(9117,1,'2011-08-15 11:02:29','2011-08-15 17:02:29','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/this-land-press-tasha-does-tulsa/dsc_0151/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8745\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8745\" title=\"This Land Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0151-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"This Land Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome exciting things have been going on here in this little corner of the Interwebs, and I have some news. I\'m eager and excited to finally share it with you.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nYou might have caught wind of what this is all about from <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsa/posts/247577915258109\">my little leak on Facebook</a>, or maybe you already snagged the full details at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition-2/\">the most recent Blogger Meetup</a>, but in case you missed it, here\'s the deal:\r\n\r\nIn April I signed on as associate editor with <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">This Land Press</a>, where the mission is to explore the nooks and crannies of life in middle America through courageous, compelling stories, told in the most suitable medium - whether that means web, print, audio, video, or a combination of the four.\r\n\r\n\"Wait,\" you\'re thinking. \"That\'s it? So you got a day job. In case you missed the memo, most of us have them. What\'s the big damn deal?\"\r\n\r\nIt\'s this: I was brought on by the folks at This Land to help design and edit a big, bright, shiny, new, bad-freaking-ass culture and events calendar. We\'ll be covering Tulsa events like never before, like no one else in town. You\'ll be blown away. And also really, really busy, because I have a lot of ideas for ways you all can do Tulsa over the next couple of months. We\'re calling it Do What?, and at the end of this month you can find it <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">on the front page of ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\nPlus, I\'ll be working on a column called <em><a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/read/?cat=done-that\">Done That</a></em>, a place where I\'ll write about stuff that goes on here in our boomtown river city in a narrative style, beyond the typical who-what-when-and-where of your run-of-the-mill community calendar. I think you\'ll dig.\r\n\r\nWhat this means for TashaDoesTulsa.com: <strong>This site will return to its roots as a blog not just for, but by the community</strong>. It will be a place where you as bloggers, as writers, as photographers, as videographers, as audiophiles can submit your work for publication, for the opportunity to be exposed to a large, local and fiercely loyal audience. And no, you won\'t have to work for free. This ain\'t HuffPo. All accepted submissions will be paid.\r\n\r\nIt will also be a portal to submit work to This Land Press, where they have already attracted the attention of <em>Harper\'s Magazine</em>, <em>The Daily Beast</em>, <em>NBC\'s Today Show</em>, <em>TIME</em>, <em>Al Jazeera</em>, <em>Columbia Journalism Review</em> (which called This Land \"The New Yorker with balls\") and more.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s just been in the year since they started printing. Late last week we launched <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/\">our new website</a>, which delivers a true multimedia, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media\">new media</a>, Oklahoma-centric experience.\r\n\r\nIn other words, we want your words. And we\'re ready to share them with our fellow Tulsans, with Oklahomans and more.\r\n\r\nMore news: You can continue to tune in on Friday mornings to <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/\">the KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a> for my Friday updates on local weekend entertainment.\r\n\r\nYet more news: <strong>With the help of This Land Press, TashaDoesTulsa.com is hosting this year\'s Oklahoma Blog Awards</strong>. We\'re still working on the details, but you\'ll hear how we\'ll kick off the nominations very soon.\r\n\r\nI\'m so excited about the changes to TashaDoesTulsa.com, my work with This Land Press, what it means for how I can serve Tulsa and how I can learn more about and interact with all of you, my readers who have filled their calendars and charted their gastronomic adventures and procrastinated at the office by following this blog since that first post in March 2007. None of this would be possible without you or my advertisers, each of them locally owned businesses that have supported this website with the money they earned by bringing their ideas into reality and choosing to take that chance right here in Tulsa. My humble and profuse thanks to all of you.\r\n\r\nNow, let\'s get to work.\r\n\r\n<strong>Got an Okie-relevant story and want to submit a pitch to This Land?</strong> <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/submissions/\">Send your article idea, video, audio and poetry here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Want to submit a pitch to TashaDoesTulsa.com?</strong> <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact/\">Contact me here</a> or <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Want to learn more about This Land?</strong> Check out some of our latest work:\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/27/2011/mother-orpha/\">Mother Orpha </a> (my big hello in the print edition of This Land);\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/26/2011/gluedobbing-it-2/\">Gluedobbing It</a> (the piece produced by Abby Wendle which aired earlier this week here in Tulsa on KWGS);\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/21/2011/indian-elvis/\">Indian Elvis</a>, a short-form documentary by the This Land video team, Sterlin Harjo and Matt Leach\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/about/\">Learn more about what This Land is all about, the staff and how to subscribe here</a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s all I\'ve got. I look forward to hearing from you all.','The Big News: This Land Press and TashaDoesTulsa.com','Some exciting things have been going on here in this little Tulsa-centric corner of the Interwebs, and I have some news that I\'m eager and excited to share with you.','inherit','open','open','','8733-revision-9','','','2011-08-15 11:02:29','2011-08-15 17:02:29','',8733,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/08/8733-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(9116,1,'2011-07-11 07:27:36','2011-07-11 13:27:36','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/this-land-press-tasha-does-tulsa/dsc_0151/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8745\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8745\" title=\"This Land Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0151-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"This Land Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome exciting things have been going on here in this little corner of the Interwebs, and I have some news. I\'m eager and excited to finally share it with you.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nYou might have caught wind of what this is all about from <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsa/posts/247577915258109\">my little leak on Facebook</a>, or maybe you already snagged the full details at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition-2/\">the most recent Blogger Meetup</a>, but in case you missed it, here\'s the deal:\r\n\r\nIn April I signed on as associate editor with <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">This Land Press</a>, where the mission is to explore the nooks and crannies of life in middle America through courageous, compelling stories, told in the most suitable medium - whether that means web, print, audio, video, or a combination of the four.\r\n\r\n\"Wait,\" you\'re thinking. \"That\'s it? So you got a day job. In case you missed the memo, most of us have them. What\'s the big damn deal?\"\r\n\r\nIt\'s this: I was brought on by the folks at This Land to help design and edit a big, bright, shiny, new, bad-freaking-ass culture and events calendar. We\'ll be covering Tulsa events like never before, like no one else in town. You\'ll be blown away. And also really, really busy, because I have a lot of ideas for ways you all can do Tulsa over the next couple of months. We\'re calling it Do What?, and at the end of this month you can find it <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">on the front page of ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\nPlus, I\'ll be working on a column called <em><a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/read/?cat=done-that\">Done That</a></em>, a place where I\'ll write about stuff that goes on here in our boomtown river city in a narrative style, beyond the typical who-what-when-and-where of your run-of-the-mill community calendar. I think you\'ll dig.\r\n\r\nWhat this means for TashaDoesTulsa.com: <strong>This site will return to its roots as a blog not just for, but by the community</strong>. It will be a place where you as bloggers, as writers, as photographers, as videographers, as audiophiles can submit your work for publication, for the opportunity to be exposed to a large, local and fiercely loyal audience. And no, you won\'t have to work for free. This ain\'t HuffPo. All accepted submissions will be paid.\r\n\r\nIt will also be a portal to submit work to This Land Press, where they have already attracted the attention of <em>Harper\'s Magazine</em>, <em>The Daily Beast</em>, <em>NBC\'s Today Show</em>, <em>TIME</em>, <em>Al Jazeera</em>, <em>Columbia Journalism Review</em> (which called This Land \"The New Yorker with balls\") and more.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s just been in the year since they started printing. Late last week we launched <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/\">our new website</a>, which delivers a true multimedia, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media\">new media</a>, Oklahoma-centric experience.\r\n\r\nIn other words, we want your words. And we\'re ready to share them with our fellow Tulsans, with Oklahomans and more.\r\n\r\nMore news: You can continue to tune in on Friday mornings to <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/\">the KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a> for my Friday updates on local weekend entertainment.\r\n\r\nYet more news: <strong>With the help of This Land Press, TashaDoesTulsa.com is hosting this year\'s Oklahoma Blog Awards</strong>. We\'re still working on the details, but you\'ll hear how we\'ll kick off the nominations very soon.\r\n\r\nI\'m so excited about the changes to TashaDoesTulsa.com, my work with This Land Press, what it means for how I can serve Tulsa and how I can learn more about and interact with all of you, my readers who have filled their calendars and charted their gastronomic adventures and procrastinated at the office by following this blog since that first post in March 2007. None of this would be possible without you or my advertisers, each of them locally owned businesses that have supported this website with the money they earned by bringing their ideas into reality and choosing to take that chance right here in Tulsa. My humble and profuse thanks to all of you.\r\n\r\nNow, let\'s get to work.\r\n\r\n<strong>Got an Okie-relevant story and want to submit a pitch to This Land?</strong> <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/submissions/\">Send your article idea, video, audio and poetry here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Want to submit a pitch to TashaDoesTulsa.com?</strong> <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact/\">Contact me here</a> or <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Want to learn more about This Land?</strong> Check out some of our latest work:\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/27/2011/mother-orpha/\">Mother Orpha </a> (my big hello in the print edition of This Land);\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/26/2011/gluedobbing-it-2/\">Gluedobbing It</a> (the piece produced by Abby Wendle which aired earlier this week here in Tulsa on KWGS);\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/21/2011/indian-elvis/\">Indian Elvis</a>, a short-form documentary by the This Land video team, Sterlin Harjo and Matt Leach\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/about/\">Learn more about what This Land is all about, the staff and how to subscribe here</a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s all I\'ve got. I look forward to hearing from you all.','The Big News: This Land Press and TashaDoesTulsa.com','Some exciting things have been going on here in this little Tulsa-centric corner of the Interwebs, and I have some news that I\'m eager and excited to share with you.','inherit','open','open','','8733-revision-8','','','2011-07-11 07:27:36','2011-07-11 13:27:36','',8733,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8733-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8741,1,'2011-07-07 08:19:29','2011-07-07 14:19:29','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition/dilly-deli-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8572\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dilly-Deli.jpg\" alt=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8572\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nHey, Tulsa and Oklahoma bloggers. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235565683123995\">The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup is posted on Facebook</a>. Check it out, invite a few friends and get signed up. \r\n\r\nHope to see you there! \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Open Mic Edition','The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup has been posted to Facebook.','inherit','open','open','','8728-revision-3','','','2011-07-07 08:19:29','2011-07-07 14:19:29','',8728,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8728-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8742,1,'2011-07-08 04:34:14','2011-07-08 10:34:14','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition/dilly-deli-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8572\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dilly-Deli.jpg\" alt=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8572\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nHey, Tulsa and Oklahoma bloggers. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235565683123995\">The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup is posted on Facebook</a>. Check it out, invite a few friends and get signed up. \r\n\r\nHope to see you there! \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Open Mic Edition','The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup has been posted to Facebook.','inherit','open','open','','8728-revision-4','','','2011-07-08 04:34:14','2011-07-08 10:34:14','',8728,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8728-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(9262,1,'2011-10-07 14:07:30','2011-10-07 20:07:30','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/go-see-do-what/picture-4-9/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9254\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9254\" title=\"Do What\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Picture-4-500x294.png\" alt=\"Things To Do In Tulsa Do What This Land Press Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIT\'S HERE! <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">The new one-stop shop for the best things to do in Tulsa is now live</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nAs a project of <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">This Land Press</a> and me, DO WHAT? is a brand-new, robust resource tailored to Tulsa\'s movers and shakers looking for the most exciting ways to spend their nights and weekends. I\'m so excited to show you around.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/community/\">Look in the COMMUNITY section</a> if you want to learn where to go to stuff yourself with fair and festival food, where to find the swankiest charity events, to get the scoop on the latest museum and Book Smart Tulsa events and when to catch the next match-up starring one of Tulsa\'s sports teams.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/art-theatre/\">See the ART &amp; THEATRE category</a> for what to expect when the curtains go up on Tulsa\'s stages, as well as what\'s hanging in Tulsa\'s hottest galleries.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/music/\">The MUSIC category</a> is guaranteed to be the newest haunt of Tulsans looking forbuzzworthy concerts, plus anyone who\'d like a little live music to go with tonight\'s dinner. There\'s a spot for opera lovers, too, and anyone who swoons at the first note of a piece by Bach or Mozart.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/cinema/\">Filed in CINEMA are events centered on film</a>. Whether you\'re in the mood for a sobering documentary or a late-night cult classic, you\'ll find it featured on Do What.\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to optimizing the fun-to-cost ratio for minimal impact on Tulsans\' pocketbooks, we\'re all about easy access to the need-to-know info. That\'s why <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/free-stuff-to-do/\">Tulsa\'s FREE EVENTS get their very own spot on this site</a>.\r\n\r\nTo Tulsa\'s singles and the coupled alike, we say: Rejoice! DO WHAT? features a category that serves up the who, what and where of <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/date-night/\">all things worthy of that next big DATE NIGHT</a>. Find ideas for everything from a romantic evening on the town to a one-of-a-kind outing which that special someone won\'t soon forget.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/food-drink/\">FOOD &amp; DRINK is where the juicy details</a> on Tulsa\'s cooking competitions, wine and beer festivals and farmers\' markets can be mined by Okie epicureans. It\'s sure to be a popular section here on Do What.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/chance/\">Need some inspiration? Check out CHANCE</a>. Hit the big, pretty Randomize button to wander randomly through the vast Do What database of things to do around town, stopping only when the perfect entertainment option finds you.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/do-what-search/\">DO WHAT? SEARCH</a> can also help to match the best entertainment option with your desired variety of fun.\r\n\r\nI\'ve made a habit of keeping my finger on the pulse of Tulsa\'s entertainment scene since 2007, and it\'s that expertise that decides which <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/editors-picks/\">events get the spotlight in EDITOR\'S PICKS</a>. Head to one of these events and you\'re guaranteed to have the best stories back at the water cooler tomorrow morning.\r\n\r\nHosting an event? <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/do-what-submit/\">Check out the handy-dandy SUBMIT YOUR EVENT option</a>, available right from the front page of Do What. Simply fill out the form and attach any photos or press releases you\'ve prepared to publicize your event.\r\n\r\nIf you like the idea of putting your event, venue or group in front of the pretty peepers of Tulsa\'s most influential readers, <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/new-media-advertising/\">check out your ADVERTISING options on DO WHAT</a>.\r\n\r\nThanks for stopping by to check out DO WHAT. If you like it, feel free to spread the word. As always, if you have any questions or comments, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact\">feel free to contact me</a>. She\'d love to hear from you.\r\n\r\nThanks for bearing with me this summer as I set to work on this project. I have the best, the sexiest, the best-smelling readers on the planet, and I\'m so glad you\'re here. Now: <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">Plan that weekend</a>!','Go See DO WHAT','It\'s here! The new one-stop shop for the best things to do and events in Tulsa is now live.','inherit','open','open','','9252-revision-9','','','2011-10-07 14:07:30','2011-10-07 20:07:30','',9252,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9252-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(8744,1,'2011-07-08 06:34:09','2011-07-08 12:34:09','<PHOTO>\n\nSome exciting things have been going on here in this little corner of the Interwebs, and I have some news. I\'m eager and excited to finally share it with you. \n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\nYou might have caught wind of what this is all about from <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsa/posts/247577915258109\">my little leak on Facebook</a>, or maybe you already snagged the full details at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition-2/\">the most recent Blogger Meetup</a>, but in case you missed it, here\'s the deal: \n\nIn April I signed on as associate editor with <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">This Land Press</a>, where the mission is to explore the nooks and crannies of life in middle America through courageous, compelling stories, told in the most suitable medium - whether that means web, print, audio, video, or a combination of the four. \n\n\"Wait,\" you\'re thinking. \"That\'s it? So you got a day job. In case you missed the memo, most of us have them. What\'s the big damn deal?\"\n\nIt\'s this: I was brought on by the folks at This Land to help design and edit a big, bright, shiny, new, bad-freaking-ass culture and events calendar. We\'ll be covering Tulsa events like never before, like no one else in town. You\'ll be blown away. And also really, really busy, because I have a lot of ideas for ways you all can do Tulsa over the next couple of months. We\'re calling it Do What?, and at the end of this month you can find it <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">on the front page of ThisLandPress.com</a>.\n\nPlus, I\'ll be working on a column called <i><a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/read/?cat=done-that\">Done That</a></i>, a place where I\'ll write about stuff that goes on here in our boomtown river city in a narrative style, beyond the typical who-what-when-and-where of your run-of-the-mill community calendar. I think you\'ll dig. \n\nWhat this means for TashaDoesTulsa.com: <b>This site will return to its roots as a blog not just for, but by the community</b>. It will be a place where you as bloggers, as writers, as photographers, as videographers, as audiophiles can submit your work for publication, for the opportunity to be exposed to a large, local and fiercely loyal audience. And no, you won\'t have to work for free. This ain\'t HuffPo. All accepted submissions will be paid. \n\nIt will also be a portal to submit work to This Land Press, where they have already attracted the attention of <em>Harper\'s Magazine</em>, <em>The Daily Beast</em>, <em>NBC\'s Today Show</em>, <em>TIME</em>, <em>Al Jazeera</em>, <em>Columbia Journalism Review</em> (which called This Land \"The New Yorker with balls\") and more. \n\nAnd that\'s just been in the year since they started printing. Late last week we launched <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/\">our new website</a>, which delivers a true multimedia, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media\">new media</a>, Oklahoma-centric experience. \n\nIn other words, we want your words. And we\'re ready to share them with our fellow Tulsans, with Oklahomans and more. \n\nMore news: You can continue to tune in on Friday mornings to <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/\">the KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a> for my Friday updates on local weekend entertainment. \n\nYet more news: <b>With the help of This Land Press, TashaDoesTulsa.com is hosting this year\'s Oklahoma Blog Awards</b>. We\'re still working on the details, but you\'ll hear how we\'ll kick off the nominations very soon. \n\nI\'m so excited about the changes to TashaDoesTulsa.com, my work with This Land Press, what it means for how I can serve Tulsa and how I can learn more about and interact with all of you, my readers who have filled their calendars and charted their gastronomic adventures and procrastinated at the office by following this blog since that first post in March 2007. None of this would be possible without you or my advertisers, each of them locally owned businesses that have supported this website with the money they earned by bringing their ideas into reality and choosing to take that chance right here in Tulsa. My humble and profuse thanks to all of you.\n\nNow, let\'s get to work. \n\n<b>Got an Okie-relevant story and want to submit a pitch to This Land?</b> <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/submissions/\">Send your article idea, video, audio and poetry here</a>. \n\n<b>Want to submit a pitch to TashaDoesTulsa.com?</b> <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact/\">Contact me here</a> or <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">shoot me an e-mail</a>.\n\n<b>Want to learn more about This Land?</b> Check out some of our latest work: \n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/27/2011/mother-orpha/\">Mother Orpha </a> (my big hello in the print edition of This Land);\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/26/2011/gluedobbing-it-2/\">Gluedobbing It</a> (the piece produced by Abby Wendle which aired earlier this week here in Tulsa on KWGS);\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/21/2011/indian-elvis/\">Indian Elvis</a>, a short-form documentary by the This Land video team, Sterlin Harjo and Matt Leach\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/about/\">Learn more about what This Land is all about, the staff and how to subscribe here</a>\n\nThat\'s all I\'ve got. I look forward to hearing from you all.','The Big News: This Land Press and TashaDoesTulsa.com','Some exciting things have been going on here in this little Tulsa-centric corner of the Interwebs, and I have some news that I\'m eager and excited to share with you.','inherit','open','open','','8733-revision-4','','','2011-07-08 06:34:09','2011-07-08 12:34:09','',8733,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8733-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8745,1,'2011-07-08 07:23:18','2011-07-08 13:23:18','','This Land Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0151','','','2011-07-08 07:23:18','2011-07-08 13:23:18','',8733,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0151.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8746,1,'2011-07-08 07:26:46','2011-07-08 13:26:46','<img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0151.jpg\" width=\"500\"/>\n\nSome exciting things have been going on here in this little corner of the Interwebs, and I have some news. I\'m eager and excited to finally share it with you. \n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\nYou might have caught wind of what this is all about from <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsa/posts/247577915258109\">my little leak on Facebook</a>, or maybe you already snagged the full details at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition-2/\">the most recent Blogger Meetup</a>, but in case you missed it, here\'s the deal: \n\nIn April I signed on as associate editor with <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">This Land Press</a>, where the mission is to explore the nooks and crannies of life in middle America through courageous, compelling stories, told in the most suitable medium - whether that means web, print, audio, video, or a combination of the four. \n\n\"Wait,\" you\'re thinking. \"That\'s it? So you got a day job. In case you missed the memo, most of us have them. What\'s the big damn deal?\"\n\nIt\'s this: I was brought on by the folks at This Land to help design and edit a big, bright, shiny, new, bad-freaking-ass culture and events calendar. We\'ll be covering Tulsa events like never before, like no one else in town. You\'ll be blown away. And also really, really busy, because I have a lot of ideas for ways you all can do Tulsa over the next couple of months. We\'re calling it Do What?, and at the end of this month you can find it <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">on the front page of ThisLandPress.com</a>.\n\nPlus, I\'ll be working on a column called <i><a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/read/?cat=done-that\">Done That</a></i>, a place where I\'ll write about stuff that goes on here in our boomtown river city in a narrative style, beyond the typical who-what-when-and-where of your run-of-the-mill community calendar. I think you\'ll dig. \n\nWhat this means for TashaDoesTulsa.com: <b>This site will return to its roots as a blog not just for, but by the community</b>. It will be a place where you as bloggers, as writers, as photographers, as videographers, as audiophiles can submit your work for publication, for the opportunity to be exposed to a large, local and fiercely loyal audience. And no, you won\'t have to work for free. This ain\'t HuffPo. All accepted submissions will be paid. \n\nIt will also be a portal to submit work to This Land Press, where they have already attracted the attention of <em>Harper\'s Magazine</em>, <em>The Daily Beast</em>, <em>NBC\'s Today Show</em>, <em>TIME</em>, <em>Al Jazeera</em>, <em>Columbia Journalism Review</em> (which called This Land \"The New Yorker with balls\") and more. \n\nAnd that\'s just been in the year since they started printing. Late last week we launched <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/\">our new website</a>, which delivers a true multimedia, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media\">new media</a>, Oklahoma-centric experience. \n\nIn other words, we want your words. And we\'re ready to share them with our fellow Tulsans, with Oklahomans and more. \n\nMore news: You can continue to tune in on Friday mornings to <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/\">the KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a> for my Friday updates on local weekend entertainment. \n\nYet more news: <b>With the help of This Land Press, TashaDoesTulsa.com is hosting this year\'s Oklahoma Blog Awards</b>. We\'re still working on the details, but you\'ll hear how we\'ll kick off the nominations very soon. \n\nI\'m so excited about the changes to TashaDoesTulsa.com, my work with This Land Press, what it means for how I can serve Tulsa and how I can learn more about and interact with all of you, my readers who have filled their calendars and charted their gastronomic adventures and procrastinated at the office by following this blog since that first post in March 2007. None of this would be possible without you or my advertisers, each of them locally owned businesses that have supported this website with the money they earned by bringing their ideas into reality and choosing to take that chance right here in Tulsa. My humble and profuse thanks to all of you.