January 2011

JANUARY 2011 VOLUME TWO ISSUE ONE

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Contents | Features

January 51

2011

Winter Magic

With magnificent cuisine and architecture, festive ways to frolic and a giant snowman welcoming guests to his ice palace, Québec during Carnival is, well, cool.

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A Family Favorite

Teresa Rose’s generosity toward the community extends even to the contents of her recipe file as she shares a perennially popular breakfast treat.

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Shared Vision

The firm’s principals readily cooperate, communicate and organically combine their individual perspectives, because at Sees Design, creativity is a family affair.

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Motion and Connection

Todd Jenkins believes nothing happens by chance, and art demands continual creation, so the Norman sculptor keeps moving toward where he should be.

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Under Wraps

Baby, it’s cold outside! But it’s easy to stay cozy while looking spectacular – try bundling up in these beautiful exemplars of winter wear.

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A Tough Act to Follow

The house was all wrong, but Dee Ogle couldn’t walk away. With the help of skilled friends who became design partners, her home became the perfect project.

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Contents | Departments

Letters

From the Editor 16 To the Editor 18

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Spritz

The Weight of the World 20 Learning in Motion 22

Details

Warming Trends 25

Pursuits

Visual Performance Events Calendar

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Wanderlust

Winter Magic 51 Sun and Fun 55

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Fare

Frittata Among Friends It’s Smokin’!

Born on the Bayou A Family Favorite

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Spaces

A Tough Act to Follow 66 Setting the Table 76

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Contents | Departments

Living Well

Cutting-Edge Ecotourism Why Immunize?

Secret Ingredient Showdown It Worked For Me

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Marketplace

Shared Vision 91 The Good Fight 96 What’s Your Game Plan? 100

Get Smart

Burn, Baby, Burn 102

Glimpse

Motion and Connection 104 The Other Side of “Flashpoint” 108

Designers’ Notebook

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Under Wraps 111

Out & About

Party Directory 115

Last Laugh

None Enchanted Evening 134

Last Look

Jim Eagleston 136

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scott.odaniel@southwesternpub.com Scotty has been with Southwestern Publishing since its second year of business, beginning as a graphic designer and “doer of a lot of other stuff.” He was promoted to Art Director in the summer of 2009, and overseeing the creation of the masthead and overall look for Slice is one of the many heady responsibilities to rest on his shoulders. His interest in graphic arts began as a youthful affinity for drawing, something he still does – and does well – in the few off hours his position allows. His affinity for design comes from his desire to “put things together – take all the pieces and create something exceptional.” He has also put together an impressive comic book collection, including every issue of “The Avengers” published since 1963. Proving that David Lee Roth has nothing on him, he is pictured here celebrating his Irish heritage in a peat bog near Kylemore Abbey. He lives in Oklahoma City with his wife Stacy, Administrative and Program Associate for the Oklahoma Museums Association, with whom he will celebrate a 15th wedding anniversary this March.

Jennifer Barron

jenn.barron@gmail.com Who better to understand an artist than another artist? Jennifer Barron began writing for Slice with our premier issue in November of last year. Each month she highlights a local artist – the work and the process that drives the creative mind. An OU graduate (B.F.A. in painting, B.A. in French), she has participated in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions in central Oklahoma and curated the portrait exhibition Seeing Other People for the Invited Artists Gallery in the OKC Underground. She believes in art’s power to enhance lives and communities, and acts on that by combining her art, work and volunteer efforts.

She serves on the board of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition and coordinates arts education and outreach programs in her job as Community Arts Program Director with the Arts Council of Oklahoma City. View Jennifer’s own art at www.ovac-ok.org.

K.O. Rinearson

keith@photoart.com Keith Rinearson showed up at our door over a decade ago, portfolio in hand, and promised he could take us to new heights. And he has. A professional photographer for nearly two decades, he was introduced to the art by his father, an accomplished photographer in his own right who taught Keith to seek new and innovative ways to capture a moment in time – something that has greatly influenced the look of his images. His list of private clients is impressive and extensive, and his work is a treasured part of many private collections. As Photography Director, Keith has recorded thousands of people, places and events for our pages; everything from grand, imposing architecture to delectable fare, cuttingedge fashion to civic titans at work. His images are powerful, dramatic and inspiring, yet he never rests on his laurels, constantly striving to make his work, and our magazine, more outstanding. “Photography has always been a process of discovery for me. To this day, I still find myself developing new effects and reinventing my own rules.”

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Letters | From the Editor

M.J. ALEXANDER

Slow Down, You Move Too Fast

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he advent of computers was supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to work faster and more efficiently. Ditto the internet. Ditto the smart phone. While the march of technology may indeed offer us these remarkable possibilities, it doesn’t seem that we

are working any less. Quite the contrary, in fact. Most everyone I know works longer and harder than they used to – so has all this progress really just provided an opportunity (can we really call it that?) to do more work, because we are now capable of working at all hours from anywhere in the world? If we slowed down just a little, would the world screech to a catastrophic halt? I doubt it, though it might free up some aisle space where all the energy drinks were once stocked. ’Tis the season for resolutions, so here’s mine: work smarter, live better. In other words, try to gain a better balance between work, home and family. I can’t begin to count the number of times that I’ve found myself tending to work details late in the evening that could easily have waited until morning. And why? Because, thanks to my “smart” electronics, I could… and I know I’m not alone in this. In most cases, it didn’t make a particle of difference. Sure, there are times when the extra hours are necessary, but it’s those times when they really aren’t that I vow to recognize.

It’s not a question of “getting away from it all” – vacations are great, but I’m not saying I want to drop everything and take up permanent residence under a spreading palm tree. It’s a matter of getting away from it overnight: ending the workday when I leave the office and developing the mental fortitude necessary to refrain from checking my email every time it bings at some stupidly late hour. I remember it being far easier to fall asleep on the couch during a movie before I owned anything labeled “3G.” Is there an app for enjoying the company of the people I love who are actually in the room with me?

Since I borrowed from Paul Simon at the beginning of this page, I’ll do so again at the end. I wish you peace and prosperity in 2011, and may you find more time for “lookin’ for fun and feelin’ groovy.”

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Letters | To the Editor

Praise in General

I just want to say thank you for publishing Slice.

I have lived in Norman for going on four years now, and until I read your magazine did not know about all the neat places I have been missing out on. A friend handed me the December issue and said she thought I might like to look through it. Well, I love it! Already looking forward to the January issue.

Ginny Rhodes Norman

The new Slice magazine is first-class! You and your staff have done a fantastic job of combining all your publications and creating one really nice magazine for the metro area. Very impressive!

Larry Smith Edmond

Love, love, love your new Slice magazine!!!

Heidi Russell Bethany

And More Specifically…

My sincere thanks for publishing the article on my artwork (“An Unrestricted Palette,” November 2010) in your new Slice publication! My compliments on the design and layout of this beautiful magazine.

It was really fun getting to work with Jennifer Barron again. We first met at an OVAC workshop back in 2006. She did a wonderful job of writing the article and has special insight into the life of an artist, being one herself. The quality of the printing of the cloud and other works in the article were top-notch too.

I consider it an honor and am very grateful to be represented so well in Volume 1 Issue 1 of Slice magazine. Best of luck in all your endeavors.

David Holland Holland Hill Design, Inc.

Note to self: Don’t read Lauren Hammack’s articles at work because laughter distracts co-workers during quiet time. Loved the rat article (“Verminized!” November 2010). Loved the styling and the set-up on the boots (“You Must Re-Boot!” November 2010). Love the new mag and that I can read it online.

Elisa Sims via email

Erratum: We got carried away. In the instructions for Pistachio Almond Cake (“Sweet Conclusion,” December 2010) we inadvertently stated that the recipe calls for two tablespoons of vanilla, when in fact it calls for two teaspoons. We apologize for the error and any over-vanilla-ing that has ensued in the interim.

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Spritz | This & That

The Weight of the World

By Lauren Hammack

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he annual charge to lose weight has begun. Sure, there are healthy, sensible plans out there that, when carefully followed, can bring weight loss success over time. But who’s got time? We’re a society that wants to get rich and skinny fast.

Lucky for us, there’s no shortage of “miracles” for the dieter who’s in a big, fat hurry.

Before beginning any of these diet plans, consult your physician and watch him/her laugh right in your face.

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THE COTTON BALL DIET The premise: Eating a handful of cotton balls before each meal will fill you up and make you eat less.

The upside: Low in calories, cotton balls really are filling.

The downside: My god, you’re eating cotton balls! You’ll also need to put some gel on your paw for that hairball cough.

Nutritious and delicious? Not even close.

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THE TAPEWORM DIET The premise: Through the free enterprise system of the Internet, you can illegally order worm-laced pills. Just swallow the pill, eat what you want and let the worm do the rest.

The upside: Eat what you like. One-stop shopping from the privacy of your home computer. Paypal accepted.

The downside: My god! You’ve got a Third World parasite in your gut! Sometimes lethal.

Nutritious? Hardly. Delicious? Heck yeah!

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THE EAR STAPLE The premise: A quick, surgical staple to your ear’s inner cartilage acts like acupuncture to stimulate pressure points that may reduce appetite.

The upside: No pesky calorie counting. Staple shines like jewelry.

The downside: Sure, your food cravings are reduced, but all you can think about is that intense pain in your ear.

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THE TWINKIE DIET The premise: Each delicious, cream-filled golden cake is only 150 calories. Eat 10 Twinkies in a day, and you’ve restricted your caloric intake to 1,500. A sure formula for weight loss, if not nutrition.

The upside: Twinkies!!!

The downside: How could there possibly be a downside to the Twinkie Diet? (A girl can dream…)

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Spritz | This & That

Learning

in Motion S

By Lauren Hammack

he’s the first to admit it: Robin Decker Kite is all about results. It’s a personality trait fueled by more than two decades as a highly credentialed fitness and health expert, personal trainer and educator, but those credentials weren’t the only motivation that sparked her desire to fill a void in early childhood programming for preschoolers.

She’s also a mother.

As summer was approaching a couple of years ago, Kite began searching in earnest for the kind of summer camps and endless activities reminiscent of her own childhood that her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter could enjoy. To her dismay, she discovered there weren’t many options available.

So, she did what any results-driven mom on a mission would do. She created them. And what began as a series of healthy lifestyle camps for preschool and school-aged kids has since grown into a dynamic educational curriculum for preschoolers from ages three to five.

AerobiKidz is a back-to-basics approach to learning that emphasizes developing mind, body and spirit from the early years. By combining gross motor activity with academics, AerobiKidz aims to develop the whole child to be ready to enter school with a solid foundation of the basics.

Despite its very competitive academic curriculum, movement and hands-on activities are an important part of the equation for AerobiKidz. “So many kids in today’s society are growing up playing video games and watching TV for hours every day,” observes Kite. “What gets sacrificed are socialization skills and an ability to interact with peers. Sedentary activities also sap children’s natural creativity,” she adds, pointing out that kids of all ages have a fundamental need to “get down and dirty and just be a kid.”

The success of AerobiKidz has prompted the need for a kindergarten class, which will form this fall. AerobiKidz is located within The Lighthouse Sports and Fitness facility at 3333 W. Hefner Road in Oklahoma City.

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For enrollment information or camp schedules for spring and summer, visit www.aerobikidz.com or call 843.KIDZ (5439).

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Warming Trends

By Lauren Hammack

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K.O. RINEARSON

inter has finally delivered itself to our doorstep, and there are a good many of us who are thrilled to welcome a little frost on the window pane (as long as the frost appears on the outside of the pane, that is).

As temperatures plummet, our thoughts turn to some comforting things we’ve quickly warmed up to this season.

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Details | Things We Love

Hat Tricks

Why not maintain some body heat and announce your winter style with something fetching on your head? Clockwise from top left: Soft Spoken red knit beret from Collected Thread; kids’ knit beret by Dionne Rogus, from dna.galleries; Lacoste reversible knit cap from S.J. Haggard and Co.; Infant “froggie” cap by Dionne Rogus, from dna.galleries; Cotton Hills bear hat in alpaca and Peruvian wool, from dna.galleries.

Light My Fire

Scandium™ brings a contemporary interpretation of a roaring fire in its ultra-slim Scandium™ vent-free fireplace. Less than 8” deep, the Scandium™ fireplace fits in almost anywhere (just like you) and provides an energy-efficient warmth and glow to any room (just like you). Available from Bachle’s Fireplace Furnishings and Outdoor Living.

Just Getting Warmed Up

Peruvians know a thing or two about cold weather, so when they get busy weaving sweaters, you can trust them to create one that gets the job done.

We give Peru Unlimited’s baby alpaca cable knit sweaters from Steven Giles high marks (and extra petting) for their lightweight fleece that rivals the softness of cashmere.

Winter Boot Camp Whether you’re dashing through the snow or you just find yourself wanting to give winter the boot, make sure they’re cute ones! Clockwise from top left: UGG Highkoo II boot in black suede, UGG Dakota suede moccasin in tobacco, UGG Leona boot in black leather with nylon, UGG Classic Cardy boot in black knit, UGG Classic Argyle Knit boot in tan. All from Pink Sugar Shoe Boutique.

The Big Cover-Up

Sorry about that Snuggie you got for Christmas.

Who could fault you for making a regular appointment with your couch where you can wrap yourself in something fabulous and while away winter days plotting your rightful revenge? Not us. Left to right: Pendleton’s “Chief Joseph Collection” wool blanket, in sage, from Rawhide; Natural American lynx fur blanket with shadow fox border and velvet backing from Geno’s Furs; Custom blanket in velvet and faux fur from Dekorum.

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Pursuits | Visual

Susan Contreras, “The Scent of Pasta”

THE MASKED MENAGERIE

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he Jerome M. and Wanda Otey Westheimer Distinguished Visiting Artist Chair of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art – the position is a great honor, and its current holder is eminently deserving, but as a title it doesn’t convey the vivid color, unconventional subject matter or irresistible sense of life that fill the creations of Susan Contreras. So while it admirably bespeaks her skill and career acclaim, for a more complete picture of her artwork consider also the title of her new exhibit at the Museum: “On the Loose.”

The exhibition shows the diversity and creativity of the Santa Fe artist, as well as how she draws inspiration from the animal kingdom, explores her lifelong fascination with masks and their potential symbolism and keeps her sense of humor clearly evident in realizing works of art that are beautiful and vibrant – and huge: several of the very large canvases in this show have been made specifically to fit the Sandy Bell Gallery at the 28

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Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Her visual sensitivity speaks to adults and children while establishing a nice dialogue with students.

That’s true in a more literal sense as well, as a guest lecture by Contreras and catalog contributors Stephen Parks and Lois Katz at 6pm on January 28 will accompany the opening reception for “On the Loose,” which follows immediately thereafter from 7-9pm.

Susan Contreras is the fourth holder of the Jerome M. and Wanda Otey Westheimer Distinguished Visiting Artist Chair, and the position’s endowment makes this exhibition possible.

Despite its title, the Susan Contreras exhibit is securely contained within the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art… but only through February 20, when it will get away. Visit www.ou.edu/fjjma or call 325.3272 for more details.

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Celebrate the Next Generation

AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION

By Steve Gill

PORTRAIT OF A GENERATION The Children of Oklahoma: Sons and Daughters of the Red Earth turns the spotlight on Oklahomans of the 21st century, from newborn to 18 years old, celebrating their wishes, hopes and dreams.

