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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
Christmas Card - 2018
Merry Christmas, everyone. Love, Mutt, Ray Ray, and the Big Man -.- #ChristmasCard
Dec 25, 20181 min read
Last One Out Get The Lights
Five days ago we woke up in a cramped hotel room around the corner from the now-empty apartment that had been our home for the last...
Oct 30, 20186 min read
To My Wife, On Our Fourth Anniversary
Four years ago we started our day Just you and me Today we fumble Finding a new groove Because we three Are a family, growing Like a tree...
Aug 2, 20181 min read
She's Eating for Two...
and I'm drinking for three. Baby Konold, coming atcha this summer! -.-
May 3, 20181 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
Christmas Card - 2017
If looking at a brightly lit tree, make sure you have the proper eye wear! Merry Christmas, everyone. Love, Mutt & Ray Ray -.-...
Dec 25, 20171 min read
London Calling
We just returned from a whirlwind of travel, some work and some leisure. Ray Ray's job whisked her off to various corners of continental...
Nov 22, 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
To My Wife, On Our Third Anniversary
Your future is behind you, sir full of joy, laughter, adventures and seemingly bottomless glasses of wine. And coffee the morning after...
Aug 2, 20171 min read
Joshua Tree
For the second year in a row, we've piggybacked a trip to a National Park onto wedding celebration. Two very dear friends ,who married...
Jun 17, 20173 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
Date Night: NPR's Annual Jazz Piano Christmas, 2016
Another Christmas, another opportunity to take in some holiday music. As is becoming our custom, at least for as long as we are in DC, we...
Dec 17, 20161 min read
Great Smoky Mountains
Another National Park in the books: The Great Smoky Mountains! Ray Ray and I just returned from a wedding road trip in North Carolina....
Aug 15, 20162 min read
Crater Lake
It’s clear I’m not getting to as many entries this year as I’d like. It has more to do with a lack of time than material. As ever, we...
Jun 14, 20162 min read
Hamilton
As part of Ray Ray’s 30th birthday gift I bought us tickets to see Hamilton. As you’d imagine, it cost me a small fortune. And as you...
Mar 28, 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
Date Night: NPR's Annual Jazz Piano Christmas, 2015
For the second year in a row, we took part in a Washington, DC Christmas tradition: the NPR Jazz Piano Christmas at the Kennedy Center...
Dec 12, 20151 min read
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