\n\nNow, let\'s get to work. \n\n<b>Got an Okie-relevant story and want to submit a pitch to This Land?</b> <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/submissions/\">Send your article idea, video, audio and poetry here</a>. \n\n<b>Want to submit a pitch to TashaDoesTulsa.com?</b> <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact/\">Contact me here</a> or <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">shoot me an e-mail</a>.\n\n<b>Want to learn more about This Land?</b> Check out some of our latest work: \n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/27/2011/mother-orpha/\">Mother Orpha </a> (my big hello in the print edition of This Land);\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/26/2011/gluedobbing-it-2/\">Gluedobbing It</a> (the piece produced by Abby Wendle which aired earlier this week here in Tulsa on KWGS);\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/21/2011/indian-elvis/\">Indian Elvis</a>, a short-form documentary by the This Land video team, Sterlin Harjo and Matt Leach\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/about/\">Learn more about what This Land is all about, the staff and how to subscribe here</a>\n\nThat\'s all I\'ve got. I look forward to hearing from you all.','The Big News: This Land Press and TashaDoesTulsa.com','Some exciting things have been going on here in this little Tulsa-centric corner of the Interwebs, and I have some news that I\'m eager and excited to share with you.','inherit','open','open','','8733-revision-5','','','2011-07-08 07:26:46','2011-07-08 13:26:46','',8733,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8733-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8752,1,'2011-06-18 16:46:55','2011-06-18 22:46:55','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Vintage Barbie Dream House 1962 by oh1963wtsh, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/11638380@N07/2720016449/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2720016449_ae5fef8446.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage Barbie Dream House 1962\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></p>\r\nIt\'s not every day you get to poke around in a house with insides you\'ve always wanted to see. That\'s what <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117090775044798\">Mod of the Moment with Modern Tulsa</a> is all about - showcasing Tulsa\'s mid-century modern homes and satisfying your architectural curiosity at the same time.\r\n\r\nGet the mod-tastic details on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=mod-moment-babysitter-worthy\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<em>Photo used with permission <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/oh1963wtsh\">from oh1963wtsh on Flickr</a>.</em>','Mod of the Moment: Babysitter Worthy','Mod of the Moment is your chance to eat, drink, listen to music and gander at some of Tulsa\'s greatest relics of mid-century modern design.','inherit','open','open','','8511-revision-3','','','2011-06-18 16:46:55','2011-06-18 22:46:55','',8511,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8511-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8753,1,'2011-06-10 11:45:52','2011-06-10 17:45:52','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/farm-fest-at-tulsa-zoo-tulsa-kids/county-fair/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8447\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/County-Fair.jpg\" alt=\"Ottowa County Fair Miami Oklahoma\" title=\"Ottowa County Fair Miami Oklahoma\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8447\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOne of the cool things about living in Tulsa is that you can bask in an urban lifestyle one day and go totally country the next. Even so, it\'s not often you don\'t have to step foot outside the city limits to do so. \r\n\r\nGet the details on this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-farm-fest\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Farm Fest at Tulsa Zoo: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Kids and families and go country in the middle of our busy city this weekend thanks to Farm Fest 2011 at Tulsa Zoo.','inherit','open','open','','8446-revision-5','','','2011-06-10 11:45:52','2011-06-10 17:45:52','',8446,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8446-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8754,1,'2011-07-10 10:46:56','2011-07-10 16:46:56','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/farm-fest-at-tulsa-zoo-tulsa-kids/county-fair/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8447\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/County-Fair.jpg\" alt=\"Ottowa County Fair Miami Oklahoma\" title=\"Ottowa County Fair Miami Oklahoma\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8447\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOne of the cool things about living in Tulsa is that you can bask in an urban lifestyle one day and go totally country the next. Even so, it\'s not often you don\'t have to step foot outside the city limits to do so. \r\n\r\nGet the details on this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-farm-fest\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Farm Fest at Tulsa Zoo: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Kids and families and go country in the middle of our busy city this weekend thanks to Farm Fest 2011 at Tulsa Zoo.','inherit','open','open','','8446-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 10:46:56','2011-07-10 16:46:56','',8446,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8446-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8755,1,'2011-06-06 21:02:54','2011-06-07 03:02:54','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/top-parenting-iphone-apps-tulsa-kids/dsc_1885/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5122\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1885.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone\" title=\"iPhone\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5122\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nAny time I\'ve needed a childhood photo of myself, my mom has had to dig it out of one of dozens of photo albums, all of which she had to maintain by printing and arranging photos on a regular basis. It was an expensive, time-consuming process, and finding a certain photo has never been an easy task. She probably didn\'t take as many photos as she would have had there been no development or printing costs, and with a job and an education and a family to take care of, keeping extensive handwritten journals just wasn\'t in the cards.\r\n\r\nToday, when my family asks me for photos of my child or an account of something funny he did six months ago, I search for and upload the info to my computer and post it either on Flickr, Facebook, a blog post or e-mail. It\'s done and the grandparents and ooo-ing and ah-ing in a matter of minutes.\r\n\r\nHow will the technological ease of recording our lives affect the members of Gen Y and their children, the first few generations to grow up with personal computers and the Internet in their homes and schools, and their senses of themselves as individuals and as an age group? Is the communication technology that\'s available to us today revolutionary, changing fundamentally how we\'ll ultimately live our lives, or do you think it all just amounts to newer, faster ways of doing things we were already doing before?\r\n\r\nJoin the conversation <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-facebook-generation\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Facebook Generation: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','Is the communication technology that\'s available to us today is revolutionary, changing fundamentally how we\'ll ultimately live our lives, or do you think it all just amounts to newer, faster ways of doing things we were already doing before?','inherit','open','open','','8396-revision-9','','','2011-06-06 21:02:54','2011-06-07 03:02:54','',8396,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8396-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(8756,1,'2011-07-10 10:47:06','2011-07-10 16:47:06','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/top-parenting-iphone-apps-tulsa-kids/dsc_1885/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5122\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1885.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone\" title=\"iPhone\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5122\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nAny time I\'ve needed a childhood photo of myself, my mom has had to dig it out of one of dozens of photo albums, all of which she had to maintain by printing and arranging photos on a regular basis. It was an expensive, time-consuming process, and finding a certain photo has never been an easy task. She probably didn\'t take as many photos as she would have had there been no development or printing costs, and with a job and an education and a family to take care of, keeping extensive handwritten journals just wasn\'t in the cards.\r\n\r\nToday, when my family asks me for photos of my child or an account of something funny he did six months ago, I search for and upload the info to my computer and post it either on Flickr, Facebook, a blog post or e-mail. It\'s done and the grandparents and ooo-ing and ah-ing in a matter of minutes.\r\n\r\nHow will the technological ease of recording our lives affect the members of Gen Y and their children, the first few generations to grow up with personal computers and the Internet in their homes and schools, and their senses of themselves as individuals and as an age group? Is the communication technology that\'s available to us today revolutionary, changing fundamentally how we\'ll ultimately live our lives, or do you think it all just amounts to newer, faster ways of doing things we were already doing before?\r\n\r\nJoin the conversation <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-facebook-generation\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Facebook Generation: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','Is the communication technology that\'s available to us today is revolutionary, changing fundamentally how we\'ll ultimately live our lives, or do you think it all just amounts to newer, faster ways of doing things we were already doing before?','inherit','open','open','','8396-revision-10','','','2011-07-10 10:47:06','2011-07-10 16:47:06','',8396,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8396-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(8757,1,'2011-05-30 16:49:22','2011-05-30 22:49:22','So check out at this ugly thing that my kid made:\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/homemade-greenhouse-tulsa-kids/camerabag_photo_1009/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8328\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CameraBag_Photo_1009-500x648.jpg\" alt=\"Homemade greenhouse Tulsa Kids\" title=\"Homemade greenhouse Tulsa Kids\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8328\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nHa! Just kidding. That\'s all me.\r\n\r\nKnow what it is? I\'ll give you a few clues: It starts with green. It ends with house. And it rhymes with wean mouse.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a homemade greenhouse! And it\'s full of banana pepper and tomato seedlings. Which will one day produce stuff I can use to make killer Italian sandwiches. Lots of them, if I want.\r\n\r\nGet the how-to (with advice for a dance to the harvest gods included) <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=homemade-greenhouse-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Homemade Greenhouse: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','It\'s a homemade greenhouse! And it\'s full of banana pepper and tomato seedlings. Which will one day produce stuff I can use to make killer Italian sandwiches.','inherit','open','open','','8327-revision-5','','','2011-05-30 16:49:22','2011-05-30 22:49:22','',8327,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8327-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8758,1,'2011-07-10 10:47:18','2011-07-10 16:47:18','So check out at this ugly thing that my kid made:\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/homemade-greenhouse-tulsa-kids/camerabag_photo_1009/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8328\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CameraBag_Photo_1009-500x648.jpg\" alt=\"Homemade greenhouse Tulsa Kids\" title=\"Homemade greenhouse Tulsa Kids\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8328\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nHa! Just kidding. That\'s all me.\r\n\r\nKnow what it is? I\'ll give you a few clues: It starts with green. It ends with house. And it rhymes with wean mouse.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a homemade greenhouse! And it\'s full of banana pepper and tomato seedlings. Which will one day produce stuff I can use to make killer Italian sandwiches. Lots of them, if I want.\r\n\r\nGet the how-to (with advice for a dance to the harvest gods included) <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=homemade-greenhouse-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Homemade Greenhouse: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','It\'s a homemade greenhouse! And it\'s full of banana pepper and tomato seedlings. Which will one day produce stuff I can use to make killer Italian sandwiches.','inherit','open','open','','8327-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 10:47:18','2011-07-10 16:47:18','',8327,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8327-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8759,1,'2011-05-27 09:46:05','2011-05-27 15:46:05','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/shakespeare-on-the-lawn-babysitter-worthy/picture-6-12/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8324\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-62-500x332.png\" alt=\"Philbrook Museum from Philbrook Museum on Facebook\" title=\"Philbrook Museum from Philbrook Museum on Facebook\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8324\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGood, old-fashioned yard theatre: It\'s always babysitter-worthy. \r\n\r\nEspecially when the yard is widely regarded as the most beautiful in all of Green Country. \r\n\r\nGet the details on this week\'s Babysitter Worthy pick <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=shakespeare-lawn-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<em>Photo from <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/philbrookmuseum\">Philbrook Museum on Facebook</a>.</em>','Shakespeare on the Lawn: Babysitter Worthy','Good, old-fashioned yard theatre: It\'s always babysitter-worthy. Especially when the yard is widely regarded as the most beautiful in all of Green Country. 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Especially when the yard is widely regarded as the most beautiful in all of Green Country. ','inherit','open','open','','8323-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 10:47:25','2011-07-10 16:47:25','',8323,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8323-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8761,1,'2011-05-27 08:55:54','2011-05-27 14:55:54','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/saturday-morning-book-club-tulsa-kids/joemommasbookclub/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8318\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/JoeMommasBookClub.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8318\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nKnow of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson, all at the same time? I do. And this weekend, TulsaKids is crashing the party. \r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=saturday-morning-book-club-tulsa-kids-day-out\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n','Saturday Morning Book Club: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Know of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson all at the same time?','inherit','open','open','','8317-revision-5','','','2011-05-27 08:55:54','2011-05-27 14:55:54','',8317,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8317-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8762,1,'2011-07-10 10:47:32','2011-07-10 16:47:32','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/saturday-morning-book-club-tulsa-kids/joemommasbookclub/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8318\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/JoeMommasBookClub.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8318\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nKnow of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson, all at the same time? I do. And this weekend, TulsaKids is crashing the party. \r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=saturday-morning-book-club-tulsa-kids-day-out\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n','Saturday Morning Book Club: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Know of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson all at the same time?','inherit','open','open','','8317-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 10:47:32','2011-07-10 16:47:32','',8317,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8317-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8763,1,'2011-05-20 00:13:41','2011-05-20 06:13:41','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/3304108805/\" title=\"Young boy fishing with his dog: Palm Beach County, Florida by State Library and Archives of Florida, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3304108805_3777b018be.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" alt=\"Young boy fishing with his dog: Palm Beach County, Florida\"></a>\r\n\r\nRemember catching your first fish? Yeah, I do, too. And it was pretty much one of the most exciting moments of my life. \r\n\r\nI\'m simple like that. But I think that this weekend, your kids would enjoy living their own version of that very moment. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n','Bixby Youth Fishing Derby: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Remember catching your first fish? Yeah, I do, too. And it was pretty much one of the most exciting moments of my life. ','inherit','open','open','','8237-revision-6','','','2011-05-20 00:13:41','2011-05-20 06:13:41','',8237,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8237-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8764,1,'2011-05-17 22:46:26','2011-05-18 04:46:26','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/flying-glasses-dinner-date-tulsa-kids/dsc_1626/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3168\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1626-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Top Hat Magic\" title=\"Top Hat Magic\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3168\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes I read toddler discipline articles like <a href=\"http://www.babble.com/toddler/toddler-development/toddler-discipline-setting-limits/\">this one on Babble.com</a> and want to laugh hysterically. But only to keep from punching the author in the face through the screen of my laptop. \r\n\r\nGet the tale of the flying glasses dinner date on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-flying-glasses-dinner-date\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Flying Glasses Dinner Date: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','Sometimes I read toddler discipline articles like this one on Babble.com and want to laugh hysterically.','inherit','open','open','','8178-revision-3','','','2011-05-17 22:46:26','2011-05-18 04:46:26','',8178,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8178-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8765,1,'2011-07-10 10:47:45','2011-07-10 16:47:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/flying-glasses-dinner-date-tulsa-kids/dsc_1626/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3168\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1626-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Top Hat Magic\" title=\"Top Hat Magic\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3168\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes I read toddler discipline articles like <a href=\"http://www.babble.com/toddler/toddler-development/toddler-discipline-setting-limits/\">this one on Babble.com</a> and want to laugh hysterically. But only to keep from punching the author in the face through the screen of my laptop. \r\n\r\nGet the tale of the flying glasses dinner date on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-flying-glasses-dinner-date\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Flying Glasses Dinner Date: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','Sometimes I read toddler discipline articles like this one on Babble.com and want to laugh hysterically.','inherit','open','open','','8178-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 10:47:45','2011-07-10 16:47:45','',8178,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8178-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8766,1,'2011-05-13 09:05:55','2011-05-13 15:05:55','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/art-car-workshop-tulsa-kids-day-out/artcar/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8131\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/artcar.jpg\" alt=\"Art Car Weekend Living Arts\" title=\"Art Car Weekend Living Arts\" width=\"454\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8131\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNext weekend, an annual tradition will be part of the arts\' takeover of downtown Tulsa: It\'s Art Car Weekend, and it\'s been drawing families and art lovers downtown for creative car creations since 2004.\r\n\r\nBut there\'s no need to wait an entire week to start the fun. This Saturday, kids can attend an Art Car workshop as part of Free Second Saturday at <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum of Art</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Art Car Workshop: Tulsa Kids Day Out','There\'s no need to wait an entire week to start the fun of the annual Art Car Weekend.','inherit','open','open','','8130-revision-3','','','2011-05-13 09:05:55','2011-05-13 15:05:55','',8130,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8130-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8767,1,'2011-05-13 09:05:55','2011-05-13 15:05:55','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/art-car-workshop-tulsa-kids-day-out/artcar/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8131\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/artcar.jpg\" alt=\"Art Car Weekend Living Arts\" title=\"Art Car Weekend Living Arts\" width=\"454\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8131\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNext weekend, an annual tradition will be part of the arts\' takeover of downtown Tulsa: It\'s Art Car Weekend, and it\'s been drawing families and art lovers downtown for creative car creations since 2004.\r\n\r\nBut there\'s no need to wait an entire week to start the fun. This Saturday, kids can attend an Art Car workshop as part of Free Second Saturday at <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum of Art</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Art Car Workshop: Tulsa Kids Day Out','There\'s no need to wait an entire week to start the fun of the annual Art Car Weekend.','inherit','open','open','','8130-revision-3','','','2011-05-13 09:05:55','2011-05-13 15:05:55','',8130,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8130-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8768,1,'2011-07-10 10:47:53','2011-07-10 16:47:53','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/art-car-workshop-tulsa-kids-day-out/artcar/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8131\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/artcar.jpg\" alt=\"Art Car Weekend Living Arts\" title=\"Art Car Weekend Living Arts\" width=\"454\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8131\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNext weekend, an annual tradition will be part of the arts\' takeover of downtown Tulsa: It\'s Art Car Weekend, and it\'s been drawing families and art lovers downtown for creative car creations since 2004.\r\n\r\nBut there\'s no need to wait an entire week to start the fun. This Saturday, kids can attend an Art Car workshop as part of Free Second Saturday at <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum of Art</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Art Car Workshop: Tulsa Kids Day Out','There\'s no need to wait an entire week to start the fun of the annual Art Car Weekend.','inherit','open','open','','8130-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 10:47:53','2011-07-10 16:47:53','',8130,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8130-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8769,1,'2011-07-10 10:47:53','2011-07-10 16:47:53','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/art-car-workshop-tulsa-kids-day-out/artcar/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8131\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/artcar.jpg\" alt=\"Art Car Weekend Living Arts\" title=\"Art Car Weekend Living Arts\" width=\"454\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8131\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNext weekend, an annual tradition will be part of the arts\' takeover of downtown Tulsa: It\'s Art Car Weekend, and it\'s been drawing families and art lovers downtown for creative car creations since 2004.\r\n\r\nBut there\'s no need to wait an entire week to start the fun. This Saturday, kids can attend an Art Car workshop as part of Free Second Saturday at <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum of Art</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Art Car Workshop: Tulsa Kids Day Out','There\'s no need to wait an entire week to start the fun of the annual Art Car Weekend.','inherit','open','open','','8130-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 10:47:53','2011-07-10 16:47:53','',8130,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8130-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8770,1,'2011-05-13 09:07:29','2011-05-13 15:07:29','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-rodeo-babysitter-worthy/picture-3-11/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8127\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-3-500x405.png\" alt=\"Mutton Busting\" title=\"Mutton Busting\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8127\" /></a><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ey3MfG_PRhM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nDinner-and-a-movie dates are the worst. Not only do they smack of a lack of creativity and thoughtfulness - not exactly what one wants to convey on a first date - but they\'re not exactly conducive to actually getting to know a person. How easy is it to have a conversation with someone when a movie is blaring and flashing on a screen in front of you, when your feet are stuck to the floor and your date is throwing back an extra-large bucket of popcorn?\r\n\r\nFor a quick-and-dirty date night, dinner and a movie can work. But any time else, you\'re going to need to get creative.\r\n\r\nGet the details on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=rooster-days-rodeo-babysitter-worthy\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p> ','Rooster Days Rodeo: Babysitter Worthy','For a quick-and-dirty date night, dinner and a movie can work. But any time else, you\'re going to need to get creative.','inherit','open','open','','8125-revision-6','','','2011-05-13 09:07:29','2011-05-13 15:07:29','',8125,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8125-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8771,1,'2011-07-10 10:48:00','2011-07-10 16:48:00','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-rodeo-babysitter-worthy/picture-3-11/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8127\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-3-500x405.png\" alt=\"Mutton Busting\" title=\"Mutton Busting\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8127\" /></a><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ey3MfG_PRhM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nDinner-and-a-movie dates are the worst. Not only do they smack of a lack of creativity and thoughtfulness - not exactly what one wants to convey on a first date - but they\'re not exactly conducive to actually getting to know a person. How easy is it to have a conversation with someone when a movie is blaring and flashing on a screen in front of you, when your feet are stuck to the floor and your date is throwing back an extra-large bucket of popcorn?