neighborhood guides
Go make adorable photos at Love on the Plaza this Friday! Photo provided by Event Organizers. I’m sure there are some bitter, disgruntled love-haters out there, but for the rest of us looking for a little fun this weekend with our families or significant others, look no farther than the Plaza District’s Love on the [...]
I’m going to let you in on one of the dirty secrets of veganism. This is the secret that I tell to people who find out that I’m vegan and immediately say: “Do you eat tofu? I tried it once and didn’t like it. I don’t know how you can eat that stuff!” Yes, tofu [...]
What is there to say about the fair? You could say it’s maybe the the purest manifestation of Americana. Conversely, you could say it’s a good place to go to laugh at people who don’t realize they’re being subjected to a unique brand of cruelty disguised as ironic cultural consumption. You could say it’s a [...]
This is part two of my three part neighborhood guide about Downtown OKC, covering the Midtown neighborhood. As with the last installment, I have relied heavily on the flat out awesome Lynne Rostochil for her amazing photos and depth of knowledge. Lynne’s comments in are in blue. Midtown is really just the north end of [...]
The inaugural H&8th Outdoor Food Market was shut down by inspectors from at least 5 state and local agencies Friday night, approximately 20 minutes after its 8pm start time. The event was to be a food truck block party of sorts, with food from Hugo’s Tacos, Big Truck Tacos, Cuppies and Joe, Elemental Coffee, beer [...]
Let me tell you a story about a girl (me) who was born and raised in Oklahoma, left Oklahoma for Colorado, and is currently burdened by the internal conflict of whether or not she should come back. My father raised me to live by a famous quote by Vietnamese monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, [...]
You may have noticed a particular trend in Facebook profile pictures. Beautiful, high-contrast photos set against a unique retro wallpaper background have become a ubiquitous siting on Facebook, and this is thanks to local photographer, Keisha Register. Register explains her unique (ongoing) project to us, and gives us a slice of local life in today’s [...]
Recently, drivers along Broadway Avenue in downtown Oklahoma City have noticed the progress of a mural, painted over two blank white faces of a two- story empty building on 9th Street. With flourescent pinks, radiating diagonal lines, graphic black-and-white eyeballs, and lots and lots of pink- its happy chaos is impossible to miss. This [...]