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Christine Sefolosha, “Little Rider”

klahoma City gallery [Artspace] at Untitled is dedicating its exhibition space to exploring one medium’s extra-large potential for creativity: from woodcuts to solarplate etching, the broadly diverse and endlessly diverting art of printmaking stars in The Print.

Premiering January 21 with an opening reception from 5-8pm, this exhibition will draw upon works in Untitled’s wide-ranging collection of prints, including the recently acquired Photographic Society of America collection comprising virtually every form of photographic printmaking invented. The exhibit will also include the work of contemporary printmakers Christine Sefolosha, Michael Costello, Willis F. Lee, Jennifer Lynch and Mitchell Marti.

Monotype, lithography, woodcut, solarplate etching, photogravure, gum bichromate, gelatin silver printing and digital pigment printing are just a few of the processes exhibited in The Print to give viewers the opportunity to better understand the complexity and beauty of this art form.

This is a limited-edition exhibition: its works will only remain on display through March 12. To see all the views that could fit in The Print, drop by the [Artspace] at Untitled gallery at 1 N.E. 3rd, or to learn more, visit www.artspaceatuntitled.org or call 815.9995.

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The Gallery

canvassing the area’s art

By Steve Gill

RIDE ON

redearth.org, 427.5228 For the Plains regions, it was a total sea change in their way of life. After centuries afoot, the native Americans living in what would become the central U.S. acquired their first horses through trade with the residents of the Southwest who interacted with Spanish explorers. Their lives were transformed materially, as horses revolutionized hunting and permitted broader, faster travel, and artistically, as the powerful, spirited animals captured their collective imagination. That creative spark remains to this day: the Red Earth Museum in downtown OKC presents “The Indian Pony,” showcasing nine American Indian artists from Oklahoma, and their visions of the horse in native culture. The free exhibit is on view through February 28.

THROUGH FRESH EYES edmondfinearts.com, 340.4481 Presented by the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond and sponsored by the OK Arts Council and Kirkpatrick Family Fund, the 2011 Youth Impressions Juried Art Show offers rewards for school kids (in the form of recognition and potential prizes) as well as viewers, thanks to juror Andy Boatman ensuring top-flight creativity. January 15-28 at the Edmond Downtown Community Center.

CLEVER COLLECTION thepaseo.com, 525.2688 Looking to start or expand your collection? The Paseo Arts Association has a bright idea for you: billed as small, original work for the beginning collector, the fourth annual smART Show offers exceptional deals on diminutive pieces crafted by Oklahoma artists and selected by juror Harolyn Long. It debuts during the First Friday walk and runs January 7-29 in the Paseo Art Space gallery.

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A LIFETIME OF PRACTICE oklahomaheritage.com, 235.4458 Greg Burns says every picture is practice for the next one. The effort has clearly paid off for the Oklahoma artist, whose scintillating paintings are sketched by hand and then painted via a brush held in his teeth (a muscular ailment affects his limbs). “Visions of Reality,” a newly assembled collection depicting landmarks from his travels, fills the Oklahoma Heritage Museum through March 12.

KEEP GOING cityartscenter.org, 951.0000 City Arts Center’s annual fundraising soiree is a one-night-only crash course in great parties, but the display of fresh creations by local artists lingers a little longer – visit the gallery through February 12 to tour the Café Go exhibit, and bear in mind that half the proceeds of art sold go to the creators, and half toward keeping gallery admission free year-round.

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STEP RIGHT UP riverdance.com, 733.ROSE It’s as deep as you want it to be: the onstage spectacle actually represents an epic sweep through thousands of years of Irish and human history, and if you’re not feeling interpretive the performers are still phenomenal. A global household name visits Rose State Performing Arts Theatre with the advent of Riverdance January 20-23.

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SENTIMENTALLY YOURS lyrictheatreokc.com, 524.9310 In this endearing tale adapted from true events, a devoted fan meets the star she loves and strikes up a genuine epistolary friendship. It’s a sweet reminder to believe in possibility, and an excellent retrospective on the marvelous career of a singer taken too soon, as Lyric Theatre presents “Always... Patsy Cline” January 26-February 5 on its Plaza District stage.

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pasnorman.org, 307.9320 The bad news is that we’re still mired in winter. The good news is that the days are getting longer again, and the better news is that Norman’s Performing Arts Studio provides an oasis against the chill this month with a double shot of its Winter Wind Concert Series. Visit the Santa Fe Depot January 16 for an earful of gruff, twangy blues from Watermelon Slim, a former soldier, one-time firewood salesman, ex-petty criminal and current wizard of the harmonica and slide guitar; then return January 30 for a personal distillation of jazz, blues, country and soul from Croatian Sensation Radoslav Lorkovic.

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THE NEW STYLE ou.edu/finearts/dance, 325.4051 Masterminding an art form as complex and intricate as ballet requires prodigious skill and effort; those who map out the dance deserve the occasional spotlight. The OU School of Dance adds a burst of fresh creative energy to its students’ carefully honed technique in the Young Choreographers’ Showcase, January 27-30 in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center in Holmberg Hall.

WHEN YOUR SOUL SINGS celebrityattractions.com, 800.869.1451 Its subtitle is “The Musical About Love,” and though Celie has experienced decades of unremitting contempt, abuse, loneliness and despair, the triumph of her story is in her eventual ability to value herself, to open her heart to others – to rise above. Celebrity Attractions presents the award-winning musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” January 18-20 at the Civic Center.

AND MANY MORE… uco.edu/broadway, 974.2609 The University of Central Oklahoma’s Broadway Tonight performance series hosted a killer production of Neil Berg’s “100 Years of Broadway” last season, featuring former stars of the stage singing a medley of show tunes so spectacularly that audiences demanded an encore. New year, same sensation: “101 Years of Broadway” hits UCO’s Mitchell Hall Theatre January 21.

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armstrongauditorium.org, 285.1010 Granted, Odette has fairly significant problems of an unwillingly avian nature, but (a) it’s a fairytale from eastern Europe, so practically everybody’s under some kind of curse anyway; (b) she’s almost got hers licked: she will return to full-time humanity if she lands a faithful lover, and Prince Siegfried has just sworn to be hers forever. But the magician who ensorcelled her has one more trick up his sleeve, and a dark doppelganger could ruin everything. Tragic beauty unfolds as the world-class Russian National Ballet Theatre stages an incredible one-night-only performance of “Swan Lake” January 25 at the Armstrong Auditorium.

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FRONT AND CENTER brightmusic.org Paris, London and Rome dominate Europe’s history as shining centers of art and culture, but in the annals of concert music it’s tough to top Vienna. OKC’s Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble takes a melodious tour of the Austrian capital’s legendary composers – including Beethoven, Mozart, Schoenberg and Strauss – in “Sounds from Vienna,” performed January 24 at Casady School and January 25 in St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral.

LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS jewelboxtheatre.org, 521.1786 How do you communicate with someone who was born blind and deaf, who has never exchanged a word with another human being, who has no idea that language even exists? You’d need extraordinary patience and dedication, inspiration… hell, it would practically take a miracle. Jewel Box Theatre introduces Helen Keller to Anne Sullivan, “The Miracle Worker,” January 20-February 13.

TUNE UP THE FRAMPLEHORNS! okcphilharmonic.org, 232.7575 The <ksshh> of a cymbal, the <thpack> of a snare, the tootle of various horns in the air, the thrum of a string and the squeak of a reed – the pleasure of music is lifelong indeed. As part of its mission to introduce kids to the magic of the orchestra, the OKC Philharmonic fills the Civic Center with musical mirth January 16 in “Bravo, Dr. Seuss!”

THE SOUNDTRACK OF HER LIFE occc.edu/cas, 682.7576 OKC native K.C. Clifford has set life to her own music, writing and singing through opera training, a switch to folk that has led to multiple Woody Guthrie Awards and public battles with weight gain and loss. The captivating, uplifting, deeply personal performer comes to Oklahoma City Community College January 18 for the next installment in its Cultural Arts Series.

DON’T NEED NO WATER celebrityattractions.com, 800.869.1451 It’s ballroom reinvented. Dance extravaganza Burn the Floor leads audiences step by step (zing!) through the 10 styles, from formal Viennese waltz to smolderingly sensual rumba, that comprise international style ballroom dance in a celebration of competitive motion that’s intensely hypnotic, a reflection of the performers’ lifelong passion for their craft. Presented by Celebrity Attractions January 4-9 in the Civic Center.

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okcphilharmonic.org, 232.7575 Magnificent composers are quite rare; virtuoso instrumentalists uncommon as well.

When one person manages to posses both gifts, it’s… historic. The OKC Philharmonic and special guest Horacio Gutierrez present timeless masterpieces – “Academic Festival Overture” by Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances” – January 15 at the Civic Center in a Classics Series installment entitled “From the Pens of Great Pianists.” By the way, these artists’ compositions have proven far more dominant culturally than their countries’ armies geopolitically… which could be taken to mean that the piano, too, is mightier than the sword.

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BANDING TOGETHER okcphilharmonic.org, 232.7575 Cherryholmes could be called a band of brothers… and sisters… and parents. The bluegrass/ country/gospel hybrid sensation is the result of each family member taking up an instrument and contributing other talents, from songwriting and costume design to step dancing and driving the tour bus. They appear in the Civic Center January 28-29 as part of the OKC Philharmonic’s Pops Series.

HAVE MERCY oklahomashakespeare.com, 235.3700 Sure, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven – but while it’s easy to cast aspersions on the morality of someone who refuses to grant mercy, what if the withholder is a member of an oppressed minority, exercising his legal rights?

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park moves to OCU to argue the case of “The Merchant of Venice” January 14-16.

UPS AND DOWNERS carpentersquare.com, 232.6500 A teacher asks his students to roleplay as various combatants on both sides of the war on drugs (using candy) to teach them a little about the U.S. criminal justice system. But you know what they say about a little knowledge… Carpenter Square Theatre distributes Jeffrey Hatcher’s “Good N’ Plenty” January 14-February 5 at the Bricktown Hotel and Convention Center.

FOR HIS NEXT TRICK… soonertheatre.org, 321.9600 Who makes a better match for a free-spirited princess: a proud, wealthy prince with political connections but a massive entitlement complex, or a penniless, low-born local kid who has courage, resourcefulness and a good heart? Now what if the street rat has a genie in his corner?

The Studio of the Sooner Theatre presents Disney’s “Aladdin, Jr.” January 28-30.

HE IS THE EGGMAN oklahomachildrenstheatre.org, 606.7003 Life harbors the occasional unpleasant surprise for all of us… though that doesn’t explain why a talking egg was sitting on a wall to begin with. Gueststarring everyone from arachnophobe Miss Muffet to constant gardener Mary Mary, Oklahoma Children’s Theatre’s nursery rhyme romp relates the scrambled fate of “Humpty Dumpty” January 28-February 11 on the OCU campus.

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Mind Games, comprising approximately 4,600 square feet, takes visitors through a mix of hands-on experiences and slight-of-eye visuals designed to showcase the processes that make up the optical realm of human perception. The exhibit emphasizes the link between art and science while drawing significant inspiration from artists like John Mowen and the dreamlike surrealism of M.C. Escher.

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and interpretation. “Mind Games takes the science of how we see and what our brains do when we see and marries it with some of the most innovative art in history.”

“It is really one of the most visitor-challenging exhibits Science Museum Oklahoma has ever developed. It’s smart, it’s fun and it looks incredible.”

“Mind Games has been a fun exhibit to put together and has really stretched the craftsmanship and imagination of our exhibits staff,” added exhibits manager Jeff Stratton. “I think our guests will be really pleased with the finished product.”

If a plenitude of perplexing perspectives is a pleasant prospect, whirl your eyes over to Science Museum OK, located at 2100 N.E. 52nd in OKC. Visit www.sciencemuseumok.com or call 602.6664 to learn more.

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The Oklahoma City Museum of Art presents Eggs a la MOD, its 27 th annual Omelette Party, on February 5 at the Bricktown Events Center. Eggs a la MOD will feature gourmet omelettes made on-site from OKC favorites like Big Truck Tacos, Bin73, The Melting Pot, The Museum Cafe, Rococo’s Bruce Rinehart, Park Avenue Grill, VZD’s, Mediterranean Deli and Kaiser’s American Bistro, plus many more.

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Its theme is inspired by the Museum’s exhibition “George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher,” opening the same week to display examples of mid-century furniture, lamps, clocks, drawings, photographs, architectural models and films from the pioneer’s life.

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klahoma City nonprofit Infant Crisis Services is aptly named: when parents or guardians in a critical situation need assistance to care for their newborns and toddlers, ICS sweeps in to save the day by providing food, diapers, clothing, toys and support… a caretaker cavalry, so to speak.

Its posse is made up of those community-minded individuals whose selfless donations make this philanthropy possible – are you ready to be deputized?

Get duded up in your fanciest duds and mosey over (plan ahead to allow ample time for moseying) to the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum on January 29 for the third annual Boots and Ball Gowns gala.

Named one of the best nonprofit events in OKC after last year’s hoedown, the black-tie fundraiser chaired

by Dr. Tim and Susan Love includes a refreshing cocktail hour, outstanding dinner and dancing to live music performed by ’80s rock outfit Video Vamp, plus a vivid backdrop of creativity provided by Western artisans and craftsmen.

Proceeds help Infant Crisis Services provide the basic necessities of life to nearly 12,000 babies and toddlers in central Oklahoma each year – that’s diapers and formula for 50 hungry babies in an average day – as well as education, emotional support and guidance in a compassionate environment for families.

Visit www.infantcrisis.org to learn the specifics of their lifesaving mission, and find out more about or reserve tickets to the gala by calling Anne Clouse at 778.7619.

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race, power, moving poetry, physical art… the OKC Ballet is a joy to watch, but each performance in its regular season necessarily involves a rigid separation of dancers from audience. So for one enchanting evening, patrons are invited to join the troupe in a pas de deux – enjoy “Backstage Access” January 22 at the Oklahoma History Center during the annual OKC Ballet Gala.

Helmed by honorary chairs Harrison and Elaine Levy, the special night draws guests into a world of dance as the convivial crowd meets and mingles with the outstanding performers of the OKC Ballet during the introductory round of cocktails. A lavish meal catered by A Good Egg Dining Group, the culinary minds behind Cheever’s, Republic, Iron Starr et al., follows, as well as the results of the evening’s silent auction. Guests can also expect exhilarating demonstrations by professional dancers of the Oklahoma City Ballet during the festivities, and exhibit their own performative prowess on the dance floor to the accompaniment of local favorites Born in November.

“The dancing, drinks, décor, and food will be elegant and very creative,” said Robert Mills, OKC Ballet artistic director. “We have a lot of momentum going and this event will be fantastic.”

To take advantage of “Backstage Access” and enjoy a lovely and innovative evening filled with the excitement, anticipation and thrill of a show as special guests of the OKC Ballet, call 843.9898.

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oklahomacityhomeshow.com, 800.466.7469, ext. 120 While not much blooms around here in January, ideas that are planted now can bear spectacular fruit in warmer weather. To explore a treasure toolchest of possibilities for improving and revitalizing your living spaces, visit the more than 500 local and national exhibitors collected in the State Fairgrounds during the Oklahoma City Home and Garden Show, January 21-23.

It’s a prime opportunity to shop, compare, save and get expert advice on hundreds of quality products and services for home remodeling, redecorating and landscaping, and to learn about sustainability, Made in Oklahoma products and more. Special guests include HGTV’s John Gidding and Andrew Downward.

