Jennifer John never encountered a theme around which she could not plan a party.

“I love it all,” said the Washington, D.C.-area native who moved to New Orleans in 1998 to become a reporter, then news anchor with WWL-TV. Today, she is the founder of Pangwangle, an outdoor apparel company, and operates Fresh Media, her Emmy Award-winning production company. A native of Gainesville, Florida, her husband, Jake Springfield, moved to New Orleans to study at Tulane University. He is a partner in Tempt Films.

John and Springfield share their pre-Civil War home with Mia and Mac Block, John’s children from a previous marriage.

They have tracked the course of their family’s growth through countless gatherings, from childhood birthday parties and workshops with Santa, to over-the-top Mother’s Day

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