(2494,1,'2010-10-04 09:48:27','2010-10-04 14:48:27','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1767\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1251/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1767\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1251.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEspecially if you haven\'t had your morning cup-o-joe, this Monday morning might feel like any other Monday morning.\r\n\r\nBut, it\'s not. It\'s the Monday of the first-ever <a href=\"http://blogging4jobs.com/tag/oklahoma-blogging-week\">Oklahoma Blogging Week</a>, a statewide celebration of blogging in the Sooner state.\r\n\r\nAnd we Tulsans are gonna celebrate in style.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--> [adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nThis Thursday evening <a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">we\'re meeting at The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing for a blogtastic, bloggy meetup</a>. Put this info into your calendar:\r\n<blockquote><strong>Oklahoma Blogging Week: Tulsa Meetup</strong>\r\nWhen: 6:30-8:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.themeltingpot.com/\">The Melting Pot</a>, 300 Riverwalk Terrace at the Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">RSVP HERE</a></blockquote>\r\n<strong>The Deets</strong>\r\n\r\nAt this event you\'ll get:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Free appetizers courtesy of <a href=\"http://www.okprosperity.com/page.asp?content=startpage&amp;g=OKLAHOMA\">Oklahoma Prosperity Project</a></li>\r\n	<li>The opportunity to meet and learn from dozens of Tulsa-area bloggers</li>\r\n	<li>A bit from me about the state and the importance of blogging in Oklahoma</li>\r\n	<li>The chance to give an elevator-style presentation about you and your blog (see info about sign-ups below)</li>\r\n	<li>Your name in a directory of local blogs that goes home with everyone at the event (see info about this below).</li>\r\n	<li>A ton of new blogs to add to your feed reader. Which is like crack for bloggers. Finding new blogs to read makes us see and do crazy and hilarious things.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThat\'s a lot of goodness, right? Add to that some fun door prizes and <strong>free admission</strong> and you\'ve got yourself one hell of a party.\r\n\r\n<strong>You and Your Blog, Front and Center</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you\'d like to give a short talk - between 30 seconds and one minute - about you and what your blog is all about at this meetup, <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">sign up by sending me an e-mail</a>. Put \"Blog Talk\" in the subject line and I\'ll make sure to get you on the list of speakers.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll also be at the top of the directory of local blogs that will go home in the hands of all attendees.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll also discover local blogs - really great ones - that you never knew existed. Cool, right?\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Blog Directory, Oklahoma Blogging Week Edition</strong>\r\n\r\nWant your blog address and tagline in the hands of dozens of other local bloggers? All you have to do is <a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">RSVP to this event</a>.\r\n\r\nEasy, right? That it\'s free and comes with free food is just a bonus. But, it\'s the kind of bonus like having a Slip \'n\' Slide and a mega-sized bottle of Dawn just show up at your birthday party. It makes everything exponentially more awesome.\r\n\r\n<strong>RSVP is the Key</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">BE SURE TO RSVP HERE</a> to get your admission ticket for the event. Reserving a ticket is also the only way to get your blog and tagline into the hands of local bloggers in the directory.\r\n\r\nI want to shout about you and your blog from the rooftops anyway; by attending this event and making yourself known, you\'re just making my job easier. And trust me, I love easy.\r\n\r\nAnd again, this event is free, but I\'m gonna ask for your ticket when you arrive so that random weirdos aren\'t crashing our event and stealing our delicious Melting Pot noshes.\r\n\r\nPlus, and I repeat, <strong>signing up for a ticket is the only way to get into that directory of local blogs that goes home in the hands of each and every attendee</strong>.\r\n\r\nCool? Cool. Leave any questions or concerns in the comments.\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t forget to <strong>share the news about this event with your blogging friends and your blog curious friends alike</strong>. All are welcome to reserve a ticket.\r\n\r\nYou can also think about it this way: The more bloggers and bloggers-to-be we invite, the larger the potential audience for your presentation about your fabulous Oklahoma blog.\r\n\r\nUntil Thursday, happy blogging, and happy Oklahoma Blogging Week!\r\n\r\n<em>If you\'re a local blogger or business and are interested in contributing swag for this meetup, <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">e-mail me</a>.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Thanks is due to Oklahoma Blogging Week sponsors <a href=\"http://www.okprosperity.com/page.asp?content=startpage&amp;g=OKLAHOMA\">Oklahoma Prosperity Project</a> and <a href=\"http://blogging4jobs.com/\">Jessical Miller-Merrell at Xceptional HR</a>, and to our host for the Tulsa meetup, <a href=\"http://www.meltingpot.com/\">The Melting Pot in Jenks</a>. You guys rule.</em>','It\'s Oklahoma Blogging Week! Let\'s celebrate.','It\'s the Monday of the first-ever Oklahoma Blogging Week, a statewide celebration of blogging in the Sooner state. And we Tulsans are gonna celebrate in style.','inherit','open','open','','2477-revision-3','','','2010-10-04 09:48:27','2010-10-04 14:48:27','',2477,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2477-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1712,1,'2010-09-01 10:33:32','2010-09-01 15:33:32','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1719\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o1-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs far as Tulsa-area parks go, <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/\">Chandler Park</a> is one of those best-kept-secret sort of places.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Westsiders know about it (the park is the wedge formed between the intersection of 21st Street and 65th W. Ave.), but a trip there means a drive across the Arkansas for most everyone else in town. And sometimes, especially if you\'re coming from southeast Tulsa, and especially if you have to drive through construction zone after construction zone as all we Tulsans must these days, a drive across the Arkansas River sounds like a very, very long drive.\r\n\r\nBut this fall, Chandler will be the place to be, no matter where you have to come from or what you have to go through to get there.\r\n\r\nKnow how I know? Because I\'m a westsider, born and bred. And over the years I\'ve hiked and swam and frisbee golfed and softballed and photographed Chandler Park to within an inch of its life. And I know a little something about what goes on there when fall rolls around.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0666-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1720\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_06661.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee all those trees back there? The ones behind this frisbee golf goal? They turn all sorts of pretty colors. Colors that will make you weak in the knees.\r\n\r\nI know places like midtown\'s Woodward Park are the go-to places for Tulsa folks looking to enjoy things like flowers in the spring and leaves in the fall. But really, places like Chandler Park are better. For one thing, there are more trees. Which is what happens when one park is more than four times larger than the other.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1721\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0674/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1721\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0674.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich is kinda what you should care about if you\'re looking for lots of pretty fall foliage.\r\n\r\n(Another tip on the best fall foliage-gazing spot in Tulsa: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/memorial-park-cemetery/\">Memorial Park Cemetery at 51st and Memorial</a>:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc07873/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1722\" title=\"Memorial Cemetery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC07873-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Cemetery\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI only speak the truth. Also, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wills\">Bob Wills</a> and <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Roberts\">Oral Roberts</a> and a host of other folks of Tulsa fame are buried there, which is worth a visit in and of itself.)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0689/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1723\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0689-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNot that I have anything against places like Woodward Park, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/from-humiliation-files-my-cliche/\">because I most certainly don\'t</a>. I\'m just trying to broaden your horizons here, friends.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0684/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1724\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNot long ago I took my son on his first Chandler Park picnic. We packed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Goldfish crackers and, of course, cake. In other words, it was the best possible picnic two people can have without fried chicken and sweet tea.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0693/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0712-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1726\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07121-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"In the midst of these mighty oaks and such woodland-like beauty, I must contemplate this Goldfish cracker in a most serious way.\r\n\r\nWhat is this Goldfish cracker going to taste like? What does it mean? Does it exist?\r\n\r\nDo <em>I</em> exist?\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1727\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0714-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1727\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07141-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf a toddler munches loudly on a Goldfish cracker in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1728\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0703.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe world may never know.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1729\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0730/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1729\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0730.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter lunch this guy spent lots of time checking out one of these:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1730\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0671/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1730\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(Because this is how a frisbee golf goal would look to a two-year-old, right?)\r\n\r\nAfter more exploring he brought me some of these:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1731\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0749-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1731\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07492.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was a good move because if he hadn\'t, he probably would have been stuck mowing the lawn later.\r\n\r\nI\'m always willing to let a man who brings me flowers for no reason off the yard care hook. Especially men who look like this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1732\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0681/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1732\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0681.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI am such a sucker.\r\n\r\nAnd it\'s the best thing, if you ask me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1733\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0756/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1733\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0756.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSurprise! Chandler Park is home to some pretty cool playgrounds, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1734\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0764-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1734\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07641.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1735\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0777-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1735\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07771.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDoes anyone else think this last shot should be cover art for the next hot Christian music CD?\r\n\r\nI have sort of a guilty feeling that tells me I should be sorry I wrote that just now. But, I\'m gonna go ahead and let it stand. For posterity.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1736\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0793-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1736\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07931-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1737\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0792/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1737\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0792-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSpeaking of standing...I remember when all these two little puffy feet were good for were kissing, tickling and those black-and-white baby foot photos all we Gen X/Gen Y parents just have to have of their kids.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1738\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0786/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1738\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0786-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd how these starfish-like little hands did a lot less mess-making and a lot more...well, waiving around aimlessly in an effort to make sense of this world.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1739\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0776/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1739\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0776.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow he\'s playing Godzilla on my old stomping grounds.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m going to change the subject so that my face doesn\'t end up a puddly, mommyblogger crybaby face by the end of this post.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1740\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0836-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1740\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08363.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDid I mention that Chandler Park is home to some of the best views of downtown Tulsa, the Arkansas River and the Osage Hills?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1741\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0847/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1741\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0847-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee the skyline peeking through the trees?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1719\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o1-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCool, huh?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1742\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0849/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1742\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_0849-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s lots more to do at Chandler Park besides picnicking, playgrounding and breaking out your telephoto lens to take photos of downtown through trees and shrubbery like some kind of misguided, frustrated paparazzo.\r\n\r\nCheck out:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Formations for rock climbing (see the photo above, which is very scary to me but not to those of you out there who are like my husband and who enjoy defying death-by-jagged-rock at every opportunity);</li>\r\n	<li>Gardens and nature trails;</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/baseball\">A lighted baseball/softball complex</a>;</li>\r\n	<li>An 18-hole disc golf course;</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/sunset-concerts\">Live music in Tulsa\'s largest natural outdoor event venue</a> (the next concert features my friend Rebecca Ungerman on Sept. 24);</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/special-events\">Special events including</a> Kings Champion Medieval Faire, Be Fest (a.k.a. OK Boulderfest), Top of the Hill Car Show and the Christmastime Lights on the Hill;</li>\r\n	<li>A brand-new, 16,000-square-foot community center that features a regulation-size gymnasium with bleacher seating, a work-out room and a kitchen/concession area as well as rooms for special events, games, meetings, camps and dance classes. The center is also home to <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/classes\">a variety of classes, from yoga to Jazzercise to drama to photography</a>.</li>\r\n	<li>And plenty of picturesque places to make out.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNot that I would know anything about making out in a public place. Because I wouldn\'t. Know anything about making out in a public place, I mean.\r\n\r\nChandler Park also hosts summer camps as well as swimmers of all ages. It\'s quite the bustling place.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0693/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut not so bustling that you can\'t enjoy a picnic with your special someone. Grab a blanket, pack a picnic basket and see for yourself.\r\n\r\n<strong>Chandler Park</strong>\r\nWhere: 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nWhen: Gate opens at 7am, Upper level closes at 11pm, Lower level closes at 6pm; Community center hours are Monday and Wednesday, 9am-8pm; Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-9pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nCall: (918) 591-6053\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/\">sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/</a>','Chandler Park, West Side Style','As far as Tulsa-area parks go, Chandler Park is one of those best-kept-secret sort of places.','publish','open','open','','chandler-park','','\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/memorial-park-cemetery/','2010-09-01 10:33:32','2010-09-01 15:33:32','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=1712',0,'post','',10),(1713,1,'2010-08-31 10:04:15','2010-08-31 15:04:15','As far as Tulsa-area parks go, Chandler Park is one of those best-kept-secret sort of places. Westsiders know about it (the park is the wedge formed between the intersection of 21st Street and 65th W. Ave.), but a trip there means a drive across the Arkansas for most everyone else in town.\n\nBut this fall, it\'s the place to be. Know how I know? Because I\'m a westsider, born and bred. And over the years I\'ve hiked and swam and frisbee golfed and softballed and photographed the place within an inch of its life.','Chandler Park, West Side Style','','inherit','open','open','','1712-revision','','','2010-08-31 10:04:15','2010-08-31 15:04:15','',1712,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1712-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(2492,1,'2010-10-04 10:00:00','2010-10-04 15:00:00','','Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup','','inherit','open','open','','2477-revision','','','2010-10-04 10:00:00','2010-10-04 15:00:00','',2477,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2477-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(2493,1,'2010-10-04 09:48:27','2010-10-04 14:48:27','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1767\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1251/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1767\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1251.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEspecially if you haven\'t had your morning cup-o-joe, this Monday morning might feel like any other Monday morning.\r\n\r\nBut, it\'s not. It\'s the Monday of the first-ever <a href=\"http://blogging4jobs.com/tag/oklahoma-blogging-week\">Oklahoma Blogging Week</a>, a statewide celebration of blogging in the Sooner state.\r\n\r\nAnd we Tulsans are gonna celebrate in style.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--> [adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nThis Thursday evening <a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">we\'re meeting at The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing for a blogtastic, bloggy meetup</a>. Put this info into your calendar:\r\n<blockquote><strong>Oklahoma Blogging Week: Tulsa Meetup</strong>\r\nWhen: 6:30-8:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.themeltingpot.com/\">The Melting Pot</a>, 300 Riverwalk Terrace at the Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">RSVP HERE</a></blockquote>\r\n<strong>The Deets</strong>\r\n\r\nAt this event you\'ll get:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Free appetizers courtesy of <a href=\"http://www.okprosperity.com/page.asp?content=startpage&amp;g=OKLAHOMA\">Oklahoma Prosperity Project</a></li>\r\n	<li>The opportunity to meet and learn from dozens of Tulsa-area bloggers</li>\r\n	<li>A bit from me about the state and the importance of blogging in Oklahoma</li>\r\n	<li>The chance to give an elevator-style presentation about you and your blog (see info about sign-ups below)</li>\r\n	<li>Your name in a directory of local blogs that goes home with everyone at the event (see info about this below).</li>\r\n	<li>A ton of new blogs to add to your feed reader. Which is like crack for bloggers. Finding new blogs to read makes us see and do crazy and hilarious things.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThat\'s a lot of goodness, right? Add to that some fun door prizes and <strong>free admission</strong> and you\'ve got yourself one hell of a party.\r\n\r\n<strong>You and Your Blog, Front and Center</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you\'d like to give a short talk - between 30 seconds and one minute - about you and what your blog is all about at this meetup, <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">sign up by sending me an e-mail</a>. Put \"Blog Talk\" in the subject line and I\'ll make sure to get you on the list of speakers.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll also be at the top of the directory of local blogs that will go home in the hands of all attendees.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll also discover local blogs - really great ones - that you never knew existed. Cool, right?\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Blog Directory, Oklahoma Blogging Week Edition</strong>\r\n\r\nWant your blog address and tagline in the hands of dozens of other local bloggers? All you have to do is <a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">RSVP to this event</a>.\r\n\r\nEasy, right? That it\'s free and comes with free food is just a bonus. But, it\'s the kind of bonus like having a Slip \'n\' Slide and a mega-sized bottle of Dawn just show up at your birthday party. It makes everything exponentially more awesome.\r\n\r\n<strong>RSVP is the Key</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">BE SURE TO RSVP HERE</a> to get your admission ticket for the event. Reserving a ticket is also the only way to get your blog and tagline into the hands of local bloggers in the directory.\r\n\r\nI want to shout about you and your blog from the rooftops anyway; by attending this event and making yourself known, you\'re just making my job easier. And trust me, I love easy.\r\n\r\nAnd again, this event is free, but I\'m gonna ask for your ticket when you arrive so that random weirdos aren\'t crashing our event and stealing our delicious Melting Pot noshes.\r\n\r\nPlus, and I repeat, <strong>signing up for a ticket is the only way to get into that directory of local blogs that goes home in the hands of each and every attendee</strong>.\r\n\r\nCool? Cool. Leave any questions or concerns in the comments.\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t forget to <strong>share the news about this event with your blogging friends and your blog curious friends alike</strong>. All are welcome to reserve a ticket.\r\n\r\nYou can also think about it this way: The more bloggers and bloggers-to-be we invite, the larger the potential audience for your presentation about your fabulous Oklahoma blog.\r\n\r\nUntil Thursday, happy blogging, and happy Oklahoma Blogging Week!\r\n\r\n<em>If you\'re a local blogger or business and are interested in contributing swag for this meetup, <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">e-mail me</a>.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Thanks is due to Oklahoma Blogging Week sponsors <a href=\"http://www.okprosperity.com/page.asp?content=startpage&amp;g=OKLAHOMA\">Oklahoma Prosperity Project</a> and <a href=\"http://blogging4jobs.com/\">Jessical Miller-Merrell at Xceptional HR</a>, and to our host for the Tulsa meetup, <a href=\"http://www.meltingpot.com/\">The Melting Pot in Jenks</a>. You guys rule.</em>','It\'s Oklahoma Blogging Week! Let\'s celebrate.','It\'s the Monday of the first-ever Oklahoma Blogging Week, a statewide celebration of blogging in the Sooner state. And we Tulsans are gonna celebrate in style.','inherit','open','open','','2477-revision-2','','','2010-10-04 09:48:27','2010-10-04 14:48:27','',2477,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2477-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(2461,1,'2010-10-08 09:30:00','2010-10-08 14:30:00','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/36352_104692399581826_100001231986457_26082_3212632_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2749\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/36352_104692399581826_100001231986457_26082_3212632_n.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/what-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-8/\">Real, live luchadors will take control of downtown Tulsa this weekend at Luchapalooza</a>, which is pretty much the most exciting smack-down event of the entire freaking century.\r\n\r\nStarting on Saturday at 5pm, Luchapalooza goers can get choke holds, DDTs, elbow drops, clotheslines and so, so much more on Boston Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets. The event packs a dozen fights in all, including title matches and the awarding of big, beautiful, shiny championship belts.\r\n\r\nBoston will be closed to make room for the ring and tons of entertainment, including plenty for the kiddos to do between 5-8pm. Fights continue until midnight.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://elotetulsa.com/news-events\">Get the line-up of matches here</a>, and you can get to know the contenders <a href=\"http://elotetulsa.com/luchadores/getting-to-know-your-luchadors\">here</a>.\r\n\r\nIn anticipation of this mega-event, I snagged one of my very favorite of Tulsa\'s luchadors for a little Q&amp;A. What follows is my exchange with none other than Killa Whatt, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001231986457\">who will shed his domestic routines and antics</a> to put the smack down on downtown and the luchador El Tluacuache Saturday night.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/36352_104692399581826_100001231986457_26082_3212632_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2749\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/36352_104692399581826_100001231986457_26082_3212632_n.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> Were you born in a luchador mask, cape and studly stretchy pants, or did some tragic and catastrophic life event propel you into your life as a luchador?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> I was born from a great storm in Ampere, a small village under the rule of a wicked baron. For years, the baron had trampled the people of Ampere under his boot of oppression. One night a powerful thunderstorm rolled through the land. A flash enveloped the sky and a spear of lightning so brilliant that it could only have been hurled straight from the hand of God struck the pole of a tent, throwing everyone inside to the ground. The bolt swam through the air at ferocious speed, darting from guard to guard until it had reduced their rifles to so much slag.\r\n\r\nA second bolt of lightning landed at the foot of the baron, knocking him on his prodigious buttocks. A ball of crackling energy emerged from the stricken floor, slowly taking the form of an almost too-perfect man. A scream of justice erupting from his lips, the storm-born hero called down the fury of the tempest, and immediately a wave of electricity charged through the clouds, tearing through the wretched ruler until only a charred mass of burning flesh remained.\r\n\r\nThe people, eager to know their savior, scrambled toward him to glimpse his face. But the hero, knowing that the sheer power of purity and justice emitting from his naked visage would blind the poor townspeople, quickly grabbed a nearby banner and wrapped it around his head in the form of a mask, its tail forming a cape, whipping in the wind behind him. As the villagers reached out to kiss the hands and grasp the cape of their liberator, he called out \"Justice has been served! You are free!\" Then he vanished in a flash of light and static, and the people heard the name Killa-Whatt echoing on the whispering wind.\r\n\r\nThe studly stretchy pants came later.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2747\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/26674_104072889643777_100001231986457_21923_2411562_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2747\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/26674_104072889643777_100001231986457_21923_2411562_n-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></p>\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> What\'s your winning/signature move?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> The Shocker. Being 100% pure electricity, I’m able to jolt my opponents at will.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2748\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/28445_104387582945641_100001231986457_24045_1230786_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2748\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/28445_104387582945641_100001231986457_24045_1230786_n.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> What is your favorite food at Elote?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> Fish Tacos.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2752\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/30466_105883572796042_100001231986457_35162_3339370_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2752\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/30466_105883572796042_100001231986457_35162_3339370_n-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> The pint-sized one who appears in some of the photos/videos on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001231986457\">your Facebook page</a> - is he your sidekick, or is he a luchador in training?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> Gigga-Whatt is still in training, which is why he remains mask-less. However, I named him Gigga-Whatt because I know that one day he will become so powerful that he will surpass Killa-Whatt.\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> Boxers or briefs?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> Boxers\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2746\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/37305_103779079673158_100001231986457_19785_584925_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2746\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/37305_103779079673158_100001231986457_19785_584925_n-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></p>\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> Who is your luchador inspiration?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> The Opossum. For a rodent, he has mastered a great many fighting styles. Which is why it will be bitter sweet when I destroy him Saturday at Luchapalooza.\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> Describe your luchador training. Any tips or tricks?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> I regularly shadow-box electrical panels and suck on jumper cables. Plus Gigga-Whatt keeps me on a tight training schedule.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2753\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/13460_106209089430157_100001231986457_38359_6858475_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2753\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/13460_106209089430157_100001231986457_38359_6858475_n.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> How does one choose a luchador name? Any special meaning behind your luchador moniker?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> The Omega symbol that I wear symbolizes everything encompassed - all electrical calculations. By day I dawn the guise of an average electrician.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2745\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/33446_131532686897797_100001231986457_172592_5939610_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2745\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/33446_131532686897797_100001231986457_172592_5939610_n-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>TDT:</strong> If you could be any kind of animal, what kind of animal would you be?</p>\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> An electric eel, of course.\r\n\r\n<em>All photos courtesy of Killa Whatt. While feisty, he is also generous.</em>','Interview with a Luchador','In anticipation of this mega-event, I snagged one of my very favorite of Tulsa\'s luchadors for a little Q&A.','publish','open','open','','interview-with-a-luchador','','http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/what-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-8/\nhttp://elotetulsa.com/news-events\nhttp://elotetulsa.com/luchadores/getting-to-know-your-luchadors','2010-10-08 09:40:24','2010-10-08 14:40:24','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=2461',0,'post','',9),(2464,1,'2010-10-04 13:00:00','2010-10-04 18:00:00','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district/dsc_1676/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2510\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern\" title=\"Brady Tavern\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2510\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe company that sparked the revitalization of downtown’s Blue Dome District and has since moved into Oklahoma City and Norman has expanded again, this time into the Brady District.\r\n\r\nIn the space that until earlier this month housed Lola’s at the Bowery, 5 E. Brady St., McNellie’s Group, holder of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">James E. McNellie’s Public House</a> concepts in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, as well as Abner Ale House in Norman and Yokozuna, Dilly Deli, El Guapo’s Cantina and soon-to-be-opened Fassler Hall in Tulsa, plans yet another pub, but with a foodie twist — The Brady Tavern.\r\n\r\nCurious? Read the rest of this story on <a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/article.asp?aID=51726\">the Food page in this week\'s edition of Tulsa Business Journal</a>. ','McNellie\'s Group moves into Brady District','The company that sparked the revitalization of downtown’s Blue Dome District and has since moved into Oklahoma City and Norman has expanded again, this time into the Brady District.','publish','open','open','','mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district','','','2010-10-04 14:27:24','2010-10-04 19:27:24','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=2464',0,'post','',7),(2466,1,'2010-10-05 10:00:00','2010-10-05 15:00:00','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0538/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2668\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0538.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow that the weather is cooling down here in Tulsa, the calendar of events and things to do at Oklahoma Aquarium is getting hotter every day.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--> [adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2651\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0409-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2651\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_04091-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Aquarium is a true treasure here in the Tulsa area. It\'s home to a range of aquatic life, and it\'s nestled alongside the Arkansas River, right here in the heart of Green Country.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2653\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0414-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2653\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_04141.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhere there are no oceans for hundreds of miles.\r\n\r\nIt seems sort of strange that such a place - which houses a collection of the largest bull sharks in captivity, by the way - should be in a landlocked state, doesn\'t it?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2663\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0476-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2663\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0476.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nStrange, yes. But also highly cool.\r\n\r\nFall, and especially October, is one of the very best times to be outside in this part of the country. But in the interest of planning for the rainy, cold days ahead, I wanted to say this: Oklahoma Aquarium is one of our favorite places to be when hanging around outside isn\'t an option.\r\n\r\nHere are a few reasons why:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2667\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0519/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2667\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0519-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2666\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0507/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2666\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0507-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2665\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0503/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2665\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0503-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRibbit!\r\n\r\nLook at the slime on this guy. I love it! And I wanna hold him.\r\n\r\nOr, her. I\'m an equal opportunity frog holder.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2664\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0492/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2664\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0492-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2663\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0476-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2663\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0476.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2662\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0471/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2662\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0471.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2661\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0469/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2661\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0469-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love the bull sharks. They\'re my favorite animals at Oklahoma Aquarium.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/okaquarium\">Especially Okie</a>. Okie is the coolest, snazziest shark there is.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2660\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0434/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2660\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0434-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2659\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0431/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2659\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0431.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"432\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAbove is pretty much how I look without make-up. Just, you know, in case you were interested.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2658\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0426/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2658\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0426-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2657\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0425/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2657\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0425-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2654\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0418-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2654\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_04181-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are eight exhibit galleries to explore at Oklahoma Aquarium, which is more than a family can really see in just one day.\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/oi2NpX5392g?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/oi2NpX5392g?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/feedingAndDiving.php?subPageName=feedingAndDiving\">Then there are opportunities to watch the animals as they\'re fed</a> (the shark feedings are especially exciting), and there\'s even the chance to feed some of the animals yourself.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2660\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0434/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2660\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0434-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd on top of all that, the Aquarium hosts several special events, especially during the winter months. There\'s never a shortage of things to do at this place.\r\n\r\nGet your calendars out and start marking, because here\'s what\'s going on until the end of the year:\r\n\r\n<strong>Sleep with the Sharks</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 15, 6pm-the next morning\r\nImagine falling asleep alongside a soothing Coral Reef, or waking up to a Bull Shark swimming right overhead. The sleepovers at Oklahoma Aquarium are a splash, complete with activities, snacks, movies and maybe even a little sleep. Slumber under the sea with your whole family, or come unchaperoned - that is, if you\'re age 10-14. Cost is $35 per person (a budget family activity considering how much there is to do at these sleepovers, and for how long). <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/membership.php?subPageName=membership\">Members get a 10-percent discount</a>. Call (918) 528-1508 or e-mail education@okaquarium.org to sign up.\r\n\r\n<strong>HallowMarine</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 27-31, 6:30-9pm\r\nGet ready for Halloween on the high seas! The Oklahoma Aquarium is spooky and salty with carnival games and a trick-or-treat trail, and plenty of pirates and mermaids roam and perform special dive shows in the Coral Reef, all at one of the Tulsa area\'s premier Halloween events. Cost is $7 per youth, $10 per adult. Members get $1 off.\r\n\r\n<strong>Science Under the Stars</strong>\r\nWhen: Nov. 2, 6:30pm; Dec. 7, 6:30pm\r\nTake a journey with the folks at Oklahoma Aquarium to explore oil spills. With the recent events in the Gulf, the Aquarium is uniquely able to demonstrate the impact of oil pollution in ways kids understand - a much-needed lesson. Children will learn the difficulties with containing and cleaning petroleum products through hands-on experiments and activities. They\'ll be able to hypothesize which materials will work best in a clean-up and then test them first hand. For example, how hard is it to clean oily bird feathers? Head to the Aquarium to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>Scuba Santa</strong>\r\nWhen: Nov. 26-28; Dec. 4-5; Dec. 11-12; Dec. 18-24, 3:30pm\r\nEven Santa likes to go for a swim in the tropics, and the Coral Reef exhibit at Oklahoma Aquarium is as close as you get in Oklahoma to diving in the Caribbean. Watch Scuba Santa find out who’s been naughty or nice among the fish in the 65,000 gallon saltwater tank. Then, get your camera ready and pose for the most unique Santa picture ever, without even getting wet. Bonus!\r\n\r\n<strong>Homeschool Day</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 7, 10am-6pm\r\nLittle-known fact: Oklahoma Aquarium hosts quarterly Homeschool Days. These dates are reserved for Homeschool families and groups who cannot meet the 25-person minimum for school tours. Cost is $7 students, $10 for adults. Pre-registration is required; contact the Education Department at (918) 528-1508 or e-mail education@okaquarium.org.\r\n\r\n<strong>Winter Break Camp</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 20-23, 9am-4pm\r\nThe folks at the Aquarium provide an enriching camp experience and a convenient option for working parents with their School Break Sea Camps. And during Winter Break, can you think of a better way to occupy your kids while you wrap up those last minute holiday errands? Sea Camps are designed for children in grades K-5th. Cost is $50 per child, and Aquarium members get a 10 percent discount. Call (918) 528-1508 or e-mail education@okaquarium.org to sign up (which, since it\'s October already, you might want to do quickly - the spots in this much-coveted camp fill quickly).