We Love Salsa
When the history of a salsa brand includes the line “Testing the results of his efforts on his golfing buddies…” there may be a bit of an authenticity issue. David Pace’s creation wasn’t really authentic in the strictest sense,…
Author: Photos by Rachel Waters
An Edmond Artist is Bringing the West to Small Screens Worldwide
Steve Boaldin, 59, sits at the bar of his Edmond home to eat in the silence only an early dawn can provide, his mind elsewhere. He looks across the kitchen at a blank canvas inside a cluttered backroom lined…
The Cool, Tasty, Medicinal Cannabis of OK Nice Cream
Oklahoma now leads the nation in dispensaries per capita, with more than 9,000 licensed marijuana businesses, according to Politico. A survey published by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority in May 2020 reported nearly 300,000 licensed medicinal marijuana users partake…
An Architectural Tour of Neighborhoods in Oklahoma City
The largest city in the 405, Oklahoma City, started with a bang and has expanded in fits and spurts ever since. In about 120 years, it’s grown from one square mile dotted with tents to more than 630 square…
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Where the Treetops Glisten
If Kindall Donahue closes her eyes and smells hints of vanilla and almonds permeating her kitchen, she pictures herself in another place and time. “I’ve made these cookies since I was a little girl, as long as I can…
Steeped in History
A stay at new bed and breakfast The Monastery at Forest Park is a way of coming into close contact with a remarkable past. Once home to Oklahoma oilman and politician Robert S. Kerr, the nearly century-old property at…
Made to Last
It’s July in Oklahoma. A light breeze pierces the stagnant air and heat hanging over downtown Guthrie. On an otherwise silent city block lined with century-old buildings, the stillness is interrupted by the creak of a metal sign. It’s…
Hidden Oklahoma
So, the story goes that there is a tunnel under the HiLo Club at 1221 NW 50th in Oklahoma City, through which bootleggers used to smuggle alcohol and later – in the 1950s and 1960s – that gay couples…
Turning Toward Better Lives
For nearly 50 years, Pivot, Inc. has been striving to make life better for homeless young adults looking for safe harbor, nurturing and skill building – and above all, instilling in those people that their future is worth living, and…
Architectural Connections
Wade Scaramucci’s life as an architect started with a pile of Legos. After receiving his degree in architecture from the University of Oklahoma, Scaramucci focused on a career path that’s taken him across the globe. While Scaramucci spends…
A Space for Art
Laura Warriner didn’t know how Oklahoma City would react to a three-day run of Eve Ensler’s soon-to-be notorious “The Vagina Monologues” in 1996, but she used an email campaign to get the word out. So many women showed up…
