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Travel Log: Dec. 8, 2012


Yesterday, I had some good travels with some good company. The first stop was to get some food at the pizza place, Joey’s Pizzeria (700 W. Sheridan Ave, Oklahoma City, OK, USA) on Film Row. Although they were busy and a bit short staffed during my visit, the pizza was delicious. I love what the city has done to the Film Row to improve it. The intersections have Hollywood movie art to them, such as spotlights and stars. I just wish more businesses, especially movie related ones, would open there. It would be awesome if there was even something small like a museum of autographs. *Hint!* Hint!*

One of the cool places to visit in Film Row, that I have yet to visit, is The Paramount, which is across the street from Joey’s Pizzeria. The Paramount is the most movie related place there as they have a movie club and show various classics. I’ve heard nothing but good things about them. I even have a quote from them to feature them in my date idea book.


Next we went to the main event: the Second Saturday Artist Opening at I.V.C. Gallery (710 N. Broadway Ave, Oklahoma City, OK, USA). The featured artists that night were J.T. Coburn & Oliver Chase Coburn, with handmade furniture and lighting designs by J.T. Coburn and Holo Transfer Art by Oliver Chase Coburn. I’ve seen the halo transfer art before and it’s just so vibrant. I love it.

I took some pictures of the event to update my photos of the gallery for the date idea book. This was my first time to actually visit the gallery for one of their art opening nights. I chatted with the gallery owner, Ian, and I mentioned that the next edition of the date book (which the gallery has been featured in) was going to be available in print, he offered to resale it! So, I have another place the book will be available. YAY!


Afterwards, we walked along Automobile Alley and visited the new retailer, Plenty. I wrote this short blog post on Uncovering Oklahoma highlighting the new shop. Plenty can be described as Restoration Hardware meets the local, do-good, and green shop movement. It’s worth a visit.

All and in all, another great night.

Recommendation: Wildfire by Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun

I stumbled upon the band, Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun, like I how find most of my new music – through awesomeness that is Pandora. Specially, from a Common Reaction by Uh Huh Her playlist. (FYI, I have a Pandora One membership since I use it so much.) After making playlists on Pandora just to listen to the band some more, I bought Wildfire on iTunes. I can only describe the album as a mixture of fun and dark. I just love the lyrics and the unique dark themes they go to all with an indie pop/rock style. It’s definitely pretty cool.

The band describe themselves through Facebook being “…about the connections between sound and people. It’s about the heart and the head. It’s for mistakes and triumphs, and against arrogance and underconfidence.” They are fairly unknown (at the time of writing this, their Facebook fan page has around 3,300 likes), but popular or not, more people do need to listen to their first full length album.

Wildfire by Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun gets my recommendation.

Nook, Board Game Geek, and Fans

The Movie Murder Mystery Party is now available for the Nook. (Actually, it’s been available for some time, but I just updated the page with the link to buy it for the Nook.)

The game is also now listed with Board Game Geek, so please show some support there.

If you’ve played the game, I would love to see some pictures and videos of your session. Contact me and share them here.

New Toys


Today I received some new equipment! I used the money I won from the Lights, Camera, Eyemart video contest to buy a microphone and related accessories for my camera.

Time Traveling at a Waterfall

Yesterday, I had a dream where I was filming an episode of The Time Traveling Troupe at this just simply beautiful waterfall. I don’t remember of the plot of the episode, but everyone was admiring the beauty of location. The place was just magical. It was like no place any of the cast or crew had ever visited. Odd thing is, I don’t have plans to film at a waterfall for the first season, but I do for the exact opposite: in a desert.

I’m so looking forward to being able to film the show next year. Oklahoma has many great locations for filming and I do plan to take advantage of them for this show. Soon…

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