Things to Do - Margaritas After the Playground (My New "Mixtape")

As a kid I made mixtapes all the time - cassettes all over the floor, obsessing like crazy over song placement. And now that new music has become easier than ever to find my own personal faves are often in disarray, stuck in weird Spotify playlists full of random songs that in no way play well with each other. So I decided to make a good mix, full of my absolute favorite tunes, old and new. Because the Avetts and the Pixies were meant to be friends. Or at least that's how I see the world.

Click here to download Spotify and check it out.

Happy Wednesday everyone!!

MARGARITAS AFTER THE PLAYGROUND

1. Betty's a Bombshell/ Grouplove
2. Home By Now/ Bombay Bicycle Club
3. This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)/ The Lumineers
4. Joy to You Baby/ Josh Ritter
5. Hang Loose/ Alabama Shakes
6. Chocolate/ The 1975
7. Kick Drum Heart/ The Avett Brothers
8. Hey Hey Girl/ The Virgins
9. Better Days/ Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
10. Obvious Bicyle/ Vampire Weekend
11. Here Comes Your Man/ Pixies
12. Against the Grain/ Hudson and Troop
13. Saint Valentine/ Gregory Alan Isakov
14. Cooling/ Tori Amos
15. Furr/ Blitzen Trapper
16. Last Night of the World/ Bruce Cockburn
17. Eyes/ Rogue Wave
18. We Used to Wait/ Arcade Fire
19. The Writing's on the Wall/ OK Go
20. Big Black Car/ Gregory Alan Isakov
21. Hey/ Pixies
22. Everest/ Public Service Broadcasting
23. 1998/ Chet Faker
24. Cherokee/ Cat Power
25. Under The Pressure/ The War on Drugs
26. Into The Wild/ LP
27. Lost in the Light/ Bahamas
28. Don't You Give Up on Me/ Milo Greene
29. Bright Lanterns/ The Tallest Man on Earth
30. Sideshow by the Seashore/ Luna
31. Sweetest Kill/ Broken Social Scene
32. Talking Backwards/ Real Estate
33. Put the Message in the Box/ World Party
34. Fire Door/ Ani Difranco
35. Whole Wide World/ Bahamas

Things to Do - Trying to Figure It Out (A Mixtape)

I've been in a bit of a music funk lately (any suggestions??), so I decided to make a mix tape of my favorite songs ever. Sure things. And it's making me very very happy. Sort of like having all your best friends in one room. Click here to download (you'll need a spotify account, which are free and easy to set up).

Happy Monday everyone!

SONG LIST:
1. Long Time Ago - Concrete Blond
2. Lemon Grove Avenue - Mason Jennings
3. One Big Love - Emmylou Harris
4. Why Don't We Do It in the Road? - Phish
5. Everybody Knows (live) - Leonard Cohen
6. Little Boxes - Malvina Reynolds
7. This Must Be the Place (live) - Talking Heads
8. Mushaboom - Feist
9. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars
10. Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan
11. Devil Town - Bright Eyes
12. Moth - moe
13. The Pill - Loretta Lynn
14. This Woman's Work - Kate Bush
15. 32 Flavors (live) - Ani Difranco
16. Que Sera Sera - Doris Day
17. Ice Cream - Sarah Mclachlan
18. A Sorta Fairytale - Tori Amos
19. Scythian Empires - Andrew Bird
20. This Wind - The Tallest Man on Eart
21. Ripple - Grateful Dead
22. Ditty - Paperboy


MONDAY LINKS:

*OK Go on Sesame Street, primary colors. Wonderful (thanks for the link KidFriendly DC)!!

*Moms who love weed. This discussion thread had me cracking up. And the article was pretty interesting too. Weeds (the tv show) in real life.

*Life On Sundays. great photos.

Things to Do - Dance Party with a New Mix

Kitchen dance parties occupy most of our winter nights, probably because the lack of sunlight keeps us indoors. Last week the children's grandmother and great aunt came to visit for a night and we cranked the tunes. I made a new playlist full of grown-up music that my kids love (with a few children's songs thrown in).

Personally, I've found that nothing gets an under-6-year-old party started like "Hey, Soul Sister", even T knows all the words. And of course "everyday we're shuffling." Throw in some Avett Brothers, War On Drugs, and Josh Ritter for good taste (and sanity). Anyways, if you want to check out our mix, click here for a listen (you'll need a spotify account, which are free and easy to set up) and turn up the volume a little. okay? Don't forget the running man, which will REALLY amuse your children, i promise.

Here's the song list:

Hey, Soul Sister - Train
Kick Drum Heart - The Avett Brothers
To the Dogs or Whoever - Josh Ritter
Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO
Pink! - Rocknoceros
Horchata - Vampire Weekend
Pretty in Pink - The Psychedelic Furs
Dynamite - Taio Cruz
I'm Gonna Catch You - Laurie Berkner
Taking the Farm - The War on Drugs
United States of America - Rocknoceros
A Million Years - Alexander
Octopus's Garden - Ringo Starr
(I Wish We Used) The Metric System - Rocknoceros

HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE!!

MONDAY LINKS:

*love this quote. love the man who said it.

*Under the Pecan Tree posted some breathtaking photos of hiking in Nahal Havarim/ Ein Avdat Israel. Now my travel-bug juices are flowing overboard. Absolutely breathtaking.

*Another 16 year old genius photographer. Gorgeous work.

*Kelly Hatcher's 10 on 10 project - 10 photos in 10 hours on the 10th of the month has amazing shots of everyday life. amazing.

*Bookshelf porn. Lots.

Things to Do - Take a Pony on a Walk

I took these photos this spring, so they're not exactly "current." After yesterday's post on photography bloggers, I wanted to end the week with some of my better photographs, so here you go. Not much to say about walking a pony to preschool, other than LEAVE EARLY (pony walks take a lot of time) and prepare to bathe them at the end of the day (apparently this is why you should never rid yourself of a baby bathtub). Seriously, the best days are often the most random days.

Have a great weekend everyone! I'll be back on Monday. And if you need some inspiration for your weekend - check out my "mix tape" here.