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THE MAIN EVENT okcfightnight.com, 706.7484 Perennial powerhouse Roy Jones Jr. holds a place of honor in boxing’s history books as the holder of seven simultaneous championship belts… and at the Bricktown Events Center as the celebrity host of the 2011 OKC Charity Fight Night on January 27. All proceeds from the black-tie evening of exhibition bouts – plus dinner, cocktails, auctions and entertainment – benefit the programs of the OKC Police Athletic League, dedicated to providing children with safe, healthy alternatives to avoid negative lifestyle choices.

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DEDICATED TO DISCOVERY 271.2300 The Evening of Excellence, the OU College of Medicine Alumni Association’s annual gala to be held January 27 at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, serves a dual purpose: honoring philanthropist Henry Zarrow; dedicated humanitarian Dr. Warren Crosby; and nonprofit community improvement organization the Inasmuch Foundation – and providing funds for seed grants to outstanding junior investigators and senior scientists exploring promising new areas of discovery.

COMBINED POWER unitedwayokc.org, 523.3534 Each individual contributor to the United Way of Central Oklahoma’s campaign fund this year participated for a unique reason, and together their generosity blanketed the city to create lasting change for the better – no wonder the event celebrating them is called the Snowflake Gala. The winter-themed dinner held at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum January 28 will see the announcement of the official total collected during 2010’s fundraising campaign, which had a $20.5 million goal.

GREEN MEANS COME cityartscenter.org, 951.0000 What’s black and white and green all over? City Arts Center, during the 18th annual Café City Arts fundraiser, Café Go, held January 28 from 7:30-11pm. The theme is a collaboration between CAC staff and UCO students and underscores the spirit of City Arts Center as an organization on the move. The art exhibition runs through February 12, but the party – featuring cocktails, tasty tidbits and dazzling entertainment – is a one-night-only shebang.

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Emergent Artists 2010 MAINSITE Gallery J 2/5 • Mediterranean Treasures Sam Noble Museum J 4/17 • Stare Stare Stereo Fred Jones Jr. Museum J 5/15 • Indian Ponies Red Earth Museum J 2/28 • Starmaker: Jim Halsey OK History Center J 3/31 • Visions of Reality OK Heritage Museum J 3/14 • OSU (W) vs. Texas-Pan American Gallagher-Iba Arena

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Celebrity Chef Cat Cora Will Rogers Theatre • The Miracle Worker Jewel Box Theatre J 2/13 • Portrait of a Generation OKCMOA • Riverdance Rose State PAC J 1/23

Young Choreographers’ Showcase OU Reynolds PAC J 1/30 • OKC Chamber Legislative Breakfast OKC Marriott • OKC Charity Fight Night Bricktown Events Center • OU Medicine Evening of Excellence Nat’l Cowboy Museum • Project 21 Concert OCU Bass School of Music •

Second Friday Circuit of Art Fred Jones Jr. Museum & Downtown Norman • Good N’ Plenty Carpenter Square Theatre J 2/5 • Jacob Becannen & Mark Vollertson Nonna’s Purple Bar • LIVE on the Plaza Plaza District • The Merchant of Venice OK Shakespeare in the Park OCU Kirkpatrick Auditorium J 1/16 • Creedence Clearwater Revisited FireLake Grand Casino

Neil Berg’s 101 Years of Broadway Broadway Tonight UCO Mitchell Hall • Third Friday Celtic Night Sondermusic • Kathy Griffin Civic Center • OKC Home & Garden Show State Fairgrounds J 1/23 • The Print [Artspace] at Untitled J 3/12 • Rocky Kanaga Nonna’s Purple Bar • Jokers Wild Comedy Review FireLake Grand Casino

• Disney’s Aladdin, Jr.

Sooner Theatre J 1/30 • Café City Arts City Arts Center J 2/12 • Cherryholmes OKC Philharmonic Civic Center J 1/29 • Humpty Dumpty OK Children’s Theatre J 2/11 • Thunder vs. Wizards OKC Arena • United Way Snowflake Gala Nat’l Cowboy Museum

Youth Impressions Art Show Downtown Community Center J 1/28 • From the Pens of Great Pianists OKC Philharmonic Civic Center • George Strait & Reba with Lee Ann Womack OKC Arena • Stephen Speaks Nonna’s Purple Bar

Edmond Authors’ Book Fair Edmond Historical Society • OU (M) vs. Colorado Lloyd Noble Center • American Spirit Cheerleading Championships Cox Center J 1/23 • Jacob Becannen & Mark Vollertson Nonna’s Purple Bar • OKC Ballet Gala OK History Center • OKC Roller Derby Farmer’s Public Market

• Thunder vs. Knicks OKC Arena

IronMan 2-Man Golf Tournament KickingBird Golf Club • Susan Contreras: On the Loose Fred Jones Jr. Museum J 2/20 • Barons vs. Wolves Cox Center

• Boots & Ballgowns Infant Crisis Services Nat’l Cowboy Museum • Rick Jawnsun Nonna’s Purple Bar • OSU (W) vs. OU Gallagher-Iba Arena •

Winter Wind: Watermelon Slim Santa Fe Depot • Bravo, Dr. Seuss!

OKC Philharmonic Civic Center •

Distinguished Artists: Steffens & Behn OCU Petree Hall • Harlem Globetrotters OKC Arena • Winter OK Bridal Show Cox Center •

• Winter Wind: Radoslav Lorkovic Santa Fe Depot • Distinguished Artists: Enhake Trio OCU Petree Hall • Thunder vs. Heat OKC Arena

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Cold is cool at the Québec Winter Carnival QUÉBEC

Winter S Magic

By Elaine Warner

orry if this is so ’50s, but there’s no better word for Québec’s Winter Carnival than COOL! Québec City itself is one of the continent’s most romantic cities, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But during Winter Carnival it is absolutely magic.

The architecture of the town – from the towers and turrets on the iconic Château Frontenac to the walls and fortifications around the city – lets you know that you’re not in Kansas anymore. During Carnival, the usual elegance is complemented with fabulous snow sculptures and an amazing ice palace, the official (if not actual) residence of the symbol and host of Carnival: Bonhomme, a giant snowman. Wearing a red woolen cap and a traditional French-Canadian ceinture fléchée, or arrow sash, Bonhomme is everywhere – greeting guests, presiding over festivities and hugging all the beautiful girls.

The array of Carnival activities ranges from concerts and sports to parades, dances and lots of food, drink and fun. Winter is long in these northern climes and the Québécois make the most of the 17 days of Carnival that precede the more solemn days of Lent. This year’s Carnival is January 28 through February 13. january 2011 | slice

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Wanderlust | Getting Away

As a guest of Québec City Tourism, I was able to spend several days exploring the city and enjoying the Carnival festivities. My room was in the Québec Hilton and overlooked the city wall surrounding Vieux-Québec.

The Old City is divided into two parts, Lower Québec and Upper Québec.

Featuring many 17th- and 18th-century buildings and narrow streets, the old city is prime territory for exploring.

Across from my hotel, by the massive city wall, was the Ice Palace. With an outdoor stage, this was the site of many of the Carnival activities. A short walk away on the Plains of Abraham was the festival’s huge playground.

Québecois are geniuses when it comes to thinking of things to do on or with snow and ice. Ice skating, skiing, hockey, tobogganing and sledding are obvious choices, but how about rafting? Take a giant rubber raft, fill it with hardy souls and push it down a giant bumpy slide. Or how about a nice snow bath? Visitors crowd around a huge pile of snow and wait for the sound of drums as the scantily clad participants march in and climb the hill. What follows is a melee of rolling, snowballing and general misbehaving.

Among the most popular souvenirs are Bonhomme dolls and puppets, and revelers often sport colorful red sashes splashed with threads of green, blue, yellow and white. Many visitors carry hollow canes filled with fortifying spirits and, at the night parade, the musical instrument of choice is a long plastic horn. Between wetting their whistles with hot caribou – a potent brew of wine, whisky and maple syrup – and blowing their horns, celebrants on the sidewalk are as much a part of the spectacle as the colorful floats and costumed paraders.

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During our short stay we had the opportunity to sample excellent – and diverse – cuisine. A dinner at Le Champlain in the Château Frontenac was an elegant introduction to the cuisine of the city. We tried marvelous Italian food at Restaurant Parmesan and some of the most amazing sushi I’ve ever had at Yuzu Sushi Bar. Le Graffiti featured French and Italian specialties. Le Patriarche, in an 1827 stone building down a side street in the heart of the Old City, offers innovative interpretations of traditional cuisine.

Shopping is great, too. Window displays entice visitors into boutiques and shops carrying designer fashions and local art. Everywhere I went, I was warmly greeted with “Bonjour.” I replied in my best high school French, at which point the clerks would immediately respond in English.

“Is it my French or do I just look like an American?”

I asked. Gently I was told, “You have a bit of an accent.”

In spite of my Okie accent, I felt right at home in Québec City. And in spite of the cold, people couldn’t have been warmer. The official motto of Québec is “Je me souviens” – “I remember.” Je me souviens, Bonhomme!

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Though not an official part of the festival, another major attraction during the coldest months is the Hôtel de Glace, or Ice Hotel, about 40 minutes northwest of Québec City. Open from early January until late March, the Hôtel is constructed of 15,000 tons of snow and 500 tons of ice. Furniture and chandeliers are carved from ice and the walls of the rooms are decorated with carved snow figures. Guests sleep in mummy-style sleeping bags on comfortable mattresses atop beds of ice.

The fairytale ice chapel is the setting for lovely winter weddings and hot tubs in the courtyard offer steamy spots for warming up. For a little inner warmth, try the hard cider served in glasses made of ice at the ice bar. A stay at the Hôtel de Glace is unforgettable.

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here is something about the beach – maybe it’s the ocean or the sand or just the laid-back lifestyle – that beckons to us like the Sirens’ call. And with a pair of Texas coastal communities just a quick trip away, nothing beats the grasp of winter’s chill like walking barefoot in the sand while your neighbor is at home shoveling snow or wearing three layers of clothing just to get back and forth to the car.

The climates of Port Aransas and South Padre Island are similar to that of the Tampa Bay area of Florida but with less precipitation and slightly higher summer maximum temperatures.

The average high in January is in the upper 60s while the average low is around 50 degrees.

South Padre Island and Port Aransas offer winter discounts on scads of lodging, recreation and entertainment options. Both beach destinations are within a reasonable driving distance from the Oklahoma City area or via air through Corpus Christi (Port Aransas) or Brownsville and Harlingen (South Padre Island).

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Wanderlust | Close Encounters

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South Padre: A Happening Place Sunset Sailing Supreme

A special treat is a sunset catamaran tour of the Laguna Madre offered by Southern Wave. It’s the perfect way to end your day and start your evening, and the shrimp and beef fajitas cooked and served onboard are sumptuous and memorable.

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South Padre Island is a destination where sunsets have to be seen rather than described. Located on the tropical tip of Texas, it is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico and Laguna Madre Bay, and its only link to the mainland is the twoand-a-half-mile-long Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge. The 34-mile-long barrier reef is about a half-mile at its widest point and has approximately 5,000 inhabitants and about one million visitors annually.

The Island’s streets are bustling with retail shops, resort hotels, condominium towers, restaurants and a wide variety of recreational activities and special events, including golf, sandcastle-building contests, kite flying competitions, motorcycle rallies, NBA-D League basketball games, kiteboarding and so much more.

Beautiful beaches, warm Gulf waters, fishing, golf, boating, bird watching, shopping and a diversity of year-round activities are the hallmarks of a trip to SPI. As the days wind down, night clubs and restaurants – many of which will even cook your day’s catch – come alive with conversation, dining, music and dancing.

No matter what your interests, South Padre Island offers one of the most fantastic beach vacation destinations in the world.

Go to sopadre.com to help plan your own future memories.

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Port Aransas is the perfect spot for a true links-style course. Weighing in at 6,821 wind-swept yards from the tips, the Arnold Palmer-designed Newport Dunes Golf Club meanders through sweeping, untamed native dunes and offers spectacular views of both the Gulf of Mexico and Corpus Christi Bay. Reminiscent of the coastal links in Scotland, Newport Dunes tests golfers with ocean breezes, rolling fairways lined with native grasses and imposing greens.

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For years, Port Aransas has been known as a haven for fishing, boating and bird-watching, and for its pristine beaches. Each of those traits features a heaping helping of relaxation and an easy-going vibe that would make Jimmy Buffett proud.

Located on the northern tip of Mustang Island and bordered to the south by Corpus Christi Bay, Port Aransas is the hub of coastal activities and family fun on the Texas Coast. The bays, jetties and deep Gulf waters offer the finest fishing around, and the town – known locally as “Port A” – boasts miles of natural beaches leading to the deep-blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

There’s a boatload of lodging options in Port A and one of the area’s top condo complexes is the Aransas Princess, located right on the beach. Each suite offers a private balcony facing the Gulf for intimate breakfasts with spectacular sunrises. Two-bedroom, two-bedroom with den, three-bedroom and penthouse condos are available. The culinary choices are varied as well, from classic seafood fare to surprising Italian food.

At Port Aransas you can wiggle your toes in the sand, reel in a redfish, captain a kayak, search for seashells, birdwatch or shop coastal stores.

The tranquil, tropical community is a perfect, peaceful getaway that’s close to the water and away from the crowds. Go to portaransas.org for more information and the scoop on winter specials.

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Get Your Feed On Don’t leave Port Aransas without dining at Venetian Hot Plate, which offers myriad options as well as seafood done Italian style. Try the Calamari alla Griglia (flash-grilled calamari served on a salad of spring greens and diced tomato with a refreshing tomato vinaigrette) and Spaghetti alla Pescatora (a classic coastal Italian pasta with a variety of shellfish tossed with spaghetti in a white wine herb sauce and a hint of garlic and crushed red pepper) – now that’s good eating, folks.

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Fare | From Our Kitchen

Frittata Among Friends A

By Tina Redecha Photo by K.O. Rinearson

fter a score of riotous, all-night New Year’s Eves with friends, my husband and I gently settled into a new tradition: at 11pm New York time, we sit down to caviar with blinis and toast, smoked salmon with chopped eggs, sour cream and capers, and an icy bottle or two of champagne. We watch the ball drop at midnight in Times Square and go to bed. The next morning, bright and early, we’re up to greet the day (and the new year) without regrets.

So other than cooking a traditional pot of Hoppin’ John for dinner, what better way can we fortify ourselves for the new year than with a new recipe for the “most important meal of the day”? A frittata is a baked omelet, far easier because it skips the pesky step of flipping it. Eggs also make perfect weeknight dinners; they cook quickly and taste great with an endless variety of ingredients. Add a small green salad, some crusty bread, and dinner is ready.

Plan a lovely New Year’s Day brunch and your friends – who over-celebrated the night before – will thank you all year long.

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Spinach Mushroom Frittata

2 T butter plus 2 T oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 c onions, thinly sliced 8 oz mushrooms, sliced 1 c fresh spinach or 10 oz frozen, chopped 8 eggs 1/2 t salt 1/2 t pepper 2 Roma tomatoes, diced 1/2 c grated parmesan cheese plus 1 oz Swiss cheese

Melt the butter with oil in an 8"-10" oven-proof skillet over medium-low heat. Saute the garlic, onions and mushrooms until onions are translucent, about 4-5 minutes. Add spinach and saute for 2 minutes. Beat the eggs, salt and pepper. Add tomatoes, then pour over mixture in skillet, stirring to combine.