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2668\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0538/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2668\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0538.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen Oklahoma\'s famous severe weather has the kids climbing the walls with cabin fever this winter, load \'em up, take to the streets (once they\'re drivable, of course) and head to Jenks for a day at Oklahoma Aquarium. It\'s fun, it\'s educational, and there\'s no ice scraper or snow shovel required.\r\n\r\n<strong>Oklahoma Aquarium</strong>\r\nWhere: 300 Aquarium Drive\r\nWhen: Wednesday-Monday, 10am-6pm; Tuesday, 10am-9pm\r\nCall: (918) 296-FISH (3474)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.okaquarium.org/\">OKAquarium.org</a>\r\nAdmission: $13.95 for adults; $11.95 for seniors and military; $9.95 for kids age 3-12; kids 2 and under are admitted free','Oklahoma Aquarium: Where to Be When the Big Chill Arrives','Now that the weather is cooling down here in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the calendar of events and things to do at Oklahoma Aquarium is heating up.','publish','open','open','','oklahoma-aquarium-winter','','','2010-10-06 11:55:55','2010-10-06 16:55:55','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=2466',0,'post','',0),(2467,1,'2010-10-06 10:00:00','2010-10-06 15:00:00','','Reader Q&A','','draft','open','open','','','','','2010-10-06 10:00:00','2010-10-06 15:00:00','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=2467',0,'post','',0),(2468,1,'2010-10-10 10:00:00','2010-10-10 15:00:00','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2251\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/what-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-24/dsc00457/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2251\" title=\"Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC00457.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you ready to rock? Because here comes this week\'s rundown of Tulsa blog posts worth ignoring the laundry, the dishes and/or your personal hygiene routine for another 30 minutes or so.\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>That\'s Baloney!</strong> I want to start today with <a href=\"http://www.thatsbaloney.com/2010/10/riding-in-cars-with-boys.html\">this little tidbit from a blogger known around town as Jonni Baloney</a>. Because I\'m sure she\'s not the only person who has had to explain to someone else, child or otherwise, why exactly a vehicle is sporting decor from its hitch made to look like male underparts. Welcome to Oklahoma, baby.\r\n\r\nAnd yes, someone please get to work on Jonni\'s car boob idea.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa State Fair wrap-ups</strong>. Relive the 2010 fair with <a href=\"http://cindysclipboard.blogspot.com/2010/10/sugar-arts-show.html\">Cindy\'s Clipboard</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/tulsa-fried-food/deep-fried-butter-at-the-tulsa-state-fair\">Tulsa Food Blog</a> and <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/10/09/2010/the-tulsa-state-fair-a-photo-essay/\">Michael Cooper with This Land Press</a>. The Real Housewives of Oklahoma has a post about the fair, too, <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/how-to-rhok-state-fair.html\">complete with a fair sighting bingo card</a>. Oh, and Dana and her four children (<em>four!</em> Including a set of red-headed twins!) made it through the fair, too, <a href=\"http://surviving4kids.blogspot.com/2010/10/tulsa-state-fair-2010.html\">though some pantslessness was involved</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Food Blog</strong>. Speaking of TFB, check out the awesomeness that was going on there this week:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/mexican-food/compadres-mexican-grill-south-tulsa\">Getting Fresh at Compadres Mexican Grill</a> (one of my new favorite restaurants, too);</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/mexican-food/compadres-mexican-grill-south-tulsa\">Tulsa\'s restaurant week continues at five Tulsa restaurants</a>;</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/south-tulsa/sage-culinary-studio-cooking-class-south-tulsa-brookside\">Learning to make pasta with Chef Bowen at Sage Culinary Studio</a> (pasta, Chef Bowen and Sage Culinary Studio? Amazing overload!);</li>\r\n	<li>The review you\'ve been waiting for: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/south-tulsa/rexs-chicken-just-great-chicken-and-fry-bread\">Rex\'s Chicken</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>This Land Press</strong>. And speaking also of This Land Press, check out these posts from Oklahoma\'s newest journal:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/10/10/2010/running-tulsa/\">Running Tulsa, by Jessica Baxter</a>. I love what Jessica says about how running can be an organic method for urban exploration.\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/10/03/2010/the-end-of-circulars/\">The End of Circulars, by Lindsey Neal</a>. Lindsey talks to Gerald Buckley about Grocio.com, a Tulsa-based company that distributes grocery circulars. Could the proliferation of smartphones mean the end of paper coupons? <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/10/03/2010/the-end-of-circulars/\">Read on</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>And So She Blogs</strong>. <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/?p=257\">Carrisa makes it through an interesting moment in the bathroom at Mimi\'s Cafe</a>. My thought? I am totally going to do stuff like that when I\'m 80.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Gal</strong>. Nancy hatches yet another Tulsa history mystery, <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/tulsas-war-memorial-history.html\">this time about Tulsa\'s war memorials</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa SPCA</strong>. Am I the only one who oooos and awws over <a href=\"http://tulsaspca.blogspot.com/\">the animals featured on the Tulsa SPCA blog</a>? Makes me want to buy a giant farm and adopt and feed and love them all.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Noshery</strong>. <a href=\"http://thenoshery.com/2010/10/03/fall-table-dinner-party-how-tos-and-tips/\">Meseidy gave a fall table dinner party</a> that got her to the next round in the foodbuzz Project Food Blog contest (<a href=\"http://www.foodbuzz.com/project_food_blog\">which is a big damn deal, by the way</a>). It\'s no wonder - practically everything she made was from scratch, including the ricotta cheese. Seriously. If you love food, you absolutely must read this blog.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Art of Manliness</strong>. Brett and Kate serve up <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2010/10/06/surviving-in-the-wild-19-common-edible-plants/\">a list of 19 common edible plants</a>. Which is always good to know, if you ask me.\r\n\r\n<strong>Crash Test Mommy</strong>. <a href=\"http://surviving4kids.blogspot.com/2010/10/tulsa-state-fair-2010.html\">Jenny acknowledged in a post last week that starting to write is hard</a>. But, start we must, and Jenny has the encouraging words to get you going.\r\n\r\n<strong>Global Table Adventure</strong>. <a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com/\">Food from Chile and China</a> - that\'s what\'s on tap at Sasha\'s Global Table Adventure, a blog that charts a Tulsa family\'s journey through 195 countries, one meal at a time.\r\n\r\n<strong>Vegging Out in T-Town</strong>. Hear ye, hear ye, vegans of Tulsa: <a href=\"http://veggingoutinttown.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/vegan-crepes-at-mods/\">Brigid at Vegging Out in T-Town has found vegan, gluten-free crepes at, where else, Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes</a>.  Now you can feast your eyes <em>and</em> your face.','Truck nuts, edible plants and going pantsless at the fair: Tulsa Blog Round-Up','Here comes this week\'s rundown of Tulsa blog posts worth ignoring the laundry, the dishes and/or your personal hygiene routine for another 30 minutes or so.','publish','open','open','','tulsa-blogger-roundup','','http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/tulsa-fried-food/deep-fried-butter-at-the-tulsa-state-fair\nhttp://thislandpress.com/10/09/2010/the-tulsa-state-fair-a-photo-essay/\nhttp://www.tulsafoodblog.com/mexican-food/compadres-mexican-grill-south-tulsa\nhttp://thislandpress.com/10/10/2010/running-tulsa/\nhttp://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/?p=257\nhttp://veggingoutinttown.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/vegan-crepes-at-mods/\nhttp://www.tulsafoodblog.com/south-tulsa/sage-culinary-studio-cooking-class-south-tulsa-brookside\nhttp://thislandpress.com/10/03/2010/the-end-of-circulars/\nhttp://thislandpress.com/10/03/2010/the-end-of-circulars/\nhttp://thislandpress.com/10/03/2010/the-end-of-circulars/\nhttp://thislandpress.com/10/03/2010/the-end-of-circulars/\nhttp://www.tulsafoodblog.com/south-tulsa/rexs-chicken-just-great-chicken-and-fry-bread\nhttp://thenoshery.com/2010/10/03/fall-table-dinner-party-how-tos-and-tips/','2010-10-10 21:17:50','2010-10-11 02:17:50','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=2468',0,'post','',3),(3582,1,'2010-11-10 16:00:00','2010-11-10 22:00:00','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4109884404/\" title=\"Philbrook Museum Gardens by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4109884404_291e7acc9c.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Philbrook Museum Gardens\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWelcome to Tulsa Kids Day Out, Second-Edition-Ever Edition! You\'re really gonna love the featured event this week. Know how I know? Because thousands (and thousands and thousands) of other Tulsa families do, too.\r\n\r\nGet out your calendars, parents, and <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-free-second-saturday-philbrook-museum\">read all about it on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Tulsa Kids Day Out (Second-Edition-Ever Edition)','You\'re really gonna love the featured event this week. Know how I know? Because thousands (and thousands and thousands) of other Tulsa families do, too.','private','open','open','','tulsa-kids-day-out-10','','','2011-07-10 11:47:41','2011-07-10 17:47:41','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=3582',0,'post','',0),(2477,1,'2010-10-04 09:30:00','2010-10-04 14:30:00','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1767\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1251/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1767\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1251.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEspecially if you haven\'t had your morning cup-o-joe, this Monday morning might feel like any other Monday morning.\r\n\r\nBut, it\'s not. It\'s the Monday of the first-ever <a href=\"http://blogging4jobs.com/tag/oklahoma-blogging-week\">Oklahoma Blogging Week</a>, a statewide celebration of blogging in the Sooner state.\r\n\r\nAnd we Tulsans are gonna celebrate in style.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--> [adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>\r\nThis Thursday evening <a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">we\'re meeting at The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing for a blogtastic, bloggy meetup</a>. Put this info into your calendar:\r\n<blockquote><strong>Oklahoma Blogging Week: Tulsa Meetup</strong>\r\nWhen: 6:30-8:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.themeltingpot.com/\">The Melting Pot</a>, 300 Riverwalk Terrace at the Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">RSVP HERE</a></blockquote>\r\n<h2><strong>The Deets</strong></h2>\r\nAt this event you\'ll get:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Free appetizers courtesy of <a href=\"http://www.okprosperity.com/page.asp?content=startpage&amp;g=OKLAHOMA\">Oklahoma Prosperity Project</a></li>\r\n	<li>The opportunity to meet and learn from dozens of Tulsa-area bloggers</li>\r\n	<li>A bit from me about the state and the importance of blogging in Oklahoma</li>\r\n	<li>The chance to give an elevator-style presentation about you and your blog (see info about sign-ups below)</li>\r\n	<li>Your name in a directory of local blogs that goes home with everyone at the event (see info about this below).</li>\r\n	<li>A ton of new blogs to add to your feed reader. Which is like crack for bloggers. Finding new blogs to read makes us see and do crazy and hilarious things.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThat\'s a lot of goodness, right? Add to that some fun door prizes and <strong>free admission</strong> and you\'ve got yourself one hell of a party.\r\n<h2><strong>You and Your Blog, Front and Center</strong></h2>\r\nIf you\'d like to give a short talk - between 30 seconds and one minute - about you and what your blog is all about at this meetup, <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">sign up by sending me an e-mail</a>. Put \"Blog Talk\" in the subject line and I\'ll make sure to get you on the list of speakers.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll also be at the top of the directory of local blogs that will go home in the hands of all attendees.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll also discover local blogs - really great ones - that you never knew existed. Cool, right?\r\n<h2><strong>Tulsa Blog Directory, Oklahoma Blogging Week Edition</strong></h2>\r\nWant your blog address and tagline in the hands of dozens of other local bloggers? All you have to do is <a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">RSVP to this event</a>.\r\n\r\nEasy, right? That it\'s free and comes with free food is just a bonus. But, it\'s the kind of bonus like having a Slip \'n\' Slide and a mega-sized bottle of Dawn just show up at your birthday party. It makes everything exponentially more awesome.\r\n<h2><strong>RSVP is the Key</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsablogmeetup.eventbrite.com/\">BE SURE TO RSVP HERE</a> to get your admission ticket for the event. Reserving a ticket is also the only way to get your blog and tagline into the hands of local bloggers in the directory.\r\n\r\nI want to shout about you and your blog from the rooftops anyway; by attending this event and making yourself known, you\'re just making my job easier. And trust me, I love easy.\r\n\r\nAnd again, this event is free, but I\'m gonna ask for your ticket when you arrive so that random weirdos aren\'t crashing our event and stealing our delicious Melting Pot noshes.\r\n\r\nPlus, and I repeat, <strong>signing up for a ticket is the only way to get into that directory of local blogs that goes home in the hands of each and every attendee</strong>.\r\n\r\nCool? Cool. Leave any questions or concerns in the comments.\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t forget to <strong>share the news about this event with your blogging friends and your blog curious friends alike</strong>. All are welcome to reserve a ticket.\r\n\r\nYou can also think about it this way: The more bloggers and bloggers-to-be we invite, the larger the potential audience for your presentation about your fabulous Oklahoma blog.\r\n\r\nUntil Thursday, happy blogging, and happy Oklahoma Blogging Week!\r\n\r\n<em>If you\'re a local blogger or business and are interested in contributing swag for this meetup, <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">e-mail me</a>.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Thanks is due to Oklahoma Blogging Week sponsors <a href=\"http://www.okprosperity.com/page.asp?content=startpage&amp;g=OKLAHOMA\">Oklahoma Prosperity Project</a> and <a href=\"http://blogging4jobs.com/\">Jessical Miller-Merrell at Xceptional HR</a>, and to our host for the Tulsa meetup, <a href=\"http://www.meltingpot.com/\">The Melting Pot in Jenks</a>. You guys rule.</em>','It\'s Oklahoma Blogging Week! Let\'s celebrate. With free treats.','It\'s the Monday of the first-ever Oklahoma Blogging Week, a statewide celebration of blogging in the Sooner state. And we Tulsans are gonna celebrate in style.','publish','open','open','','oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup','','','2010-10-04 09:52:19','2010-10-04 14:52:19','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=2477',0,'post','',5),(2478,3,'2010-10-07 10:33:50','2010-10-07 15:33:50','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"a tulsa diner. by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5049497505/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5049497505_6091585c44.jpg\" alt=\"a tulsa diner.\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nTulsa is home to many fabulous diners.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->I\'m sure you know the kind and have found yourself on more than one occasion driving home on a Saturday morning wondering just why you had to eat the biscuits, the gravy, the eggs <em>and</em> the bacon.\r\n\r\nIt was worth it, that\'s why. And believe me, I completely understand.\r\n\r\nBut my question for you today has nothing to do with food and everything to do with the location. Do you know which diner is pictured below?\r\n\r\nI\'ll give you a hint:\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"a tulsa diner. by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5049497505/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5049497505_6091585c44.jpg\" alt=\"a tulsa diner.\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nI\'m on the inside, looking out.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://www.erinconrad.com/\">Tulsa photographer Erin Conrad</a> photoblogs weekly at Tasha Does Tulsa as Erin Sees Tulsa. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/erin-sees-tulsa/\">Check out her recent posts here.</a></em>','Diner Style: Erin Sees Tulsa','I\'m sure you know the kind and have found yourself on more than one occasion driving home on a Saturday morning wondering just why you had to eat the biscuits, the gravy, the eggs <em>and</em> the bacon. ','publish','open','open','','diner-style-erin-sees-tulsa','','','2010-10-07 10:33:50','2010-10-07 15:33:50','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=2478',0,'post','',3),(2479,3,'2010-10-03 23:29:22','2010-10-04 04:29:22','Tulsa is home to some many fabulous diners.  You know, the kind that specializes in biscuits and gravy','','','inherit','open','open','','2478-revision','','','2010-10-03 23:29:22','2010-10-04 04:29:22','',2478,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2478-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(2480,3,'2010-10-03 23:30:22','2010-10-04 04:30:22','Tulsa is home to some many fabulous diners.  You know, the kind that specializes in biscuits and gravy.  But do you know which one is pictured here?\n\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5049497505/\" title=\"a tulsa diner. by econ, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5049497505_6091585c44.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"a tulsa diner.\" /></a>\n\nI\'ll give you a hint: I\'m on the inside, looking out.','','','inherit','open','open','','2478-revision-2','','','2010-10-03 23:30:22','2010-10-04 04:30:22','',2478,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2478-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(2460,1,'2010-10-03 17:06:44','2010-10-03 22:06:44','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2458\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2458\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2458\" title=\"Pointy Boots by Carrisa at AndSoSheBlogs.com\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/pointyboots.jpg\" alt=\"Pointy Boots by Carrisa at AndSoSheBlogs.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLocal link dump time! Here are all the links to the blog posts worthy of laundry and lawn-mowing procrastination that I\'ve gathered over the past week or so. Enjoy!\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<strong>And So She Blogs</strong>. Carrisa did breakfast at Utica Square\'s The Wild Fork, hit the Anthropologie opening, saw Hard Rock &amp; Casino, Toby Keith\'s and Admiral Flea Market, <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/?p=231\">all in one weekend</a>. Way to do Tulsa, Carrisa. I\'m feeling a little inadequate at this point.\r\n\r\nYou might not know this about Carrisa, but <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/?p=236\">she\'s married to this local artist</a>. Thom is practically a Tulsa institution. Buying a poster of his for your home would be only correct for the T-Town proud. It\'d also be totally bitchin\'.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blogging Basics 101</strong>. Whether you want to admit it or not, photos are important to the success of many a blog. Melanie at BB101 has <a href=\"http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/10/helpful-blogging-links-optimizing-images-for-the-web-making-photo-collages/\">some tips on optimizing images for the Web</a>, as well as some resources on how to make compelling photo collages.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cindy\'s Clipboard</strong>. Cindy <a href=\"http://cindysclipboard.blogspot.com/2010/09/you-had-me-at-scalloped.html\">has some compliments for Stonehorse Market, one of Utica Square\'s best-kept secrets</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Crash Test Mommy</strong>. Jenny, the one and the only CTM, has <a href=\"http://crashtestmommy.net/2010/09/my-childhood-keepsakes-gone/\">five things from her childhood that she wishes her mom hadn\'t sold in a garage sale in 1985</a>. All I have to say is, <em>I know, right? </em>I feel your pain, Jenny.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Errant Cook</strong>. Jennifer at TEC <a href=\"http://errantcook.blogspot.com/2010/10/date-night.html\">discovered the Brady District\'s Glacier Chocolate on a date night recently</a>. I can only think of one way a date night could end better. Get more details on Tulsa\'s newest chocolatier in <a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/industry_article.asp?cID=i&amp;aID=28472123.775727.670852.1632177.6691416.583&amp;aID2=51595\">a recent article I wrote for Tulsa Business Journal</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fat Ass to Fit Ass</strong>. Besides writing with the best blog name ever, <a href=\"http://fat-ass-to-fit-ass.blogspot.com/2010/08/thrifting-it-up.html\">Kate thrifts it up at local thrift stores as she finds herself between sizes in her journey to get healthy</a>. Three new-to-her pieces to add to the wardrobe for a mere $10? Good going, Kate. Oh, and thanks for all of the hilarious photos.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fran\'s Findings</strong>. <a href=\"http://fransfindings.blogspot.com/2010/09/co-op.html\">Fran has a spread from the Natural Farms food co-op</a>. A look into local food co-ops right now would be wise for the locavores among us (or we who aspire to and strive for such greatness) since most of the farmers markets are now in hibernation.\r\n\r\n<strong>Kellyology</strong>. Did you know that Kelly is the queen of the penny pinchers? It\'s true. But she hasn\'t written about her personal finance wisdom...<a href=\"http://www.kellyology.net/2010/09/saving-kelly-beginning.html\">until now</a>. My pocketbook is already doing its sad, vulgar little happy dance.\r\n\r\n<strong>Living on This Farm</strong>. From one of my favorite blogs anywhere, Tulsa or otherwise, comes <a href=\"http://livingonthisfarm.blogspot.com/2010/09/30-day-challenge.html\">a 30 day for challenge inspired by a Depression-era poster from the U.S. Food Administration</a>. Check it out, or be like <a href=\"http://errantcook.blogspot.com/2010/10/30-day-food-challenge-my-focus.html\">The Errant Cook and dive right into participating</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lortondale</strong>. Shane over at the Lortondale blog has a list of <a href=\"http://lortondale.blogspot.com/2010/09/100-ways-to-screw-up-your-mid-century.html\">100 Ways to Screw Up Your Midcentury Modern Home</a>. I may have committed more than one of these crimes against my 1964 home. I didn\'t know it at the time, but still - ignorance of the law is no excuse. I just hope not to see Shane any time soon, on the good chance that he\'ll have his paddle (the one with the holes in it) handy.\r\n\r\n<strong>Oklahoma Modern</strong>. Rex at OM lets us know that <a href=\"http://www.oklahomamodernblog.com/2010/09/home-of-oru-architect-on-auction-block.html\">the home of ORU architect Frank Wallace is on the auction block</a>. All I can say is, I\'m glad my birthday is still a few days away - I still have time to add a little something to the list.\r\n\r\n<strong>Roemerman on Record</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.roemermanonrecord.com/2010/09/first-chili-of-season.html\">Steven has the season\'s first batch of chili, complete with a \"recipe.\"</a> How do you make chili, and what are and are not proper chili ingredients, in your opinion?\r\n\r\n<strong>That\'s Baloney!</strong> Flat Baloney visits Japan. What the heck, right? I know. <a href=\"http://www.thatsbaloney.com/2010/10/flat-baloney-visits-japan.html\">But you have to see it</a>. Now I want a flat TDT to send to far-off and exotic lands.\r\n\r\n<strong>This Land Press</strong>. If you\'re not reading this journal of relevant readings regarding Oklahoma, well, you should be. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/09/21/2010/october-issue-out-soon/\">Pick up a copy of issue No. 2 today</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Tao of Cake</strong>. Shelley at TToC has <a href=\"http://taoofcake.blogspot.com/2010/09/ladies-and-gentlemen-meet-george.html\">info on what goes down at a Tulsa Cake Club meeting</a>. Yes, Tulsa has a club devoted to cake. And I\'ve decided that this is the only club I ever want to join again, ever. Mmm...cake. It is my soul.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Food Blog</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/tulsa-hamburgers/krispy-kreme-hamburgers-at-the-tulsa-state-fair-video\">Brian at TFB has a review of the Krispy Kreme Burger</a>, the food sensation of the 2010 Tulsa State Fair. Also? There\'s video. And a bit of donut frosting on his nose. That\'s how it\'s done, people - done right.\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t miss out on <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/tulsa-pizza-types-of-food-tulsa/hey-mambo-italiano-tulsa\">Joe Price\'s review of the new Hey Mambo Italiano, the Brady District\'s newest Italian restaurant</a>. This hip little place is good, y\'all - real good. Be sure to order the garlic knots to start things off right when you stop in for a look-see.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Gal</strong>. Nancy, the blogger behind Tulsa Gal, writes about <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/09/lebanese-steakhouses.html\">the history of Lebanese steakhouses in the Tulsa area</a>. Fascinating - and appetizing - stuff.\r\n\r\nWhat Tulsa blogs have you been reading this week? I\'d love to hear about them in the comments.','Pointy Boots, Donut Burgers, Personal Finance and Steak: In Tulsa Blogs This Week','Here are all the links to the blog posts worthy of laundry and lawn-mowing procrastination that I\'ve gathered over the past week or so.','inherit','open','open','','2265-revision-2','','','2010-10-03 17:06:44','2010-10-03 22:06:44','',2265,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2265-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5201,1,'2011-01-17 16:56:13','2011-01-17 21:56:13','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3363\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3363\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363\" title=\"Tulsa Run\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Run\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nTailgating, American Idol legends and barbeque beef brisket - those things, Oklahoma can do.\n\nWhen it comes to taking care of our health, though? Not so much.\n\nWe Oklahomans rank near the bottom of the stack in nearly every health indicator - weight, diet, smoking, diabetes, heart disease, cancer - and the list goes on.\n\nI\'m no health guru. In fact, on most days I\'d rather set fire to my indoor recumbent bike and use the flame to cook a roast and potatoes than ride it. But since the odds of healthfulness are stacked against little Okie me, I try to combine working out with fun and excitement as often as possible.\n\nThe way I most enjoy most to do that is to sign up for Oklahoma 5Ks, 10Ks and, most recently, a half marathon. Our state plays host to several marathons, too, all of them favorites amongst our surprisingly large, active and tightly knit runner\'s crowd here in Tulsa.\n\nHere\'s a list of pre-summer races in our neck of the woods. All you have to do is pick a race, click the appropriate buttons and get yourself registered. Then, check the bottom of this post for resources on training and more info on exactly what you\'ve gotten yourself into (read: a much smaller pair of pants).\n\n<!--more-->\n<h2>February Races</h2>\n<strong>Sweetheart Run</strong>\nWhen: Feb. 12\nWhere: Mohawk Park\nRaces: 5K, 10K and 20K\nDetails: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/sweetheart-run\">FleetFeetTulsa.com</a>\nRegister: <a href=\"https://secure.getmeregistered.com/get_information.php?event_id=4246\">Online</a>, in person at Fleet Feet Tulsa, at 61st/Yale and in the Blue Dome District at 2nd/Elgin\nWhy you should run this race: Because you get to run it with a partner, whether it\'s the love of your life or the dude who shares a cubicle with you at work. Plus, all participants are treated to a free pancake breakfast. Beat that.\n\n<strong>Valentine\'s Day Poker Run</strong>\nWhen: Feb. 12\nWhere: Lee Elementary, 21st and Boston\nRaces: Five-mile run\nDetails: <a href=\"http://www.runnersworldtulsa.com/\">RunnersWorldTulsa.com</a>\nRegister: <a href=\"https://secure.getmeregistered.com/get_information.php?event_id=4115\">Online</a> or at Runners World Tulsa, 43rd and Peoria\nWhy you should run this race: Because poker races are tons-o-fun. Here\'s how they work: For every mile of the race you complete, you get a playing card. Whoever has the best hand at the end of the race gets first pick at a table full of awesome gifts. It\'s like game night and workout time go together and made a baby - a sweaty baby, but still.\n\n<strong>Post Oak Lodge Trail Challenge</strong>\nWhen: Feb. 26 and 27\nWhere: Post Oak Lodge\nRaces: Ready? 50K, 25K, 10K, half marathon, marathon and just about any combo of two of these events (woah.)\nDetails: <a href=\"http://www.postoakrun.com/\">PostOakRun.com</a>\nRegister: <a href=\"https://secure.getmeregistered.com/get_information.php?event_id=3542\">Online</a>\nWhy you should run this race: FIrst of all? Everyone who finishes gets an automatic bad-ass award. Second, this run is where you\'ll find some of the most beautiful sights and vistas in town. The beauty of the rolling Osage Hills are second to none.\n<h2>March Races</h2>\n<strong>St. Patrick\'s Day 5K</strong>\nWhen: March 12\nWhere: Start line at 4320 S. Peoria Ave.\nRaces: 5K, one-mile fun run\nDetails: <a href=\"http://www.specialolympicsoklahoma.org/StPatricks5KRun.html\">SpecialOlympicsOklahoma.org</a>\nRegister: <a href=\"https://www.signmeup.com/site/online-event-registration/73272\">Online</a>, in person at Runners World Tulsa, 43rd and Peoria\nWhy you should run this race: Because you\'re going to have to find some way to burn off enough calories to make up for all of the social lubricant you\'ll consume later this week, that\'s why. Plus, all proceeds benefit the Special Olympics of Oklahoma.\n\n<strong>Snake Run</strong>\nWhen: March 19\nWhere: Turkey Mountain\nRaces: 3-hour or 6-hour\nDetails: <a href=\"http://www.tatur.org/\">Tatur.org</a>\nRegister: <a href=\"https://secure.getmeregistered.com/get_information.php?event_id=3389\">Tatur.org</a>\nWhy you should run this race: Because it\'s one of the best intros to trail running in northeastern Oklahoma, even if the name of the run has more to do with the shape of a snake than actual snakes on the trail. Plus, Turkey Mountain is an urban wilderness area. Which sounds wild and untamed and awesome. Like a trail full of snakes.\n<h2>April Races</h2>\n<strong>Lake McMurtrey</strong>\nWhen: April 2\nWhere: Stillwater\nRaces: 12K, 25K, 50K\nDetails: <a href=\"http://www.tatur.org/\">Tatur.org</a>\nRegister: <a href=\"https://secure.getmeregistered.com/get_information.php?event_id=3384\">Online</a>\nWhy you should run this race: Not only is this a good training run for the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon (see below), but it\'s also a great excuse to hit the road and check out what\'s going on over in Stilly. Plus, there\'s gonna be dinner. And dinner is good.\n<h2>May Races</h2>\n<strong>Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon</strong>\nWhen: May 1\nWhere: Oklahoma City\nRaces: Marathon, half-marathon, marathon relay, 5K and kids\' marathon\nDetails: <a href=\"http://www.okcmarathon.com/\">OKCMarathon.com</a>\nRegister: <a href=\"http://www.okcmarathon.com/2011Registration/tabid/162/Default.aspx\">Online, Mail-In</a>\nWhy you should run this race: The Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon has a fantastic reputation for its sense of reverence, respect for those who lost their lives on April 19, 1995, and community. Every Oklahoman should run this race at least once in his/her lifetime.\n<h2>Training Resources</h2>','Get Healthy, Oklahoma: A List of Local Spring Races','','inherit','open','open','','5194-revision-3','','','2011-01-17 16:56:13','2011-01-17 21:56:13','',5194,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5194-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(2814,1,'2010-10-10 15:06:54','2010-10-10 20:06:54','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2816\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsabloggers/oklahoma-blogging-week_/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2816\" title=\"Oklahoma Blogging Week\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/oklahoma.blogging.week_.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Blogging Week\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore I post this week\'s round up of links to Tulsa blog posts worthy of your Sunday night Internet ogling, I wanted to send my thanks again to <a href=\"http://www.okprosperity.com/page.asp?content=startpage&amp;g=OKLAHOMA\">Oklahoma Prosperity Project</a>, <a href=\"http://blogging4jobs.com/\">Jessica at Xceptional HR</a> and <a href=\"http://www.themeltingpot.com/\">Becky at The Melting Pot</a> for making <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">the Tulsa meetup during the first-ever Oklahoma Blogging Week</a> a success.\r\n\r\nAnd for the snacks. The snacks were good...real good.\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAnd thanks so much to the dozens of bloggers who took the time to come out and party in the way only bloggers can - while sipping a strong drink and blinking into the sunlight.\r\n\r\nHa! That \"while sipping a strong drink and blinking into the sunlight\" thing is totally, completely untrue. Except when it comes to me. Sipping a strong drink and blinking into the sunlight is a way of life for me, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/\">the one who orders a Barbie dress cake for her 27th birthday</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/savoys-famous-cinnamon-rolls-boy-and/\">allows her child to eat one-pound cinnamon rolls face-first in public</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/ugly-sweater-shopping-in-tulsa/\">takes photos of herself in dressing rooms and then posts them to the Internet</a>.\r\n\r\nBut, whatever. My mommy thinks I\'m special.\r\n\r\nAt any rate, it was a pleasure to meet those of you who were new to the blogger meetup group, and I enjoyed hanging out with my long-time blogging buddies, too.\r\n\r\nOne of the freebies available at the meetup was a local blog directory, complete with the blog name and URL of each person who RSVP\'d to the event. On the way home from The Melting Pot Thursday night I thought to myself, \"Gee, it\'d sure be a shame to not to share such a beefy list with my readers, who, judging by the number of questions I get each month on the topic, are just dying for links to more local blogs.\"\r\n\r\nThus:\r\n\r\nBrandi, Fancy Buffalo\r\n<a href=\"http://fancybuffalo.com\">fancybuffalo.com</a>\r\n\r\nJennifer, The Errant Cook\r\n<a href=\"http://errantcook.blogspot.com\">errantcook.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nShelley, The Tao of Cake\r\n<a href=\"http://taoofcake.blogspot.com\">taoofcake.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nMichele, The Chipper Muse\r\n<a href=\"http://thechippermuse.blogspot.com\">thechippermuse.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nT.J., Rock Rulz (a web show) and Scurds (and now, TDT!)\r\n<a href=\"youtube.com/RockRulzShow\">youtube.com/RockRulzShow</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://scurds.com\">scurds.com</a>\r\n\r\nMarty, The Napkin Dad\r\n<a href=\"http://napkindad.com\">napkindad.com</a>\r\n\r\nHeather, Crawdads in My Sink\r\n<a href=\"http://crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com\">crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com</a>\r\n\r\nSamantha, Neither Here Nor There\r\n<a href=\"http://peachneitherherenorthere.blogspot.com\">peachneitherherenorthere.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nSarah, Gears and Shifts\r\n<a href=\"http://gearsandshifts.com\">gearsandshifts.com</a>\r\n\r\nCaitlin, Young and Rentless\r\n<a href=\"http://youngandrentless.blogspot.com\">youngandrentless.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nHoward, Winning the Game of Sales\r\n<a href=\"http://winningthegameofsales.com\">winningthegameofsales.com</a>\r\n\r\nCarla, Jill of All Trades\r\n<a href=\"http://crbh-ruminations.blogspot.com\">crbh-ruminations.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nJack, Wander Radio\r\n<a href=\"http://wanderradio.com/blog\">wanderradio.com/blog</a>\r\n\r\nHeidi, HeidiJenkins.com\r\n<a href=\"http://heidijenkins.com/Heidi_Jenkins/Blog/Blog.html\">heidijenkins.com/Heidi_Jenkins/Blog/Blog.html</a>\r\n\r\nKelly, Kellyology\r\n<a href=\"http://kellyology.net\">kellyology.net</a>\r\n\r\nLogan, Colonize the Moon\r\n<a href=\"http://colonize-the-moon.com\">colonize-the-moon.com</a>\r\n\r\nJennifer, Life with Lebedas\r\n<a href=\"http://lebedafamily.blogspot.com\">lebedafamily.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nSasha, Global Table Adventure\r\n<a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com\">globaltableadventure.com</a>\r\n\r\nJenny, Crash Test Mommy\r\n<a href=\"http://crashtestmommy.net\">crashtestmommy.net</a>\r\n\r\nLeah, True Love in the Sooner Nation\r\n<a href=\"http://leah-barksdale.blogspot.com\">leah-barksdale.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nCindy, Got Mischief?\r\n<a href=\"http://lounginwithlindsay.blogspot.com\">got-mischief.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nLindsay, Loungin’ with Lindsay\r\n<a href=\"http://lounginwithlindsay.blogspot.com\">lounginwithlindsay.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nMeseidy, The Noshery\r\n<a href=\"http://thenoshery.com\">thenoshery.com</a>\r\n\r\nSarah, Money Saving Queen\r\n<a href=\"http://moneysavingqueen.com\">moneysavingqueen.com</a>\r\n\r\nNancy, Tulsa Gal\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsagal.net\">tulsagal.net</a>\r\n\r\nCourtney, The Generosity Project\r\n<a href=\"http://thegenerosityproject.net\">thegenerosityproject.net</a>\r\n\r\nDave, Accidentally Albino\r\n<a href=\"http://daveshort.tumblr.com\">daveshort.tumblr.com</a>\r\n\r\nAubree, The Southern Family\r\n<a href=\"http://www.thesouthernfamily.net/\">thesouthernfamily.net</a>\r\n\r\nKristy, Mommy Hates Cooking\r\n<a href=\"http://mommyhatescooking.com\">mommyhatescooking.com</a>\r\n\r\nCarrisa, And So She Blogs\r\n<a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com\">andsosheblogs.com</a>\r\n\r\nLaurie, The Marriage of an Undomestic\r\n<a href=\"http://thereallt.blogspot.com\">thereallt.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nSherri, I.Crochet\r\n<a href=\"http://sherris-blog-at.tumblr.com\">sherris-blog-at.tumblr.com</a>\r\n\r\nCarolyn, The New Homemaker\r\n<a href=\"http://thenewhomemaker.wordpress.com \">thenewhomemaker.wordpress.com </a>\r\n\r\nChrissy, Clever Faeries\r\n<a href=\"http://cleverfaeries.blogspot.com/\">cleverfaeries.blogspot.com</a>\r\n\r\nThis list represents a mixed bag of topics, interests and people, so click freely.\r\n\r\nAnd if you showed up to the meetup and your blog isn\'t listed here, <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">send me an e-mail</a> and I\'ll add you to the list.\r\n\r\nHappy reading, and I hope everyone had a fabulous Oklahoma Blogging Week!','Oklahoma Blogging Week: Links From the Tulsa Meetup','One of the freebies available at the meetup was a local blog directory, complete with the blog name and URL of each person who RSVP\'d to the event. 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The snacks were good...real good.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\nAnd thanks so much to the dozens of bloggers who took the time to come out and party in the way only bloggers can - while sipping a strong drink and blinking into the sunlight.\n\nHa! That \"while sipping a strong drink and blinking into the sunlight\" thing is totally, completely untrue. Except when it comes to me. Sipping a strong drink and blinking into the sunlight is a way of life for me, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/\">the one who orders a Barbie dress cake for her 27th birthday</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/savoys-famous-cinnamon-rolls-boy-and/\">allows her child to eat one-pound cinnamon rolls face-first in public</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/ugly-sweater-shopping-in-tulsa/\">takes photos of herself in dressing rooms and then posts them to the Internet</a>.\n\nBut, whatever. My mommy thinks I\'m special.\n\nAt any rate, it was a pleasure to meet those of you who were new to the blogger meetup group, and I enjoyed hanging out with my long-time blogging buddies, too.\n\nOne of the freebies available at the meetup was a local blog directory, complete with the blog name and URL of each person who RSVP\'d to the event. On the way home from The Melting Pot Thursday night I thought to myself, \"Gee, it\'d sure be a shame to not to share such a beefy list with my readers.\"\n\nThus:\n\nBrandi, Fancy Buffalo\n<a href=\"http://fancybuffalo.com\">fancybuffalo.com</a>\n\nJennifer, The Errant Cook\n<a href=\"http://errantcook.blogspot.com\">errantcook.blogspot.com</a>\n\nShelley, The Tao of Cake\n<a href=\"http://taoofcake.blogspot.com\">taoofcake.blogspot.com</a>\n\nMichele, The Chipper Muse\n<a href=\"http://thechippermuse.blogspot.com\">thechippermuse.blogspot.com</a>\n\nT.J., Rock Rulz (a web show) and Scurds (and now, TDT!)\nyoutube.com/RockRulzShow\n<a href=\"http://scurds.com\">scurds.com</a>\n\nMarty, The Napkin Dad\n<a href=\"http://napkindad.com\">napkindad.com</a>\n\nHeather, Crawdads in My Sink\n<a href=\"http://crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com\">crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com</a>\n\nSamantha, Neither Here Nor There\n<a href=\"http://peachneitherherenorthere.blogspot.com\">peachneitherherenorthere.blogspot.com</a>\n\nSarah Gallagher, Gears and Shifts\n<a href=\"http://gearsandshifts.com\">gearsandshifts.com</a>\n\nCaitlin, Young and Rentless\n<a href=\"http://youngandrentless.blogspot.com\">youngandrentless.blogspot.com</a>\n\nHoward, Winning the Game of Sales\n<a href=\"http://winningthegameofsales.com\">winningthegameofsales.com</a>\n\nCarla, Jill of All Trades\n<a href=\"http://crbh-ruminations.blogspot.com\">crbh-ruminations.blogspot.com</a>\n\nJack, Wander Radio\n<a href=\"http://wanderradio.com/blog\">wanderradio.com/blog</a>\n\nHeidi, HeidiJenkins.com\n<a href=\"http://heidijenkins.com/Heidi_Jenkins/Blog/Blog.html\">heidijenkins.com/Heidi_Jenkins/Blog/Blog.html</a>\n\nKelly, Kellyology\n<a href=\"http://kellyology.net\">kellyology.net</a>\n\nLogan, Colonize the Moon\n<a href=\"http://colonize-the-moon.com\">colonize-the-moon.com</a>\n\nJennifer, Life with Lebedas\n<a href=\"http://lebedafamily.blogspot.com\">lebedafamily.blogspot.com</a>\n\nSasha, Global Table Adventure\n<a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com\">globaltableadventure.com</a>\n\nJenny, Crash Test Mommy\n<a href=\"http://crashtestmommy.net\">crashtestmommy.net</a>\n\nLeah, True Love in the Sooner Nation\n<a href=\"http://leah-barksdale.blogspot.com\">leah-barksdale.blogspot.com</a>\n\nCindy, Got Mischief?\n<a href=\"http://lounginwithlindsay.blogspot.com\">got-mischief.blogspot.com</a>\n\nLindsay, Loungin’ with Lindsay\n<a href=\"http://lounginwithlindsay.blogspot.com\">lounginwithlindsay.blogspot.com</a>\n\nMeseidy, The Noshery\n<a href=\"http://thenoshery.com\">thenoshery.com</a>\n\nSarah, Money Saving Queen\n<a href=\"http://moneysavingqueen.com\">moneysavingqueen.com</a>\n\nNancy, Tulsa Gal\n<a href=\"http://tulsagal.net\">tulsagal.net</a>\n\nCourtney, The Generosity Project\n<a href=\"http://thegenerosityproject.net\">thegenerosityproject.net</a>\n\nDave, Accidentally Albino\n<a href=\"http://daveshort.tumblr.com\">daveshort.tumblr.com</a>\n\nAubree, The Southern Family\n<a href=\"http://www.thesouthernfamily.net/\">thesouthernfamily.net</a>\n\nKristy, Mommy Hates Cooking\n<a href=\"http://mommyhatescooking.com\">mommyhatescooking.com</a>\n\nCarrisa, And So She Blogs\n<a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com\">andsosheblogs.com</a>\n\nLaurie, The Marriage of an Undomestic\n<a href=\"http://thereallt.blogspot.com\">thereallt.blogspot.com</a>\n\nSherri, I.Crochet\n<a href=\"http://sherris-blog-at.tumblr.com\">sherris-blog-at.tumblr.com</a>\n\nCarolyn, The New Homemaker\n<a href=\"http://thenewhomemaker.wordpress.com \">thenewhomemaker.wordpress.com </a>\n\nThis list represents a mixed bag of topics, interests and people, so click freely. 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04:54:10','',1712,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0786.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1739,1,'2010-08-31 23:55:50','2010-09-01 04:55:50','','Chandler Park','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0776','','','2010-08-31 23:55:50','2010-09-01 04:55:50','',1712,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0776.