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  • Mission: Visa Application, NYC (The Finale)

    Thank you for tuning in for the saga’s dramatic finish. I’m working on the video clips. Promise.

  • Mission: Visa Application – NYC

    I do realize that you might have preferred updates in real time, but might I remind you that I incur adventure just about everywhere I go? I did try, I promise. I had sketchy internet connection and UK to US adapter issues at the hotel. Forgive and forget?

  • Make It Easier

    Don’t you hate it when your favourite show airs one of those “flashback” episodes? Yeah, me too. Don’t you hate it when your UK version of Word spell checker outputs the word “favourite” and all of your friends and family will make fun of you for being a pretentious convert? Yeah, I’m over that, too.

  • The Big Apple

    The Huddlestons are on the move. We left London early this afternoon and have landed safely in The Big Apple. It’s been 12 hours since we boarded the plane at Heathrow and 20 hours since we peeled ourselves out of bed. I am excited to share with you what adventures we find in this big…

  • This Message May Self Destruct

    When the team needs a job done, I am the top agent. That is, if the job includes talking about feelings, color coordinating files, or scouting out our new secret lair. Yeah, that’s me: Secret Lair scooper-outer Jen, girl wonder.

  • That’s a Waffle?

    ‘What’s this?!’, you say. Well, I am not even really totally sure. I’ll do my best to explain, but whatever it is can’t really be conveyed in words…

  • The Saatchi Gallery

    Don’t look too long or too hard; I got a little dizzy trying to figure where I hand to stand to make these little guys look normal. If it weren’t for the fact I was wearing that silly white skirt I might have laid down in the floor to get a better view.

  • Toilet Humor

    I know you are wondering what in the world is pictured here. Take a guess. What do the words ‘full’ and ‘economy’ mean to you? Maybe I should put them in to context for you.

  • Something Real

    Now would be a good time for you non touch-y feel-y types to skip on over to Icanhascheezburger.com if you don’t really want to get to know me. Go on, if you want to. 1) I’ll never know. 2) This post is really for me.

  • Fall Movie Picks

    There are a few movies coming out this fall and winter that have me really excited. Here are my highlights of the top ten flicks I will be viewing and think you should to (assuming you have the same bad taste in movies as I do).

  • Crouch End

    It’s always fun to explore a new London borough. There really is so much that we haven’t seen – still! Sunday lunches with Elsa are a good excuse to try (and to see) something new.

  • First Dinner Party

    I cannot believe that we have lived here nearly eleven months without ever having had someone over for dinner. I can’t believe we have never eaten at our table, until now. I think I like it. We might do it again soon.

  • Cue Superhero Music

    Pen and pencil ready? Assignment: One hundred words about your super power(s), single spaced, 12 point typeface, on my desk next Thursday. Papers with photos earn extra credit.

  • They Call Her The Streak

    I like to think of 351 Crescent House as our little haven. You know, a safe place where we can wear clothes that don’t match, play video games at all hours, and sit reading in a face mask made of blueberries. Maybe Drew doesn’t partake in the blueberry face mask bit, but you get the…

  • The Exciting Life

    You know that your life is brimming over with excitement when the funniest thing that happened to you all weekend was an unenlightened exchange with a grocery store employee. What can I say? Things get wild up in her’, yo!

  • Be Still, My Heart

    There’s a reason it took so long to report the most recent visit to the Huddleston B&B, made by Kassi and Kelsey of the lovely near-Nashville, Tennessee. It might be that tears welled up in my eyes more than a couple of times and my lip quivered uncontrollably once or twice.

  • Music, my Other Best Friend

    I think 311 says it best in their love song to music. “You never turned your back on me/When I gave up on myself/You’re my constant companion/What would the world be like without you around?” Ah, poetry. And love.

  • Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney

    The point is not that I lay in the aftermath of a migraine or that little pieces of my heart had been whisked away in an Addison Lee taxi a little after 2:30 am (more on that later)… The point isn’t that Drew sweetly whispered something about breakfast in my ear and walked me gently…

  • Moonlight Serenade

    Who is lucky enough to have live acoustic music in their living room?! The Huddlestons, that’s who.

  • Pip pip, Cheerio, Harry Potter!

    What is going on around here?! Who ordered the tent?

  • Sweet

    Now that is just the right amount of museum…

  • Good News/Bad News

    This has been the view out of our window this afternoon… I guess that’s perfect reason to curl up with something good to read in between loads of laundry. And fighting zombies.

  • Calling All House Guests!

    This is sort of like a giveaway, except the winner is already the owner. Ok, admittedly, it’s not much of a giveaway at all. It’s my blog and I will call things what I want.

  • City Life

    Another thing that rocks about living in the big city is the ease with which we are able to recycle. It doesn’t cost us anything extra to have our recycling picked up from our doorstep, twice a week. I can live with this.

