YOLO Bridal Makeover Contest is in full swing complete with a fashion show at Laurel View Country Club in Hamden, CT and a happy hour at Eli’s on the Hill in Branford, CT. Gil Simmons, award winning weekday morning meteorologist of WTNH-TV (http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/news_team/gil_simmons), will be the master of ceremonies for the Fashion Show at Laurel [...]

Welcome to the Shorelines only women’s public golf league! Eleven years ago a gentleman walked into my grooming shop in Guilford looking for donation of blue bird boxes for a marshy area in the soon to be opened Guilford Lakes Golf Course. “I have a lot of animal and wildlife connections and happened to know [...]

Massage always sounds like a luxury, doesn’t it? A guilty pleasure of time for yourself and a little pampering. You might be surprised to learn that massage has a number of physical benefits that make it a key ingredient to a healthy lifestyle! “Having a massage does more than just relax your body and mind,” [...]

During the month of April, the Left Bank Gallery Essex is honored to feature the work of Connecticut artist Paul Batch. Batch creates traditional landscape paintings in oil, poetically capturing the fleeting and ephemeral light cast by the passing sun or rising moon. The artist focuses on transition, painting times of day or changing weather [...]

Seeing how it is such a crappy Monday, and the next few days don’t look much better, I am going to make the start of this week a little better.  So, what is a better way to start the week, than by giving away some stuff? One of our projects that we are working on [...]

This can be a tough one, but for a moment, imagine not being affected by criticisms and unkind comments that might be said about you. It feels rather liberating and exhilarating, right? There are certainly people in your life whose opinions you want to be concerned about…your spouse, boss, for example. But, consider the drain [...]

So what’s happening in the State of Connecticut this weekend? Lots. From Cover Bands to Art Exhibits to Mystic Seaport going to their “summer schedule”, it’s all happening right here in our state. And the great thing is that you can be pretty much anywhere in a very short amount of time. I mean it’s [...]

In the morning, do you scrape the newspaper out of the puddle in the driveway, shake off the grime and start flipping pages while propping your eyes open with a cup of steaming joe? Or do you hit the space bar to wake up your computer and surf your favorite blogs while quaffing a soymilk [...]

Spring is finally here! With the 72 degree weather today – not too hot, not too cold – it was the perfect day to hike Sleeping Giant Mountain in Hamden, CT. As a Quinnipiac University alum, I am familiar with this landmark mountain which overlooks the main QU campus. Even before my studies at Quinnipiac, [...]

Yes, that is true. If you’re a woman, you probably already know that. But, there’s proven research explaining why. A good cry is great at getting rid of the stress hormone, cortisol. That explains why I love a good cry at the movies…just love it! So, what movies make you cry? It’s good to identify [...]

A Paul McCartney lyric asks what’s wrong with silly love songs. Well, sometimes nothing. But then again, sometimes everything. Listening to the radio at work exposes me to a lot of music I wouldn’t ordinarily tolerate. Most of it’s okay, but when it comes to love songs, my tolerance runs pretty low. Sometimes I wonder [...]

Most people would agree jazz is popularly regarded as purely an American Art form in its origin. I should note that it is not the only contribution – let’s not forget Rock & Roll, R&B, Blues, and Country. However, we are speaking about jazz here, how to understand it and where to find it. Having [...]

And writers, photographers, musicians, designers and you, too.  Two Weeks  ago I attended Shoreline Out and About’s social media and power networking breakfast and was surprised at the number of people who weren’t taking advantage of social media to promote their businesses.  Social media (blogging, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) is one of the greatest tools available [...]

What is it like to spend a day in a wheelchair and navigate through a High School? Approximately thirty students of North Branford High School will find out on Friday, March 26th, 2010. Open Your Heart, Help the Community, Inc. has teamed up with North Branford High School to heighten the community’s awareness of the [...]

Donovan’s Reef restaurant will offer a traditional style family dinner on Sunday, March 28th from Noon – 6pm. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Community Dining Room. Call (203) 488.5573 today to make your reservation! The dinner includes an antipasto salad, broccoli rabe and sausage, fried calamari, rigatoni in a Bolognese sauce, lemon chicken, [...]