This weekend, artisans in the Cape Ann towns of Rockport and Gloucester opened their galleries for their
30th Annual Studio Tour. We decided that this was a lovely excuse to drive to the coast and enjoy the blue skies and salty air. Those of you who are George Clooney fans (and really, who isn't?) might know Gloucester as the setting for the movie
The Perfect Storm. It's also home to that yellow slicker-clad icon, the Gorton's Fisherman. Gloucester is incredibly scenic, and deserves its own post sometime. For this outing, though, we decided to spend most of the afternoon next door in Rockport's Bearskin Neck, a touristy stretch of lobster shacks, art galleries, and souvenir shops.
Here on Bradley Wharf, you can see what has been called "the most often-painted building in America", a red fishing shack known as Motif #1.
After lunch at the
Blue Lobster Grille, we wandered down the streets and through the shops.
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The intriguingly named
"Dark Star Philosophia" |
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| Gorton's Fishergulls? |
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| This buoy was calling my name. |
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| Lobster Traps |
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