Mondo's Ristorante Turns 50 This MonthAlmost every tradition begins with three ingredients; family, friends, and food. Traditions created with those ingredients bring about a perfect combination enticing those involved to keep that tradition cooking right along. Tulsa...
The War At Home Memorial is Coming to Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow's Veterans Park is due to receive a new memorial, on July 17th. Standing tall in the field, the monument is in the form of 22 towering steel plates, each hollowed out with the silhouette of a soldier lost to an ongoing war. This war is of Post Traumatic...
Santa is Real! You Just Haven’t Met Him Yet
Santa is Real! You Just Haven’t Met Him YetCL Harmon, Lead Author, Osage Nation Member18 December 2018 co-published with Tulsa Lifestyle MagazineThe True Spirit of Christmas Is Closer Than You Might Think You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout, I'm...
Former Stomping Grounds of Leon Russell
Leon Russell & Opportunity Knox, Building a Legacy one landmark at a time. As she sat amid the hustle and bustle of the diner's morning breakfast rush sporting a red Church Studio tee and a slight sense of anxiety, I couldn't help but feel like I was sitting with...
Oklahoma Restaurant Gives Former Inmates a New Lease on Life
Angela Ellis’ Garden Grows Prosperity & Harvests Hope CL Harmon, Lead Author, Osage Nation Member 22 March 2016 Saying that something is criminal has been an expression that gets tossed around to describe a situation in a negative light. But Angela Ellis of Tulsa...
Major Spice Company in Cleveland, Ok
Daddy Hinkle's, Adding Its Own Spice To Oklahoma Life CL spends some time with David of Daddy Hinkle's spice company based in Cleveland Oklahoma. CL Harmon, Lead Author, Osage Nation Member 28 September 2018 Now and then the expression ‘the spice of life’ gets tossed...
Tulsa Stained Glass
Tulsa Stained Glass, Teaching How To Pick Up The Pieces And Put Them Together CL Harmon, Lead Author, Osage Nation Member 21 SEPTEMBER 2018 For over 1,000 years stained glass art has been a part of the creative world. It is an art form that is like no other in the...
New Osage Casino Opens With a Winning Hand
New Osage Casino Opens With a Winning Hand CL Harmon, Lead Author, Osage Nation Member 12 SEPTEMBER 2018 *This is not a paid advertisement and we have received no compensation for the publication of this story. It’s an excitement like no other. The...
Make a Run for Fashion at the Cain’s
Make a Run for Fashion at the Cain's CL HARMON *This is not a paid advertisement and we have received no compensation for the publication of this story. So I heard about this event where there are beautiful models sporting some of the coolest...
It Was A Hell Of A Bite
How A Mosquito Can Change Your Life CL HARMON The following story is one that I felt compelled to write for a couple of reasons. The first is simply because it’s an incredible story about surviving when all of the odds appear stacked in the opposite direction. The...
Who Says An Old Tiger Can’t Learn New Tricks
Who Says an Old Tiger Can't Learn New Tricks CL HARMON While listening to Wiley Oleson during our interview, I couldn’t help but think back to the first time I heard the band Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” from the big screen while Rocky Balboa was gearing up for the...
Close To The Bone Is Closer To Home Than You Might Think
Close To The Bone CL HARMON The image has sent shivers down the spines of countless throughout the ages. It has struck in our hearts fear and fright and the realization of mysterious shadows and spirits in the dim light. The mere sight reminds us...
Independence Day
We made this video as a reminder of the important things to remember. Written by CL Harmon, produced by Spencer Heckathorn https://youtu.be/qyDSU1QlFVk
Forget Not From Whence You Came: How One Oklahoman Gave Us Back Our History
How One Oklahoman Gave Us Back Our History CL HARMON History Lesson I have this vivid memory while in junior high school of sitting in a classroom with other students my age and feeling the boredom in that room as being suffocating. Or maybe I was hoping that someone...
Short – Shall We Never Forget
Uniquelahoma honors all those who fought for freedom on D-Day this 74th Anniversary. C.L. Harmon Wouldn’t it be a remarkable event if 5,000 ships came to the rescue of people who were being oppressed? What if those ships were carrying 150,000 troops who were willing...
Colin Warde Follows His Yellow Brick Road: Oklahoma and The Film Industry
Colin Warde and The Film Industry in Oklahoma CL Harmon Have you ever wondered what it's like to work on a movie set and in the showbiz field? I have, and so I asked someone who knows, a native Oklahoman who is a big part of the still small, yet growing film-making...
Step Out Of Your Car And Into The Past
TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE Step Out Of Your Car And Into The Past C. L. Harmon May 25, 2016 When the wind came sweeping down the plains of Oklahoma in the 1870’s and 80’s, it brought Native Americans from all corners of what would become the continental United States. In...
Happy Mother’s Day Mom
Happy Mother's Day Mom CL HARMON Uniquelahoma is primarily about unique and special people, ones who make the state a better place. This week, I thought I would write about the most unique and special person I know. She goes by many names to different people, but I...
Dale Lewis Follows The Roads To Discovery
Dale Lewis Follows The Road to Discovery CL HARMON Individuality is one of the most abundant resources in Oklahoma. This is not to say that individuality isn’t prevalent in other places as well. But Oklahoma seems to have it almost oozing from the soil itself…much...
Kelly B. Todd: Helping Children One Session At A Time
Kelly B. Todd: Helping Children One Session At A Time CL HARMON If necessity is the mother of invention then need must be the father of charity. Across the globe, there are organizations whose purpose is to help those who may not otherwise be able to receive...
What is Uniquelahoma?
Uniquelahoma is an online magazine showcasing what is unique, beautiful, and positive in Oklahoma. Started by…
Unique Quote
Everything in life and in this world moves. It is in some process of change. This is because change is the life blood of existence. And that blood flows continually in a a direction that is rarely the path of least resistance in order to push the most doors of growth open. As a result, it often seems we are not moving forward in life. But in actuality, our flow has just been slowed so we don’t miss seeing the many open doors that life has afforded us. – C.L. Harmon