Tag: Good Morning Gloucester

The H Bomb Drops On GMG- Heather Atwood Has Some Nice Things To Say

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Chickity Check her latest blog post-

Lobster Rolls, Appellation Controllee, GMG

Some mornings the tea spills, the weeds rule, and the fog won’t lift, but there is a recipe for curing any bad start: a cruise through the blog GoodMorningGloucester.

Your water bill may be too high.  Your spot on the Rockport mooring wait-list too low, but there is no way you can feel anything but love for this part of the world once you’ve spent five minutes reading Joey Ciaramitaro’s take on Cape Ann, even if you’re reading from China.

To read the rest click here and discover her new blog- Food For Thought On The Gloucester Daily Times Website

Thanks for the kind words H 🙂

I would have to add that I have a great group of contributors and GMG community that make the blog what it is.  Without the people that check it out, write in to comment and give us encouragement it would just be a bunch of folks posting pictures and commenting on their own lives.  It’s the GMG community of people who write in and share similar experiences, likes and dislikes that make GMG special.  I’m just one part of it.  Oh and I’m also a lobster dealer, not a lobsterman.

Toodeloos Extends Thanks To The Community Video

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Astrojax Demo by Brooklyn

Look for the video with all of the tiles made at Glazed by community children tomorrow

The Jeff Weaver GMG Interview Part III

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Check Out The Art Of Jeff Weaver

16 Rodgers St

Many thanks to Jeff for sharing so much of his process and opening up for the GMG community.

Topside Grill- New Generation New Look New Happenings With Doug Silva

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There’s something of a renaissance happening at The Topside Grill under new GM Doug Silva

Oyster night tonight

CBS Amazing Race 17 Teams Identified

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Click here for links to the video I took at the start of the race and the rest of the https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/ Amazing Race 17 coverage

Thanks to the Reality Fan Forum we can identify the contestants that I captured as they embarked on the first leg of The Amazing Race 17 on our lobster boats right across from the dock here in East Gloucester.  This may help fans identify which boats their favorite teams are on as we learn more about who is who.
When you click on the first pic it will give you the super enlarged version so you can zoom in on each team

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When the first episode starts you can look for your favorite teams by which are on the boats as follows- Purple and Yellow Team on The Jennie C (Dark Green Lobster Boat skippered by Tom Lupo).

The Lime Green Team who are on the Tuna.com (a black tuna boat) and were in the lead according to my wife as they left Eastern Point and headed down East Main Street Gloucester within the first hour of the race  they were the drop dead gorgeous all female team according to first hand accounts.

The Dark Green Team of Connor Lawrence Diemand-Yauman and   Jonathan Schwartz .  Both Princeton Class of ’10, could they be Team Nassoons? (A Princeton a capella singing group). Credit to David Walter of The Ink for the COMPLETE REVEAL via Reality Fan Forum also the Blue team aboard the Karyn D (a Rockport based lobster boat) skippered by Ryan Drohan.

Team Turquoise and Team Grey(with hints of Maroon) aboard the Karen Lynn (a light gray tuna boat) Team Turquoise- Stephanie Smith (22) and Chad Waltrip (25)—Newly Dating. Both are currently in Jacksonville, Fl. She is the former MISS SOUTH CAROLINA USA 2009. Credit to Macaroons for the Complete REVEAL here. via Reality fan Forum

Team Pink and Team Orange aboard The Lady J (a white lobster boat with blue trim skippered by Dave Jewell) Team Orange- two black guys who may or many not be a little effeminate (not that there’s anything wrong with that) 🙂 and Team Pink an all female team.

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The Jeff Weaver GMG Interview Part II

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The Jeff Weaver GMG Interview Part II

One of the best values in Gloucester- in Jeff’s Gallery he has over sized postcards of his work which can be framed and put on your walls.  They are only $3.  I’m planning on going in and buying 4 or five of them as long as the sizes are such that I can buy standard sized frames for them.

