Leo and Jen: A Blog

A family in Raleigh, NC and random things they do

  • The beach in February. Doesn’t sound like a great idea. But for Leo and I, it’s the perfect getaway. Carolina Beach is a quiet (empty) beach town this time of year, with nothing to do except forget work stress, take…

  • I went out Friday night with the girls. Dinner, drinks, dancing. Although some might use Girls’ Night Out to think nostalgically back upon other nights out, I am pleased to report that age has its perks. For example: Dinner 21:…

  • Too far. Too dumpy. Too small. Leo and I have begun our hunt for a house. Like Goldilocks, we’re looking for one that’s juuuuussst right. Fortunately, we have a lot of time. We looked at three houses Saturday. Our plan…

  • One really nice thing about our newest place near Five Points is how close it is to Raleigh’s Greenway. We’re literally a few hundred feet from a trail entrance and it is so easy to start a walk or bike…

  • We didn’t celebrate a six-month anniversary, but we did make note of it that day. And last week, we walked through Nash Square to see how it looks. Uh, not the same. 🙂   Back on June 2 …

  • They say you can’t go home again. In this case, they were right. The road right by “Wig’s Heap,” my childhood home, was undergoing construction and Leo and I couldn’t navigate the large gravel chunks in our rental car. I…