Gently cook for about 3 minutes (the eggs will not be quite set, still moist on top). Sprinkle with cheese and place in the oven. Broil 6" from heat for 3-4 minutes or until the eggs are set and cheese is lightly browned.

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By Kent Anderson Photo by K.O. Rinearson

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t’s a new year and if, like many others, you reveled a bit too much at the exit of 2010, you may be in need of a pick-me-up to slip into 2011. Fear not, for the new Republic Gastropub in the Classen Curve has the perfect cocktail creation to usher in a new year.

The Smokin’ Bloody Mary was initially created by Heather Paul, co-owner of A Good Egg Dining Group, operators of Republic. It was later fine-tuned by A Good Egg’s beverage director Jason Ewald and perfected by Republic bartenders. This Bloody Mary uses vodka infused with bacon, which involves a complex process of straining out excess fat to create perfect flavor and texture. The bacon vodka is then added to Republic’s house Bloody Mary mix, with tomato juice, Zing Zang, lemon juice, black pepper, honey, Sriracha chili sauce, garlic and lime juice.

With both flavor and spice to spare, the Smokin’ Bloody Mary heralds the new year in fine Republic Gastropub style.

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hose who love distinctive cultures are delighted that the ethnic French known as Acadians thrived in Louisiana after being exiled from Canada by the British. After arriving in Louisiana in the midth 18 century, their culture evolved and they became known as Cajuns, with their own language, music and cuisine. Cajun food is notable for its heavy orientation toward seafood and its use of spicy seasonings.

The Shack, at 303 N.W. 62nd in Oklahoma City, brings a fresh, fantastic take on Cajun cuisine to the metro. Tucked away in an off-the-beaten-path location, and entirely unassuming from the outside – “It’s just a shack!” is emblazoned on menus – one steps inside to a rustic haven for outstanding Cajun food. The Shack is the brainchild of Brent Hickman and Floyd Landry. The team is known for their Floyd’s Cajun Seafood location in Houston, but The Shack in Oklahoma City is the only concept of its kind.

The décor is all about the woodwork, lending a rural feel. It’s not hard to imagine the place at the end of a winding country road somewhere near Lafayette. One bit of fun in the design: garage-style windows on rollers, which are raised in good weather. There is also a patio for outdoor dining.

Any Cajun restaurant worthy of the name serves gumbo, and The Shack’s does not disappoint. The roux is very tasty, and a cup of the seafood gumbo ($4.99) or the chicken and sausage variety ($3.95) is a good starter. Another excellent appetizer is the fried alligator ($8.99).

The meat is very tender, breaded, fried and served with cream gravy.

Take note, though: this gravy is not the traditional Oklahoma-style. Reportedly a secret family recipe, it has a unique texture and flavor all its own.

Fine entrees abound. The shrimp etouffee ($13.99) features many shrimp, with no better sauce anywhere in Oklahoma. Items on the seafood menu can be either grilled or blackened, and the blackened catfish ($12.99) is alive with seasonings that are simply remarkable. Even those who are iffy on catfish in general will appreciate this entree. The chicken and sausage jambalaya ($10.99) is another fine taste of Louisiana. Portion sizes at The Shack are quite large – you may need a box for many of these entrees.

The Shack presents a laid-back atmosphere, friendly service, and above all, Cajun cooking that is fresh and represents the best of Louisiana’s thoroughly delectable bayou culture.

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Fare | A la Carte

A Family Favorite

By Kent Anderson Photos by K.O. Rinearson

French Toast Casserole

1 loaf French bread (13-16 oz) 6 large eggs 2 c half-and-half 1 c milk 2 T sugar 1 t vanilla extract 1/4 t cinnamon 1/4 t ground nutmeg dash salt

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eresa Rose is one of the most visible people in the Oklahoma City metro. As director of community relations for Chesapeake Energy, she is front and center with Chesapeake’s extensive community involvement, and she is further connected to the city via many other civic and charitable activities on her own time.

But while she stays busy nourishing the life of the community, Teresa does a fine job nourishing her family as well.

When asked to share a recipe, Teresa’s first choice was this French Toast Casserole with praline topping. It is a favorite of her daughters Mackenzie and Paris.

Teresa is modest about the dish’s origins, but she knows what her family likes. “There’s no special story connected to the recipe,” she says, “but it is requested by my daughters often.”

Slice French bread into 1-inch slices.

Arrange the slices in a generously buttered 9" x 13" baking dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices. In a large bowl, combine eggs, half-andhalf, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Beat with a rotary beater or whisk until blended but not too bubbly. Pour mixture over the bread slices, making sure all are covered evenly with the milk-egg mixture. Spoon some of the mixture between the slices. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.

The next day, preheat oven to 350°.

Spread praline topping (see below) evenly over the bread and bake for 40 minutes, until puffed and lightly golden. Serve with maple syrup.

Praline Topping

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By Lauren Hammack Photos by K.O. Rinearson

Appreciating a diamond in the rough takes a certain kind of vision, and polishing it up takes a particular kind of grit. Thankfully, this homeowner and her fabulous team had both in spades. january 2011 | slice

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Not everyone can see potential, but Dee Ogle recognized it immediately. Bringing that vision to life, however, was going to take work – and a lot of it. For the three fabulous femmes who collaborated on the project, it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship and a path to new and exciting ventures.

“This house spoke to me from the beginning.”

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When Dee Ogle returned to Oklahoma after several years on the Texas coast, she enlisted the assistance of realtors Linda Almaraz and Kathy Brigham in her search for a home. Knowing their client’s preference for light and free-flowing space, Linda and Kathy canvassed the market with Dee, one home at a time. Despite several viewings of newer construction, Dee kept coming back to the one home that least resembled her ideal living space.

The Edmond home was dark and dated. It would need extensive renovations to come anywhere close to what Dee wanted. In a buyers’ market, hundreds of more contemporary options were available for the taking, but Dee had a feeling about the Oak Tree home. “This house spoke to me from the beginning,” Dee recalls. “It was an ‘artistic classic’ that needed to be brought into the new millennium.”

(previous page) A farm table in the kitchen invites guests to the very heart of the residence. “I love having the table there!” Dee notes.

“I do a lot of entertaining, so it’s perfect for me.” “Volcano” granite countertops, stainless appliances, glass shelving and dark wood flooring create visual “texture,” while a green apple colored range hood adds a cheery focal point. Each cabinet features a different ornate pull – a definite Jimmie Reagan signature – and a beaded chandelier provides warm illumination . “I just love a little jewelry in the kitchen,” Jimmie says. (left) Adjacent to the kitchen, a small seating area replaces what might otherwise have been a breakfast room, allowing guests to convene near the kitchen (as they love to do), in an out-of-the-way area reserved for conversation, with a view of the pool and golf course beyond the double French doors.

Radiating light in the entry, a massive, clear Chihuly piece sparkles and represents one of Jimmie’s great “connections” in lighting design specialist Alton McKey of Elite Sales Group in Oklahoma City, who located it for Dee. With the help of Karl Bertoch and Tom McGannon of Heenan’s Home Furnishings, the room now has a decidedly Caribbean feel in color and texture. The flowing floor plan allows her to “live in all of the house,” which she does beautifully with her two rescued dogs, Dylan and Thor.

Dee’s office is as stylish as the rest of the house, with a welcoming fireplace and eclectic furnishings that include a glass desk.

The guest bedroom is awash in soothing tones and offers a nice view of the pool and golf course.

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Bringing the outdated floor plan into this era would be no easy task. In fact, it would require taking the house back to its bare bones. Knowing this, Dee and Linda deferred to Kathy’s design background before agreeing that a project of this scope would require the kind of ruthless renovation that has become the signature of one woman: Jimmie Reagan.

When Dee, Linda and Kathy appeared at the doorstep of veteran realtor and home “rescuer” Jimmie Reagan, they told her simply, “You’d better sit down. We need to talk.”

The three women knew that Jimmie, a realtor with a keen eye for a house with “good bones,” was the key to transforming the home Dee had purchased. “I knew what I wanted,” explains Dee. “I needed someone to implement my vision.”

During her career, Jimmie Reagan has purchased upwards of 50 homes to renovate, restore and rescue. Having lived in more than 30 of those homes, she probably keeps changeof-address forms in her purse at all times. But when it comes to reinventing a space, this is a woman who goes all the way. She’s what you might call “The Big Guns.”

With Jimmie on board, the women set about an extensive renovation that would take a year and a half before completion. The result is a clean, light and colorful expression of the synergy the women experienced throughout their collaboration. “No matter what we’d be discussing,” Kathy recalls, “we could finish each other’s sentences. We were just in sync.”

The master bedroom combines a living space with views of a stone fireplace, flanked by windows on each side that overlook the pool. In front of each set of windows are Dylan and Thor’s massive dog beds, a “find” that Kathy made during the past year. “I called Dee and said, ‘I know just what we can put in those windows!’” she recalls.

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Resembling a spa more than a bathroom, the master bath is nothing short of a retreat.

The bath’s ceilings were raised, as were many of the ceilings throughout the house, and received library paneling for a finished appearance. An open, walk-in, dual-head shower stands adjacent to a freestanding bathtub. Beige limestone from Spain, Crema Marfil, provides the neutral tone of the entire bath. A pocket door separates the master closet and dressing area from the bath, with fine lighting details throughout, provided by McKey.

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A glass-topped table is surrounded by four houndstooth chairs to create an informal dining area. Just beyond, a tranquil guest bedroom enjoys a sunlit view of the pool. A common bath, outfitted in travertine and a gemstone-colored glass sink from Amy Columbus of Norman Plumbing Supply, joins a second guest bedroom that doubles as a home office.

The reinvention of the living area involved raising the floor level of what had previously been a sunken living room. Above the mantel, an abstract painting captures the liveliness of the home’s décor. “To me, the painting is very musical,” Dee says.

“I told the artist I wanted something free-flowing, with color, movement and life to match the high energy vibration you can feel in this house.”

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The creative trio: Kathy Brigham, Jimmie Reagan and Dee Ogle

Although Jimmie and Kathy had known each other professionally for decades, this project represents their first collaborative effort, and they are quick to attribute the beautiful outcome to a team of highly talented professionals in each phase of the project. “We feel blessed that we’ve worked with so many wonderful people,” Jimmie says. “Especially Dee,” she adds. “She’s easy prey!” she laughs.

The two real estate veterans, Jimmie and Kathy, have already begun looking ahead to future endeavors by creating a realty partnership, Brigham and Reagan Realty, LLC, as well as Design Services, an interior design company. Admittedly, the key to exceptional design is an exceptional client, which Jimmie and Kathy emphatically agree they have found in Dee Ogle.

“Dee will be a tough act to follow,” Jimmie predicts. “In fact, this entire project will be a tough act to follow.”

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Kathy Brigham collaborated with Stan Pace of Pace Decorative Solutions to create an inviting pool, spa and waterfall feature in the backyard. One of the interesting details of the waterfall is its base, which was constructed of repurposed stone from the living room’s original fireplace. Kathy credits Stan’s dedication to the project for its success. “Stan put his heart into this,” she says.

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Each element of color emanates from a uniformly neutral canvas throughout the Ogle home, painted by Randall Farris in Jimmie Reagan’s “secret formula” color that provides the perfect, serene backdrop. “That color just causes you to release serotonin, doesn’t it?” asks Kathy Brigham, providing the inspiration for the color’s new name: JR Serotonin Buff, not available in stores. Yet.

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atch parties come in all shapes and sizes, and run the gamut from the Oscar countdown to the Super Bowl. While there are certain rules to those events (no blocking in the back on a kick return or that dress does not work with those shoes), there are no rules to a watch party. That creates an opportunity to express your entertaining style with no pressure.

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You don’t have to serve chips and dip alone. Wine and cheese, beer and crackers, martinis and olives… any combination can work.

Using your coffee table allows guests to stay in the room for the event and not have to leave to reload their plates. Cover the table with brown or white butcher paper and serve snacks on it with no worries about the mess. It’s easy to wrap up and throw away when it’s all over. While you are rooting for your favorite team (or if you just want to have a little coffee table cocktail party) try ideas that are a bit of a departure from the same ol’ thing. Go (have a party)! Fight (for a great time)! And Win!

From our table to yours… enjoy the show!

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Everyday Elegance Appetizers and finger foods are de rigueur so splurge on bringing out the fun serving dishes. Any dip looks great in a unique bowl. Fill to the brim and enjoy! Satellite tables with drinks and more snacks add a party feel and additional places to mingle.

And just because it’s freezing outside doesn’t mean you can’t freshen it up a bit on the inside – potted plants spruce up your home and make for a great centerpiece or focal point for a sideboard. Chalkboard signs allow you to personalize the event.

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Cutting-Edge Ecotourism

By Mary Ellen Ternes

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hen we think of ecotourism, don’t we tend to think about big-game safaris where the only shots are taken with a camera, and the revenue supports efforts to prevent poaching of protected animal resources?

In Oklahoma, we may not have game as big as an African elephant, but we have our own ecotourism with our own Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department eco-certifications. Why is this important? Not only is it another great example of how Oklahoma remains on the cutting edge of sustainability, it’s big business! More and more entities are including sustainability requirements in location and event contracts so that now, more than ever, events are hosted at locations that promote sustainability. Oklahoma’s cutting-edge eco-certification program makes this a sought-after event location and allows these contracts to be awarded right here in our home state.

Internationally, eco-certification entities such as Sustainable Travel International (www.sustainabletravelinternational.org) have promoted sustainable tourism for many years. STI offers eco-certification services as well as active marketing of corporate partners, which include Continental Airlines, United Airlines, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Azamara Cruises, Enterprise Renta-Car and RockResorts/Vail Resorts Lodging Company.

Just last year, Oklahoma Tourism initiated our state’s own eco-certification program called ECO (Encouraging Conservation in Oklahoma), which promotes, educates and encourages sustainable travel in Oklahoma. The program is in partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Pollution Prevention Program and receives grant funding from the U.S. EPA. Oklahoma is the first state to partner with Clean the World (www.ecotravelok. com), a nonprofit organization that sterilizes slightly-used toiletries from lodging rooms and delivers these still-usable products to parts of the world where soap is rare. The Colcord Hotel is the first hotel in our state to join this effort, and in the last year collected over 9,000 used soaps. That half-ton of soap supplied 83 children with soap for a year instead of being sent to a landfill.

Keystone State Park started the “You CAN Do it” program and now collects aluminum cans at their facility. The money the park receives from recycling aluminum cans is used for park improvement projects.

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Mary Ellen Ternes, Esq., is a former chemical engineer from both the EPA and industry. She is currently a shareholder with McAfee and Taft and a co-chair with Richard A. Riggs, Esq. of its Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group. She is serving a three-year term on the City of Nichols Hills Environment, Heath and Sustainability Commission.

Be Certifiable Just about everything related to travel and events can be eco-certified. For instance: Attractions like museums, art galleries and wineries can be certified for efforts toward conservation, cleaning and environmental purchasing. Events can be certified based on sustainable strategies for transportation, food, registration, event materials, vendors and exhibitors. Lodging can be certified based on sustainable practices including reduction in laundry, closing drapes, hazardous waste reduction and sustainable landscaping.

Marinas can adopt best-management practices for managing toxic materials, sedimentation control and fueling.