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1740,1,'2010-08-31 23:57:35','2010-09-01 04:57:35','','Chandler Park','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0836-4','','','2010-08-31 23:57:35','2010-09-01 04:57:35','',1712,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08363.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1741,1,'2010-08-31 23:59:03','2010-09-01 04:59:03','','Chandler Park West Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0847','','','2010-08-31 23:59:03','2010-09-01 04:59:03','',1712,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0847.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',1),(1742,1,'2010-09-01 00:00:31','2010-09-01 05:00:31','','Chandler Park','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0849','','','2010-09-01 00:00:31','2010-09-01 05:00:31','',1712,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_0849.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1747,1,'2010-09-01 10:33:24','2010-09-01 15:33:24','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1719\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1719\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o1-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAs far as Tulsa-area parks go, <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/\">Chandler Park</a> is one of those best-kept-secret sort of places.\n\n<!--more-->Westsiders know about it (the park is the wedge formed between the intersection of 21st Street and 65th W. Ave.), but a trip there means a drive across the Arkansas for most everyone else in town. And sometimes, especially if you\'re coming from southeast Tulsa, and especially if you have to drive through construction zone after construction zone as all we Tulsans must these days, a drive across the Arkansas River sounds like a very, very long drive.\n\nBut this fall, Chandler will be the place to be, no matter where you have to come from or what you have to go through to get there.\n\nKnow how I know? Because I\'m a westsider, born and bred. And over the years I\'ve hiked and swam and frisbee golfed and softballed and photographed Chandler Park to within an inch of its life. And I know a little something about what goes on there when fall rolls around.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1720\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1720\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_06661.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSee all those trees back there? The ones behind this frisbee golf goal? They turn all sorts of pretty colors. Colors that will make you weak in the knees.\n\nI know places like midtown\'s Woodward Park are the go-to places for Tulsa folks looking to enjoy things like flowers in the spring and leaves in the fall. But really, places like Chandler Park are better. For one thing, there are more trees. Which is what happens when one park is more than four times larger than the other.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1721\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1721\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1721\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0674.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nWhich is kinda what you should care about if you\'re looking for lots of pretty fall foliage.\n\n(Another tip on the best fall foliage-gazing spot in Tulsa: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/memorial-park-cemetery/\">Memorial Park Cemetery at 51st and Memorial</a>:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1722\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1722\" title=\"Memorial Cemetery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC07873-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Cemetery\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nI only speak the truth. Also, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wills\">Bob Wills</a> and <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Roberts\">Oral Roberts</a> and a host of other folks of Tulsa fame are buried there, which is worth a visit in and of itself.)\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1723\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1723\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0689-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nNot that I have anything against places like Woodward Park, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/from-humiliation-files-my-cliche/\">because I most certainly don\'t</a>. I\'m just trying to broaden your horizons here, friends.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1724\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1724\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nNot long ago I took my son on his first Chandler Park picnic. We packed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Goldfish crackers and, of course, cake. In other words, it was the best possible picnic two people can have without fried chicken and sweet tea.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1725\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1726\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1726\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07121-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n\"In the midst of these mighty oaks and such woodland-like beauty, I must contemplate this Goldfish cracker in a most serious way.\n\nWhat is this Goldfish cracker going to taste like? What does it mean? Does it exist?\n\nDo <em>I</em> exist?\"\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1727\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1727\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1727\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07141-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nIf a toddler munches loudly on a Goldfish cracker in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1728\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1728\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0703.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThe world may never know.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1729\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1729\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1729\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0730.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nAfter lunch this guy spent lots of time checking out one of these:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1730\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1730\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1730\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n(Because this is how a frisbee golf goal would look to a two-year-old, right?)\n\nAfter more exploring he brought me some of these:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1731\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1731\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1731\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07492.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nWhich was a good move because if he hadn\'t, he probably would have been stuck mowing the lawn later.\n\nI\'m always willing to let a man who brings me flowers for no reason off the yard care hook. Especially men who look like this:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1732\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1732\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1732\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0681.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI am such a sucker.\n\nAnd it\'s the best thing, if you ask me.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1733\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1733\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1733\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0756.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSurprise! Chandler Park is home to some pretty cool playgrounds, too.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1734\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1734\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1734\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07641.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1735\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1735\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1735\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07771.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nDoes anyone else think this last shot should be cover art for the next hot Christian music CD?\n\nI have sort of a guilty feeling that tells me I should be sorry I wrote that just now. But, I\'m gonna go ahead and let it stand. For posterity.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1736\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1736\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1736\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07931-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1737\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1737\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1737\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0792-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSpeaking of standing...I remember when all these two little puffy feet were good for were kissing, tickling and those black-and-white baby foot photos all we Gen X/Gen Y parents just have to have of their kids.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1738\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1738\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1738\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0786-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAnd how these starfish-like little hands did a lot less mess-making and a lot more...well, waiving around aimlessly in an effort to make sense of this world.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1739\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1739\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1739\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0776.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nNow he\'s playing Godzilla on my old stomping grounds.\n\nAnd I\'m going to change the subject so that my face doesn\'t end up a puddly, mommyblogger crybaby face by the end of this post.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1740\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1740\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1740\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08363.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nDid I mention that Chandler Park is home to some of the best views of downtown Tulsa, the Arkansas River and the Osage Hills?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1741\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1741\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1741\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0847-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSee the skyline peeking through the trees?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1719\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1719\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o1-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nCool, huh?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1742\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1742\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1742\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_0849-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThere\'s lots more to do at Chandler Park besides picnicking, playgrounding and breaking out your telephoto lens to take photos of downtown through trees and shrubbery like some kind of misguided, frustrated paparazzo.\n\nCheck out:\n<ul>\n	<li>Formations for rock climbing (see the photo above, which is very scary to me but not to those of you out there who are like my husband and who enjoy defying death-by-jagged-rock at every opportunity);</li>\n	<li>Gardens and nature trails;</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/baseball\">A lighted baseball/softball complex</a>;</li>\n	<li>An 18-hole disc golf course;</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/sunset-concerts\">Live music in Tulsa\'s largest natural outdoor event venue</a> (the next concert features my friend Rebecca Ungerman on Sept. 24);</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/special-events\">Special events including</a> Kings Champion Medieval Faire, Be Fest (a.k.a. OK Boulderfest), Top of the Hill Car Show and the Christmastime Lights on the Hill;</li>\n	<li>A brand-new, 16,000-square-foot community center that features a regulation-size gymnasium with bleacher seating, a work-out room and a kitchen/concession area as well as rooms for special events, games, meetings, camps and dance classes. The center is also home to <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/classes\">a variety of classes, from yoga to Jazzercise to drama to photography</a>.</li>\n	<li>And plenty of picturesque places to make out.</li>\n</ul>\nNot that I would know anything about making out in a public place. Because I wouldn\'t. Know anything about making out in a public place, I mean.\n\nChandler Park also hosts summer camps as well as swimmers of all ages. It\'s quite the bustling place.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1725\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nBut not so bustling that you can\'t enjoy a picnic with your special someone. Grab a blanket, pack a picnic basket and see for yourself.\n\n<strong>Chandler Park</strong>\nWhere: 6500 W. 21st Street\nWhen: Gate opens at 7am, Upper level closes at 11pm, Lower level closes at 6pm; Community center hours are Monday and Wednesday, 9am-8pm; Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-9pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am-5pm\nCall: (918) 591-6053\nWeb: <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/\">sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/</a>','Chandler Park, West Side Style','As far as Tulsa-area parks go, Chandler Park is one of those best-kept-secret sort of places.','inherit','open','open','','1712-revision-4','','','2010-09-01 10:33:24','2010-09-01 15:33:24','',1712,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/1712-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(1743,1,'2009-10-28 18:00:00','2009-10-28 18:00:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053437978/\" title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4053437978_5bf495b13d_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery\" /></a></div><br />Today I unwittingly spent the morning at my favorite place to soak up the season - Memorial Park Cemetery, in southeast Tulsa at the corner of 51st and Memorial.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053437528/\" title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/4053437528_cc30325d4f_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery\" /></a></div><br />See, I don\'t routinely spend my morning hours wandering around historic cemeteries snapping photos. It\'s just that, today, I drove by Memorial Park and was floored by the color bursting forth from the place. I just had to pull in and set off through these gorgeous trees on foot.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053435886/\" title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2621/4053435886_745892ddc8_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery\" /></a></div><br />Wow. Can you blame me?<br /><div><br /></div><div>Then, as I was leaving, my car died. In a cemetery. The week of Halloween. Oh, the irony.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053436782/\" title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2682/4053436782_7fd4540b47_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery\" /></a></div><br />I thought that while I was waiting around to find out what the heck is wrong with my wheels, I\'d share these loverly - *sings \"loverly\" a la Audrey in My Fair Lady* - photos of what is, in my opinion, one of the best places for a short drive, stroll, meander, weather balloon ride or whatever else strikes your fancy when you\'re craving some serious fall foliage viewing.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4052698351/\" title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/4052698351_69cbbc63a6_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery\" /></a></div><br />Plus, Memorial Park Cemetery is a pretty rich place when it comes to Tulsa history. This cemetery, which sprawls over 260 acres that were well outside the city in the year of its founding during the oil boom in 1927, is now the site of some 54,000 graves. Some of the city\'s oldest names - Helmerich, Marshall, Mayo and Mabee, just to name a few - are found there, immortalized in stately mausoleums, statues and monuments. Plus, <a href=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=Z7oiGWzpuDsC&amp;pg=PA143&amp;lpg=PA143&amp;dq=memorial+park+cemetery+tulsa&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=379wGGxpjf&amp;sig=SeCg1JHExhmyR-mxe8d0d6KLMbQ&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=K4PoSpUrkYox7rylrQg&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=4&amp;ved=0CBUQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&amp;q=memorial%20park%20cemetery%20tulsa&amp;f=false\">Memorial Park is reportedly the resting place of the larger-than-life Bob Wills, as well as comedian Sam Kinison</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>And you thought 51st and Memorial was a cultural dead zone. Ha! Pun totally (and shamefully) intended.</div><div><br /></div><div>Where in the area do your falltime drives take you? </div>','My Favorite Fall Place','','inherit','open','open','','332-revision','','','2009-10-28 18:00:00','2009-10-28 18:00:00','',332,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/332-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1745,1,'2010-09-01 09:02:59','2010-09-01 14:02:59','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1719\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1719\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o1-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs far as Tulsa-area parks go, <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/\">Chandler Park</a> is one of those best-kept-secret sort of places.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Westsiders know about it (the park is the wedge formed between the intersection of 21st Street and 65th W. Ave.), but a trip there means a drive across the Arkansas for most everyone else in town. And sometimes, especially if you\'re coming from southeast Tulsa, and especially if you have to drive through construction zone after construction zone as all we Tulsans must these days, a drive across the Arkansas River sounds like a very, very long drive.\r\n\r\nBut this fall, Chandler will be the place to be, no matter where you have to come from or what you have to go through to get there.\r\n\r\nKnow how I know? Because I\'m a westsider, born and bred. And over the years I\'ve hiked and swam and frisbee golfed and softballed and photographed Chandler Park to within an inch of its life. And I know a little something about what goes on there when fall rolls around.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1720\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1720\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_06661.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee all those trees back there? The ones behind this frisbee golf goal? They turn all sorts of pretty colors. Colors that will make you weak in the knees.\r\n\r\nI know places like midtown\'s Woodward Park are the go-to places for Tulsa folks looking to enjoy things like flowers in the spring and leaves in the fall. But really, places like Chandler Park are better. For one thing, there are more trees. Which is what happens when one park is more than four times larger than the other.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1721\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1721\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1721\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0674.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich is kinda what you should care about if you\'re looking for lots of pretty fall foliage.\r\n\r\n(Another tip on the best fall foliage-gazing spot in Tulsa: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/memorial-park-cemetery/\">Memorial Park Cemetery at 51st and Memorial</a>:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1722\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1722\" title=\"Memorial Cemetery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC07873-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Cemetery\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI only speak the truth. Also, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wills\">Bob Wills</a> and <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Roberts\">Oral Roberts</a> and a host of other folks of Tulsa fame are buried there, which is worth a visit in and of itself.)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1723\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1723\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0689-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNot that I have anything against places like Woodward Park, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/from-humiliation-files-my-cliche/\">because I most certainly don\'t</a>. I\'m just trying to broaden your horizons here, friends.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1724\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1724\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNot long ago I took my son on his first Chandler Park picnic. We packed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Goldfish crackers and, of course, cake. In other words, it was the best possible picnic two people can have without fried chicken and sweet tea.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1725\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1726\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1726\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07121-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"In the midst of these mighty oaks and such woodland-like beauty, I must contemplate this Goldfish cracker in a most serious way.\r\n\r\nWhat is this Goldfish cracker going to taste like? What does it mean? Does it exist?\r\n\r\nDo <em>I</em> exist?\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1727\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1727\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1727\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07141-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf a toddler munches loudly on a Goldfish cracker in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1728\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1728\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0703.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe world may never know.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1729\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1729\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1729\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0730.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter lunch this guy spent lots of time checking out one of these:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1730\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1730\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1730\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(Because this is how a frisbee golf goal would look to a two-year-old, right?)\r\n\r\nAfter more exploring he brought me some of these:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1731\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1731\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1731\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07492.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was a good move because if he hadn\'t, he probably would have been stuck mowing the lawn later.\r\n\r\nI\'m always willing to let a man who brings me flowers for no reason off the yard care hook. Especially men who look like this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1732\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1732\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1732\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0681.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI am such a sucker.\r\n\r\nAnd it\'s the best job ever, if you ask me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1733\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1733\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1733\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0756.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSurprise! Chandler Park is home to some pretty cool playgrounds.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1734\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1734\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1734\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07641.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1735\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1735\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1735\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07771.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDoes anyone else think this last one should be cover art for the next hot Christian music CD?\r\n\r\nI have sort of a guilty feeling that tells me I should be sorry I wrote that. But, I\'m gonna go ahead and let it stand.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1736\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1736\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1736\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07931-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1737\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1737\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1737\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0792-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSpeaking of standing...I remember when all these two little puffy feet were good for were kissing, tickling and those black-and-white baby foot photos all we Gen X/Gen Y parents just have to have of their kids.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1738\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1738\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1738\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0786-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd how these starfish-like little hands did a lot less mess-making and a lot more...well, waiving around aimlessly in an effort to make sense of this world.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1739\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1739\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1739\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0776.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow he\'s playing Godzilla on my old stomping grounds.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m trying to change the subject so that my face doesn\'t end up a puddly, mommyblogger face by the end of this post.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1740\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1740\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1740\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08363.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDid I mention that Chandler Park is home to some of the best views of downtown Tulsa and the Osage Hills?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1741\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1741\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1741\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0847-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee the skyline peeking through the trees there?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1719\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1719\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o1-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCool, huh?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1742\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1742\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1742\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_0849-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s lots more to do at Chandler Park besides picnicking, playgrounding and breaking out your telephoto lens to take photos of downtown through trees and shrubbery like some kind of misguided, frustrated paparazzo or something.\r\n\r\nCheck out:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Formations for rock climbing (see the photo above, which is very scary to me but not to those of you out there who are like my husband and who enjoy defying death by jagged rock at every opportunity);</li>\r\n	<li>Gardens and nature trails;</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/baseball\">A lighted baseball/softball complex</a>;</li>\r\n	<li>An 18-hole disc golf course;</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/sunset-concerts\">Live music in Tulsa\'s largest natural outdoor event venue</a> (the next concert features my friend Rebecca Ungerman on Sept. 24);</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/special-events\">Special events including</a> Kings Champion Medieval Faire, Be Fest (a.k.a. OK Boulderfest), Top of the Hill Car Show and the Christmastime Lights on the Hill;</li>\r\n	<li>A brand-new, 16,000-square-foot community center that features a regulation-size gymnasium with bleacher seating, a work-out room and a kitchen/concession area as well as rooms for special events, games, meetings, camps and dance classes. The center is also home to <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/classes\">a variety of classes, from yoga to Jazzercise to drama to photography</a>.</li>\r\n	<li>And plenty of picturesque places to make out.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNot that I would know anything about making out in a public place. Because I wouldn\'t. Know anything about making out in a public place, I mean.\r\n\r\nChandler Park also hosts summer camps as well as swimmers of all ages. It\'s quite the bustling place.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1725\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut, not so bustling that you can\'t enjoy a picnic with your special someone. Grab a blanket, pack a picnic basket and see for yourself.\r\n\r\n<strong>Chandler Park</strong>\r\nWhere: 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nWhen: Gate opens at 7am, Upper level closes at 11pm, Lower level closes at 6pm; Community center hours are Monday and Wednesday, 9am-8pm; Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-9pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nCall: (918) 591-6053\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/\">sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/</a>','Chandler Park, West Side Style','As far as Tulsa-area parks go, Chandler Park is one of those best-kept-secret sort of places.','inherit','open','open','','1712-revision-3','','','2010-09-01 09:02:59','2010-09-01 14:02:59','',1712,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/1712-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1744,1,'2010-09-01 09:02:16','2010-09-01 14:02:16','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1719\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1719\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o1-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAs far as Tulsa-area parks go, <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/\">Chandler Park</a> is one of those best-kept-secret sort of places.\n\n<!--more-->Westsiders know about it (the park is the wedge formed between the intersection of 21st Street and 65th W. Ave.), but a trip there means a drive across the Arkansas for most everyone else in town. And sometimes, especially if you\'re coming from southeast Tulsa, and especially if you have to drive through construction zone after construction zone as all we Tulsans must these days, a drive across the Arkansas River sounds like a very, very long drive.\n\nBut this fall, Chandler will be the place to be, no matter where you have to come from or what you have to go through to get there.\n\nKnow how I know? Because I\'m a westsider, born and bred. And over the years I\'ve hiked and swam and frisbee golfed and softballed and photographed Chandler Park to within an inch of its life. And I know a little something about what goes on there when fall rolls around.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1720\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1720\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_06661.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSee all those trees back there? The ones behind this frisbee golf goal? They turn all sorts of pretty colors. Colors that will make you weak in the knees.\n\nI know places like midtown\'s Woodward Park are the go-to places for Tulsa folks looking to enjoy things like flowers in the spring and leaves in the fall. But really, places like Chandler Park are better. For one thing, there are more trees. Which is what happens when one park is more than four times larger than the other.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1721\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1721\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1721\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0674.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nWhich is kinda what you should care about if you\'re looking for lots of pretty fall foliage.\n\n(Another tip on the best fall foliage-gazing spot in Tulsa: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/memorial-park-cemetery/\">Memorial Park Cemetery at 51st and Memorial</a>:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1722\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1722\" title=\"Memorial Cemetery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC07873-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Cemetery\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nI only speak the truth. Also, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wills\">Bob Wills</a> and <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Roberts\">Oral Roberts</a> and a host of other folks of Tulsa fame are buried there, which is worth a visit in and of itself.)\n\nAnother reason why Chandler is your best bet for leaf gazing this fall: You\'ll have 192 acres to do it in. That\'s more than four times the gazing and lounging and picnicing room you\'d have if you went to Woodward Park...again.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1723\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1723\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0689-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nNot that I have anything against Woodward Park, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/from-humiliation-files-my-cliche/\">because I most certainly don\'t</a>. I\'m just trying to broaden your horizons here.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1724\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1724\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nNot long ago I took my son on his first Chandler Park picnic. We packed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Goldfish crackers and, of course, cake. In other words, it was the best possible picnic two people can have without fried chicken and sweet tea.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1725\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1726\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1726\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07121-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n\"In the midst of these mighty oaks and such woodland-like beauty, I must contemplate this Goldfish cracker in a most serious way.\n\nWhat is this Goldfish cracker going to taste like? What does it mean? Does it exist?\n\nDo <em>I</em> exist?\"\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1727\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1727\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1727\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07141-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nIf a toddler munches loudly on a Goldfish cracker in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1728\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1728\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0703.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThe world may never know.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1729\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1729\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1729\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0730.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nAfter lunch this guy spent lots of time checking out one of these:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1730\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1730\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1730\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n(Because this is how a frisbee golf goal would look to a two-year-old, right?)\n\nAfter more exploring he brought me some of these:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1731\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1731\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1731\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07492.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nWhich was a good move because if he hadn\'t, he probably would have been stuck mowing the lawn later.\n\nI\'m always willing to let a man who brings me flowers for no reason off the yard care hook. Especially men who look like this:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1732\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1732\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1732\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0681.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI am such a sucker.\n\nAnd it\'s the best job ever, if you ask me.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1733\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1733\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1733\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0756.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSurprise! Chandler Park is home to some pretty cool playgrounds.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1734\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1734\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1734\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07641.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1735\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1735\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1735\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07771.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nDoes anyone else think this last one should be cover art for the next hot Christian music CD?\n\nI have sort of a guilty feeling that tells me I should be sorry I wrote that. But, I\'m gonna go ahead and let it stand.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1736\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1736\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1736\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07931-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1737\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1737\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1737\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0792-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSpeaking of standing...I remember when all these two little puffy feet were good for were kissing, tickling and those black-and-white baby foot photos all we Gen X/Gen Y parents just have to have of their kids.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1738\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1738\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1738\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0786-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAnd how these starfish-like little hands did a lot less mess-making and a lot more...well, waiving around aimlessly in an effort to make sense of this world.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1739\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1739\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1739\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0776.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nNow he\'s playing Godzilla on my old stomping grounds.\n\nAnd I\'m trying to change the subject so that my face doesn\'t end up a puddly, mommyblogger face by the end of this post.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1740\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1740\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1740\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08363.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nDid I mention that Chandler Park is home to some of the best views of downtown Tulsa and the Osage Hills?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1741\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1741\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1741\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0847-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSee the skyline peeking through the trees there?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1719\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1719\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o1-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nCool, huh?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1742\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1742\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1742\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_0849-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThere\'s lots more to do at Chandler Park besides picnicking, playgrounding and breaking out your telephoto lens to take photos of downtown through trees and shrubbery like some kind of misguided, frustrated paparazzo or something.\n\nCheck out:\n<ul>\n	<li>Formations for rock climbing (see the photo above, which is very scary to me but not to those of you out there who are like my husband and who enjoy defying death by jagged rock at every opportunity);</li>\n	<li>Gardens and nature trails;</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/baseball\">A lighted baseball/softball complex</a>;</li>\n	<li>An 18-hole disc golf course;</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/sunset-concerts\">Live music in Tulsa\'s largest natural outdoor event venue</a> (the next concert features my friend Rebecca Ungerman on Sept. 24);</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/special-events\">Special events including</a> Kings Champion Medieval Faire, Be Fest (a.k.a. OK Boulderfest), Top of the Hill Car Show and the Christmastime Lights on the Hill;</li>\n	<li>A brand-new, 16,000-square-foot community center that features a regulation-size gymnasium with bleacher seating, a work-out room and a kitchen/concession area as well as rooms for special events, games, meetings, camps and dance classes. The center is also home to <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/classes\">a variety of classes, from yoga to Jazzercise to drama to photography</a>.</li>\n	<li>And plenty of picturesque places to make out.</li>\n</ul>\nNot that I would know anything about making out in a public place. Because I wouldn\'t. Know anything about making out in a public place, I mean.\n\nChandler Park also hosts summer camps as well as swimmers of all ages. It\'s quite the bustling place.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1725\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nBut, not so bustling that you can\'t enjoy a picnic with your special someone. Grab a blanket, pack a picnic basket and see for yourself.\n\n<strong>Chandler Park</strong>\nWhere: 6500 W. 21st Street\nWhen: Gate opens at 7am, Upper level closes at 11pm, Lower level closes at 6pm; Community center hours are Monday and Wednesday, 9am-8pm; Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-9pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am-5pm\nCall: (918) 591-6053\nWeb: <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/\">sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/</a>','Chandler Park, West Side Style','As far as Tulsa-area parks go, Chandler Park is one of those best-kept-secret sort of places.','inherit','open','open','','1712-revision-2','','','2010-09-01 09:02:16','2010-09-01 14:02:16','',1712,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/1712-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1748,1,'2010-09-01 10:33:32','2010-09-01 15:33:32','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1719\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1719\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o1-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs far as Tulsa-area parks go, <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/\">Chandler Park</a> is one of those best-kept-secret sort of places.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Westsiders know about it (the park is the wedge formed between the intersection of 21st Street and 65th W. Ave.), but a trip there means a drive across the Arkansas for most everyone else in town. And sometimes, especially if you\'re coming from southeast Tulsa, and especially if you have to drive through construction zone after construction zone as all we Tulsans must these days, a drive across the Arkansas River sounds like a very, very long drive.\r\n\r\nBut this fall, Chandler will be the place to be, no matter where you have to come from or what you have to go through to get there.\r\n\r\nKnow how I know? Because I\'m a westsider, born and bred. And over the years I\'ve hiked and swam and frisbee golfed and softballed and photographed Chandler Park to within an inch of its life. And I know a little something about what goes on there when fall rolls around.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1720\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1720\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_06661.