'Chocolate Festival' features fare with flair
If you could dip it, bake it, or freeze it in chocolate, then you found it at the “Chocolate Festival” in Norman, Okla., on Saturday, Feb. 5. With 30-plus vendors offering thousands of combined samples, the annual event drew a crowd of hundreds to the Forum Building on the University of Oklahoma campus. The doors opened [...]
Norman 'Chocolate Festival' tickets giveaway
Two “Premiere Tasting” tickets to the 2011 Chocolate Festival in Norman, Okla., are being given away on this blog, next Thursday, Feb. 3, at 5 p.m. The tickets, valued at $60, are made possible by the Firehouse Art Center (Norman) and HighwayExit72.com. The winner will be chosen using Random.org. To enter the ticket giveaway answer this [...]
The 'power' of a family meal
The following transcript is from a story told to a group of school teachers by author Jerry Tello. “I get home from college, and when I walk in my mom—of course when I walk in—she asks, ‘You wanna’ eat?’ ‘Mom, I just ate at the dorm.’ ‘Oh, you dont want to eat my food now [...]
Reynolds Rec. Center holds grand opening
With the cut of a ribbon the Donald W. Reynolds Recreation Center is now officially open. The recreation center, located in Pauls Valley’s Wacker Park, opened its doors to the public on Monday, Jan. 3, with a grand opening (shown above) on Friday, Jan. 14. According to Steven L. Anderson, Donald W. Reynolds Foundation president, [...]
Chocolate Festival largest to date in Norman
Chocolate is the word—and the food of choice—for the annual Chocolate Festival held each year in Norman, Okla. Scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 5, next month’s festival records the event’s twenty-ninth year in existence. Event officials have also projected this year’s festival to be the largest to date with 36 vendors. The action will take place from [...]
Multi-million dollar center almost complete
The Donald W. Reynolds Recreation Center in Pauls Valley, Okla., is almost complete. One year and two months after city officials broke ground on the multi-million dollar project in Wacker Park the center’s doors are set to open next month. According to Jennifer Samford, City of Pauls Valley Parks and Recreation Director, the venue’s official [...]
Art show to feature Oklahoma artists
The Pauls Valley Arts Council is hosting the “Work In Progress” Art Show to kick-off its 2010 membership drive. Scheduled to begin at 7 o’clock tonight, the show will be the PVAC’s first event in the PV Arts and Cultural Center located at the corner of Paul and Walnut Streets. According to event officials, over [...]
Everything but the…
During a recent out-of-town conference trip, I found myself with two of my cohorts at a full-service fitness center in the greater Atlanta area. The two-story structure had everything an exercise aficionado could dream of: an indoor rock climbing wall, a hair salon, a full-size swimming pool complete with slides, a massage/spa area, indoor basketball [...]
