My View of Life on the Dock
Jennifer L submits-
Hi Joey!
They are at it again…at least it is a little warmer this year. :-) Thought you would enjoy some pics I just took (most of which I took by holding up my binoculars to my cellphone camera lens…). It’s a little misty on the Annisquam today…
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Jennifer L.
Julie Douglass Writes-
The oldest Rocky Neck family, the Douglass’, participated in their own polar plunge on New Year’s Day, in remembrance of their father, grandfather & father-in-law Capt. Fred Douglass who passed away on 1/1/2006. This was taken on “Flynn’s beach”- Wonson’s Cove at 4:30 in the afternoon as the sun was setting.
Thanks Joey!
Julie Douglass
Tony Sapienza Writes-
Happy New Year from the crew at the Blue Shutters Beachside Inn.
We wanted to share some photos of two of our New Year’s traditions – our January 1 Good Harbor Beach plunge and a New Years Eve ugly sweater contest.
We may have had a smaller group than other New Year’s Day plunges around Cape Ann, but the water was just as cold and the support was just as strong for the “Blue Shutters Dips” as they braved the frigid waters of Good Harbor Beach on the morning of January 1. This is the third year for this New Year’s tradition.
Here are some shots of Innkeeper Patty Sapienza and friends Mary Igo of Burlington , Kim Reardon of North Andover and Deb Raymond of Waltham , as well as the group that was there to cheer them on. In one of the shots you’ll also spot a surprise diver emerging from the waters: Patty’s son Mike.
Finally, we tossed in a photo from the ugly sweater contest held on New Year’s Eve. I think you’ll agree – they’re all pretty damn ugly.
Happy New Year
– Tony and Patty Sapienza & Ed and AnnMarie Comer
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JoAnn Bell Writes-
Hi Joey
Thought this photo was particularly good at capturing the Plunge. The
photo was taken from the water by Bruno Morel who was out in my
husband’s kayak so he could get some action shots from the front.
JoAnn Bell
Hello Joey,
Thanks for your web site, my husband John Felock follows you daily and is getting me hooked. We attended the Rocky Neck Plunge this year for the first time with friends and their 94 year old mother. We had a blast, here are two photos. We moved to Gloucester 3 years ago and love it, we are hooked on the strong sense of community.
Keep up the great work.
Denise Merlino Felock
Good Morning Joey,
Here are some shots of people and the Rocky Neck Plunge.
Happy New Year!
Betty Pijut -Rocky Neck
BJ, what’s with the serious look???? 
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Photos sent in by Tony Sapienza, forwarded to me by Joey from St Lucia. Click on photos to enlarge.
Tony writes:
Enjoying all the Cape Ann “plunge” photos — didn’t realize there were so many of this happening that day. Figured our four were the only crazies out there. Saw the video on your latest update — we should have ours up on YouTube (from one of our friends) sometime soon.
Thought you could use this photo — our own version of the “polar bears”.
One of the Blue Shutters innkeepers, Patty Sapienza (that’s her in the black t-shirt and balloon hat), joined three friends for an annual New Year’s Day swim. They’ve named themselves “The Blue Shutters Dips” — and they’re attracting a growing group of followers. There were plenty of them on Good Harbor Beach — at 11am today (1/1/11) — to witness their plunge.
There are other photos on our website blog/diary and on the Blue Shutters Facebook page.
Hope you had a great holiday — Happy New Year
– Tony
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This was my first video for the New Year. It was submitted to Joey to post in GoodMorningGloucester, but he pulled it after only one hour, because it did not meet his high standards for the blog. To meet his standards I did some editing, and it can now be viewed on GoodMorningGloucester.
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