\r\n\r\nFor a quick-and-dirty date night, dinner and a movie can work. But any time else, you\'re going to need to get creative.\r\n\r\nGet the details on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=rooster-days-rodeo-babysitter-worthy\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p> ','Rooster Days Rodeo: Babysitter Worthy','For a quick-and-dirty date night, dinner and a movie can work. 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And what better diversion is there than typing in the names of all the people you know into a government database to find out how the names ranked in popularity in 2010? \r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=baby-name-diversion-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Baby Name Diversion: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','What better diversion is there than typing in the names of all the people you know into a government database to find out how the names ranked in popularity in 2010? ','inherit','open','open','','8097-revision-5','','','2011-05-11 20:28:38','2011-05-12 02:28:38','',8097,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8097-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8773,1,'2011-07-10 10:48:06','2011-07-10 16:48:06','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/baby-name-diversion-confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom/picture-2-18/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8098\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-2-500x133.png\" alt=\"Popular Baby Names Tasha\" title=\"Popular Baby Names Tasha\" width=\"500\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8098\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGot important stuff you\'d like to find a way to put off today? What working parent doesn\'t? And what better diversion is there than typing in the names of all the people you know into a government database to find out how the names ranked in popularity in 2010? \r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=baby-name-diversion-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Baby Name Diversion: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','What better diversion is there than typing in the names of all the people you know into a government database to find out how the names ranked in popularity in 2010? ','inherit','open','open','','8097-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 10:48:06','2011-07-10 16:48:06','',8097,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8097-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8774,1,'2011-05-06 08:33:51','2011-05-06 14:33:51','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8018\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/fireworks-friday-tulsa-drillers-babysitter-worthy-tulsa-kids/dsc_0221/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8018\" title=\"Fireworks Friday with Tulsa Drillers ONEOK Field Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DSC_0221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks Friday with Tulsa Drillers ONEOK Field Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s little that\'s more romantic than a night sky full of fireworks. This Friday night, you and a date can get exactly that in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=fireworks-friday-tulsa-drillers-oneok-field-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Fireworks Friday with Tulsa Drillers: Babysitter Worthy','There\'s little that\'s more romantic than a night sky full of fireworks. 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This Friday night, you and a date can get exactly that in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=fireworks-friday-tulsa-drillers-oneok-field-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Fireworks Friday with Tulsa Drillers: Babysitter Worthy','There\'s little that\'s more romantic than a night sky full of fireworks. 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That\'s pretty much top-of-mind.\r\n\r\nGet the details on this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=hardesty-gem-dig-tulsa-kids-day-out\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Hardesty Gem Dig: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Imagine for a minute that you\'re three and a half feet tall and that you can calculate your age on one hand. There are probably only a few things on your mind - digging in the dirt is one of them. 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I was lonely.\r\n\r\nAnd yet.\r\n\r\nRead the rest <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-first-mothers-day\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','My First Mother\'s Day: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','I remember being sleepy. I remember feeling puffy. I was anxious. I was lonely. And yet. ','inherit','open','open','','7962-revision-2','','','2011-05-03 22:13:54','2011-05-04 04:13:54','',7962,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/7962-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8778,1,'2011-04-30 07:53:39','2011-04-30 13:53:39','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"499\" height=\"284\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/KeQCVGtfjA4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\r\n\r\nAre you like me? Have you always been fascinated by the sheep shearers at the fairs and festivals that happen in this part of the country? I have been, ever since I was a little girl. Since I became a hand-knitter, the allure has only grown. Which is why I know exactly where to look for sheep shearing videos online (see above).\r\n\r\nHeh.\r\n\r\nThis weekend, near Claremore, you and your kids can see what this sheep shearing stuff is all about, too.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=shepherds-cross-wooly-weekend-tulsa-kids-day-out\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Shepherd\'s Cross Wooly Weekend: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Families can check out how woolen items are made right here in Oklahoma, from sheep to finished product, at Shepherd\'s Cross in Claremore this weekend. ','inherit','open','open','','7822-revision-3','','','2011-04-30 07:53:39','2011-04-30 13:53:39','',7822,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/7822-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8779,1,'2011-07-10 10:48:36','2011-07-10 16:48:36','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"499\" height=\"284\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/KeQCVGtfjA4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>\r\n\r\nAre you like me? Have you always been fascinated by the sheep shearers at the fairs and festivals that happen in this part of the country? I have been, ever since I was a little girl. Since I became a hand-knitter, the allure has only grown. Which is why I know exactly where to look for sheep shearing videos online (see above).\r\n\r\nHeh.\r\n\r\nThis weekend, near Claremore, you and your kids can see what this sheep shearing stuff is all about, too.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=shepherds-cross-wooly-weekend-tulsa-kids-day-out\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Shepherd\'s Cross Wooly Weekend: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Families can check out how woolen items are made right here in Oklahoma, from sheep to finished product, at Shepherd\'s Cross in Claremore this weekend. ','inherit','open','open','','7822-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 10:48:36','2011-07-10 16:48:36','',7822,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7822-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8780,1,'2011-04-28 10:09:54','2011-04-28 16:09:54','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/raising-money-smart-kids-tulsa-kids/img_1039/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7886\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_1039-500x378.jpg\" alt=\"Piggy Bank Tulsa Kids Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Piggy Bank Tulsa Kids Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7886\" /></a>\r\n\r\n It\'s important to show our kids that our money has value and that while it\'s not the key to happiness, having enough of it is important if we intend to keep food in our bellies, roofs over our heads and Spongebob Squarepants bubbles in the bathtub, and that\'s it\'s nice to have enough left over to help those in our community who are less fortunate.\r\n\r\nNot that I have \"the answer\" to raising money-smart kids, because I don\'t. I just know what has worked for us so far.\r\n\r\nAdd to the list of tips <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=money-honey-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n','Money, Honey: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','How does one raise a money-smart kid? While I don\'t have The Answer, I\'ve found a few ways that work for us. ','inherit','open','open','','7885-revision-3','','','2011-04-28 10:09:54','2011-04-28 16:09:54','',7885,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/7885-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8781,1,'2011-07-10 10:48:43','2011-07-10 16:48:43','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/raising-money-smart-kids-tulsa-kids/img_1039/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7886\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG_1039-500x378.jpg\" alt=\"Piggy Bank Tulsa Kids Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Piggy Bank Tulsa Kids Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7886\" /></a>\r\n\r\n It\'s important to show our kids that our money has value and that while it\'s not the key to happiness, having enough of it is important if we intend to keep food in our bellies, roofs over our heads and Spongebob Squarepants bubbles in the bathtub, and that\'s it\'s nice to have enough left over to help those in our community who are less fortunate.\r\n\r\nNot that I have \"the answer\" to raising money-smart kids, because I don\'t. I just know what has worked for us so far.\r\n\r\nAdd to the list of tips <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=money-honey-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n','Money, Honey: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','How does one raise a money-smart kid? While I don\'t have The Answer, I\'ve found a few ways that work for us. ','inherit','open','open','','7885-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 10:48:43','2011-07-10 16:48:43','',7885,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7885-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8782,1,'2011-04-20 22:00:15','2011-04-21 04:00:15','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/volunteering-with-kids-confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom/dsc_2158-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7756\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC_2158.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteering with Kids Gardening Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Volunteering with Kids Gardening Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7756\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to get caught up in serving our kids, our bosses, our spouses. It\'s no wonder that, in the face of all of this busy-ness, imagining how to squeeze even a half-hour of service to our community out of our schedules is, in a word, overwhelming. \r\n\r\nBut the perceived inconvenience factor of community service takes a nosedive when it can double as a family activity. In fact, if you\'re clever enough, donating your time to worthy causes in your neighborhood can even be a bonding experience for you, your partner and your kids.\r\n\r\nHere are a few of the ways we\'ve found to double up on family time and giving back. \r\n\r\nGet the list <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=volunteering-kids-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Volunteering with Kids: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','The perceived inconvenience factor of community service takes a nosedive when it can double as a family activity. In fact, if you\'re clever enough, donating your time to worthy causes in your neighborhood can even be a bonding experience for you, your partner and your kids.','inherit','open','open','','7755-revision-3','','','2011-04-20 22:00:15','2011-04-21 04:00:15','',7755,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/7755-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8783,1,'2011-07-10 10:48:48','2011-07-10 16:48:48','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/volunteering-with-kids-confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom/dsc_2158-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7756\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC_2158.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteering with Kids Gardening Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Volunteering with Kids Gardening Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7756\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to get caught up in serving our kids, our bosses, our spouses. It\'s no wonder that, in the face of all of this busy-ness, imagining how to squeeze even a half-hour of service to our community out of our schedules is, in a word, overwhelming. \r\n\r\nBut the perceived inconvenience factor of community service takes a nosedive when it can double as a family activity. In fact, if you\'re clever enough, donating your time to worthy causes in your neighborhood can even be a bonding experience for you, your partner and your kids.\r\n\r\nHere are a few of the ways we\'ve found to double up on family time and giving back. \r\n\r\nGet the list <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=volunteering-kids-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Volunteering with Kids: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','The perceived inconvenience factor of community service takes a nosedive when it can double as a family activity. In fact, if you\'re clever enough, donating your time to worthy causes in your neighborhood can even be a bonding experience for you, your partner and your kids.','inherit','open','open','','7755-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 10:48:48','2011-07-10 16:48:48','',7755,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7755-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8784,1,'2011-04-15 06:50:01','2011-04-15 12:50:01','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-15/polishingthepearl/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7676\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/PolishingThePearl-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Polishing The Pearl Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Polishing The Pearl Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7676\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nWe Tulsans hear a lot of talk about the revitalization of downtown, the development of our riverfront, the general evolution of our city that\'s needed in order to compete with today\'s top American cities for jobs, for smart, capable residents and, yeah, even tourists. The downside? Sometimes it takes awhile to actually see some action.\r\n\r\nBut this weekend, starting tonight, it\'s action-city in The Pearl District, just east of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-polishing-pearl\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Polishing the Pearl: Babysitter Worthy','Tonight, vendors, musicians, artists, shoppers and lovers of all that is Tulsa take to the streets of the historic Pearl District in an effort to visualize the neighborhood\'s potential via revitalization.','inherit','open','open','','7540-revision-3','','','2011-04-15 06:50:01','2011-04-15 12:50:01','',7540,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/7540-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8785,1,'2011-07-10 10:48:54','2011-07-10 16:48:54','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-15/polishingthepearl/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7676\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/PolishingThePearl-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Polishing The Pearl Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Polishing The Pearl Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7676\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nWe Tulsans hear a lot of talk about the revitalization of downtown, the development of our riverfront, the general evolution of our city that\'s needed in order to compete with today\'s top American cities for jobs, for smart, capable residents and, yeah, even tourists. The downside? Sometimes it takes awhile to actually see some action.\r\n\r\nBut this weekend, starting tonight, it\'s action-city in The Pearl District, just east of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-polishing-pearl\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Polishing the Pearl: Babysitter Worthy','Tonight, vendors, musicians, artists, shoppers and lovers of all that is Tulsa take to the streets of the historic Pearl District in an effort to visualize the neighborhood\'s potential via revitalization.','inherit','open','open','','7540-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 10:48:54','2011-07-10 16:48:54','',7540,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7540-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8786,1,'2011-04-13 11:19:36','2011-04-13 17:19:36','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/touch-a-truck-tulsa-kids-day-out/touchatrucktulsaoklahoma/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7619\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/TouchATruckTulsaOklahoma-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Touch-A-Truck Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Touch-A-Truck Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7619\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes, when a wailing fire engine speeds by, or as the mail truck saunters down the street, or as the electricity company truck raises a worker in its long-armed bucket to work on a line, I think to myself, man, I sure would like to get tactile with those playground-like vehicles.\r\n\r\nDon\'t say that you\'ve never thought the same thing. Because you\'d be lying, and lying is wrong. You kids have thought about it, too.\r\n\r\nThis Saturday, all of your truck-touching dreams could come true, and right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nGet the details of <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=touch-truck-tulsa-kids-day-out\">this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day out on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<em>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Tulsa City-Country Library</a>.</em>','Touch-A-Truck: Tulsa Kids Day Out','This Saturday, all of your truck-touching dreams could come true, and right here in Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','7541-revision-5','','','2011-04-13 11:19:36','2011-04-13 17:19:36','',7541,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/7541-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8787,1,'2011-07-10 11:08:53','2011-07-10 17:08:53','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/touch-a-truck-tulsa-kids-day-out/touchatrucktulsaoklahoma/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7619\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/TouchATruckTulsaOklahoma-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Touch-A-Truck Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Touch-A-Truck Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7619\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes, when a wailing fire engine speeds by, or as the mail truck saunters down the street, or as the electricity company truck raises a worker in its long-armed bucket to work on a line, I think to myself, man, I sure would like to get tactile with those playground-like vehicles.\r\n\r\nDon\'t say that you\'ve never thought the same thing. Because you\'d be lying, and lying is wrong. You kids have thought about it, too.\r\n\r\nThis Saturday, all of your truck-touching dreams could come true, and right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nGet the details of <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=touch-truck-tulsa-kids-day-out\">this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day out on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<em>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Tulsa City-Country Library</a>.</em>','Touch-A-Truck: Tulsa Kids Day Out','This Saturday, all of your truck-touching dreams could come true, and right here in Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','7541-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:08:53','2011-07-10 17:08:53','',7541,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7541-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8788,1,'2011-07-10 11:08:53','2011-07-10 17:08:53','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/touch-a-truck-tulsa-kids-day-out/touchatrucktulsaoklahoma/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7619\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/TouchATruckTulsaOklahoma-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Touch-A-Truck Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Touch-A-Truck Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7619\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes, when a wailing fire engine speeds by, or as the mail truck saunters down the street, or as the electricity company truck raises a worker in its long-armed bucket to work on a line, I think to myself, man, I sure would like to get tactile with those playground-like vehicles.\r\n\r\nDon\'t say that you\'ve never thought the same thing. Because you\'d be lying, and lying is wrong. You kids have thought about it, too.\r\n\r\nThis Saturday, all of your truck-touching dreams could come true, and right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nGet the details of <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=touch-truck-tulsa-kids-day-out\">this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day out on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<em>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Tulsa City-Country Library</a>.</em>','Touch-A-Truck: Tulsa Kids Day Out','This Saturday, all of your truck-touching dreams could come true, and right here in Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','7541-revision-7','','','2011-07-10 11:08:53','2011-07-10 17:08:53','',7541,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7541-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8789,1,'2011-07-10 11:08:53','2011-07-10 17:08:53','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/touch-a-truck-tulsa-kids-day-out/touchatrucktulsaoklahoma/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7619\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/TouchATruckTulsaOklahoma-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Touch-A-Truck Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Touch-A-Truck Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7619\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes, when a wailing fire engine speeds by, or as the mail truck saunters down the street, or as the electricity company truck raises a worker in its long-armed bucket to work on a line, I think to myself, man, I sure would like to get tactile with those playground-like vehicles.\r\n\r\nDon\'t say that you\'ve never thought the same thing. Because you\'d be lying, and lying is wrong. You kids have thought about it, too.\r\n\r\nThis Saturday, all of your truck-touching dreams could come true, and right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nGet the details of <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=touch-truck-tulsa-kids-day-out\">this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day out on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<em>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Tulsa City-Country Library</a>.</em>','Touch-A-Truck: Tulsa Kids Day Out','This Saturday, all of your truck-touching dreams could come true, and right here in Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','7541-revision-8','','','2011-07-10 11:08:53','2011-07-10 17:08:53','',7541,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7541-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8790,1,'2011-04-13 11:20:18','2011-04-13 17:20:18','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/shop-o-phobic-confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-tulsa-kids/cheapthrillstulsaoklahoma/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7611\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CheapThrillsTulsaOklahoma.jpg\" alt=\"Cheap Thrills Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Cheap Thrills Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7611\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nI come from a long line of very good, very eager shoppers. I have vivid childhood memories of falling asleep in the middle of the circular racks at Tulsa\'s department stores as my mother and her mother plowed into what was on the hangers there, snapping up every value they could put their hands on. We\'d shop for hours. And hours. And hours.\r\n\r\nAnd I hated it.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of this post <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=shop-o-phobic-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n','Shop-o-Phobic: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','I have vivid childhood memories of falling asleep in the middle of the circular racks at Tulsa\'s department stores as my mother and her mother plowed into what was on the hangers there, snapping up every value they could put their hands on.','inherit','open','open','','7539-revision-7','','','2011-04-13 11:20:18','2011-04-13 17:20:18','',7539,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/7539-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8791,1,'2011-07-10 11:09:23','2011-07-10 17:09:23','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/shop-o-phobic-confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-tulsa-kids/cheapthrillstulsaoklahoma/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7611\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CheapThrillsTulsaOklahoma.jpg\" alt=\"Cheap Thrills Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Cheap Thrills Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7611\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nI come from a long line of very good, very eager shoppers. I have vivid childhood memories of falling asleep in the middle of the circular racks at Tulsa\'s department stores as my mother and her mother plowed into what was on the hangers there, snapping up every value they could put their hands on. We\'d shop for hours. And hours. And hours.\r\n\r\nAnd I hated it.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of this post <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=shop-o-phobic-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n','Shop-o-Phobic: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','I have vivid childhood memories of falling asleep in the middle of the circular racks at Tulsa\'s department stores as my mother and her mother plowed into what was on the hangers there, snapping up every value they could put their hands on.','inherit','open','open','','7539-revision-8','','','2011-07-10 11:09:23','2011-07-10 17:09:23','',7539,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7539-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8792,1,'2011-04-06 10:33:31','2011-04-06 16:33:31','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-the-babysitters-tulsa-kids/dsc_1975/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4988\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1975.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Tulsa\" title=\"Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4988\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nThe hardest part about my job isn\'t coming up with stuff to blog about every day. Or reading the hundreds of e-mails I get every week. Or talking at thousands of people I can\'t even see on the radio and TV each Friday about something many of us would rather not do, which is to ditch the Netflix or video games or whatever it is you like to do when you sit on your duff and get off the couch.\r\n\r\nNope. The hardest part about my job are those occasional times when my son can\'t come along to give me a helping hand.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of this post <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-babysitters\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Babysitters','The hardest part about my job are those occasional times when my son can\'t come along to give me a helping hand.','inherit','open','open','','7476-revision-5','','','2011-04-06 10:33:31','2011-04-06 16:33:31','',7476,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/7476-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8793,1,'2011-07-10 11:09:29','2011-07-10 17:09:29','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-the-babysitters-tulsa-kids/dsc_1975/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4988\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1975.