Edmond’s Can’t-Miss Holiday Events
From carols to karaoke, Edmond is full of opportunities to celebrate the holiday season. Mark your calendars and message your friends and family – it’s time to make some merry memories! Edmond Ice Rink The Edmond Ice Rink at Mitch Park is open November 5 through January 15. Rent some skates – from toddler size…
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Texlahoma BBQ
Leave it to a competition BBQ pitmaster with expert taste to level up the BBQ game in Oklahoma. Having lived in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, Brian Jones and his wife Jennifer sought to blend the best of the places they loved and bring Texas-style BBQ to the OKC Metro. Opening ‘Tex-La-Homa’ on Waterloo Rd. in…
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LEGO Artist
If you give Joseph Kraham 140,000 legos, he’ll turn them into a masterpiece. For proof, check out the 96 square-foot mosaic of Mt. Rushmore he completed earlier this year. This piece took 1,000 hours to complete and is one of countless LEGO creations the artist has produced since launching his artistry in 2013. According to…
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Coffee the Old-Fashioned Way
Looking for that coffee shop that feels like your friend’s living room? Then the Engles family invites you to visit their second home at the Last Drop Coffee Shop. Stan and Fiona Engle, along with their grown daughter, Elizabeth, opened Last Drop five years ago in a 1952 Howard Johnson Restaurant that sat empty for…
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New Zealand to Guthrie: A Bootmaker’s Journey
For Flora Knight, making cowboy boots from scratch satisfies her interests in old-timey handcrafts and beautiful artwork. It’s a career steeped in tradition, and Flora moved from New Zealand to Guthrie, Oklahoma in her late twenties to train under some of the most respected boot makers in America. “I love shoes, and the smell of…
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Downtown Edmond Welcomes Walkable Living Complex
An aqua lounge, yoga studio, ‘bark park’ and communal kitchen are only a few of the features residents can expect from the multifamily complex currently under development in Edmond’s Railyard District. Led by award-winning developer, Milhaus, the $68 million complex will house 276 units. Its urban design and ample amenities make the development a unique…
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Get Your Kicks at Edmond’s Cycle 66
Around 800 cyclists will embark this month on Oklahoma’s portion of Route 66, otherwise known as “the most rideable stretch of Mother Road”. This ride and its route represent a major milestone for Oklahoma tourism – cyclotourism to be exact. A Ride on the Rise November 2026 will mark the 100th anniversary of Route 66,…
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Okie Grown Food Purees
What happens when an IT specialist, events coordinator and chef become neighbors? A brilliant food puree business is born, of course! Think smoothies, minus any chemicals or additives, with delicious fruit, veggie and meat combos in convenient 4-ounce squeeze pouches. Uber-organic (right down to the packaging), locally sourced, and naturally delicious, these powerful packets are…
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Clifford Lewis: Atomic Veteran
Few people have witnessed the explosion of an atomic bomb, but Clifford Lewis distinctly remembers seeing the “explosion of color with a mushroom cloud.” It was 1962, and he was part of Operation Dominic, a series of top-secret tests conducted by the U.S. military. “I watched them drop the bomb out in the Pacific Ocean…
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