With COVID-19 still alive and well, you may find yourself (still) cooking more at home. If you didn't already know, one of the greatest perks of being stationed in New England is access to fresh seafood. Being from Seattle, my heart has a special place for Pike Place Market. And while I still need to [...]
It's a new year, and whether or not you have a resolution to get healthy, perhaps you just need a detox from the holiday treats? It's no secret that Groton is not the culinary capital of the world (but here's 50 reasons why Groton isn't rotten), however the good news is there are a small [...]
Happy November! As we near Thanksgiving, you may or may not be looking forward to firing up the oven, basting the turkey and braving the grocery store. Perhaps you just PCS'd to the area or are about to. Or maybe the pure exhaustion from 2020 (and the sad reality many of us cannot see extended [...]
OK, my husband and I are coffee people. And with every move, no duty station feels like home until we find our coffee shop. Poulsbo, we’re looking at you Hot Shots and Cups. Monterey, we miss you Captain + Stoker and Bright Coffee. Here in southeastern Connecticut, we're deep in suburbia and thousands of miles away [...]
Summer in New England means one thing: seafood shack season! Luckily the Groton area is home to a number of open air, delicious seafood joints. I'm talking the good, the greasy, the hard-to-find-because-they're-located-in-a-dilapidated boatyard-kind of place. *As of May 20, Connecticut restaurants with outdoor seating were allowed to reopen. I encourage you to contact restaurants [...]
It’s been over 10 weeks since the quarantine and social distancing measures have been in place. How’s it going for you? As a nurse, I am an essential worker so it has been a little different for me. I think I am just so busy with work and grad school, and I haven’t taken the [...]
