Welcome to Coastal Living LBI, an online magazine celebrating the coastal lifestyle of Long Beach Island, NJ

Strike a Pose

Eyes on the Seeing Eye Puppies on LBI!

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)

Sticks, Stoked and the Surf Crazed ’60s on LBI

We caught up with filmmaker David Kaltenbach for a deep dive look at his historical surfing documentary Addicted to Surf and the ’60s surf craze on LBI.

Waiting Room

Waiting Room

Backstage at Comedy Night at the Surflight Theater