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Tulsa\" title=\"Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4988\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nThe hardest part about my job isn\'t coming up with stuff to blog about every day. Or reading the hundreds of e-mails I get every week. Or talking at thousands of people I can\'t even see on the radio and TV each Friday about something many of us would rather not do, which is to ditch the Netflix or video games or whatever it is you like to do when you sit on your duff and get off the couch.\r\n\r\nNope. The hardest part about my job are those occasional times when my son can\'t come along to give me a helping hand.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of this post <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-babysitters\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Babysitters','The hardest part about my job are those occasional times when my son can\'t come along to give me a helping hand.','inherit','open','open','','7476-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:09:29','2011-07-10 17:09:29','',7476,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7476-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8794,1,'2011-04-05 14:49:39','2011-04-05 20:49:39','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7459\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/tulsa-art-studio-tour-babysitter-worthy-tulsa-kids/tulsaartstudiotour2011/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7459\" title=\"Tulsa Art Studio Tour 2011\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/TulsaArtStudioTour2011-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Art Studio Tour 2011\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNine artists. 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','inherit','open','open','','7428-revision-3','','','2011-04-05 14:49:39','2011-04-05 20:49:39','',7428,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/7428-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8795,1,'2011-07-10 11:09:37','2011-07-10 17:09:37','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7459\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/tulsa-art-studio-tour-babysitter-worthy-tulsa-kids/tulsaartstudiotour2011/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7459\" title=\"Tulsa Art Studio Tour 2011\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/TulsaArtStudioTour2011-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Art Studio Tour 2011\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNine artists. Two days. Ten bucks, two backstage passes to the best of Tulsa\'s bustling art scene. It\'s <a href=\"http://www.tulsaartstudiotour.org/\">Tulsa Art Studio Tour 2011</a>, and it\'s this week\'s Babysitter Worthy pick.\r\n\r\nGet the scoop, as well as a list of the stops of the tour and a link to map, <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-art-studio-tour-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Tulsa Art Studio Tour: Babysitter Worthy','Nine artists. Two days. Ten bucks, two backstage passes to the best of Tulsa\'s bustling art scene. It\'s Tulsa Art Studio Tour 2011, and it\'s this week\'s Babysitter Worthy pick. 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If you\'re like me, you just learned for the first time that there <em>is</em> a difference.\r\n\r\nYou and your kids can further increase your ape aptitude this weekend at Tulsa Zoo, where this Saturday a certain special someone is celebrating the big 4-Oh. Better brush up on your Happy Birthday singing skills, kids.\r\n\r\nGet the scoop <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-suzie-chimps-birthday-party-tulsa-zoo\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Suzie the Chimp\'s Birthday Party at Tulsa Zoo: Tulsa Kids Day Out','You and your kids can further increase your ape aptitude this weekend at Tulsa Zoo, where this Saturday a certain special someone is celebrating the big 4-Oh.','inherit','open','open','','7389-revision-3','','','2011-03-31 21:40:00','2011-04-01 03:40:00','',7389,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/7389-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8797,1,'2011-07-10 11:10:01','2011-07-10 17:10:01','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3967\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/happy-thanksgiving-also-cute-animal-photos/tulsazoothanksgiving/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3967\" title=\"Tulsa Zoo Chimps Thanksgiving Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/tulsazoothanksgiving-500x614.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Zoo Chimps Thanksgiving Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"400\" /></a></p>\r\nDid you know that monkeys don\'t even use monkey bars? How about the difference between a chimp and a monkey? If you\'re like me, you just learned for the first time that there <em>is</em> a difference.\r\n\r\nYou and your kids can further increase your ape aptitude this weekend at Tulsa Zoo, where this Saturday a certain special someone is celebrating the big 4-Oh. Better brush up on your Happy Birthday singing skills, kids.\r\n\r\nGet the scoop <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-suzie-chimps-birthday-party-tulsa-zoo\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Suzie the Chimp\'s Birthday Party at Tulsa Zoo: Tulsa Kids Day Out','You and your kids can further increase your ape aptitude this weekend at Tulsa Zoo, where this Saturday a certain special someone is celebrating the big 4-Oh.','inherit','open','open','','7389-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:10:01','2011-07-10 17:10:01','',7389,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7389-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8798,1,'2011-03-29 11:11:45','2011-03-29 17:11:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/wolfgang-puck-bistro-the-kids-table-tulsa-kids/dsc_1840-3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7322\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_18401-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro Brookside Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro Brookside Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7322\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThey’re the bane of every parent’s existence: The flaky babysitter.\r\n\r\nBut even when your child’s substitute caretaker calls to cancel five minutes before you planned to slink off to a dinner date night, there’s still somewhere you can go with the kids that’s worthy of your best little black dress: It’s Wolfgang Puck Bistro on Brookside at 3330 S. Peoria Ave.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of the review in <a href=\"http://tulsakids.com/?q=activities/entertainment/kids-table-brookside-babies\">the April 2011 issue of TulsaKids Magazine</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Wolfgang Puck Bistro: The Kids\' Table','They’re the bane of every parent’s existence: The flaky babysitter. But even when your child’s substitute caretaker calls to cancel five minutes before you planned to slink off to a dinner date night, there’s still somewhere you can go with the kids that’s worthy of your best little black dress.','inherit','open','open','','7321-revision-3','','','2011-03-29 11:11:45','2011-03-29 17:11:45','',7321,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/7321-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8799,1,'2011-07-10 11:10:08','2011-07-10 17:10:08','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/wolfgang-puck-bistro-the-kids-table-tulsa-kids/dsc_1840-3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7322\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_18401-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro Brookside Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro Brookside Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7322\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThey’re the bane of every parent’s existence: The flaky babysitter.\r\n\r\nBut even when your child’s substitute caretaker calls to cancel five minutes before you planned to slink off to a dinner date night, there’s still somewhere you can go with the kids that’s worthy of your best little black dress: It’s Wolfgang Puck Bistro on Brookside at 3330 S. Peoria Ave.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of the review in <a href=\"http://tulsakids.com/?q=activities/entertainment/kids-table-brookside-babies\">the April 2011 issue of TulsaKids Magazine</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Wolfgang Puck Bistro: The Kids\' Table','They’re the bane of every parent’s existence: The flaky babysitter. But even when your child’s substitute caretaker calls to cancel five minutes before you planned to slink off to a dinner date night, there’s still somewhere you can go with the kids that’s worthy of your best little black dress.','inherit','open','open','','7321-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:10:08','2011-07-10 17:10:08','',7321,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7321-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8800,1,'2011-03-28 22:24:40','2011-03-29 04:24:40','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/oklahoma-pecans-foraging-haikey-creek-park/dsc_1636-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4124\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1636.jpg\" alt=\"Haikey Creek Park Pecans\" title=\"Haikey Creek Park Pecans\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4124\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo tonight my little family and I were rushing to leave our house. As usual, we were running late and scrambling for keys, a few bites of dinner and little hands. \r\n\r\nIn a hurry to set the house alarm and lock the door, I grated the knuckles of my left hand against the brick exterior of our home. \r\n\r\nTired and huffy and frustrated, I stopped, shouted a bunch of what my son pointed out were very naughty words, sat down on my porch and cradled my bleeding hand, swallowing hard against tears.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of this post <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-instead-stiff-drink\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Instead of a Stiff Drink: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','So tonight my little family and I were rushing to leave our house. As usual, we were running late and scrambling for keys, a few bites of dinner and little hands. ','inherit','open','open','','7307-revision-5','','','2011-03-28 22:24:40','2011-03-29 04:24:40','',7307,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/7307-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8801,1,'2011-07-10 11:10:15','2011-07-10 17:10:15','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/oklahoma-pecans-foraging-haikey-creek-park/dsc_1636-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4124\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1636.jpg\" alt=\"Haikey Creek Park Pecans\" title=\"Haikey Creek Park Pecans\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4124\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo tonight my little family and I were rushing to leave our house. As usual, we were running late and scrambling for keys, a few bites of dinner and little hands. \r\n\r\nIn a hurry to set the house alarm and lock the door, I grated the knuckles of my left hand against the brick exterior of our home. \r\n\r\nTired and huffy and frustrated, I stopped, shouted a bunch of what my son pointed out were very naughty words, sat down on my porch and cradled my bleeding hand, swallowing hard against tears.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of this post <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-instead-stiff-drink\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Instead of a Stiff Drink: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','So tonight my little family and I were rushing to leave our house. As usual, we were running late and scrambling for keys, a few bites of dinner and little hands. 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Then, go stargazing at an observatory using 14-foot telescopes worth thousands and thousands of dollars. \r\n\r\nGet the details of this week\'s Babysitter Worthy pick <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-star-party-astronomy-club-tulsa\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Star Party with Astronomy Club of Tulsa: Babysitter Worthy','Need something to do in the Tulsa area that’s fun, free and could really impress a date? Here\'s an idea: Grab a few sweaters and a picnic dinner. Then, go stargazing at an observatory using 14-foot telescopes worth thousands and thousands of dollars. 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Then, go stargazing at an observatory using 14-foot telescopes worth thousands and thousands of dollars. \r\n\r\nGet the details of this week\'s Babysitter Worthy pick <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-star-party-astronomy-club-tulsa\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Star Party with Astronomy Club of Tulsa: Babysitter Worthy','Need something to do in the Tulsa area that’s fun, free and could really impress a date? Here\'s an idea: Grab a few sweaters and a picnic dinner. Then, go stargazing at an observatory using 14-foot telescopes worth thousands and thousands of dollars. ','inherit','open','open','','7180-revision-7','','','2011-07-10 11:10:23','2011-07-10 17:10:23','',7180,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7180-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8805,1,'2011-07-10 11:10:23','2011-07-10 17:10:23','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/star-party-astronomy-club-tulsa-babysitter-worthy/ringnebula/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7253\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ringnebula-500x511.jpg\" alt=\"Ring Nebula\" title=\"Ring Nebula\" width=\"500\" height=\"511\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7253\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNeed something to do in the Tulsa area that’s fun, free and could really impress a date? Here\'s an idea: Grab a few sweaters and a picnic dinner. Then, go stargazing at an observatory using 14-foot telescopes worth thousands and thousands of dollars. \r\n\r\nGet the details of this week\'s Babysitter Worthy pick <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-star-party-astronomy-club-tulsa\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Star Party with Astronomy Club of Tulsa: Babysitter Worthy','Need something to do in the Tulsa area that’s fun, free and could really impress a date? Here\'s an idea: Grab a few sweaters and a picnic dinner. Then, go stargazing at an observatory using 14-foot telescopes worth thousands and thousands of dollars. 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R.R., Clinton, Iowa (LOC)\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nWe\'ve all had our share of what the immortal Wayne from the movie Wayne\'s World liked to call Joe jobs - the sort of positions that were good for not much more than contributing yet another name tag or hair net to a cork board wall of shame. They\'re the sort of jobs that in high school and college meant manual labor instead of parties, helping old women try on shoes instead of front-row seats at that big concert or, worst of all, food service at a busy drive-thru instead of a big date.\r\n\r\nI want to put this out there: Sometimes, the job of working mom feels kind of like a Joe job.\r\n\r\nRead the rest (including a list of the Joe jobs I held in high school and college) <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=dirty-jobs-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog on TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Dirty Jobs: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','I want to put this out there: Sometimes, the job of working mom feels kind of like a Joe job.','inherit','open','open','','7178-revision-3','','','2011-03-22 20:40:37','2011-03-23 02:40:37','',7178,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/7178-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8807,1,'2011-03-18 14:55:25','2011-03-18 20:55:25','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7142\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/drillers-fest-tulsa-kids/oneokfield/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7142\" title=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ONEOKField.jpg\" alt=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nImagine this: A gentle breeze. The green of a baseball diamond. The crack of a bat. A piping hot, fully dressed hot dog. The glowing buildings of downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nIt\'s all at <a href=\"http://www.tulsadrillers.com/\">ONEOK Field</a> starting Thursday, April 7, just a few short weeks from now. And this Saturday, you can whet your appetite for baseball season, spend time with the kids and get your first opportunity to buy individual tickets for all 70 Drillers home games at the same time.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Drillers Fest: Tulsa Kids Day out','Get free activities for the kids, tours of ONEOK Field, tickets to Drillers games and free food at Drillers Fest 2011. ','inherit','open','open','','7141-revision-3','','','2011-03-18 14:55:25','2011-03-18 20:55:25','',7141,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/7141-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8808,1,'2011-07-10 11:10:36','2011-07-10 17:10:36','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7142\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/drillers-fest-tulsa-kids/oneokfield/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7142\" title=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ONEOKField.jpg\" alt=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nImagine this: A gentle breeze. The green of a baseball diamond. The crack of a bat. A piping hot, fully dressed hot dog. The glowing buildings of downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nIt\'s all at <a href=\"http://www.tulsadrillers.com/\">ONEOK Field</a> starting Thursday, April 7, just a few short weeks from now. And this Saturday, you can whet your appetite for baseball season, spend time with the kids and get your first opportunity to buy individual tickets for all 70 Drillers home games at the same time.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Drillers Fest: Tulsa Kids Day out','Get free activities for the kids, tours of ONEOK Field, tickets to Drillers games and free food at Drillers Fest 2011. ','inherit','open','open','','7141-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:10:36','2011-07-10 17:10:36','',7141,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7141-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8809,1,'2011-03-18 09:07:23','2011-03-18 15:07:23','<iframe src=\"http://player.vimeo.com/video/17871622\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe><p><a href=\"http://vimeo.com/17871622\">Show and Tell With Peter Bedgood</a> from <a href=\"http://vimeo.com/user5495858\">Peter Bedgood</a> on <a href=\"http://vimeo.com\">Vimeo</a>.</p>\r\n\r\nRemember the variety shows of yore? Did you know that we have one right here in Tulsa? Well, we do, and it’s awesome. And after you hire a babysitter and stock the kids up with DVDs and pizza, head downtown to be part of the live audience tonight.  Get the full details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-show-and-tell-peter-bedgood\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Show and Tell With Peter Bedgood: Babysitter Worthy','Get live music, dancing, short films, local celebs and more as Tulsa\'s talent takes to the stage tonight at Show & Tell with Peter Bedgood.','inherit','open','open','','7135-revision-3','','','2011-03-18 09:07:23','2011-03-18 15:07:23','',7135,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/7135-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8810,1,'2011-03-14 20:07:06','2011-03-15 02:07:06','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Soldier\'s goodbye &amp; Bobbie the cat, ca. 1939-ca. 1945 / by Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/3257035516/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/3257035516_1733ccf238.jpg\" alt=\"Soldier\'s goodbye &amp; Bobbie the cat, ca. 1939-ca. 1945 / by Sam Hood\" width=\"378\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nMy husband and I had to go out of town last weekend. As we like to do any time we\'re staying in a hotel, we put on our coziest pajamas, got chin-deep in the covers and flipped on the funniest, most moronic thing we could find on cable TV.\r\n\r\nHey, don\'t knock us. At least we don\'t spend thousands of hours and hundreds of dollars each year on the boob tube. We can watch TV when we\'re dead. Or, you know, when we\'re spending hundreds of dollars on a hotel room for the weekend.\r\n\r\nAll of this is beside the point, so I\'ll get back on track: So there we were, sitting in the glow of the light of a giant TV, cold cocktails in hand, the sounds of a comedy show audience washing over our ears like waves on a beach.\r\n\r\nThen, we heard a different sort of noise.\r\n\r\nGet the whole story <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-making-every-day-sexy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Making Every Day Sexy: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','So there we were, sitting in the glow of the light of a giant TV, cold cocktails in hand, the sounds of a comedy show audience washing over our ears like waves on a beach. But then, we heard a different sort of noise.','inherit','open','open','','6957-revision-4','','','2011-03-14 20:07:06','2011-03-15 02:07:06','',6957,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/6957-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8811,1,'2011-03-10 20:35:12','2011-03-11 02:35:12','<span id=\"wylio-flickr-image-4439735111\" style=\"display: block; line-height: 15px; width: 500px; padding: 0; margin: 10px auto; position: relative; float: none;\"><img style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: none;\" title=\"March 17/2010 Happy St. Patrick\'s Day! - photo by: Judith Doyle, Source: Flickr, found with Wylio.com\" src=\"http://img.wylio.com/flickr/500/4439735111\" alt=\"March 17/2010 Happy St. Patrick\'s Day!\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /><span id=\"wylio-flickr-credits-4439735111\" class=\"wylio-credits\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; padding: 0; margin: 0; width: 100%; color: #aaa; background: #fff; float: left; clear: both; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic;\"><span class=\"photoby\" style=\"padding: 2px; margin: 0;\"><span style=\"display: block; float: left; margin: 0;\">photo © 2010 <a style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; color: #aaa; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"click to visit the Flickr profile page for Judith Doyle\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/people/46468661@N04\" target=\"_blank\">Judith Doyle</a> | <a style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; color: #aaa; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"get more information about the photo \'March 17/2010 Happy St. Patrick\'s Day!\'\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/46468661@N04/4439735111\" target=\"_blank\">more info </a></span><span style=\"display: block; float: right; margin-left: 5px;\"><strong style=\"margin: 0;\">(via: <a style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; color: #aaa; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"free pictures\" href=\"http://wylio.com\" target=\"_blank\">Wylio</a>)</strong></span></span></span></span>\r\n\r\nSt. Patrick\'s Day isn\'t until late next week, but when there\'s an event this weekend that combines fun, family time, one of Tulsa\'s most beloved cruising strips and hilarious costumes, why wait to get the party started?\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-st-patricks-day-5k\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','St. Patrick\'s Day 5K Run: Tulsa Kids Day Out','St. Patrick\'s Day isn\'t until late next week, but when there\'s an event this weekend that combines fun, family time, one of Tulsa\'s most beloved cruising strips and hilarious costumes, why wait to get the party started? ','inherit','open','open','','6866-revision-3','','','2011-03-10 20:35:12','2011-03-11 02:35:12','',6866,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/6866-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8812,1,'2011-03-10 19:38:48','2011-03-11 01:38:48','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6853\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/jazz-music-downtown-with-annie-ellicott-amy-cottingham-tulsa-kids/annie_ellicott/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6853\" title=\"Annie Ellicott Jazz Music Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Annie_Ellicott.jpg\" alt=\"Annie Ellicott Jazz Music Tulsa\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nThere\'s nothing quite like a vocalist who can handle an old, familiar jazz classic with expertise and creativity in equal and appropriate measure to put a person at ease.\r\n\r\nThere\'s nothing quite like it for unwinding after a long week. And for knowing that the kids are bouncing off of padded walls at home under the watchful eyes of a babysitter while you sip a glass of wine. And for soothing your ears with soft sounds and settling your soul with the company of a date or a fellow parent who needed a night off maybe even more than you did.\r\n\r\nFor that, for this weekend, there\'s <a href=\"http://www.okjazz.org/\">Annie Ellicott\'s performance this Sunday at The Depot in downtown Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-annie-ellicott-amy-cottingham-depot\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<em>Photo from <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/annieellicott\">Annie Ellicott on Myspace</a>.</em>','Jazz Music Downtown with Annie Ellicott & Amy Cottingham: Babysitter Worthy','Jazz vocalist Annie Ellicott joins pianist Amy Cottingham for original music as well as classic tunes at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame this weekend. ','inherit','open','open','','6852-revision-7','','','2011-03-10 19:38:48','2011-03-11 01:38:48','',6852,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/6852-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8813,1,'2011-07-10 11:11:00','2011-07-10 17:11:00','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6853\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/jazz-music-downtown-with-annie-ellicott-amy-cottingham-tulsa-kids/annie_ellicott/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6853\" title=\"Annie Ellicott Jazz Music Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Annie_Ellicott.jpg\" alt=\"Annie Ellicott Jazz Music Tulsa\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nThere\'s nothing quite like a vocalist who can handle an old, familiar jazz classic with expertise and creativity in equal and appropriate measure to put a person at ease.\r\n\r\nThere\'s nothing quite like it for unwinding after a long week. And for knowing that the kids are bouncing off of padded walls at home under the watchful eyes of a babysitter while you sip a glass of wine. And for soothing your ears with soft sounds and settling your soul with the company of a date or a fellow parent who needed a night off maybe even more than you did.\r\n\r\nFor that, for this weekend, there\'s <a href=\"http://www.okjazz.org/\">Annie Ellicott\'s performance this Sunday at The Depot in downtown Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-annie-ellicott-amy-cottingham-depot\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<em>Photo from <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/annieellicott\">Annie Ellicott on Myspace</a>.</em>','Jazz Music Downtown with Annie Ellicott & Amy Cottingham: Babysitter Worthy','Jazz vocalist Annie Ellicott joins pianist Amy Cottingham for original music as well as classic tunes at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame this weekend. ','inherit','open','open','','6852-revision-8','','','2011-07-10 11:11:00','2011-07-10 17:11:00','',6852,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/6852-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8814,1,'2011-03-07 19:34:22','2011-03-08 01:34:22','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/low-cost-stress-free-birthday-party-tulsa-kids/dsc_1914/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6731\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_1914-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Waffle Pajama Birthday Party\" title=\"Waffle Pajama Birthday Party\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6731\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast weekend I fought tears, took many a deep breath and made approximately five dozen waffles.\r\n\r\nWhy? My baby boy turned three. My sweet, tiny, precious, little man. Three.\r\n\r\nSo, in spite of how heartbroken I get at about this time every year, a party was in order. And today I wrote about how I turned waffles, pajamas and candied bacon into my favorite idea for a kids\' birthday party yet <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=low-cost-almost-stress-free-birthday-party-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. Go see. