Leo and Jen: A Blog

A family in Raleigh, NC and random things they do

  • Every few years, North Carolina gets a good amount of the white stuff. Here’s our street today as Raleigh was blanketed by snow. It didn’t stay pretty for too long as the rain and sleet came a little later.

  • The lot on which our house is built was vacant for decades. Left to their own devices, the trees were slowly succumbing to ivy. Leo and I recently decided it was time to attack this plant, which was slowly smothering…

  • Home. There really is no place like it, and it feels fantastic to be back! Here is a slideshow of all the photos we couldn’t post before, from airport to zebra. First, the ones from the National Park (click to…

  • Our final few days in Nairobi have been our busiest so far. Thursday – Carnivore Thursday I worked for only a few hours in the morning before heading out to meet another American woman for lunch. She’s the wife of…

  • Everyone is, of course, asking us about the Westgate mall shooting. I even received an interview request from my former TV station. But for Leo and I, it’s been business as usual. We returned to work Monday, and other than…

  • Giraffes, gazelles and lions — oh my! It’s been a busy few days for us, as we finally had time to tour around a little bit. (Photo note: Leo left his DSLR at home on purpose. Instead we brought our…