Loving Candy
In 1979, the OU student charmed the pants off America as Playboy's 25th anniversary Playmate. And then ...
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The best places in OKC to get stuff done in 2011!
Women want him, and men want to be him: Meet Thunder star Serge Ibaka
Food & Drink
Va-va-voom
A new juice joint brings tassels and fan dances to Bricktown.
Loco over local
The results are in!
Places
BEST OF OKC: Shopping
2011's absolute best shopping in OKC!
BEST OF OKC: People & Media
Here come your champions for 2011!
Lend a little
A unique book-sharing program for neighborhoods is on its way to OKC.
Tuesday 18 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Features
Down with downward dog
Don’t understand the difference between hatha and vinyasa? Here’s your yoga primer.
Features
Malena Lott
According to the American Yoga Association, the classical yoga most often practiced today, ashtanga yoga, was developed sometime between the first or second century B.C. to as late as the fifth century A.D. Yoga centers on breathing and movements meant to bring peace of mind and flow.
A little bit of everything
A variety of entertainment awaits at the Plaza District.
Bar examination
University of Oklahoma students go to prison for the documentary ‘Women Behind Bars.’
Features
Emily Summars
Oklahoma ranks No. 1 in not only football, but for incarcerating females — 132 women per every 100,000 people in 2009. The national average is 68, according to a state Department of Corrections report.
Back it up
Angle parking is a possibility on Broadway, but what about reverse-angle parking?
Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
Angle parking is a possibility on Broadway, but what about reverse-angle parking?
Office mates
A lamp hangs next to a giant walking stick insect in a shadow box, at 30A Home.
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Jenny Coon Peterson
My home office is what you’d call pathetic. It looks less like an office and more like a cluttered discount retailer, with stacks of books, discarded Christmas gifts (including an absurd number of “As Seen on TV” products) and garbage bags full of old clothes that I’ve been claiming I’ll take to Goodwill for about a year now. Classy.
Freedom rings
Who said school isn’t fun? A nonprofit education program gets kids into learning.
Features
Emily Summars
Based at Wildewood Baptist Church, local nonprofit Freedom School helps underserved children and families by providing a summer-long integrated reading curriculum and field lessons.
Cool shoes
New fall shoes at Pink Sugar.
Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
I bought an amazing pair of Oxford flats in a supersoft, dove-gray Italian leather while in Florence, and have been waiting for the right weather to don them.
War games
You say you love combat simulation games? Well, put down the controller and pick up a fake rifle, soldier!
Features
Charles Martin
In a gutted-out industrial building west of Stockyards City, a squad of men crouched in the shadows, their rifles trained on a stairwell. Soft footsteps approached; someone shouted “Contact!” and was answered with a swarm of gunfire. The first casualty stumbled backward and retreated, blood dripping from his nose.
Where the bison roam
Four seasons at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: a photo essay
Features
Shannon Cornman
The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve north of Pawhuska is the largest native tallgrass prairie protected on the planet. Prior to settlement, the prairie was one of North America’s biggest ecosystems, spanning 142 million acres and 14 states from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
Under there
Nikki Martin models P.J. Salvage at The Lingerie Store.
Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
I’ve always kind of gone cheapo for swimsuits. No idea why, since I wear the hell out of them each summer and I (ahem) need things kept in place.
Around the world
Plenty of chic towels on the racks at Sabi.
Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
Who didn’t get to take that fabulous foreign vacation this summer? I kept pushing for Montreal, but my best friend rudely insisted on getting married, gobbling up my vacation funds. (However, I did just return from a weekend visiting friends in New Jersey, which is almost like visiting another planet where you can’t pump your own gas.)
Like a song
Karaoke brings out the singer in all of us. Yes, even those who can’t carry a tune.
Features
Kathy Wheeler
Karaoke (kar-ee-oh-kee): It’s a noun that means the act of singing along to a music video that comes from the Japanese kara, meaning “empty,” and oke, meaning “orchestra,” according to the Random House Dictionary. That definition doesn’t state if that act is made better or worse by musical ability.
A wild ride
The sand dunes at Little Sahara State Park create a mythical playground for off-road enthusiasts.
Features
Heide Brandes
Legends say the towering sand dunes of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa were created by the chaotic consequence of a foolish joyride.