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee all those trees back there? The ones behind this frisbee golf goal? They turn all sorts of pretty colors. Colors that will make you weak in the knees.\r\n\r\nI know places like midtown\'s Woodward Park are the go-to places for Tulsa folks looking to enjoy things like flowers in the spring and leaves in the fall. But really, places like Chandler Park are better. For one thing, there are more trees. Which is what happens when one park is more than four times larger than the other.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1721\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1721\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1721\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0674.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich is kinda what you should care about if you\'re looking for lots of pretty fall foliage.\r\n\r\n(Another tip on the best fall foliage-gazing spot in Tulsa: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/memorial-park-cemetery/\">Memorial Park Cemetery at 51st and Memorial</a>:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1722\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1722\" title=\"Memorial Cemetery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC07873-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Cemetery\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI only speak the truth. Also, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wills\">Bob Wills</a> and <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Roberts\">Oral Roberts</a> and a host of other folks of Tulsa fame are buried there, which is worth a visit in and of itself.)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1723\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1723\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0689-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNot that I have anything against places like Woodward Park, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/from-humiliation-files-my-cliche/\">because I most certainly don\'t</a>. I\'m just trying to broaden your horizons here, friends.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1724\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1724\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNot long ago I took my son on his first Chandler Park picnic. We packed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Goldfish crackers and, of course, cake. In other words, it was the best possible picnic two people can have without fried chicken and sweet tea.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1725\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1726\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1726\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07121-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"In the midst of these mighty oaks and such woodland-like beauty, I must contemplate this Goldfish cracker in a most serious way.\r\n\r\nWhat is this Goldfish cracker going to taste like? What does it mean? Does it exist?\r\n\r\nDo <em>I</em> exist?\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1727\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1727\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1727\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07141-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf a toddler munches loudly on a Goldfish cracker in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1728\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1728\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0703.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe world may never know.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1729\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1729\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1729\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0730.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter lunch this guy spent lots of time checking out one of these:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1730\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1730\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1730\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(Because this is how a frisbee golf goal would look to a two-year-old, right?)\r\n\r\nAfter more exploring he brought me some of these:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1731\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1731\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1731\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07492.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was a good move because if he hadn\'t, he probably would have been stuck mowing the lawn later.\r\n\r\nI\'m always willing to let a man who brings me flowers for no reason off the yard care hook. Especially men who look like this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1732\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1732\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1732\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0681.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI am such a sucker.\r\n\r\nAnd it\'s the best thing, if you ask me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1733\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1733\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1733\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0756.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSurprise! Chandler Park is home to some pretty cool playgrounds, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1734\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1734\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1734\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07641.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1735\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1735\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1735\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07771.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDoes anyone else think this last shot should be cover art for the next hot Christian music CD?\r\n\r\nI have sort of a guilty feeling that tells me I should be sorry I wrote that just now. But, I\'m gonna go ahead and let it stand. For posterity.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1736\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1736\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1736\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_07931-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1737\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1737\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1737\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0792-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSpeaking of standing...I remember when all these two little puffy feet were good for were kissing, tickling and those black-and-white baby foot photos all we Gen X/Gen Y parents just have to have of their kids.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1738\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1738\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1738\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0786-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd how these starfish-like little hands did a lot less mess-making and a lot more...well, waiving around aimlessly in an effort to make sense of this world.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1739\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1739\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1739\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0776.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow he\'s playing Godzilla on my old stomping grounds.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m going to change the subject so that my face doesn\'t end up a puddly, mommyblogger crybaby face by the end of this post.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1740\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1740\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1740\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08363.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDid I mention that Chandler Park is home to some of the best views of downtown Tulsa, the Arkansas River and the Osage Hills?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1741\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1741\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1741\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0847-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee the skyline peeking through the trees?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1719\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1719\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o1-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCool, huh?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1742\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1742\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1742\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_0849-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s lots more to do at Chandler Park besides picnicking, playgrounding and breaking out your telephoto lens to take photos of downtown through trees and shrubbery like some kind of misguided, frustrated paparazzo.\r\n\r\nCheck out:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Formations for rock climbing (see the photo above, which is very scary to me but not to those of you out there who are like my husband and who enjoy defying death-by-jagged-rock at every opportunity);</li>\r\n	<li>Gardens and nature trails;</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/baseball\">A lighted baseball/softball complex</a>;</li>\r\n	<li>An 18-hole disc golf course;</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/sunset-concerts\">Live music in Tulsa\'s largest natural outdoor event venue</a> (the next concert features my friend Rebecca Ungerman on Sept. 24);</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/special-events\">Special events including</a> Kings Champion Medieval Faire, Be Fest (a.k.a. OK Boulderfest), Top of the Hill Car Show and the Christmastime Lights on the Hill;</li>\r\n	<li>A brand-new, 16,000-square-foot community center that features a regulation-size gymnasium with bleacher seating, a work-out room and a kitchen/concession area as well as rooms for special events, games, meetings, camps and dance classes. The center is also home to <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/classes\">a variety of classes, from yoga to Jazzercise to drama to photography</a>.</li>\r\n	<li>And plenty of picturesque places to make out.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNot that I would know anything about making out in a public place. Because I wouldn\'t. Know anything about making out in a public place, I mean.\r\n\r\nChandler Park also hosts summer camps as well as swimmers of all ages. It\'s quite the bustling place.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1725\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut not so bustling that you can\'t enjoy a picnic with your special someone. Grab a blanket, pack a picnic basket and see for yourself.\r\n\r\n<strong>Chandler Park</strong>\r\nWhere: 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nWhen: Gate opens at 7am, Upper level closes at 11pm, Lower level closes at 6pm; Community center hours are Monday and Wednesday, 9am-8pm; Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-9pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nCall: (918) 591-6053\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/\">sites.google.com/site/chandlerparktulsa/</a>','Chandler Park, West Side Style','As far as Tulsa-area parks go, Chandler Park is one of those best-kept-secret sort of places.','inherit','open','open','','1712-revision-5','','','2010-09-01 10:33:32','2010-09-01 15:33:32','',1712,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/1712-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(2711,1,'2010-10-04 20:23:14','2010-10-05 01:23:14','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Cupcake Massacre by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4549625060/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4549625060_c120b0904d.jpg\" alt=\"Cupcake Massacre\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nAs someone who blogs about things to do in Tulsa, I field lots of questions about the city and all the stuff there is to do within its borders.\r\n\r\nWhile I\'m cool with answering these questions on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tasha-Does-Tulsa/403568208507\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> and <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">by e-mail</a>, I also highlight an FAQ every week with a post here at TDT. I\'m sure the folks who pose the questions aren\'t the only ones who would benefit from their answers.\r\n\r\nThe following question is one I get via Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, in person, ESP and smoke signals at least 727 times each week. Just kidding. I don\'t have ESP. But I really do get this question often, so read on - odds are, you\'ve either asked me about it or you\'ve wondered it to yourself.\r\n\r\n<strong>Q. Help! I need a list of family-friendly restaurants in Tulsa. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>A. You\'ve come to the right place.</strong>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->I love to dine out. In fact, it\'s my favorite pasttime. But, I have a a two-year-old son, which tends to stymie my fine dining efforts. Not that there isn\'t great food to be had outside of the fine dining sphere, because there most certainly is, especially here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nSo, Tulsa parents, grandparents and anyone else who gets to hang out with kids every now and again: Print it, put in on your fridge, keep it in your purse, keep it in your car - here\'s a list of locally owned, kid-friendly restaurants in Tulsa.\r\n\r\n<strong>Downtown</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Blue Dome Diner, 311 E. Second Street</strong>. Kids eat free on Thursdays, and if that\'s not enough of a reason to visit to Blue Dome Diner, it\'s also home to some of the most delicious, approachable-yet-gourmet food in Tulsa. Find something for the whole family, even the picky eaters, at this downtown diner.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.elotetulsa.com/\">Elote Cafe</a>, 514 S. Boston Ave.</strong> Owner Libby Auld is always quick to bring my son robot and dinosaur toys when he gets unmanageable - she has a whole supply of the things at Elote. Plus, the choices on the kids\' menu aren\'t just yummy, they\'re healthful and eco-conscious, too.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.joemommas.com/\">Joe Momma\'s</a>, 112 S. Elgin Ave.</strong> With everything from old-school video games to a cabinet full of toddler toys to Saturday morning kids\' book club events, Joe Momma\'s is always an easy place to take the kids. Plus, there\'s an enclosed patio, which is nice when you have a little one who hates to sit still.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dillydelitulsa.com/\">Dilly Deli</a>, 402 E. Second Street.</strong> The patio is choice, and Dru, who heads things up at what I like to call The Dilly, packs tons of board games that\'ll keep the kids occupied while Mom and Dad have a sandwich and, if they want (and who wouldn\'t?) some Marshall beer.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.cazschowhouse.com/\">Caz\'s Chowhouse</a>, 18 E. Brady Street.</strong> Did you know that each Wednesday kids eat free at Caz\'s? It\'s true. Dine in Tulsa\'s art district and get free food for your kiddos - and some of the best comfort food in town for caretakers - at the same time.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.mexicalibordercafe.com/\">Mexicali Border Cafe</a>, 14 W. Brady Street.</strong> Kids are always welcome at this easy-going, reasonably priced, long-standing haven of Tex-Mex cuisine.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tallyscafe.com/cafe.html\">Tally\'s</a>, 1102 S. Yale Ave.</strong> With the flashy, Route 66-reminiscent decor and a menu full of kid-friendly, affordable comfort food items, Mom and Dad can\'t go wrong packing the kids in the minivan and heading to Tally\'s, especially for breakfast on the weekends.\r\n\r\n<strong>Brookside</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.cosmo-cafe.com/\">Cosmo Cafe</a>, 3334 S. Peoria Ave.</strong> With a shelf full of board games and other goodies to distract the younger set, plus a patio that welcomes both canines and the pint-sized and a kid\'s menu offering choices above and beyond the usual composite chicken nuggets, Cosmo Cafe is a win for any family outing.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.brookrestaurant.com/\">The Brook</a><a href=\"http://www.brookrestaurant.com/\"></a>, 3401 S. Peoria Ave.</strong> Who can argue with that macaroni and cheese? My son loves it, and I\'m sure your little one will, too. The enclosed patio offers the best seating for families.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.senortequilaok.com/\">Senor Tequila\'s</a>, 3348 S. Peoria Ave.</strong> The booth seating is roomy and the cheese enchiladas will please any kiddo. Plus, it looks like a party in there.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.webersoftulsa.com/\">Weber\'s Root Beer and Hamburgers</a>, 3817 S. Peoria Ave.</strong> I don\'t know about your kid, but my kid will do just about anything, including rolling around on the floor screaming like a banshee, for a frosty class of Weber\'s (caffeine free!) root beer. Plus, it\'s hard to beat those burgers. If your little one isn\'t old enough to sit on a barstool, take some root beer and burgers to go and head to Woodward Park for a picnic.\r\n\r\n<strong>Brookside By Day, 3313 S. Peoria Ave.</strong> Got a screamer? No one will notice at the ever-busy Brookside By Day. Yes, Mom and Dad, thanks to BBD, you really do live in a world where doing weekend brunch is still possible.\r\n\r\n<strong>West</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.olliesstation.com/\">Ollie\'s Station Restaurant</a>, 4070 Southwest Boulevard.</strong> In two words: Toy trains. In more words: Toy trains running tracks along the ceiling, plus one of the best breakfasts in town. Plus, there\'s a kids\' lunch buffet on Sundays where the really little ones (those under age 3) eat free.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.knottypinetulsa.com/\">Knotty Pine BBQ</a>, 3301 W. Fifth Street.</strong> Because both grandpa and baby can eat the barbeque at this Tulsa tradition, operable chompers or no.\r\n\r\n<strong>Arnold\'s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers, 1722 W. 51st Street.</strong> If your little girl has a poodle skirt and your son does a perfect greaser impression, Arnold\'s is calling you. Don\'t leave without trying the milkshakes and the onion rings. If y\'all can\'t stay for dinner, there\'s always the drive-thru window.\r\n\r\n<strong>Midtown</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.hideawaypizza.com/\">Hideaway Pizza</a>, 1419 E. 15th Street.</strong> With a menu full of kid-friendly foodstuffs, Hideaway\'s always up for a family night out.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.camillescafe.com/\">Camille\'s Sidewalk Cafe</a>, 1342 E. 15th Street.</strong> A patio with a fantastic view of downtown and a wine and beer list for Mom and Dad, a kid-friendly atmosphere and menu for the ankle biters of the human variety.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.merrittsbakery.com/\">Merritt\'s Bakery</a>, 3202 E. 15th Street</strong>. Did you know that Merritt\'s offers a lunch menu? It\'s true, and it\'s one of the best sandwiches available \'round these parts. Plus, there\'s always that house-made cookie or brownie or chocolate cupcake with sprinkles for an end-of-the-meal treat for the kiddos (and for Mom, too, duh).\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.lambruscoz.com/index.html\">Lambrusco\'z To Go</a>, 1344 E. 41st Street.</strong> While there\'s lots of stuff in the retail area for toddlers\' grabby hands, the sandwiches are not only choice and delicious, but they\'re also kid-friendly. We\'ve always had good luck both dining in and taking out at Lambrusco\'z.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.pieholepizzeria.com/\">Pie Hole Pizzeria</a>, 2708 E. 15th Street.</strong> The dining area is tiny, but the golden part about this place for families is the take-and-bake crust. Imagine, Pie Hole pizza from your very own oven. Solid, Jackson.\r\n\r\n<strong>South Tulsa and Beyond</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/\">Gatsby\'s Grill</a>, 4421 S. Mingo Road.</strong> Gatsby\'s is where the kids\' meals are traditional, and parents can feel good about feeding their children breakfast, lunch or dinner made by hand. Plus, there\'s a 2-million-volume bookstore, complete with a huge children\'s and toys section, right next door.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.sushitraintulsaok.com/\">Sushi Train</a>, 3302 E. 51st Street.</strong> Not only is there a kids\' menu with choices friendly even for the extremely sushi averse, but there\'s also a toy train that circles the sushi bar, each car topped with a sushi creation. Our son loves it, and I bet your kiddos will, too.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.siegis.com/\">Siegi\'s Sausage Factory</a>, 8104 S. Sheridan Road.</strong> Don\'t feed your kid just any hot dog - reach for the hand-crafted, house made hot dogs at Siegi\'s. Booth seating is oversized, which makes dining with kids easier.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.hideawaypizza.com/\">Hideaway Pizza</a>, at 8204 S. Harvard Ave; 7877 E. 51st Street and 103rd and Memorial.</strong> With a menu full of kid-friendly foodstuffs, Hideaway\'s always up for a family night out.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://brewburgertulsa.com/\">Brewburger</a>, 6577 E. 71st Street.</strong> A variety of great burgers for Mom and Dad, plus a kids-eat-free night each Monday. Score! Plus, there are coloring books galore for the kiddos.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.compadresgrill.com/\">Compadres Mexican Grill</a>, at 2200 W. New Orleans Street in Broken Arrow; at 12551 E. 86th Street North in Owasso; at 7104 S. Sheridan Road in Tulsa.</strong> Kids eat free every Tuesday with the purchase of an adult dinner. Plus, with three Tulsa-area locations, odds are you won\'t have to drive far to the dinner table. P.S. - Parents, margaritas at Compadres are $2.99 every day. It\'s okay, you can squee.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.andopizza.com/\">Andolini\'s</a>, at 12140 E. 96th Street North in Owasso.</strong> Check out this family friendly restaurant with all of the Italian offerings a family wishes for - namely, pizza and pasta. Mmm.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.brookrestaurant.com/\">The Brook South</a>, 7727 E. 91st Street.</strong> Who can argue with that macaroni and cheese? My son loves it, and I\'m sure your little one will, too.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.merrittsbakery.com/\">Merritt\'s Bakery</a>, 2832 E. 101st Street.</strong> Did you know that Merritt\'s offers a lunch menu? It\'s true, and it\'s one of the best sandwiches available \'round these parts. Plus, there\'s always that house-made cookie or brownie or chocolate cupcake with sprinkles for an end-of-the-meal treat for the kiddos (and for Mom, too, duh).\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.camillescafe.com/\">Camille\'s Sidewalk Cafe</a>, 6030 S. Yale Ave.</strong> in KingsPointe Village. A patio with a fantastic view of downtown and a wine and beer list for Mom and Dad, a kid-friendly atmosphere and menu for the ankle biters of the human variety.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.loscabosok.com/\">Los Cabos</a>, at 151 E. Bass Pro Drive in Broken Arrow and 300 Riverwalk Terrace, Ste. 100 in Jenks</strong>. You won\'t have to bust up your kid\'s piggy bank for a night out in BA or on the Riverwalk as long as you dine at Los Cabos. Plus, look for live music and some of the best people watching opportunities, especially at the Riverwalk location. P.S. - There\'s gelato on the Riverwalk at Kaffe Bona, kids. Beg and cry until Mommy and Daddy cave. It\'s that good.\r\n\r\n<strong>Uncle Vinny\'s, 6565 E. 71st Street.</strong> With a relaxed, NYC Italian-esque atmosphere and a dining room TV - plus, some of the best, most affordable thin crust pizza in town - Uncle Vinny\'s is a sure bet on family night.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.reasors.com/\">Reasor\'s</a>, 220 S. Elm in Jenks</strong>. Get everything from chef-created sushi to burritos at this restaurant that\'s right on your way home - and you\'ve gotta grab a few things at the grocery store anyway, right?\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.primetimepizza.info/\">Primetime Pizza</a>, 109 N. Elm in Jenks.</strong> Not only does Primetime serve up pizza raved about by the top movers and shakers in one of Tulsa\'s fastest growing \'burbs (one of whom is charged with the task of feeding three children every night), but they also deliver. Getcha some.\r\n\r\n<strong>Steak Stuffers USA, 7846 E. 51st Street.</strong> It might be in an old Captain D\'s location, but yes, this place is as local as it gets. The kids\' menu is straight-forward, and grown-ups of all walks will love the cheesesteak-style sandwiches at this dine-in or drive-thru diner.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.shilohsrestaurant.com/\">Shiloh\'s Restaurant</a>, 12521 E. 52nd Street.</strong> If you can\'t make it to Granny\'s for dinner, Shiloh\'s is your next best bet. Get some of the best rolls in town, plus slices of pie as tall as your three-year-old. If you\'re trolling for breakfast, look no further for incredible cinnamon rolls.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsabistro.com/\">The Bistro at Seville</a>, 10021 S. Yale Ave.</strong> If you love French and European cuisine, don\'t think that just because you have kiddos means you can\'t get this food on a family night out ever again. Check out this patio and laid-back service at The Bistro to see what I mean.\r\n\r\n<strong>Casa Bonita, 2120 S. Sheridan Road.</strong> The cave, the cave, the cave - raise the flag, baby, because I\'m talking about Casa Bonita, one of my personal favorite old-school hangouts. Get ski ball and other arcade-style kids\' games that Mom and Dad won\'t look too creepy when they can\'t resist playing, too.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.savastanospizzeria.com/\">Savastano\'s Pizzeria</a>, 8211 E. Regal Place, Ste. 109.</strong> Double-dare your kids to eat an entire slice of the Chicago-style deep-dish pizza and they\'ll be fast asleep in the backseat before you even get home. Bonus!\r\n\r\nSo. Where are your favorite places to take the fam when it\'s time to get some grub?','Family Friendly Restaurants in Tulsa: TDT Friday Advice Column','Print it, put in on your fridge, keep it in your purse, keep it in your car - here\'s a list of locally owned, kid-friendly restaurants in Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','572-revision-4','','','2010-10-04 20:23:14','2010-10-05 01:23:14','',572,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/572-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(2714,1,'2010-10-07 15:39:03','2010-10-07 20:39:03','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-state-fair-rides-food-people/img_2336/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2698\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/IMG_2336-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2336\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2698\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://errantcook.blogspot.com/\">Jennifer Bengel of The Errant Cook</a> regales us today with a report on some of the rides and food she tried at Tulsa State Fair this week. Take it away, Jennifer!</em>\r\n\r\nMy husband, our almost-4-year-old daughter and I went to this year’s Tulsa State Fair on a mission.  \r\n\r\nWell, more precisely, I had a mission: <em>to ride until I (nearly) puked</em>.  \r\n\r\n<!--more-->As a lifelong Tulsan, I’ve had my share of trips to the fair, as well as to the old Bell’s Amusement Park. I’m a huge fan of gut-wrenching, upside-down-y, spin-y rides. \r\n\r\nIt’s been a few years since I’ve set foot inside a metal cage with the intention of being tossed about under the dubious supervision of a scowling, chain-smoking carnie. I guess I got nostalgic, because when I heard that there was a ride bracelet day on Monday the 4th for $25 with a coupon from Mazzio’s, I was on board.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-state-fair-rides-food-people/img_2336/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2698\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/IMG_2336-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2336\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2698\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy little one and I both enjoyed our ride-riding with gusto. She liked the ferris wheel and the Sky Ride. My favorite ride was the Kamikaze, and I was gleefully close to being terrified. I found that the more adventurous the ride, the shorter the line to get on, which was just fine by me.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-state-fair-rides-food-people/img_2334/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2697\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/IMG_2334-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2334\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2697\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe wide variety of food is always a reason to visit the fair, and this year was no exception. While we steadfastly avoided the much-publicized fried butter and most of the other batter-fried goodies, we managed to down more than our fair share of artery clogging deliciousness. My husband is still talking about a sublime ear of roasted corn he got from a shack on the east end of the midway. My daughter and I scarfed down corndogs with plenty of mustard, and she chugged her weight in lemonade.  \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-state-fair-rides-food-people/img_2332/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2696\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/IMG_2332-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2332\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2696\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-state-fair-rides-food-people/img_2331/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2695\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/IMG_2331-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2331\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2695\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe also took advantage of one of our favorite fair food stops, the Oklahoma Pork Council’s booth in the Exchange Center, for simple and tasty pork burgers with Head Country barbecue sauce. I eyeballed some gorgeous caramel apples inside the QT Center but didn’t manage to grab one before we left. I normally have my yearly funnel cake at the fair, but my enjoyment of numerous stomach-churning rides left me less than enthusiastic about eating anything else remotely greasy. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-state-fair-rides-food-people/img_2328/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2694\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/IMG_2328-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2328\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2694\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to form, the fair’s most appealing aspect for a cynic like me is people-watching. I could’ve spent all week just ogling strangers. They never fail to amuse me. I was witness to some of the best of the worst, like People of Wal-Mart in glorious 3D. My favorite was the girl with the orange pancake makeup, back-combed Jersey Shore pouf, gold-trim sneakers, and muffin top. So awesome.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-state-fair-rides-food-people/img_2331/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2695\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/IMG_2331-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2331\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2695\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you’re in the mood for some good old-fashioned family fun, you can’t go wrong with the Tulsa State Fair. And if you’re just a big old meanie who loves greasy food, questionably safe carnival rides, and laughing at the misguided fashion choices of strangers, you <em>still</em> can’t go wrong with the Tulsa State Fair.\r\n\r\n<em>Tasha\'s note: This the last weekend of the <a href=\"http://www.tulsastatefair.com/\">2010 Tulsa State Fair</a>, y\'all. Be sure to tune in tomorrow morning to my segment on <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">the KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a> (on the :10s and :40s) to get a list of what not to miss during these final days of this annual mega-event.</em>','Tulsa State Fair: Rides, Food, Jersey Shore Poufs, Oh My!','My husband, almost 4-year-old daughter, and I went to this year’s Tulsa State Fair on a mission. Well, more precisely, I had a mission: <em>to ride until I (nearly) puked</em>. ','inherit','open','open','','2693-revision-14','','','2010-10-07 15:39:03','2010-10-07 20:39:03','',2693,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2693-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(4538,1,'2011-11-23 17:39:52','2011-11-23 23:39:52','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198226644/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4198226644_cabaa519fc.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nPerhaps you\'ve heard that I\'m going to <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/ugly-sweater-party-yall.html\">the Ugly Sweater Party at Joe Momma\'s tonight, downtown at 112 S. Elgin Ave.</a> Of course, I waited until today to realize that no sweater ugly enough to win any sort of contest is within the meager sphere of stuff I own.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\nYesterday I asked my <a href=\"http://facebook.com/tashadoestulsa\">Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> buddies to help me narrow down which thrift stores I should hit to score the most hideous, the most appalling, the most gag-inducing sweater in the universe.\n\nThey, as per their usual, came through for me. Head to <a href=\"http://www.valuethrifttulsa.com/\">Value Thrift Store at 11th and Memorial</a>, the local Internets said. And I obeyed, as per my usual when disembodied voices tell me to do things.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197473111/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/4197473111_543da13afe.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nConfession: For all of my penny-pinching ways, I\'ve never really been a thrift store shopper. As in, I\'d maybe been to one thrift store before today and that was, like, ten years ago. Consignment stores, yes. Thrift stores, no.\n\nI\'m not sure why, though. It\'s not that I\'m freaked out by the prospect of purchasing used goods. Half the stuff that\'s in my house right now had previous lives somewhere else. Plus, check out the cool stuff you could have if you\'re into buying pre-owned:\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197473225/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4197473225_ee632710d4.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197473527/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/4197473527_00ffa178fa.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197474319/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2689/4197474319_8d3dde5e22.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nThat last one could just as well be a photo of my room in 1985 as it could be a photo of the toy department at Value Thrift Store.\n\nI still miss my Cabbage Patch dolls, naked or not.\n\nVTS is actually a pretty nice place. It offers a ton of selection in women\'s, kids\' and men\'s clothing of all kinds, toys, housewares and furniture. Everything is well-merchandised, easy to find and fun to shop.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198229048/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2517/4198229048_5474937dc5.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197476199/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2790/4197476199_06f6a36475.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198229130/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/4198229130_5dca19de73.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nI like this. But I can\'t tell you why. I just do.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198229250/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2732/4198229250_79f524b71c.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nI like these, too, and I <em>can</em> tell you why. They remind me of my grandmother and some plates she might have used back in the \'80s. My grandma has always had pretty dishes.\n\nSo, back to ugly sweater shopping. I wasn\'t sure where to start. My fashion sense isn\'t exactly the sharpest on the block, so I wondered if I should go with whatever sweater I liked best to, you know, hedge my bets. With that strategy in mind, I hit the racks.\n\nI soon found I needed to come up with some other plan of attack.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197473635/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/4197473635_f2813f9dfd.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nOh, boy.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198225952/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4198225952_c074236594.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nI know this isn\'t a sweater but, hey, it\'s cute and snappy and has a slice of pie printed on it. And you know how I feel about pie. I just had to show you.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197473775/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4197473775_8a8819d951.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197473889/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4197473889_c7679c4ced.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nI really wanted my husband to buy this one. He said no.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197474183/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4197474183_e173b6e41d.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nFleece! How I itch thee.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198227104/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2630/4198227104_9c0c636c71.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nAgain, this photo could just as well be of my bedroom in 1985 as it could be in the sweater section of a local thrift shop.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198227290/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2731/4198227290_edd9489c43.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nWhat\'s this even supposed to be? Animal print? Landscape? A cross-section of that leftover pot roast that\'s been in my fridge for six weeks?\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198227406/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2751/4198227406_6242152ab8.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nAnd the designer of this sweater was going for...that coughed-up hairball look?\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198227552/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2795/4198227552_0bf518a98a.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nFound in the men\'s section. No, really.\n\nA few more picks for my hubby:\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198227714/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4198227714_419d5ea7aa.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197475237/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4197475237_60af1831f9.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nThis sweater belonged to either Bill Cosby or my dad at some point. I just know it.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197475709/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2653/4197475709_8565063ff1.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197476089/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/4197476089_862d77bc1b.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nI think we have a winner.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197475421/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2717/4197475421_414015b237.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197475603/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/4197475603_f91e6a275d.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nTell me I look good.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197475513/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2710/4197475513_6c894785c8.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nWhich is going to give me a better chance of winning the contest tonight, y\'all: This one or that one?\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4197475795/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2792/4197475795_673f4ca945.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198228556/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2614/4198228556_f1f2daa40f.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nDon\'t bother looking, Tash - there\'s nothing to see back there.\n\nMy little sister got all the good booty genes.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Value Thrift Store by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4198228662/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2513/4198228662_5e2970b750.jpg\" alt=\"Value Thrift Store\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nOkay, friends, I need your help.\n\n<form id=\"poll_id_1072164\" action=\"http://www.acepolls.com/votes\" method=\"post\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #fa876c; background-image: url(\'http://www.acepolls.com/images/designs/red_vertical_stripe.png\'); border: 1px solid #FA3527; padding: 10px 0; width: 250px;\">\n\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"vote[poll_id]\" value=\"1072164\" />\n<div style=\"color: #c9d8ff; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\">Which sweater should I wear to the Ugly Sweater Party at Joe Momma\'s tonight?</div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding-left: 10px;\">\n	<li><input id=\"vote_choice_id_6103860\" type=\"radio\" name=\"vote[choice_id]\" value=\"6103860\" /><label style=\"color: #92e38f;\" for=\"vote_choice_id_6103860\">Faded mustard Aran sweater</label></li>\n	<li><input id=\"vote_choice_id_6103861\" type=\"radio\" name=\"vote[choice_id]\" value=\"6103861\" /><label style=\"color: #92e38f;\" for=\"vote_choice_id_6103861\">Blue applique vest</label></li>\n</ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><input id=\"submit_1072164\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote!\" /></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"results\" style=\"color: #92e38f;\" href=\"http://www.acepolls.com/polls/1072164-which-sweater-should-i-wear-to-the-ugly-sweater-party-at-joe-mommas-tonight/results\">View Results</a>\n<a style=\"color: #92e38f;\" href=\"http://www.acepolls.com/create\">Create a Blog Poll</a></div>\n</div>\n</form>Using the poll above, vote which sweater I should wear tonight to <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/ugly-sweater-party-yall.html\">the Ugly Sweater Party at Joe Momma\'s</a>.\n\nI\'ll wear whichever one you choose. I\'m at your mercy. Do with me as you please.\n\nThen come see me rock the woolen winner of the Reader\'s Choice Awards: Ugly Sweater Edition at the party tonight. It starts at 9. On hand will be live entertainment, beer specials, prizes and darned good company.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/4192189079_882f7e4e31.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></div>\nBe there or be somewhere else wishing you were there.','Ugly Christmas Sweater Shopping in Tulsa','Yesterday I asked my Facebook and Twitter buddies to help me narrow down which thrift stores I should hit to score the most hideous, the most appalling, the most gag-inducing sweater in the universe.','inherit','open','open','','401-autosave','','','2011-11-23 17:39:52','2011-11-23 23:39:52','',401,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/401-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4213,1,'2009-11-28 05:20:00','2009-11-28 05:20:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4140107346/\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/4140107346_7e35a3bfe0.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />There was a time in the not-to-distant past when women wouldn\'t be caught dead in an apron.<br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a><br />Someone who was busting her butt to break through the glass ceiling in the corporate world wasn\'t about to remind anyone with an article of clothing that her traditional role in society had been in the home, perhaps wearing an apron for the better part of a day. There were worlds to conquer, salaries to earn and, perhaps most of all, lots to prove.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4139347945/\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2729/4139347945_bb6fe4c73f.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />These days, those of us who believe women have the right to the vote and an equal paycheck (dare I say the F-word?) are more likely to embrace our pasts in the domestic realm. We\'re not in denial about how our grandmothers and all the women before them were expected to and wanted to lead their lives. In fact, we think the sewing and crafting and scrimping and saving and cooking arts are actually pretty cool.<br /><br />I guess that\'s why when I <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http://google.com/\" rel=\"homepage\" title=\"Google\">Google</a> terms like \"apron,\" I get about 2.3 million results. A search for the same term on <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http://www.etsy.com/\" rel=\"homepage\" title=\"Etsy\">Etsy</a>.com, the Web site that serves as a collective storefront for crafters and artists the world over, yields 23,000 results, 83 percent of which fall into the \"handmade\" category.