The Goose Sandies + Bar The 1210 N. Hudson Ave. goosedeli.com 405-724-8384 What works: Thanks to a knockout condiment combo, The Goose’s chicken sandwich is one you’ll want to come back for. What needs work: While not meant to be the main attraction, the sandwich bread left something to be desired. Tip: If you want […]
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Christmas cooking
If you’ve already started stressing over Christmas dinner, you can stop now. These seven metro restaurants are open on Christmas Day and offer respite in the form of delicious food that you didn’t cook. Rally Kitchen + Bar 542 S. University Blvd., Norman nounhotel.com/dining/rally-kitchen-bar 405-857-8575 This Noun Hotel restaurant’s Crimson Christmas! dinner includes four courses […]
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Not Christmas
’Tis the season for Christmas flicks, but c’mon: How many more times can you watch Jimmy Stewart’s life get destroyed by that horrible Uncle Billy or see whether Ralphie gets that Red Ryder BB gun? Terrific films, certainly, but enough already. Even a more contemporary classic like Elf has become ho ho ho hum. What […]
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Pride of OK
This week, lawmakers representing Oklahoma once again garnered national attention with outspoken rhetoric that sheds less than positive light on the state. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, in an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, exchanged tense words with co-host Jake Tapper on several key issues. Sporting a Mullin Ranch jacket on national television, Mullin refuted […]
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A fair election process for all
I’m a lifelong Oklahoman and a former educator. I also had the privilege of serving in our State Senate for six years. I believed then and now that people should always come before politics. Unfortunately, I had a front-row seat to how our current election system is failing voters. In fact, our closed primary system […]
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Nutcracker revamped
The Nutcracker Dec. 14-23 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. 405-594-8300 okcciviccenter.com $29-$128 There’s something magical about The Nutcracker that keeps audiences coming back year after year. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is practically ubiquitous in winter, the ballet’s soundtrack playing over mall sound systems or, inevitably, in my office on repeat. Ballet companies start […]
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Swift expansion
For the past year, a fleet of charcoal-colored buses have zipped along much of Classen Boulevard and Northwest Expressway as part of Oklahoma City’s first bus rapid transit line. Using some bus-only lanes and traffic signal prioritization, the new bus line is meant to somewhat mimic a subway or streetcar. Fares are paid before boarding, […]
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Toast-worthy events
Holiday cheer doesn’t have to disappear with your last sip of eggnog. Before you figure out where you’ll stuff your string lights and blow-up snowman, take a night to commemorate your future. And that doesn’t mean you have to do it alone. Check out these New Year’s celebrations happening throughout Oklahoma City. Take me back […]
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French connection
Three words made La Baguette Bistro’s Michel Buthion leave France for Oklahoma in 1979. “A wild woman,” he said. Buthion made life-changing connections when students from Oklahoma University visited France during a summer exchange program. Later, when he and a friend were traveling from Paris to Singapore, the pair decided to take a detour to […]
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Free Will Astrology: Week of December 12
Homework: What will you revive, rejuvenate, and renovate in 2025? Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com ARIES (March 21-April 19) If you were walking down the street and spied a coin lying on the sidewalk, would you bend down to pick it up? If you’re like most people, you wouldn’t. It’s too much trouble to exert yourself for an object […]