Harrison Golden Aboard The Chassea

Harrison Golden Aboard The Chassea

Yankee Clipper At Dawn 4:46AM 7/20/08

The Yankee Clipper lit up and preparing to take on passengers in a couple hours as I get to work.

Marie Claire Update

The lovely Miss Jana Winter just called to inform me that she was not in fact “blowing smoke up may ass”

(apparently she has been following along the Marie Claire posting and comments from earlier today)

She went on further to say that she was going to do a positive story on Gloucester, not because it’s a noble thing to do or an act of kindness, but because as a journalist, it’s what she believes and what she gets paid to do-  To report on what she experiences.

And what she has experienced while she was here has been fantastic.

She went to Passports last night and got the lobster, BTW.

I mean how could you go wrong there, right?  Especially with Captain Joe & Sons lobster on your plate!

We Rock!

Gloucester Harbor 4:55AM 7/18/08

I like how the boat is perfectly lined up in the moonlight glimmer off the water.  Click any photo and select “all sizes” to see the bigger version and in greater clarity.

Downtown Gloucester 4:50AM 7/17/08

Good Harbor Beach, Thatcher Island 4:50AM 7/15/08

Chickity Check It!- Everyman Digs GMG

Local guy from Briar Neck writes his own blog, From what I can tell it’s not so much about local stuff but the guy is living and blogging from here and gave us a shout out yesterday so I thought I’d return the favor today.

Click this text to see his blog

Thatcher Light Good Harbor Beach 4:55AM 7/11/08

Budda Chillin Like A Villan at The Black Swan

Passports Shrimp Alfredo-Yum!

We are so blessed to have as many great restaurants as we do here in Gloucester.

Click this text for a long list of food pictures from Gloucester Restaurants

Passports Shrimp Alfredo-Yum!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Hips Left after Rose Petals Fall Off

Click this text for the link to my tribute to Rosa Rugosa

Click this text for my Rosa Rugosa Life Cycle Slide show

In the right of the picture you can see the rose hip which is what is left after the flowers fall off of the stems. The rose hips are the fruit which people used to make jam out of in the old days. In a couple months the rose hips will turn orange-red from the present green color.

Thatcher Island Light Good Harbor Beach 4:55AM 7/11/08

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To view all of my Gloucester at Dawn pics in a slide show click this text

Bees Going To Town On The Rosa Rugosa

British Glamour Photoshoot at Captain Joe and Sons Video

Here Cyntia handles a couple of two lb lobsters with no protective lobster bands.  Never once did we hear her complain.

Sea Shore Artwork at The Black Swan

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Ayala Bar Jewelry at The Black Swan

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Ayala Bar Jewelry at The Black Swan

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John J. Ronan Writes About The Media Betrayal Of Gloucester

My buddy Janice forwarded this to me-

In Gloucester, poetic license or media lies?

Media’s coverage fishy in Gloucester

By John J. Ronan |   Sunday, July 13, 2008  |  http://www.bostonherald.com |  Op-Ed

Winslow Homer’s Gloucester is dynamic, hardworking and beautiful. In “Shipbuilding: Gloucester Harbor” and “Sailing Out of Gloucester,” he captured heritage and beauty at once. “Gloucester Houses” and “Prospect Street,” under the hammer of Edward Hopper’s light, portray a strong, stable Gloucester. In 2008, the city is still dynamic, hardworking, stable – and beautiful.

For those who know this, and love Gloucester because of it, the coverage of teen pregnancies here dismays. Not the factual coverage. It is tragic that so many girls, for the bleakest reasons, chose to become pregnant. The city is saddened by this and working to stop what has to be termed an epidemic.

The message is not the problem. Embarrassment is not a problem, either; no one I know is afraid of confronting a flawed civic self in the mirror. It’s the lie that’s a problem.

Read the rest here