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I am staying about a three minute walk from the beach here in Rockport. This beach is called Front Beach, and it’s the main beach in town here. I went today to splash in the ocean for ten minutes this morning and took these pictures while my feet were drying.

I hadn’t been writing much about restaurants since arriving in Rockport because, well, restaurants aren’t that great here in my opinion. But I made a real find tonight in Gloucester. Gloucester is a working class fishery town, the home of Gorton’s. It’s also a tourist spot. The most famous landmark in Gloucester is the Fisherman [...]

The unofficial official foods of Rockport are New England clam chowder (chowdah) and lobster (lawbstah). To try to provide a true “Rahkpawt” experience, here is some associated imagery.

Lobster pot markers, AKA lawbstah pawt mahkahs, or LPMs, are the unofficial official knick-knack souvenir and de rigeur decorative item of Rockport. Here are some LPMs.

When you read in my entry on Bearskin Neck that it is the second most famous thing in Rockport, you probably wondered what number one was. Number one is Motif #1. This is the nickname of the old shack on Bradley Wharf. If it has an official name, I don’t know it. It’s called Motif#1 [...]

Bearskin Neck is the second most famous thing about Rockport. Supposedly, it got its name from when an early settler of the area, James Babson, put out some bearskins to dry in the sun on this small peninsula. Nowadays, Bearskin Neck is known for its knick-knack shops and ice cream parlors. Here are a few [...]

Cape Hedge is not the most popular beach in Rockport, mainly because it’s kind of far from town. It’s the best beach, however. Here are a few shots from there yesterday taken just before sunset.

I’m now in Rockport, Massachusetts, a seaside town my family’s vacationed in since I was 8. I haven’t been here myself for a few years. It’s always relaxing to spend some time here. Here’s a few random pictures.

I can’t remember the last time I ate at a Friendly’s, but it was probably more than 10 years ago at the Carousel Mall in Syracuse. So it was a trip down memory lane to have lunch at Friendly’s just before arriving in Rockport on Sunday. Friendly’s is the home of the Fribble, which is [...]