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4 days ago | 
looper.com | Kristi Roe-Owen
The second reboot of the (shockingly difficult-to-watch) mid-80s CBS series "The Equalizer" after the Denzel Washington film franchise, the Queen Latifah-led crime drama is a fun and satisfying one-hour episodic series about a team of vigilantes led by a former CIA operative. Working together, they right wrongs and dole out justice for those whom the system has failed, taking aim at the powerful and privileged alike to even the score.
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1 week ago | 
islands.com | Kristi Roe-Owen
Getting through airport screenings can be a headache for anyone. But for many autistic folks, the process can be prohibitively difficult, a problem TSA aims to help with through its TSA Cares initiative. TSA Cares was created to provide travelers who need support with medical conditions, disabilities, or other specific concerns with the assistance they need to safely navigate the security screening process.
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1 week ago | 
islands.com | Kristi Roe-Owen
Like most generational Tulsans, I love living in a cosmopolitan, mid-sized Oklahoma city with a beautiful waterfront wonderland, a vibrant arts and music culture, and a community-minded spirit, all while being surrounded by some of the most adorable suburbs in this part of the country.
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1 week ago | 
looper.com | Kristi Roe-Owen
"Twin Peaks" was a TV-changing series about many things: sawmill politics, Tibetan mysticism, teenage shenanigans, epic donut spreads, the never-ending quest for silent draperies ... and at the center of it all, the enduring mystery of who killed small-town sweetheart and homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee).
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1 week ago | 
looper.com | Kristi Roe-Owen
Five seasons and a one stage play in, the only thing bigger than the monstrous worldbuilding iceberg of the Amblin-inspired Netflix series "Stranger Things" is the show's massive fanbase. Set in the most 1980s part of the 1980s, the series establishes one iconic setting after the next.
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2 weeks ago | 
islands.com | Kristi Roe-Owen
As the parent of three neurospicy kids, including an autistic son who is now in his teen years, it took my husband and me years to feel like we knew what we were doing when we took a family vacation. Stress-free travel with kids always takes a little extra work, but there was a time when our family trips had to be planned down to the most minute detail to make sure our son's sensory needs were met, and everyone in our party had a good time.
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3 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Kristi Roe-Owen
Decades later, the 1980 true crime story of rural Texas mom-turned axe murderer Candace "Candy" Montgomery retold in the Hulu miniseries "Candy" still stands out as one of the most baffling and disturbing crimes ever to capture the news-watching public's imaginations.
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3 weeks ago | 
islands.com | Kristi Roe-Owen
As a lifelong Tulsan who has traveled all over the United States, I've got a long and ever-growing personal list of what makes my hometown — a vibrant mid-sized city nestled in the heart of Oklahoma's Green Country — special. And right there at the top next to our dynamic arts and music community, the Art Deco skyline, our historic drive-in along Route 66, and the diverse cultural tapestry that enriches our community is our city's outstanding parks system.
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3 weeks ago | 
looper.com | Kristi Roe-Owen
A black comedy spy thriller about British intelligence agent Eve Polastri's (Sandra Oh) bizarre, mutually obsessive entanglement with notorious sociopathic assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer), "Killing Eve" is a witty, subversive, female-driven exploration of power and moral relativism.
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1 month ago | 
islands.com | Kristi Roe-Owen
One of the most frustrating discoveries to make on your first cruise is the many unexpected costs that can arise aside from the cost of the cruise itself. These aren't the cheapest adventures in the first place, after all. And those expenses, both big and small, can start to add up very quickly. In many ways, a cruise ship is like a mall, with many of its shops and services provided by independent companies. And every one of them wants their cut of your travel spending budget.
