Tournament!

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Team Name Mamie’s Muffin Tops

Check out the delectable dishes from Mamie’s Kitchen here

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Team Name- Hot Mess

Here’s her website- http://www.muffywhite.com/

Beach Gourmet Catering

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Matt Beach will be opening up shop after last year’s horrible Washington St fire in the location of the former Connors Pharmacy.

The T Shirt Design Front (the date is going to be correct March 4th)-

Savour Wine and Cheese and Beach Gourmet New Location First Look

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John Lamirande Gives Good Morning Gloucester The Inside Scoop On What Will Be Happening At The Former Connors Pharmacy Location

The Great Rubber Duck Mystery of 2012

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So I get back from my time off and sitting on my desk is this box. Zip Code 01581

If anyone has any information on how this wayward duck made it to the dock let me know and you will be rewarded with a shout out on these here pages!

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Beautiful Industry- Birdseye At Dusk

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Richard Belair says:
February 11, 2012 at 12:39 pm (Edit)

I would say that the loss of a neighborhood through the money making plans of one person is a blow to the entire community, fishing industry and a slap to the face of the historical perspective of Gloucester. Frankly, Joey, I am very surprised to see you sitting on the fence with this issue, when your perspective with so many other things shows you have good eye for composition. One would think that growing up around the industry would make your choices far in favor of people who’s entire lives and the livelihoods of generations before them helped make this city become an attractive place. It didn’t happen the other way around. People didn’t come here to enjoy the flavor of the area and then build an entire fishing industry around the beauty of the harbor. The harbor was built and then the people came to work the already growing industry. The beauty was discovered after the hard dedicated work was already done.

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  • Joey C says:
    February 11, 2012 at 3:17 pm (Edit)

    I disagree that only one person gains completely. I grew up 5 houses from a hotel. My sister built a house two doors down from where we grew up and my mom still lives there.
    The jobs created, the vendors that this property would support, the increased taxes paid to the city and much more on top of the fact that the people behind this already have a GREAT track record of supporting our community and its organizations.

    Destroying neighborhoods and not helping the community by donating Five Hundred Thousand Dollars to help rebuild Newell Stadium?
    Destroying neighborhoods by providing jobs in a building that has basically been vacant for years? Destroying neighborhoods by paying the city many multiples more in taxes to pay to keep fire stations open, roads paved and schools in better shape? Destroying neighborhoods by providing visitors a place to stay and support our vital Downtown businesses, area museums and attractions such as whale watches, schooner tours the Cape Ann Museum, The Heritage Center and The Sargent House? A place where they can park and walk to all of these destinations without having to clog up our streets with vehicles?

    Building a hotel on a beach where you would never offload a boat. Because you know, you don’t offload boats on beaches. You don’t have to displace fishermen to do this.

    I’d say that what is destroying neighborhoods is not encouraging development and change when the industry you relied on for years has been radically consolidated to make fish stocks more sustainable which means no way that you could ever land the amount of fish that was once landed or else you would simply be negligent to returning to overfishing.

    Destroying neighborhoods? Really???

    I’d say what destroys communities more than anything is not having enough tax revenue and jobs to support strong school systems and this is the kind of project that will help with both!

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Andrew Innes says:
February 11, 2012 at 10:56 pm (Edit)

So it’s all about the money is it ? What about the businesses all ready there? Shall they be bought or forced out ? And what about, of course, the people that are already there? Are they to be bought or forced out ? This is an invasion of the super rich upon the history, the industry, the people, the place that is Gloucester. “Polis is this.”

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  • Joey C says:
    February 11, 2012 at 11:28 pm (Edit)

    All about the money????

    The building has been empty. Who says anyone has to sell their house????
    Show me the person that had their ARM twisted to sell out???

    An invasion by someone that wants to invest in our community and provide jobs on a site that was close to being foreclosed on???

