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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...
Mar 25, 20213 min read
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 27, 20205 min read
Mixtape: Don't!
Another birthday, another mixtape.
Mar 27, 20203 min read
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...
Dec 26, 20193 min read
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...
Mar 25, 20193 min read
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...
Dec 26, 20182 min read
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...
Mar 25, 20182 min read
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...
Dec 27, 20172 min read
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...
Oct 22, 20171 min read
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...
Dec 26, 20162 min read
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...
Mar 27, 20162 min read
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...
Dec 28, 20152 min read
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...
Mar 27, 20152 min read
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...
Dec 26, 20142 min read
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...
Aug 5, 20142 min read
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...
Mar 27, 20141 min read
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...
Dec 27, 20132 min read
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...
Mar 26, 20132 min read
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...
Dec 26, 20121 min read
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....
Mar 25, 20122 min read
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