<br /><br />Hm. Me thinks the handmade apron might just be one of the must-have fashion accessories this season. Plus, they keep food splashes and splatters off your clothes. Beauty <i>and</i> functionality - who woulda thunk it?<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4139347003/\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2519/4139347003_3db46046ca.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />There\'s more than one place to snag a handmade apron in Tulsa, but I\'m particularly fond of the selection available right now at <b><a href=\"http://sageculinarystudio.com/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a></b>. Sage, a cooking school as well as a gift shop stocked with kid-sized kitchen goodies, stocks a line of aprons by the Guthrie-based designer <b>Stella &amp; Grace</b>.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4139347225/\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/4139347225_84dda46773.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />What\'s cool about these aprons is that each is an original, with no two alike - that is, unless, a certain design comes in a mother-daughter matching set. Plus, the craftsmanship is remarkable.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4140108056/\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2794/4140108056_a178271e38.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4140108224/\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Aprons by Stella &amp; Grace\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4140108224_53fe3f2f2b.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />The designer doesn\'t turn these babies out in bulk. When a fabric catches her eye, she buys just enough for an apron or two. When it\'s gone, it\'s gone. <br /><div><br /></div><div>Just try to find that kind of attention to detail at a store in the mall. Go ahead - I dare you.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4140109504/\" title=\"Untitled by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2605/4140109504_8f4f1794c8_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a><br /></div><br />When I heard the asking price of these aprons, I suffered a serious case of reverse sticker shock. Aprons like these are selling on Etsy and elsewhere online for at least twice the price as that posted at Sage, a flat $25 each. Wow, just wow.<br /><br />Another apron maker showcased at Sage is <a href=\"http://antoinettebakingco.blogspot.com/\"><b>Antoinette Baking Co.</b>, headed by local crafty girls <b>Molly Martin</b> and <b>Andrea Mohn</b></a>.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4139349239/\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Antoinette Baking Co. Aprons by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Antoinette Baking Co. Aprons\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2609/4139349239_49e86cfcbd.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a> <br /></div><br />Before today, I thought Molly and Andrea were plenty busy making beautiful cupcakes and cookies and custom cakes (<a href=\"http://tulsakids.com/?q=sugar-and-spice-or-snips-and-snails\">read a particularly special and, granted, emotional story about one here</a> - grab a Kleenex first). I had no idea these women had apron designs dancing in their heads.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4139349149/\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Antoinette Baking Co. Aprons by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio: Antoinette Baking Co. Aprons\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2784/4139349149_23ce400d54.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Sage owner <b>Catherine deCamp</b> said her students were going ga-ga over these little numbers. It\'s not hard to see why. Look at the colors! And the designs are to die for - very hip.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4140109564/\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/4140109564_9b3631c16d.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Sage celebrated the anniversary of its first year in business earlier this month, and business has been good. For one, Sage is expanding to south Tulsa, location to be announced. For two, Catherine is expanding her class offerings. She\'s now enrolling for adult cooking classes in addition to the kiddo sessions she\'s featured since she opened. To learn more and see what\'s available for December, <a href=\"http://www.sageculinarystudio.com/\">visit the Sage site on the Web</a>.<br /><br />Yet more reasons to love Sage are <a href=\"http://www.sageculinarystudio.com/uploads/Holiday_2009_Break_Sessions.pdf\">Catherine\'s holiday cookie decorating sessions</a>. For $15, kids can stop in at Sage, decorate seven cookies, eat one at the studio and take the other six home, perhaps to give to a deserving parental unit as an early Christmas present. Or, Tulsa munchkins can make cupcakes, $25 for the session and four cupcakes, or gingerbread houses, $40 for the session and one house. Sessions on Dec. 21, Dec. 22 and Dec. 23 are still open, but historically, they\'ve filled quickly. <a href=\"http://sageculinarystudio.com/\">Register online soon</a>.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Happy holiday cooking, Tulsa - Shout Wipes-free.<br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sage Culinary Studio</span><br />3746 S. Peoria Ave.<br />(918) 933-5005<br /><a href=\"mailto:info@sageculinarystudio.com\">info@sageculinarystudio.com</a><br />Holiday retail store hours are Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm and Sunday, noon-5pm<br /></div><div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/1d59676c-f709-423e-aab7-d3e08af451b9/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"><img alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=1d59676c-f709-423e-aab7-d3e08af451b9\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" /></a><script defer=\"defer\" src=\"http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script><br /></div>','TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Sage Culinary Studio','','inherit','open','open','','367-revision','','','2009-11-28 05:20:00','2009-11-28 05:20:00','',367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/367-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(2807,1,'2010-10-09 13:03:40','2010-10-09 18:03:40','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1678/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street - basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie ball gown.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted another Barbie dress cake, just like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made the last cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1665/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1678/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> , too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1654/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1662/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1606/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1607/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1603/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1601-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1605/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1631-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1624/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1646/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1666/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1698/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1718/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a bit like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1694/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1722/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it at your own birthday party.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1722-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-13','','','2010-10-09 13:03:40','2010-10-09 18:03:40','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(2808,1,'2010-10-09 13:09:37','2010-10-09 18:09:37','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1678/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street - basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie doll dressed in a purple ball gown.\r\n\r\nYou know the ones. The dress is made of a few layers of cake and frosting, and a Barbie stands in the middle, her boobs covered in frosting styled to look like a bodice. The Barbie dress cake is the most exciting birthday cake ever, especially for prissy little girls, and I most certainly was one.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted another Barbie dress cake, just like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made the last cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1665/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1678/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> , too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1654/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1662/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1606/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1607/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1603/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1601-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1605/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1631-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1624/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1646/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1666/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1698/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1718/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a bit like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1694/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1722/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it at your own birthday party.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1722-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-14','','','2010-10-09 13:09:37','2010-10-09 18:09:37','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(2806,1,'2010-10-09 13:08:58','2010-10-09 18:08:58','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1678/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\n\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street - basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie doll dressed in a purple ball gown.\n\nYou know the ones. The dress is made of a few layers of cake and frosting, and a Barbie stands in the middle, her boobs covered in frosting styled to look like a bodice. The Barbie dress cake is the most exciting birthday cake ever. \n\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted another Barbie dress cake, just like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\n\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made the last cake.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1665/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1678/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> , too.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1654/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1662/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1606/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1607/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\n\nBut of course.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1603/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1601-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1605/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\n\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1631-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1624/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\n\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1646/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1666/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1698/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1718/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a bit like...\n\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\n\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1694/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nUnbelievable.\n\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1722/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it at your own birthday party.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/dsc_1722-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\n\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\n\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\nCall: (918) 834-2345\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-autosave','','','2010-10-09 13:08:58','2010-10-09 18:08:58','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(2804,1,'2010-10-09 13:00:18','2010-10-09 18:00:18','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street - basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie ball gown.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted another Barbie dress cake, just like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made the last cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2776\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> there, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2777\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2778\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2779\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2780\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2781\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2782\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2783\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2784\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2785\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2786\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2787\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2788\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2789\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a but like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2790\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2791\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2792\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2793\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-11','','','2010-10-09 13:00:18','2010-10-09 18:00:18','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(2805,1,'2010-10-09 13:03:40','2010-10-09 18:03:40','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street - basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie ball gown.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted another Barbie dress cake, just like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made the last cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2776\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> , too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2777\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2778\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2779\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2780\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2781\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2782\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2783\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2784\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2785\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2786\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2787\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2788\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2789\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a bit like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2790\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2791\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2792\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it at your own birthday party.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2793\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-12','','','2010-10-09 13:03:40','2010-10-09 18:03:40','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(2802,1,'2010-10-09 13:00:15','2010-10-09 18:00:15','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street - basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie ball gown.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted another Barbie dress cake, just like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made the last cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2776\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> there, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2777\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2778\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2779\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2780\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2781\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2782\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2783\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2784\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2785\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2786\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2787\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2788\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2789\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a but like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2790\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2791\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2792\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2793\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-9','','','2010-10-09 13:00:15','2010-10-09 18:00:15','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(2803,1,'2010-10-09 13:00:18','2010-10-09 18:00:18','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street - basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie ball gown.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted another Barbie dress cake, just like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made the last cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2776\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> there, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2777\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2778\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2779\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2780\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2781\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2782\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2783\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2784\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2785\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2786\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2787\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2788\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2789\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a but like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2790\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2791\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2792\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2793\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-10','','','2010-10-09 13:00:18','2010-10-09 18:00:18','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(2459,1,'2010-10-03 17:06:40','2010-10-03 22:06:40','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2458\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2458\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2458\" title=\"Pointy Boots by Carrisa at AndSoSheBlogs.com\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/pointyboots.jpg\" alt=\"Pointy Boots by Carrisa at AndSoSheBlogs.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nLocal link dump time! Here are all the links to the blog posts worthy of laundry and lawn-mowing procrastination that I\'ve gathered over the past week or so. Enjoy!\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\n<strong>And So She Blogs</strong>. Carrisa did breakfast at Utica Square\'s The Wild Fork, hit the Anthropologie opening, saw Hard Rock &amp; Casino, Toby Keith\'s and Admiral Flea Market, <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/?p=231\">all in one weekend</a>. Way to do Tulsa, Carrisa. I\'m feeling a little inadequate at this point.\n\nYou might not know this about Carrisa, but <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/?p=236\">she\'s married to this local artist</a>. Thom is practically a Tulsa institution. Buying a poster of his for your home would be only correct for the T-Town proud. It\'d also be totally bitchin\'.\n\n<strong>Blogging Basics 101</strong>. Whether you want to admit it or not, photos are important to the success of many a blog. Melanie at BB101 has <a href=\"http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/10/helpful-blogging-links-optimizing-images-for-the-web-making-photo-collages/\">some tips on optimizing images for the Web</a>, as well as some resources on how to make compelling photo collages.\n\n<strong>Cindy\'s Clipboard</strong>. Cindy <a href=\"http://cindysclipboard.blogspot.com/2010/09/you-had-me-at-scalloped.html\">has some compliments for Stonehorse Market, one of Utica Square\'s best-kept secrets</a>.\n\n<strong>Crash Test Mommy</strong>. Jenny, the one and the only CTM, has <a href=\"http://crashtestmommy.net/2010/09/my-childhood-keepsakes-gone/\">five things from her childhood that she wishes her mom hadn\'t sold in a garage sale in 1985</a>. All I have to say is, <em>I know, right? </em>I feel your pain, Jenny.\n\n<strong>The Errant Cook</strong>. Jennifer at TEC <a href=\"http://errantcook.blogspot.com/2010/10/date-night.html\">discovered the Brady District\'s Glacier Chocolate on a date night recently</a>. I can only think of one way a date night could end better. Get more details on Tulsa\'s newest chocolatier in <a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/industry_article.asp?cID=i&amp;aID=28472123.775727.670852.1632177.6691416.583&amp;aID2=51595\">a recent article I wrote for Tulsa Business Journal</a>.\n\n<strong>Fat Ass to Fit Ass</strong>. Besides writing with the best blog name ever, <a href=\"http://fat-ass-to-fit-ass.blogspot.com/2010/08/thrifting-it-up.html\">Kate thrifts it up at local thrift stores as she finds herself between sizes in her journey to get healthy</a>. Three new-to-her pieces to add to the wardrobe for a mere $10? Good going, Kate. Oh, and thanks for all of the hilarious photos.\n\n<strong>Fran\'s Findings</strong>. <a href=\"http://fransfindings.blogspot.com/2010/09/co-op.html\">Fran has a spread from the Natural Farms food co-op</a>. A look into local food co-ops right now would be wise for the locavores among us (or we who aspire to and strive for such greatness) since most of the farmers markets are now in hibernation.\n\n<strong>Kellyology</strong>. Did you know that Kelly is the queen of the penny pinchers? It\'s true. But she hasn\'t written about her personal finance wisdom...<a href=\"http://www.kellyology.net/2010/09/saving-kelly-beginning.html\">until now</a>. My pocketbook is already doing its sad, vulgar little happy dance.\n\n<strong>Living on This Farm</strong>. From one of my favorite blogs anywhere, Tulsa or otherwise, comes <a href=\"http://livingonthisfarm.blogspot.com/2010/09/30-day-challenge.html\">a 30 day for challenge inspired by a Depression-era poster from the U.S. Food Administration</a>. Check it out, or be like <a href=\"http://errantcook.blogspot.com/2010/10/30-day-food-challenge-my-focus.html\">The Errant Cook and dive right into participating</a>.\n\n<strong>Lortondale</strong>. Shane over at the Lortondale blog has a list of <a href=\"http://lortondale.blogspot.com/2010/09/100-ways-to-screw-up-your-mid-century.html\">100 Ways to Screw Up Your Midcentury Modern Home</a>. I may have committed more than one of these crimes against my 1964 home. I didn\'t know it at the time, but still - ignorance of the law is no excuse. I just hope not to see Shane any time soon, on the good chance that he\'ll have his paddle (the one with the holes in it) handy.\n\n<strong>Oklahoma Modern</strong>. Rex at OM lets us know that <a href=\"http://www.oklahomamodernblog.com/2010/09/home-of-oru-architect-on-auction-block.html\">the home of ORU architect Frank Wallace is on the auction block</a>. All I can say is, I\'m glad my birthday is still a few days away - I still have time to add a little something to the list.\n\n<strong>Roemerman on Record</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.roemermanonrecord.com/2010/09/first-chili-of-season.html\">Steven has the season\'s first batch of chili, complete with a \"recipe.\"</a> How do you make chili, and what are and are not proper chili ingredients, in your opinion?\n\n<strong>That\'s Baloney!</strong> Flat Baloney visits Japan. What the heck, right? I know. <a href=\"http://www.thatsbaloney.com/2010/10/flat-baloney-visits-japan.html\">But you have to see it</a>. Now I want a flat TDT to send to far-off and exotic lands.\n\n<strong>This Land Press</strong>. If you\'re not reading this journal of relevant readings regarding Oklahoma, well, you should be. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/09/21/2010/october-issue-out-soon/\">Pick up a copy of issue No. 2 today</a>.\n\n<strong>The Tao of Cake</strong>. Shelley at TToC has <a href=\"http://taoofcake.blogspot.com/2010/09/ladies-and-gentlemen-meet-george.html\">info on what goes down at a Tulsa Cake Club meeting</a>. Yes, Tulsa has a club devoted to cake. And I\'ve decided that this is the only club I ever want to join again, ever. Mmm...cake. It is my soul.\n\n<strong>Tulsa Food Blog</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/tulsa-hamburgers/krispy-kreme-hamburgers-at-the-tulsa-state-fair-video\">Brian at TFB has a review of the Krispy Kreme Burger</a>, the food sensation of the 2010 Tulsa State Fair. Also? There\'s video. And a bit of donut frosting on his nose. That\'s how it\'s done, people - done right.\n\nAnd don\'t miss out on <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/tulsa-pizza-types-of-food-tulsa/hey-mambo-italiano-tulsa\">Joe Price\'s review of the new Hey Mambo Italiano, the Brady District\'s newest Italian restaurant</a>. This hip little place is good, y\'all - real good. Be sure to order the garlic knots to start things off right when you stop in for a look-see.\n\n<strong>Tulsa Gal</strong>. Nancy, the blogger behind Tulsa Gal, writes about <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/09/lebanese-steakhouses.html\">the history of Lebanese steakhouses in the Tulsa area</a>. Fascinating - and appetizing - stuff.\n\nWhat Tulsa blogs have you been reading this week? I\'d love to hear about them in the comments.','Pointy Boots, Donut Burgers, Personal Finance and Steak: In Tulsa Blogs This Week','Here are all the links to the blog posts worthy of laundry and lawn-mowing procrastination that I\'ve gathered over the past week or so.','inherit','open','open','','2265-revision','','','2010-10-03 17:06:40','2010-10-03 22:06:40','',2265,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2265-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(2823,1,'2010-10-10 15:06:15','2010-10-10 20:06:15','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2816\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2816\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2816\" title=\"Oklahoma Blogging Week\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/oklahoma.blogging.week_.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Blogging Week\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" /></a>\n\nBefore I post this week\'s round up of links to Tulsa blog posts worthy of your Sunday night Internet ogling, I wanted to send my thanks again to <a href=\"http://www.okprosperity.com/page.asp?content=startpage&amp;g=OKLAHOMA\">Oklahoma Prosperity Project</a>, <a href=\"http://blogging4jobs.com/\">Jessica at Xceptional HR</a> and <a href=\"http://www.themeltingpot.com/\">Becky at The Melting Pot</a> for making <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">the Tulsa meetup during the first-ever Oklahoma Blogging Week</a> a success.\n\nAnd for the snacks. The snacks were good...real good.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\nAnd thanks so much to the dozens of bloggers who took the time to come out and party in the way only bloggers can - while sipping a strong drink and blinking into the sunlight.\n\nHa! That \"while sipping a strong drink and blinking into the sunlight\" thing is totally, completely untrue. Except when it comes to me. Sipping a strong drink and blinking into the sunlight is a way of life for me, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/\">the one who orders a Barbie dress cake for her 27th birthday</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/savoys-famous-cinnamon-rolls-boy-and/\">allows her child to eat one-pound cinnamon rolls face-first in public</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/ugly-sweater-shopping-in-tulsa/\">takes photos of herself in dressing rooms and then posts them to the Internet</a>.\n\nBut, whatever. My mommy thinks I\'m special.\n\nAt any rate, it was a pleasure to meet those of you who were new to the blogger meetup group, and I enjoyed hanging out with my long-time blogging buddies, too.\n\nOne of the freebies available at the meetup was a local blog directory, complete with the blog name and URL of each person who RSVP\'d to the event. On the way home from The Melting Pot Thursday night I thought to myself, \"Gee, it\'d sure be a shame to not to share such a beefy list with my readers, who, judging by the number of questions I get each month on the topic, are just dying for links to more local blogs.\"\n\nThus:\n\nBrandi, Fancy Buffalo\n<a href=\"http://fancybuffalo.com\">fancybuffalo.com</a>\n\nJennifer, The Errant Cook\n<a href=\"http://errantcook.blogspot.com\">errantcook.blogspot.com</a>\n\nShelley, The Tao of Cake\n<a href=\"http://taoofcake.blogspot.com\">taoofcake.blogspot.com</a>\n\nMichele, The Chipper Muse\n<a href=\"http://thechippermuse.blogspot.com\">thechippermuse.blogspot.com</a>\n\nT.J., Rock Rulz (a web show) and Scurds (and now, TDT!)\n<a href=\"youtube.com/RockRulzShow\">youtube.com/RockRulzShow</a>\n<a href=\"http://scurds.com\">scurds.com</a>\n\nMarty, The Napkin Dad\n<a href=\"http://napkindad.com\">napkindad.com</a>\n\nHeather, Crawdads in My Sink\n<a href=\"http://crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com\">crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com</a>\n\nSamantha, Neither Here Nor There\n<a href=\"http://peachneitherherenorthere.blogspot.com\">peachneitherherenorthere.blogspot.com</a>\n\nSarah Gallagher, Gears and Shifts\n<a href=\"http://gearsandshifts.com\">gearsandshifts.com</a>\n\nCaitlin, Young and Rentless\n<a href=\"http://youngandrentless.blogspot.com\">youngandrentless.blogspot.com</a>\n\nHoward, Winning the Game of Sales\n<a href=\"http://winningthegameofsales.com\">winningthegameofsales.com</a>\n\nCarla, Jill of All Trades\n<a href=\"http://crbh-ruminations.blogspot.com\">crbh-ruminations.blogspot.com</a>\n\nJack, Wander Radio\n<a href=\"http://wanderradio.com/blog\">wanderradio.com/blog</a>\n\nHeidi, HeidiJenkins.com\n<a href=\"http://heidijenkins.com/Heidi_Jenkins/Blog/Blog.html\">heidijenkins.com/Heidi_Jenkins/Blog/Blog.html</a>\n\nKelly, Kellyology\n<a href=\"http://kellyology.net\">kellyology.net</a>\n\nLogan, Colonize the Moon\n<a href=\"http://colonize-the-moon.com\">colonize-the-moon.com</a>\n\nJennifer, Life with Lebedas\n<a href=\"http://lebedafamily.blogspot.com\">lebedafamily.blogspot.com</a>\n\nSasha, Global Table Adventure\n<a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com\">globaltableadventure.com</a>\n\nJenny, Crash Test Mommy\n<a href=\"http://crashtestmommy.net\">crashtestmommy.net</a>\n\nLeah, True Love in the Sooner Nation\n<a href=\"http://leah-barksdale.blogspot.com\">leah-barksdale.blogspot.com</a>\n\nCindy, Got Mischief?\n<a href=\"http://lounginwithlindsay.blogspot.com\">got-mischief.blogspot.com</a>\n\nLindsay, Loungin’ with Lindsay\n<a href=\"http://lounginwithlindsay.blogspot.com\">lounginwithlindsay.blogspot.com</a>\n\nMeseidy, The Noshery\n<a href=\"http://thenoshery.com\">thenoshery.com</a>\n\nSarah, Money Saving Queen\n<a href=\"http://moneysavingqueen.com\">moneysavingqueen.com</a>\n\nNancy, Tulsa Gal\n<a href=\"http://tulsagal.net\">tulsagal.net</a>\n\nCourtney, The Generosity Project\n<a href=\"http://thegenerosityproject.net\">thegenerosityproject.net</a>\n\nDave, Accidentally Albino\n<a href=\"http://daveshort.tumblr.com\">daveshort.tumblr.com</a>\n\nAubree, The Southern Family\n<a href=\"http://www.thesouthernfamily.net/\">thesouthernfamily.net</a>\n\nKristy, Mommy Hates Cooking\n<a href=\"http://mommyhatescooking.com\">mommyhatescooking.com</a>\n\nCarrisa, And So She Blogs\n<a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com\">andsosheblogs.com</a>\n\nLaurie, The Marriage of an Undomestic\n<a href=\"http://thereallt.blogspot.com\">thereallt.blogspot.com</a>\n\nSherri, I.Crochet\n<a href=\"http://sherris-blog-at.tumblr.com\">sherris-blog-at.tumblr.com</a>\n\nCarolyn, The New Homemaker\n<a href=\"http://thenewhomemaker.wordpress.com \">thenewhomemaker.wordpress.com </a>\n\nThis list represents a mixed bag of topics, interests and people, so click freely.\n\nAnd if you showed up to the meetup and your blog isn\'t listed here, <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">send me an e-mail</a> and I\'ll add you to the list.\n\nHappy reading!','Oklahoma Blogging Week: Links From the Tulsa Meetup','One of the freebies available at the meetup was a local blog directory, complete with the blog name and URL of each person who RSVP\'d to the event. On the way home from The Melting Pot Thursday night I thought to myself, \"Gee, it\'d sure be a shame to not to share such a beefy list with my readers.\" ','inherit','open','open','','2814-revision-8','','','2010-10-10 15:06:15','2010-10-10 20:06:15','',2814,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2814-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(1761,1,'2010-09-02 11:09:45','2010-09-02 16:09:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/brady-arts-district-dinner-dessert/dsc_1050-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1762\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1050.jpg\" alt=\"Glacier Chocolate\" title=\"Glacier Chocolate\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1762\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs it gains in rooftops and entertainment options, the <a href=\"http://www.thebradyartsdistrict.com/\">Brady Arts District</a>, the area along Brady Street that encompasses <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a>, <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain’s Ballroom</a> and a variety of bars, restaurants and art galleries, sees two new locally owned eateries open this summer — one sweet, one savory.\r\n\r\nGet the scoop on <a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/industry_article.asp?cID=i&aID=27156339.78841902.670852.8344804.3721502.324&aID2=51595\">the Food page of this week\'s edition of Tulsa Business Journal</a>. ','(More) Dinner and Dessert in the Brady Arts District','As it gains in rooftops and entertainment options, the Brady Arts District, the area along Brady Street that encompasses Brady Theater, Cain’s Ballroom and a variety of bars, restaurants and art galleries, sees two new locally owned eateries open this summer — one sweet, one savory.\r\n','publish','open','open','','brady-arts-district-dinner-dessert','','','2010-09-02 11:09:45','2010-09-02 16:09:45','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=1761',0,'post','',0),(1762,1,'2010-09-02 11:06:42','2010-09-02 16:06:42','','Glacier Chocolate','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1050-2','','','2010-09-02 11:06:42','2010-09-02 16:06:42','',1761,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1050.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',1),(1763,1,'2010-09-02 11:09:06','2010-09-02 16:09:06','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1762\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1762\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1050.jpg\" alt=\"Glacier Chocolate\" title=\"Glacier Chocolate\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1762\" /></a>\n\nAs it gains in rooftops and entertainment options, the <a href=\"http://www.thebradyartsdistrict.com/\">Brady Arts District</a>, the area along Brady Street that encompasses <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a>, <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain’s Ballroom</a> and a variety of bars, restaurants and art galleries, sees two new locally owned eateries open this summer — one sweet, one savory.\n\nGet the scoop on <a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/industry_article.asp?cID=i&aID=27156339.78841902.670852.8344804.3721502.324&aID2=51595\">the Food page of this week\'s edition of Tulsa Business Journal</a>. ','(More) Dinner and Dessert in the Brady Arts District','As it gains in rooftops and entertainment options, the Brady Arts District, the area along Brady Street that encompasses Brady Theater, Cain’s Ballroom and a variety of bars, restaurants and art galleries, sees two new locally owned eateries open this summer — one sweet, one savory.\n','inherit','open','open','','1761-revision','','','2010-09-02 11:09:06','2010-09-02 16:09:06','',1761,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/1761-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1764,1,'2010-09-02 11:09:45','2010-09-02 16:09:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1762\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1762\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1050.jpg\" alt=\"Glacier Chocolate\" title=\"Glacier Chocolate\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1762\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs it gains in rooftops and entertainment options, the <a href=\"http://www.thebradyartsdistrict.com/\">Brady Arts District</a>, the area along Brady Street that encompasses <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a>, <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain’s Ballroom</a> and a variety of bars, restaurants and art galleries, sees two new locally owned eateries open this summer — one sweet, one savory.\r\n\r\nGet the scoop on <a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/industry_article.asp?cID=i&aID=27156339.78841902.670852.8344804.3721502.324&aID2=51595\">the Food page of this week\'s edition of Tulsa Business Journal</a>. ','(More) Dinner and Dessert in the Brady Arts District','As it gains in rooftops and entertainment options, the Brady Arts District, the area along Brady Street that encompasses Brady Theater, Cain’s Ballroom and a variety of bars, restaurants and art galleries, sees two new locally owned eateries open this summer — one sweet, one savory.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1761-revision-2','','','2010-09-02 11:09:45','2010-09-02 16:09:45','',1761,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/1761-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(2800,1,'2010-10-09 12:56:46','2010-10-09 17:56:46','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street. Basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie ball gown.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted a Barbie cake like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made my last Barbie cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2776\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> there, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2777\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2778\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2779\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2780\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2781\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2782\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2783\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2784\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2785\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2786\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2787\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2788\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2789\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a but like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2790\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2791\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2792\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2793\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-7','','','2010-10-09 12:56:46','2010-10-09 17:56:46','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(2801,1,'2010-10-09 13:00:14','2010-10-09 18:00:14','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street - basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie ball gown.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted another Barbie dress cake, just like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made the last cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2776\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> there, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2777\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2778\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2779\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2780\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2781\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2782\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2783\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2784\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2785\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2786\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2787\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2788\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2789\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a but like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2790\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2791\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2792\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2793\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-8','','','2010-10-09 13:00:14','2010-10-09 18:00:14','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(1766,1,'2010-09-02 14:07:22','2010-09-02 19:07:22','<strong>UPDATE//</strong>Ladies and gents, we have a winner!\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1813\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/picture-2-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1813\" title=\"Melting Pot Contest Winner\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Picture-2.png\" alt=\"Melting Pot Contest Winner\" width=\"165\" height=\"189\" /></a>\r\n\r\nJennifer Bare, you\'re holding the 6th entry - congrats! <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">E-mail me</a> (within 24 hours - it\'s 6pm on Friday now) to claim your prize.\r\n\r\nThanks to all for playing, and don\'t forget - there are only 40 spots open for Fondue and Football nights at The Melting Pot. Get \'em while they\'re hot!\r\n\r\n<strong>//</strong>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1768\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1276/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1768\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1276-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nStop me if you\'ve heard this one (and if you\'re in Oklahoma, odds are 99.99 percent that you have): Football season in this state starts as <a href=\"http://www.soonersports.com/\">OU</a> and <a href=\"http://www.okstate.com/\">OSU</a> kick off this Saturday night. As in, just two days from now.\r\n\r\nSay it with me: Wooooooooooooooo! Football!\r\n\r\nAnd I meant all 15 of the o\'s, y\'all.\r\n\r\nAs much as I know how we Okies love to sit around a TV blaring the latest college or NFL game with a bowl of hot wings in one hand and a bowl of ranch dressing in the other, I know about a way to take your football spectating to the next level: <strong>the Fondue and Football series at </strong><a href=\"http://www.meltingpot.com/default.aspx\"><strong>The Melting Pot, at 300 Riverwalk Terrace in Jenks</strong></a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Fondue and Football will be a way to share your love of football - the same love that compels you to do things like paint your face in your team\'s colors even when you\'re watching the game from home or to tackle anyone who walks in front of the flatscreen during gametime - with your bewildered and uninitiated loved ones.\r\n\r\nThe event, which lasts until the end of this month, kicks off next Thursday, Sept. 9, with <strong>Football Training Night</strong>.\r\n\r\nI just love that in a city like Tulsa, we can do stuff like combine our football and our fondue. We\'re <a href=\"http://ww3.tulsachamber.com/general.asp?id=334\">comfortably cosmopolitan</a> like that. Plus, lots of traditional football season foods translate to the world of fondue. For example, if you love chips and queso on game day, my bet is that you\'ll dig the cheese fondue at The Melting Pot.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1773\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1312/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1773\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1312.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd probably the chocolate fondue, too.\r\n\r\nIn fact, it\'s hard not to like fondue. As a glance through the dining room at The Melting Pot on a Friday night will attest, a lot of people have serious trouble staying away from the stuff.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1772\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1309/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1772\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1309.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1771\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1284/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1771\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1284.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: That this smile and that fondue pot appear in the same photo is not exactly a coincidence.