I’m standing six-feet above ground today, so I like to think I’m still ahead of this virus. When I was walking, I saw a message in the dirt: We Are in This T…something. Seemed apropos. Rent was...
During Monday’s Coronavirus briefing with the press, Trump turned the microphone over to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell—the dude that makes the mostly-comfortable foam-based head-rester—who, after...
Saturday, OKC Mayor David Holt took a few minutes out from his job of taking photographs with plates of Made in Oklahoma-branded foodstuffs to announce an amendment to his emergency proclamation...
Pointed out by far better satirists than I, the absolutely cruel response by the far-right to this pandemic has been, I’m sad to say, expected. From local marijuana lab owners to the Lt. Governor...
They usually say things are alright if the trains are still running on time; I believe things are still somewhat functioning if my neighborhood 7-Eleven is open for business. I got up this morning...
I don’t know about you, but I don’t have any stocks to sell—maybe I can still get a few bucks for my guitar? Even if I did have some stocks, there’s something particularly scummy about making...
I think we all expected a world-destroying virus to be far more cinematic, with explosions and zombies and leather-clad bikers roaming a barren wasteland. Instead, the Coronavirus pandemic has just...
The sky over Oklahoma City has been comically foreboding since last Friday. The cold drizzle hasn’t stopped coming down as our favorite area businesses close their doors one by one due to the...
I grabbed my ladyfriend—or did she grab me?—and we headed down the once pastoral I-44 corridor with no particular place to go. However, we got about as far as Newcastle when we decided to pull...
As a self-proclaimed Latin lover, I thoroughly believe in romantic gestures like treating your special ladyfriend to the finer things in this life, like brand-name furniture, bottom-shelf steak and...
Located next to a dingy sex-toy shop in a sketchy strip-mall, Manna Cuisine of India, 7908 N. MacArthur Blvd., practically dares people to eat in their restaurant. Avoiding the odd partitions and...
Along with his band the Mavericks, for thirty years Raul Malo has been bringing that classic country swagger back to the mainstream and earning great acclaim for it. But, during the cold winter...
Rogelio Almeida, best known for his 2009 film Yveete—the first Spanish-language film to win the Grand Jury Award at DeadCenter—can usually be found behind the camera, working on a new film. But...
“Mon dieu! J’ai une romance douce-amère avec ces crêpes fantastiques!” It was sometime around noon last week when I stood up in the middle of the Creperie and European Café, 2839 S. Douglas...
In Oklahoma’s ever emerging Lucha Libre scene, the newest rising star is a Native warrior hailing from Broken Arrow, Elijah Sparks. In a field that’s predominantly known for being Latino...
(Throughout the month of February, every Thursday TLO will celebrate and highlight various Black-owned eateries across the OKC Metro. – Louis) It was all a pork and dream, I used to read Bon...
The latest joint in Oklahoma City that obsessive pizza fans have been asking me to continually taste and see are the Detroit-stylings of Providence Pizzeria, located inside the upscale food court...
With the recent news of the government of Oklahoma, from the sell-out Governor to the sold-up tourism board, doing everything in their power to erase the history and culture of the Indigenous peoples...
(Throughout the month of February, every Thursday TLO will celebrate and highlight various Black-owned eateries across the OKC Metro. – Louis) “What are you taking pictures of?” the hostess...
Northwest Expressway is a traffic-riddled stretch of road that mainly features restaurants that your less than likable parents would probably pick for dinner, with safe-as-milk options like the Olive...
(Throughout the month of February, every Thursday TLO will celebrate and highlight various Black-owned eateries across the OKC Metro. – Louis) There are very few Oklahoma Cityans that haven’t...
It was sometime last week when I finally got a chance to stop in at the frozen treat shop Michi Ice, 4100 N. MacArthur Blvd., ready for a dinner-destroying snack of dulces y golosinas, something that...
Growing up with both my father and mother as law enforcement officers in a small Texas town, I have seen firsthand the bloody mess that improperly handled firearms can do when in the wrong—and...
(Throughout the month of February, every Thursday TLO will celebrate and highlight various Black-owned eateries across the OKC Metro. – Louis) When people learn that I’m a piecemeal...
Cruising down Council not too long ago, I spotted a restaurant called the Big Buffalo Grill, 8027 NW 23rd in Bethany, buried in the back of a junkie-fried shopping center. Intrigued, I made a mental...