The Jeff Weaver GMG Interview Part I

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The first in a four part series

Finally I got to interview one of my favorite artists.  I hope you enjoy this series as much as I enjoyed conducting it.

CBS Amazing Race 17 Start Gloucester Ma Drop off Bus With Blacked Out Windows And Staging Area

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As promised we have more Amazing Race 17 coverage from the very start when the teams were let out of the bus.  If you click on the first pic it will enlarge to the full sized photo to get you right up close to the action.  The second pic is a version that will fit in your browser window when you click on it.

For all of the Good morning Gloucester Amazing Race 17 Kick Off Coverage with over 8 posts with pictures and videos to date click here

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As you can see when you click on the larger picture the name of the bus company is M&L Transit.  It looks as if the windows have a black layer of sheathing that is velcro over where the windows are the entire length of the bus.

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In this second set of pictures the teams have disembarked the bus and are waiting to walk down the gangway to get on the lobster boats.  First hand accounts say that there were production people among the contestants reminding them to not talk among one another.  The contestants were not supposed to even speak to their respective teammates at this point.

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CBS Amazing Race 17 Pictures From The Start- The Jennie C With Purple and Yellow Teams Aboard

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Here’s another couple of pictures of one of the lobster boats the Jennie C with the purple and yellow team aboard

Clicking on the first pic will give you the blown up full sized picture so you can see the little details

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please do not copy these pictures for use on message boards or forums but rather link back to this post

Freshly Published Alone At Sea Author John N. Morris Interview

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John Morris came by to talk about his new book a 448 page documentation of Gloucester Fishing in the age of sail (1623-1939).

John spent 10 years of his life writing and researching this book.  Watch the video and see some of the incredible pictures and details within this masterpiece.

June 10th book signing and reading at Sawyer Free Library.

Read Gail McCarthy’s Gloucester Daily Times piece with John here

Rocky Neck Accomodations Renovations With Mona

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Mona Faherty Gives Us a Tour Of The Under Construction Suite In The Top Level Of The Rocky Neck Accomodations

Click here to go right to Mona’s Rocky Neck Accommodations Website

CBS Amazing Race 17 More Insider Scoop and Pics

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For all our other CBS Amazing Race 17 Spoiler Coverage Including Video Click Here

Like yesterday clicking on this first pic will give you the super blown up version where you can pan in and the second picture when clicked on will be the same picture but able to be viewed in your browser without going outside of the screen.

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I’d like to ask if could people not simply copy and paste this entire post onto message boards and instead copy the url of this blog post to share.  Lots of work goes into blogging and at the very least good form is to post a sentence with a link back to a newspaper or blog post saying for the rest of the story go here- http://www dot xyz story dot com

Now for the good stuff, some more insider dish on the process of how they get the contestants to the start of the race!

From what was overheard the contestants are flown in on private chartered jet with the windows blacked out so they have no idea where they are landing.  They are then ushered directly into a bus which has completely blacked out windows and they are not supposed to talk to each other at all.  They got off the bus at The State Fish Pier In Gloucester which is where I started taking video and where they boarded the fishing boats.  With the weather being unseasonably warm they could have easily mistaken Gloucester for a warmer climate port.  You can click on this link to see all the pictures of what takes place at The State Fish Pier in Gloucester

More to come later……

Lobster vs Crab Filmed Using Manfrotto Modopocket

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I just got a new portable pocket camera support made by Manfrotto.  Manfrotto is the gold standard in design and what the professionals use for camera supports such as tripods.  Most professional photographers and videographers have some of their equipment.  I was reading a tech site which listed top ten must have gadgets for photographers and the Manfrotto Modopocket was listed and it looked like a very interesting alternative to having to carry a tripod around for those situations when you want to take a long exposure or conduct an interview without the shake and vibration which can make an interview look less than professional (not that anything I do should ever be confused with something professional).

