Author: Brian Shortsleeve

I have been friends with Nancy and Brian Donohoe for about 50 years. Nancy’s daughter Heidi and her great-grandmother are…

This August issue of Cape Cod LIFE, focusing on “Old Cape Cod” will help many of us remember our earliest…

Alberto’s Ristorante This issue of Cape Cod Life, “July“ is devoted largely to cover the dining business on the Cape…

gunk’holing is the art of getting a boat into any small shallow cove, forbidden to boats of deeper draft and…

When I was in grammar school in Elmira, New York, my father used to build a fire in our living…

Publisher Brian Shortsleeve reminisces on the various moves throughout his life.

‘Tis the season to give thanks and celebrate. gunk’holing is the art of getting a boat into any small shallow…

It has been just over a year since our good friend Bill Zammer passed away. For those of you who may not recognize the name behind the corporation Cape Cod Restaurants, Inc., you most certainly must be familiar with the successful restaurants that Bill built across the Cape and beyond.

In our August issue, in recent years we have done our best to capture “Olde Cape Cod.” The cover photo…

Looking northeast over Copicut Neck Photo by Brian Shortsleeve When I began publishing Cape Cod Life 43 years ago, photography…

We have just introduced a new section in our online shop under our Photography Prints: Photos by Joshua Shortsleeve.

Now living in the area known as “The Head of the Bay,” meaning Buzzards Bay, has proved to be wonderfully eye opening for Publisher Brian Shortsleeve.

Join the Shortsleeves as they enjoy three nights on Martha’s Vineyard during the off-season!

In this holiday issue of Cape Cod Life I would like to share with you my column from the holidays…

About 40 years ago I first sailed into Buzzards Bay. I had gone to Roanoke, Virginia to buy a center-cockpit,…

In the first issue of Cape Cod LIFE magazine, in 1979, I wrote, “We hope to do photo journalistic justice…

We include the phases of the moon in the Cape Cod Life Seascapes Calendar because the phases of the moon…

My thanks to the entire Cape Cod Life staff for doing such a great job! For months most of us…