what jen does

Life, home, and a little travel

Month: May 2012

  • expensive taste

    expensive taste

    i’m early for saturday yoga. always. According to my Foursquare check-in history, I’ve been practicing yoga for 14 weeks in a row.  This is by far the most expensive habit I have ever formed. And trust me on this. Because one summer I bought a whole lot of tank tops and my parents made me…

  • "romantic" lemon lavender scones
    recipes

    "romantic" lemon lavender scones

    In June 2010, I had a scone that changed my life. It was in Kinsale, Ireland. It had raspberries. And it changed how I felt about scones as a whole. I’m not sure what I felt before… but it wasn’t love for scones.  To this day … I have searched for a scone that I…

  • recipes

    “romantic” lemon lavender scones

    In June 2010, I had a scone that changed my life. It was in Kinsale, Ireland. It had raspberries. And it changed how I felt about scones as a whole. I’m not sure what I felt before… but it wasn’t love for scones.  To this day … I have searched for a scone that I…

  • pretty flowers

    pretty flowers

    Guys, I’m famous. Just kidding of course. But I did meet a really sweet girl this weekend …. who get this … read my blog and not because I sent it to her and was like “check out this recipe I made” or more likely than not “look I posted a picture of a seal”.…

  • recipes

    sticky (but delicious) tomato jam

    On Saturday I covered my kitchen in flour from gnocchi. Tonight… everything …. is…. sticky.  I made JAM. Tomato Jam. Before you start to feel like I’m some sort of amazing kitchen witch (I don’t know maybe you think Jam is hard) …. I will tell you that making jam is one notch harder than…