Vicki Baker So, what do four guys from California, Iowa, and Texas, have in common with four guys from New Jersey? They’re part of an energetic tribute concert dedicated to the music of the Garden State’s very own “Jersey Boys”—Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. “Oh, What a Night” for Girls on Wheels (Shirley Monge,…
Vicki Baker Elephants don’t usually come to mind when thinking of Oklahoma wildlife. We imagine buffalo, deer, and cattle, but the Sooner State is home to the second largest herd of Asian elephants in America. Girls on Wheels (Cassie Richardson, Karen DiPietro, Susan Hebert, Vicki Baker, and Nancy Burns) hit the road in search of…
Vicki Baker Visual art can be arresting, in the sense that it can stop us in our tracks and demand our attention. Poignant renderings of facial expressions, an intoxicating color, symbolism that invites our interpretation, wanting to both captivate our imagination and slow us to a meditative pace during these troubled times. Girls on Wheels entered…
Vicki Baker Walking alone in a parking lot and feeling uneasy? Getting a weird vibe from that other person standing in the elevator? Approached by a stranger while your hands are full of groceries? Many of us have been there. We live in a dangerous and, sometimes, violent world. The potential to become a victim…
Vicki Baker In this time of COVID-19, it’s difficult to find places where friends can engage in a pandemic-forced socially distanced and isolating environment. Girls on Wheels discovered the perfect opportunity to experience art and culture for the first time in over a year—Aurora’s innovative “Area 3″, where 100,000 square feet of parking garage in…
Vicki Baker The practice of blowing glass seems hip and modern if you’ve recently visited an exhibition by Dale Chihuly, but the technique has been all the rage since the Roman Empire. While new technologies introduced more modern equipment, the fundamentals of glassblowing have evolved little since then. Setting out to tackle this ancient art…
Vicki Baker It’s crazy to think that more than 95% of the “underwater world” remains unexplored. Not being certified for deep water scuba diving, it would be hard to see some of the beautiful creatures otherwise. Luckily, Girls on Wheels had the opportunity to peek at life under the sea at the Dallas World Aquarium…
Vicki Baker Nestled within the modern suburbs of the Dallas area is an oasis of history, where the spirit of the Blackland Prairie pioneers and some of the earliest settlers of Texas still lives on. It’s here that a grand 19th-century mansion stands on a 4.5-acre farm with old-fashioned barns and other structures that recall…
Vicki Baker We’ve enlisted into the space patrol fleet that protects the Earth. Suddenly a mysterious asteroid field appears. It’s our job to lead the investigation and prevent it from getting any closer. What could be lurking in the shadows? A routine mission rapidly becomes a struggle to neutralize the invading alien enemy and protect…
Vicki Baker Thoughts of archery bring about images of Robin Hood, Katniss of the Hunger Games, and Game of Thrones. Whatever it was that inspired Girls on Wheels, we set our sights high and took aim at Cinnamon Creek Ranch Archery for our monthly outing. So, here we were, never having pulled back on a bow…