Restaurants can be certified based on reduction and reuse strategies, as well as food management, purchasing, energy and water conservation. State parks and other outdoor recreation can be certified based on water use and conservation for swimming pools, grounds keeping, golf courses and more.

Eco-certifications are issued by Tourism as Platinum, Silver and Gold, after ODEQ reviews the applications and possibly visits the applicants’ sites.

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An elegant bathroom in Oklahoma City’s Colcord Hotel, the first Oklahoma hotel to join the Clean the World endeavor. While soap drastically reduces the spread of childhood diseases, for many children in remote areas it is not readily available. The Colcord’s slightly-used soap – collected over the course of a year – meant less items for the landfill and a year’s supply of soap for 83 children.

My favorite has to be the Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s “Art on TAP” event. The Museum recycled and composted the majority of the waste generated by the event – 760 pounds in all – and provided food waste for composting to the Closer to the Earth program, which works with at-risk youth and teaches them how to garden. The Museum saved over $1,000 in waste disposal fees.

Jessica Blackstock, Tourism’s Sustainable Initiatives Coordinator, says she’s seeing more and more companies including sustainability requirements in contracts and more event planners asking for sustainable practices.

“People can sometimes feel ‘green fatigue’ with all the jargon and buzzwords going around,” she explains, “but at the end of the day, sustainability is about making smart decisions, using your resources wisely and allowing space for creative thought. I think those are ideas that almost anyone can get behind.”

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Why Immunize?

By Don L. Wilber, M.D., FAAP

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xperts agree that immunizations are the most important medical advance in the last century, so why is there any controversy regarding the use of vaccines? The primary answer is that vaccinations are so effective they are taken for granted. We no longer fear the illnesses for which we vaccinate because we no longer see these illnesses.

VACCINES WORK Vaccines are 90 to 99 percent effective. Most young people have never seen a case of measles, mumps, German measles, polio, diphtheria, tetanus or whooping cough. Before the polio vaccine was available in 1955, 13,000 to 20,000 cases of paralytic polio were reported each year in the U.S., with devastating results for thousands of victims. We have eradicated polio from the western half of the world by use of vaccines, and in 2006 there were only 2,000 cases worldwide.

Hemophilus Influenza Type B (HIB) was the most common type of bacterial meningitis in children before the vaccine became available in 1987. Up to that time there were 14,000 cases per year in the U.S., killing 600 children per year and leaving many survivors with deafness, seizures and mental retardation. Since the vaccine, the incidence has declined by 98 percent with fewer than 10 fatal cases per year.

VACCINES ARE NECESSARY During the 1970s, the U.K. had a rapid fall in immunization rates for pertussis (whooping cough) due to concerns over vaccine safety. This resulted in a mid-’70s epidemic of more than 100,000 pertussis cases and 36 deaths. Before measles immunizations were available, nearly everyone in the U.S. contracted them (over 90 percent of unimmunized people will get measles if exposed), and an average of 450 measles-related deaths were reported each year from 1953 to 1963. It is estimated that if measles vaccinations were stopped, about 2.7 million measles deaths could be expected worldwide.

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The U.S. has recently had outbreaks of pertussis and measles due to inadequate vaccine rates in certain areas. Though the many diseases for which we vaccinate are not nearly as common as they once were, the bacteria and viruses still exist. We cannot risk the health of our population – especially our children – by allowing our vaccine rates to drop.

VACCINES ARE SAFE No vaccine is 100 percent harmless. There can be redness, tenderness and swelling at the site of injection as well as fever; there can be a very rare allergic reaction. But the practical issue is that none of the vaccines used for children are dangerous, and the benefit far exceeds the risk.

The media can be very confusing to the public by sometimes publicizing scientifically unsubstantiated rumors and notions that vaccines and vaccine components like MMR vaccine and thimerosol preservative cause illness and autism in children. Extensive research has been done and over 20 studies clearly show no adverse effect from MMR, and 10 studies show the same for thimerosol. All vaccines must be tested by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and proven to be safe and work well in children. The data gets reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians before a vaccine is officially recommended.

Also, the FDA monitors where and how vaccines are made.

The places where they are made must be licensed. They are regularly inspected and each vaccine lot is safety-tested.

So to answer the question, we immunize to protect the health of all of us, especially our youngest who are most susceptible, with proven safe and effective vaccines that are truly a miracle of modern medicine.

Two good sources for unbiased vaccine information are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (www.aap.org).

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t’s time for a classic showdown between a well-known chef and a secret ingredient. To celebrate the 10th annual Celebrity Chef event, St. Anthony Hospital will take the affair where it has never gone before. The one-and-only female on the Food Network’s roster of Iron Chefs of America is coming to town.

Cat Cora is a world-renowned chef who began her culinary journey at the young age of 15. By 2005, she had not only mastered the kitchen, but made television history on Food Network’s “Iron Chef America.” In November 2006, Bon Appétit magazine honored her with its Teacher of the Year Award and named her as the Executive Chef of the magazine. The same year, Cat appeared alongside Wolfgang Puck in NBC’s primetime miniseries, “Celebrity Cooking Showdown.”

Cat is part of Macy’s Culinary Council, a national culinary authority comprising 15 of the world’s most prominent chefs.

She has hosted and co-hosted numerous television shows and recently released her third cookbook, Cat Cora’s Classics with a Twist.

On January 20 at 7pm, Cat Cora will take center stage at Will Rogers Theatre and share tips on how to incorporate a secret ingredient into a classic dish – something certain to spice up your evening and leave your taste buds craving more. This is heart-healthy cuisine you do not want to miss, and if you want to know the secret ingredient… get to the theatre on time.

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Food Network’s Cat Cora signs copies of Cat Cora’s Classics with a Twist at Diesel, A Book Store, in Brentwood, California.

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It Worked for Me… It’ll Work for You

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By Robert Custer

Robert Custer is a motivational speaker, adrenaline junkie, world traveler and adventure enthusiast with over 20 years of leadership experience in health, fitness, nutrition and wellness.

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t started about 10 years ago. I woke up one day and said, “I feel gross. I want to get in shape.” I was 30, a new father who, after the birth of my daughter, hadn’t really exercised in almost a year and found myself perilously close to slipping into a semi-permanent state of sloth. I wanted to start working out again and write about what it takes to get back into shape when your life has never been busier.

My next thought: I’ve been here before. No time, no energy, no willpower. But the thought wouldn’t leave, so I sat down to figure it out. My primary concern was avoiding self-deception.

When it comes to exercising, it’s easy to think you’re working harder than you are. Go to just about any gym in America, and you’ll see plenty of people who show up twice a week to spend a quick 30 minutes on a treadmill or Nautilus, but haven’t made any real fitness gains since playing sports in high school.

Sure, exercising a little is better than not exercising at all, but if I was going to commit the time to getting in shape – especially with a new baby – I wanted to know I was getting the most out of that time. In other words, I didn’t want some unproductive ritual; I wanted something effective, measurable and balanced. Something that would work.

LET’S GET FIT! If you’re “feeling gross” or just want to step it up and take it to the next level, join me and thousands of others as we take a few purposeful steps toward better health and fitness. Over the coming months I will share some trade secrets I’ve picked up and applied after much reading and inquiries with leading orthopedists, internists, psychologists, nutritionists, exercise physiologists and physical therapists.

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Here’s how it will work: Every month, we’ll cover some of the basics and learn about diet, nutrition, psychology, stretching, exercise, etc. I will also motivate, instruct and challenge you in training techniques that will maximize your time and efforts. Each month, we’ll also assess progress and focus on a new habit.

Just know that even one step in the right direction brings great joy.

We’ll also be introducing Slice Magazine’s “90 Days to Summer Challenge” in March.

For now, drop the ice cream, let go of the cheese, trash the chocolate bars and get ready for a new year.

So that this process will produce some measurable results, take some time to write down where you are and where you want to go.

• Take an assessment of your health – physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.

• Get naked and look at your body in the mirror! (Sorry, you gotta do this.)

• Get out the camera or your iPhone and take a before picture (but with your clothes on). You might be a little, or perhaps a lot, embarrassed. But trust me; it will help to motivate you later!

• Take some measurements: arms, chest, waist, etc.

• Now weigh in. You might even go to the gym and get a body fat percentage.

Think about where you would like to be and we’ll set some realistic goals next month. In the meantime…

Eat smart. Train hard.

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Once the backbone of commerce in America, the family business has become increasingly rare. Acquisitions, mergers, a divergence of interests among generations and the overall general mobility of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s society have meant that many family-owned businesses are sold or close their doors after one generation. Not so at Sees Design.

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Carson See began the business as an accessory and antique store in Nichols Hills Plaza in 1975. Now a full-service design firm serving clients throughout the metro and across the country, Carson works daily alongside his sons Corbin and Ross, and Corbin’s wife Sara. The four Sees bring a wide diversity of experiences and interests to the family business, now headquartered in the renovated building at N.W. 18th and Western, on the edge of Mesta Park.

“When it comes to clients, it’s a package,” says Corbin. “You hire one, you get us all.”

These four family members come to the design table with formidable skills and experiences, which they lend to every project.

Carson had worked in architecture and antiques for some time before opening his business 35 years ago. But it wasn’t an interior design firm then. “Then somebody asked me to come and help move a sofa, and it just went from there,” he recalls with a smile.

Son Ross always wanted to be a part of the business. “Growing up with it, being around it all your life, it’s second nature,” he says. “It’s all I ever thought of doing. I went to college for it, and begged him to come back to work with him.” Ross majored in design at the University of Oklahoma, then transferred to Chicago to complete his training.

“I fought it,” says Corbin, “until after I finished college with a degree in economics and moved to Dallas. Then I got a job with an antiques importer. I realized numbers weren’t near as much fun.” Corbin also moved to Chicago, where he worked for Holly Hunt. There

Opposite page: Twilight at the historic Sees Design building. This page clockwise from top: Welcome to 1818 N. Western. | This sunny spot faces the busy intersection outside. | Interesting objects abound at Sees. | A rarity in modern design firms: Sees Design’s racks of 3' x 3' fabric samples, as opposed to tiny six-inch-square swatches. | With its wood flooring, comfortable furnishings and attention to lighting, the Sees Design showroom is an eclectic and inviting environment for the family, clients and guests alike.

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Top: The center of Sees Design: a place for the family members to come together, exchange ideas, talk with clients, get the job done. Above: Ross works the high-tech angle of the design business, surrounded by warmth and elegance.

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he met Sara, who had learned the business from the ground up and was Holly Hunt Chicago’s fabric and showroom manager.

In 2004 Ross and Corbin, with Corbin’s then-fiancee Sara, moved to Oklahoma City and joined Sees Design. The building had been in the family since 2000, with Carson’s wife Marsha, a portrait photographer, using it as her studio. In 2005 the design firm moved in.

They’ve never looked back. The Sees handle design projects both residential and commercial, new construction and renovations, though most of their work is in new residences. Current projects range from close to home – the top two floors of City Place in downtown Oklahoma City – to quite far-flung, such as a sprawling hacienda in La Paz, Mexico. The Sees are also involved in the renovation of a home that Carson worked on when it was originally built 25 years ago. While the great majority of their business comes from the heart of Oklahoma, they work in many other locations, from Chicago to Aspen to Santa Fe. Each member of the family brings a different perspective to a project. Carson, as the patriarch, uses his three-and-a-half decades of experience, fine eye for detail and creativity and ability to form relationships – along with his proclamation that he’s worked with “every contractor in Oklahoma City” – to bear on any design job. Ross does much of the technical work and computer drawings. Sara is the

acknowledged expert on fabrics. Corbin keeps the entire group up-to-date on the most current information available. But the entire group is multidisciplinary as well – they complement each other, overlapping duties, and being family, they have a unique way of communicating.

“If someone walks by and sees what the other person is doing and says, ‘That’s stupid,’ we’ll change it,” Carson says, laughing.

There is no signature “See style.” Rather, the team immerses itself in each individual project, and each is as unique as the client.

“Each project takes on a life of its own,” Ross says. “It’s hard to describe our style. It comes about when you put the project together.”

“I think it’s a mood,” Sara adds. “It’s a layering of textures and lighting and real attention to detail. It’s so eclectic, and there is such an organic layering process that we can’t be pigeonholed.”

“The final product is our style,” Carson says.

While the concept of the “family business” may be out of fashion as a contemporary business model, Sees Design proves daily that it is quite vital, dynamic and endlessly creative in the world of interior design, and that each family member has something fresh and exciting to offer.

Corbin: “I really think that because of the nature of this business, the client becomes a part of the family. It’s a very intimate business. People come in here and put their whole life in front of you.”

Ross: “The most gratifying part of the job is knowing you’ve given someone the best thing they could have hoped for.”

Sara: “The most exciting thing is finishing a job for a client. When they left their house, there was still construction dust there. Now every speck is gone. The candles are lit, the champagne is chilled, flowers have been arranged.

Someone has been there to organize their closets. We’ve handled every detail, we’ve fluffed every pillow. We’ve moved a chair, then argued over moving it 10 more times until everything is absolutely perfect.”

Carson: “We have chosen, instead of trying to sell different product, to sell less of it, make less profit and still use the things we love, instead of going to a lower quality and not enjoying what we do. It’s a lifetime process. We don’t just sell chairs. It’s a joy of being able to walk through your space and have a relationship with something that is wonderful. That’s what we do, and we have more fun doing it than anything else.”

Top: Who says a work space has to be utilitarian? This comfortable, stylish and productive area proves otherwise. Above: Carson’s monogrammed tape measure has seen much use in three-and-a-half decades in the design business. “We don’t just sell chairs,” he says. But the furnishings the firm sells meet their own uncompromising standards of quality and taste.

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The Good Fight

By Kent Anderson Photos by K.O. Rinearson

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hen Marty Kavanaugh-Williams accepts the Jim McGuinness Award as Woman of the Year from A Chance to Change Foundation on February 22, she will do so in mind of both the many people she has touched but whom she will never meet, and also the lives that have intersected with her own and brought her to where she is today.

“Going to meetings, sponsoring other people, helping others who want to be helped, and being able to take some of the tragedies I’ve experienced and turn them into gifts is what that program taught me to do, gave me the courage to do,” she says.

“That program” was Al-Anon, the nationwide organization for family and friends of alcoholics. Al-Anon, in turn, led Marty to a women’s group at A Chance to Change (ACTC), which offers education and counseling for those suffering from addiction and their families.

But to understand Marty’s story and its powerful emotional impact, one has to go back to her childhood in Eufaula, Oklahoma. Her father had suffered a wartime injury that left him addicted to prescription pain medication.

He was also an alcoholic, but for many years her mother was able to manage the household and keep the very delicate balance in line.

Then, when Marty was 17, at the beginning of her senior year in high school, everything changed. Her mother committed suicide.

“It was very, very difficult,” Marty remembers. “I was the only person left in the home for my father to take out frustrations on.”

Her father’s addictions escalated into a pattern of abuse.

But Marty found the strength to stay true to her mother’s

“This organization saves lives, saves families, and the need is so great. We had to fight for it.”

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dream that Marty graduate from college. She earned a degree in speech pathology and practiced in that field for six years. Along the way she married, then divorced. She did some graduate work at the University of Oklahoma. “I learned how to be very self-sufficient, and that was not a bad thing,” she says. “A tough thing, but not a bad thing.”

