Valentine’s Day pushes a hot button for many people. For women, expectations can run very high in their hopes to find romance and professions of love. The stakes are high for men too, as they feel the pressure to please their partner and meet these expectations.
Whether your single or part of a couple, resist the [...]

This month, let’s practice the upside of selfishness by remembering to put ourselves first! I’m sure when you were young, your mother undoubtedly taught you that being selfish was not a good thing. But..as in most things in life..there is an upside and a downside. The downside to selfish behavior is [...]

First off, congrats to Christine Baldwin who will  be checking out Cris Barron at “The Kate“. And thanks to Chuck Still, executive director for making it happen. we will be doing more of this in the future, so stand by for more free tickets, to more great venues.
I am going to make this brief, [...]

Whether you live in a new or old house, you may be experiencing a squeak when you step on a certain area of floor. What the heck causes that you ask? More importantly, how can I fix it?

The cause of the squeak is almost always two pieces of wood rubbing together. In antique homes, flooring [...]

In last month’s blog I talked about how I had answered in ad in the back of WoodenBoat Magazine (http://www.woodenboat.com) that was seeking brave souls to sail around the world. Deciding that was indeed the kind of adventure I wanted, I answered the ad, quit my job, sold all my possessions, said goodbye to my [...]

Ahhh Valentine’s Day, Love will be in the air.  I have to admit, I used to hate Valentine’s day, I used to wear black in protest calling it stupid.  However, I’ve softened in my old age and now look at the day of “love” a little differently.
For those of you with a hot date…on to [...]

Chris Barron is best known as the lead singer for the Grammy nominated band, Spin Doctors, who sold like, fifty-two gazillion records or something. They were on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and opened for the Rolling Stones (or vice versa). Chris Barron cooks a mean meatloaf, wrote the songs, “Little Miss Can’t Be [...]

This Friday night, February 5th, The Bernadettes return to Monster B’s Bar & Grille, located at 489 Glenbrook Rd. in the Glenbrook section of Stamford, CT, their phone: (203) 355-1032.  We always enjoy playing this room…nice stage and house sound system, spacious dance floor…huge selection of draft beers, and they serve up some pretty tasty [...]

Some of last year’s news was just too good to leave alone. This is the fifth in a modest series of reviews of some of 2009’s more entertaining stories. It rides the wake of Dr. Obama’s address to the American Medical Association on June 15 past.
On Tom Lehrer’s 1965 recording, That Was the Year That [...]

So I’ve decided to do a series on The Oscars for the next four weeks. I will give a review of the nominated films, actors, directors and writers along with some of my predictions. I have no formal training as is the case with many critics, but I have been blessed with the same tools…eyes, [...]

What do rock stars do after they “retire” from a multi-million record selling group, like Blue Oyster Cult? If you’re Joe Bouchard, a “consummate crafter of grown-up pop” (Martin Popoff, Guitar World magazine), you keep writing, do a little teaching, and keep rocking! The electric bassplayer and songwriter of BOC (and the musically [...]

For Christmas, my sister gave me a very generous gift card for a local photo shop. Since I wanted to upgrade my camera, I decided to put the card toward that.
After looking at their website, I e-mailed the photo shop and they responded. Their selection of cameras was limited so I focused [...]

Connecticut Sports Foundation needs help to assist cancer patients
When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, the effect can be overwhelming. Not only is there the emotional impact, but medical bills and living expenses quickly add up. That’s where there Connecticut Sports Foundation Against Cancer (CSF) can help by providing grants to patients with cancer who [...]

Prologue
While the work that follows is, indeed, a play, it is not a work of fiction. Act I took place on December 4, 2009. Act II took place on February 1, 2010. The play was enacted for just one performance at the Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The audience consisted [...]

All of us at Shoreline Out and About wish to extend our congratulations to Nikki Rasmussen, Owner of Yolo Aesthetic Boutique for being named Guilford Chamber of Commerce new business of the year! Week after week, she has worked her tail off starting this business, raising a family, and writing for the site, and it [...]