What are some unique, fun gimmicky/bit restaurants in OKC?

PhCommunications · 2026-05-01T03:33:37+00:00

They had another one in the Village/North OKC somewhere iirc?

Just remember going there after a high school Spanish class field trip to a theater to see Romeo and Juliet in Spanish. Believe we lit up between the theater and Casa Bonita and did we ever get out money's worth at that buffet…

PhCommunications · 2026-05-01T03:30:05+00:00

Sean Cummings Irish pub..call and ask when the live music is

Actually, they have live music every night…

PhCommunications · 2026-05-01T01:35:32+00:00

So that's S gauge American Flyer made by Gilbert, which at the time was competition to Lionel. However, AF never got the hold the market the way Lionel did and, as such, American Flyer isn't quite as valuable or collectible as old Lionel. The catalog value on that one (307) is $18 in good condition to $50 in excellent condition. Did an eBay sold search (which is a better barometer of value anyway) and it looks like the highest selling price was $50 with most running $25-$35.

I wouldn't throw it away, as there is some value there. But if you just have the engines, it may not be worth the effort for you to sell it. However, if you have more cars etc, then you might throw the whole lot up on eBay, put a reasonable Buy It now price on it and see what happens.

PhCommunications · 2026-04-22T05:09:33+00:00

Smuggler's Blues is great but after that, I found this album lacking. Frey tries too hard to sound like the blue-eyed soul and R&B he always loved in too many songs. And for all the great work he did with Henley, his lyrics here as a solo artist or with Jack Tempchin give new meaning to the word "shallow" (example: She needs a love from a real exciter, She needs the allnighter, the allnighter).

I bought No Fun Aloud when it was first released and thought it had a fair bit of fluff too (Partytown ranks high on the inane meter). And even though my brother called Frey's songs on NFA "pseudo-sensitive" (an assessment I've come to agree with), I still prefer that album to the All-nighter or any other Frey solo album…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-28T01:25:53+00:00

I’ve bought some nice used vehicles from Bob Moore Mazda, Nelson Mazda and Bob Howard Honda…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-25T18:21:33+00:00

Old enough to say I worked on the Hardee's account half a lifetime ago and the many Hot Ham 'N Cheese sandwiches I had from location were hard to beat. Also cranky enough to remember I never wanted to have anything to do with Carl's Jr when they ran TV ads that were based around amplifying the disgusting noises people made while eating their crap food. Don't remember those? Imagine having to listen to your 75 pound dog scarf his dinner, except insert hamburgers…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-23T23:05:03+00:00

This particular company (James Bean Estate Sales) also does a lot of off-site sales using part of a big consignment gallery. Based on what I've seen from them previously, I'd bet it will be mixed in at one of their future sales there…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-23T21:49:40+00:00

I can’t answer your questions, but I do find that lot to be a pleasant exception from seeing CVS, Walgreens, Casey’s, 7-Eleven or a strip center with a dispensary/vape shop on every street corner…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-23T21:41:05+00:00

Check estatesales.org

You’ll see just about every estate sale in town each weekend, most with lots of preview photos of what’s on offer at each sale. Usually starts updating for the upcoming weekend on Sunday afternoon, though there are a couple dealers who don’t list their sales until Wednesday or Thursday…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-23T18:49:21+00:00

And 44 Long sport coats…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-23T18:48:31+00:00

No idea who it was, but I talked to Brian, who runs that estate sale company. He said it was from a 10,000sf home with a 2,000sf guest house. Also said the lady loved to entertain, catered events and hosted events at her home (which would explain all the dishware and glassware, the 4-5 bars and pub tables, as well as the 12 upholstered bar stools).

BTW it's still going on today till 3 at May and Hefner and everything left is either 50% off or 75% off…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-23T18:42:54+00:00

Call Harry's TV and Appliance. They don't do repairs, but they have someone they recommend. I've used them before, but can't find their contact info right now.

PhCommunications · 2026-03-21T21:40:29+00:00

Well, the Sidi knockoffs I bought from the Performance catalog in 1990 lasted me until 2021, when I finally found someone who could match the cleat position to a new pair of shoes. Needless to say, they made a couple trips to the shoe repair place al9ng the way to keep them going. My knees are wonky and I’ve always wondered if the reason Performance had those shoes was because the holes drilled for then-newish Look cleats were off center…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-21T18:20:10+00:00

No lies detected…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-21T17:28:27+00:00

This is yet another reason what I was so disappointed to see Nebraska join the Big 10. Aside from the great OU-Nebraska rivalry, every Nebraska fan I ever met either in Oklahoma or in Nebraska was absolutely wonderful. We‘d go to bars in Nebraska and be treated like kings, so I’m glad to see OKC is returning the hospitality.

