what jen does

Life, home, and a little travel

Month: April 2012

  • light off, light on.

    light off, light on.

    For about 4+ months, I lived in darkness. Closet darkness. I thought the light was broken or the bulbs were dead or a gnome lived in it …. whatever… the light in my closet “didn’t work”.  Then I fixed it. With the magical power of light bulbs. See, the issue was that there were not…

  • weekend update

    weekend update

    This is my weekend in six pictures. Ready set go. The sun through the Cherry Blossom trees in Christopher Columbus Park. I went home on Friday night and thanks to daylight savings and the whole planets rotating…. it was still gloriously light outside. Perfect for a quick stop to see the seals, enjoying the park…

  • blooming delight

    blooming delight

    Oh man. I love myself a blue sky day and blooming trees. I mean who doesn’t right?  Crazy people. I was on my way to yoga class tonight and walked down Prince Street as opposed to Parmeter Street… which took me past these glorious Magnolia trees by accident. Amazing accident. Look at those amazing big…

  • recipes

    soul food sunday

    I’m trying to be better about posting my recipes more timely. Especially since I still haven’t written about the miso carrot soup or the sweet potato sausage soup ….. or the cinnamon book bread from last JULY.  Yep, July.  But since I’m still eating the leftovers from this risotto that means it is pretty recent…

  • anatomy of my weekend

    anatomy of my weekend

    The weather today is bipolar. One minute its sunny, the next minute it is raining. On my walk back from the post office during lunch, it did both. I love a good rain shower with the best of them…. Because it tends to lead to some fabulous rainbows. Aren’t those just the best? Answer is…