Shop small Saturday

Local small businesses are the core of local economy. Shop your local small businesses not only on Saturday, but throughout the year as well. [...]

Did you ask for the special?

If you want the special oil change instead of the regular oil change, make sure you request it. [...]

Muskogee: What’s so good about it anyway?

What’s so good about Muskogee, anyway? A person I work with asked me that question. Here’s my answer. [...]

Sweet-n-Sassy Cafe & Baking – Update

Sweet-n-Sassy Baking, which made its web debut a few months ago, now has a brick-and-mortar cafe on main street right across from the federal building. Janet has expanded her repertoire to serve soups, salads, sandwiches and more to her hungry visitors. The menu will be online at her website, http://www.sweetnsassybaking.com, very soon. [...]

Muskogee Lowes is tops in customer service

When a company delivers bad service, word quickly gets around. You tell this friend, and they tell others, etc. until many people know you’ve been treated badly. But, when a company like Lowes delivers outstanding customer service, people should hear about that, too. Hence, this post. [...]

Sweet-n-Sassy Baking makes its web debut

We’ve been there. A special occasion and you need a cake, but don’t want to go with the supermarket cake. Sweet-n-Sassy has the answer. I’ve tasted Janet’s award-winning cakes and they are fantastic. Free delivery in the Muskogee area. Well, just go to her website and you’ll see. [...]

Thunderbird Speedway to re-open

Stanley Slader is re-opening Thunderbird this month. Personally, I will welcome the Friday night sounds again, but I realize that some people will not, especially those living close to the fairgrounds. It will be interesting to see what happens that first race night as far as how many people complain about the noise. [...]

BancFirst knows great customer service

Customer service is priority 1. Or, should I say, when the customer feels like he or she is priority 1, that is great customer service. More banks need to be like BancFirst. [...]

Best car-buying experience yet

My 22-year-old son needed a new car, so we went with him yesterday to help him out a bit. To tell you the truth, I was NOT looking forward to this. I’ve been in too many dealerships where the pressure is on and you feel like a slime if you even think about leaving without one of their cars. I mean, how dare you turn down their generous offer to help you out because, of course, that is their only interest. When you show the least bit of hesitation, the sales manager comes in to assault you. They never want to tell you the best price for the car, but what your payments will be, so they want to run your credit first. I don’t play that game any more. [...]

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