Today is my birthday (hold your applause). While I do love me another trip around the sun (and I thank Everything for it), birthdays this time of year are weird. It's hard to throw any kind of party a week before Jesus throws his.

Now that the city looks like a Hallmark movie, Christmas feels imminent. Sure, it was running on time and would've arrived regardless, but now it really feels like we have 13 shopping days until Christmas.

Consider this a warning that today I'd like to talk about one of those controversial subjects you aren't supposed to discuss at dinner tables. It's an often triggering topic, something either yelled or whispered with few in betweens, so I'm just going to talk about it from my point of view without any agenda. 

Let's talk about the local art community, shall we? By definition, we at Forget The Box participate in, support, and downright love the arts. Every editor and contributor here is an artist in their vein, part of the very scene they're writing about.

It seems the right time in our society for me to say as publicly as possible what I've been repeating for years: I am a feminist.

Flu season means fever dreams, and fever dreams…well, they’re their own kind of crazy, no? While home sick last week, it was impossible to keep track of all the dreams, but a couple definitely stood out.

This morning, America woke up with a new president. I'm writing this before that happens,  with trepidation in my mind, and hope in my heart. Not hope for any particular outcome (I mean, duh, I hope Harris wins), but hope for how we go on afterwards, regardless.

While you're putting the final touches on your costume and trying not to eat the candy before the kids come, I want to add a couple more celebrations to your schedule. There's a trifecta of holidays hitting tomorrow, so get ready to party!

Shout out to warm, sunny autumn days! It feels luxurious to be skipping socks and heading out in a tank top in October. Frankly, if winter was like this, I could more easily tolerate the late sunrises and early sunsets.

Nine years ago, I realized that a membership to the MMFA was pretty affordable. Entrance for two adults is about $40, while an annual membership for me plus a guest is about $100. No brainer.