Gloucester amalowa magazi anu. Kaya ndi gombe lamtunda, mabomba obisika, ndi mabombe, kapena mbiri yakale ya moyo, palinso chinachake chokhudza tawuniyi pamphepete mwa dziko lomwe limakhala ndi inu.
Pokhala mu 1623, Gloucester ndi umodzi mwa mizinda yakale kwambiri ku US Mzindawu unadzakhala wotchuka ngati doko lopanda nsomba ndi nyanja m'nyanja m'ma 1700 ndipo mpaka lero ali ndi magalimoto akuluakulu ngakhale kuti zowonjezereka zimakhala zovuta.
Chikumbutso cha mzinda wa Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial (chomwe chimadziwika kuti "Munthu Wachikulire") chimatchula mayina a asodzi oposa 5,300 ndipo oyendetsa ngalawa anatayika panyanja chifukwa cha mbiri ya mzindawu.
Gloucester wakhala akukopa akatswiri amitundu yonse m'mphepete mwa nyanja, makamaka Winslow Homer ndi Gloucester mbadwa ya Fitz Henry Lane, ndi Rocky Neck Art Colony yake ndi imodzi mwa akale kwambiri ojambula zithunzi m'mayiko. Ojambula ambiri, olemba, zojambulajambula, osindikizira, ndi oimba amapita ku Gloucester pachaka, onsewo akufunafuna kudzoza, malo, ndi mbiri.
Ngakhale kuti zikuoneka kuti chidwi cha Gloucester chilipo kale, tsiku lino likuwulula chigawo chomwe chikukula kwambiri. Kuyenda kosatha kwa ojambula ndi akatswiri amisiri kumatanthawuza kuti mzindawu umasintha n'kukhala chinthu chatsopano, ngakhale kuti umakhala wokondwera kwambiri panyanja.
Pano pali zifukwa zitatu zomwe ndikuyenera kupita ku Gloucester.
Gulani
Gloucester ili ndi mabitolo ambiri, masitolo ogulitsa masitolo, ndi masitolo apadera kuposa momwe ndingathe kulembera apa, koma Lynzariums ndi chitsanzo chabwino cha Gloucester. Mwini ndi Mphepete mwa Nyanja ya Kumtunda Lyndsay Maver amapanga maluwa osakanikirana a maluwa odulidwa, potter, cacti, ndi zokometsera, zambiri zimakonzedwa kukhala malo amodzi (Lyndsay + terrariums = Lynzariums).
Iye anati: "Ndinayamba kuika zitsamba m'mitsuko tsiku limodzi, kuphatikizapo miyala yosiyanasiyana, mchenga, ndi seyala, kusewera ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zokometsera ndi cacti.
Pansi pa msewu, onani Vintage 211, zenizeni zobisika pansi pa nyumba yakale ya ramshackle yomwe ikuyendayenda pamwamba pa doko. M'kati mwake muli zinyumba, zovala, ndi zosokonekera mosavuta. Mukufuna jekete ya tiketi ya $ 30? Malo awa ali ndi makumi awiri a iwo.
Msewu waukulu ndi malo ogula malo ogulitsa mzinda, omwe ali ndi masitolo akuluakulu (Code Code ndi Bananas ndi malo okondedwa), Bookstore ya Gloucester, Mystery Train Records, ndi njira zingapo zothandizira mphatso ndi nyumba zapakhomo. Chomwe chimakonda kwambiri Bodin Historic Photo ndi malo abwino kwambiri kuti mupeze ganizo la Gloucester m'masiku akale.
"Zimene ndimakonda zokhudza Cape Ann ndizomwe mungapeze pang'ono," akutero Maver, "ndipo ndikupeza nthaŵi zonse masitolo ang'onoang'ono omwe sindinayambe ndamuwonapo."
