Susan Moynihan

1 month ago | chesapeakebaymagazine.com | Susan Moynihan

Spring around the Bay means the pastel blooms of redwoods and dogwoods and the call of returning ospreys. Marinas are readying boats for their annual splash. As we wait for consistently nicer weather (and fewer April showers), it’s the perfect time for a road trip. I love driving around the Bay to watch the landscape wake up from different vantage points. The region holds so many special weekend destinations that every getaway is unique.

Aug 9, 2024 | fodors.com | Susan Moynihan

A history-loving writer gets more than she bargained for on a backcountry horse-packing trip. I fell in love with a ghost two decades ago. I saw her headstone on display at a ramshackle museum in Cody, Wyoming, on my first real trip out west. She’d died in 1897, at age 30—the same age I was at the time—and ran a bar in the waning days of the Wild West.

Apr 9, 2024 | chesapeakebaymagazine.com | Susan Moynihan

Frank Schwartz and the rest of the Sailor Oyster Bar team came back stronger after fire wiped out the popular Annapolis spot. Photo: Susan Moynihan Protected: Welcome Home, Sailor! An 1896 Oyster Bar Comes Back to Life By Susan Moynihan / April 9, 2024

Feb 16, 2024 | cruisecritic.com | Susan Moynihan |Marissa Wright

Life preserver ring onboard a cruise ship (Photo: maxart/Shutterstock.com)ContributorSusan MoynihanContributorMarissa WrightHistorically, the word “muster” has been used in the military to assemble troops quickly for inspection, exercise, or display. What originally started as the Latin word "monstrare," meaning “to show,” has transformed through the ages from Latin, then to French, and finally to current Modern English to signify a group of people coming together for a purpose.

May 10, 2023 | chesapeakebaymagazine.com | Susan Moynihan

On a recent Thursday I found myself donning chest waders at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland, alongside an assortment of tourism professionals from around the state: museum staffers, tour guides, charter boat captains, and volunteers. It was a field trip organized by the Maryland Office of Tourism as part of training for becoming a certified Chesapeake Bay Storyteller.