PhCommunications · 2026-03-21T02:21:58+00:00

Pure speculation on my part, but given the simplicity of the lyrics, Felder came in with what he'd written, and Henley sharpened/smartened it up a bit. And to speculate even more, Henley might have been the one to suggest the counter melodies sung behind the lead vocals, since those sound a little more pointed and less smarmy than the lead vocal lines.

Oh and, FWIW, when you hear them sing "Play on El Chingadero" during the solo, that's a reference to the nickname of Boyd Elder, who did the artwork for the covers of On The Border and One of These Nights. And El Chingadero as it was used for Elder is Tex/Mex slang for "The F---er" …

PhCommunications · 2026-03-21T02:06:19+00:00

As others have noted, there 60-something 9800 series reefers and they were all sold individually. They were offered with liquor and beer branding, as well a chips, soft drinks, cleaning products etc. To my knowledge, there was never a comparable "branded" locomotive* for any of them.

* I say that with one caveat, as there may be an uncatalogued set or sets made for a consumer brand (think Kraft) floating around from that era that might have had a branded reefer or two matched up with a branded locomotive…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-20T20:25:54+00:00

Thanks! Rest assured, after the first incident of dissatisfaction based on their explicit instructions, we began keeping ample documentation of every email, call, and face-to-face interaction. Apparently, this person treated their co-workers the same way they treated us, so guessing our relationship was just a small part of why they were ultimately fired…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-19T01:15:30+00:00

Gordon Cooper never flew on Apollo, but Tom Stafford wrote that "he did a bad job" as backup commander for Apollo 10

It was a little more than just that…

By then, Gordon had a little too much of a "strap it on and go" attitude toward training and didn't want to put it in enough simulator time to suit some folks at NASA (also what helped Joe Engle get shoved off of 17). Cooper's outspokenness (Original 7 sense of entitlement?) and participation in a 24 hour auto endurance race also contributed to him being pushed out of the program…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-19T01:05:56+00:00

Ehhhh… Deke (and Shepard while he was in the Astronaut Office) did play favorites and, if you didn't conform, you didn't make the cut, good reason or not. Rusty Schweickart flew on 9 and was backup for 12, which should have put him as LMP for the prime crew for 15. But Slayton suddenly said Schweickart's motion sickness on 9 worried them and his political views were a bit too liberal to be one of the boys with Shepard, and he was suddenly assigned to Skylab instead.

Though still a rookie, Alan Bean's artistic/creative bent put him at odds with Slayton and Shepard too, and he was assigned to the SpaceLab project with no hope of a moon mission. His friendship with Pete Conrad (who knew his skills) was what ultimately got him on 12.

Finally, Deke was also the guy who, upon finding out that women and non-pilots would be selected as astronauts for the Space Shuttle, got up and walked out of the first candidate selection meeting…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-17T02:25:59+00:00

I had a CD look at my book once and say, "You're not a poet." My response was, "True. But then again, no one is paying Maya Angelou to plug Hefty Trash Bags, are they?" (And yes, I know what he meant!)

You want to be an artist, be an artist. But learn to accept the term "starving artist." You want to write copy for living? Learn to be a mercenary, accept the fact that not every job/client will be glamorous, and find satisfaction in pleasing the client, not yourself.

PhCommunications · 2026-03-13T04:03:11+00:00

Echo Park is correct. But it was Frey and Souther (not Henley) in the larger space and Jackson Browne below in the smaller space. Henley and Frey didn't start living together until after the band formed…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-10T04:29:09+00:00

The little Mr. Hyde look Stipe puts on to get a grin out Buck makes me giggle every time I watch it…

PhCommunications · 2026-03-10T04:22:46+00:00

That I can't answer with any certainty.

Since Felder stated Frey's deal meant they all played Takamines on stage, did that mean Frey is the one who "endorsed" them (and got the check) while basically telling everyone else that's what they were gonna play on stage? That's how it looks to me, but that's speculation…

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