Mar 26, 2013  •  In Food, Personal, Travel

Miss Me Yet?

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On my way back from Montréal, I was detained at the U.S.-Canadian border for the transportation of contraband items across international lines. I was subjected to a full-body search, a background check, and a lengthy interrogation. Eventually, my family was forced to contact the U.S. embassy to plead for my release.
Just kidding. What really happened isn’t quite as exciting: my coming down with the flu almost as soon as I returned home, J getting sick as soon as I started to recover, then my in-laws returning to China which means no help with the kids for the next five months or…

Sep 9, 2012  •  In Personal, Travel

Service for One

So I know room service is a complete rip-off.
And I am perfectly aware that there exists not one, not two, but three restaurants in this hotel…including a cafeteria-style eatery full of delicious, fair-priced food and a full-service Starbucks.
But having passed out at 3am whilst flipping through cable TV,
Waking up at 5am (because I am still on east coast time and so accustomed to getting very little sleep at night),
Drifting back to sleep in the luxurious king-sized bed,
Waking up three hours later with a slight hangover and the realization that I have nothing to do,
And…

Sep 8, 2012  •  In Personal, Travel

33860 Feet in the Air

You guys, I am writing this while sitting in an airplane, 33,860 feet over the state of Illinois. How friggin COOL is that?!?? Yeah, yeah, yeah…I know in-flight WiFi has been around for a while now, but it’s been years since I’ve flown, so you can’t blame a girl for having geekgasms over this technological wonderment.
Fluffy widdle clouds over Illinois
Per usual Jenny fashion, travel has not been mundane thus far. It began with a devastating discovery: a white hair, plainly visible among my dark-brown-almost-black hair. It’s only my second-ever white hair (the first was during a particularly stressful…

Sep 5, 2012  •  In Depression, Personal, Travel

In a Funk

It’s easy to act happy.
It’s easy to say, “Good!” and paste a smile on your face when someone asks you how you’ve been doing.
It’s easy to get off your ass and do things that are required and/or expected of you.
Heck, it’s even easy to act all chipper and upbeat on your blog, lest a random visitor stops by and decides to check out the first page.
With my youngest this past weekend
But it’s not easy to keep it going.
In fact, it’s utterly draining.
I have my good days, and I have my bad days. And for the…

Sep 3, 2012  •  In Baby, Cute, Parenting, Touching, Travel

Parenting WIN [Flying with Babies]

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day! We had a fun-packed weekend of parties, cakes, and Korean BBQ.
For those who traveled this past vacation — especially with babies, no less — here’s a salute to you, and an inspiring story of consideration from the parents of 14-week-old twins.
Yesterday, Redditor gigantomachy uploaded the following photo and captioned it, “Brilliant and thoughtful parents handed these out to everyone on my flight.”

Having previously voiced my opinion on traveling with babies, I can’t help but applaud these parents for their ingenuity and consideration for their fellow passengers. This isn’t to say that all parents…