\r\n\r\nFootball Training Night will be led by Steve Smith, a voice you\'ll remember from the KBEZ Morning Show. Steve\'s presentation from 7-9pm will give the significant others, friends and children of football fanatics a crash course in basic game rules, common terms and plays so that even if they don\'t pull up a chair to join their loved one every time there\'s a pigskin on TV, they\'ll at least know what all the hollering is about.\r\n\r\nOn the giant projection screen at The Melting Pot that night will be the NFL season opener, the Minnesota Vikings vs. the New Orleans Saints. Kickoff is at 7:30pm.\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Anyone who signs up for a Fondue and Football event this month (the events on Sept. 13th, 20th and 27th) is entered into a drawing for a tour of Marshall Brewery, which is right here in Tulsa near downtown at 6th and Wheeling. If you win this prize - personally, I\'d pay the $35 ticket price just for a chance at this - you get to invite seven of your buds to go with you.\r\n\r\nAnd then you\'ll be their favorite person. For forever. The winner of this contest will be chosen Sept. 27.\r\n\r\nBy the way, beginning at 5pm attendees of the Fondue and Football events on Sept. 13th, 20th and 27th get deals on beer from Marshall Brewing Company. Keep in mind that The Melting Pot is one of the few restaurants in Tulsa that carries all four of the main Marshall beers - Sundown Wheat, Atlas IPA, McNellie\'s Pub Ale and Old Pavilion Pilsner. So, that\'s a pretty nice bonus.\r\n\r\nYou\'d better get your tickets to Football Training Night and Fondue and Football while they\'re hot, y\'all, because there are only 40 spots open at each event.\r\n\r\nSo, here\'s what you do. Go ahead and grab a pair of tickets to Football Training Night. Then, enter to win <strong>a football fondue set, a cookbook from The Melting Pot and a pair of tickets to the Football Training Night event on Sept. 9</strong> (a prize package worth about $100).\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41mTnu0vFfL._SS500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nCute, right?\r\n\r\nIf you win, you\'ll have a pair of tickets to give to one of your brothers in the fraternal order of football fans. You\'ll also have a bunch of stuff to keep and treasure. And to not tell your friends about. Because if you do, especially after they\'re welcomed to the world of fondue, they\'ll probably try to tackle you to the ground and steal it.\r\n\r\nEntering to win is simple. <strong>Simply leave a comment on this post before 3pm on Friday, Sept. 3</strong>. And, you\'re done.\r\n\r\nI\'ll announce the winners as chosen by <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> before 5pm on Friday. Good luck, everybody!\r\n\r\n<strong>The Melting Pot</strong>\r\nWhere: 300 Riverwalk Terrace, Ste. 190, at the RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks\r\nCall: (918) 299-8000\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TheMeltingPot.com\">TheMeltingPot.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630934/restaurant/Tulsa/Southern-Hills/Melting-Pot-Jenks\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630934/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Melting Pot on Urbanspoon\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Tasha\'s note: This giveaway is sponsored by The Melting Pot at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks.</em>','The Melting Pot: Have Some Fondue with Your Football (Plus, a Giveaway)','Enter to win a football fondue set, a cookbook from The Melting Pot and a pair of tickets to the Football Training Night event on Sept. 9. Sharing is totally, completely optional. 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As in, just two days from now.\n\nSay it with me: Wooooooooooooooo! Football!\n\nAnd I meant all 15 of the o\'s, y\'all.\n\nAs much as I know how we Okies love to sit around a TV blaring the latest college or NFL game with a bowl of hot wings in one hand and a bowl of ranch dressing in the other, I know about a way to take your football spectating to the next level: <strong>the Fondue and Football series at </strong><a href=\"http://www.meltingpot.com/default.aspx\"><strong>The Melting Pot, at 300 Riverwalk Terrace in Jenks</strong></a>.\n\n<!--more-->Fondue and Football will be a way to share your love of football - the same love that compels you to do things like paint your face in your team\'s colors even when you\'re watching the game from home or to tackle anyone who walks in front of the flatscreen during gametime - with your bewildered and uninitiated loved ones.\n\nThe event, which lasts until the end of this month, kicks off next Thursday, Sept. 9, with <strong>Football Training Night</strong>.\n\nI just love that in a city like Tulsa, we can do stuff like combine our football and our fondue. We\'re <a href=\"http://ww3.tulsachamber.com/general.asp?id=334\">comfortably cosmopolitan</a> like that. Plus, lots of traditional football season foods translate to the world of fondue. For example, if you love chips and queso on game day, my bet is that you\'ll dig the cheese fondue at The Melting Pot.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1773\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1773\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1773\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1312.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nAnd probably the chocolate fondue, too.\n\nIn fact, it\'s hard not to like fondue. As a glance through the dining room at The Melting Pot on a Friday night will attest, a lot of people have serious trouble staying away from the stuff.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1772\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1772\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1772\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1309.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1771\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1771\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1771\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1284.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nLet\'s just put it this way: That this smile and that fondue pot appear in the same photo is not exactly a coincidence.\n\nFootball Training Night will be led by Steve Smith, a voice you\'ll remember from the KBEZ Morning Show. Steve\'s presentation from 7-9pm will give the significant others, friends and children of football fanatics a crash course in basic game rules, common terms and plays so that even if they don\'t pull up a chair to join their loved one every time there\'s a pigskin on TV, they\'ll at least know what all the hollering is about.\n\nOn the giant projection screen at The Melting Pot that night will be the NFL season opener, the Minnesota Vikings vs. the New Orleans Saints. Kickoff is at 7:30pm.\n\nOh, and another thing? Anyone who signs up for a Fondue and Football event this month is entered into a drawing for a tour of Marshall Brewery, which is right here in Tulsa near downtown at 6th and Wheeling. If you win this prize - personally, I\'d pay the $35 ticket price just for a chance at this - you get to invite seven of your buds to go with you.\n\nAnd then you\'ll be their favorite person. For forever. The winner of this contest will be chosen Sept. 27.\n\nBy the way, beginning at 5pm Fondue and Football attendees get deals on beer from Marshall Brewing Company. Keep in mind that The Melting Pot is one of the few restaurants in Tulsa that carries all four of the main Marshall beers - Sundown Wheat, Atlas IPA, McNellie\'s Pub Ale and Old Pavilion Pilsner. So, that\'s a pretty nice bonus.\n\nYou\'d better get your tickets to Football Training Night and Fondue and Football while they\'re hot, y\'all, because there are only 40 spots open at each event.\n\nSo, here\'s what you do. Go ahead and grab a pair of tickets to Football Training Night. Then, enter to win <strong>a football fondue set, a cookbook from The Melting Pot and a pair of tickets to the Football Training Night event on Sept. 9</strong> (a prize package worth about $100).\n\n<img src=\"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41mTnu0vFfL._SS500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\n\nCute, right?\n\nIf you win, you\'ll have a pair of tickets to give to one of your brothers in the fraternal order of football fans. You\'ll also have a bunch of stuff to keep and treasure. And to not tell your friends about. Because if you do, especially after they\'re welcomed to the world of fondue, they\'ll probably try to tackle you to the ground and steal it.\n\nEntering to win is simple. <strong>Simply leave a comment on this post before 3pm on Friday, Sept. 3</strong>. And, you\'re done.\n\nI\'ll announce the winners as chosen by <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> before 5pm on Friday. Good luck, everybody!\n\n<strong>The Melting Pot</strong>\nWhere: 300 Riverwalk Terrace, Ste. 190, at the RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks\nCall: (918) 299-8000\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TheMeltingPot.com\">TheMeltingPot.com</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630934/restaurant/Tulsa/Southern-Hills/Melting-Pot-Jenks\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630934/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Melting Pot on Urbanspoon\" /></a>\n\n<em>Tasha\'s note: This giveaway is sponsored by The Melting Pot at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks.</em>','The Melting Pot: Some Fondue with Your Football?','Enter to win a football fondue set, a cookbook from The Melting Pot and a pair of tickets to the Football Training Night event on Sept. 9. Sharing is totally, completely optional. 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Football!\r\n\r\nAnd I meant all 15 of the o\'s, y\'all.\r\n\r\nAs much as I know how we Okies love to sit around a TV blaring the latest college or NFL game with a bowl of hot wings in one hand and a bowl of ranch dressing in the other, I know about a way to take your football spectating to the next level: <strong>the Fondue and Football series at </strong><a href=\"http://www.meltingpot.com/default.aspx\"><strong>The Melting Pot, at 300 Riverwalk Terrace in Jenks</strong></a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Fondue and Football will be a way to share your love of football - the same love that compels you to do things like paint your face in your team\'s colors even when you\'re watching the game from home or to tackle anyone who walks in front of the flatscreen during gametime - with your bewildered and uninitiated loved ones.\r\n\r\nThe event, which lasts until the end of this month, kicks off next Thursday, Sept. 9, with <strong>Football Training Night</strong>.\r\n\r\nI just love that in a city like Tulsa, we can do stuff like combine our football and our fondue. We\'re <a href=\"http://ww3.tulsachamber.com/general.asp?id=334\">comfortably cosmopolitan</a> like that. Plus, lots of traditional football season foods translate to the world of fondue. For example, if you love chips and queso on game day, my bet is that you\'ll dig the cheese fondue at The Melting Pot.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1773\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1773\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1773\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1312.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd probably the chocolate fondue, too.\r\n\r\nIn fact, it\'s hard not to like fondue. As a glance through the dining room at The Melting Pot on a Friday night will attest, a lot of people have serious trouble staying away from the stuff.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1772\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1772\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1772\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1309.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1771\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1771\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1771\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1284.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: That this smile and that fondue pot appear in the same photo is not exactly a coincidence.\r\n\r\nFootball Training Night will be led by Steve Smith, a voice you\'ll remember from the KBEZ Morning Show. Steve\'s presentation from 7-9pm will give the significant others, friends and children of football fanatics a crash course in basic game rules, common terms and plays so that even if they don\'t pull up a chair to join their loved one every time there\'s a pigskin on TV, they\'ll at least know what all the hollering is about.\r\n\r\nOn the giant projection screen at The Melting Pot that night will be the NFL season opener, the Minnesota Vikings vs. the New Orleans Saints. Kickoff is at 7:30pm.\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Anyone who signs up for a Fondue and Football event this month is entered into a drawing for a tour of Marshall Brewery, which is right here in Tulsa near downtown at 6th and Wheeling. If you win this prize - personally, I\'d pay the $35 ticket price just for a chance at this - you get to invite seven of your buds to go with you.\r\n\r\nAnd then you\'ll be their favorite person. For forever. The winner of this contest will be chosen Sept. 27.\r\n\r\nBy the way, beginning at 5pm Fondue and Football attendees get deals on beer from Marshall Brewing Company. Keep in mind that The Melting Pot is one of the few restaurants in Tulsa that carries all four of the main Marshall beers - Sundown Wheat, Atlas IPA, McNellie\'s Pub Ale and Old Pavilion Pilsner. So, that\'s a pretty nice bonus.\r\n\r\nYou\'d better get your tickets to Football Training Night and Fondue and Football while they\'re hot, y\'all, because there are only 40 spots open at each event.\r\n\r\nSo, here\'s what you do. Go ahead and grab a pair of tickets to Football Training Night. Then, enter to win <strong>a football fondue set, a cookbook from The Melting Pot and a pair of tickets to the Football Training Night event on Sept. 9</strong> (a prize package worth about $100).\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41mTnu0vFfL._SS500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nCute, right?\r\n\r\nIf you win, you\'ll have a pair of tickets to give to one of your brothers in the fraternal order of football fans. You\'ll also have a bunch of stuff to keep and treasure. And to not tell your friends about. Because if you do, especially after they\'re welcomed to the world of fondue, they\'ll probably try to tackle you to the ground and steal it.\r\n\r\nEntering to win is simple. <strong>Simply leave a comment on this post before 3pm on Friday, Sept. 3</strong>. And, you\'re done.\r\n\r\nI\'ll announce the winners as chosen by <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> before 5pm on Friday. Good luck, everybody!\r\n\r\n<strong>The Melting Pot</strong>\r\nWhere: 300 Riverwalk Terrace, Ste. 190, at the RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks\r\nCall: (918) 299-8000\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TheMeltingPot.com\">TheMeltingPot.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630934/restaurant/Tulsa/Southern-Hills/Melting-Pot-Jenks\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630934/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Melting Pot on Urbanspoon\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Tasha\'s note: This giveaway is sponsored by The Melting Pot at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks.</em>','The Melting Pot: Have Some Fondue with Your Football (Plus, a Giveaway)','Enter to win a football fondue set, a cookbook from The Melting Pot and a pair of tickets to the Football Training Night event on Sept. 9. Sharing is totally, completely optional. ','inherit','open','open','','1766-revision-2','','','2010-09-02 14:07:22','2010-09-02 19:07:22','',1766,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/1766-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1776,1,'2010-09-02 14:07:22','2010-09-02 19:07:22','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1768\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1276/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1768\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1276-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nStop me if you\'ve heard this one (and if you\'re in Oklahoma, odds are 99.99 percent that you have): Football season in Oklahoma starts as <a href=\"http://www.soonersports.com/\">OU</a> and <a href=\"http://www.okstate.com/\">OSU</a> kick off this Saturday night. As in, just two days from now.\r\n\r\nSay it with me: Wooooooooooooooo! Football!\r\n\r\nAnd I meant all 15 of the o\'s, y\'all.\r\n\r\nAs much as I know how we Okies love to sit around a TV blaring the latest college or NFL game with a bowl of hot wings in one hand and a bowl of ranch dressing in the other, I know about a way to take your football spectating to the next level: <strong>the Fondue and Football series at </strong><a href=\"http://www.meltingpot.com/default.aspx\"><strong>The Melting Pot, at 300 Riverwalk Terrace in Jenks</strong></a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Fondue and Football will be a way to share your love of football - the same love that compels you to do things like paint your face in your team\'s colors even when you\'re watching the game from home or to tackle anyone who walks in front of the flatscreen during gametime - with your bewildered and uninitiated loved ones.\r\n\r\nThe event, which lasts until the end of this month, kicks off next Thursday, Sept. 9, with <strong>Football Training Night</strong>.\r\n\r\nI just love that in a city like Tulsa, we can do stuff like combine our football and our fondue. We\'re <a href=\"http://ww3.tulsachamber.com/general.asp?id=334\">comfortably cosmopolitan</a> like that. Plus, lots of traditional football season foods translate to the world of fondue. For example, if you love chips and queso on game day, my bet is that you\'ll dig the cheese fondue at The Melting Pot.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1773\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1312/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1773\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1312.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd probably the chocolate fondue, too.\r\n\r\nIn fact, it\'s hard not to like fondue. As a glance through the dining room at The Melting Pot on a Friday night will attest, a lot of people have serious trouble staying away from the stuff.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1772\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1309/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1772\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1309.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1771\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1284/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1771\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1284.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: That this smile and that fondue pot appear in the same photo is not exactly a coincidence.\r\n\r\nFootball Training Night will be led by Steve Smith, a voice you\'ll remember from the KBEZ Morning Show. Steve\'s presentation from 7-9pm will give the significant others, friends and children of football fanatics a crash course in basic game rules, common terms and plays so that even if they don\'t pull up a chair to join their loved one every time there\'s a pigskin on TV, they\'ll at least know what all the hollering is about.\r\n\r\nOn the giant projection screen at The Melting Pot that night will be the NFL season opener, the Minnesota Vikings vs. the New Orleans Saints. Kickoff is at 7:30pm.\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Anyone who signs up for a Fondue and Football event this month is entered into a drawing for a tour of Marshall Brewery, which is right here in Tulsa near downtown at 6th and Wheeling. If you win this prize - personally, I\'d pay the $35 ticket price just for a chance at this - you get to invite seven of your buds to go with you.\r\n\r\nAnd then you\'ll be their favorite person. For forever. The winner of this contest will be chosen Sept. 27.\r\n\r\nBy the way, beginning at 5pm Fondue and Football attendees get deals on beer from Marshall Brewing Company. Keep in mind that The Melting Pot is one of the few restaurants in Tulsa that carries all four of the main Marshall beers - Sundown Wheat, Atlas IPA, McNellie\'s Pub Ale and Old Pavilion Pilsner. So, that\'s a pretty nice bonus.\r\n\r\nYou\'d better get your tickets to Football Training Night and Fondue and Football while they\'re hot, y\'all, because there are only 40 spots open at each event.\r\n\r\nSo, here\'s what you do. Go ahead and grab a pair of tickets to Football Training Night. Then, enter to win <strong>a football fondue set, a cookbook from The Melting Pot and a pair of tickets to the Football Training Night event on Sept. 9</strong> (a prize package worth about $100).\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41mTnu0vFfL._SS500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nCute, right?\r\n\r\nIf you win, you\'ll have a pair of tickets to give to one of your brothers in the fraternal order of football fans. You\'ll also have a bunch of stuff to keep and treasure. And to not tell your friends about. Because if you do, especially after they\'re welcomed to the world of fondue, they\'ll probably try to tackle you to the ground and steal it.\r\n\r\nEntering to win is simple. <strong>Simply leave a comment on this post before 3pm on Friday, Sept. 3</strong>. And, you\'re done.\r\n\r\nI\'ll announce the winners as chosen by <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> before 5pm on Friday. Good luck, everybody!\r\n\r\n<strong>The Melting Pot</strong>\r\nWhere: 300 Riverwalk Terrace, Ste. 190, at the RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks\r\nCall: (918) 299-8000\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TheMeltingPot.com\">TheMeltingPot.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630934/restaurant/Tulsa/Southern-Hills/Melting-Pot-Jenks\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630934/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Melting Pot on Urbanspoon\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Tasha\'s note: This giveaway is sponsored by The Melting Pot at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks.</em>','The Melting Pot: Have Some Fondue with Your Football (Plus, a Giveaway)','Enter to win a football fondue set, a cookbook from The Melting Pot and a pair of tickets to the Football Training Night event on Sept. 9. Sharing is totally, completely optional. ','inherit','open','open','','1766-revision-3','','','2010-09-02 14:07:22','2010-09-02 19:07:22','',1766,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/1766-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1777,1,'2010-09-02 14:08:14','2010-09-02 19:08:14','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1768\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1276/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1768\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1276-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nStop me if you\'ve heard this one (and if you\'re in Oklahoma, odds are 99.99 percent that you have): Football season in this state starts as <a href=\"http://www.soonersports.com/\">OU</a> and <a href=\"http://www.okstate.com/\">OSU</a> kick off this Saturday night. As in, just two days from now.\r\n\r\nSay it with me: Wooooooooooooooo! Football!\r\n\r\nAnd I meant all 15 of the o\'s, y\'all.\r\n\r\nAs much as I know how we Okies love to sit around a TV blaring the latest college or NFL game with a bowl of hot wings in one hand and a bowl of ranch dressing in the other, I know about a way to take your football spectating to the next level: <strong>the Fondue and Football series at </strong><a href=\"http://www.meltingpot.com/default.aspx\"><strong>The Melting Pot, at 300 Riverwalk Terrace in Jenks</strong></a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Fondue and Football will be a way to share your love of football - the same love that compels you to do things like paint your face in your team\'s colors even when you\'re watching the game from home or to tackle anyone who walks in front of the flatscreen during gametime - with your bewildered and uninitiated loved ones.\r\n\r\nThe event, which lasts until the end of this month, kicks off next Thursday, Sept. 9, with <strong>Football Training Night</strong>.\r\n\r\nI just love that in a city like Tulsa, we can do stuff like combine our football and our fondue. We\'re <a href=\"http://ww3.tulsachamber.com/general.asp?id=334\">comfortably cosmopolitan</a> like that. Plus, lots of traditional football season foods translate to the world of fondue. For example, if you love chips and queso on game day, my bet is that you\'ll dig the cheese fondue at The Melting Pot.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1773\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1312/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1773\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1312.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd probably the chocolate fondue, too.\r\n\r\nIn fact, it\'s hard not to like fondue. As a glance through the dining room at The Melting Pot on a Friday night will attest, a lot of people have serious trouble staying away from the stuff.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1772\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1309/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1772\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1309.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1771\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/melting-pot-football-fondue/dsc_1284/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1771\" title=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1284.jpg\" alt=\"The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: That this smile and that fondue pot appear in the same photo is not exactly a coincidence.\r\n\r\nFootball Training Night will be led by Steve Smith, a voice you\'ll remember from the KBEZ Morning Show. Steve\'s presentation from 7-9pm will give the significant others, friends and children of football fanatics a crash course in basic game rules, common terms and plays so that even if they don\'t pull up a chair to join their loved one every time there\'s a pigskin on TV, they\'ll at least know what all the hollering is about.\r\n\r\nOn the giant projection screen at The Melting Pot that night will be the NFL season opener, the Minnesota Vikings vs. the New Orleans Saints. Kickoff is at 7:30pm.\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Anyone who signs up for a Fondue and Football event this month is entered into a drawing for a tour of Marshall Brewery, which is right here in Tulsa near downtown at 6th and Wheeling. If you win this prize - personally, I\'d pay the $35 ticket price just for a chance at this - you get to invite seven of your buds to go with you.\r\n\r\nAnd then you\'ll be their favorite person. For forever. The winner of this contest will be chosen Sept. 27.\r\n\r\nBy the way, beginning at 5pm Fondue and Football attendees get deals on beer from Marshall Brewing Company. Keep in mind that The Melting Pot is one of the few restaurants in Tulsa that carries all four of the main Marshall beers - Sundown Wheat, Atlas IPA, McNellie\'s Pub Ale and Old Pavilion Pilsner. So, that\'s a pretty nice bonus.\r\n\r\nYou\'d better get your tickets to Football Training Night and Fondue and Football while they\'re hot, y\'all, because there are only 40 spots open at each event.\r\n\r\nSo, here\'s what you do. Go ahead and grab a pair of tickets to Football Training Night. Then, enter to win <strong>a football fondue set, a cookbook from The Melting Pot and a pair of tickets to the Football Training Night event on Sept. 9</strong> (a prize package worth about $100).\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41mTnu0vFfL._SS500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\nCute, right?\r\n\r\nIf you win, you\'ll have a pair of tickets to give to one of your brothers in the fraternal order of football fans. You\'ll also have a bunch of stuff to keep and treasure. And to not tell your friends about. Because if you do, especially after they\'re welcomed to the world of fondue, they\'ll probably try to tackle you to the ground and steal it.\r\n\r\nEntering to win is simple. <strong>Simply leave a comment on this post before 3pm on Friday, Sept. 3</strong>. And, you\'re done.\r\n\r\nI\'ll announce the winners as chosen by <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> before 5pm on Friday. Good luck, everybody!\r\n\r\n<strong>The Melting Pot</strong>\r\nWhere: 300 Riverwalk Terrace, Ste. 190, at the RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks\r\nCall: (918) 299-8000\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TheMeltingPot.com\">TheMeltingPot.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630934/restaurant/Tulsa/Southern-Hills/Melting-Pot-Jenks\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630934/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Melting Pot on Urbanspoon\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Tasha\'s note: This giveaway is sponsored by The Melting Pot at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks.</em>','The Melting Pot: Have Some Fondue with Your Football (Plus, a Giveaway)','Enter to win a football fondue set, a cookbook from The Melting Pot and a pair of tickets to the Football Training Night event on Sept. 9. Sharing is totally, completely optional. ','inherit','open','open','','1766-revision-4','','','2010-09-02 14:08:14','2010-09-02 19:08:14','',1766,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/1766-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(1779,1,'2010-09-02 22:47:39','2010-09-03 03:47:39','','Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area, from the TMUWA Facebook page','','inherit','open','open','','34939_441920529602_65147074602_6145700_4058901_n','','','2010-09-02 22:47:39','2010-09-03 03:47:39','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/34939_441920529602_65147074602_6145700_4058901_n.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1780,1,'2010-09-02 23:05:07','2010-09-03 04:05:07','','Centennial Park','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1119','','','2010-09-02 23:05:07','2010-09-03 04:05:07','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1119.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1781,1,'2010-09-02 23:06:05','2010-09-03 04:06:05','','Cafe Cubana','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1223','','','2010-09-02 23:06:05','2010-09-03 04:06:05','',2959,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1223.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2797,1,'2010-10-09 12:56:41','2010-10-09 17:56:41','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street. Basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie ball gown.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted a Barbie cake like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made my last Barbie cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2776\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> there, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2777\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2778\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2779\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2780\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2781\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2782\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2783\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2784\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2785\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2786\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2787\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2788\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2789\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a but like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2790\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2791\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2792\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2793\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-4','','','2010-10-09 12:56:41','2010-10-09 17:56:41','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(2798,1,'2010-10-09 12:56:41','2010-10-09 17:56:41','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street. Basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie ball gown.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted a Barbie cake like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made my last Barbie cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2776\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> there, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2777\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2778\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2779\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2780\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2781\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2782\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2783\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2784\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2785\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2786\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2787\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2788\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2789\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a but like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2790\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2791\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2792\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2793\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-5','','','2010-10-09 12:56:41','2010-10-09 17:56:41','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(2799,1,'2010-10-09 12:56:46','2010-10-09 17:56:46','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street. Basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie ball gown.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted a Barbie cake like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made my last Barbie cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2776\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> there, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2777\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2778\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2779\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2780\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2781\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2782\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2783\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2784\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2785\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2786\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2787\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2788\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2789\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a but like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2790\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2791\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2792\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2793\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-6','','','2010-10-09 12:56:46','2010-10-09 17:56:46','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(2772,1,'2010-10-08 15:01:14','2010-10-08 20:01:14','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2767\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/tjclark/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2767\" title=\"TJ Clark\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TJClark-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"TJ Clark\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>TDT readers, I have an exciting introduction to make.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Meet T.J. Clark, the new music writer here at TashaDoesTulsa.com. The ever-so-qualified beat master <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">T.J. of Rock Rulz fame</a> is going to write here every couple of weeks on topics related to the incredible and exciting music scene we have here in T-Town. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>After you read his first-ever post here at TDT, feel free to chill with T.J. <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.scurds.com/\">here</a>.</em>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Every moment needs a soundtrack and sometimes the soundtrack itself is the moment.\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember the date of my first kiss, but I remember the song that was playing in the background: Joyride. Yep, 1991. It\'s the year that Chris Issak\'s \"Wicked Game\" came out, one of the sexiest songs ever, and I\'m making out to Roxette.\r\n\r\nLuckily, that song is pretty avoidable. But you\'d better believe that if I ever stumble upon it, my body might be in front of a computer, but my mind is behind the skating rink, mugging with Jennifer Sequoya. (Pssst. Sequoya isn\'t her real name. I\'m trying to protect the innocent here. And because skating-rink necking with a girl named Jennifer Sequoya makes her sound exotic and kinda hot and way more interesting than she actually was.)\r\n\r\nI digress.\r\n\r\nTasha gives you plenty of activities to fill your weekend. I want to provide you with the filler, the accent, the ambiance for your weekend excursions, and maybe a few musical Tulsa adventures of your own.\r\n\r\nConsider this <strong>your guide to surviving the weekend through music</strong>. Here\'s your first set of assignments:\r\n<h2>Assignment 1: Build a Playlist</h2>\r\nTulsans love music. It\'s ingrained in our history and continues to thrive thanks to places like <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>, and dozens of local clubs that stage nightly live music.\r\n\r\nThanks to our geographic location (the <a href=\"http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1832\">Center of the Universe is real</a>, yo), Tulsa has played host to many of the latest and greatest acts passing east to west. For newer bands, Tulsa has always been a funneling point for <a href=\"http://www.sxsw.com/\">SXSW</a> and other gigs in that State That Shall Remain Nameless to the south.\r\n\r\nSo when it comes to music, we\'ve never been satisfied with being lumped with the rest of the midwest and hearing about the latest bands months after they\'ve peaked. Thanks to the digital revolution and the handy-dandy Internet, we can now get new music releases the same day as the rest of the country.\r\n\r\nSome Tulsans, however, still clutch onto their Top 40 lists like it\'s their last grasp on pop-culture relevancy. (\"No, mom, listening to Maroon 5 does NOT make you cool with me.\") You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. I\'m here to help.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a playlist (<strong>NOTE</strong>! Some of this music isn\'t safe for work) comprised of fresh, forward-thinking tracks sure to give you \"I heard it first\" bragging rights while providing an exciting soundtrack to your weekend. It\'s also guaranteed to help fight your Coldplay addiction.\r\n\r\nI kid.\r\n\r\n(Not really. It\'s a serious problem, dude. Put down the Coldplay and step away slowly.)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>The Walkmen - \"Victory\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ftl\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Deerhunter - \"Desire Lines\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fro\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Crocodiles - \"All My Hate and My Hexes are for You\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fnu\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>J-Roddy Walston &amp; The Business - \"Brave Man\'s Death\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fuq\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Kanye West - \"Monster (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, Nicki Manaj) (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g0n\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Of Montreal - \"Coquet Coquette\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g3u\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Part Time - \"If I Lose My Cool I Die\" (<a href=\"http://alteredzones.com/posts/316/part-time-if-i-lose-my-cool-id-die/\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>No Age - \"Fever Dreaming\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g9x\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Twin Shadow - \"Castles in the Snow\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gas\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Flight - \"Turns to Blood\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gbj\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>John Legend &amp; The Roots - \"Hard Times\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gdd\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Optic Nest - \"Football\" (<a href=\"http://lizzyville.blogs.com/index/2010/09/mp3-optic-nest-football.html\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Prinzhorn Dance School - \"Seed, Crop, Harvest\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ggr\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Weekend - \"Coma Summer\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gh6\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Soft Powers - \"Mary Never Sings Our Songs\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ghz\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<h2>Assignment 2: Plan Your Week in Rock</h2>\r\nContrary to common misconception, it\'s pretty Rock-N-Roll to plan and prepare. But since misconception itself is also Rock-N-Roll, you are in quite the existential conundrum right now (the ultimate R-N-R mindset, mind you).\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to planning, you want to keep your street cred and appear effortlessly ennui. In reality, however, you need to know when you\'re going out so you can make room for a season\'s worth of Dancing with the Stars on the DVR (OMG, can you believe what Bruno said about Michael Bolton\'s jive??!!! What, you think I don\'t watch DWTS, that it\'s not Rock-N-Roll enough? You\'re right. I don\'t. I googled that shizz. Thank you, Internet.)\r\n\r\nLet me just save us all the embarrassment and do some planning suggestions for your next few weeks:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2765\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/okelect-web/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2765\" title=\"OK Electric\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/okelect-web.jpg\" alt=\"OK Electric\" width=\"498\" height=\"622\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 8 (tonight!) - <a href=\"http://oksweetheart.com/products-page/shows/ok-sweetheart-cd-release-at-the-church-studio-wben-kilgore-and-sherree-chamberlain/\">OK Sweetheart CD release party w/ Ben Kilgore &amp; Sheree Chamberlain</a> - Church Studios</li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 10 - The Black Keys - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a> (It\'s SOLD OUT, but if you are rock-n-roll enough, you\'ll find a way in).</li>\r\n	<li>Tuesday, Oct. 12 - Band of Horses / Besnard Lakes - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 15 - Informer / Ghosts / Bearhug - <a href=\"http://www.thesoundpony.com/\">Soundpony</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday &amp; Saturday, October 15-16 - OK Electric ( 14 Bands, DJs, &amp; VJs) - <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/music.htm\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a></li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 17 - Broncho / Lizard Police / Gentle Ghost - <a href=\"http://www.ybrpub.com/\">Yellow Brick Road</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Assignment 3: Become a Fan of a Local Band</h2>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2766\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/lizardpolice/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2766\" title=\"Lizard Police\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/LizardPolice-500x438.jpg\" alt=\"Lizard Police\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m totally geeking out this week for the local band <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lizard-Police/295368802614\">Lizard Police</a> (<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">listen here</a>), a 90s influenced, post-punk quartet from right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThe band lists Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., and Fugazi as influences, which tugs at my distortion-loving heart immediately, as those were some of the same bands that helped me through the ACTUAL 90s. Gotta love when your musical soft-spot becomes cool again. It\'s like, \"hello, grown man, I\'d like to re-introduce you to the music of your youth.\"\r\n\r\nLizard Police is one of Tulsa\'s newer bands, but it already boasts a pretty consistent performing schedule at places like Soundpony and Yellow Brick Road (and from what I hear, it\'s one helluva live show, too).\r\n\r\nYou can also head over to a classy little web-spot called MySpace to <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">give Lizard Police a lick</a> (or just a sample, if you will, because it is MySpace, so I\'m not sure if you\'d want to put your mouth on anything there.)\r\n\r\nThat\'s it for T.J. Rocks Tulsa homework this week - until next time, guys.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Extra Credit!</em></strong><em> To learn why T.J. thinks the music on your iPod sucks, check out his talk from Ignite Tulsa 2:</em>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>','Build, Plan, Become: T.J. Rocks Tulsa','You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. New TDT music writer TJ Clark is here to help.','inherit','open','open','','2764-revision-4','','','2010-10-08 15:01:14','2010-10-08 20:01:14','',2764,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2764-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(2773,1,'2010-10-08 15:01:14','2010-10-08 20:01:14','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2767\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/tjclark/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2767\" title=\"TJ Clark\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TJClark-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"TJ Clark\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>TDT readers, I have an exciting introduction to make.