Music

Playlist: New Year’s, No Fears

This is a good time, self-reassurance, “you’re about to OWN the new year” kind of party. You got this.

Food and Drink

2014’s Going to Be Different, Starting With My Kitchen

I can’t promise I’ll go to the gym, but I can promise myself that I’ll go to my kitchen.

DIY/Crafting

Make A Thing: Last Minute Gifts For The Serious Procrastinators

Procrastinated all of those great handmade gift ideas? Well, kid, it’s your lucky day. I’ve got you covered.

Straddleverse

Christmakwanzakah OPEN THREAD: A Place to Put Your Feelings on This Merry Festive Holigay

IT’S TIME. Get in here.

DIY/Crafting

Grow a Family Tree: An Ancestral Project You Can Begin Over the Holidays

This is a great time to talk to relatives about where you all came from. Then take that info, work some homespun magic, and turn it into a beautiful, meaningful piece of art.

Food and Drink

Last Minute Holigay Gift Guide 2013: Caffeine is the Key to Everyone’s Heart

Because nothing powers you through the holidays better than caffeine and chocolate.

Fashion/Style

Holiday Party Fashion Shoot: Lady Vengeance Style

“I’m going to talk to you about my favorite things of the moment: looking terrifying (but also festive! Holiday appropriate!) and suits. Also: short hair. I feel like we all may have these things in common, maybe?”

Health + Athletics

Holigay Gift Guide 2013: Gifts For The Cyclist Who Has It All

Shiny things for bike lovers that aren’t bicycles or bike accessories, including tiny computers, bottle openers and (vegan!) floggers.

Sex + Relationships

Holigay Gift Guide 2013: Choosing the Perfect Vibrator

Whether you’re looking for your first vibrator or your latest, this guide can help!

DIY/Crafting

Homespun Love: Sew a Wearable Guitar

For the big or small wanna-be rocker in your life.

Society + Culture

Holigay Gift Guide 2013: For XXXMAS Lovers

I’ve been thinking about the impending euphoria of the holidays since a little before Halloween, and a vast majority of that time has been spent trying to figure out what I’m going to put on display to showcase how fucking excited I am.

Business + Work

Holigay Gift Guide 2013: If You Can Read This Gift Guide, Thank A Teacher

Being a teacher can be especially tough around the end of the semester/before the winter break, but it’s not easy during the rest of the year, either. Here are a few things you can get them that might make your favorite teacher’s day a little bit brighter and easier.

Food and Drink

All I Want For Christmas Is You… and an Immersion Blender

When it comes to party planning, there’s a tool worth having that’s almost as important as your corkscrew.

Music

Playlist: The Tunes of Christmas Past

This year, the Holigays are partnered with a strong sense of nostalgia – so I’m going back to basics (and back to the classics.)

Business + Work

Holiday Gift Guide: So Your Loved One Works From Home

If you love somebody who works from home, you’ll love this gift guide!

Fashion/Style

Spice, Smoke and Other Holiday 2013 Makeup Trends (for Brown-Skinned Folk)

It’s cold outside, so heat things up with warm, spicy colors and dark smokey eyes. Nothing’s hotter than copper, cinnamon and mulled wine or more festive than emerald and cobalt.