When she remarried a few years later, she married an alcoholic. She had three children with her second husband, along with three stepchildren. Two of her stepchildren became alcoholics. And Marty came to realize her growing codependency. “I had read every self-help book there was.

I had been to a counselor. But finally a treatment center one of my stepchildren had been to recommended that I go to Al-Anon. I didn’t even know what Al-Anon was.”

Still, it took another seven years for the message to fully take hold. Then, through some of her work with other metro area nonprofits, she heard of ACTC. She joined a women’s group there, and the 12-step program impacted every facet of her life. The steps influenced her business, Kavanaugh Consulting. The firm specializes in helping companies in such areas as leadership skills, strategic planning and conflict resolution.

She was eventually invited onto ACTC’s board. But there were financial difficulties within the organization and a crisis soon loomed. ACTC was faced with the very real possibility of closing. Marty and the rest of the board met to discuss the prospect of “just letting it go.”

“But my conscience just wouldn’t let me,” she says. “This organization saves lives, saves families, and the need is so great. We had to fight for it.”

Fight she did. The organization clawed its way back, thanks in part to a golf tournament that had been started some years earlier by Marty’s husband Dan. She turned it into a fundraiser. The organization survived.

Dan Kavanaugh died of cancer in 1990. And at the time of his death, Marty proudly points out, he had been sober for two-and-a-half years. The golf tournament, renamed the Kavanaugh Klassic in Dan’s memory, ran for 10 years, raising much-needed funds for ACTC. Marty had helped

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“Marty served on the board of directors for several years,” says Jo Ann Pearce, ACTC’s executive director.

“She was one of a small group of people who determined that financial help was needed to keep the agency going and made the decision to raise the money. She is really committed to seeing that families get the help they need.”

These days, Marty serves as an “unofficial advisor” to ACTC. But every day, she continues to grow in faith and family. Her adult stepchildren who battled alcoholism have been in recovery for many years. She is happily remarried, enjoys life and smiles easily.

But she is ever mindful of what has gone before, and of what lies ahead. Her own story, and her dedication to ACTC, continue to inspire many. “There are people whose names or faces I will never know, who are being served and helped by this organization,” she says. “A Chance to Change is there with education and with counseling for people who choose it, to give them freedom from the diseases, whether codependency, alcoholism, gambling or whatever the addiction may be. It is there to help people do the work needed to gain their freedom.”

It is, in many cases, a hard-won freedom. It is a fight Marty Kavanaugh-Williams knows well.

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Cher Bumps is President and CEO of Cher A. Bumps and Associates (CABA), a locally owned and operated company specializing in all types of employee benefits.

or health plans renewing after September 23, 2010, Health Care Reform (more accurately called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) transformed from a debate of pros and cons both in the boardroom and around the water cooler to a compliance nightmare for HR professionals, insurance carriers, benefit consultants and American businesses.

As the new year begins, a large percentage of employers have attempted to implement the mandates of the first phase of this new law. The difficulty all HR professionals have experienced is a lack of clear guidance in the regulations to follow. In other words, it’s like facing an opposing team and trying to win the game when you don’t know the rules. Because the bill was passed without a majority vote of the legislature, it skipped an all-important step in the process: it was not sent to a conference committee, so the play book was never written.

How can an employer be sure they are in compliance with these new legislative mandates? With 100 percent certainty, you can’t.

But, I do believe you can protect your company and your health plan from penalties for failure to comply. How can you accomplish this?

Document, document, document! With the absence of clearly written regulations, it is doubtful that any employer who can illustrate a good faith effort to comply would be penalized.

The pledge of the current administration to hire and train 18,000 new Department of Labor “Health Care Reform Police” may or may not come to pass. But, with your documented files for Health Care Reform, you should at least be able to substantiate the decisions you have made, the reasoning behind these decisions and the processes you have in place. For now, until the game’s rules are more complete, this is the best play book you can have.

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Make a Play Book Create a filing process or system for maintaining all information related to your implementation of Health Care Reform, either paper or electronic. Make sure that you keep all correspondence and third-party opinions that were utilized to make your decisions on what you needed to do to comply. (You need to add the actual copy of the plan that was in force as of March 23, 2010 along with any amendments, etc., as well as your employee contributions on this date and the plan costs for the year to this file.)

If you have made the decision to keep your health plan grandfathered, create notes in the file of your understanding of what you were allowed to do and what action you took. For those who consider their plans grandfathered, but who adjusted the employees’ contributions according to the five percent allowance, be careful to document your assumptions and your math. If you are a self-funded health plan, this is a much more difficult calculation. If you increased deductibles, out-of-pockets or co-pays, make sure you have your calculations that show you stayed within the allowable 15 percent, plus medical inflation.

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If anything can make the drudgery of a long workout go by faster, it’s listening to your favorite tunes. The all-new Apple iPod nano is here to save the day with a Multi-Touch interface that allows you to navigate your music collection with a tap or swipe on the display. The new nano is about half the size of its predecessor, runs up to 24 hours on a single charge and has a built-in pedometer and clip for on-the-go ease.

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Garmin recently introduced the Touchscreen Edge 800, a full-featured GPSenabled cycling computer with a 2.6" color display, versatile mapping options and accurate tracking of speed, distance, time, elevation, calories burned, climb and descent. Use with Garmin’s interactive tools to plan routes, survey terrain and connect with other cyclists.

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The Timex Ironman Sleek 150-Lap watch in men’s and women’s styles has made it oh-so-easy to stay focused on performance while recording the necessary pace data to meet your goals. TapScreen Technology activates the lap feature with no fuss and the target time pacer delivers audible alerts to cue your movements. Sixteen interval timers make complex training easier and more intuitive, while the lap management system provides in-depth access to 150 laps of dated workouts… the only thing missing is a nice, long foot rub at the conclusion of each workout, but heck, what are training partners for?

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etal sculptor Todd Jenkins approaches his artwork with a focused creative drive and a buoyant intellectual curiosity about the world at large. His graceful, stark, often abstracted bronze and steel forms seem to connect easily with viewers, even as they make reference to his unique personal influences by drawing on a wide range of sources from Russian Constructivism and Christianity to punk rock music and skateboarding culture. Jenkins weaves these inspirations together effortlessly as he creates, forging art with an identifiable personality.

A self-described California boy, Jenkins went to college to study fine arts, with an original intended focus of painting. Art history courses shifted his perspective, and Jenkins soon found himself drawn to 20th-century movements. He explains, “Artists started writing these manifestos, and I’ve always been interested in learning artists’ philosophies: why different people make art.”

This interest coincided with the opportunity to meet acclaimed bronze sculptor Stephen De Staebler – whose son was Jenkins’ neighbor – and a desire for learning to work with metal was sparked.

Jenkins worked with a west coast foundry for almost 10 years, gaining expertise in the medium before moving to Norman, where he began working with The Crucible Foundry a decade ago. “It was a good time to move into a larger place.” Jenkins comments. “My wife has family in the area, and at that time, we’d just had our fourth baby.

We were outgrowing our [Berkeley] neighborhood, so to speak.”

Jenkins’ bronze and steel pieces generally fall into two categories: one consists of clean geometric forms, such as “Energy Reservoir,” a series of concentric metal hoops suspended from a triangular frame.

The shape recalls a contemporary take on the Renaissance-era armillary sphere. Often, these pieces are meant to move: the rotation of their circles on different axes produces an effect of randomness that is striking inside the tightly formed, clean-lined pieces, calling to mind classical proportions, scientific instruments and the rigid elegance of mathematics.

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By Jennifer Barron Photos by K.O. Rinearson

“The Transmutor”

“Energy Reservoir”

“I don’t believe in chaos at all… connections are there.”

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left to right: “Bleeding Teardrop Orchid” | “Star Gazer?” | “Passionate Enigma”

The other division Jenkins favors in his metalwork features “splashes” of metal suspended and bound by clean arcs, lines and circles. The splashes are the result of spilled liquid metal, hardening as it falls during the pouring process, and a large element of unpredictability is involved.

Describing these shapes, Jenkins refers to abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock, whose name has become synonymous with his drip-technique “action paintings.”

“These are kind of ‘action sculptures,’” Jenkins says, explaining that the process of creating them is just as important as the finished product, much as Pollock described the process of creating his paintings. Although the shapes cast in this spilled metal seem haphazard, Jenkins sees more than simple chaos. “I don’t believe in chaos at all as a Christian,” he notes, describing the relationships between different sculptures as that between micro and macro elements in the physical world: “Connections are there; is there a connection between nebulae, quasars and subatomic particles like quarks? I think there is.”

One clear element that carries over into both styles of metalwork is the theme of movement. Visually dynamic even now, his “splashes” are literally the movements of liquid metal, frozen in time. In his more geometric work, circles suspended in circles rotate on independent axes, seemingly of their own accord.

Jenkins’ ongoing interest in art history is evident in his stated influences, whom he describes with admiration.

Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro – described by Jenkins as “the best, my absolute favorite” – creates highly polished spheres and cylinders punctuated by rough, recessed cavities. Russian Constructivist Naum Gabo strove to define space without relying on large masses of metal, balancing positive and negative space. Berkeley native and associate 106

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Stephen De Staebler, whose works push the boundaries of figurative sculpture, remains an important professional and personal influence as well.

In Oklahoma, Jenkins’ work has been featured in the Windscapes area of the Festival of the Arts for the past several years. Year-round, his art can also be seen at The Crucible Foundry’s gallery in Norman. The artist himself is often found there working and welcomes any visitors who would like to learn more about his metalwork firsthand.

“I love having discussions with people,” he smiles. “Sometimes we agree and sometimes we disagree, but I have no problems with disagreements. I love to learn about people’s different philosophies.”

Jenkins has also frequented a Norman skateboarding park for the past eight years, and he speaks warmly of his experience with this culture, watching fellow skaters grow and develop as people. He even feels a resonance with his art practice, in that skateboarding too is something for which one must find one’s own motivation. “I go out on my lunch breaks, and when you go skating it’s up to you; there’s no coach out there.”

The theme of drive comes up again and again as Jenkins describes his art practice. He describes a conversation he once had with De Staebler on this subject: “I asked him what advice he would give, and he thought about it… He said, ‘Just keep working. If you stop making work, you’re done. Once you stop, you’re not a sculptor anymore.’” To Jenkins, motivation comes from both internal and external sources. “It’s really easy to just not make art. But I feel a responsibility to keep going. I don’t mean this to sound prideful, but I believe doing this is in some way a calling from God. I really believe this is the right thing for me to be doing right now.”

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The Other Side of

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very Sunday morning, the three kings of political banter, Mike Turpen, Kirk Humphreys and Kevin Ogle, bring a feisty and spirited exchange on current events for half an hour on KFOR’s “Flashpoint.”

Hours of preparation, carefully edited scripts, three dress rehearsals… pshaw. The tools of amateurs. These three kings walk into the studio every week and get the job done in one take – all off the cuff. Once the cameras were off, we decided to get to the other side of “Flashpoint” and we were pleased to find the Sultans of Sunday equally unrehearsed.

How long have you guys been doing “Flashpoint?”

MT: 18 years KO: 15 years KH: 3 years Have you made any New Year’s resolutions?

MT: Yes – to befriend and cooperate with more Republicans.

KO: I will openly acknowledge Kelly [Ogle] as my brother on KWTV, Channel 9.

KH: To work out every other day.

What else will you accomplish this year if it kills you?

MT: Break 90 at golf.

KO: Get my daughter graduated from college and into a broadcasting job.

KH: Take the whole family on vacation together. There are 14 of us, so this will kill me.

What’s the best advice you ever got?

MT: Attorney Pat Williams told me, “You’ll win more cases in the law library than you’ll ever win in the courtroom,” and he was right.

KO: My dad [the late veteran broadcaster Jack Ogle] told me, “Be yourself on the air and you’ll do fine.”

KH: Give 10 percent, save 10 percent and keep the rest.

What mad skills do you have off-camera?

MT: I could be a stand-up comic. I’d like to try it for a while.

KO: I play the drums and bass.

KH: I can multiply any number by 12 in a split second.

KO: “Undercover Angel” [Ogle claims that his wife put the song on his iPod.] KH: I’ve got about 6,000 songs on my iPod – too many to defend.

Which movie can you recite the words to?

MT: “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” KO: “The Godfather” KH: “Patton” and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” What would surprise your first grade teacher most about you today?

KO: Seeing me on TV. Or knowing that I’m 6'8".

KH: That I became [Oklahoma City] mayor.

MT: Well, I was pretty talkative in first grade – I know that’s surprising.

One day at 8:30am, I got sent to the cloakroom for talking. My teacher forgot about me until 3:30. My mom told my teacher, “This could screw him up for the rest of his life!” So I think she’d be surprised that I’m not in a medium-security correctional facility now, and I was even inducted into the 2010 Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

So, you had a whole day to rifle through the pockets of unsuspecting citizens? Is that when you knew you wanted to go into politics?

KH: That’s when he knew he’d be a Democrat.

What’s not all it’s cracked up to be?

KH: Elected office. It extracts its pound of flesh.

KO: Being the moderator of “Flashpoint.”

MT: Being Susan Turpen.

Any recurring dreams?

MT: I always dream I’m Atticus Finch.

KO: I always dream that I’m a good golfer – which I’m not – and I’m playing with famous golfers, having a great game. I’ve got my ball on the green at sunset and we have to quit because it’s too dark.

KH: I’m always walking up a long hill that never ends.

So, so much to pick apart there. What are you obsessed with during your waking hours?

MT: The 2011 Lyric Theatre season that kicks off this month!

KO: Deciding what to get my wife for her birthday later this month.

KH: Carlton Landing, a community development on Lake Eufaula, opening next summer.

Is there anything you can’t do?

KH: I can’t dive.

MT: I can’t get elected governor.

What are your philosophies about life?

KO: Do the best you can.

KH: Never think you’ve “arrived.” It’s not far from the castle to the outhouse.

MT: The man with the fastest golf cart never has to play a bad lie.

What song on your iPod are you least prepared to defend?

MT: You’d think, at my age, that I wouldn’t care much about current artists, but I love Taylor Swift. [This begins Turpen’s five-minute pitch on the merits of Taylor Swift.]

Any nonprofit shout-outs?

MT: Lyric Theatre and the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum KO: Young Life and the Salvation Army KH: Whiz Kids and the American Indian Cultural Center

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Under Wraps The Outer Limits

By Lauren Hammack Photos by K.O. Rinearson

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all it fashion irony, but it’s precisely the worst extremes of winter that bring out the very best in cold weather apparel, particularly where outerwear is concerned.

Outerwear has evolved in some unexpected ways over recent years. High-tech materials and construction offer the maximum in warmth and extreme weather protection without being heavy or encumbering. Even traditional outerwear features internal, temperature-sensing technology that calibrates body temperature with air temperature, handsomely pairing comfort with style.

Here’s how we have the winter season under wraps.