Idyani
Anthu ambiri amamva "Gloucester" ndipo amaganiza za lobster ndi zida zokazinga. Ndipo inde, inu mukhoza kuwapeza iwo ochuluka, koma pali zambiri ku malo odyera apa kusiyana ndi malo ozungulira nyanja.
M'nyengo yozizira, Msika wa Gloucester wa Annisquam umatsegula zitseko zake ndipo umadya zakudya zabwino kwambiri ku Greater Boston. Zokonzedwanso ndi zigawo ziwiri za Chez Panisse, tating'ono ting'onoting'ono kovuta kupeza malo odyera akuyang'ana zatsopano, zowonjezera komanso zokonzekera zosavuta koma zokongola. Taganizirani zakutchire nettle ravioli ndi ricotta kapena ribeye wa Maine ndi batala wonyezimira komanso mbatata zowonongeka. Ndipo lingaliro loyang'ana Lobster Cove silingathe kumenyedwa.
Malo odyera a msika wa Market, Short and Main, amatsegulira chaka chonse ndipo amachititsa nzeru zomwezo pazamasamba a pizza, zotsamba zamaluwa, ndi ma oysters ambiri, komanso makompyuta ake okwera pamwamba a Birdseye Bar akuyimba nyimbo ndi zochitika chaka chonse . Bistro ya Duckworth ndi malo okonda kwambiri a French monga akale a bata ndi nkhumba loin au poivre.
Ngati lobster ndi chinthu chanu, mutu womwe umadutsa pamtunda mpaka ku Rockport kupita ku Lobster Pool, malo osungirako nyama omwe mungathe kudya pamatanthwe (monga: pamathanthwe akuluakulu) ndi mafunde akugwa ndipo Atlantic ikuyandikira.
Mmodzi wina sangathe kuphonya malo? Yesani Mkate wa Alexandra. Omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi ogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi aphatikizi a Jon Hardy ndi Alexandra Rhinelander, kanyumba kakang'ono kameneka kameneka kamatulutsa mikate yochititsa chidwi, ma cookies, ndi ma scones apadera chaka chonse. Pitani mofulumira (kapena pitani patsogolo) ndipo mutenge rosemary focaccia kapena mafuta a azitona omwe akutenthabe ku uvuni. Zangwiro ngati mukukonzekera picnic pamphepete mwa nyanja.
Yambani
Pamene mabomba a Gloucester amavomereza kwambiri, kuyendayenda kuno kumabweretsa mphoto yake. Ravenswood Park imaphatikizapo mahekitala oposa 600 a miyala, miyala ya hemlock, ndi malo otchedwa magnolia, omwe ali ndi misewu yamakilomita ndi misewu yakale yamagalimoto yokwanira kuyenda. Ledge Hill Trail ikukwera mozemba kudutsa m'nkhalango kuti ikhale yonyalanyaza malingaliro okongola kwambiri pa Gloucester Harbor, Eastern Point, ndi Atlantic kupitirira.
Kwa zochitika zozizwitsa komanso zozizwitsa zodutsa m'mbiri ya Gloucester, pitani ku Dogtown Common ndikulowetsa m'nkhalango. Dogtown ndi imodzi mwa midzi yoyambirira ku Gloucester ndipo mbiri yake ndi kusakaniza ndi kukongola. Afiti, amitundu, ndi zina zotchulidwazo zimakhala mbiri yakale, ndipo lero alendo omwe akuyenda mumsewu amatha kupeza mabowo ambirimbiri omwe amakhalapo kale. Koma zozizwitsa kwambiri ndizojambula miyala yomwe imakhala ndi zolimbikitsa - "Kulimbika," "Ngati Ntchito Ikani Kugonjetsa Makhalidwe Abwino," ndi "Khalani kunja Kwa Ngongole," mwachitsanzo-yolamulidwa ndi Roger Babson (woyambitsa Koleji ya Babson) m'ma 1930.
O, ndipo inu simunamve izi kuchokera kwa ife, koma kupalasa-kuluma ndi chinthu chomwe chikuchitika ku Gloucester.