It’s easy to plump up a bit during the holidays. But who says you can’t eat healthy and indulge in sweet holiday cuisine at the same time? Whether you are gluten intolerant or just seeking a healthier diet, show your digestive system some mercy this holiday season with Gluten Free Cooking for the Holidays, a […]
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Holiday EVENTS
Downtown in December, presented by Devon, is a series of holiday events and attractions in the heart of Oklahoma City starting Nov. 15. It’s a one-ofa-kind winter experience that features thrilling outdoor ice skating, snow tube rides down a 150-foot slope, afternoon visits with Santa Claus, a festive 5K run, free water taxi excursions, and […]
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SHOPGIRL: A knit in time
Norman-based A-Wee-Bit-Of- Ireland.com owner Janne O’Donnell traveled all the way to the Emerald Isle to personally select traditional, all-natural Irish textiles to bring to Oklahoma. O’Donnell’s website offers handmade scarves by famous designer Edel MacBride; woolen throws from Ireland’s oldest mill, Avoca Handweavers, in County Wicklow; Branigan Weavers baby blankets from County Louth; and Aran […]
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Killer Holiday / Murder University
Killer Holiday is so named because the killer’s name is Holiday (ha-ha?) and because for the aggravating eight college students passing for protagonists, it’s spring break, dude! So your Overweight Douche, your Frat Douche, your Party Girl, your Smart Girl and so on pile into an RV to get their kicks on Route 66, because […]
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The Inbetweeners Movie
Freshly graduated from high school and donning custom-made “Pussay Patrol” T-shirts, the four venture to the coastal Crete town of Malia for two weeks of constant drinking and, with luck, shagging. As uninspired as that setup is, it allows England to prove it can make teen comedies as unfunny as we Americans. As one expects, […]
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All is bright
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Do you hear what we hear?
Kyle DillinghamA Very Kyle Christmas Oklahoma’s Musical Ambassador, Kyle Dillingham, doesn’t fiddle around on his Christmas disc, as the album is no mere novelty. Solid musicianship abounds on this intimate, acoustic affair, whose 14 tracks — a couple of which are originals — come decorated with interesting instrumentation not relegated to his signature violin. “Shall […]
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Get outta town!
<span style=" Times New Roman” ,”serif”;mso-fareast-times=”” new=”” roman”;=”” mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-fareast-language:es”=””><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US” lang=”EN-US”> Isobel Zweifel and Traver Hulse at Travel Agents Incorporated By: Shannon Cornman Wouldn’t it be nice if someone else could take care of all the details for your big getaway and you could actually enjoy that lunch break instead of using it to […]
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Broad stripes, bright stars
You might be a fireworks enthusiast. After all, it’s the one time of year that blowing up things is OK (outside city limits, of course). Or maybe you want to show off your patriotism, and every single thing about your Fourth of July soiree has to fit that theme. Lastly, you might be the type […]
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’merican medley
As Independence Day approaches, people begin to fret about such things, because when we celebrate America, we must eat American things. (Same thing at Christmas, when we all eat reindeer and drink tinsel wine.) The problem with this is that America is a nation of expats. We use the term “melting pot” a lot, mostly […]