A Friend Indeed
I once heard that reading your favorite magazine is like talking with a best friend about advice for your home, life, and career. Edmond Outlook Magazine certainly fits the bill. In fact, it’s all about YOU. So from one friend to another, we’d love to hear from you anytime. Submit a story idea. Submit an event for the calendar.
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What’s Old Becomes New Again
What excites marketers, media buyers and local business owners is what’s NOT being done.
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Print vs. Web
The printed word is still perceived as more credible to many people than anything on the web
Read More >Best of Edmond: A Real Home Away from Home
Sometimes timing the purchase or sale of a home isn’t always perfect. Or, perhaps you’ve had the misfortune of experiencing a natural disaster that has left you temporarily displaced. A Real Home Away From Home, owned by Joyce Spurgeon, offers assistance through these uncomfortable times. Their executive level homes are leased on a month-to-month basis,…
Read More >Best of Edmond: Concrete Technology
For years, concrete has been thought of as a cold, unwelcoming surface that lacks warmth. However, concrete has taken a refreshing turn for the better with decorative touches like stamped, stained and engraved concrete. Terry Meek, owner of Concrete Technology, has been an expert in decorative concrete for over 11 years. “My business is family-owned…
Read More >Edmond Outlook: 5 Years (2005-2010)
Five years ago, Dave Miller invited me to write for his new magazine, Edmond Outlook. I agreed and trotted off to my first assignment—Andy Boatman’s glassblowing studio with no AC in the scorching August heat. Not a comfortable afternoon, but what an adventure. I was hooked. Over the years I counted it a privilege to…
Read More >LTJ: Medicare Madness!
Last month was my birthday and I have never had so much attention. My mailbox was stuffed with envelopes weeks before my celebratory day and my phone rang incessantly. And yes, I come from a large family but few cards were from special people in my life. It was Medicare madness! I had daily mail…
Read More >H&G: The Home Museum
Collectors of fine art find something priceless in each piece they acquire, but that doesn’t mean they have to be millionaires to participate in the hobby. There is a world of quality pieces to be found for a relatively modest amount of money. That is the rule followed by Edmond collector Randel Shadid, owner of…
Read More >Fine Living: Brilliant Idea, Dazzling Jewelry
Bruce Kerr knew Bali was a beautiful island. But when he went there to experience its beauty first hand, he discovered much more. Kerr, who has lived in Edmond with his family since 1983, is a former lawyer, a certified public accountant, and currently manages two labs that analyze industrial waste samples. About three years…
Read More >A&E: Clay-Filled Connections
Busy wife and mother Gina McKinnis found an outlet for her creativity. Her eye for color, design and texture take shape in paintings, pottery and jewelry every day in her garage studio as she gracefully entwines art and emotion. After testing the waters with festivals and art shows, McKinnis took up space at Broadway Antique…
Read More >Dining Guide: Edible Arrangements
Anyone can send a loved one an arrangement of flowers or chocolates, but if you really want to stand out, send a professionally arranged bouquet of fruit. Edible Arrangements offers fruit bouquets for birthdays, anniversaries, congratulations, sympathy, business events, client gifts and many other occasions. Cathy Beckwith opened Edible Arrangements in Edmond with her daughter,…
Read More >Turning Tragedy into Healing
Love and support can grow hope from tragedy. This is the central pillar for Danny Mize’s work, and his life. What started out as severe loss within Mize’s own family, has since evolved into a testimony to healing. His lifelong career has helped many others cope with grief – from the Oklahoma City Bombing, to…
Read More >Grin & Bear It
In Edmond, it’s a well-known fact that Dr. Charles Hetrick is in the business of smiles – he’s owned a successful dental practice, Hetrick and Holloman, D.D. S., at 218 E. 10th St. Plaza for 30 years. What few know is that much of his after-work hours and weekends are spent on a bicycle, which…
Read More >Sports: Armchair Athletes
“Everyone has a hobby. Some people like to finger paint or fly kites – I like to guess how many yards people are going to run,” says Dan Kubier, fantasy football enthusiast. Fantasy football is an increasingly popular hobby where “owners” select and trade real-life football players and collect points based on how well their…
Read More >Food for Kids and Made In Oklahoma Benefits Edmond
The Regional Food Bank started the Food for Kids program in January 2003 in response to hearing a firsthand account of an Oklahoma City elementary student who fainted on a Monday morning, while waiting in the school lunch line, due to lack of food over the weekend. The program provides chronically hungry children, identified by…
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