Leo and Jen: A Blog

A family in Raleigh, NC and random things they do

Month: August 2011

  • Mission: Completed

    My last night at the bar was the same as the first night. I wandered the space, bored. I smiled, served drinks. I inhaled smoke and cringed at the music. I counted down the minutes. Last night I completed eight months of working at a cigar bar. I’ve worked various service jobs during the years,…

  • One Dress to Rule Them All

    Three days. Four stores. Thirty wedding dresses. But only one winner. I no vision of how I might look as I walked down the aisle toward Leo on our wedding day. But it’s the one day in life when we girls are given explicit permission to feel like a princess. So I knew one thing:…