Jeanne Hizon
Jeanne is a married, full-time working mom with an MBA in Marketing from Golden Gate University and BA in Communications from San Francisco State University. She is a Director of Sales for Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants and loves that her career enables her to promote the city she loves. Jeanne and her husband Daniel live in San Francisco with their two daughters, Ilse and Alice. When Jeanne is not working, writing, or volunteering at Ilse's school, she enjoys traveling, spending time with family, and cooking from her collection of cookbooks (70 and growing) while sipping Hudson Bay Bourbon. Follow her adventures on Instagram.
Self-care Strategies for When I Feel Yucky
After avoiding getting COVID for nearly three years, it finally got my family and me. We spent the first two weeks of the year in various stages of the illness and recovery. My husband...
23 Things To do in 2023
Happy New Year! It’s time for another “to-do” list. I enjoyed creating last year’s list so much that I am doing it again this year. Like our annual fall family photos, I’ve decided to...
Grateful for the Little Things
The last few years have been anything but normal. We went from masking to no masking, from standing six feet apart to standing shoulder-to-shoulder. My little family managed to avoid COVID despite numerous exposures...
Giving Myself Permission to Step Back
It's 6:14 AM on a Sunday, and I have been up since before 5:30 AM, not because it was my weekend rotation to work. Just because my internal alarm clock has grown accustomed to...
I Refuse to Be Scared
Being a woman is hard. I think of the Des’ree song, “You Gotta Be.” We gotta be “bad, bold, strong, and calm” all at once. We gotta be so many people at once: mother,...
I am tired of “toughing out” my period.
These days, having my period sucks! Despite being on birth control (the pill) for much of my adult life, what was once predictable and painless is now unpredictable and painful. I think being in...
Watermelon Poke
Watermelon season is upon us, and I never tire of eating it, even during foggy summer days in San Francisco. Like the fog in July, watermelon is synonymous with summer for me. Instead of...
Can You Live Without Your Microwave?
A few weeks ago, our microwave broke. I couldn't believe it myself. Microwaves don't break. We had had ours for over ten years. It was older than our daughters were. We kept it clean....
Toddlers are Just Like Pets
They say that the second child is wildly different from the first child
I've never been one to believe such notions. The saying was an old wives' tale. Children are children. Differences are a good...
Chicken Adobo: My Weekday Go-to Meal
Chicken adobo is one of many Filipino dishes my mama cooked regularly. It was fast, served many, and made incredible leftovers. Every family has its version of the dish. The sour-salty combination of vinegar,...