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n','The Low-Cost, (Almost) Stress-Free Birthday Party: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','Last weekend I fought tears, took many a deep breath and made approximately five dozen waffles. Why? My baby boy turned three.','inherit','open','open','','6730-revision-5','','','2011-03-07 19:34:22','2011-03-08 01:34:22','',6730,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/6730-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8815,1,'2011-07-10 11:11:31','2011-07-10 17:11:31','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/low-cost-stress-free-birthday-party-tulsa-kids/dsc_1914/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6731\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_1914-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Waffle Pajama Birthday Party\" title=\"Waffle Pajama Birthday Party\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6731\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast weekend I fought tears, took many a deep breath and made approximately five dozen waffles.\r\n\r\nWhy? My baby boy turned three. My sweet, tiny, precious, little man. Three.\r\n\r\nSo, in spite of how heartbroken I get at about this time every year, a party was in order. And today I wrote about how I turned waffles, pajamas and candied bacon into my favorite idea for a kids\' birthday party yet <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=low-cost-almost-stress-free-birthday-party-confessions-work-home-mom\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. Go see. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n','The Low-Cost, (Almost) Stress-Free Birthday Party: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','Last weekend I fought tears, took many a deep breath and made approximately five dozen waffles. Why? My baby boy turned three.','inherit','open','open','','6730-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:11:31','2011-07-10 17:11:31','',6730,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/6730-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8816,1,'2011-03-03 22:12:08','2011-03-04 04:12:08','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6512\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=6512\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-6512  aligncenter\" title=\"V-Man at Tulsa Artists Coalition Gallery New Genre Festival\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Picture-23.png\" alt=\"V-Man at Tulsa Artists Coalition Gallery New Genre Festival\" width=\"448\" height=\"427\" /></a></p>\r\nSomething that departs from the popular ethos of the south-central U.S. happens on the first Friday night of every month in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nYes, every single month, and yes, right here in your very own town. Tulsans park their cars, lace up their walking shoes, ditch the streets and take to the sidewalks instead, flitting from art gallery to bar to restaurant to art gallery, soaking up art openings, new exhibits and even performance art and music.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a little something called First Friday Art Crawl, and it takes over the Brady District on the first weekend night after you flip the page on your calendars at home.\r\n\r\nAs terrific as it is to realize this for perhaps the first time, here\'s something else rad: This month\'s First Friday Art Crawl is a special First Friday Art Crawl. So special, in fact, that it\'s babysitter worthy.\r\n\r\nGet the details on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-friday-night-art-crawl-tulsas-brady-district\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nPhoto from <a href=\"http://www.tacgallery.com/\">Tulsa Artists\' Coalition Gallery</a>.','Babysitter Worthy: First Friday Art Crawl in Tulsa\'s Brady District','On the first Friday of each month, Tulsans park their cars, lace up their walking shoes, ditch the streets and take to the sidewalks instead, flitting from art gallery to bar to restaurant to art gallery, soaking up art openings, new exhibits and even performance art and music.','inherit','open','open','','6519-revision-3','','','2011-03-03 22:12:08','2011-03-04 04:12:08','',6519,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/6519-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8817,1,'2011-07-10 11:12:01','2011-07-10 17:12:01','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6512\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=6512\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-6512  aligncenter\" title=\"V-Man at Tulsa Artists Coalition Gallery New Genre Festival\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Picture-23.png\" alt=\"V-Man at Tulsa Artists Coalition Gallery New Genre Festival\" width=\"448\" height=\"427\" /></a></p>\r\nSomething that departs from the popular ethos of the south-central U.S. happens on the first Friday night of every month in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nYes, every single month, and yes, right here in your very own town. Tulsans park their cars, lace up their walking shoes, ditch the streets and take to the sidewalks instead, flitting from art gallery to bar to restaurant to art gallery, soaking up art openings, new exhibits and even performance art and music.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a little something called First Friday Art Crawl, and it takes over the Brady District on the first weekend night after you flip the page on your calendars at home.\r\n\r\nAs terrific as it is to realize this for perhaps the first time, here\'s something else rad: This month\'s First Friday Art Crawl is a special First Friday Art Crawl. So special, in fact, that it\'s babysitter worthy.\r\n\r\nGet the details on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-friday-night-art-crawl-tulsas-brady-district\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nPhoto from <a href=\"http://www.tacgallery.com/\">Tulsa Artists\' Coalition Gallery</a>.','Babysitter Worthy: First Friday Art Crawl in Tulsa\'s Brady District','On the first Friday of each month, Tulsans park their cars, lace up their walking shoes, ditch the streets and take to the sidewalks instead, flitting from art gallery to bar to restaurant to art gallery, soaking up art openings, new exhibits and even performance art and music.','inherit','open','open','','6519-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:12:01','2011-07-10 17:12:01','',6519,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/6519-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8818,1,'2011-02-28 23:23:47','2011-03-01 04:23:47','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4251\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-kitchen-helper-tulsa-kids/img_0159/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4251\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio Kitchen Helper\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0159-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio Kitchen Helper\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere was a great article printed in an edition of <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/\">TulsaKids Magazine</a> a few months back about how a group of local moms decided whether to go back to work or stay home after their babies were born.\r\n\r\nI read that article as if it were a double bacon cheeseburger and I hadn\'t eaten in two weeks.\r\n\r\nI wrote about how I made this decision for my own family on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-work-or-stay-home-question\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a> today. Check it out, especially if you love stories that feature the gnashing of teeth.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-At-Home Mom: To Work Or Stay Home, That Is The Question','I wrote about how I made the decision work-or-stay-home for my own family on my blog at TulsaKids.com today. Check it out, especially if you love stories that feature the gnashing of teeth.','inherit','open','open','','6389-revision-3','','','2011-02-28 23:23:47','2011-03-01 04:23:47','',6389,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6389-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8819,1,'2011-07-10 11:20:28','2011-07-10 17:20:28','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4251\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-kitchen-helper-tulsa-kids/img_0159/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4251\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio Kitchen Helper\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0159-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio Kitchen Helper\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere was a great article printed in an edition of <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/\">TulsaKids Magazine</a> a few months back about how a group of local moms decided whether to go back to work or stay home after their babies were born.\r\n\r\nI read that article as if it were a double bacon cheeseburger and I hadn\'t eaten in two weeks.\r\n\r\nI wrote about how I made this decision for my own family on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-work-or-stay-home-question\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a> today. Check it out, especially if you love stories that feature the gnashing of teeth.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-At-Home Mom: To Work Or Stay Home, That Is The Question','I wrote about how I made the decision work-or-stay-home for my own family on my blog at TulsaKids.com today. Check it out, especially if you love stories that feature the gnashing of teeth.','inherit','open','open','','6389-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:20:28','2011-07-10 17:20:28','',6389,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/6389-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8820,1,'2011-02-25 13:12:18','2011-02-25 18:12:18','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6196\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/top-that-pizza-tulsa-kids-magazine/img_0733/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-6196  aligncenter\" title=\"Top That Pizza\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_0733.jpg\" alt=\"Top That Pizza\" height=\"550\" /></a></p>\r\nWhen a pizza craving strikes the homefront, there’s nothing quite so apt to cause a mother to beat her head against a wall than attempting to order that one mystical pie that will please the whole family.\r\n\r\nBut what if that mother has at her disposal a pizza assembly line, stocked with nine sauces and 40 toppings, several of which are from local sources? And with three types of crust that come perfectly and personally sized at either six or nine inches across? And what if the price of dinner from such a place rang up lower than the cost of the average trip to her family’s favorite local pizzeria?\r\n\r\nI’m pretty sure what we’d have on our hands at that point would be a happy dance, mamma-style. That’s what happened to us, anyway, when my two-year-old son and I first visited Top That! Pizza, which opened in October of last year at 8393 S. Memorial Drive.\r\n\r\nGet the full review at <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=activities/entertainment/kids-table-pick-your-own-pizza-toppings\">The Kids\' Table at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Top That Pizza: The Kids\' Table','When my two-year-old son and I first visited Top That! Pizza, I did the happy dance, mamma-style. ','inherit','open','open','','6195-revision-5','','','2011-02-25 13:12:18','2011-02-25 18:12:18','',6195,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6195-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8821,1,'2011-02-25 13:12:18','2011-02-25 18:12:18','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6196\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/top-that-pizza-tulsa-kids-magazine/img_0733/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-6196  aligncenter\" title=\"Top That Pizza\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_0733.jpg\" alt=\"Top That Pizza\" height=\"550\" /></a></p>\r\nWhen a pizza craving strikes the homefront, there’s nothing quite so apt to cause a mother to beat her head against a wall than attempting to order that one mystical pie that will please the whole family.\r\n\r\nBut what if that mother has at her disposal a pizza assembly line, stocked with nine sauces and 40 toppings, several of which are from local sources? And with three types of crust that come perfectly and personally sized at either six or nine inches across? And what if the price of dinner from such a place rang up lower than the cost of the average trip to her family’s favorite local pizzeria?\r\n\r\nI’m pretty sure what we’d have on our hands at that point would be a happy dance, mamma-style. That’s what happened to us, anyway, when my two-year-old son and I first visited Top That! Pizza, which opened in October of last year at 8393 S. Memorial Drive.\r\n\r\nGet the full review at <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=activities/entertainment/kids-table-pick-your-own-pizza-toppings\">The Kids\' Table at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Top That Pizza: The Kids\' Table','When my two-year-old son and I first visited Top That! Pizza, I did the happy dance, mamma-style. ','inherit','open','open','','6195-revision-5','','','2011-02-25 13:12:18','2011-02-25 18:12:18','',6195,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6195-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8822,1,'2011-07-10 11:21:17','2011-07-10 17:21:17','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6196\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/top-that-pizza-tulsa-kids-magazine/img_0733/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-6196  aligncenter\" title=\"Top That Pizza\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_0733.jpg\" alt=\"Top That Pizza\" height=\"550\" /></a></p>\r\nWhen a pizza craving strikes the homefront, there’s nothing quite so apt to cause a mother to beat her head against a wall than attempting to order that one mystical pie that will please the whole family.\r\n\r\nBut what if that mother has at her disposal a pizza assembly line, stocked with nine sauces and 40 toppings, several of which are from local sources? And with three types of crust that come perfectly and personally sized at either six or nine inches across? And what if the price of dinner from such a place rang up lower than the cost of the average trip to her family’s favorite local pizzeria?\r\n\r\nI’m pretty sure what we’d have on our hands at that point would be a happy dance, mamma-style. That’s what happened to us, anyway, when my two-year-old son and I first visited Top That! Pizza, which opened in October of last year at 8393 S. Memorial Drive.\r\n\r\nGet the full review at <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=activities/entertainment/kids-table-pick-your-own-pizza-toppings\">The Kids\' Table at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Top That Pizza: The Kids\' Table','When my two-year-old son and I first visited Top That! Pizza, I did the happy dance, mamma-style. 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And with three types of crust that come perfectly and personally sized at either six or nine inches across? And what if the price of dinner from such a place rang up lower than the cost of the average trip to her family’s favorite local pizzeria?\r\n\r\nI’m pretty sure what we’d have on our hands at that point would be a happy dance, mamma-style. That’s what happened to us, anyway, when my two-year-old son and I first visited Top That! Pizza, which opened in October of last year at 8393 S. Memorial Drive.\r\n\r\nGet the full review at <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=activities/entertainment/kids-table-pick-your-own-pizza-toppings\">The Kids\' Table at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Top That Pizza: The Kids\' Table','When my two-year-old son and I first visited Top That! Pizza, I did the happy dance, mamma-style. ','inherit','open','open','','6195-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:21:17','2011-07-10 17:21:17','',6195,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/6195-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8824,1,'2011-02-22 10:51:11','2011-02-22 15:51:11','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/how-i-learned-to-photograph-my-kid/dsc_1884-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6090\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18841.jpg\" alt=\"Woodward Park Tulsa\" title=\"Woodward Park Tulsa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6090\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLearning to take illustrative, how-to-do-Tulsa photos with a toddler as a model has been a huge learning process for me, earned mostly through trial and error. While I in no way claim to be a professional photographer - I am far, far from it, in fact - I posted a few simple tips and tricks I\'ve picked up along the way on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-how-i-learned-photograph-my-kid\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. Who knows, they might help you as you document your own travels about town with your kids.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: How I Learned to Photograph My Kid','Learning to take illustrative, how-to-do-Tulsa photos with a toddler as a model has been a huge learning process for me, earned mostly through trial and error.','inherit','open','open','','6089-revision-9','','','2011-02-22 10:51:11','2011-02-22 15:51:11','',6089,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6089-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(8825,1,'2011-07-10 11:27:38','2011-07-10 17:27:38','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/how-i-learned-to-photograph-my-kid/dsc_1884-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6090\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18841.jpg\" alt=\"Woodward Park Tulsa\" title=\"Woodward Park Tulsa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6090\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLearning to take illustrative, how-to-do-Tulsa photos with a toddler as a model has been a huge learning process for me, earned mostly through trial and error. While I in no way claim to be a professional photographer - I am far, far from it, in fact - I posted a few simple tips and tricks I\'ve picked up along the way on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-how-i-learned-photograph-my-kid\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. Who knows, they might help you as you document your own travels about town with your kids.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: How I Learned to Photograph My Kid','Learning to take illustrative, how-to-do-Tulsa photos with a toddler as a model has been a huge learning process for me, earned mostly through trial and error.','inherit','open','open','','6089-revision-10','','','2011-07-10 11:27:38','2011-07-10 17:27:38','',6089,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/6089-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(8826,1,'2011-02-18 12:15:45','2011-02-18 17:15:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-18/24837_375541840892_87947990892_3701294_7246552_n/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1364\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/24837_375541840892_87947990892_3701294_7246552_n-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Full Moon Walk at Oxley Nature Center\" title=\"Full Moon Walk at Oxley Nature Center\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1364\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast weekend at this time we Tulsans were still digging out of piles of snow - snow that had thickly blanketed the ground since Feb. 1.\r\n\r\nSince antiquity, basically - or, so it felt.\r\n\r\nThat\'s why for date night this weekend you should refuse under any circumstances to be indoors. Get a few ways to ditch shelter and to make your way into the wild blue yonder on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-double-feature-full-moon-walk-brookside-music-crawl\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy, Double Feature Edition: Full Moon Walk at Oxley, Brookside Music Crawl','For date night this weekend you should refuse under any circumstances to be indoors.','inherit','open','open','','6012-revision-3','','','2011-02-18 12:15:45','2011-02-18 17:15:45','',6012,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6012-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8827,1,'2011-07-10 11:27:45','2011-07-10 17:27:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-18/24837_375541840892_87947990892_3701294_7246552_n/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1364\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/24837_375541840892_87947990892_3701294_7246552_n-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Full Moon Walk at Oxley Nature Center\" title=\"Full Moon Walk at Oxley Nature Center\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1364\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast weekend at this time we Tulsans were still digging out of piles of snow - snow that had thickly blanketed the ground since Feb. 1.\r\n\r\nSince antiquity, basically - or, so it felt.\r\n\r\nThat\'s why for date night this weekend you should refuse under any circumstances to be indoors. Get a few ways to ditch shelter and to make your way into the wild blue yonder on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-double-feature-full-moon-walk-brookside-music-crawl\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy, Double Feature Edition: Full Moon Walk at Oxley, Brookside Music Crawl','For date night this weekend you should refuse under any circumstances to be indoors.','inherit','open','open','','6012-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:27:45','2011-07-10 17:27:45','',6012,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/6012-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8828,1,'2011-02-18 11:56:06','2011-02-18 16:56:06','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163470598/\" title=\"[Bob Burman, race car driver] (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2037/2163470598_fb7571cdab.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"366\" alt=\"[Bob Burman, race car driver] (LOC)\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\r\nYour standard car show probably wouldn\'t be enough to entertain a couple of kids for very long (not that I\'m speaking from experience or anything). \r\n\r\nBut add skateboarding, live music and a battle of the monster trucks to the mix, and then add some seriously strange-looking, futuristic car creations, and bada-bing, bada-boom, you\'re in business. \r\n\r\nGet the details on this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-national-rod-custom-car-show\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: National Rod & Custom Car Show','A custom car show plus skateboarding, live music, futuristic car creations and a battle of the monster trucks. Bada-bing, bada-boom, you\'re in business. ','inherit','open','open','','6008-revision-2','','','2011-02-18 11:56:06','2011-02-18 16:56:06','',6008,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6008-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8829,1,'2011-02-15 22:58:03','2011-02-16 03:58:03','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/gardners-used-books/dsc00669/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3103  aligncenter\" title=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/DSC00669.jpg\" alt=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\nA couple of days each week, I ferry my son to his preschool, where he stays and plays for five hours or so.\r\n\r\nIt\'s some of the only time each week I get to myself, and I usually use it to get as much work done as quickly as possible, all while I have the space, energy and quiet to focus.\r\n\r\nHome, as I\'ve found out, isn\'t always the best place to do this. It\'s easy to get distracted by neglected cleaning duties, personal phone calls and making oneself an elaborate lunch that neither my husband nor my son would eat in a million years.\r\n\r\nSo sometimes, it\'s best to do the work-at-home thing somewhere - anywhere - else than home. Here, in no particular order, are a few Tulsa-area spots I hit up when I\'m craving an office without walls.\r\n\r\nGet the list <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-work-away-home-hideouts\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Work-Away-From-Home Hideouts','Sometimes, it\'s best to do the work-at-home thing anywhere but at home.','inherit','open','open','','5943-revision-7','','','2011-02-15 22:58:03','2011-02-16 03:58:03','',5943,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5943-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8830,1,'2011-07-10 11:28:07','2011-07-10 17:28:07','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/gardners-used-books/dsc00669/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3103  aligncenter\" title=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/DSC00669.jpg\" alt=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\nA couple of days each week, I ferry my son to his preschool, where he stays and plays for five hours or so.\r\n\r\nIt\'s some of the only time each week I get to myself, and I usually use it to get as much work done as quickly as possible, all while I have the space, energy and quiet to focus.\r\n\r\nHome, as I\'ve found out, isn\'t always the best place to do this. It\'s easy to get distracted by neglected cleaning duties, personal phone calls and making oneself an elaborate lunch that neither my husband nor my son would eat in a million years.\r\n\r\nSo sometimes, it\'s best to do the work-at-home thing somewhere - anywhere - else than home. Here, in no particular order, are a few Tulsa-area spots I hit up when I\'m craving an office without walls.\r\n\r\nGet the list <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-work-away-home-hideouts\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Work-Away-From-Home Hideouts','Sometimes, it\'s best to do the work-at-home thing anywhere but at home.','inherit','open','open','','5943-revision-8','','','2011-07-10 11:28:07','2011-07-10 17:28:07','',5943,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5943-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8831,1,'2011-07-10 11:28:07','2011-07-10 17:28:07','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/gardners-used-books/dsc00669/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3103  aligncenter\" title=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/DSC00669.jpg\" alt=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\nA couple of days each week, I ferry my son to his preschool, where he stays and plays for five hours or so.\r\n\r\nIt\'s some of the only time each week I get to myself, and I usually use it to get as much work done as quickly as possible, all while I have the space, energy and quiet to focus.\r\n\r\nHome, as I\'ve found out, isn\'t always the best place to do this. It\'s easy to get distracted by neglected cleaning duties, personal phone calls and making oneself an elaborate lunch that neither my husband nor my son would eat in a million years.\r\n\r\nSo sometimes, it\'s best to do the work-at-home thing somewhere - anywhere - else than home. Here, in no particular order, are a few Tulsa-area spots I hit up when I\'m craving an office without walls.\r\n\r\nGet the list <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-work-away-home-hideouts\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Work-Away-From-Home Hideouts','Sometimes, it\'s best to do the work-at-home thing anywhere but at home.','inherit','open','open','','5943-revision-9','','','2011-07-10 11:28:07','2011-07-10 17:28:07','',5943,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5943-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(8832,1,'2011-07-10 11:28:07','2011-07-10 17:28:07','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/gardners-used-books/dsc00669/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-3103  aligncenter\" title=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/DSC00669.jpg\" alt=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\nA couple of days each week, I ferry my son to his preschool, where he stays and plays for five hours or so.\r\n\r\nIt\'s some of the only time each week I get to myself, and I usually use it to get as much work done as quickly as possible, all while I have the space, energy and quiet to focus.\r\n\r\nHome, as I\'ve found out, isn\'t always the best place to do this. It\'s easy to get distracted by neglected cleaning duties, personal phone calls and making oneself an elaborate lunch that neither my husband nor my son would eat in a million years.\r\n\r\nSo sometimes, it\'s best to do the work-at-home thing somewhere - anywhere - else than home. Here, in no particular order, are a few Tulsa-area spots I hit up when I\'m craving an office without walls.\r\n\r\nGet the list <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-work-away-home-hideouts\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Work-Away-From-Home Hideouts','Sometimes, it\'s best to do the work-at-home thing anywhere but at home.','inherit','open','open','','5943-revision-10','','','2011-07-10 11:28:07','2011-07-10 17:28:07','',5943,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5943-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(8833,1,'2011-02-11 10:39:11','2011-02-11 15:39:11','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-17/dsc09745/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4586\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09745.