His: Schneiders of Austria “Olaf” car coat in dark gray wool and cashmere with Outlast® temperatureregulating fiber technology | Gray cashmere scarf by Johnstons Cashmere | From Steven Giles Hers: Tasha Polizzi “Ensign” jacket in Zuni red | Sabira Collection striped crush knit, multi-colored scarf | From Rawhide

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Above: Belstaff brown leather quilted jacket with ocelot fur trim | From The Consortium Top right: His: Brown cowhide leather G-1 Naval Aviator bomber jacket by Cockpit USA for Bill’s Khakis | From SJ Haggard Hers: Black wool and cashmere double-breasted pea coat by Burberry | From Balliets Bottom right: His: Stone Island color-changing, thermochromatic camouflage Azzuro Ice bomber jacket | From Spencer Stone Company Hers: Tasha Polizzi for TP Saddleblanket and Co. suede “Chalet” vest with faux fur trim in ice | From Rawhide Next page: Burberry Brit “Minstead” hooded duffle coat in military red with signature check-lined inside hood and toggle closure | Burberry “Carina” hat in signature plaid | Burberry “Jenny” leather palm gloves with wool tweed upper in new classic plaid | From Balliets

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His: Camel hair, polo-style topcoat by Steven Giles private label | Wool scarf by Tino Cosmo | From Steven Giles Hers: Belstaff hooded cardigan in night shade | From The Consortium

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OUT & ABOUT A pictorial wrap-up of local parties and events from previous months.

The place to see and be seen!

116 Cirque du Saints 117 Rex Floyd: Hall of Famer 118 Honoring Jimmy Webb 119 pARTy Different 120 HRI Presents Devon Leigh 122 Block Party 122 Paseo Arts Awards 123 The Soiree 123 Good Neighbor Awards 124 Governor’s Arts Awards 124 Circles of Excellence 125 Vintage Jazz 125 WorldFest Gala 126 Bark and Roll 127 Regina’s Year One 128 Give Thanks. Walk.

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CIRQUE DU SAINTS

Photos by Claude Long

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REX FLOYD: HALL OF FAMER

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HONORING JIMMY WEBB

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2 The monumental songwriter and Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductee is feted – and finds time for a performance – at the Oklahoma Heritage Museum

1 1 Jimmy Webb, Mary Fallin, Clay Bennett, Lee Allan Smith 2 Dia Webb, Dennis and Janice Linnens 3 Bill Perry, Kirk Humphreys 4 Billie and Bill Thrash, Shannon Rich 5 Tom McDaniel, Chuck Schroeder, Krissa and Don Smith

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PARTY DIFFERENT

Photos by Claude Long

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2 Out with the same old, same old; in with the new and different! Allied Arts celebrates OPUS VI, a revolutionary installment of its biennial blowout, at the OKC Golf and Country Club

3 1 Co-chairs Bond and Lori Payne 2 Jane and Conner Helms, Jennifer and John McCharen 3 Dr. Don and Linda Dunn, Anne and Barry Gray 4 Mike and Karleen Krywucki, Polly Fleet, Paul Seikel 5 Tom and Lisa Price

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HRI PRESENTS DEVON LEIGH

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JUSTIN AVERA

Star jewelry artisan Devon Leigh’s stunning designs lend flash and panache to the Heart Rhythm Institute’s luncheon at the OKC Golf and Country Club and preceding patron party

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1 Donna Bozalis, Devon Leigh, Julie Hall 2 Dr. Warren and Roberta Jackman, Brenda and Tom McDaniel

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CLAUDE LONG

4 Mary Ellen Gumerson, Sarah Geiger

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6 Dixie Jensen, Judy Austin, Marcia Crook

JUSTIN AVERA

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First Month

FREE Joining fee EFT sign-up required For new or returning students only

Jazzercise

Edmond

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Champagne & Chocolate Packages

Couples Retreats and Sweetheart Packages for Your Valentine with Champagne and Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Gift

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But even for a procedure so quick and painless, you need a highly trained cosmetic dentist.

Count on Dr. Whiteneck and Dr. Spurlock. With advanced training, state-of-the-art technology and an exceptionally artistic approach, the doctors can not only give you the perfect Lumineers glow, they will treat your smile to the comfortable, health focused care you deserve.

So many of our patients have already discovered how a beautiful smile brightens life and how essential strong teeth and gums are to their overall good health – now they are discovering the magic of Lumineers.

Why not join them?

You’ll find everything you need in one convenient location: cosmetic dentistry; advanced hygiene and gum care; magnificent Lumineers; and state-of-the-art technology.

Call us today to set up your personal Lumineers consultation at 405.321.6166 or visit us online at www.normandentist.com

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BLOCK PARTY

Photos by Claude Long OK CityScape’s runway show featuring designs inspired by LEGO® bricks helps build a future for students at early childhood education center OKC Educare

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PASEO ARTS AWARDS

Photos by Claude Long Creativity thrives in the Paseo, thanks in part to the example set by those honored at the Oklahoma History Center during the arts district’s annual awards ceremony

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2 1 Megan Clement, Suzanne Randall, Katherine Liontas Warren 2 Michi Susan, Laura Warriner 3 Debby Kaspari, Carol Beasley, Alan Atkinson 4 Stephen and Christina Kovash

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THE SOIREE

Photos by Justin Avera The Norman Chamber of Commerce’s event at the NCED Conference Center is also an auction and fundraiser, but mostly – as the name indicates – a spectacular party

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1 Tom Sherman, Kyla McMoran, auctioneer Gene McKown 2 Clyde and Cathy Brawner 3 Leslie Christopher, Krystyn Bramlett 4 Jan Moran, Gerry Mayes

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GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARDS

Photos by Claude Long

The Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma packs the Petroleum Club to honor MSgt Charlie Epperly and other generous, caring citizens working to make our communities stronger

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GOVERNOR’S ARTS AWARDS

Photos by Claude Long

In a ceremony at the Capitol, Brad Henry and the Oklahoma Arts Council recognize creators and visionaries whose dedication has uplifted the souls of the state

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1 Julie Bohanon, Robert Henry, Alex Bohanon 2 Governor Brad Henry, Ann Johnstone 3 Judy Austin, Maxine Austin, Sanford Austin 4 Jerry and Linda Barnett, Joyce Stewart

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CIRCLES OF EXCELLENCE

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The INTEGRIS Foundations celebrate leadership, commitment, compassion, generosity – the ingredients of excellence – with a dinner and awards presentation at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

1 Ed Stroh, Donna Kretchmar, Karli Stroh, Whitney Stroh 2 Elaine and Harrison Levy 3 Shirley and John Platt 4 Sharon and Senior Chief Christopher Owen, Laurie Heigle

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VINTAGE JAZZ

Photos by Claude Long The Oklahoma Foundation for Orthopedic Health honors Mayor Mick Cornett as OKCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health advocate of the year during a snazzy, jazzy fundraiser at the Skirvin Hilton

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WORLDFEST GALA

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Global culture and merchandise come to the comfort of Gaillardia in World Neighborsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gala fundraiser

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1 Evelyn Skarky, Jim Harris 2 Deborah Copeland, Anna Jones 3 Dr. Sandra Mayfield, Garth Kennedy, Marlene White 4 Beth and Steve Kerr 5 Josh Gautreaux, Amber and Nathan Tucker

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BARK AND ROLL Photos by Claude Long

1 Area residents display big hearts (and hungry stomachs) by visiting Benvenutiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for a fundraiser benefiting Second Chance Animal Sanctuary READ

DRINK

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9215 N. PENN | CASADY SQUARE | 405.286.4183 | MON-FRI 10-5, SAT 10-2

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Specializing in custom design and construction for new homes and remodeling projects.

2 Terri Fowler, Patti Simonelli, Charla Bird 3 Ken Kraisky, Jack Perkins

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REGINA’S YEAR ONE Photos by Claude Long

Luxury Living on a Smaller Scale

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Open space designs, granite countertops throughout, extensive use of crown molding and much, much more.

The fashionable clothier celebrates its first full year in Nichols Hills Plaza

AllenStyle Homes

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Courtyard Antiques Importers of European Antiques www.courtyardantiquemarket.com

Timeless Accessories • Fine Art • Fortunata • Antique Chandeliers • Elegant Lamps 3314 S. Broadway Edmond (33rd & Broadway Ext.) • 359-2719 • Open Mon-Sat 10-5 More photos, gifts, reprints... all at www.sliceok.com

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GIVE THANKS. WALK. Photos by Claude Long

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2 OKC joins dozens of communities nationwide in a 5k fundraiser for St. Jude Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Research Hospital

3 1 Ayesha Abdul-Raheem, Stephanie Zupancic 2 Mary Ann Jones, Patty Heer 3 Vickie and Ron West

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Resources | Where to Find It

Warming Trends

By Lauren Hammack

W

K.O. RINEARSON

inter has finally delivered itself to our doorstep, and there are a good many of us who are thrilled to welcome a little frost on the window pane (as long as the frost appears on the outside of the pane, that is).

As temperatures plummet, our thoughts turn to some comforting things we’ve quickly warmed up to this season.

DETAILS | Warming Trends, page 25 Soft Spoken red knit beret ($26.95) from Collected Thread in Oklahoma City, 557.1141, www.collectedthread.com; kids’ knit beret ($20) by Dionne Rogus, infant “froggie” cap ($20) by Dionne Rogus, Cotton Hills bear hat in alpaca and Peruvian wool ($36) from dna. galleries in Oklahoma City, 371.2460, www. dnagalleries.com; Lacoste reversible knit cap ($55) from S.J. Haggard & Co. in Nichols Hills, 843.9200, www.sjhaggardco.com; Scandium™ vent-free fireplace ($2,500) from Bachle’s Fireplace Furnishings and Outdoor Living in Oklahoma City, 842.8872, www.bachlesbythefire. com; Peru Unlimited baby alpaca sweaters ($250) from Steven Giles in Oklahoma City, 607.4633; UGG Highkoo II boot in black suede ($200), UGG Dakota suede moccasin in tobacco ($100), UGG Leona boot in black leather with nylon ($225), UGG Classic Cardy boot in black knit ($140) and UGG Classic Argyle Knit boot in tobacco ($160) from Pink Sugar Shoe Boutique in Edmond, 359.0044, www.pinksugarshoeboutique.com; Pendleton’s “Chief Joseph Collection” wool blanket ($188), in sage, from Rawhide in Oklahoma City, 236.4600, www.shoprawhide.com; Natural American lynx fur blanket with shadow fox border and velvet backing ($3,500) from Geno’s Furs in Oklahoma City, 752.8959, www. genosfurs.com; custom blanket in velvet and faux fur ($350) from Dekorum in Oklahoma City, 463.5693, www.dekorum.com

Spaces | Discerning Design

588 Buchanan • Norman • Campus Corner A Tough Act

to Follow

By Lauren Hammack Photos by K.O. Rinearson

Appreciating a diamond in the rough takes a certain kind of vision, and polishing it up takes a particular kind of grit. Thankfully, this homeowner, and her fabulous team, had both in spades.

SPACES | A Tough Act to Follow, page 66 Special thanks to Dulaney’s Urban•Flower•Home in Oklahoma City, 607.8880, for many of the beautiful flower arrangements and plants that appear throughout the Ogle home

405.217.4100 • www.405imports.com Free Norman deliveries store hours: Tues - Sat 11am-6pm Sun 1pm-5pm Visit us on Facebook!

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Love Her? Admire Her?

Spaces | Discerning Design

NOMINATE HER! That special woman in your life deserves some public accolades for all her good deeds.

If you know someone who is raising the future generation while finding time to make our world a better place, let us know!

Setting the

Table

By Sara Gae Waters Photos by K.O. Rinearson

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atch parties come in all shapes and sizes, and run the gamut from the Oscar countdown to the Super Bowl. While there are certain rules to those events (no blocking in the back on a kick return or that dress does not work with those shoes), there are not rules to a watch party. That creates an opportunity to express your entertaining style with no pressure.

SPACES | Setting the Table, page 76 Serving bowls, trays and barware from Bebe’s in Nichols Hills, 843.8431, www.shopbebes.com; potted plants and fresh flowers from Birdie in Norman, 579.0299, www.thebirdiesnest.com; chalkboard sign plates from Tulips in Norman, 217.9322, www.tulipshome.com

Get Smart | The Right Stuff

BURN, BABY, BURN

Tap Into Performance

The Timex Ironman Sleek 150-Lap watch in men’s and women’s styles has made it oh-so-easy to stay focused on performance while recording the necessary pace data to meet your goals. TapScreen Technology activates the lap feature with no fuss and the target time pacer delivers audible alerts to cue your movements. Sixteen interval timers make complex training easier and more intuitive, while the lap management system provides in-depth access to 150 laps of dated workouts… the only thing missing is a nice, long foot rub at the conclusion of each workout, but heck, what are training partners for?

Get a Grip

COURTESY OF APPLE

Tackle a perennial New Year’s resolution with the gear to get the job done.

Rock Your Body

Nominations are now being accepted for the

2011 HOT MAMAS at www.sliceok.com

If anything can make the drudgery of a long workout go by faster, it’s listening to your favorite tunes. The all-new Apple iPod nano is here to save the day with a Multi-Touch interface that allows you to navigate your music collection with a tap or swipe on the display. The new nano is about half the size of its predecessor, runs up to 24 hours on a single charge and has a built-in pedometer and clip for on-the-go ease.

Cross Your Heart(Rate)

If your feet get cold during yoga class, if they slide around a lot, or even if you are just a little skeeved out about all the mat-to-face-to-foot contact involved, then ToeSox are for you. These genius inventions include rubber grippers on the soles, five-toe construction to allow independent movement and fitted heel and arch support bands for optimum performance. Available in half-toe (for superior grip, a cooling effect and ideal for yoga), full toe (especially recommended for Pilates) and ultra sport (for really sweaty activities where wicking away moisture and protection from blisters is priority one), and in grip and no-grip designs, these anatomically correct accessories will ensure your little piggies are snug and comfortable all year long.

Ladies, rejoice. The Polar Cardio Sports Bra heralds the marriage of targeted training heart rate monitor technology with the undeniable necessity of a sports bra. This means one less item to cram into your gym bag. The monitor strap is built right into the band of the bra, which is machine-washable with an adjustable back closure. Use with a Polar WearLink Transmitter, training computer or heart rate compatible equipment and make the most of your cardio.

Taking it to the Streets

Cyclists aren’t shut out of the innovations sweeping the fitness world.

Garmin recently introduced the Touchscreen Edge 800, a full-featured GPSenabled cycling computer with a 2.6" color display, versatile mapping options and accurate tracking of speed, distance, time, elevation, calories burned, climb and descent. Use with Garmin’s interactive tools to plan routes, survey terrain and connect with other cyclists.

Just Say Ohm Po-Go-Go

If another trudge on the treadmill feels like clocking in for your shift at the mine, what you need is a change of pace. A cardio workout with Kangoo Jumps low impact rebound sport shoes promises a full body workout with up to 80 percent less stress on the joints than running. Even more important – it’s really fun! These spring-loaded shoes put you on the road with an interesting alternative to the same old, same old. Instructional DVDs can be ordered online so you can practice in the relative privacy of your own home before your public debut.

There’s no mathematical formula to figure the ratio of inspiration to perspiration that equals success, but you can swing the odds into your favor by infusing your workout with things that make you happy to sweat through another day. The creative team at Yogamatic.com has personalized your practice with custom-printed yoga mats and towels. Simply upload your photo and they will print your one-off full-size yoga mat or travel-size mat/towel and ship it directly to you.

For resources, see page xxx.