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Meet T.J. Clark, the new music writer here at TashaDoesTulsa.com. The ever-so-qualified beat master <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">T.J. of Rock Rulz fame</a> is going to write here every couple of weeks on topics related to the incredible and exciting music scene we have here in T-Town. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>After you read his first-ever post here at TDT, feel free to chill with T.J. <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.scurds.com/\">here</a>.</em>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Every moment needs a soundtrack and sometimes the soundtrack itself is the moment.\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember the date of my first kiss, but I remember the song that was playing in the background: Joyride. Yep, 1991. It\'s the year that Chris Issak\'s \"Wicked Game\" came out, one of the sexiest songs ever, and I\'m making out to Roxette.\r\n\r\nLuckily, that song is pretty avoidable. But you\'d better believe that if I ever stumble upon it, my body might be in front of a computer, but my mind is behind the skating rink, mugging with Jennifer Sequoya. (Pssst. Sequoya isn\'t her real name. I\'m trying to protect the innocent here. And because skating-rink necking with a girl named Jennifer Sequoya makes her sound exotic and kinda hot and way more interesting than she actually was.)\r\n\r\nI digress.\r\n\r\nTasha gives you plenty of activities to fill your weekend. I want to provide you with the filler, the accent, the ambiance for your weekend excursions, and maybe a few musical Tulsa adventures of your own.\r\n\r\nConsider this <strong>your guide to surviving the weekend through music</strong>. Here\'s your first set of assignments:\r\n<h2>Assignment 1: Build a Playlist</h2>\r\nTulsans love music. It\'s ingrained in our history and continues to thrive thanks to places like <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>, and dozens of local clubs that stage nightly live music.\r\n\r\nThanks to our geographic location (the <a href=\"http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1832\">Center of the Universe is real</a>, yo), Tulsa has played host to many of the latest and greatest acts passing east to west. For newer bands, Tulsa has always been a funneling point for <a href=\"http://www.sxsw.com/\">SXSW</a> and other gigs in that State That Shall Remain Nameless to the south.\r\n\r\nSo when it comes to music, we\'ve never been satisfied with being lumped with the rest of the midwest and hearing about the latest bands months after they\'ve peaked. Thanks to the digital revolution and the handy-dandy Internet, we can now get new music releases the same day as the rest of the country.\r\n\r\nSome Tulsans, however, still clutch onto their Top 40 lists like it\'s their last grasp on pop-culture relevancy. (\"No, mom, listening to Maroon 5 does NOT make you cool with me.\") You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. I\'m here to help.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a playlist (<strong>NOTE</strong>! Some of this music isn\'t safe for work) comprised of fresh, forward-thinking tracks sure to give you \"I heard it first\" bragging rights while providing an exciting soundtrack to your weekend. It\'s also guaranteed to help fight your Coldplay addiction.\r\n\r\nI kid.\r\n\r\n(Not really. It\'s a serious problem, dude. Put down the Coldplay and step away slowly.)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>The Walkmen - \"Victory\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ftl\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Deerhunter - \"Desire Lines\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fro\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Crocodiles - \"All My Hate and My Hexes are for You\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fnu\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>J-Roddy Walston &amp; The Business - \"Brave Man\'s Death\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fuq\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Kanye West - \"Monster (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, Nicki Manaj) (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g0n\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Of Montreal - \"Coquet Coquette\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g3u\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Part Time - \"If I Lose My Cool I Die\" (<a href=\"http://alteredzones.com/posts/316/part-time-if-i-lose-my-cool-id-die/\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>No Age - \"Fever Dreaming\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g9x\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Twin Shadow - \"Castles in the Snow\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gas\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Flight - \"Turns to Blood\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gbj\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>John Legend &amp; The Roots - \"Hard Times\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gdd\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Optic Nest - \"Football\" (<a href=\"http://lizzyville.blogs.com/index/2010/09/mp3-optic-nest-football.html\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Prinzhorn Dance School - \"Seed, Crop, Harvest\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ggr\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Weekend - \"Coma Summer\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gh6\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Soft Powers - \"Mary Never Sings Our Songs\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ghz\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<h2>Assignment 2: Plan Your Week in Rock</h2>\r\nContrary to common misconception, it\'s pretty Rock-N-Roll to plan and prepare. But since misconception itself is also Rock-N-Roll, you are in quite the existential conundrum right now (the ultimate R-N-R mindset, mind you).\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to planning, you want to keep your street cred and appear effortlessly ennui. In reality, however, you need to know when you\'re going out so you can make room for a season\'s worth of Dancing with the Stars on the DVR (OMG, can you believe what Bruno said about Michael Bolton\'s jive??!!! What, you think I don\'t watch DWTS, that it\'s not Rock-N-Roll enough? You\'re right. I don\'t. I googled that shizz. Thank you, Internet.)\r\n\r\nLet me just save us all the embarrassment and do some planning suggestions for your next few weeks:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2765\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/okelect-web/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2765\" title=\"OK Electric\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/okelect-web.jpg\" alt=\"OK Electric\" width=\"498\" height=\"622\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 8 (tonight!) - <a href=\"http://oksweetheart.com/products-page/shows/ok-sweetheart-cd-release-at-the-church-studio-wben-kilgore-and-sherree-chamberlain/\">OK Sweetheart CD release party w/ Ben Kilgore &amp; Sheree Chamberlain</a> - Church Studios</li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 10 - The Black Keys - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a> (It\'s SOLD OUT, but if you are rock-n-roll enough, you\'ll find a way in).</li>\r\n	<li>Tuesday, Oct. 12 - Band of Horses / Besnard Lakes - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 15 - Informer / Ghosts / Bearhug - <a href=\"http://www.thesoundpony.com/\">Soundpony</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday &amp; Saturday, October 15-16 - OK Electric ( 14 Bands, DJs, &amp; VJs) - <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/music.htm\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a></li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 17 - Broncho / Lizard Police / Gentle Ghost - <a href=\"http://www.ybrpub.com/\">Yellow Brick Road</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Assignment 3: Become a Fan of a Local Band</h2>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2766\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/lizardpolice/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2766\" title=\"Lizard Police\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/LizardPolice-500x438.jpg\" alt=\"Lizard Police\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m totally geeking out this week for the local band <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lizard-Police/295368802614\">Lizard Police</a> (<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">listen here</a>), a 90s influenced, post-punk quartet from right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThe band lists Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., and Fugazi as influences, which tugs at my distortion-loving heart immediately, as those were some of the same bands that helped me through the ACTUAL 90s. Gotta love when your musical soft-spot becomes cool again. It\'s like, \"hello, grown man, I\'d like to re-introduce you to the music of your youth.\"\r\n\r\nLizard Police is one of Tulsa\'s newer bands, but it already boasts a pretty consistent performing schedule at places like Soundpony and Yellow Brick Road (and from what I hear, it\'s one helluva live show, too).\r\n\r\nYou can also head over to a classy little web-spot called MySpace to <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">give Lizard Police a lick</a> (or just a sample, if you will, because it is MySpace, so I\'m not sure if you\'d want to put your mouth on anything there.)\r\n\r\nThat\'s it for T.J. Rocks Tulsa homework this week - until next time, guys.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Extra Credit!</em></strong><em> To learn why T.J. thinks the music on your iPod sucks, check out his talk from Ignite Tulsa 2:</em>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>','Build, Plan, Become: T.J. Rocks Tulsa','You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. New TDT music writer TJ Clark is here to help.','inherit','open','open','','2764-revision-5','','','2010-10-08 15:01:14','2010-10-08 20:01:14','',2764,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2764-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(2774,1,'2010-10-08 15:01:53','2010-10-08 20:01:53','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2767\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/tjclark/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2767\" title=\"TJ Clark\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TJClark-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"TJ Clark\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>TDT readers, I have an exciting introduction to make.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Meet T.J. Clark, the new music writer here at TashaDoesTulsa.com. The ever-so-qualified beat master <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">T.J. of Rock Rulz fame</a> is going to write here every couple of weeks on topics related to the incredible and exciting music scene we have here in T-Town. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>After you read his first-ever post here at TDT, feel free to chill with T.J. <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.scurds.com/\">here</a>.</em>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Every moment needs a soundtrack and sometimes the soundtrack itself is the moment.\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember the date of my first kiss, but I remember the song that was playing in the background: Joyride. Yep, 1991. It\'s the year that Chris Issak\'s \"Wicked Game\" came out, one of the sexiest songs ever, and I\'m making out to Roxette.\r\n\r\nLuckily, that song is pretty avoidable. But you\'d better believe that if I ever stumble upon it, my body might be in front of a computer, but my mind is behind the skating rink, mugging with Jennifer Sequoya. (Pssst. Sequoya isn\'t her real name. I\'m trying to protect the innocent here. And because skating-rink necking with a girl named Jennifer Sequoya makes her sound exotic and kinda hot and way more interesting than she actually was.)\r\n\r\nI digress.\r\n\r\nTasha gives you plenty of activities to fill your weekend. I want to provide you with the filler, the accent, the ambiance for your weekend excursions, and maybe a few musical Tulsa adventures of your own.\r\n\r\nConsider this <strong>your guide to surviving the weekend through music</strong>. Here\'s your first set of assignments:\r\n<h2>Assignment 1: Build a Playlist</h2>\r\nTulsans love music. It\'s ingrained in our history and continues to thrive thanks to places like <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>, and dozens of local clubs that stage nightly live music.\r\n\r\nThanks to our geographic location (the <a href=\"http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1832\">Center of the Universe is real</a>, yo), Tulsa has played host to many of the latest and greatest acts passing east to west. For newer bands, Tulsa has always been a funneling point for <a href=\"http://www.sxsw.com/\">SXSW</a> and other gigs in that State That Shall Remain Nameless to the south.\r\n\r\nSo when it comes to music, we\'ve never been satisfied with being lumped with the rest of the midwest and hearing about the latest bands months after they\'ve peaked. Thanks to the digital revolution and the handy-dandy Internet, we can now get new music releases the same day as the rest of the country.\r\n\r\nSome Tulsans, however, still clutch onto their Top 40 lists like it\'s their last grasp on pop-culture relevancy. (\"No, mom, listening to Maroon 5 does NOT make you cool with me.\") You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. I\'m here to help.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a playlist (<strong>NOTE</strong>! Some of this music isn\'t safe for work) comprised of fresh, forward-thinking tracks sure to give you \"I heard it first\" bragging rights while providing an exciting soundtrack to your weekend. It\'s also guaranteed to help fight your Coldplay addiction.\r\n\r\nI kid.\r\n\r\n(Not really. It\'s a serious problem, dude. Put down the Coldplay and step away slowly.)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>The Walkmen - \"Victory\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ftl\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Deerhunter - \"Desire Lines\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fro\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Crocodiles - \"All My Hate and My Hexes are for You\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fnu\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>J-Roddy Walston &amp; The Business - \"Brave Man\'s Death\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fuq\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Kanye West - \"Monster (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, Nicki Manaj) (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g0n\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Of Montreal - \"Coquet Coquette\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g3u\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Part Time - \"If I Lose My Cool I Die\" (<a href=\"http://alteredzones.com/posts/316/part-time-if-i-lose-my-cool-id-die/\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>No Age - \"Fever Dreaming\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g9x\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Twin Shadow - \"Castles in the Snow\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gas\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Flight - \"Turns to Blood\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gbj\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>John Legend &amp; The Roots - \"Hard Times\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gdd\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Optic Nest - \"Football\" (<a href=\"http://lizzyville.blogs.com/index/2010/09/mp3-optic-nest-football.html\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Prinzhorn Dance School - \"Seed, Crop, Harvest\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ggr\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Weekend - \"Coma Summer\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gh6\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Soft Powers - \"Mary Never Sings Our Songs\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ghz\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<br>\r\n<h2>Assignment 2: Plan Your Week in Rock</h2>\r\nContrary to common misconception, it\'s pretty Rock-N-Roll to plan and prepare. But since misconception itself is also Rock-N-Roll, you are in quite the existential conundrum right now (the ultimate R-N-R mindset, mind you).\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to planning, you want to keep your street cred and appear effortlessly ennui. In reality, however, you need to know when you\'re going out so you can make room for a season\'s worth of Dancing with the Stars on the DVR (OMG, can you believe what Bruno said about Michael Bolton\'s jive??!!! What, you think I don\'t watch DWTS, that it\'s not Rock-N-Roll enough? You\'re right. I don\'t. I googled that shizz. Thank you, Internet.)\r\n\r\nLet me just save us all the embarrassment and do some planning suggestions for your next few weeks:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2765\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/okelect-web/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2765\" title=\"OK Electric\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/okelect-web.jpg\" alt=\"OK Electric\" width=\"498\" height=\"622\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 8 (tonight!) - <a href=\"http://oksweetheart.com/products-page/shows/ok-sweetheart-cd-release-at-the-church-studio-wben-kilgore-and-sherree-chamberlain/\">OK Sweetheart CD release party w/ Ben Kilgore &amp; Sheree Chamberlain</a> - Church Studios</li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 10 - The Black Keys - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a> (It\'s SOLD OUT, but if you are rock-n-roll enough, you\'ll find a way in).</li>\r\n	<li>Tuesday, Oct. 12 - Band of Horses / Besnard Lakes - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 15 - Informer / Ghosts / Bearhug - <a href=\"http://www.thesoundpony.com/\">Soundpony</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday &amp; Saturday, October 15-16 - OK Electric ( 14 Bands, DJs, &amp; VJs) - <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/music.htm\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a></li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 17 - Broncho / Lizard Police / Gentle Ghost - <a href=\"http://www.ybrpub.com/\">Yellow Brick Road</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Assignment 3: Become a Fan of a Local Band</h2>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2766\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/lizardpolice/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2766\" title=\"Lizard Police\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/LizardPolice-500x438.jpg\" alt=\"Lizard Police\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m totally geeking out this week for the local band <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lizard-Police/295368802614\">Lizard Police</a> (<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">listen here</a>), a 90s influenced, post-punk quartet from right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThe band lists Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., and Fugazi as influences, which tugs at my distortion-loving heart immediately, as those were some of the same bands that helped me through the ACTUAL 90s. Gotta love when your musical soft-spot becomes cool again. It\'s like, \"hello, grown man, I\'d like to re-introduce you to the music of your youth.\"\r\n\r\nLizard Police is one of Tulsa\'s newer bands, but it already boasts a pretty consistent performing schedule at places like Soundpony and Yellow Brick Road (and from what I hear, it\'s one helluva live show, too).\r\n\r\nYou can also head over to a classy little web-spot called MySpace to <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">give Lizard Police a lick</a> (or just a sample, if you will, because it is MySpace, so I\'m not sure if you\'d want to put your mouth on anything there.)\r\n\r\nThat\'s it for T.J. Rocks Tulsa homework this week - until next time, guys.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Extra Credit!</em></strong><em> To learn why T.J. thinks the music on your iPod sucks, check out his talk from Ignite Tulsa 2:</em>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>','Build, Plan, Become: T.J. Rocks Tulsa','You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. New TDT music writer TJ Clark is here to help.','inherit','open','open','','2764-revision-6','','','2010-10-08 15:01:53','2010-10-08 20:01:53','',2764,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2764-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(2796,1,'2010-10-09 12:55:38','2010-10-09 17:55:38','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBirthday parties in my family have always been a big deal.\r\n\r\nAs a kid my birthday parties were <em>events</em>. More often than not, they were held at home. The dining room was covered in balloons and streamers, and the table was loaded with snacks, party favors and gifts. In the living room were party games, including one where kids would send a clothesline on the end of a fishing pole and line over a blue sheet covered in construction paper fish to catch a prize (the same game that I recently learned doubled as fishing game with naughty gag gifts as the catch once the kids went upstairs for naptime, but I digress).\r\n\r\nAt the center of these parties was always the cake. I\'ve had my fair share of amazing cakes over the years - Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Sesame Street. Basically, all the \'80s classics a little girl could ask for. But the cake I remember most was the cake at my fourth birthday party - the one that looked like a Barbie ball gown.\r\n\r\nI celebrated my 27th birthday this week. Maybe it\'s because I\'m regretful that I\'ve officially entered into my late twenties, maybe it\'s because I still feel as young as ever (with a few minor, saggier exceptions), but when my mom and my Meme asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them that I wanted a Barbie cake like the one I had for my fourth birthday.\r\n\r\nTo keep things extra-consistent, I requested that the cake be ordered from the bakery that made my last Barbie cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2776\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2776\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1665-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">Ann\'s Bakery</a>, just north of I-244 at 7 N. Harvard Avenue, has been in business here in Tulsa since 1938. The business has lasted through four generations of the family of founder Ann Bay who, with her husband, operated the bakery out of the ground floor of her home.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2775\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2775\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1678-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/goodies.html\">There\'s more available at Ann\'s than just Barbie dress cakes</a>, of course. There\'s a variety of pastry, cookies and breakfast goodies at the shop, and Ann\'s is also a top choice amongst Tulsa\'s discriminating brides for wedding cakes. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/cupping/\">Topeca coffee</a> there, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2777\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2777\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2778\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2778\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2778\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1662-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAre you seeing how beautiful those fall leaf cookies are? Wow. The color is incredible. They\'re almost too pretty to eat, really.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2779\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2779\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2779\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1606-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy son and I met my mom at Ann\'s yesterday to help her pick up the cake and to have breakfast together.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2780\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2780\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2780\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1607-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mom chose a cream horn, I had a cheese danish. My son preferred the chocolate donut topped with Halloween sprinkles.\r\n\r\nBut of course.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2781\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2781\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2781\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1603-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to his style, though, he saw my breakfast...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2782\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2782\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2782\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16011-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKnew I was busy taking photos...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2783\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2783\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2783\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1605-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd, well, I think we know what happened there.\r\n\r\nBut who could blame him when something like this is staring him in the face?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2784\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2784\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2784\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16311-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2785\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2785\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1624.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis lovely lady is Shannon Harris, and she represents the third generation at Ann\'s. I met Shannon at the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-blogging-week-tulsa-meetup/\">Oklahoma Blogging Week Meetup</a> here in Tulsa Thursday night, and on Friday morning I met her mom, Sharon, and her daughter, Jordan.\r\n\r\nMy son is a sixth-generation Tulsan on both sides of my family, so it\'s rare that I meet someone else who has roots in Tulsa that are as deep as my family\'s. But I love it when I do.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2786\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2786\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1646-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2787\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2787\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2787\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2788\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2788\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2788\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1698-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo, about that Barbie dress cake.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2789\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2789\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2789\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1718.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery time I look at this picture, the little girl in me jumps up and down and makes a sound that\'s a but like...\r\n\r\nSQUEEEE!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI mean, just look at the level of detail:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2790\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2790\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2790\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1694-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2791\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2791\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2791\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUnbelievable.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s the best part: The cake looks exactly like the one I had at my fourth birthday party. I mean, to a T.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2792\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2792\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2792\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1722-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I\'m wearing a princess crown. Don\'t knock it \'til you\'ve tried it.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2793\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2793\" title=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_17221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ann\'s Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks goes to everyone at Ann\'s Bakery for continuing to be part of a family tradition that I hold so dear, even when it means taking a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake that was ordered to be made according to a photo from 1987, and on a weekend when you have more than 20 wedding cakes to make and deliver.\r\n\r\nReally. From the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ann\'s Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 7 N. Harvard Avenue\r\nCall: (918) 834-2345\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.annsbakery.com/\">AnnsBakery.com</a>','Ann\'s Bakery: The 23-Year Tale of the Barbie Dress Cake','It\'s not every day that a hometown bakery has to take a special order for a 27-year-old woman\'s Barbie dress cake, to be made according to a photo from 1987. ','inherit','open','open','','2605-revision-3','','','2010-10-09 12:55:38','2010-10-09 17:55:38','',2605,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2605-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(2769,1,'2010-10-08 14:57:29','2010-10-08 19:57:29','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2767\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2767\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2767\" title=\"TJ Clark\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TJClark-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"TJ Clark\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>TDT readers, I have an exciting introduction to make.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Meet T.J. Clark, the new music writer here at TashaDoesTulsa.com. The ever-so-qualified beat master <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">T.J. of Rock Rulz fame</a> is going to write here every couple of weeks on topics related to the incredible and exciting music scene we have here in T-Town. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>After you read his first-ever post here at TDT, feel free to chill with T.J. <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.scurds.com/\">here</a>.</em>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Every moment needs a soundtrack and sometimes the soundtrack itself is the moment.\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember the date of my first kiss, but I remember the song that was playing in the background: Joyride. Yep, 1991. It\'s the year that Chris Issak\'s \"Wicked Game\" came out, one of the sexiest songs ever, and I\'m making out to Roxette.\r\n\r\nLuckily, that song is pretty avoidable. But you\'d better believe that if I ever stumble upon it, my body might be in front of a computer, but my mind is behind the skating rink, mugging with Jennifer Sequoya. (Pssst. Sequoya isn\'t her real name. I\'m trying to protect the innocent here. And because skating-rink necking with a girl named Jennifer Sequoya makes her sound exotic and kinda hot and way more interesting than she actually was.)\r\n\r\nI digress.\r\n\r\nTasha gives you plenty of activities to fill your weekend. I want to provide you with the filler, the accent, the ambiance for your weekend excursions, and maybe a few musical Tulsa adventures of your own.\r\n\r\nConsider this <strong>your guide to surviving the weekend through music</strong>. Here\'s your first set of assignments:\r\n<h2>Assignment 1: Build a Playlist</h2>\r\nTulsans love music. It\'s ingrained in our history and continues to thrive thanks to places like <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>, and dozens of local clubs that stage nightly live music.\r\n\r\nThanks to our geographic location (the <a href=\"http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1832\">Center of the Universe is real</a>, yo), Tulsa has played host to many of the latest and greatest acts passing east to west. For newer bands, Tulsa has always been a funneling point for <a href=\"http://www.sxsw.com/\">SXSW</a> and other gigs in that State That Shall Remain Nameless to the south.\r\n\r\nSo when it comes to music, we\'ve never been satisfied with being lumped with the rest of the midwest and hearing about the latest bands months after they\'ve peaked. Thanks to the digital revolution and the handy-dandy Internet, we can now get new music releases the same day as the rest of the country.\r\n\r\nSome Tulsans, however, still clutch onto their Top 40 lists like it\'s their last grasp on pop-culture relevancy. (\"No, mom, listening to Maroon 5 does NOT make you cool with me.\") You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. I\'m here to help.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a playlist comprised of fresh, forward-thinking tracks sure to give you \"I heard it first\" bragging rights while providing an exciting soundtrack to your weekend. It\'s also guaranteed to help fight your Coldplay addiction.\r\n\r\nI kid.\r\n\r\n(Not really. It\'s a serious problem, dude. Put down the Coldplay and step away slowly.)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>The Walkmen - \"Victory\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ftl\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Deerhunter - \"Desire Lines\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fro\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Crocodiles - \"All My Hate and My Hexes are for You\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fnu\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>J-Roddy Walston &amp; The Business - \"Brave Man\'s Death\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fuq\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Kanye West - \"Monster (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, Nicki Manaj) (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g0n\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Of Montreal - \"Coquet Coquette\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g3u\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Part Time - \"If I Lose My Cool I Die\" (<a href=\"http://alteredzones.com/posts/316/part-time-if-i-lose-my-cool-id-die/\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>No Age - \"Fever Dreaming\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g9x\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Twin Shadow - \"Castles in the Snow\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gas\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Flight - \"Turns to Blood\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gbj\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>John Legend &amp; The Roots - \"Hard Times\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gdd\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Optic Nest - \"Football\" (<a href=\"http://lizzyville.blogs.com/index/2010/09/mp3-optic-nest-football.html\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Prinzhorn Dance School - \"Seed, Crop, Harvest\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ggr\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Weekend - \"Coma Summer\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gh6\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Soft Powers - \"Mary Never Sings Our Songs\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ghz\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<h2>Assignment 2: Plan Your Week in Rock</h2>\r\nContrary to common misconception, it\'s pretty Rock-N-Roll to plan and prepare. But since misconception itself is also Rock-N-Roll, you are in quite the existential conundrum right now (the ultimate R-N-R mindset, mind you).\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to planning, you want to keep your street cred and appear effortlessly ennui. In reality, however, you need to know when you\'re going out so you can make room for a season\'s worth of Dancing with the Stars on the DVR (OMG, can you believe what Bruno said about Michael Bolton\'s jive??!!! What, you think I don\'t watch DWTS, that it\'s not Rock-N-Roll enough? You\'re right. I don\'t. I googled that shizz. Thank you, Internet.)\r\n\r\nLet me just save us all the embarrassment and do some planning suggestions for your next few weeks:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2765\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2765\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2765\" title=\"OK Electric\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/okelect-web.jpg\" alt=\"OK Electric\" width=\"498\" height=\"622\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 8 (tonight!) - <a href=\"http://oksweetheart.com/products-page/shows/ok-sweetheart-cd-release-at-the-church-studio-wben-kilgore-and-sherree-chamberlain/\">OK Sweetheart CD release party w/ Ben Kilgore &amp; Sheree Chamberlain</a> - Church Studios</li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 10 - The Black Keys - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a> (It\'s SOLD OUT, but if you are rock-n-roll enough, you\'ll find a way in).</li>\r\n	<li>Tuesday, Oct. 12 - Band of Horses / Besnard Lakes - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 15 - Informer / Ghosts / Bearhug - <a href=\"http://www.thesoundpony.com/\">Soundpony</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday &amp; Saturday, October 15-16 - OK Electric ( 14 Bands, DJs, &amp; VJs) - <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/music.htm\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a></li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 17 - Broncho / Lizard Police / Gentle Ghost - <a href=\"http://www.ybrpub.com/\">Yellow Brick Road</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Assignment 3: Become a Fan of a Local Band</h2>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2766\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2766\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2766\" title=\"Lizard Police\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/LizardPolice-500x438.jpg\" alt=\"Lizard Police\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m totally geeking out this week for the local band <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lizard-Police/295368802614\">Lizard Police</a> (<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">listen here</a>), a 90s influenced, post-punk quartet from right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThe band lists Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., and Fugazi as influences, which tugs at my distortion-loving heart immediately, as those were some of the same bands that helped me through the ACTUAL 90s. Gotta love when your musical soft-spot becomes cool again. It\'s like, \"hello, grown man, I\'d like to re-introduce you to the music of your youth.\"\r\n\r\nLizard Police is one of Tulsa\'s newer bands, but it already boasts a pretty consistent performing schedule at places like Soundpony and Yellow Brick Road (and from what I hear, it\'s one helluva live show, too).\r\n\r\nYou can also head over to a classy little web-spot called MySpace to <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">give Lizard Police a lick</a> (or just a sample, if you will, because it is MySpace, so I\'m not sure if you\'d want to put your mouth on anything there.)\r\n\r\nThat\'s it for T.J. Rocks Tulsa homework this week - until next time, guys.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Extra Credit!</em></strong><em> To learn why T.J. thinks the music on your iPod sucks, check out his talk from Ignite Tulsa 2:</em>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>','Build, Plan, Become: T.J. Rocks Tulsa','You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. New TDT music writer TJ Clark is here to help.','inherit','open','open','','2764-revision-2','','','2010-10-08 14:57:29','2010-10-08 19:57:29','',2764,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2764-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(2770,1,'2010-10-08 15:00:52','2010-10-08 20:00:52','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2767\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/tjclark/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2767\" title=\"TJ Clark\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TJClark-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"TJ Clark\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" /></a>\n\n<em>TDT readers, I have an exciting introduction to make.</em>\n\n<em>Meet T.J. Clark, the new music writer here at TashaDoesTulsa.com. The ever-so-qualified beat master <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">T.J. of Rock Rulz fame</a> is going to write here every couple of weeks on topics related to the incredible and exciting music scene we have here in T-Town. </em>\n\n<em>After you read his first-ever post here at TDT, feel free to chill with T.J. <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.scurds.com/\">here</a>.</em>\n\n<!--more-->Every moment needs a soundtrack and sometimes the soundtrack itself is the moment.\n\nI can\'t remember the date of my first kiss, but I remember the song that was playing in the background: Joyride. Yep, 1991. It\'s the year that Chris Issak\'s \"Wicked Game\" came out, one of the sexiest songs ever, and I\'m making out to Roxette.\n\nLuckily, that song is pretty avoidable. But you\'d better believe that if I ever stumble upon it, my body might be in front of a computer, but my mind is behind the skating rink, mugging with Jennifer Sequoya. (Pssst. Sequoya isn\'t her real name. I\'m trying to protect the innocent here. And because skating-rink necking with a girl named Jennifer Sequoya makes her sound exotic and kinda hot and way more interesting than she actually was.)\n\nI digress.\n\nTasha gives you plenty of activities to fill your weekend. I want to provide you with the filler, the accent, the ambiance for your weekend excursions, and maybe a few musical Tulsa adventures of your own.\n\nConsider this <strong>your guide to surviving the weekend through music</strong>. Here\'s your first set of assignments:\n<h2>Assignment 1: Build a Playlist</h2>\nTulsans love music. It\'s ingrained in our history and continues to thrive thanks to places like <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>, and dozens of local clubs that stage nightly live music.\n\nThanks to our geographic location (the <a href=\"http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1832\">Center of the Universe is real</a>, yo), Tulsa has played host to many of the latest and greatest acts passing east to west. For newer bands, Tulsa has always been a funneling point for <a href=\"http://www.sxsw.com/\">SXSW</a> and other gigs in that State That Shall Remain Nameless to the south.\n\nSo when it comes to music, we\'ve never been satisfied with being lumped with the rest of the midwest and hearing about the latest bands months after they\'ve peaked. Thanks to the digital revolution and the handy-dandy Internet, we can now get new music releases the same day as the rest of the country.\n\nSome Tulsans, however, still clutch onto their Top 40 lists like it\'s their last grasp on pop-culture relevancy. (\"No, mom, listening to Maroon 5 does NOT make you cool with me.\") You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. I\'m here to help.\n\nHere\'s a playlist (NOTE: Some of this music isn\'comprised of fresh, forward-thinking tracks sure to give you \"I heard it first\" bragging rights while providing an exciting soundtrack to your weekend. It\'s also guaranteed to help fight your Coldplay addiction.\n\nI kid.\n\n(Not really. It\'s a serious problem, dude. Put down the Coldplay and step away slowly.)\n<ol>\n	<li>The Walkmen - \"Victory\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ftl\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Deerhunter - \"Desire Lines\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fro\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Crocodiles - \"All My Hate and My Hexes are for You\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fnu\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>J-Roddy Walston &amp; The Business - \"Brave Man\'s Death\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fuq\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Kanye West - \"Monster (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, Nicki Manaj) (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g0n\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Of Montreal - \"Coquet Coquette\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g3u\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Part Time - \"If I Lose My Cool I Die\" (<a href=\"http://alteredzones.com/posts/316/part-time-if-i-lose-my-cool-id-die/\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>No Age - \"Fever Dreaming\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g9x\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Twin Shadow - \"Castles in the Snow\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gas\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Flight - \"Turns to Blood\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gbj\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>John Legend &amp; The Roots - \"Hard Times\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gdd\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Optic Nest - \"Football\" (<a href=\"http://lizzyville.blogs.com/index/2010/09/mp3-optic-nest-football.html\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Prinzhorn Dance School - \"Seed, Crop, Harvest\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ggr\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Weekend - \"Coma Summer\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gh6\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Soft Powers - \"Mary Never Sings Our Songs\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ghz\">listen here</a>)</li>\n</ol>\n<h2>Assignment 2: Plan Your Week in Rock</h2>\nContrary to common misconception, it\'s pretty Rock-N-Roll to plan and prepare. But since misconception itself is also Rock-N-Roll, you are in quite the existential conundrum right now (the ultimate R-N-R mindset, mind you).