Mixtape: Stay Thirsty
When I compiled the 2020 Christmas mixtape, I did so with an eye toward highlighting the year’s biggest stories, namely the pandemic and...
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- Dec 27, 2020
- 5 min
Mixtape: Quaranteam
As a good friend recently stated in her family Christmas card: 2020, y’all. None of us saw this pivotal year playing out the way it did....
- Dec 26, 2019
- 3 min
Mixtape: Awesome Mix Vol. 17
The pop-culture savvy among you might recognize this December’s nod to the Marvel Universe’s Guardians of the Galaxy. RayRay and I took...
- Mar 25, 2019
- 3 min
Mixtape: Sweet 16
For the sixteenth time, I’ve arranged a few tunes for RayRay’s birthday. Hard to believe I’ve done this sixteen times – and hard to...
- Dec 26, 2018
- 2 min
Mixtape: Christmas in July
It's that time of year again, friends: the Christmas playlist for Ray Ray. As much as moving to El Salvador has been a noteworthy change...
- Mar 25, 2018
- 2 min
Mixtape: No Place To Go But Everywhere
Ray Ray and I are happy to (publicly) announce we are expecting our first child in July! We’re obviously overjoyed – if not slightly...
- Dec 27, 2017
- 2 min
Mixtape: A Trying Year
The title sums it up nicely. This has been a tough year for many of us. On top of any other tribulations and tests the year has thrown...
- Oct 22, 2017
- 1 min
Mixtape: Six Months Later
Way behind on Ray Ray's birthday mixtape this year. It was due back in March but the pressures of finishing a Quantitative Methods...
- Dec 26, 2016
- 2 min
Mixtape: Hallellurrr!
Christmas is here, friends, and with it the inter-week break as we close out 2016 and head into 2017. In keeping with tradition, I want...
- Mar 27, 2016
- 2 min
Mixtape: 30 for 30
To kick off my wife’s next trip around the sun, the annual birthday mixtape. 30-For-30 is the title this year and I’ve chosen one top-100...
- Dec 28, 2015
- 2 min
Mixtape: My Button. Yay!
Before we close out 2015, I want to share the latest installment of the mixtape series. The title was inspired by our Thanksgiving visit...
- Mar 27, 2015
- 2 min
Mixtape: So Tomorrow I Can Run What You Cannot
In what has become an annual tradition, I am happy to share this year’s birthday mixtape I made for Ray Ray. Recall I closed out last...
- Dec 26, 2014
- 2 min
Mixtape: Today I Will Run What You Will Not
It is time to close out 2014, a year that has been very good to us in our corner of the universe. We started the year with our Caribbean...
- Aug 5, 2014
- 2 min
Mixtape (Special Edition): You In or What?
In preparing for our wedding, we assembled little goodie bags for folks, especially those traveling from afar and staying at local...
- Mar 27, 2014
- 1 min
Mixtape: Birthday Soul
Another Ray Ray Birthday. Another mixtape. We’re on our fifth installment in this series and I’ve been told this is Ray Ray’s favorite...
- Dec 27, 2013
- 2 min
Mixtape: 4 Ray Ray
It’s Christmas in the islands. Feliz Navidad from the Dominican Republic! Our ex-pat home is celebrating Orphan Christmas with a few...
- Mar 26, 2013
- 2 min
Mixtape: I Think Very Highly Of You
Once is an occurrence. Twice is a trend. Three times is proof. This is the third in our mixtape series, and the first I’ve assembled...
- Dec 26, 2012
- 1 min
Mixtape: A Face With a View
Remember how I made Ray Ray a mixtape back in March for her birthday? Yeah, she loved it. So, if it ain’t broke, it ain’t broke. She...
- Mar 25, 2012
- 2 min
Mixtape
You read that correctly. Mixtape. It’s a subtle art, as John Cusack taught in “High Fidelity.” There are, in fact, a lot of rules....
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