what jen does

Life, home, and a little travel

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  • name it.

    name it.

    I was at a 4th of July party last week and inadvertently introduced myself to a new party lady with my faux name. I owned up to it immediately … I mean … my mom was standing right there. There was no sense in lying about who I was. Oddly introducing myself to this woman as X…

  • Oh Monday.

    yeah, that’s me. i’m pretty much an amazing rock climber. Mondays are tough transitions, but it seems as though everyone was feeling the Monday today. I managed to finagle a way to be in the comforts of suburbia and the beach for almost a week … and it was amazing. I only had one vacation…

  • Fancy (Easy) Strawberry Shortcake
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    Fancy (Easy) Strawberry Shortcake

    That looks good right? Yes, it does. Don’t get overwhelmed. You will impress your friends. Even your enemies will be in awe of you. Meanwhile, you’ll be like “seriously guys. I sat outside all day and read about the mob in Boston”. Well, maybe you like to read other things. I’m weird like that. For…

  • Non-American Pancakes
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    Non-American Pancakes

    I’ve started and finished about a bazillion posts in the last three weeks. There are about a million things I could have written about in that period of time, but instead I continued to procrastinate. What did I do during those few weeks? Well, I spent much of it in my parent’s backyard, one day…

  • #heatwave

    #heatwave

    Oh hi there. It’s super hot in Boston. That’s pretty much the update I’ve got for you. We are in the middle of day 2 of 90+ degrees and according to Wikipedia… after 3 days of 90+ degrees you get to call it a heatwave. So here’s hoping that happens right? So here’s a little…

  • then I did the big apple

    then I did the big apple

    A funny thing happened to me last night.  It took like a bazillion years to get home on the train. Something about a cable being broken, a deer getting hit, and not being able to get a cab. It was nearly midnight when I crawled into my bed. Despite being exhausted from a killer weekend,…

  • sugar loves her bread
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    sugar loves her bread

    I’m an independent woman. I live alone. I carry my own suitcase. I attempt to change my own lightbulbs. But, I really like living in the North End. Those don’t seem connected to you? Oh, but they are. When you go shopping in the North End at delis / butchers / markets / etc, men call you…

  • making ice cream
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    making ice cream

    this looks like ice cream right? Over Memorial Day weekend, I took upon the endeavor of making ice cream.  After making my 78th fish dish in a row, I needed to challenge myself a bit… and feel a dose of summer. Plus, my Turntable kitchen box told me to and so I did it. What…

  • weekend wrap-up

    weekend wrap-up

    Guys. I’m tired and my apartment is so hot. It’s not even hot outside but I’ve been baking shit for like a long time. Well, not really. But, when your oven is as old as mine it takes a super long time to get to 400 F. God help you if you want to get…

  • lost in the petals

    lost in the petals

    Oh hey there blooms. You look nice. Real nice.  Flowers are expensive, especially big ole gorgeous ones like these babes. But, I got these for free because I stole them from my parents’ house. It wasn’t easy work. I had to figure out how to wrap them up nice for the train ride, then the…