THE ‘DADDY TRAVELER‘ LOOKS HOMEIf you’re thinking of taking the family to New York City, a little advice. Get outa Manhattan, man. My six-month-old daughter’s not exactly ready to partake in all, but I’m looking forward to introducing her to some of these … Read on
Us ’80s-Tulsans grew up with a huge, decade-long sigh of satisfaction. We didn’t have mountains, oceans or particularly good taffy, but we knew what we did have: a) We weren’t Oklahoma City. Meaning, we did have some hills, green grass, trees and (due … Read on
VISITING CHAMPION CITYQuick: Pittsburgh. Thoughts? –> Steel town, smoke-belching factories, a few rivers, a football team so poor it could only afford a decal on one side of its helmet. A place that Interstates 76 and 70 narrowly avoid — with mercy — … Read on
GREAT BOOK, BAD OKLAHOMA If you’ve not seen it yet, editors Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey put together a fine new hardcover book State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America, with essays by 50 writers of the 50 states. It’s fashioned — … Read on
The USA’s least-visited state — sometimes misinterpreted as the coldest of the contiguous 48 (Maine is colder, for instance), and made fun of by a movie that takes place in next-door Minnesota (Fargo) — is getting the last laugh on the rest of … Read on
Lately the battle of Brooklyn centers around finding cheap rent for bands or artists in neighborhoods in from Williamsburg on the L line, which heads straight into East Village bar turf on Manhattan. Or the battle over the Atlantic Yards project. The ultimate … Read on
