'Bricktown' (...
by liquorboy
'Bricktown' ( http://www.okclive.com/bricktown/ )is really coming along. An old warehouse district that has been/is being converted into a trendy/touristy man-made riverwalk; complete with a rainbow of restaurants & clubs ranging from college-techno-dance, to live bluegrass, mariachi, top-40, rock, & reggae. The site of the Murrah building bombing is also a big attraction. I got kicked out of the Myriad Gardens/Water Stage after closing, once. It was pretty cool up until that point.
Natural History Museum
by mrclay2000
Once residing in poor quarters on the campus of the University of Oklahoma, the comprehensive collection of millions of artefacts and fossils from 300 million years of Oklahoma history now sits under the impressive 195,000 sq ft Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, which opened in the year 2000. Some of the galleries prohibit photography (due to copyrighted works), but others encourage the use of a camera (a tripod is admissible with special permission).
Easy Going...Good Food
by msbrandysue about Chili's
Chili's is considered by some as "fast food." It is a sit-down restaurant with a very laid back atmosphere. There is food and a full service bar. Children are usually present as well as good times. This is one of those places where you can find anything for anyone so it ends up being somewhere I go A LOT, especially with family and big groups. If you're in a rush this place usually serves your food in around 15-20 minutes. Of course, you can also get it to go as they offer their full menu in a To-Go option.
The hours are not listed on the website but I've always been able to get in before 11pm. They are open even later on weekends.
This is a chain of restaurants so be sure to type in your hotel's address on the website to find the one nearest you. They are all over the area. For an appetizer around $2-3 we get the unending bowl of chips and hot sauce. Their chips are very good. If you want to try something new order a side of ranch and dip them in ranch dressing. Very good! And I used to hate ranch dressing...Since I tried chips with ranch I'm hooked.
For an entree I now get the Quesadilla Explosion. It is a salad with fajita chicken on top, as well as tomatos, corn, beans, etc. They also serve cheese quesadilla squares surrounding the salad. I always get the avacado ranch with it. Yummmmy!
If you don't do salads the grilled chicken sandwich is good. It comes with honey mustard, melted swiss cheese, and bacon on it. The chicken quesadillas are also very good. Chili's is quite famous for their baby back ribs, if you'd like to try those.
Picture to come soon...
Kilpatrick Center Museums
by WFTR
The Kilpatrick Center is a complex of six or seven museums in a single building. Some of the museums are fairly contstant, and others changed a great deal (if I remember correctly). The most popular was probably the science museum. It contained many displays on a wide variety of science topics. Many of the displays were interactive in some way. One part of the museum was devoted to military aircraft and particularly to Oklahoma flyers. One of the museums was a photography museum, and the displays in this museum changed regularly. I don't remember the other museums in the complex. I believe one may have been an arts and crafts museum. I visited with my folks around Thanksgiving one year, and there was a large display of Christmas trees from around the world.
Hidden Gem from the Territorial Days
by mrclay2000
Unknown to me just two weeks ago, the Harn Homestead, one of few surviving homes from the territorial days, stands in a fenced enclosure in the midst of Lincoln Terrace homes. Situated on 9.4 acres (all that remains of the original 160), Mr. Harn acquired the property in 1891 from the rightful claimant. Since that time he added the Shepherd Home, his Queen Anne house, a farmhouse, the 1904 Shinn Dairy Barn, the 1897 Stony Point Schoolhouse and a separate barn.
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the city parks are alive in the fall
Geneal store in "Prosperity Junction"
Crystal Bridge, fountain and duck pond
