My 2017 Oscar Picks

If you’ve known me for all of 2.5 seconds, then you’ll know I have a mild (ok, massive) obsession with movies. I get giddy just thinking about how the screenplays, acting performances, cinematography, and movie scores all combine into an intricate work of art. Total...

State Fair of Texas | 2016 Tilley Taste Test

As if little Autumn Elves have sprinkled their magic dust across Dallas, fall weather has officially graced us with its presence. And this can only mean one thing. The State Fair of Texas is almost here. I mean, it’s completely casual, but I am the biggest State Fair...

Downtown Dallas Public Library | My Darling Dallas

  While I walk through Downtown Dallas during afternoon rush hour, car honks and ambulance sirens ring off of glass skyscrapers and furiously assault my ears. Disgruntled drivers swerve in and out of traffic with a death wish plastered across their car like a...

Behind the Life of an Indie Artist

“Technically I’m perpetually unemployed…”   My Uber driver pulled up in front of an industrial, one-story building hidden in the outskirts of Dallas’ Design District. The old building had a gray brick exterior and tiny windows that sort of resembled a prison. I...

Discipline is hard. Like really hard.

As my alarm goes off, I make the most pathetic groan into my pillow. It kind of resembles the sound of a whimpering newborn puppy. Wasn’t it just 10 minutes ago that I was first embraced by my One True Love – my bed? And now this obnoxiously high-pitched ringtone is...