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame\" title=\"Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4586\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe issue this weekend isn\'t that there\'s a shortage of date night ideas here in Tulsa. Valentine\'s Day has helped to ensure that we\'re stocked better than usual in that department. \r\n\r\nNope, the challenge this weekend, my friends, is deciphering how to get the most bang for your babysitter buck. While the choice was (very) difficult this year, here\'s the event that I think is your best bets for date night this V-Day weekend. \r\n\r\nGet the details and nearby dinner recommendations on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-valentine-party-olivia-duhon-grady-nichols\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Valentine Party with Olivia Duhon & Grady Nichols','While the choice was (very) difficult this year, here\'s the event that I think is your best bets for date night this V-Day weekend.','inherit','open','open','','5869-revision-3','','','2011-02-11 10:39:11','2011-02-11 15:39:11','',5869,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5869-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8834,1,'2011-07-10 11:28:14','2011-07-10 17:28:14','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-17/dsc09745/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4586\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09745.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame\" title=\"Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4586\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe issue this weekend isn\'t that there\'s a shortage of date night ideas here in Tulsa. Valentine\'s Day has helped to ensure that we\'re stocked better than usual in that department. \r\n\r\nNope, the challenge this weekend, my friends, is deciphering how to get the most bang for your babysitter buck. While the choice was (very) difficult this year, here\'s the event that I think is your best bets for date night this V-Day weekend. \r\n\r\nGet the details and nearby dinner recommendations on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-valentine-party-olivia-duhon-grady-nichols\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Valentine Party with Olivia Duhon & Grady Nichols','While the choice was (very) difficult this year, here\'s the event that I think is your best bets for date night this V-Day weekend.','inherit','open','open','','5869-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:28:14','2011-07-10 17:28:14','',5869,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5869-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8835,1,'2011-02-11 10:40:00','2011-02-11 15:40:00','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5866\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/skate-date-tulsa-kids/4270094804_6daedda923/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5866  aligncenter\" title=\"Skate Date at BOK Center\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/4270094804_6daedda923.jpg\" alt=\"Skate Date at BOK Center\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nNine. Consecutive. Snow. Days.\r\n\r\nTranslation? For the love of what sanity is left in this world, get yourself and those kids the heck out of the house this weekend. Thanks to Valentine\'s Day and a break in the insane winter weather we\'ve been getting here Green Country, there\'s an event that\'s accessible for the whole family going on at the <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>.\r\n\r\nGet the heads up as well as nearby family friendly lunch and dinner recommendations on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-skate-date\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Skate Date','For the love of what sanity is left in this world, get yourself and those kids the heck out of the house this weekend.','inherit','open','open','','5865-revision-5','','','2011-02-11 10:40:00','2011-02-11 15:40:00','',5865,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5865-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8836,1,'2011-07-10 11:28:20','2011-07-10 17:28:20','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5866\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/skate-date-tulsa-kids/4270094804_6daedda923/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5866  aligncenter\" title=\"Skate Date at BOK Center\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/4270094804_6daedda923.jpg\" alt=\"Skate Date at BOK Center\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nNine. Consecutive. Snow. Days.\r\n\r\nTranslation? For the love of what sanity is left in this world, get yourself and those kids the heck out of the house this weekend. Thanks to Valentine\'s Day and a break in the insane winter weather we\'ve been getting here Green Country, there\'s an event that\'s accessible for the whole family going on at the <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>.\r\n\r\nGet the heads up as well as nearby family friendly lunch and dinner recommendations on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-skate-date\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Skate Date','For the love of what sanity is left in this world, get yourself and those kids the heck out of the house this weekend.','inherit','open','open','','5865-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:28:20','2011-07-10 17:28:20','',5865,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5865-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8837,1,'2011-02-08 17:35:17','2011-02-08 22:35:17','<img src=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/sites/default/files/DSC_1926.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" />\r\n\r\nRemember those days at the end of summer, the ones during the few weeks before school was ready to start? The days after you\'d done pretty much all you could think to do in one summer? The ones you spent lying on the floor, staring up at the ceiling fan until its rotation appeared to reverse in what is one of the most exciting optical illusions ever, mostly because you discovered it on your own when you were bored to tears?\r\n\r\nAll of this is how Tulsa-area kids are starting to feel. If school is out tomorrow (and many speculate that, with another heavy blanket of snow on its way to Green Country, it will be), it\'ll be the seventh straight snow day for our students.\r\n\r\nWhen you\'re of school-going age (or a parent of a child who is), people, seven days might as well be an eternity.\r\n\r\nBreathe in, breathe out. Here\'s something to do as a family that could help take some of the edge off.\r\n\r\nGet the recipe for a squishy, squashy snow day craft on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-snow-day-craft\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: A Snow Day Craft','When you\'re of school-going age (or a parent of a child who is), people, seven snow days in a row might as well be an eternity.','inherit','open','open','','5746-revision-4','','','2011-02-08 17:35:17','2011-02-08 22:35:17','',5746,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5746-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8838,1,'2011-02-04 19:24:17','2011-02-05 00:24:17','<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGRJGfDAgks\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/snowed-in-date-ideas-tulsa-kids/picture-7-5/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5643\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-7-500x306.png\" alt=\"Dumb and Dumber\" title=\"Dumb and Dumber\" width=\"500\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5643\" /></a></a>\r\n\r\nGot a babysitter within walking distance? Because one night (or both nights!) this weekend, you and your main squeeze could pretend you\'re snowed in at a ski lodge...a ski lodge that just happens to look an awful lot like your living room.\r\n\r\nGet some ideas on how to strike up the romance on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-top-10-snowed-date-ideas\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Top 10 Snowed-In Date Ideas','Got a babysitter within walking distance? Because one night (or both nights!) this weekend, you and your main squeeze could pretend you\'re snowed in at a ski lodge...a ski lodge that just happens to look an awful lot like your living room.','inherit','open','open','','5642-revision-5','','','2011-02-04 19:24:17','2011-02-05 00:24:17','',5642,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5642-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8839,1,'2011-07-10 11:31:45','2011-07-10 17:31:45','<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGRJGfDAgks\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/snowed-in-date-ideas-tulsa-kids/picture-7-5/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5643\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-7-500x306.png\" alt=\"Dumb and Dumber\" title=\"Dumb and Dumber\" width=\"500\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5643\" /></a></a>\r\n\r\nGot a babysitter within walking distance? Because one night (or both nights!) this weekend, you and your main squeeze could pretend you\'re snowed in at a ski lodge...a ski lodge that just happens to look an awful lot like your living room.\r\n\r\nGet some ideas on how to strike up the romance on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-top-10-snowed-date-ideas\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Top 10 Snowed-In Date Ideas','Got a babysitter within walking distance? Because one night (or both nights!) this weekend, you and your main squeeze could pretend you\'re snowed in at a ski lodge...a ski lodge that just happens to look an awful lot like your living room.','inherit','open','open','','5642-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:31:45','2011-07-10 17:31:45','',5642,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5642-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8840,1,'2011-02-04 15:24:01','2011-02-04 20:24:01','<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/0HuToOuc9cA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nThere\'s been snow on the ground since Monday. Classrooms in the Tulsa area have been dark for days on end. It\'s been too cold to sled or build snowmen. Cabin fever is starting to take root in a serious way.\r\n\r\nWhat does a kid have to do to get a little entertainment around here?\r\n\r\nThe good news? There are options. Get two really exciting ones on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-or-monster-jamneighborhood-talent-show\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out (Or, In): Monster Jam/Neighborhood Talent Show','What does a kid have to do to get a little entertainment around here?','inherit','open','open','','5628-revision-2','','','2011-02-04 15:24:01','2011-02-04 20:24:01','',5628,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5628-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8841,1,'2011-02-02 14:52:22','2011-02-02 19:52:22','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5471\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dim-sum-guangzhou-restaurant/dsc_1830-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5471\" title=\"Dim sum\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1830-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Dim sum\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\nIf there’s one thing people like to do in this town we call Tulsa, it’s eat.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsafood.com/\">As featured today on TulsaFood.com</a>, here\'s a list of some of my latest restaurant and food finds. My bet is that you\'ll want to add them to your list of places to try.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pie Day</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/happy-national-pie-day/\">It was national. And happy.</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Do Dim Sum</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dim-sum-guangzhou-restaurant/\">An afternoon at Tulsa\'s one and only Guangzhou</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Kids\' Table </strong>[<a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/\">Tulsa Kids</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/lulus-bake-shoppe-cafe-tulsa-kids/\">A date night idea involving at Lulu\'s Bake Shoppe &amp; Cafe</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Dinner Clubs in Vogue</strong> [<a href=\"http://www.tulsabusiness.com/\">Tulsa Business Journal</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dinner-clubs-in-vogue-tulsa-business-journal/\">Join your favorite secret food society here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>A snow day recipe</strong> [<a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/\">Tulsa Kids</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-a-snow-day-recipe/\">A loaf of light, buttery, homemade bread</a>.\r\n\r\nLooking for even more restaurant reviews and food news? <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/\">Check out TulsaFood.com</a>, or head to the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">restaurants</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/food/\">food sections</a> here at TDT.','The Month in Food','If there’s one thing people like to do in this town we call Tulsa, it’s eat.','inherit','open','open','','5546-revision-3','','','2011-02-02 14:52:22','2011-02-02 19:52:22','',5546,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5546-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8842,1,'2011-07-10 11:32:03','2011-07-10 17:32:03','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5471\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dim-sum-guangzhou-restaurant/dsc_1830-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5471\" title=\"Dim sum\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1830-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Dim sum\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\nIf there’s one thing people like to do in this town we call Tulsa, it’s eat.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsafood.com/\">As featured today on TulsaFood.com</a>, here\'s a list of some of my latest restaurant and food finds. My bet is that you\'ll want to add them to your list of places to try.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pie Day</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/happy-national-pie-day/\">It was national. And happy.</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Do Dim Sum</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dim-sum-guangzhou-restaurant/\">An afternoon at Tulsa\'s one and only Guangzhou</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Kids\' Table </strong>[<a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/\">Tulsa Kids</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/lulus-bake-shoppe-cafe-tulsa-kids/\">A date night idea involving at Lulu\'s Bake Shoppe &amp; Cafe</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Dinner Clubs in Vogue</strong> [<a href=\"http://www.tulsabusiness.com/\">Tulsa Business Journal</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dinner-clubs-in-vogue-tulsa-business-journal/\">Join your favorite secret food society here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>A snow day recipe</strong> [<a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/\">Tulsa Kids</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-a-snow-day-recipe/\">A loaf of light, buttery, homemade bread</a>.\r\n\r\nLooking for even more restaurant reviews and food news? <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/\">Check out TulsaFood.com</a>, or head to the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">restaurants</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/food/\">food sections</a> here at TDT.','The Month in Food','If there’s one thing people like to do in this town we call Tulsa, it’s eat.','inherit','open','open','','5546-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:32:03','2011-07-10 17:32:03','',5546,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5546-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8843,1,'2011-07-10 11:32:03','2011-07-10 17:32:03','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5471\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dim-sum-guangzhou-restaurant/dsc_1830-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5471\" title=\"Dim sum\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1830-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Dim sum\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\nIf there’s one thing people like to do in this town we call Tulsa, it’s eat.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsafood.com/\">As featured today on TulsaFood.com</a>, here\'s a list of some of my latest restaurant and food finds. My bet is that you\'ll want to add them to your list of places to try.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pie Day</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/happy-national-pie-day/\">It was national. And happy.</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Do Dim Sum</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dim-sum-guangzhou-restaurant/\">An afternoon at Tulsa\'s one and only Guangzhou</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Kids\' Table </strong>[<a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/\">Tulsa Kids</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/lulus-bake-shoppe-cafe-tulsa-kids/\">A date night idea involving at Lulu\'s Bake Shoppe &amp; Cafe</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Dinner Clubs in Vogue</strong> [<a href=\"http://www.tulsabusiness.com/\">Tulsa Business Journal</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dinner-clubs-in-vogue-tulsa-business-journal/\">Join your favorite secret food society here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>A snow day recipe</strong> [<a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/\">Tulsa Kids</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-a-snow-day-recipe/\">A loaf of light, buttery, homemade bread</a>.\r\n\r\nLooking for even more restaurant reviews and food news? <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/\">Check out TulsaFood.com</a>, or head to the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">restaurants</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/food/\">food sections</a> here at TDT.','The Month in Food','If there’s one thing people like to do in this town we call Tulsa, it’s eat.','inherit','open','open','','5546-revision-5','','','2011-07-10 11:32:03','2011-07-10 17:32:03','',5546,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5546-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8844,1,'2011-07-10 11:32:09','2011-07-10 17:32:09','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5471\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dim-sum-guangzhou-restaurant/dsc_1830-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5471\" title=\"Dim sum\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1830-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Dim sum\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\nIf there’s one thing people like to do in this town we call Tulsa, it’s eat.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsafood.com/\">As featured today on TulsaFood.com</a>, here\'s a list of some of my latest restaurant and food finds. My bet is that you\'ll want to add them to your list of places to try.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pie Day</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/happy-national-pie-day/\">It was national. And happy.</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Do Dim Sum</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dim-sum-guangzhou-restaurant/\">An afternoon at Tulsa\'s one and only Guangzhou</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Kids\' Table </strong>[<a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/\">Tulsa Kids</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/lulus-bake-shoppe-cafe-tulsa-kids/\">A date night idea involving at Lulu\'s Bake Shoppe &amp; Cafe</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Dinner Clubs in Vogue</strong> [<a href=\"http://www.tulsabusiness.com/\">Tulsa Business Journal</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/dinner-clubs-in-vogue-tulsa-business-journal/\">Join your favorite secret food society here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>A snow day recipe</strong> [<a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/\">Tulsa Kids</a>]. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-a-snow-day-recipe/\">A loaf of light, buttery, homemade bread</a>.\r\n\r\nLooking for even more restaurant reviews and food news? <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/\">Check out TulsaFood.com</a>, or head to the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">restaurants</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/food/\">food sections</a> here at TDT.','The Month in Food','If there’s one thing people like to do in this town we call Tulsa, it’s eat.','inherit','open','open','','5546-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:32:09','2011-07-10 17:32:09','',5546,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5546-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8845,1,'2011-01-31 22:32:25','2011-02-01 03:32:25','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5514\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-a-snow-day-recipe/dsc_1792-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5514\" title=\"Bread\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1792-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Bread\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI try not to use blogging as a forum for the sharing of my favorite recipes. There are many blogs out there that do it better than I ever could.\r\n\r\nBut today, with the snow clouds hanging heavily over Tulsa, I just can\'t resist.\r\n\r\nGet the tummy-warming recipe and motivation to hit the kitchen <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-snow-day-recipe\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: A Snow Day Recipe','I try not to use blogging as a forum for the sharing of my favorite recipes. There are many blogs out there that do it better than I ever could. But today, I just can\'t resist.','inherit','open','open','','5513-revision-3','','','2011-01-31 22:32:25','2011-02-01 03:32:25','',5513,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5513-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8846,1,'2011-07-10 11:32:19','2011-07-10 17:32:19','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5514\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-a-snow-day-recipe/dsc_1792-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5514\" title=\"Bread\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1792-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Bread\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI try not to use blogging as a forum for the sharing of my favorite recipes. There are many blogs out there that do it better than I ever could.\r\n\r\nBut today, with the snow clouds hanging heavily over Tulsa, I just can\'t resist.\r\n\r\nGet the tummy-warming recipe and motivation to hit the kitchen <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-snow-day-recipe\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: A Snow Day Recipe','I try not to use blogging as a forum for the sharing of my favorite recipes. There are many blogs out there that do it better than I ever could. But today, I just can\'t resist.','inherit','open','open','','5513-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:32:19','2011-07-10 17:32:19','',5513,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5513-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8847,1,'2011-01-29 10:09:35','2011-01-29 15:09:35','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5487\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/lulus-bake-shoppe-cafe-tulsa-kids/dsc_1904/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5487\" title=\"Lulu\'s Bake Shoppe &amp; Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1904-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Lulu\'s Bake Shoppe &amp; Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt’s one of the sweetest sights there is: A father and his young daughter grinning across the dinner table at each another, excited to be out on a daddy-daughter date for Valentine’s Day.\r\n\r\nThe TulsaKids food critic puts a Tulsa-area restaurant to the ultimate test: She dines there with her two-year-old son. Check in here each month to see which local dining spots are up to the challenge of making your family nights out memorable - and not because Junior made the waitress cry. Again. <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=activities/entertainment/kids-table-date-night-lulus-bake-shoppe-cafe\">Read the rest of this review on TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Kids\' Table: Date Night at Lulu\'s Bake Shoppe & Cafe','The TulsaKids food critic puts a Tulsa-area restaurant to the ultimate test: She dines there with her two-year-old son.','inherit','open','open','','5433-revision-8','','','2011-01-29 10:09:35','2011-01-29 15:09:35','',5433,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5433-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8848,1,'2011-07-10 11:32:27','2011-07-10 17:32:27','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5487\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/lulus-bake-shoppe-cafe-tulsa-kids/dsc_1904/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5487\" title=\"Lulu\'s Bake Shoppe &amp; Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1904-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Lulu\'s Bake Shoppe &amp; Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt’s one of the sweetest sights there is: A father and his young daughter grinning across the dinner table at each another, excited to be out on a daddy-daughter date for Valentine’s Day.\r\n\r\nThe TulsaKids food critic puts a Tulsa-area restaurant to the ultimate test: She dines there with her two-year-old son. Check in here each month to see which local dining spots are up to the challenge of making your family nights out memorable - and not because Junior made the waitress cry. Again. <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=activities/entertainment/kids-table-date-night-lulus-bake-shoppe-cafe\">Read the rest of this review on TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Kids\' Table: Date Night at Lulu\'s Bake Shoppe & Cafe','The TulsaKids food critic puts a Tulsa-area restaurant to the ultimate test: She dines there with her two-year-old son.','inherit','open','open','','5433-revision-9','','','2011-07-10 11:32:27','2011-07-10 17:32:27','',5433,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5433-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(8849,1,'2011-01-26 16:24:34','2011-01-26 21:24:34','<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/aKaC3eMUfdY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nOne of the things I love about <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a> (and there are many) is that they integrate music and concert offerings into their programming.\r\n\r\nThis weekend, TCM is bringing one such event to T-Town. Get the details for your calendar <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-secret-agent-23-skidoo\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo','One of the things I love about Tulsa Children\'s Museum (and there are many) is that they integrate music and concert offerings into their programming.','inherit','open','open','','5396-revision-4','','','2011-01-26 16:24:34','2011-01-26 21:24:34','',5396,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5396-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8850,1,'2011-01-25 16:15:07','2011-01-25 21:15:07','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5385\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-the-playdate-tulsa-kids/dsc_1789/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5385\" title=\"Boys\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1789-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Boys\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPlaydates are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they\'re a chance to catch up with your best buds while your kids play (somewhat) peacefully nearby. It\'s a reprieve, a revivification.\r\n\r\nOn the other, it\'s two to three hours of hell.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of this post <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-playdate\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Playdate','Playdates are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they\'re a chance to catch up with your best buds while your kids play (somewhat) peacefully nearby. It\'s a reprieve, a revivification.','inherit','open','open','','5384-revision-3','','','2011-01-25 16:15:07','2011-01-25 21:15:07','',5384,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5384-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8851,1,'2011-07-10 11:34:37','2011-07-10 17:34:37','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5385\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-the-playdate-tulsa-kids/dsc_1789/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5385\" title=\"Boys\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1789-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Boys\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPlaydates are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they\'re a chance to catch up with your best buds while your kids play (somewhat) peacefully nearby. It\'s a reprieve, a revivification.\r\n\r\nOn the other, it\'s two to three hours of hell.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of this post <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-playdate\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Playdate','Playdates are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they\'re a chance to catch up with your best buds while your kids play (somewhat) peacefully nearby. It\'s a reprieve, a revivification.','inherit','open','open','','5384-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:34:37','2011-07-10 17:34:37','',5384,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5384-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8852,1,'2011-01-21 16:32:25','2011-01-21 21:32:25','<img src=\"http://wisdomunconventional.