Category: photos

• The First Thanksgiving

  

  That is, for Charles. Today is Charles’ first Thanksgiving, and I have exactly ten minutes to write this blog. I don’t do well on a time crunch, so you should not expect an Abe Lincoln Gettysburg Address. To set the expectations accordingly, you can look forward to a series of photos of Charles being cute,…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  November 28, 2024

  family, holidays, married life, photos

  blogging, Charles the Great, Family, gratitude, holidays, life, Momming, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, Turkey butt

• One Year Married: Best Dining Experiences

  

  When Rob and I began dating in 2021, he created a list of all of our restaurant dining experiences. The list has continued onward into our marriage, and when we were rehashing the “Best of” shortly after the new year, we consulted the list and chose our favorite dining experiences, categorically. As a tribute to…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  February 26, 2023

  food, Greece, married life, photos, travel

  best burger, best of, cocktails, coffee, Dallas, dessert, dining experience, first anniversary, food, Greece, Greek food, hidden gems, hot chocolate, love, mocktails, one year married, top lists, travel, vegan

• The Year of the New Decade

  

  I started to compose this blog on January 4th, as part of my annual tradition, and in the three weeks since I drafted the opening paragraph, I: I ended up in the ER. had to close my bank account because someone was creating fraudulent checks. found out a very special person passed away at the…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  January 31, 2020

  holidays, Life, lists, photos, travel, writing

  2020, chinese calendar, Dartmouth, food, food writer, Global Scavenger Hunt, Greece, Greek, joyfulness project, look back, new decade, new year, nostalgia, Teaching English, thassos, top lists, top ten, writing

• Italy Diaries, Part 3: “THESE are the Dolomites!”

  

  I will refresh your memory a little since it’s been approximately four centuries since I started my Italian blogs. In parts one and two, I spoke about the awesome couch-surfing hosts I’d met who made my trip what it was (in part one, I explored Treviso and Jesolo Beach; in part two, I went to…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  December 11, 2014

  food, hikes, holidays, photos, travel

  awkward explanation, Bessano del Grappa, couch surfing experiences, Dolomites, Feltre, gelato, hiking, Italy, learning to speak English, solo, tearing an apple in half, trains, travel

• The Coolest Pumpkin Display You’ll Ever See

  

  I first saw the add for the Roger Williams Park Zoo’s Jack O’Lantern Spectacular in Motif Magazine’s Halloween issue. I was looking up activities for high schoolers (as part of my job), and when I did a Google search to find out more details, I found THE COOLEST PICTURES EVER IN THE WORLD. I’ve always had…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  November 15, 2014

  holidays, humor, photos

  artwork, halloween, Jack O’Lantern Spectacular, Providence, pumpkin carving, Rhode Island, Roger Williams Park and Zoo, things to do, visitor attractions, Waterfire

• Jumping Fail, But A Really Funny Set of Photos.

  Alternatively: How NOT To Take a Jumping Photo   The Walk for Hunger was last weekend, and although I have a blog coming about the walk itself, I have a very funny story to tell you that must be told in pictures.     A preface   After finishing our 20 mile jaunt through Boston, my friend and…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  May 8, 2014

  hikes, humor, photos

  fail, funny photos, how not to take a picture, jumping photo, Walk for Hunger