what jen does

Life, home, and a little travel

Year: 2011

  • More US Air Hate.
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    More US Air Hate.

    As a continuation of yesterday’s non-love letter to US Air, I thought I would share some of the performance statistics that shed a little light on travel frustrations. Now, admittedly, I’m a little bit crazy and spent the time to do this research … instead of say, sleeping ….but, I kind of needed to validate…

  • A non-love letter to US Air
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    A non-love letter to US Air

    Dear US Air, How are things? Good? That’s great. I saw that you recently were ranked 3rd to last in a consumer satisfaction survey. Congrats. You must be proud. I’ve complained a significant amount about traveling to Philadelphia each week. But, I’ve largely kept my complaints from you as an airline. Primarily, I’ve been annoyed…

  • Farm Time.
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    Farm Time.

    I think that one of the fastest ways to make poor decisions is to go to a grocery store hungry… or stand in your pantry. I’ve been known to impulse by anything from prosciutto to Cheezits to loafs of French bread. A much safer place to go? An organic farm. After roaming the Glastonbury Abbey…

  • All the business in a bowl
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    All the business in a bowl

    Sometimes without much planning a nice meal comes together. Normally when I invite people over for dinner, I have something in mind. But on Friday, I had nothing in mind and I invited our dinner guests over on Monday… yes, a full 5 days in advance. After a little brainstorming, I knew I wanted goat…

  • Quiet Weekend

    Source: letsbepreppy.tumblr.com via Kerrianne on Pinterest That is all. Ok, maybe just a little bit more. I’m really excited for this weekend. Tomorrow, I’m going on a garden tour to benefit the Glastonbury Abbey. I’ve heard that the Abbey itself has gorgeous grounds {rumors of stone labyrinth?} so I’m pretty excited about it. I’m really…

  • Sunset Flights
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    Sunset Flights

    Let’s be honest. You knew this was coming. I didn’t post any airplane pictures on Monday … and it happens pretty much every week… so it was inevitable. But yesterday was a little bit different for a few reasons….  (1) my flight was on-time… this happens like never from Philadelphia. Philadelphia airport might be my…

  • Another point for Amazon

    Another point for Amazon

    I often buy music when I need inspiration… or just something to distract me from the current task at hand. So yesterday afternoon when I was in need of some extra kick in my cubicle, I procured Jason Aldean’s album from Amazon MP3. I rarely buy music from iTunes anymore since the prices are just…

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    Sunday Dinner

    As a bit of a rarity, I actually cooked twice this past weekend. I l.o.v.e. cooking and spending time in the kitchen but traveling every week makes the weekend more for resting than for measuring and mixing. It also doesn’t hurt that its GRILLING SEASON! I’ll grill anything. I’ve seen a few good desserts recently…

  • Guilty Pleasure

    Guilty Pleasure

    Earlier this week I went to grocery store {I’ll be honest… it was a Wawa} and bought cookie dough frozen yogurt. Then, I proceeded to eat only the cookie dough. I’m not exaggerating … in the least. I let the Ben & Jerry’s defrost until it was quite melty. Then I got a big spoon…

  • Ready to Relax {at home, not a Hilton}

    Ready to Relax {at home, not a Hilton}

    June 2011 I’m tired this morning and all I want to do is just relax at home. I found myself scrolling through old beach pictures on my ipad in bed this morning so it seemed appropriate to post a few of my favorites along with one from this past weekend. One of the things that…