    Invasion by someone who has donated their other space to countless community organizations to hold their fundraisers?? Invasion by a group of people who demonstrated that they didn’t force a single fishing boat off of the Cruiseport site and where there is probably more port activity with a restaurant and function facility operating on the same space with fishing boats, cruise line landings and LNG pipeline support.

    Invasion by a group that employs probably hundreds in Gloucester and that’s not to mention the hundreds of vendors that supply services such as photographers, food purveyors, caterers, electricians, webmasters, florists, linens and again supporting them without displacing a single fishing boat.

    You act as if people making money is a bad thing.

    How do you expect to improve our schools, pay for our growing infrastructure needs, and public safety?? With empty buildings? The fishing industry is not going to be allowed to overfish again. It isn’t going back to a free for all. The number of permits and fishermen have been drastically reduced.

    Why are you scared to death that people will make money and pay more taxes and support our downtown? Can you simply not stand it?

    Do you not recognize that the fishing industry has been greatly consolidated?
    Do you not recognize that with the auctions, that the amount of fish that goes through way fewer waterfront buildings is a fraction of what it once was?

    As long as the boats aren’t being displaced the fishermen I speak to are in favor of changes to the upland parts of the waterfront.

    Don’t you want better for our children than empty buildings and no way to fund stronger educations for them?

Stones Pub Clam Chowder Outstanding

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I added the black pepper and Tabasco.

The signs of a good chowder- not too thick, not too much thickening agent, lots of stock and Stones nails it on all accounts!

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GMG Product Test- AEROSHOT BREATHABLE ENERGY DEMO

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

So for those of you who know me you know that for 8 months of the year I wake up for work at 3:45AM 7 days a week to get down our commercial lobster dock.

It’s a grueling year doing a lot of repetitive work and it’s very physical as well.  So when I get home I’m uusually tired.  Getting home usually between 6-7PM eating dinner and then trying to stay awake to spend some time with the family.

The Mrs and I try to get out for dinner once or twice a week and it’s nice to not be falling asleep in my plate.  So I drink lots of coffee and if I’m really really dragging I’ll chug down a red bull to try to help me stay awake past 9PM.

Anyway I saw this online ad for Aeroshot breathable energy and it seemed intriguing.  Instead of having to consume the liquid and sugar of the red bull take a couple of huffs of the AEROSHOT.  On the AEROSHOT website they had a twitter page so I followed it.

Then while on twitter there was a promotion for a free sample so I signed up.  It came to the house about a month ago but last night we had a dinner party to go to and I was pretty beat so it seemed like a good night to give it a go.

In the video above you can see the packaging and how the system works.

Here are my findings after using it last night:

It was very easy to use, you pull it from each end so it opens up and then put it in your mouth and when you close it a certain amount of what seemed like a crystalized powder entered your mouth where it dissolves and gets ingested into your body.  you don’t get all of it with one burst,  I did about 5 or six inhales.

You immediately get a taste of lime followed by a sharp bitterness.  I had just brushed my teeth before so the taste wasn’t all that great to me but I think I would opt for something a little sweeter for a flavor instead of lime.  A berry flavor would probably counteract the bitterness better than lime.

Within a couple of minutes I felt a rush and my heart rate increase.  It was very noticeable that my alertness was heightened and it was more than the rush you would get from a red bull, 5 hour energy or drinking an espresso.

The alertness and heart rate increase lasted about 2 hours.

Shhhhhhhh…. be very, very, quiet

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Art Rock 02/05/2012

look for the 4:30 pm post for the location.

 

Three New Teams Sign Up For The Farm/GMG Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Tournament!

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Three new teams have signed on and we have a T Shirt Sponsor- Jungle Silkscreening and corporate promotional products  out of Ipswich!

