Whenever I find a submarine baby item, I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot! It’s so fun to buy a little submarine-inspired gift for a submarine spouse who is having a baby. I rounded up some of my favorite finds so that you can easily find a submarine baby gift for someone - or for [...]
It’s easy to feel cabin fever while the COVID pandemic has stolen much of your travel bug this past year. Many of us are itching to get in the car and just go. Whether a day trip or a long weekend, Virginia and the surrounding areas offer a little bit of something for everyone. There [...]
It’s that time of year in the 757-strawberry picking season! Locals look forward to this time of year as the temperatures rise and the berries become ripe for the picking. There are many places and farms to get your fill this season. If you can’t make it to pick your own, be sure to head [...]
Today is National Donut Day! Whether it's a real holiday or not, bookmark this weekend for some hole foods. Here's three great shops near Groton: Deviant Donuts https://www.instagram.com/p/CNk3WVmAFUm/ Deviant Donuts is a popular donut joint located at Olde Mistick Village. The shop launches new, creative menus every week, from "Baker's Choice" and "Disney Princess" to [...]
As a native Virginian, I have always loved the diversity of parks and the outdoors that it offers. Virginia is home to Shenandoah National Park. The Park is located just 75 miles from DC and runs southwest along the Skyline Drive. Parts of it overlap with the famed Appalachian Trail that runs from Maine to [...]
One of the best things about being a submarine spouse is that I have made amazing friends. The friends I have made at different duty stations have gotten me through deployments, schedule changes, and PCSing. They have come to the pier to take photos and celebrate with me when my husband came home from deployment. [...]
While Seattle has long dominated the coffee culture scene and held onto its "Coffee Capital of the U.S." title (more on that, here), San Diego is an emerging coffee city moving up in the ranks. If you find yourself stationed in San Diego, do yourself a favor and try one of more than a dozen [...]
While my spouse was reporting for Officer Candidate School (OCS), I was gearing up to enter graduate school. We spent the first 1.5 years following college with my spouse geobaching--first in South Carolina, then in New York--so that I could work on my PhD. When my spouse received orders to Hawaii, I left my program [...]
It's National Wine Day! And if you're newly stationed at Bangor (or haven't ventured out yet), do yourself a favor and experience some Washington state wine. If you didn't know, Washington is the second largest premium wine producer in the United States, second to only California. The state has more than 1,000 wineries that produce [...]