\n\nWhen it comes to planning, you want to keep your street cred and appear effortlessly ennui. In reality, however, you need to know when you\'re going out so you can make room for a season\'s worth of Dancing with the Stars on the DVR (OMG, can you believe what Bruno said about Michael Bolton\'s jive??!!! What, you think I don\'t watch DWTS, that it\'s not Rock-N-Roll enough? You\'re right. I don\'t. I googled that shizz. Thank you, Internet.)\n\nLet me just save us all the embarrassment and do some planning suggestions for your next few weeks:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2765\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/okelect-web/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2765\" title=\"OK Electric\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/okelect-web.jpg\" alt=\"OK Electric\" width=\"498\" height=\"622\" /></a>\n<ul>\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 8 (tonight!) - <a href=\"http://oksweetheart.com/products-page/shows/ok-sweetheart-cd-release-at-the-church-studio-wben-kilgore-and-sherree-chamberlain/\">OK Sweetheart CD release party w/ Ben Kilgore &amp; Sheree Chamberlain</a> - Church Studios</li>\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 10 - The Black Keys - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a> (It\'s SOLD OUT, but if you are rock-n-roll enough, you\'ll find a way in).</li>\n	<li>Tuesday, Oct. 12 - Band of Horses / Besnard Lakes - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a></li>\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 15 - Informer / Ghosts / Bearhug - <a href=\"http://www.thesoundpony.com/\">Soundpony</a></li>\n	<li>Friday &amp; Saturday, October 15-16 - OK Electric ( 14 Bands, DJs, &amp; VJs) - <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/music.htm\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a></li>\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 17 - Broncho / Lizard Police / Gentle Ghost - <a href=\"http://www.ybrpub.com/\">Yellow Brick Road</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Assignment 3: Become a Fan of a Local Band</h2>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2766\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/lizardpolice/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2766\" title=\"Lizard Police\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/LizardPolice-500x438.jpg\" alt=\"Lizard Police\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" /></a>\n\nI\'m totally geeking out this week for the local band <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lizard-Police/295368802614\">Lizard Police</a> (<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">listen here</a>), a 90s influenced, post-punk quartet from right here in Tulsa.\n\nThe band lists Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., and Fugazi as influences, which tugs at my distortion-loving heart immediately, as those were some of the same bands that helped me through the ACTUAL 90s. Gotta love when your musical soft-spot becomes cool again. It\'s like, \"hello, grown man, I\'d like to re-introduce you to the music of your youth.\"\n\nLizard Police is one of Tulsa\'s newer bands, but it already boasts a pretty consistent performing schedule at places like Soundpony and Yellow Brick Road (and from what I hear, it\'s one helluva live show, too).\n\nYou can also head over to a classy little web-spot called MySpace to <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">give Lizard Police a lick</a> (or just a sample, if you will, because it is MySpace, so I\'m not sure if you\'d want to put your mouth on anything there.)\n\nThat\'s it for T.J. Rocks Tulsa homework this week - until next time, guys.\n\n<strong><em>Extra Credit!</em></strong><em> To learn why T.J. thinks the music on your iPod sucks, check out his talk from Ignite Tulsa 2:</em>\n\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>','Build, Plan, Become: T.J. Rocks Tulsa','You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. New TDT music writer TJ Clark is here to help.','inherit','open','open','','2764-autosave','','','2010-10-08 15:00:52','2010-10-08 20:00:52','',2764,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2764-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(2771,1,'2010-10-08 14:57:29','2010-10-08 19:57:29','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2767\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/tjclark/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2767\" title=\"TJ Clark\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TJClark-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"TJ Clark\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>TDT readers, I have an exciting introduction to make.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Meet T.J. Clark, the new music writer here at TashaDoesTulsa.com. The ever-so-qualified beat master <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">T.J. of Rock Rulz fame</a> is going to write here every couple of weeks on topics related to the incredible and exciting music scene we have here in T-Town. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>After you read his first-ever post here at TDT, feel free to chill with T.J. <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.scurds.com/\">here</a>.</em>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Every moment needs a soundtrack and sometimes the soundtrack itself is the moment.\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember the date of my first kiss, but I remember the song that was playing in the background: Joyride. Yep, 1991. It\'s the year that Chris Issak\'s \"Wicked Game\" came out, one of the sexiest songs ever, and I\'m making out to Roxette.\r\n\r\nLuckily, that song is pretty avoidable. But you\'d better believe that if I ever stumble upon it, my body might be in front of a computer, but my mind is behind the skating rink, mugging with Jennifer Sequoya. (Pssst. Sequoya isn\'t her real name. I\'m trying to protect the innocent here. And because skating-rink necking with a girl named Jennifer Sequoya makes her sound exotic and kinda hot and way more interesting than she actually was.)\r\n\r\nI digress.\r\n\r\nTasha gives you plenty of activities to fill your weekend. I want to provide you with the filler, the accent, the ambiance for your weekend excursions, and maybe a few musical Tulsa adventures of your own.\r\n\r\nConsider this <strong>your guide to surviving the weekend through music</strong>. Here\'s your first set of assignments:\r\n<h2>Assignment 1: Build a Playlist</h2>\r\nTulsans love music. It\'s ingrained in our history and continues to thrive thanks to places like <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>, and dozens of local clubs that stage nightly live music.\r\n\r\nThanks to our geographic location (the <a href=\"http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1832\">Center of the Universe is real</a>, yo), Tulsa has played host to many of the latest and greatest acts passing east to west. For newer bands, Tulsa has always been a funneling point for <a href=\"http://www.sxsw.com/\">SXSW</a> and other gigs in that State That Shall Remain Nameless to the south.\r\n\r\nSo when it comes to music, we\'ve never been satisfied with being lumped with the rest of the midwest and hearing about the latest bands months after they\'ve peaked. Thanks to the digital revolution and the handy-dandy Internet, we can now get new music releases the same day as the rest of the country.\r\n\r\nSome Tulsans, however, still clutch onto their Top 40 lists like it\'s their last grasp on pop-culture relevancy. (\"No, mom, listening to Maroon 5 does NOT make you cool with me.\") You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. I\'m here to help.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a playlist comprised of fresh, forward-thinking tracks sure to give you \"I heard it first\" bragging rights while providing an exciting soundtrack to your weekend. It\'s also guaranteed to help fight your Coldplay addiction.\r\n\r\nI kid.\r\n\r\n(Not really. It\'s a serious problem, dude. Put down the Coldplay and step away slowly.)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>The Walkmen - \"Victory\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ftl\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Deerhunter - \"Desire Lines\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fro\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Crocodiles - \"All My Hate and My Hexes are for You\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fnu\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>J-Roddy Walston &amp; The Business - \"Brave Man\'s Death\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fuq\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Kanye West - \"Monster (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, Nicki Manaj) (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g0n\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Of Montreal - \"Coquet Coquette\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g3u\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Part Time - \"If I Lose My Cool I Die\" (<a href=\"http://alteredzones.com/posts/316/part-time-if-i-lose-my-cool-id-die/\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>No Age - \"Fever Dreaming\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g9x\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Twin Shadow - \"Castles in the Snow\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gas\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Flight - \"Turns to Blood\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gbj\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>John Legend &amp; The Roots - \"Hard Times\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gdd\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Optic Nest - \"Football\" (<a href=\"http://lizzyville.blogs.com/index/2010/09/mp3-optic-nest-football.html\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Prinzhorn Dance School - \"Seed, Crop, Harvest\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ggr\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Weekend - \"Coma Summer\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gh6\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Soft Powers - \"Mary Never Sings Our Songs\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ghz\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<h2>Assignment 2: Plan Your Week in Rock</h2>\r\nContrary to common misconception, it\'s pretty Rock-N-Roll to plan and prepare. But since misconception itself is also Rock-N-Roll, you are in quite the existential conundrum right now (the ultimate R-N-R mindset, mind you).\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to planning, you want to keep your street cred and appear effortlessly ennui. In reality, however, you need to know when you\'re going out so you can make room for a season\'s worth of Dancing with the Stars on the DVR (OMG, can you believe what Bruno said about Michael Bolton\'s jive??!!! What, you think I don\'t watch DWTS, that it\'s not Rock-N-Roll enough? You\'re right. I don\'t. I googled that shizz. Thank you, Internet.)\r\n\r\nLet me just save us all the embarrassment and do some planning suggestions for your next few weeks:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2765\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/okelect-web/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2765\" title=\"OK Electric\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/okelect-web.jpg\" alt=\"OK Electric\" width=\"498\" height=\"622\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 8 (tonight!) - <a href=\"http://oksweetheart.com/products-page/shows/ok-sweetheart-cd-release-at-the-church-studio-wben-kilgore-and-sherree-chamberlain/\">OK Sweetheart CD release party w/ Ben Kilgore &amp; Sheree Chamberlain</a> - Church Studios</li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 10 - The Black Keys - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a> (It\'s SOLD OUT, but if you are rock-n-roll enough, you\'ll find a way in).</li>\r\n	<li>Tuesday, Oct. 12 - Band of Horses / Besnard Lakes - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 15 - Informer / Ghosts / Bearhug - <a href=\"http://www.thesoundpony.com/\">Soundpony</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday &amp; Saturday, October 15-16 - OK Electric ( 14 Bands, DJs, &amp; VJs) - <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/music.htm\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a></li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 17 - Broncho / Lizard Police / Gentle Ghost - <a href=\"http://www.ybrpub.com/\">Yellow Brick Road</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Assignment 3: Become a Fan of a Local Band</h2>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2766\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/lizardpolice/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2766\" title=\"Lizard Police\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/LizardPolice-500x438.jpg\" alt=\"Lizard Police\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m totally geeking out this week for the local band <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lizard-Police/295368802614\">Lizard Police</a> (<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">listen here</a>), a 90s influenced, post-punk quartet from right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThe band lists Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., and Fugazi as influences, which tugs at my distortion-loving heart immediately, as those were some of the same bands that helped me through the ACTUAL 90s. Gotta love when your musical soft-spot becomes cool again. It\'s like, \"hello, grown man, I\'d like to re-introduce you to the music of your youth.\"\r\n\r\nLizard Police is one of Tulsa\'s newer bands, but it already boasts a pretty consistent performing schedule at places like Soundpony and Yellow Brick Road (and from what I hear, it\'s one helluva live show, too).\r\n\r\nYou can also head over to a classy little web-spot called MySpace to <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">give Lizard Police a lick</a> (or just a sample, if you will, because it is MySpace, so I\'m not sure if you\'d want to put your mouth on anything there.)\r\n\r\nThat\'s it for T.J. Rocks Tulsa homework this week - until next time, guys.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Extra Credit!</em></strong><em> To learn why T.J. thinks the music on your iPod sucks, check out his talk from Ignite Tulsa 2:</em>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>','Build, Plan, Become: T.J. Rocks Tulsa','You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. New TDT music writer TJ Clark is here to help.','inherit','open','open','','2764-revision-3','','','2010-10-08 14:57:29','2010-10-08 19:57:29','',2764,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2764-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(2761,1,'2010-10-08 09:39:02','2010-10-08 14:39:02','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/36352_104692399581826_100001231986457_26082_3212632_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2749\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/36352_104692399581826_100001231986457_26082_3212632_n.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/what-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-8/\">Real, live luchadors will take control of downtown Tulsa this weekend at Luchapalooza</a>, which is pretty much the most exciting smack-down event of the entire freaking century.\r\n\r\nStarting on Saturday at 5pm, Luchapalooza goers can get choke holds, DDTs, elbow drops, clotheslines and so, so much more on Boston Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets. The event packs a dozen fights in all, including title matches and the awarding of big, beautiful, shiny championship belts.\r\n\r\nBoston will be closed to make room for the ring and tons of entertainment, including plenty for the kiddos to do between 5-8pm. Fights continue until midnight.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://elotetulsa.com/news-events\">Get the line-up of matches here</a>, and you can get to know the contenders <a href=\"http://elotetulsa.com/luchadores/getting-to-know-your-luchadors\">here</a>.\r\n\r\nIn anticipation of this mega-event, I snagged one of my very favorite of Tulsa\'s luchadors for a little Q&amp;A. What follows is my exchange with none other than Killa Whatt, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001231986457\">who will shed his domestic routines and antics</a> to put the smack down on downtown and the luchador El Tluacuache Saturday night.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/36352_104692399581826_100001231986457_26082_3212632_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2749\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/36352_104692399581826_100001231986457_26082_3212632_n.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> Were you born in a luchador mask, cape and studly stretchy pants, or did some tragic and catastrophic life event propel you into your life as a luchador?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> I was born from a great storm in Ampere, a small village under the rule of a wicked baron. For years, the baron had trampled the people of Ampere under his boot of oppression. One night a powerful thunderstorm rolled through the land. A flash enveloped the sky and a spear of lightning so brilliant that it could only have been hurled straight from the hand of God struck the pole of a tent, throwing everyone inside to the ground. The bolt swam through the air at ferocious speed, darting from guard to guard until it had reduced their rifles to so much slag.\r\n\r\nA second bolt of lightning landed at the foot of the baron, knocking him on his prodigious buttocks. A ball of crackling energy emerged from the stricken floor, slowly taking the form of an almost too-perfect man. A scream of justice erupting from his lips, the storm-born hero called down the fury of the tempest, and immediately a wave of electricity charged through the clouds, tearing through the wretched ruler until only a charred mass of burning flesh remained.\r\n\r\nThe people, eager to know their savior, scrambled toward him to glimpse his face. But the hero, knowing that the sheer power of purity and justice emitting from his naked visage would blind the poor townspeople, quickly grabbed a nearby banner and wrapped it around his head in the form of a mask, its tail forming a cape, whipping in the wind behind him. As the villagers reached out to kiss the hands and grasp the cape of their liberator, he called out \"Justice has been served! You are free!\" Then he vanished in a flash of light and static, and the people heard the name Killa-Whatt echoing on the whispering wind.\r\n\r\nThe studly stretchy pants came later.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2747\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/26674_104072889643777_100001231986457_21923_2411562_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2747\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/26674_104072889643777_100001231986457_21923_2411562_n-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a> <em>Killa-Whatt keeps a tight lawn.</em></p>\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> What\'s your winning/signature move?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> The Shocker. Being 100% pure electricity, I’m able to jolt my opponents at will.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2748\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/28445_104387582945641_100001231986457_24045_1230786_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2748\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/28445_104387582945641_100001231986457_24045_1230786_n.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a><em>Even Killa-Whatt gots to take out the trash.</em></p>\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> What is your favorite food at Elote?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> Fish Tacos.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2752\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/30466_105883572796042_100001231986457_35162_3339370_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2752\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/30466_105883572796042_100001231986457_35162_3339370_n-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> The pint-sized one who appears in some of the photos/videos on <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001231986457\">your Facebook page</a> - is he your sidekick, or is he a luchador in training?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> Gigga-Whatt is still in training, which is why he remains mask-less. However, I named him Gigga-Whatt because I know that one day he will become so powerful that he will surpass Killa-Whatt.\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> Boxers or briefs?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> Boxers\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2746\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/37305_103779079673158_100001231986457_19785_584925_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2746\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/37305_103779079673158_100001231986457_19785_584925_n-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a><em>Checking Facebook</em></p>\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> Who is your luchador inspiration?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> The Opossum. For a rodent, he has mastered a great many fighting styles. Which is why it will be bitter sweet when I destroy him Saturday at Luchapalooza.\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> Describe your luchador training. Any tips or tricks?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> I regularly shadow-box electrical panels and suck on jumper cables. Plus Gigga-Whatt keeps me on a tight training schedule.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2753\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/13460_106209089430157_100001231986457_38359_6858475_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2753\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/13460_106209089430157_100001231986457_38359_6858475_n.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT:</strong> How does one choose a luchador name? Any special meaning behind your luchador moniker?\r\n\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> The Omega symbol that I wear symbolizes everything encompassed - all electrical calculations. By day I dawn the guise of an average electrician.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2745\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/33446_131532686897797_100001231986457_172592_5939610_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2745\" title=\"Killa Whatt\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/33446_131532686897797_100001231986457_172592_5939610_n-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Killa Whatt\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a><em>Taking time to deliver the goods, especially to the men and women who serve our country. No thanks for me...you\'re the real heroes.</em></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>TDT:</strong> If you could be any kind of animal, what kind of animal would you be?</p>\r\n<strong>K-Dub:</strong> An electric eel, of course.\r\n\r\n<em>All photos courtesy of Killa Whatt. While feisty, he is also generous.</em>','Interview with a Luchador','In anticipation of this mega-event, I snagged one of my very favorite of Tulsa\'s luchadors for a little Q&A.','inherit','open','open','','2461-revision-7','','','2010-10-08 09:39:02','2010-10-08 14:39:02','',2461,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2461-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(2764,1,'2010-10-08 14:57:29','2010-10-08 19:57:29','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2767\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/tjclark/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2767\" title=\"TJ Clark\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TJClark-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"TJ Clark\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>TDT readers, I have an exciting introduction to make.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Meet T.J. Clark, the new music writer here at TashaDoesTulsa.com. The ever-so-qualified beat master <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">T.J. of Rock Rulz fame</a> is going to write here every couple of weeks on topics related to the incredible and exciting music scene we have here in T-Town. </em>\r\n\r\n<em>After you read his first-ever post here at TDT, feel free to chill with T.J. <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.scurds.com/\">here</a>.</em>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Every moment needs a soundtrack and sometimes the soundtrack itself is the moment.\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember the date of my first kiss, but I remember the song that was playing in the background: Joyride. Yep, 1991. It\'s the year that Chris Issak\'s \"Wicked Game\" came out, one of the sexiest songs ever, and I\'m making out to Roxette.\r\n\r\nLuckily, that song is pretty avoidable. But you\'d better believe that if I ever stumble upon it, my body might be in front of a computer, but my mind is behind the skating rink, mugging with Jennifer Sequoya. (Pssst. Sequoya isn\'t her real name. I\'m trying to protect the innocent here. And because skating-rink necking with a girl named Jennifer Sequoya makes her sound exotic and kinda hot and way more interesting than she actually was.)\r\n\r\nI digress.\r\n\r\nTasha gives you plenty of activities to fill your weekend. I want to provide you with the filler, the accent, the ambiance for your weekend excursions, and maybe a few musical Tulsa adventures of your own.\r\n\r\nConsider this <strong>your guide to surviving the weekend through music</strong>. Here\'s your first set of assignments:\r\n<h2>Assignment 1: Build a Playlist</h2>\r\nTulsans love music. It\'s ingrained in our history and continues to thrive thanks to places like <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>, and dozens of local clubs that stage nightly live music.\r\n\r\nThanks to our geographic location (the <a href=\"http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1832\">Center of the Universe is real</a>, yo), Tulsa has played host to many of the latest and greatest acts passing east to west. For newer bands, Tulsa has always been a funneling point for <a href=\"http://www.sxsw.com/\">SXSW</a> and other gigs in that State That Shall Remain Nameless to the south.\r\n\r\nSo when it comes to music, we\'ve never been satisfied with being lumped with the rest of the midwest and hearing about the latest bands months after they\'ve peaked. Thanks to the digital revolution and the handy-dandy Internet, we can now get new music releases the same day as the rest of the country.\r\n\r\nSome Tulsans, however, still clutch onto their Top 40 lists like it\'s their last grasp on pop-culture relevancy. (\"No, mom, listening to Maroon 5 does NOT make you cool with me.\") You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. I\'m here to help.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a playlist (<strong>NOTE</strong>! Some of this music isn\'t safe for work) comprised of fresh, forward-thinking tracks sure to give you \"I heard it first\" bragging rights while providing an exciting soundtrack to your weekend. It\'s also guaranteed to help fight your Coldplay addiction.\r\n\r\nI kid.\r\n\r\n(Not really. It\'s a serious problem, dude. Put down the Coldplay and step away slowly.)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>The Walkmen - \"Victory\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ftl\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Deerhunter - \"Desire Lines\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fro\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Crocodiles - \"All My Hate and My Hexes are for You\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fnu\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>J-Roddy Walston &amp; The Business - \"Brave Man\'s Death\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fuq\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Kanye West - \"Monster (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, Nicki Manaj) (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g0n\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Of Montreal - \"Coquet Coquette\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g3u\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Part Time - \"If I Lose My Cool I Die\" (<a href=\"http://alteredzones.com/posts/316/part-time-if-i-lose-my-cool-id-die/\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>No Age - \"Fever Dreaming\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g9x\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Twin Shadow - \"Castles in the Snow\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gas\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Flight - \"Turns to Blood\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gbj\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>John Legend &amp; The Roots - \"Hard Times\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gdd\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Optic Nest - \"Football\" (<a href=\"http://lizzyville.blogs.com/index/2010/09/mp3-optic-nest-football.html\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Prinzhorn Dance School - \"Seed, Crop, Harvest\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ggr\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Weekend - \"Coma Summer\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gh6\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Soft Powers - \"Mary Never Sings Our Songs\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ghz\">listen here</a>)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<br>\r\n<h2>Assignment 2: Plan Your Week in Rock</h2>\r\nContrary to common misconception, it\'s pretty Rock-N-Roll to plan and prepare. But since misconception itself is also Rock-N-Roll, you are in quite the existential conundrum right now (the ultimate R-N-R mindset, mind you).\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to planning, you want to keep your street cred and appear effortlessly ennui. In reality, however, you need to know when you\'re going out so you can make room for a season\'s worth of Dancing with the Stars on the DVR (OMG, can you believe what Bruno said about Michael Bolton\'s jive??!!! What, you think I don\'t watch DWTS, that it\'s not Rock-N-Roll enough? You\'re right. I don\'t. I googled that shizz. Thank you, Internet.)\r\n\r\nLet me just save us all the embarrassment and do some planning suggestions for your next few weeks:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2765\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/okelect-web/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2765\" title=\"OK Electric\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/okelect-web.jpg\" alt=\"OK Electric\" width=\"498\" height=\"622\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 8 (tonight!) - <a href=\"http://oksweetheart.com/products-page/shows/ok-sweetheart-cd-release-at-the-church-studio-wben-kilgore-and-sherree-chamberlain/\">OK Sweetheart CD release party w/ Ben Kilgore &amp; Sheree Chamberlain</a> - Church Studios</li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 10 - The Black Keys - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a> (It\'s SOLD OUT, but if you are rock-n-roll enough, you\'ll find a way in).</li>\r\n	<li>Tuesday, Oct. 12 - Band of Horses / Besnard Lakes - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 15 - Informer / Ghosts / Bearhug - <a href=\"http://www.thesoundpony.com/\">Soundpony</a></li>\r\n	<li>Friday &amp; Saturday, October 15-16 - OK Electric ( 14 Bands, DJs, &amp; VJs) - <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/music.htm\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a></li>\r\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 17 - Broncho / Lizard Police / Gentle Ghost - <a href=\"http://www.ybrpub.com/\">Yellow Brick Road</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Assignment 3: Become a Fan of a Local Band</h2>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2766\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tj-rocks-tulsa/lizardpolice/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2766\" title=\"Lizard Police\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/LizardPolice-500x438.jpg\" alt=\"Lizard Police\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m totally geeking out this week for the local band <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lizard-Police/295368802614\">Lizard Police</a> (<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">listen here</a>), a 90s influenced, post-punk quartet from right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThe band lists Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., and Fugazi as influences, which tugs at my distortion-loving heart immediately, as those were some of the same bands that helped me through the ACTUAL 90s. Gotta love when your musical soft-spot becomes cool again. It\'s like, \"hello, grown man, I\'d like to re-introduce you to the music of your youth.\"\r\n\r\nLizard Police is one of Tulsa\'s newer bands, but it already boasts a pretty consistent performing schedule at places like Soundpony and Yellow Brick Road (and from what I hear, it\'s one helluva live show, too).\r\n\r\nYou can also head over to a classy little web-spot called MySpace to <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">give Lizard Police a lick</a> (or just a sample, if you will, because it is MySpace, so I\'m not sure if you\'d want to put your mouth on anything there.)\r\n\r\nThat\'s it for T.J. Rocks Tulsa homework this week - until next time, guys.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Extra Credit!</em></strong><em> To learn why T.J. thinks the music on your iPod sucks, check out his talk from Ignite Tulsa 2:</em>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>','Build, Plan, Become: T.J. 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New TDT music writer TJ Clark is here to help.','publish','open','open','','tj-rocks-tulsa','','','2010-10-08 15:01:53','2010-10-08 20:01:53','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=2764',0,'post','',5),(2765,1,'2010-10-08 14:47:42','2010-10-08 19:47:42','','OK Electric','','inherit','open','open','','okelect-web','','','2010-10-08 14:47:42','2010-10-08 19:47:42','',2764,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/okelect-web.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2766,1,'2010-10-08 14:48:23','2010-10-08 19:48:23','','Lizard Police','','inherit','open','open','','lizardpolice','','','2010-10-08 14:48:23','2010-10-08 19:48:23','',2764,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/LizardPolice.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2767,1,'2010-10-08 14:51:10','2010-10-08 19:51:10','','TJ Clark','','inherit','open','open','','tjclark','','','2010-10-08 14:51:10','2010-10-08 19:51:10','',2764,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TJClark.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2768,1,'2010-10-08 14:57:25','2010-10-08 19:57:25','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2767\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2767\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2767\" title=\"TJ Clark\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TJClark-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"TJ Clark\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" /></a>\n\n<em>TDT readers, I have an exciting introduction to make.</em>\n\n<em>Meet T.J. Clark, the new music writer here at TashaDoesTulsa.com. The ever-so-qualified beat master <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">T.J. of Rock Rulz fame</a> is going to write here every couple of weeks on topics related to the incredible and exciting music scene we have here in T-Town. </em>\n\n<em>After you read his first-ever post here at TDT, feel free to chill with T.J. <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/rockrulzshow\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.scurds.com/\">here</a>.</em>\n\n<!--more-->Every moment needs a soundtrack and sometimes the soundtrack itself is the moment.\n\nI can\'t remember the date of my first kiss, but I remember the song that was playing in the background: Joyride. Yep, 1991. It\'s the year that Chris Issak\'s \"Wicked Game\" came out, one of the sexiest songs ever, and I\'m making out to Roxette.\n\nLuckily, that song is pretty avoidable. But you\'d better believe that if I ever stumble upon it, my body might be in front of a computer, but my mind is behind the skating rink, mugging with Jennifer Sequoya. (Pssst. Sequoya isn\'t her real name. I\'m trying to protect the innocent here. And because skating-rink necking with a girl named Jennifer Sequoya makes her sound exotic and kinda hot and way more interesting than she actually was.)\n\nI digress.\n\nTasha gives you plenty of activities to fill your weekend. I want to provide you with the filler, the accent, the ambiance for your weekend excursions, and maybe a few musical Tulsa adventures of your own.\n\nConsider this <strong>your guide to surviving the weekend through music</strong>. Here\'s your first set of assignments:\n<h2>Assignment 1: Build a Playlist</h2>\nTulsans love music. It\'s ingrained in our history and continues to thrive thanks to places like <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>, and dozens of local clubs that stage nightly live music.\n\nThanks to our geographic location (the <a href=\"http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1832\">Center of the Universe is real</a>, yo), Tulsa has played host to many of the latest and greatest acts passing east to west. For newer bands, Tulsa has always been a funneling point for <a href=\"http://www.sxsw.com/\">SXSW</a> and other gigs in that State That Shall Remain Nameless to the south.\n\nSo when it comes to music, we\'ve never been satisfied with being lumped with the rest of the midwest and hearing about the latest bands months after they\'ve peaked. Thanks to the digital revolution and the handy-dandy Internet, we can now get new music releases the same day as the rest of the country.\n\nSome Tulsans, however, still clutch onto their Top 40 lists like it\'s their last grasp on pop-culture relevancy. (\"No, mom, listening to Maroon 5 does NOT make you cool with me.\") You can stop white-knuckling the Billboard charts, Tulsa. I\'m here to help.\n\nHere\'s a playlist comprised of fresh, forward-thinking tracks sure to give you \"I heard it first\" bragging rights while providing an exciting soundtrack to your weekend. It\'s also guaranteed to help fight your Coldplay addiction.\n\nI kid.\n\n(Not really. It\'s a serious problem, dude. Put down the Coldplay and step away slowly.)\n<ol>\n	<li>The Walkmen - \"Victory\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ftl\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Deerhunter - \"Desire Lines\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fro\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Crocodiles - \"All My Hate and My Hexes are for You\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fnu\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>J-Roddy Walston &amp; The Business - \"Brave Man\'s Death\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6fuq\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Kanye West - \"Monster (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, Nicki Manaj) (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g0n\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Of Montreal - \"Coquet Coquette\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g3u\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Part Time - \"If I Lose My Cool I Die\" (<a href=\"http://alteredzones.com/posts/316/part-time-if-i-lose-my-cool-id-die/\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>No Age - \"Fever Dreaming\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6g9x\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Twin Shadow - \"Castles in the Snow\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gas\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Flight - \"Turns to Blood\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gbj\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>John Legend &amp; The Roots - \"Hard Times\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gdd\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Optic Nest - \"Football\" (<a href=\"http://lizzyville.blogs.com/index/2010/09/mp3-optic-nest-football.html\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Prinzhorn Dance School - \"Seed, Crop, Harvest\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ggr\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Weekend - \"Coma Summer\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6gh6\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>Soft Powers - \"Mary Never Sings Our Songs\" (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~x6ghz\">listen here</a>)</li>\n</ol>\n<h2>Assignment 2: Plan Your Week in Rock</h2>\nContrary to common misconception, it\'s pretty Rock-N-Roll to plan and prepare. But since misconception itself is also Rock-N-Roll, you are in quite the existential conundrum right now (the ultimate R-N-R mindset, mind you).\n\nWhen it comes to planning, you want to keep your street cred and appear effortlessly ennui. In reality, however, you need to know when you\'re going out so you can make room for a season\'s worth of Dancing with the Stars on the DVR (OMG, can you believe what Bruno said about Michael Bolton\'s jive??!!! What, you think I don\'t watch DWTS, that it\'s not Rock-N-Roll enough? You\'re right. I don\'t. I googled that shizz. Thank you, Internet.)\n\nLet me just save us all the embarrassment and do some planning suggestions for your next few weeks:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2765\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2765\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2765\" title=\"OK Electric\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/okelect-web.jpg\" alt=\"OK Electric\" width=\"498\" height=\"622\" /></a>\n<ul>\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 8 (tonight!) - <a href=\"http://oksweetheart.com/products-page/shows/ok-sweetheart-cd-release-at-the-church-studio-wben-kilgore-and-sherree-chamberlain/\">OK Sweetheart CD release party w/ Ben Kilgore &amp; Sheree Chamberlain</a> - Church Studios</li>\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 10 - The Black Keys - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a> (It\'s SOLD OUT, but if you are rock-n-roll enough, you\'ll find a way in).</li>\n	<li>Tuesday, Oct. 12 - Band of Horses / Besnard Lakes - <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a></li>\n	<li>Friday, Oct. 15 - Informer / Ghosts / Bearhug - <a href=\"http://www.thesoundpony.com/\">Soundpony</a></li>\n	<li>Friday &amp; Saturday, October 15-16 - OK Electric ( 14 Bands, DJs, &amp; VJs) - <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/music.htm\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a></li>\n	<li>Sunday, Oct. 17 - Broncho / Lizard Police / Gentle Ghost - <a href=\"http://www.ybrpub.com/\">Yellow Brick Road</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Assignment 3: Become a Fan of a Local Band</h2>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2766\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2766\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2766\" title=\"Lizard Police\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/LizardPolice-500x438.jpg\" alt=\"Lizard Police\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" /></a>\n\nI\'m totally geeking out this week for the local band <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lizard-Police/295368802614\">Lizard Police</a> (<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">listen here</a>), a 90s influenced, post-punk quartet from right here in Tulsa.\n\nThe band lists Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr., and Fugazi as influences, which tugs at my distortion-loving heart immediately, as those were some of the same bands that helped me through the ACTUAL 90s. Gotta love when your musical soft-spot becomes cool again. It\'s like, \"hello, grown man, I\'d like to re-introduce you to the music of your youth.\"\n\nLizard Police is one of Tulsa\'s newer bands, but it already boasts a pretty consistent performing schedule at places like Soundpony and Yellow Brick Road (and from what I hear, it\'s one helluva live show, too).\n\nYou can also head over to a classy little web-spot called MySpace to <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">give Lizard Police a lick</a> (or just a sample, if you will, because it is MySpace, so I\'m not sure if you\'d want to put your mouth on anything there.)\n\nThat\'s it for T.J. Rocks Tulsa homework this week - until next time, guys.\n\n<strong><em>Extra Credit!</em></strong><em> To learn why T.J. thinks the music on your iPod sucks, check out his talk from Ignite Tulsa 2:</em>\n\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qZmw4ZZvVOc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>','Build, Plan, Become: T.J. 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