I told you any team that signs up will get their links and logo included in every Speedo Dodgeball post leading up to the event.  GMG is only seen by 25-35,000 people a day so for you to not sponsor a team and get that recognition in these pages for your organization is just plain bad business.  Not to mention that all of the profits are going to Next Step, an organization that provides support, education and resources for teens and young adults coping with cancer and other life threatening illnesses. www.nextstepnet.org

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We also have new teams Passports Restaurant

Erik Lorden owner of Passports whose team name will be Canadian Bacon specifically called out  team from Crossfit Cape Ann stating-

“They’re Going Down Like A Sweet Muffin!”

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and Ed Collard’s House Doctors Handyman Repair Services

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Eric Lorden from Passports told me they ordered bikini’s and speedos with maple leafs on the ass and are looking into getting white swim caps with the maple leaf as well.. .So we have The Farm Bar and Grille, Ryan and Wood Distillery, George’s Coffee Shop,Sugar Mag’s, Cross Fit Cape Ann, Beverly Athletic Club, Good Morning Gloucester, Jungle Screen Printing, Passports Restaurant,and Ed Collard’s House Doctors Squad’s so far.

Get a team together, have a ton of fun and do some good. Wins all the way around.

You don’t need to be sponsored by a business you can get a team together yourself. Funny team names are encouraged!

So get in on the fun, drum up some awareness for your organization and help with the fight against the suck that is cancer.

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We are bringing it up a notch this year with a heated players VIP tent area!

Last Year’s Champs- “Five In The Pink”-

More from Last Year-

Team Balls Models

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Our Hosts The Farm Bar and Grille check them out the Farm’s Facebook Page here

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We have a Ryan and Wood Distillery sponsored squad (best damn spirits you can consume on the planet) check out their website and live distillery webcam

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George’s Coffee Shop Squad- take a gander at some of the deliciousness that comes out of the kitchen at George’s here

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Sugar Mags is putting a yet to be named team together- check the breakfast artistry that is Sugar Magnolia’s and like their Facebook page.  Also did you know Sugar Mag’s does catering?

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Cross Fit Cape Ann should be the early favorites, we will see if their elite training will put them over the top. Check out their blog here

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Beverly Athletic Club’s Team will look to contend with the cross fit athletes from Cross Fit Cape for the top seed.

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I will be sponsoring a team from GMG featuring our boy Kurt Lubbers and a team of maniacal Coasties.

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Praise for Good Morning Gloucester

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Hi Joey, I thought readers might want to see what was in my inbox this morning:

“Dear Kim,

Thank you for turning me on to Good Morning Gloucester.  Every city (and town) should have an equivalent.  What a great way to communicate enjoyments, appreciations, concerns, and complaints.”

We are truly blessed as a community to have a resource like Good Morning Gloucester. Thank you Joey and GMG team for all the good you have created, and continue to do, for our beloved community.

Our Fearless Leader

Good Morning Gloucester Team Members and Friends of the Blog

THE PLACE TO BE TONIGHT!! CRUISEPORT FOR THE 2012 ART HAVEN BUOY AUCTION!

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5PM Tonight At Cruiseport!  Where all the cool kids will be!

Video here-

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What’s Cooking Grand Opening Day Video With Brian Rice

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At The Site of The Former Scroo Cookin’ What’s Cookin’ will be holding their grand Opening today at 11AM

Free cup of soup to the first 30 people and $2 Pulled Pork & Bolognese sliders!  We are also the sole distributor of Gloucester’s finest sausage – Trupiano’s!

You heard it here!

185 Washington Street, Thursday January 26th Get There Today and Say You Saw It On GMG!

The “This is why I don’t do searches on the internet” poll.

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

This poll is only for people who for one reason or another do not like to use search engines, search boxes or any other type of technology to find the answers to their questions.

Again, this is not a joke, this is just to try to help me understand teh psyche behind this phenomenon.

Please only take this poll if you are the type of person who is unlikely to do a search on the internet for the web results you seek.

Thank you for helping me understand.

New Year Sunrise From Cynthia Hill

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Photos taken at 7:13-7:20am this morning, from Eastern Point Light – well, Chip’s front yard! Plus my favorite decoration on the lobster trap tree!

