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While out for lunch today, I popped by Full Circle Bookstore to pick up a new copy of Sartre’s “No Exit ” (total lie — I was actually looking for “Percy Jackson and the Olympians ”) when I noticed a beautiful collection of classics.
Full Circle has stocked this really lovely collection by Penguin Classics that rebinds favorites like “Tess of the D'Urbervilles ” and “Jane Eyre .” These books, a new collection that was released in November of last year, feature cloth binding and a matte-foil pattern splashed across the cover and spine. Each book gets a different treatment, most of them symbolizing something from the novel itself — for example, “Great Expectations ” features rows of silver chandeliers against a midnight blue cloth, and “Pride and Prejudice ” has golden swans against a honey-colored cover.
These are seriously beautiful books. Although I own most of the novels already, I’d love to buy these editions to display. Head over to Full Circle to pick up a few before they’re gone.
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When people speak of diamonds, I don’t think of my own wedding ring, I think of this, which then makes me think of this lovely man. And that makes me happy.
So the equation is diamonds = Ewan McGregor = happy. That’s math I can get behind.
But maybe you don’t need the Ewan McGregor part of the equation to get to the happy. Even without him, there’s going to a really, really happy couple this Saturday after B.C. Clark’s Diamond Dash. Like, $15,000 happy.
The Diamond Dash is a treasure hunt that will lead teams all over the city in a quest to find a Lazare diamond worth $15,000. The hunt will kick off at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Myriad Botanical Gardens and end at 1 p.m. with a party at Nonna’s.
Register on the Diamond Dash Web site for the event. And if you need a bit more Ewan inspiration, here you go.
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Have you seen those cool little shopping guides around town by Nosey Parker? The small, glossy guide to local metro shops is a great tool for hitting all the metro’s best boutiques.
The idea of Nosey Parker started in the Northwest, but recently expanded to its second market: right here. Now, it expands just a little bit more with shopping tours.
Last week, I went to the launch of the Nosey Parker Shopping Tour, tailored shopping trips put together by Factor 110, which also does Destination Oklahoma trips.
The Nosey Parker Shopping Tour leads groups of four to 14 around the metro and can focus on one area or one theme (like accessories). The full-day excursions include riding around in a limo and a lunch. At the launch party, I sampled some of the boxed lunches available from caterers like Prairie Gypsies and Sage Gourmet Café — all so tasty.
Check out more on the tours, which are now open for reservations. —Jenny Coon Peterson
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Oh, my God. This is for real. Really. A “Twilight” tour offered through OKC’s own Journey House Travel.
I have a loathe/hate relationship with the “Twilight” series. I hate the books (especially that last monstrosity) almost as much as I loathe myself for reading them. Seriously, it’s not even a guilty pleasure. It’s just a guilty fact. It’d be like if I had to feast on fresh baby seal with a side of pureed puppy to survive. Nothing pleasurable about that.
But, I can’t hate on Journey House for offering this service too much. While touring northern Scotland during a study abroad program, we passed (at a distance, mind you) one of the sets for “Harry Potter.” It was Hagrid’s hut and the covered bridge from “Prisoner of Azkaban,” if you’re wondering (which you probably aren’t).
I squealed, to put it mildly. Squealed. Now just imagine what a bus full of tweens and their moms will do when they visit “the place Edward got all sparkly — in a totally masculine and sexy way, of course — in front of Bella for the first time.”
Yeah, Journey House is full of souls braver than I. Good luck to them and their eardrums.
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So, I’ve never explored the Oklahoma City Underground, formerly known as The Conncourse. I think I imagined it to be the realm of the mole people … or something like that.
But recently, I found myself downtown for a city center-based ShopGirl, and I was intrigued by the series of interconnecting tubes, to borrow a term from former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. First off, the signage takes its cues from its more famous big brother, the London Underground, which is always a good thing (although, I once had a crazy person lunge at me at the Knightsbridge stop on the Piccadilly line, so it’s not always a good thing).
Anyway, the OKC Underground tunnels under 16 blocks of downtown OKC (although the system technically includes some skywalks, too), and after a big renovation a few years ago, is filled with spacey colored lighting. It’s actually really fun to explore (exploration is open 6 a.m.-8 p.m., Monday-Friday) and includes historical photo exhibits that concentrate on different themes, like government and downtown history.
I worked downtown for two years before venturing north to Gazette headquarters, and I’m disappointed that I never wandered around down there. If you’re downtown and have some time to kill, check it out.
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