Hearing that, we hauled ass to the one of four Swadley’s locations nearest our ranch. What other restaurant has its own song? Swadley’s freestanding building is easy to spot in front of a strip mall on the corner of the busy intersection at S.W. 89th and Western. Once an A&W Root Beer stand, it still […]
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’Cherry on top
Only in weird, wild L.A. could a band like Buckcherry party in the same room as recent NBA retiree and former genie Shaquille O’Neal and TV legend Betty White. Truth is, the reason is far more noble than sordid debauchery. The party-hearty guys gained fame in the mid-2000s via vintage, sleazy, hard-rock tunes like “Crazy […]
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Rest of the Best of OKC 2011
From people and places to the Gazette itself covering these last 52 weeks, we once more not-so-proudly present a handful of additional rankings, in an attempt to satiate your need to have everything numbered in a nice, orderly fashion, but not limited to five slots. Just remember: Be careful what you wish for. Parental guidance […]
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Puzzling proclamations from public figures
I must respond to Clifton Adcock’s recent article covering the Reclaiming America for Christ event titled “Reclamation project” (Aug. 10, Oklahoma Gazette), which detailed one instance in a long series of troubling anti-reality events in recent history. I will address a few key points and encourage my fellow Oklahomans to look at these ideas and […]
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The oldies
I’ve been all about vintage lately (I’m on the lookout for a cool reading chair for my bedroom), so I struck out to find the not-new: vintage, antiques, slightly used — all those things you couldn’t find in, oh, say, an outlet mall that backs up highways for miles. I’ve been driving by French Quarter […]
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Gingerly
Lots of musicians look at music as a sort of therapy, but singer Ginger Leigh needed it to be even more than that. The Austin, Texas-based performer — whose music falls somewhere in the realm of K.D. Lang and Melissa Etheridge — was forced to combat breast cancer this past year, and she is pretty […]
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Moore, no less
One day, a package arrived in the mail that stirred up hundreds of memories for Ian Moore. It was a copy of an unreleased album he had done with his original band — known simply as Ian Moore Band — that had been shelved and lost in the shuffle. He immediately thought of the era […]
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Water work
With less than a year left to prep for potentially career-defining performances, athletes are relocating from nationwide to train extensively with the staff and facilities in Oklahoma City. Kayaker Kaitlyn McElroy (pictured) moved from Maine a year and a half ago to train with her K2 partner, Jen Burke. In that time, McElroy said the […]
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Streakin’
Under the light of a full moon, City Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing, hosts Saturday’s Midnight Streak races. Comprised of a free, 1-mile fun run and a registration-required 5K run, the annual event is a fundraiser for the center’s art-education efforts through adult classes, camps for kids, art exhibits and more. “Sometimes, art gets kind […]
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Be-jeweled
The prices in the shops along the Ponte Vecchio made my head hurt, so I struck out to the smaller alleys and discovered a jewel of an antique shop, where I became the proud new owner of a vintage, hammered, rose gold bracelet. I love jewelry like this: not necessarily expensive or “fine,” but fun […]