I went to the reviews on the little piece of equipment and the people who had purchased it all wrote glowing reviews.  The prices I saw listed for them in a google shopping search ranged from $20-$35.  I got mine from Adorama Camera for $20 including free shipping.  I got to use it a bunch yesterday and I am extremely happy with the purchase.

It folds up flat at the base of the camera and makes my Sony DSC H20 still pocketable which to me is crucial.  The camera you can’t pocket is worth 20% of the camera I can always have on me to capture stuff for you guys.  The construction is solid and engineering a marvel.  I’m really digging it.

Check out the first video I took with it below.  Click on the HD version to see the results I was able to achieve shooting inside of a lobster crate with zero clearance.  The camera was sitting flush inside the back of the crate.  The sound you hear during the lobster vs crab segment is the hum of our lobster tank pumps.

Here’s a link to where you can get it

Here is a bunch of pictures of different people using the Tiny Manfrotto Modopocket

Video- Fisherman Tattoo Series Chris Orsillo Watch The Snake

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Trapper’s new tattoo to honor his late father

Fresh Ink

CBS Amazing Race Orange and Pink Team Aboard Gloucester’s Lady J Lobster Boat

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I included the full sized pic when you click through on the first picture so you can see the faces.

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For a picture that will fit on your computer screen but won’t be blown up as large click the pic below

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Amy’s Coffee and Cones -New Coffee and Ice Cream Joint On Rocky Neck Video

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Amy talks about the hours, offerings and a special event this weekend with $1 scoops

The best of luck to Amy!

Grand Opening kicks off on Friday, May 28th with $1.00 scoops of ice cream between 4pm and 7pm.
Saturday, May 29th Kids Face Painters from Art Haven from 12pm to 2pm and A-Train Orchestra performing on the deck from 3pm to 6pm. Come join the fun!!!

It’s Official! The Cape Ann Is Named Formally!

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More pics only from GMG.  JHoe McKechnie sends in more pics from the official Naming Ceremony in Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea-

From the naming ceremony in Samsung Heavy Industries, ship yard in South Korea, just an hour ago. Thursday, 11:30 AM, the 27th of May.

Hey Joey, where you are it is still Wednesday. J

Joe Mckechnie

Adam Sandlers Grown Ups Trailer Is Out

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Here is a link to all of our posts from on the set of the Adam Sandler Movie Grown Ups which filmed here last Summer. You can see many of the locations we took pictures last summer that are in the trailers

https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/?s=Grown+Ups&x=16&y=11

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CBS Amazing Race Kicks Off Video In Gloucester Exclusive On Good Morning Gloucester

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Here is exclusive Video Shot At my Dock This Morning Showing the CBS Amazing Race Teams Boarding Gloucester Fishing Boats- The Jennie C, No Excuses, Karen Lynn, Tuna.Com, Lady J and Lady Lane.

I accidentally call it the Great Race in the video but I know it’s called The Amazing Race. 

You can see the teams dressed in different colors walking down the gangway to board the fishing boats at the State Fish Pier.  Then they head out single file past the historic Paint Factory to  Gloucester’s inner harbor where they passed by The Greasy Pole and Hammond Castle en route back to The Eastern point Yacht club where they disembarked and the race begins.  On East Main Street one of the teams stopped the Mrs and her friends who just got out of a run-fit class for directions to Boston’s Logan Airport.  She had to sign a release stating that she may be on TV.

One team stopped while in traffic on East Main St and rolled down their window.  It was a good looking man and woman who asked how to get to Logan.   When the car stopped two cameramen popped out of SUV which was right behind the man and woman race team who were rolling seperately in a Smart Car. The cameramen and a microphone were shoved in the Mrs face and when she replied how to get to Logan the team told her not to speak to anyone else.  Then they signed the releases and were off.

I’ll post many more pictures of the teams over the course of the next few days. if you are looking at the video right now at 6:58PM it may be fuzzy but the quality will improve within an hour when it is fully processed by YouTube.