About

Does JAP mean Japanese?  I get this question a lot from people outside of the Northeast.  In my case I’m referring to a Jewish American Princess.  Urban Dictionary has a great definition of JAP, starting with “a bitchy, spoiled, golddigging Jewish female”.  Now, I can’t vouch for bitchy, but I’m definitely not spoiled, and I’m not a gold digger.  I call myself a JAP more in the broad sense of a Jewish girl.  (You can agree with this or not, it’s all fine!)  My Dad used to call me a JIT when I was younger (JAP in Training) and I guess it all just kind of stuck!!  And about me…

Photo by Erin Parker Photography I’m a sarcastic, funny & slightly spastic 20-something born and raised in Queens, New York.  I went to Hofstra University – didn’t even leave the state for college!  And after a few years of living in the Boogie Down Bronx, I now live in a small town on Long Island.

Happily married to a self-proclaimed “Rock Star”, who goes by Dave.  We are also “Mama” and “Dada” to a little girl named Sadie, who keeps us on our toes and is the most awesome baby ever. EVER.

A corporate event planner by day, and 20SB Executive Board Member every other hour of the day, I try to balance the two to the best of my ability. You can also find me at Once Upon a Stein, which is my new beer-centric blog.

I’m quite proud of my two collections: rubber ducks, and Hard Rock Cafe shot glasses.  Also easily amused, and obsessed with: travel, meal planning, baking, craft beer, crossing items off my life list, my android phone, chasing down food trucks, and more (in no particular order).

Contact me at perksofbeingajap@gmail(.)com

You were warned.