  • Pepsi Pants

    My Aunt gave my my mom a magnet for her fridge once that said, “Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.” My family is about like that, but I really like nuts.

  • My Stroke of Insight

    Read any good books lately? I have a suggestion for your next bookstore run. It’s definitely not your average vampire, angst-ridden love story, but it was absolutely what I needed at this upside moment of my roller coaster ride.

  • Junk Mail

    This weekend was mostly uneventful. Ok, there was the incident with the photo and the hysterics, but otherwise calm. It was calm except for the point at which I heard the mail slot open over my right shoulder as I typed away at my desk on Sunday afternoon. Yeah, maybe I was checking out the…

  • The Neighbor Got Me High

    On any given night of the week, hilarity might ensue. That’s just how we roll at The Huddleston B&B. This evening’s episode is no exception; come on in.

  • The Name Game

    Our little family is growing!

  • No They Didn’t

    Things that make you go “hmmm”…

  • Flying

    Business First class seating is calling to me… Someday soon my boarding pass will say “Elite”. One day I will have a foot rest and my seat will recline to nearly flat. I will be spoiled and happy sleeping as the hours pass by.

  • We Are Family

    If I told you that I was spending my time with my sister playing with dolls (which may or may not be true), what would you say? Would you still love me tomorrow?

  • On the Road Again

    Yeah, yeah… It’s been a few days. Just trust me when I say we haven’t been sitting on our hands. The plane journey wasn’t extremely eventful. Since landing though, we’ve been to the country for fried green tomatoes and I went wedding dress shopping with my oldest younger sister-in-law. (It’s all about the big yellow…

  • Tom Petty. No Wait, David Bowie

    You know it is early when an image of David Bowie slips into your head, but the name Tom Petty falls off your tongue. On a related note, you know you are hungry when you are willing to squeeze warm yellow snot between two pieces of brown toast, call it an egg sandwich, and wash…

  • Working Girl

    Wondering about me? Yeah, I thought so. The good news is that I’ve been having a blast hanging out in London. The bad news is that I got lonely enough to wish I was working, too.

  • We’ve Only Got Four Minutes

    I am quite torn between the desire for an extended period of time to myself and relief in the fact that there has been very little of that.  The schedule has been full, as you can tell by our absence.  The Tuesday night before Megan left, we must have been up until at least 1:30…

  • That’s What I Love About Sunday

    It’s impossible to see everything in London, but we are always working to find the unmissable local favorites. We can’t introduce you to the queen, but if you’re looking to feel like you live here, we can certainly share what we know and love so far.

  • BYOI (Bring Your Own Indian)

    Are you interested in vacationing like a local? Do you have what it takes to enjoy pub lunches with professionals? Would you like to be the next guest star on www.drewandjengotolondon.com?!

  • Hello, Goodbye

    “The silent drama of our lives over the last two months” or “How I feared I would loose my job, be forced to pack our bags and return to the states begging for spare change.” A true story of the stress we hid from our friends and family.

  • SMF

    With the arrival of our latest guest there is a great responsibility to live up to the last… Where to start?!

  • More Nashville in London

    With the arrival of our latest guest there is a great responsibility to live up to the last… Where to start?!

  • Jennifer Explains it All

    I do want you to continue reading this blog; I know that means I have to mope less and celebrate more. Starting tomorrow. I’m kidding! Kind of. For the moment, can we focus on one of the deeper issues in life?

  • And The Winner Is…

    Congratulations to the owner of a beautiful teapot! Aren’t you the list bit curious? Click the link already.

  • The Lady Likes Tea (GIVEAWAY)

    With a title like that I am sure you are all wondering what is behind the curtain… If I told you now you wouldn’t click the “continue reading” link! So go on, find out what you have to do.

  • A New Normal

    Because I have no idea how to say “thank you” to the beautiful people I work with for their generous contribution to the League for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in memory of my mom, I have spent the last several hours making muffins, oreo balls, peanut butter balls, brownies, and washing strawberries.  I…

  • Ah, thanks…

    I have great friends. Really, I don’t know what in the world I did to deserve this kind of attention. It must be the baked goods.

  • Hiccup

    Since the arrival of our guests I have realized how accustomed I am to the things which once overwhelmed me about Life in London. It’s so nice to share our London experience with good friends.

  • One Pub, Two Pubs, Three Pubs, Tums

    Summer London Sundays make me feel much better about life. Thank goodness for good food and good friends.

  • Love and Chocolate

    Love is in the air and brownies are making waves. Is there anything better than love and chocolate?!

  • Life Means So Much

    It’s time to push through this awkward in-between bit. I hope you are ready to get back on the ride; sick or no, grab your big gulp, corn dog, and cotton candy. We are getting back on.