Welcome to Coastal Living LBI, an online magazine celebrating the coastal lifestyle of Long Beach Island, NJ
Leave the Light On
Chat with Ellen S. Low the heroic first lady lighthouse keeper for the
Barnegat Lighthouse
You’ve Got Mail
Love thy neighbor sure but who are they, really? Lucretia Justice Butterworth had a unique way of finding out.
Behind the Seams
Designer Liz Oliner recreates LBI history one corset at a time.
Strike a Pose
Eyes on the Seeing Eye Puppies on LBI!
Love at First Sight
For a blind person, love at first sight with a service dog can change everything. We found out why at The Seeing Eye event held at the LBIF in Loveladies, NJ on Sunday, August 23rd
Beachcombing for Words
In 1955 Margaret Buchholz began beachcombing for words when she became the first female newspaper publisher and editor of a small summer weekly called The Beachcomber.
Niche News Isn’t New
Yesterday’s small-town newspapers delivered information to a specialized audience. Back in the 50s a little summer weekly newspaper on Long Beach Island, NJ called The BeachComber was one of them.
Suddenly Sexy: History, HEA and Beach Haven, NJ
Historic romance novels combine love and history with just a touch of blush. Suddenly, at Beach Haven by K.H. Miller shows how pleasurable it can be to read about all three.
Blooms With a View
Beautifully arranged blooms with a view on midsummer at the shore is the work of Kristin Adams, owner of Sea Lavender Flowers in West Creek, NJ
Surfing’s Dirty Little Secret
Surf’s up and so is an appetite for ecofriendly plant-based surf boards. What’s feeding that interest is what some are calling the surfing industry’s dirty little secret.
That secret has to do with surfboards.
Come Hell and High Water
Award winning authors Margaret Thomas Buchholz and Scott Mazzella talk to us about the hell that rolls in with high waters from Jersey shore storms.
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Pass Me the Bottle Honey, I’m Comb
Beekeeping and glass blowing. Two disciplines with more in common than you might think.
When a Puzzle is a Work of Art
There’s an art to piecing together a puzzle, especially when the puzzle is a piece of art from PTB Puzzle Co (Pictured left to right Cathleen Engelsen and Judi Brooks)