Halloween is my favorite holiday.

Naturally, it started because of the candy when I was younger. As I've grown older, it's become about all the fun Halloween has to offer. For one day out of the year, you can be whoever you want to be.

And speaking of being someone else — did I mention "Gridiron" starts tonight? I can guarantee that you will be impressed when you see how some of Hawai'i's best-known journalists portray some of Hawai'i's best-known public figures at this year's show.

Also on tap this week to get you ready for Halloween: Mark Farina, punk legends Bad Brains, and Look Hawaii's fall issue launch party.

If you're really into the Halloween spirit, cruise around and check out the many haunted houses O'ahu has to offer.

Happy haunting, and I'll see you Around Town!

Here's what's happening Around Town (in no particular order):

1. "Gridiron 2009: Doing Less With Less," Diamond Head Theatre, 8 tonight, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday

2. Lip Gloss And Lollipops, Bar 35, 9 tonight

3. Mushroom Music Festival featuring Mark Farina, Pipeline Café, 10 p.m. Saturday

4. Scare Factory, Windward Mall, 6 tonight through Sunday

5. Haunted Lagoon, Polynesian Cultural Center, 6:30 tonight and Saturday

6. Haunted Plantation, Hawaii Plantation Village, 7 tonight and Saturday

7. The Shockhouse, Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, 7 tonight and Saturday

8. Festival of Fear, Wet'n'Wild, 7 tonight and Saturday

9. Bad Brains, Pipeline Café, 7 p.m., Tuesday