Edmond Hospitality
Edmond Hospitality Edmond Convention and Visitors Bureau is about to get a new arrow in their quill. Work is progressing rapidly on Edmond’s $37 million Hilton Garden Inn and Conference Center located on the northwest corner of Covell Road and I-35. By the end of this year, the…
Read More >Summer Fun
I’m seeing lots of vacation photos on Facebook. It reminds me of long ago family trips when I was young. Most were spent with relatives just a few hours away. But when I was twelve years old, my parents loaded us up and headed to Great Falls, Montana, where my aunt and uncle lived. We…
Read More >So You Want To Be A Landlord?
After selling our technology companies in 2001, my wife and I invested in real estate. Our first purchase was a small office building in Edmond. We have continued to purchase real estate assets over the last 15 or so years, constantly adjusting our portfolio by buying and selling, depending on market conditions and our appetite….
Read More >Great Expectations
When I was growing up, my dad would often say, “When they dropped a bomb on Japan, one was dropped at our house, too.” He was referring to my birth. Yep, first part of August and you can guess the year. I’ll also let you guess why he considered my birth an explosive event. …
Read More >Edmond’s Romance with Trains
Recently, Amtrak announced their consideration of expanding passenger train service from Fort Worth through Oklahoma City into Kansas. They performed an “inspection train” run from OKC to Kansas City to determine the feasibility of potentially adding passenger train service. While it would be nice to connect OKC to Kansas City, the most important stop is…
Read More >A Patch of Heaven
I often enjoy watching the Waltons on TV because our lives seemed so similar. I grew up on a farm with five siblings but have to admit the Walton house was a little fancier than ours with that lovely front porch and dormer windows. Our sheet-iron roof pitched downward to small, sliding upstairs windows….
Read More >Louise Tucker Jones
What is a father?
Read More >COL: Golf in the Rough
Edmond bids a sad farewell to the Coffee Creek Golf Course
Read More >COL: Where can I get a good fish taco?
TL in Town: Where can I get a good fish taco?
Read More >COL: Loving A Prodigal
The mother’s love for a prodigal child
Read More >COL: Drama Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
New theater coming to Edmond soon.
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