GET SMART | Burn, Baby, Burn, page 102 Apple 8GB iPod nano ($149) from www.apple. com; Garmin Touchscreen Edge 800 ($449.99) from www.garmin.com; Kangoo Jumps sport shoes (starting at $229 for adult sizes) from www. kangoojumps.com; Timex Ironman Sleek 150-Lap watch ($90) from www.timexironman.com; Polar Cardio Sports Bra ($69.99) from www.polarusa. com; personalized full-size yoga mat ($85) or travel yoga mat/towel ($69) from Yogamatic.com; ToeSox half-grip ($15) from www.toesox.com

Now Accepting New Patients

Great Health Starts with the Right Medical Home

Under Wraps

• Patient Centered Care • Exceptional Access • Exceptional Service • Exceptional Value • Online Visits & Service

The Outer Limits

By Lauren Hammack Photos by K.O. Rinearson

C

all it fashion irony, but it’s precisely the worst extremes of winter that bring out the very best in cold weather apparel, particularly where outerwear is concerned.

Outerwear has evolved in some unexpected ways over recent years. High-tech materials and construction offer the maximum in warmth and extreme weather protection without being heavy or encumbering. Even traditional outerwear features internal, temperature-sensing technology that calibrates body temperature with air temperature, handsomely pairing comfort with style.

Here’s how we have the winter season under wraps.

His: Schneiders of Austria “Olaf” car coat in dark gray wool and cashmere with Outlast® temperatureregulating fiber technology | Gray cashmere scarf by Johnstons Cashmere | From Steven Giles Hers: Tasha Polizzi “Ensign” jacket in Zuni red | Sabira Collection striped crush knit, multi-colored scarf | From Rawhide

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DESIGNERS’ NOTEBOOK | Under Wraps, page 111 Special thanks to our models, Reynolds Hammack and Tyler White, for braving the cold to celebrate winter at the Devon Ice Rink in downtown Oklahoma City, to L.J. Hill for makeup expertise and to Downtown Oklahoma City, Inc.

page 111 Schneiders of Austria “Olaf” car coat ($895) and Johnstons Cashmere scarf ($198.50) from Steven Giles in Oklahoma City, 607.4633; Tasha Polizzi “Ensign” jacket ($165) and Sabira Collection scarf ($125) from Rawhide in Oklahoma City, 236.4600, www.shoprawhide.com

by Candice Olson

Designers’ Notebook | Passion for Fashion

Come in for our New Year’s SALE

Divine Design

Another

Above: Belstaff brown leather quilted jacket with ocelot fur trim | From The Consortium Top right: His: Brown cowhide leather G-1 Naval Aviator bomber jacket by Cockpit USA for Bill’s Khakis | From SJ Haggard Hers: Black wool and cashmere double-breasted pea coat by Burberry | From Balliets Bottom right: His: Stone Island color-changing, thermochromatic camouflage Azzuro Ice bomber jacket | From Spencer Stone Company Hers: Tasha Polizzi for TP Saddleblanket and Co. suede “Chalet” vest with faux fur trim in ice | From Rawhide Next page: Burberry Brit “Minstead” hooded duffle coat in military red with signature check-lined inside hood and toggle closure | Burberry “Carina” hat in signature plaid | Burberry “Jenny” leather palm gloves with wool tweed upper in new classic plaid | From Balliets

page 112 Belstaff leather jacket ($1,995) from The Consortium in Oklahoma City, 286.4183; Cockpit USA for Bill’s Khakis bomber jacket ($990) from S.J. Haggard and Co. in Nichols Hills, 843.9200, www.sjhaggardco.com; Burberry pea coat ($695) from Balliets in Oklahoma City, 848.7811, www. balliets.com; Stone Island Azzuro Ice bomber jacket ($1,060) from Spencer Stone Company in Nichols Hills, 608.0586, www.spencerstoneco. com; Tasha Polizzi for TP Saddleblanket and Co. vest ($170) from Rawhide in Oklahoma City, 236.4600, www.shoprawhide.com

12100 N. May Ave*748-5774 NorwalkFurnitureOKC.com

page 113 Burberry Brit “Minstead” coat ($795), Burberry “Carina” hat ($225) and Burberry “Jenny” gloves ($225) from Balliets in Oklahoma City, 848.7811, www.balliets.com Designers’ Notebook | Passion for Fashion

His: Camel hair, polo-style topcoat by Steven Giles private label | Wool scarf by Tino Cosmo | From Steven Giles Hers: Belstaff hooded cardigan in night shade | From The Consortium

For resources, see page XXX.

page 114 Steven Giles private label topcoat ($1,295), Tino Cosmo wool scarf ($120) from Steven Giles in Oklahoma City, 607.4633; Belstaff hooded cardigan ($375) from The Consortium in Oklahoma City, 286.4183

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY

NAME

ADDRESS

PHONE

NAME

2 Friday Circuit of Art

www.2ndfridaynorman.com

360.1162

J Spencer Jewelry & Gifts

www.jspencerjewelry.com

405 Imports

588 Buchanan, Norman

217.4100

Kidoodles Toy Zone

425 W Main, Norman

360.TOYS

The Abbey at Fairview Farm

N Western & 150th, Edmond

640.9210

KS Design

4207 N Western, OKC

524.7868

AllenStyle Homes

www.allenstylehomes.com

470.8338

Louie’s Grill & Bar

www.louiesgrillandbar.com

Andrew C. Thomas, Architect

www.andrewcthomas.com

848.7579

Love, Dr. Tim

11101 Hefner Pointe, Ste 104, OKC

Armstrong Auditorium

www.armstrongauditorium.org

285.1010

Marble Designs

400 NE 150th, Edmond

[Artspace] at Untitled

1 NE 3rd, OKC

815.9995

The Menopause Center of Oklahoma

1705 S Renaissance, Edmond

nd

ADDRESS

PHONE

751.LOVE 751.2237 715.4GYN

Ayers, Dr. N. Paul

3400 W Tecumseh, Ste 300, Norman

515.2222

Mercy Hospital

www.mercy.net

Bajaj Plastic Surgery

6205 N Santa Fe, OKC

810.8448

Mister Robert

109 E Main, Norman

321.1818

Beau’s Wine Shop

2810 Country Club, OKC

842.8866

Mitchell’s Jewelry

218 E Main, Norman

360.2515 228.4900

Bob Moore Infiniti

12910 N Broadway Extension, OKC 866.347.5898

Monticello Cabinets & Doors

512 SW 3rd, OKC

Body Rock Fitness Club & Café

9235 N Penn, OKC

608.1190

Morrison Supply Company

501 NE 122nd, Ste C, OKC

752.0142

Breast Imaging of Oklahoma

2601 Kelley Pointe, Edmond

844.2601

N45 Fitness

14001 N McAuley, Ste 220, OKC

606.1246

Brent Gibson Classic Home Design

www.brentgibson.com

340.1980

Naifeh Fine Jewelry

N Penn & Britton, OKC

607.4323

Brockhaus Jewelry

2107 W Main, Norman

321.4228

Nonna’s & The Painted Door

1 Mickey Mantle, OKC

235.4410

Brown, Kermit

www.kermitbrown.com

755.4422

Norman Regional Healthplex Heart Institute www.normanregional.com/heart

Cable Volkswagen

4710 NW 39th, OKC

787.0433

Norwalk Furniture & Design

12100 N May, OKC

748.5774

Cain & Cain

1770 W Main, Norman

364.2246

notting hill

7200 N Western, OKC

842.1500

Casady Square

N Penn at Britton, OKC

Caviness Landscape Design

www.cavinesslandscape.com

Cayman’s Cedarburg Square

440.8802

Oak Tree

Kelley & Sorghum Mill, Edmond

348.1804

330.2844

The Office Drinks & Nosh

5929 N May, Ste 101, OKC

778.8882

2001 W Main, Norman

360.3969

Oklahoma City Museum of Art

415 Couch, OKC

236.3100

6726 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany

440.0001

Old World Iron

8405 Mantle, OKC

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Citizens Bank of Edmond

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341.6650

OU Physicians Plastic Surgery

825 NE 10th, Ste 5350, OKC

City Arts Center

3000 General Pershing Blvd, OKC

951.0000

Parkview at Coffee Creek

2801 Shortgrass, Edmond

340.1975

Coki Bay

4050 N Interstate, Norman

310.4633

Partners in Divorce Accountability

1900 E 15th, Ste 700D, Edmond

330.4015

The Colcord

15 N Robinson, OKC

601.4300

PhotoArt Studios

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557.0924

The Consortium

9215 N Penn, OKC

286.4183

Quail Creek Bank

122nd & N May, OKC

755.1000

Coredination Pilates

128 E Main, Ste 201, Norman

701.8140

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8636 N Classen, OKC

848.9324

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3314 S Broadway, Edmond

359.2719

Regina’s

6478 Avondale, Nichols Hills

842.7774

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600.0109

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3001 United Founders, Ste A, OKC

942.1234

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6409 Avondale, Nichols Hills

842.2000

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2824 N Penn, OKC

528.2824

The Culinary Kitchen

7302 N Western, OKC

418.4884

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613.9439

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2109 W Britton, OKC

751.9051

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50 Penn Place, OKC

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The Curtain Exchange

6435 Avondale, Nichols Hills

840.0090

Ruth Meyers

63rd & N Western, Nichols Hills

842.1478

Cypress Springs

www.cypressspringsresidence.com

286.9500

Santa Fe Family Life Center

www.sfflc.com

840.1817

Decorative Water Gardens & Landscapes

2001 E Britton, OKC

359.0140

Sees Design

1818 N Western, OKC

525.1818

Dekorum

333 W Wilshire, OKC

204.8827

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Derma Logic

2121 W Main, Norman

447.4411

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1289 E 15th, Ste 120, Edmond

Designer Rugs

7118 N Western, OKC

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902 S Bryant, Edmond

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www.soonertheatre.org

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7660 N Western, OKC

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www.snu.edu/mba-msm

717.6220

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1201 S Broadway, Edmond

340.2400

Southwestern Publishing

www.sliceok.com

842.2266

Epworth Villa

14901 N Penn, OKC

752.1200

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4500 N Santa Fe, OKC

525.9411

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9225 N Penn, OKC

842.6401

Southwest Tile & Marble

100 N Classen, OKC

235.3393

Everything Barbeque

13833 N May, OKC

463.3227

St. Anthony Hospital

www.saintsok.com

Ferrell Wealth Management

301 N Bryant, Ste 120, Edmond

341.9942

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222 NW 15th, OKC

600.3405

Firelake Grand Casino

www.firelakegrand.com

Sterling’s Home Décor & Gifts

105 S Broadway, Edmond

844.7465

First American Bank

www.bankfab.com

579.7000

Stillwater National Bank

www.banksnb.com

427.4000

First National Bank of Oklahoma

5625 N Western, OKC

848.2001

Suburban Contemporary Furniture

201 N Portland, OKC

946.4387

First Source Real Estate

12020 N Penn, OKC

236.4747

TEN14 a Boutique

14201 N May, OKC

755.0356

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5801 N May, OKC

418.8488

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www.tomwilsonarchitect.com

Gfeller Studio

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Trochta’s Flowers & Greenhouses

www.trochtasflowers.com

Gordon Stuart

6500 N Western, OKC

843.6500

Urban Kitchens

3515 N Classen, OKC

702.7747

Haggard’s Fine Furniture

3415 N May, OKC

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Van Cleef’s a Salon

6452 Avondale, Nichols Hills

843.4826

Hanstein, Mark T., DDS

201 Robert S. Kerr, Ste 521, OKC

235.7288

The Webb

2001 W Main, Norman

321.8289

Heritage Hall

1800 NW 122nd, OKC

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The Wellness Spa

717 S Boulevard, Edmond

330.8488

Heritage Trust

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Wing Stop

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2nd & Bryant, Edmond

359.8088

Wing Stop on Penn

12225 N Penn, OKC

755.4411

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Last Laugh | Missing the Mark

NONE ENCHANTED EVENING

By Lauren Hammack Want to comment on Lauren’s tales or share some of your own?

Write to her at lauren.hammack@southwesternpub.com.

W

hen my daughter was three, a police officer visited her preschool to deliver the all-important speech on “Stranger Danger,” a theme lost on my daughter, who interrupted the officer – a complete stranger – to ask if she could sit on his lap while he gave his speech.

Hearing this, other moms might have felt surprise or concern, but I confess to ignoring the “stranger danger” warning bells a time or two. It was bound to spill over to my daughter.

In college, I worked at Howard Johnson’s toll-free reservation center, alongside my best friend. Between booking reservations, we often compared notes about how clueless or bossy the callers were. Occasionally, however, they sounded cute, and when either of us suspected a caller might be handsome, our customer-service efforts perked up accordingly.

One particular caller, despite his thick New York accent, sounded very friendly. Cute, even. We couldn’t jeopardize my “talk time,” the efficiency rate by which I was measured on the job, so he and I agreed to violate every professional standard, exchange addresses and pursue our mutual interest offline.

There was no e-mail back then, so what followed that fateful call was a summer-long letter-writing campaign.

My pen pal, I learned, lived in Queens, worked for Social Security and enjoyed traveling to new places. As luck would have it, he had two weeks’ vacation coming that August for some “awr and awr” – R&R. It’s important to note, as I didn’t at the time, that this man refused to send a photo of himself, even though I had already thoughtfully sent mine. If he ever told me his age, I don’t remember. He sounded cute, and that alone was qualifier enough to move him to the front of the line.

Following a week in Orlando, this stranger planned to fly to Oklahoma City for a week of Lauren time. With the obvious exception of my parents, who are now reading and gasping at this for the first time, I told everyone I knew that this man was en route to meet me.

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friends were full of warnings about the absurdity of meeting this man (who had already bought plane tickets) at my what-me-worry, he-sounds-so-cute encouragement.

“This guy is going to be short, bald and 40!” they warned me. “He’s probably a serial killer!” the alarmists would say.

And the one I probably should have pondered more, “If he’s so great, why does he have to fly cross-country to meet a girl? Have you even seen a picture of him?”

As long as the man was going to Epcot, my best friend said, he could bring us a couple of pairs of Mickey Mouse ears. I passed along her request and Dream Date promised he’d have them with him at the arrival gate.

On the way to the airport, I deflected my friend’s obviously jealousy-riddled conjecture that the man would be a toad or a leper. What did she know? Had she spent the summer exchanging favorite songs and movie titles with him? “He’s going to be a fox,” I assured her.

We hadn’t scanned the exiting passengers long before we spotted him walking toward us. He was a god. Tall, tan, blonde, blue-eyed, lean but muscular, with a million-dollar smile. I knew it! He was Apollo! And he was mine-all-mine for the next seven glorious days! Go to hell, all you naysayers!

As Apollo approached, our eyes locked. My eyes said, “Welcome home, Apollo.” His smiling blue eyes might have responded, “Thank you, Venus,” had they not suddenly darted to the left, where he spotted his waiting party and headed their way.

In Apollo’s wake hunkered a troll in snagged doubleknit with a pasty complexion that hadn’t seen daylight in years. His flame-orange, Brillo-pad hair extended his frame to all of four feet six. His ferret eyes could look at Camera A and Camera B simultaneously, and they rolled every direction as he inspected us. His every breath rustled audibly through his nasal hair. To call him Quasimodo was giving credit where it simply wasn’t due.

In his moist, eager little paw, he carefully carried two sets of Mickey Mouse ears.

There was no time to run. He was mine-all-mine for the next seven interminable days.

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Last Look | Jim Eagleston

Upon Further Inspection

While winter may wreak havoc in many ways, its gentler side is often captured through the camera lens. Jim Eagleston of Oklahoma City likes to take his 1947 Plymouth for a drive every now and then, but admits that it often sits around collecting thingsâ&#x20AC;Ś like snow.

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