Happy swim, and have a wonderful 2012, Joey.

xoxoxox

Cynthia

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Good Morning Gloucester Exhibit At The Adolf Matz Gallery Inside The Sawyer Free Library

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Stop By The Adolf Matz Gallery At The Sawyer Free Library (you can’t miss it as you pass through it once you enter the main doors to the library).

We have the GMG exhibit there all month long.

Kim Smith sold one of her pieces already.

Happy New Year! Rocky Neck Plunge

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa

What a way to start the New Year! The Rocky Neck plunge was great this afternoon and we couldn’t have asked for better weather.

Here’s our Man, Joey, fresh out of the water!

Wishing Everyone a Happy New Year! I hope 2012 is good to you.

~Alicia

Top Gloucester Stories of 2011- GMG Style

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Joey's favorite

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This morning I was contemplating doing a top ten list of the year’s best stories but it always seems so daunting.

But then I read another list which seemed so damn depressing and it didn’t seem to represent to me at all what the top Gloucester stories of 2011 and once we started putting the list together over The Worlds Greatest Coffee Rolls, Ed and I put this list together.

I should note that the depressing list was the one from the Gloucester Daily Times but God bless the Times and what they do because they have the responsibility of reporting the puss and if they weren’t getting paid to do it who would ever want to?

Here’s the Gloucester Daily times version and the inspiration for the GMG one

(note there are no numbers as they are all of different order of importance for different people) We’ll use letters in no specific order.

I’ll list them and then link to the stories underneath each listing

A) seARTS Effort gets Gloucester Recognized As #3 Small Arts City In The Country

Gloucester Voted #3 Small Arts City In The Country

B) City of Gloucester Under Carolyn Kirk’s Stewardship Once Again Raises Our Bond Rating

From the Gloucester Daily Times-

The Mayor’s Desk: Moving the city forward into the new year

C) The Passing of Joe Garland and Harriett Webster Two Great Lovers of Gloucester

The Joe Garland Tribute Post
In Memorium – Harriet Webster

D) The Removal of Blight and Installation of Community Park From Cape Ann Museum

Cape Ann Museum Pocket Park New Sculpture Photo From Bob Hastings
Cape Ann Museum New Pocket Park Panorama

E) Jim Davis Buys Birdseye and Renews Potential For Growth Downtown

Breaking News!!! Here’s the Official Scoop On The Birdseye Property From Sheree DeLorenzo

F) Bhuddist Monks Liberate Lobsters Fun

Audio We Talk About The Liberated Lobsters On The Bob and Sheri Radio Show In Charlotte

G) Temple Ahavat Achim Opens It’s Doors To the Community

Up On The Roof- Temple Ahavat Achim Views Of Gloucester and Construction Video

H) The Greasy Pole Toppled and Is Being Reconstructed

GMG Greasy Pole Reconstruction Coverage

I) Burnham’s field Community Garden Beautifies the Heart of The City

Burnham’s Field Community Garden Coverage on GMG

J) GMG Takes Home CBS Boston’s Most Valuable Blogger Award (biased, who me?)

HOLY GUACAMOLE BATMAN!!!! THIS JUST- IN WE WON THE CBS BOSTON’S PEOPLE’S CHOICE MOST VALUABLE BLOGGER AWARD!!!!!!!!!!!

Cape Ann Olive Oil Co First Look With Owner Lauren Negron/Linquta

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Lauren is opening the store with her husband Eric Negron

Molly Ferrill’s Time Lapse From The Dock

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The timelapse I did the other day was performed differently.  I took video footage, imported it into windows live movie maker and sped it up 32 times.

Molly set her camera up using an intervalometer, taking lots and lots of still photos taken at a specific time apart, imported those into iMovie, stitched them together to make a timelapse of photos.

Very cool.

My clouds one below, Molly’s lobster boats leaving the harbor one above.