so i'm new to this site and needs lots of advice....i'm recently married and my husband is stationed in GL...we(my daughter and I) will be joining him in 2 weeks....sooooo excited....we are going to be living in halsey village....so i would love to meet anyone who is around there....any information anyone has on the housing (is the neighborhood nice..etc.) things to do...trust me i've already seen the mall;);) really just any information to help us get settled, learn the ropes and meet new people....thanks a bunch...christina

Have as little contact with Forest City and the bitch that manages the place.
You are close to the commissary so that would be a plus I guess
Take the Metra downtown sometime, on the weekends it is free for kids and one price all weekend (or atleast it use to be)
Brookfield Zoo

Early Welcome to Great Lakes!!!!! We are here til around the middle of 2009. We live out in town so it takes us about 25 minutes to get to that area. How old is your daughter? We have a 6 year old girl, a 2 year old boy, and 4 1/2 month old boy. Brookfield Zoo.........ahhh we want to go so bad. Our timing is always off so we haven't yet. But we have looked online and it looks really really nice. The Metra won't be too far from you either. It is right across the street from the entrance that takes you straight to the medical building. WI. is close by and they have nice places to go. We love to there for our cheese and kringles. Every time we go home I have to go get my mom some kringles (she is danish). The Apple Holler is up there. Best corn bread and apple cider, oh they have a apple cider milkshake that is :drool oh lord I'm craving it now just thinking about it, I have ever had. We just went to WI. to pick some rasperries at a patch and then more than likely this weekend we are going to go to a pumpkin patch. There is a small zoo in Racine. This is the first year you have to pay. Before it was strictly donations so you could give whatever you wanted. There is another zoo in Milwaukee, it really isn't that far from the Racine/Kenosha/Pleasant Prairie area. I'm not sure exactly but from your area I would guess 1-1 1/2 hours. Not bad. It would take about that to get somewhere in Chicago if you drove. Oh, I'm not sure where you're coming from but be prepared for winter since it won't be too far off when you get here. I'm not sure what is going on with our weather right now. Today it is supposed to be in the low to mid 80s. Whatever, though. I'll def. take this over
-20 anyday.

Welcome we are here, we live in Housing on the other side. Let me know when you get here. WELCOME again!

Our daughter will be 2 in jan. going on 10...i've looked into the shed aquarium it seems like a lot of fun....our move in date is 0ct. 16 but i won't be able to be there until either the 17th or 18th...15 hour drive w/ a two yr old not looking forward to it......just in time for halloween...i'm just hoping to be up there before it snows..but if it's 80 degrees now i'm sure i'll be fine... :)

right before Halloween the weather changes, let me know if you need anything.

We will be moving there in March and we plan on living in housing.

We will have to have a get together sometime after I get there