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/snuggie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" />\r\n\r\nLike its sisters in tackiness (I\'m looking at you, Crocs, pants with writing on the butt and <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-uggs-have-eyes\">Uggs</a>): The Snuggie, that fleece blanket with sleeves that comes not only in every color of the rainbow but also in entertaining prints like leopard and OU football insignia, is a full-blown cultural phenomenon.\r\n\r\nAs with any tidbit of Americana, some embrace the Snuggie for its prescribed use. Others, however, add their own spin. Take for instance <a href=\"http://www.thelostogle.com/category/snuggie-pub-crawl/\">the Snuggie Pub Crawl, a popular nightlife event founded by the Oklahoma City blog The Lost Ogle</a>.\r\n\r\nNow, Tulsa as its own Snuggie event. And you should call the babysitter right now, because you\'re going to want to be part of it.\r\n\r\nGet the details on this plus trailers for this weekend\'s new movie releases, as well as trailers for the top five previously released movies now in theaters, <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-ugly-snuggie-party-great-movies\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://wisdomunconventional.wordpress.com/\">Photo from Unconventional Wisdom</a></em>','Babysitter Worthy: Ugly Snuggie Party + Movies','Like its sisters in tackiness (I\'m looking at you, Crocs, pants with writing on the butt and Uggs): The Snuggie, that fleece blanket with sleeves that comes not only in every color of the rainbow but also in entertaining prints like leopard and OU football insignia, is a full-blown cultural phenomenon.','inherit','open','open','','5312-revision-2','','','2011-01-21 16:32:25','2011-01-21 21:32:25','',5312,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5312-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8853,1,'2011-01-17 22:26:24','2011-01-18 03:26:24','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/16440756@N04/4753895532/\" title=\"Tell a Story2 by amandarosev, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4753895532_0911d1e4c8.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" alt=\"Tell a Story2\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to admit that I\'ve never been a clothes horse. When given the choice between going to the mall to shop for the latest trends or shoving bamboo reeds into the tender quick under my fingernails, more often than not I\'ll pop one too many Ibuprofen, hold out my fingers and say a prayer for speedy recovery.\r\n\r\nI don\'t know why. My mother dresses impeccably and adores shopping, as does her mother. I tend to run in a crowd of women noted for their sass, style and skills in a department store.\r\n\r\nEven still, I just can\'t seem to get the hang of the whole shopping thing. There\'s all that looking and searching, stopping and starting, lifting and carrying, dressing and undressing, and unless everything\'s 75 percent off and I\'m shopping for clothes for my son, it\'s really more than I can handle, even on a good day.\r\n\r\nWhich is why, when my son and I showed up to a south Tulsa library for a story time last week (the library hosts free story times at several of its branch locations each week, by the way, and they\'re all free and open to the public), I was completely shocked to find that we were two of just a few of the two dozen or so people there who weren\'t wearing skinny jeans tucked into a giant pair of Ugg boots.\r\n\r\nRead on (if you dare) at <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-uggs-have-eyes\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<em>Photo used completely and totally without permission from <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/16440756@N04/\">amandarosev on Flickr</a> because, well, duh.</em>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Uggs Have Eyes','When my son and I showed up to a south Tulsa library for a story time last week, I was completely shocked to find that we were two of just a few of the two dozen or so people there who weren\'t wearing skinny jeans tucked into a giant pair of Ugg boots.','inherit','open','open','','5224-revision-2','','','2011-01-17 22:26:24','2011-01-18 03:26:24','',5224,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5224-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8854,1,'2011-01-17 22:26:24','2011-01-18 03:26:24','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/16440756@N04/4753895532/\" title=\"Tell a Story2 by amandarosev, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4753895532_0911d1e4c8.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" alt=\"Tell a Story2\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to admit that I\'ve never been a clothes horse. When given the choice between going to the mall to shop for the latest trends or shoving bamboo reeds into the tender quick under my fingernails, more often than not I\'ll pop one too many Ibuprofen, hold out my fingers and say a prayer for speedy recovery.\r\n\r\nI don\'t know why. My mother dresses impeccably and adores shopping, as does her mother. I tend to run in a crowd of women noted for their sass, style and skills in a department store.\r\n\r\nEven still, I just can\'t seem to get the hang of the whole shopping thing. There\'s all that looking and searching, stopping and starting, lifting and carrying, dressing and undressing, and unless everything\'s 75 percent off and I\'m shopping for clothes for my son, it\'s really more than I can handle, even on a good day.\r\n\r\nWhich is why, when my son and I showed up to a south Tulsa library for a story time last week (the library hosts free story times at several of its branch locations each week, by the way, and they\'re all free and open to the public), I was completely shocked to find that we were two of just a few of the two dozen or so people there who weren\'t wearing skinny jeans tucked into a giant pair of Ugg boots.\r\n\r\nRead on (if you dare) at <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-uggs-have-eyes\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<em>Photo used completely and totally without permission from <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/16440756@N04/\">amandarosev on Flickr</a> because, well, duh.</em>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Uggs Have Eyes','When my son and I showed up to a south Tulsa library for a story time last week, I was completely shocked to find that we were two of just a few of the two dozen or so people there who weren\'t wearing skinny jeans tucked into a giant pair of Ugg boots.','inherit','open','open','','5224-revision-2','','','2011-01-17 22:26:24','2011-01-18 03:26:24','',5224,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5224-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8855,1,'2011-01-14 11:05:10','2011-01-14 16:05:10','<object width=\"496\" height=\"304\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/z0z_TU4Gw5o?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/z0z_TU4Gw5o?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nWhat kid (or adult, for that matter) doesn\'t love LEGOS?\r\n\r\nThis weekend the kids - and, yeah, I guess adults, too, if the kids are willing to make room - can not only exercise their LEGO skills, but they can also celebrate Appreciate a Dragon Day <em>at the same time</em>, all right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nBonus! Get the details on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-lego-building-challenge\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: LEGO Building Challenge','What kid (or adult, for that matter) doesn\'t love LEGOS?','inherit','open','open','','5181-revision-3','','','2011-01-14 11:05:10','2011-01-14 16:05:10','',5181,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5181-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8856,1,'2011-01-12 23:54:34','2011-01-13 04:54:34','<object width=\"496\" height=\"304\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/YPey0eZubrs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/YPey0eZubrs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nSometimes, when you\'re all alone and no one is looking, it feels pretty bad to try out a few of those moves you\'ve seen on So You Think You Can Dance in the middle of your living room floor. And by bad, I mean like the Michael Jackson song Bad, i.e., really stinkin\' good.\r\n\r\nAnd other times, especially when there are young children at home 24/7, it\'s nice to have an evening of sexual tension to, you know, keep things interesting.\r\n\r\nKnow what? Whether you\'re available Friday or Saturday night, you can see new moves to add to your home break dance routine and/or one of the greatest, darkest, most alluring American novels ever written translated to the stage, both at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center this weekend.\r\n\r\nWhile I\'m going to go ahead and advise you to book a babysitter, I\'ll leave it to you to decide how you want to be thrilled. Get your options <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-weekend-tpac\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: This Weekend at the TPAC','Whether you\'re available Friday or Saturday night, you can see new moves to add to your home break dance routine and/or one of the greatest, darkest, most alluring American novels ever written translated to the stage, both at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center this weekend.','inherit','open','open','','5147-revision-2','','','2011-01-12 23:54:34','2011-01-13 04:54:34','',5147,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5147-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8857,1,'2011-01-12 23:54:34','2011-01-13 04:54:34','<object width=\"496\" height=\"304\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/YPey0eZubrs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/YPey0eZubrs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nSometimes, when you\'re all alone and no one is looking, it feels pretty bad to try out a few of those moves you\'ve seen on So You Think You Can Dance in the middle of your living room floor. And by bad, I mean like the Michael Jackson song Bad, i.e., really stinkin\' good.\r\n\r\nAnd other times, especially when there are young children at home 24/7, it\'s nice to have an evening of sexual tension to, you know, keep things interesting.\r\n\r\nKnow what? Whether you\'re available Friday or Saturday night, you can see new moves to add to your home break dance routine and/or one of the greatest, darkest, most alluring American novels ever written translated to the stage, both at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center this weekend.\r\n\r\nWhile I\'m going to go ahead and advise you to book a babysitter, I\'ll leave it to you to decide how you want to be thrilled. Get your options <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-weekend-tpac\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: This Weekend at the TPAC','Whether you\'re available Friday or Saturday night, you can see new moves to add to your home break dance routine and/or one of the greatest, darkest, most alluring American novels ever written translated to the stage, both at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center this weekend.','inherit','open','open','','5147-revision-2','','','2011-01-12 23:54:34','2011-01-13 04:54:34','',5147,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5147-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8858,1,'2011-01-10 12:03:03','2011-01-10 17:03:03','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5122\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/top-parenting-iphone-apps-tulsa-kids/dsc_1885/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5122  aligncenter\" title=\"iPhone\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1885.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nRare, it seems, is the individual without an iPhone or iPad these days. And why not? They do practically everything except feed our kids, put away our groceries and clean the kitchen sink.\r\n\r\nWhile I\'m sure there\'s some computer scientist out there working to bring these even these capabilities into reality, there are several apps that exist today that can lighten the loads of parents everywhere. Here are a few iPhone apps that have helped me to eek by as a work-at-home mom, and they\'re all $2 or less.\r\n\r\nGet your thumbs ready, parents - it\'s downloading time. Head to <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-apps-bind-us\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a> to get the list.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Apps that Bind Us','Here are a few iPhone apps that have helped me to eek by as a work-at-home mom, and they\'re all $2 or less.','inherit','open','open','','5121-revision-7','','','2011-01-10 12:03:03','2011-01-10 17:03:03','',5121,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5121-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8859,1,'2011-07-10 11:36:18','2011-07-10 17:36:18','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5122\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/top-parenting-iphone-apps-tulsa-kids/dsc_1885/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5122  aligncenter\" title=\"iPhone\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1885.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nRare, it seems, is the individual without an iPhone or iPad these days. And why not? They do practically everything except feed our kids, put away our groceries and clean the kitchen sink.\r\n\r\nWhile I\'m sure there\'s some computer scientist out there working to bring these even these capabilities into reality, there are several apps that exist today that can lighten the loads of parents everywhere. Here are a few iPhone apps that have helped me to eek by as a work-at-home mom, and they\'re all $2 or less.\r\n\r\nGet your thumbs ready, parents - it\'s downloading time. Head to <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-apps-bind-us\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a> to get the list.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Apps that Bind Us','Here are a few iPhone apps that have helped me to eek by as a work-at-home mom, and they\'re all $2 or less.','inherit','open','open','','5121-revision-8','','','2011-07-10 11:36:18','2011-07-10 17:36:18','',5121,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5121-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8860,1,'2011-01-06 23:30:38','2011-01-07 04:30:38','<object width=\"496\" height=\"304\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/BStf7HibDco?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/BStf7HibDco?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nIf you read <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=blog/4154\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>, chances are that you and the kids are gonna spend Saturday morning at Joe Momma\'s checking out the Saturday Morning Book Club there.\r\n\r\nBut parents? Call the babysitter, because Saturday night belongs to you. <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-5-browns\">Here\'s what you can do with it</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: The 5 Browns','Call the babysitter, Tulsa parents - Saturday night belongs to you.','inherit','open','open','','5052-revision-2','','','2011-01-06 23:30:38','2011-01-07 04:30:38','',5052,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5052-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8861,1,'2011-01-05 17:32:34','2011-01-05 22:32:34','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/joe-mommas-saturday-book-club-tulsa-kids/dsc08700/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5022\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC08700-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Momma&#039;s Saturday Morning Book Club\" title=\"Joe Momma&#039;s Saturday Morning Book Club\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5022\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMany of you parents out there couldn\'t wait for the kids to return to school after that long, annual Winter Break. But after that first week back, it\'s easy to start missin\' on those little bits of crazy.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re looking for a low-risk, high-return way to reconnect this weekend, get out your calendars, <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-saturday-morning-book-club\">head over to my blog on TulsaKids.com</a> and allow me to make a suggestion. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Joe Momma\'s Saturday Book Club','Many of you parents out there couldn\'t wait for the kids to return to school after that long, annual Winter Break. But after that first week back, it\'s easy to start missin\' on those little bits of crazy.','inherit','open','open','','5021-revision-3','','','2011-01-05 17:32:34','2011-01-05 22:32:34','',5021,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5021-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8862,1,'2011-07-10 11:38:15','2011-07-10 17:38:15','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/joe-mommas-saturday-book-club-tulsa-kids/dsc08700/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5022\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC08700-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Momma&#039;s Saturday Morning Book Club\" title=\"Joe Momma&#039;s Saturday Morning Book Club\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5022\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMany of you parents out there couldn\'t wait for the kids to return to school after that long, annual Winter Break. But after that first week back, it\'s easy to start missin\' on those little bits of crazy.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re looking for a low-risk, high-return way to reconnect this weekend, get out your calendars, <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-saturday-morning-book-club\">head over to my blog on TulsaKids.com</a> and allow me to make a suggestion. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Joe Momma\'s Saturday Book Club','Many of you parents out there couldn\'t wait for the kids to return to school after that long, annual Winter Break. But after that first week back, it\'s easy to start missin\' on those little bits of crazy.','inherit','open','open','','5021-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:38:15','2011-07-10 17:38:15','',5021,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5021-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8863,1,'2011-01-04 16:22:57','2011-01-04 21:22:57','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4251\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-kitchen-helper-tulsa-kids/img_0159/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4251  aligncenter\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio Kitchen Helper\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0159-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio Kitchen Helper\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" /></a></p>\r\nHappy New Year, Tulsa Kids readers! I got something pretty exciting over the holiday weekend - my first question from a reader. Yay! Here \'tis:\r\n<blockquote>As a fellow work-at-home mom, could you share some of the things you make for you and your son for lunch? My kids and I are eating chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese right now, mostly because I couldn\'t think of anything better on the fly. Help!</blockquote>\r\nGet my answer on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-lets-do-lunch\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Let\'s Do Lunch','Happy New Year, Tulsa Kids readers! I got something pretty exciting over the holiday weekend - my first question from a reader.','inherit','open','open','','5000-revision-5','','','2011-01-04 16:22:57','2011-01-04 21:22:57','',5000,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5000-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8864,1,'2011-07-10 11:38:22','2011-07-10 17:38:22','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4251\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-kitchen-helper-tulsa-kids/img_0159/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-4251  aligncenter\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio Kitchen Helper\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0159-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio Kitchen Helper\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" /></a></p>\r\nHappy New Year, Tulsa Kids readers! I got something pretty exciting over the holiday weekend - my first question from a reader. Yay! Here \'tis:\r\n<blockquote>As a fellow work-at-home mom, could you share some of the things you make for you and your son for lunch? My kids and I are eating chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese right now, mostly because I couldn\'t think of anything better on the fly. Help!</blockquote>\r\nGet my answer on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-lets-do-lunch\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Let\'s Do Lunch','Happy New Year, Tulsa Kids readers! I got something pretty exciting over the holiday weekend - my first question from a reader.','inherit','open','open','','5000-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:38:22','2011-07-10 17:38:22','',5000,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/5000-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8865,1,'2010-12-30 09:38:38','2010-12-30 14:38:38','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-shootout-tulsa-kids-day-out/microcar/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4891\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/microcar.jpg\" alt=\"Microcar\" title=\"Microcar\" width=\"400\" height=\"260\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4891\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIs there a kid out there, even amongst the girliest of girlie girls, who doesn\'t enjoy a good race?\r\n\r\nI don\'t think so. That\'s why you, my dear parents, should grab a pen and your calendars and head to <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-tulsa-shootout\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a> for details on this week\'s Tulsa Kids Day Out event. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Tulsa Shootout','Is there a kid out there, even amongst the girliest of girlie girls, who doesn\'t enjoy a good race?','inherit','open','open','','4890-revision-5','','','2010-12-30 09:38:38','2010-12-30 14:38:38','',4890,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4890-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8866,1,'2011-07-10 11:39:11','2011-07-10 17:39:11','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-shootout-tulsa-kids-day-out/microcar/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4891\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/microcar.jpg\" alt=\"Microcar\" title=\"Microcar\" width=\"400\" height=\"260\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4891\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIs there a kid out there, even amongst the girliest of girlie girls, who doesn\'t enjoy a good race?\r\n\r\nI don\'t think so. That\'s why you, my dear parents, should grab a pen and your calendars and head to <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-tulsa-shootout\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a> for details on this week\'s Tulsa Kids Day Out event. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Tulsa Shootout','Is there a kid out there, even amongst the girliest of girlie girls, who doesn\'t enjoy a good race?','inherit','open','open','','4890-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:39:11','2011-07-10 17:39:11','',4890,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4890-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8867,1,'2010-12-29 17:41:40','2010-12-29 22:41:40','<p style=\"text-align: center;\" mce_style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4873\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sprouts-play-cafe-tulsa-kids/photoi/\" mce_href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sprouts-play-cafe-tulsa-kids/photoi/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4873  aligncenter\" title=\"Sprouts Play Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photoi.jpg\" mce_src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photoi.jpg\" alt=\"Sprouts Play Cafe\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\"></a></p>\r\n<p>Picture this: You’re out shopping the post-Holiday sales when the latest gizmo jumps out at you from a fancy display. 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It solves one of your most basic problems.</p>\r\n<p>You wish you’d thought of it.</p>\r\n<p>That’s how I felt when I walked into <a href=\"http://www.sproutsplaycafe.com/\">Sprouts Play Café</a>, in the shopping center just east of US 169 at 8787 N. Owasso Expressway.</p>\r\n<p>Get the debut of my series of reviews of family-friendly, Tulsa-area restaurants in <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=activities/entertainment/dining-out-kids-play-food-sprouts-play-café\" mce_href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=activities/entertainment/dining-out-kids-play-food-sprouts-play-café\">the January 2011 issue of Tulsa Kids Magazine</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Dining Out (with kids): Play with food at Sprouts Play Cafe','Picture this: You’re out shopping the post-Holiday sales when the latest gizmo jumps out at you from a fancy display. It’s clever. It’s cute. It solves one of your most basic problems.','inherit','open','open','','4872-revision-10','','','2011-07-10 11:39:17','2011-07-10 17:39:17','',4872,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4872-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(8869,1,'2010-12-29 17:27:17','2010-12-29 22:27:17','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4867\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/girouard-vines-babysitter-worthy-tulsa-kids/dsc08972/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4867  aligncenter\" title=\"Tulsa Deco\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC08972.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Deco\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThis Thursday, parents, it\'s just you, your date and a glass of wine blended in the heart of Tulsa\'s East Village District.\r\n\r\nAfter you recover from lunging after your calendar to capture the details of an event that involves wine, downtown and date clothes the week of New Years Eve but not on a night that requires three months\' worth of notice for the babysitter, head to <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-thursdays-girouard-vines\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a> for the scoop.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Thursdays at Girouard Vines','This Thursday, parents, it\'s just you, your date and a glass of wine blended in the heart of Tulsa\'s East Village District.','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-5','','','2010-12-29 17:27:17','2010-12-29 22:27:17','',4866,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4866-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8870,1,'2011-07-10 11:39:26','2011-07-10 17:39:26','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4867\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/girouard-vines-babysitter-worthy-tulsa-kids/dsc08972/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4867  aligncenter\" title=\"Tulsa Deco\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC08972.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Deco\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThis Thursday, parents, it\'s just you, your date and a glass of wine blended in the heart of Tulsa\'s East Village District.\r\n\r\nAfter you recover from lunging after your calendar to capture the details of an event that involves wine, downtown and date clothes the week of New Years Eve but not on a night that requires three months\' worth of notice for the babysitter, head to <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-thursdays-girouard-vines\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a> for the scoop.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Thursdays at Girouard Vines','This Thursday, parents, it\'s just you, your date and a glass of wine blended in the heart of Tulsa\'s East Village District.','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:39:26','2011-07-10 17:39:26','',4866,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4866-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8871,1,'2010-12-27 17:44:44','2010-12-27 22:44:44','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/2960116125/\" title=\"Ice cased Adelie penguins after a blizzard at Cape Denison / photograph by Frank Hurley by State Library of New South Wales collection, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2960116125_28d15fdf39.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" alt=\"Ice cased Adelie penguins after a blizzard at Cape Denison / photograph by Frank Hurley\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s only a few days left of 2010, and you know what that means - time to make short-lived, unrealistic promises to ourselves! \r\n\r\nGet my set of work-at-home mom resolutions for the year to come on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-i-hereby-resolve\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: I Hereby Resolve','There\'s only a few days left of 2010 and you know what that means - time to make short-lived, unrealistic promises to ourselves! 