what jen does

Life, home, and a little travel

Year: 2011

  • How I Spent Christmas

    How I Spent Christmas

    Our family loves Christmas. Like for real.  We have a forest of Christmas trees that are set-up each year…. and each come with their very own theme. Its for real yo. Christmas for us also means…. sweatpants, snuggling in front of the fire, Netflix, and any other word that emits extreme casual. While I respect…

  • Luxurious Christmas
    recipes

    Luxurious Christmas

    I love me some Christmas. I love me some pancakes. So naturally, that would lead to Red Velvet pancakes. I’ve been itching to do some baking and (slightly) adventurous cooking these last few weeks … and this morning I did a little bit o that. I have no problem making a bigger dinner for one…

  • December Beach Runs

    December Beach Runs

      Hi Europe! Looking to the East…. Gorg right? If you don’t think so, then you are crazy. I got home to my parent’s house this morning from my beloved North End. As we were driving back from the train station (which was de-sert-ted btw) I noticed it was a crazy high tide…. which meant…

  • 2 Italians and 1 Oven

    2 Italians and 1 Oven

     My apartment is crooked. I knew this. You knew this.  Hell, I tell everyone about it because I think its charming. Plus, in the event I drop anything that rolls… I know where to look for it. How many people can say that is a feature of their apartment? Well, I didn’t think my beloved…

  • Self-Control = Zero

    Self-Control = Zero

    This afternoon I was craving chocolate. To be more specific, I was craving pretzel rods, dipped in chocolate, with seasonal sprinkles. Is that too specific? Well, due to some work place constraints (read as… really aggressive powerpoint-ing) I was unable to spend any time tracking down my craving. Besides…. where would I have gone? Starbucks?…

  • My (Current) Vices

    My (Current) Vices

    Oh Boston. You and your gorgeous night lights are my vice currently. I’m a little confused by the fact that it hasn’t snowed yet – but I’m still loving this weather. Last week I invested in some super warm running pants and even cooler gloves from South End Athletic Company… since then I can’t get…

  • Bits of My Weekend

    Bits of My Weekend

    As I write this I’m tucked into my cozy bed, gazing at my Christmas tree and finishing a glass of red wine. Oh, and I’m interwebing to some Spotify-ied Christmas Jazz music. Can’t beat this. Whenever the weekend approaches, I make a list of all the things I want / need to accomplish before I…

  • What Makes You Tick?

    What Makes You Tick?

     overlooking the Pacific Ocean…. driving Route 1….. gorg. Have you ever thought about makes you happy? I was on my flight back from Phoenix last night and had some time to kill. It’s not a short flight. I had already watched three episodes of Golden Girls, fought “Angry Birds” for awhile, and watched Friends with…

  • Bath Time

    Bath Time

    Despite my serious and growing love of the North End, I do not love my bathroom. The fan is loud and the tiles are an unattractive shade of pink. But the real issue is that I seem to only get enough hot water for a quick-ish shower. Which is fine if that’s all you need….…

  • Lovin' on Christmas

    Lovin' on Christmas

    Last night I fell asleep with my Christmas tree lights on …. on purpose.  I’m all for saving electricty but I just enjoyed gazing over at my tree from my crazy comfortable bed …. and trying to forget that I had to be up at 4:30 in the morning. I’ve been really busy falling in…