For the third time in one year, Connecticut was devastated by yet another fury of nature. This time by Hurrican Sandy. Or maybe “Superstorm Sandy”. “Frankenstorm”, or as West Virginia is calling it “Snowmageddon” as they got up to 3 FEET of the white stuff. I’ll just call it one nasty b…. Even as we [...]

Facebook is not the only one going public. CtOutandAbout.com is now opening up it’s doors to provide every business in this state the opportunity to come on board what has been a truly amazing ride. For the past 2 1/2 years, I have been building this site to become an extremely effective option for businesses [...]

As the weather really starts to get nice, we start to see more bikes and cruisers taking to the streets. From full dress Harley’s to the hot rod Deuce Coupes, it’s just a very cool thing. These are straight out head turners, and everyone thinks how cool it would be to get your best co-pilot [...]

More years ago than I care to admit, I really hated this time of year. Freezing nights and “warm” days only meant one thing to us growing up in North Guilford. The sap was running and it was maple syrup season. To us, that meant putting on the boots and warm clothes and trudging through [...]

Yes, you read that headline right. Department of Agriculture. Specifically the Farm to Chef seminar at The Saybrook Point Inn. Right about now you are asking yourself what the hell is Ed doing at a farmers thing. Isn’t he usually at some venue ca…

That’s the title of my submission to the 2011 WeMedia Pitchit challenge. At stake? The prestige on winning a national competition for my ideas on how any company, large or small can market their business, and a rather nice grant for developing my…

Not the fierce blizzard of 1888, the score of sub-zero nights, or the days blaze of a melting summer sun would break the routine of the Old Leather Man. His clothes were tied patches of leather – 60 pounds of dark, tough hide. Hands bloated, face weathered and wrinkled, eyes white, and the slow pace [...]

“The People Shall Be Troubled at Midnight and Pass Away”. Buried in New Haven’s Evergreen Cemetery is the late Mary Hart. There isn’t any mystery of this seamstress’s death – she fell into a coma at noon and finally passed on at midnight on October 15th, 1872. There’s nothing menacing about her life that would [...]

First let me say that if it wasn’t for Long Island (and don’t get me wrong I have nothing against Long Island it’s just “in the way”} we who make our homes on the shoreline of Connecticut would be on the ocean, not the Sound. Those fabulous south shore beaches on Long Island would be [...]

Shoreline Out and About is everything that’s happening on the Connecticut Shoreline.  Become a member and join a world of fun not seen by the general public. What is the price of a full membership? Shoreline Out and About is designed to be a very informative and interactive site.  There are however some costs associated [...]

Shoreline Out and About, or shorelineoutandabout.com, is a website designed to connect communities throughout the Connecticut Shoreline.  We have tasked ourselves with exploring, promoting and generally speaking interacting with all that is OUR communities. Shorelineoutandabout.com started as a simple Face Book group of  35 members, and quickly grew to be a group of over 1700 [...]

Whether it is Arts and Literature, dining out, entertainment, you will find it here on our site.  Our marketplace section will bring you artisans, crafstmen and small businesses from the Connecticut Shoreline, and beyond. The Midlife Crisis center is not about exchanging the spouse for a newer model, but as a way of showing you [...]