Top 9 Places Where I Don’t Want You to Buy My Christmas Present
9. Any store with “‘N Stuff” or “’N Such” in the name 8. From an ad you read in the back of your fantasy football magazine 7. The store to which a guy spinning his giant arrow sign on the street...
View ArticleStill in Rotation: The Nutcracker (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Still in Rotation is a guest post feature in which talented writers tell Midlife Mixtape readers about an album they discovered years ago that’s still in heavy rotation, and why it has such staying...
View ArticleMidlife Mixtape 2014 Holiday Giveaway
There is so much happening in the world right now that feels frustrating, depressing, mind-boggling, or all three at the same time. Add to it the California rain which, yes, we desperately need, but...
View ArticleYour Christmas Day Brunch Solution
Sunrise Coffee Cake, just chillin’ I’m not a food blogger – some people who live in this house with me would say I’m not even much of a food cooker these days – but the one time I shared a family...
View ArticleThe Nine Stages of Christmas Card Writing
Click the pic to see where I got these adorable cards For someone as committed as I am to trying to wrangle my carbon footprint into submission (I always carry reusable shopping bags and sometimes even...
View ArticleA Plea on Behalf of December Babies
Take a moment from your Christmas cookie decorating, your holiday shopping, the work party that you love and loathe in equal measure, and consider the 11/12ths of the population who have a birthday in...
View ArticleMy Kind of Holiday Party
I know it’s fashionable to complain about the office holiday party – the pressure to be social with people you’re probably already spending too much time with, the stress of finding what fashion...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from Midlife Mixtape
Here’s a new take on an old carol to liven up your 2015 holiday playlist…
View ArticleHitting The Books On Christmas
When we got married in 1992, we got a couple of oddball gifts. One was a Waterford crystal clock, which wasn’t weird, but the note I found underneath the tissue paper surely was – “Congratulations on...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from Midlife Mixtape
Maybe it’s because my church did a Blue Christmas service yesterday, during which we made space for the feelings of grief, loss, and worry that ride along with some of us during the “EVERYBODY...
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