So I just finished reading Mark Kurlansky’s The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town. Before I go any further: I highly recommend it.
I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm made me want to visit Gloucester. [...]
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Webincidences
Posted in interlude, tagged books, fishing, gloucester, history, pole walking, saint peter's fiesta on June 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Whew! Puffin finally goes to sea.
Posted in bridges & boats, tagged jamaica bay, movable bridge, new york, puffin on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been an awfully long, wet spring. Today was the first time this season that we took Puffin out into Jamaica Bay. It was a quick jaunt over to Rockaway, then east under the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge (non-movable), where we got this view of the A train heading to Manhattan over this non-DOT [...]
Movable Bridges, Chicago Style
Posted in bridges & boats, tagged chicago, chicago river, movable bridge on June 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
At the end of last month I got to take a quick business trip to Chicago. The highlight was getting to spend my lunch break walking along the Chicago River, checking out its movable bridges. You’ve heard of Chicago-style pizza; well, there are Chicago-style movable bridges too. Chicago has thirty-six movable bridges, more than any [...]
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