The party is back, and it has expanded. With 14 businesses on tonight’s lineup, plus H&8th just a skip away, two ladies have some major hosting to tend to. Della Patterson of STASH and Emily Frosaker of Dry/Shop are coming back strong for round three of the newcomer to Friday district-frolicking events. The Open House Block Party, held on March…
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Midtown Type: A Brief Photographic Field Guide
Scouting out Midtown for enticing signage typography has become a favored pastime throughout the last year, and we’ve been collecting typefaces like little totems of our beloved neighborhood.
New Kids on the Block Party
Or new kids on the old block, with the older kids. It’s a big night in Midtown. Our beloved H&8th is back, and there’s another event on the docket. From 6-9 p.m., Midtown retail newcomer STASH, along with Dry/Shop and Waffle Champion, will host an Open House Block Party as a way to welcome people into their shop and showcase…
A Nod to a Classic: Ludivine’s “The Midtowner”
Makers of marrow. Makers of Blue Plate Special magic. Legume and polenta pushers. Craft cocktail architects.
Maker of all appetizing and aesthetically pleasing things, from farm to fork. There’s plenty they are known for, but Ludivine has won us over with their latest fall cocktail: The Midtowner (yeah, we’re fans of the name, too).
Link Love: Some Light Afternoon Reading
It is Friday, it is dreary, Midtown has experienced nearly all seasons in the past two weeks, and it is now on the verge of transforming into a 387-acre ice block (no, we will not be playing with conversions or math today). So, you probably have time to catch up on some things if you aren’t strolling the neighborhood embracing…
The Four Bs of Midtown: Part I
Featuring: inefficient flowcharts B is for beer, burgers, brunch and of course, bibles (we can’t forget Church Row). Midtown is coming along in terms of beverage-serving location options, and beer runs in plentiful streams.
Mayoral Midtown: Dr. Ed Shadid Moves In
Midtown is drawing in a lot of interesting characters and residents these days. Photographers. Stylists. Artists. Chefs. Self-made business folks. Humanitarians. Creatives of all varieties. And now, mayoral hopefuls.
City councilman Dr. Ed Shadid has made Midtown his new campaign headquarters home. He’s right in the middle of the flourishing H&8th stretch of our district, and he’s equipped with a ping pong table (seriously, he has some killer ping pong skills).
DRY/SHOP: Look Like You Mean It
Amid the hum of blow dryers, clatter of hairstyling tools and faint cooing of Stephen Malkmus singing Pavement’s “Shady Lane”, Emily Frosaker walks with calm and collective authority through the sunlight-drenched shop situated at 1212 N. Walker, or suite 101 of the sleek “1212” building.
Dry/Shop is open, and Midtown just got a bit hipper.
Gonna Take Pollution Down to Zero: Midtown Trash Pickup Part II
Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart? Okay, so there’s no denying that the “heart” tacked on at the end of the elements list in the Captain Planet theme song was always a bit jarring. Kids emphatically yelling out the elements in the 90s in front of their Zenith TV sets as they anticipate the do-good justice of a green-haired, blue spandex…
A Call to Arms: The Midtown Plan
On Saturday, the OKC Midtowner group sprawled out across the lands of the Midtown district to collect the discarded cigarette butts, water bottles and whatever else mangled miscellaneous trash that frequents the area. After a well-intentioned hour and half, and five trash bags later, we reconvened at Peloton to do some afternoon examining of the Midtown Plan. While most might…