Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away, and closely after will be Christmas and New Year’s. But, before all of the holiday festivities begin, I think you should celebrate a nontraditional holiday – National Take a Hike Day on November 17th! Chickasaw Country is a beautiful area of ...
Read More →Hi friends! Jared here. Twenty-eight years ago on a hot, blustery day in Washington D.C., President George H.W. Bush made a declaration that would honor the heritage of all Native American people. This declaration named November as National American Heritage Month and is still celebrated each year by ...
Read More →I’m the kind of person that buys everything Oklahoma - Oklahoma shirts, mugs, hats, blankets, and so much more. To say I’m obsessed with Oklahoma is probably an understatement. Oklahoma is made up of 77 counties, but the 13 counties in south-central Oklahoma are part of Chickasaw Country (...
Read More →It was 6:30 in the morning, and I was on a mission. I was determined to eat the first fried pie of the day at the Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies shop in Davis, Oklahoma. Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies is one of my favorite places in Oklahoma. It&...
Read More →What if queso were its own food group? I know, I know. There are five main food groups, but it should have its own category. There’s something about a delicious bowl of warm cheese dip and chips on a fall day that I find so wonderful. It’...
Read More →I’ve anxiously been waiting this time of year since the blistering heat in July, and even though it seemed to take forever, fall is finally here! Cue me happy dancing around my house to Monster Mash. Fall is my favorite, it always has been. To me, ...
Read More →Fall in Oklahoma means football season. Ever since I was a little kid I’ve known that Saturday’s in September, October and November are reserved for cheering for college football. My grandpa was a high school football coach, and I remember sitting around listening to him tell ...
Read More →The Stratford Peach Festival and the Rush Springs Watermelon Festival filled my summer days with tons of fun and lots of delicious fruit. But now the seasons are changing and it’s time to kick off the fall festivals! Who’s with me? To start the season ...
Read More →A cool, thick blanket of fog lies low in a pecan bottom. The sun has yet to waken from its slumber. The calm serenity of an uninterrupted morning is broken by the snap of a twig beneath the rubber sole of your duck boots. Sloshing through the muddy bottom, ...
Read More →Did you know Oklahoma has a state meal? I didn’t either! The meal was approved in 1988 by the 41stOklahoma Legislature and includes some of my favorites. The official dishes are fried okra, squash, cornbread, barbecue pork, biscuits, sausage and gravy, grits, corn, black-eyed peas, chicken-fried steak, strawberries and ...
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