The Mule in OKC offers cold beer and “hot melts” with many quirky, gooey variations of sandwiches, or “sandies” as they’re called on the menu. Choices include the Croque Madame with sourdough bread, Black Forest ham, gruyere, Dijon mustard, gravy and a sunny side up egg. Other favorites include the Grand Lake Monte Cristo (with white bread, peanut butter,...
Nestled near East 21st Street and South Yale Avenue in Tulsa, Sweets and Cream is a new ice cream shop specializing in homemade, build-your-own ice cream sandwiches. Customers can choose from a dozen cookie types, a dozen ice cream flavors and two brownies (along with some sugar-free and gluten-free options). The shop, with room for parties and other...
This Tulsa-based chain has locations sprinkled across Oklahoma and, while décors vary, the menu of classics remains. Recently added choices include California burritos, stuffed with smoked chicken, pico de gallo, Mexican rice and guacamole and served with cowboy beans, tortilla chips, salsa and queso. For many, Tuesday night means all-you-can-eat ribs (and sides) from 4 p.m. until they sell...
Air perfumed with pine, eucalyptus, lavender, jasmine and orange blossoms wafts in on ocean breezes. Red tile roofs, white-washed architecture, bougainvilleas and towering trees stand along ridges and terraces overlooking the Pacific.
This is Santa Barbara, California, the most Mediterranean city in the United States.
The city’s signature look did not come until the 20th century. Chumash natives inhabited the region...
A 1980s home in Tulsa’s Maple Ridge neighborhood has shed its original character to become a modern residence with abundant amenities.
Upon first impressions, the 5,000-square-foot, two-story home still seems traditional, but its interior has an updated, sophisticated look. Simplicity was the key to this stunning renovation.
David Trebilcock, the face behind this project, has been a fixture in Tulsa’s construction business...
Sho Kassam doesn’t have to think hard to transport himself to the moment he took his first solo flight as an aviation student. The memory exemplifies why a career in aviation is right for him.
“It’s very vivid,” Kassam says. “You remember the tail number and a lot of other little details. It’s a life-changing experience.”
As a student, Kassam wasn’t...
The concept of “stranger danger” is something children are taught early on, but with ease of access to the internet, parents should also educate their kids about dangers online.
Today’s young people are often called digital natives because they have had high-speed internet access throughout their lives. They have been exposed to everything – from phishing and cyberbullying to encounters...
The 22-foot-tall statue gazes and gestures to the east as a symbol of peace, optimism and dignity. In many ways, it represents not just the place where it stands – Ponca City – but Oklahoma as a state.
Standing Bear, depicted in 9,100 pounds of bronze by sculptor Oreland C. Joe Sr., was the Ponca chief, warrior and civil-rights leader...
From humble beginnings on the funny pages of 1890s newspapers, comics have thrust themselves upon the entertainment world with all the impact of an animated neutron bomb.
Comic books have long ceased being just for kids. A pristine copy of Action Comics No. 1 cost 10 cents when printed in 1938; it sold on eBay in 2014 for $3.2 million....