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Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.\r\n\r\nGet my picks on <a href=\" http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-top-tulsa-christmas-lights-displays\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Top Tulsa Christmas Lights Displays','Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.','inherit','open','open','','4790-revision-3','','','2010-12-24 10:10:16','2010-12-24 15:10:16','',4790,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4790-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8873,1,'2011-07-10 11:39:44','2011-07-10 17:39:44','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/top-tulsa-christmas-lights-tulsa-kids/dsc08493/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4791\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC08493-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" title=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4791\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt happens every year - that moment when the family that\'s staying over for the holiday is all settled in and gathered in the living room. Everyone looks at each other as if to say, \"Now what?\"\r\n\r\nI\'ll tell you now what - a Tulsa Christmas lights tour! Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.\r\n\r\nGet my picks on <a href=\" http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-top-tulsa-christmas-lights-displays\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Top Tulsa Christmas Lights Displays','Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.','inherit','open','open','','4790-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:39:44','2011-07-10 17:39:44','',4790,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4790-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8874,1,'2011-07-10 11:39:44','2011-07-10 17:39:44','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/top-tulsa-christmas-lights-tulsa-kids/dsc08493/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4791\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC08493-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" title=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4791\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt happens every year - that moment when the family that\'s staying over for the holiday is all settled in and gathered in the living room. Everyone looks at each other as if to say, \"Now what?\"\r\n\r\nI\'ll tell you now what - a Tulsa Christmas lights tour! Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.\r\n\r\nGet my picks on <a href=\" http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-top-tulsa-christmas-lights-displays\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Top Tulsa Christmas Lights Displays','Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.','inherit','open','open','','4790-revision-5','','','2011-07-10 11:39:44','2011-07-10 17:39:44','',4790,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4790-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8875,1,'2011-07-10 11:39:44','2011-07-10 17:39:44','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/top-tulsa-christmas-lights-tulsa-kids/dsc08493/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4791\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC08493-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" title=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4791\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt happens every year - that moment when the family that\'s staying over for the holiday is all settled in and gathered in the living room. Everyone looks at each other as if to say, \"Now what?\"\r\n\r\nI\'ll tell you now what - a Tulsa Christmas lights tour! Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.\r\n\r\nGet my picks on <a href=\" http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-top-tulsa-christmas-lights-displays\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Top Tulsa Christmas Lights Displays','Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.','inherit','open','open','','4790-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:39:44','2011-07-10 17:39:44','',4790,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4790-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8876,1,'2011-07-10 11:39:44','2011-07-10 17:39:44','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/top-tulsa-christmas-lights-tulsa-kids/dsc08493/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4791\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC08493-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" title=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4791\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt happens every year - that moment when the family that\'s staying over for the holiday is all settled in and gathered in the living room. Everyone looks at each other as if to say, \"Now what?\"\r\n\r\nI\'ll tell you now what - a Tulsa Christmas lights tour! Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.\r\n\r\nGet my picks on <a href=\" http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-top-tulsa-christmas-lights-displays\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Top Tulsa Christmas Lights Displays','Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.','inherit','open','open','','4790-revision-7','','','2011-07-10 11:39:44','2011-07-10 17:39:44','',4790,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4790-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8877,1,'2011-07-10 11:39:44','2011-07-10 17:39:44','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/top-tulsa-christmas-lights-tulsa-kids/dsc08493/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4791\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC08493-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" title=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4791\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt happens every year - that moment when the family that\'s staying over for the holiday is all settled in and gathered in the living room. Everyone looks at each other as if to say, \"Now what?\"\r\n\r\nI\'ll tell you now what - a Tulsa Christmas lights tour! Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.\r\n\r\nGet my picks on <a href=\" http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-top-tulsa-christmas-lights-displays\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Top Tulsa Christmas Lights Displays','Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.','inherit','open','open','','4790-revision-8','','','2011-07-10 11:39:44','2011-07-10 17:39:44','',4790,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4790-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8878,1,'2010-12-21 14:16:31','2010-12-21 19:16:31','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4676\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/luchaclaus-babysitter-worthy-tulsa-kids/luchaclaus/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4676\" title=\"Luchaclaus\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/luchaclaus-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Luchaclaus\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhy should the kids get to have all the fun when Santa comes to town? This week, thanks to the folks at <a href=\"http://www.elotetulsa.com/\">Elote Cafe and the Elote Luchador Wrestling Federation</a> (yes, we have a bona fide luchador wrestling league here in Tulsa!), we parent types can enjoy a babysitter-worthy evening with the big man in red, luchador style.\r\n\r\nGet the details on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-luchaclaus\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Luchaclaus','Why should the kids get to have all the fun when Santa comes to town?','inherit','open','open','','4675-revision-3','','','2010-12-21 14:16:31','2010-12-21 19:16:31','',4675,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4675-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8879,1,'2011-07-10 11:42:03','2011-07-10 17:42:03','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4676\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/luchaclaus-babysitter-worthy-tulsa-kids/luchaclaus/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4676\" title=\"Luchaclaus\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/luchaclaus-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Luchaclaus\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhy should the kids get to have all the fun when Santa comes to town? This week, thanks to the folks at <a href=\"http://www.elotetulsa.com/\">Elote Cafe and the Elote Luchador Wrestling Federation</a> (yes, we have a bona fide luchador wrestling league here in Tulsa!), we parent types can enjoy a babysitter-worthy evening with the big man in red, luchador style.\r\n\r\nGet the details on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-luchaclaus\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Luchaclaus','Why should the kids get to have all the fun when Santa comes to town?','inherit','open','open','','4675-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:42:03','2011-07-10 17:42:03','',4675,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4675-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8880,1,'2010-12-20 23:36:48','2010-12-21 04:36:48','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-the-poop-cannon/img_8821/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4655\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_8821-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Baby\" title=\"TDT Baby\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4655\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know it\'s the refrain of every new mom, but those first few months after my son was born were hard.\r\n\r\nReally hard.\r\n\r\nIn fact, as I look back on those days and weeks - the ones that seemed to stretch on forever as I oscillated between some of the highest highs and the lowest lows I couldn\'t have even imagined to anticipate before our son was born - I realize that they were the most challenging times of my life so far. While we couldn\'t comprehend how we could love someone as much as we loved our brand-new child, the transition from a complicated pregnancy to the sleeplessness and constant busyness that is life with a newborn was capital D-Daunting.\r\n\r\nBut as in all dark times, bright spots appeared and delivered us from our toil. The one that saved us one morning in early spring 2008 just happened to involve a human poop cannon.\r\n\r\nRead on if you dare at <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-poop-cannon\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://thedalydoseblog.blogspot.com/\">Photo by Ashley Heider-Daly</a></em>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Poop Cannon','But as in all dark times, bright spots appeared to deliver us from our toil. 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While we couldn\'t comprehend how we could love someone as much as we loved our brand-new child, the transition from a complicated pregnancy to the sleeplessness and constant busyness that is life with a newborn was capital D-Daunting.\r\n\r\nBut as in all dark times, bright spots appeared and delivered us from our toil. The one that saved us one morning in early spring 2008 just happened to involve a human poop cannon.\r\n\r\nRead on if you dare at <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-poop-cannon\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://thedalydoseblog.blogspot.com/\">Photo by Ashley Heider-Daly</a></em>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Poop Cannon','But as in all dark times, bright spots appeared to deliver us from our toil. 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You could don some crazy-looking winter head gear and go for a jog. You could lug in some wood from outside, drag the dirt through the house and spend 20 minutes trying to light a fire. \r\n\r\nOr, you could learn to salsa dance. \r\n\r\nGet the details on the Christmas Salsa Ball on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-christmas-salsa-ball-0\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p> ','Babysitter Worthy: Christmas Salsa Ball','There are a few ways to warm up on a cold Oklahoma night. You could don some crazy-looking winter head gear and go for a jog. You could lug in some wood from outside, drag the dirt through the house and spend 20 minutes trying to light a fire. Or, you could learn to salsa dance. ','inherit','open','open','','4560-revision-3','','','2010-12-16 21:57:08','2010-12-17 02:57:08','',4560,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4560-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8883,1,'2010-12-16 19:27:27','2010-12-17 00:27:27','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4574\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/barthelmes-conservatory-tulsa-kids/barthelmes/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4574\" title=\"Barthelmes Conservatory\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Barthelmes-500x355.jpg\" alt=\"Barthelmes Conservatory\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBack in the days when all the boys smelled like Abercrombie &amp; Fitch and all the girls were obsessing about how cute Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were in the movies Saving Private Ryan and Armageddon, I was in band. You might have even called me a band nerd - I was not only in the marching band, but I was in the concert and jazz bands, too. If there was a music group at my school, I wanted to be in it.\r\n\r\nRead all about the Tulsa Kids Day Out pick for this week on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-winter-open-concert-barthelmes-conservatory-0\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Winter Open Concert with Barthelmes Conservatory','There\'s a reason that\'s bigger than the promise of valedictorian designations of diplomas and big, fat bassoon scholarships for kids to be exposed to and trained in classical music: Music is fun.','inherit','open','open','','4573-revision-5','','','2010-12-16 19:27:27','2010-12-17 00:27:27','',4573,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4573-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8884,1,'2011-07-10 11:43:45','2011-07-10 17:43:45','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4574\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/barthelmes-conservatory-tulsa-kids/barthelmes/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4574\" title=\"Barthelmes Conservatory\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Barthelmes-500x355.jpg\" alt=\"Barthelmes Conservatory\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBack in the days when all the boys smelled like Abercrombie &amp; Fitch and all the girls were obsessing about how cute Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were in the movies Saving Private Ryan and Armageddon, I was in band. You might have even called me a band nerd - I was not only in the marching band, but I was in the concert and jazz bands, too. If there was a music group at my school, I wanted to be in it.\r\n\r\nRead all about the Tulsa Kids Day Out pick for this week on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-winter-open-concert-barthelmes-conservatory-0\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Winter Open Concert with Barthelmes Conservatory','There\'s a reason that\'s bigger than the promise of valedictorian designations of diplomas and big, fat bassoon scholarships for kids to be exposed to and trained in classical music: Music is fun.','inherit','open','open','','4573-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:43:45','2011-07-10 17:43:45','',4573,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4573-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8885,1,'2010-12-16 12:11:24','2010-12-16 17:11:24','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://mummymayhem.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/working-mother.png\" alt=\"Working Mother\" /></p>\r\n\r\nThe work-at-home gig isn\'t an easy or a glamorous one. As with any uphill battle, a plan is worth its weight in gold. That\'s why I do my darnedest to follow these ten rules - or, as I like to call them, the Ten Rules of Engagement for the Work-at-Home Parent.\r\n\r\n<strong>1. Wear clean underwear.</strong> When you work from home, sometimes it\'s a little too easy to slum it in your PJs all day. Don\'t be that parent. Rather than make a beeline for the desk in the morning, hop in the shower. Then, dress in something that you wouldn\'t be embarrassed about if someone were to drop by unannounced (don\'t be <em>that</em> parent, either). My bet is that you\'ll find you make a few more widgets when you\'re wearing a nice pair of jeans and a starched cotton dress shirt than when you\'re still wearing your bunny slippers and yesterday\'s smelly work-out clothes.\r\n\r\nGet the rest of the rules on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-rules-engagement-3\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Rules of Engagement','The work-at-home gig isn\'t an easy or a glamorous one. As with any uphill battle, a plan is worth its weight in gold. That\'s why I do my darnedest to follow these ten rules - or, as I like to call them, the Ten Rules of Engagement for the Work-at-Home Parent.','inherit','open','open','','4478-revision-9','','','2010-12-16 12:11:24','2010-12-16 17:11:24','',4478,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4478-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(8886,1,'2010-12-06 22:08:36','2010-12-07 03:08:36','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/spaghetti-eddie-live-tulsa-kids-day-out/picture-1-10/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4259\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-1-500x405.png\" alt=\"Spaghetti Eddie Live\" title=\"Spaghetti Eddie Live\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4259\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love when kids\' events pack a little somethin\' somethin\' for parents without the kids even knowing it. It\'s like that feeling we get when we sneak veggies into our kids\' pizza or lasagna - it\'s good for everyone involved, but the wiser of the two is the only one who has to know about it. It\'s funny and it\'s thrilling, and I\'m pretty sure I can feel devil horns sprouting from my head when I do it myself.\r\n\r\nThat\'s what this week\'s Tulsa Kids Day Out pick offers.\r\n\r\nGet the spaghetti-tastic details on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-spaghetti-eddie-live-2\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Spaghetti Eddie Live','I love when kids\' events pack a little somethin\' somethin\' for parents without the kids even knowing it.','inherit','open','open','','4258-revision-3','','','2010-12-06 22:08:36','2010-12-07 03:08:36','',4258,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4258-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8887,1,'2011-07-10 11:44:16','2011-07-10 17:44:16','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/spaghetti-eddie-live-tulsa-kids-day-out/picture-1-10/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4259\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-1-500x405.png\" alt=\"Spaghetti Eddie Live\" title=\"Spaghetti Eddie Live\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4259\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love when kids\' events pack a little somethin\' somethin\' for parents without the kids even knowing it. It\'s like that feeling we get when we sneak veggies into our kids\' pizza or lasagna - it\'s good for everyone involved, but the wiser of the two is the only one who has to know about it. It\'s funny and it\'s thrilling, and I\'m pretty sure I can feel devil horns sprouting from my head when I do it myself.\r\n\r\nThat\'s what this week\'s Tulsa Kids Day Out pick offers.\r\n\r\nGet the spaghetti-tastic details on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-spaghetti-eddie-live-2\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Spaghetti Eddie Live','I love when kids\' events pack a little somethin\' somethin\' for parents without the kids even knowing it.','inherit','open','open','','4258-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:44:16','2011-07-10 17:44:16','',4258,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4258-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8888,1,'2010-12-07 22:43:29','2010-12-08 03:43:29','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-kitchen-helper-tulsa-kids/img_0488/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4324\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0488.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchen Helper Sage Culinary Studio\" title=\"Kitchen Helper Sage Culinary Studio\" width=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4324\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nSometimes my son and I have these days when, though we\'ve been together since before the sun came up, I realize that we whiled away hours and hours and still somehow managed to not spend any quality time together. We were so busy running from one errand here, a meeting there, a pit stop for nap time and rushing home to greet my husband that we hardly said a word to each other all day outside of, \"Baby, I think we put your pants on backwards,\" and \"Mommy, my shoe fell off an hour ago in aisle nine.\"\r\n\r\nYeah, Not a good feeling.\r\n\r\nCooking dinner together is one of the ways we reconnect. Yes, you read that right - my two-year-old son helps me cook dinner. He\'s not dicing jalapenos or boiling live lobsters or anything, but he does enjoy helping me measure and add spices, and if there\'s something that needs stirring, my son\'s your man.\r\n\r\nThis would be impossible without this gadget we found here in Tulsa one day when we popped in to see what Sage Culinary Studio was all about when it first opened two years ago on Brookside. It\'s called the Kitchen Helper, and without it, my son and I couldn\'t have made together some of the memories of my motherhood that I hold so close to my heart.\r\n\r\nWhat the heck is the Kitchen Helper? <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-kitchen-helper\">Find out on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Kitchen Helper','Cooking dinner together is one of the ways we reconnect. 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We were so busy running from one errand here, a meeting there, a pit stop for nap time and rushing home to greet my husband that we hardly said a word to each other all day outside of, \"Baby, I think we put your pants on backwards,\" and \"Mommy, my shoe fell off an hour ago in aisle nine.\"\r\n\r\nYeah, Not a good feeling.\r\n\r\nCooking dinner together is one of the ways we reconnect. Yes, you read that right - my two-year-old son helps me cook dinner. He\'s not dicing jalapenos or boiling live lobsters or anything, but he does enjoy helping me measure and add spices, and if there\'s something that needs stirring, my son\'s your man.\r\n\r\nThis would be impossible without this gadget we found here in Tulsa one day when we popped in to see what Sage Culinary Studio was all about when it first opened two years ago on Brookside. It\'s called the Kitchen Helper, and without it, my son and I couldn\'t have made together some of the memories of my motherhood that I hold so close to my heart.\r\n\r\nWhat the heck is the Kitchen Helper? <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-kitchen-helper\">Find out on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: The Kitchen Helper','Cooking dinner together is one of the ways we reconnect. 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Wrestling is a guilty pleasure of mine for which I can thank my father and the Hulk Hogan finger puppets we played with together when I was a toddler, but I digress.\r\n\r\nSomething more exciting for the general populous than scoring wrestling tickets, coming right up: <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-willie-nelson-family-concert\">It\'s hot and ready on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Willie Nelson & Family in Concert','Need something a little more exciting to do this weekend than wait for WWE tickets go on sale Saturday morning?','inherit','open','open','','4030-revision-3','','','2010-12-02 19:20:25','2010-12-03 00:20:25','',4030,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4030-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8891,1,'2010-12-02 19:20:48','2010-12-03 00:20:48','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf we were to ask someone which words come to mind at the mention of the word Christmas, that person might say things like gifts, cookies and lights.\r\n\r\nIf that person lived in the Tulsa and just looked up from the calendar of things to do around town this weekend, he\'d probably mention parades, too, since a trio of them - yes, three Christmas parades - have banded together to take over Green Country in one ball of Christmas lights, marching bands and a very, very harried Santa.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-christmas-parades-galore\">Get the the list of parades over on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. 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If that person lived in the Tulsa and just looked up from the calendar of things to do around town this weekend, he\'d probably mention parades, too, since a trio of them - yes, three Christmas parades - have banded together to take over Green Country in one ball of Christmas lights, marching bands and a very, very harried Santa.','inherit','open','open','','4149-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:44:49','2011-07-10 17:44:49','',4149,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4149-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8893,1,'2010-11-30 15:06:26','2010-11-30 20:06:26','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4006917422/\" title=\"Anatomy of a Blogger by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4006917422_d54ab05643_z.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Anatomy of a Blogger\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nOne of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms. One\'s eyes don\'t glaze over when the stay-at-home moms talk about the treachery they face at the carpool line when they\'re picking up their older kids, and it\'s easy to feel equally as able to hang loose amongst a group of moms sounding off about bosses and deadlines and strategies for stopping runs in panty hose.\r\n\r\nBut there\'s a flipside to this whole act of go-between, and it reared its ugly head last week when I received an angry phone call from a fellow work-at-home mom.\r\n\r\nRead the whole story <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-not-so-great-expectations-1\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Not-So-Great Expectations','One of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms.','inherit','open','open','','4087-revision-4','','','2010-11-30 15:06:26','2010-11-30 20:06:26','',4087,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4087-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8894,1,'2011-07-10 11:45:00','2011-07-10 17:45:00','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4006917422/\" title=\"Anatomy of a Blogger by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4006917422_d54ab05643_z.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Anatomy of a Blogger\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nOne of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms. One\'s eyes don\'t glaze over when the stay-at-home moms talk about the treachery they face at the carpool line when they\'re picking up their older kids, and it\'s easy to feel equally as able to hang loose amongst a group of moms sounding off about bosses and deadlines and strategies for stopping runs in panty hose.\r\n\r\nBut there\'s a flipside to this whole act of go-between, and it reared its ugly head last week when I received an angry phone call from a fellow work-at-home mom.\r\n\r\nRead the whole story <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-not-so-great-expectations-1\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Not-So-Great Expectations','One of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms.','inherit','open','open','','4087-revision-5','','','2011-07-10 11:45:00','2011-07-10 17:45:00','',4087,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/4087-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8895,1,'2010-11-24 12:31:40','2010-11-24 17:31:40','<img src=\"http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs531.ash1/31183_447118023746_216978318746_5752242_827654_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" />\r\n\r\nThere were several ways <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">ShopTulsa</a> could have arranged to kick off its campaign for the 2010 holiday shopping season, but all of them would have been totally lame in comparison to the <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124371660955927\">Black Friday Party</a>, scheduled for 8pm on the biggest shopping day of the year at the Blue Dome Diner in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nLearn why you should pick up the phone and call your babysitter right freaking now in <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-black-friday-party\">the latest post on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Black Friday Party','There were several ways <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">ShopTulsa</a> could have arranged to kick off its campaign for the 2010 holiday shopping season, but all of them would have been totally lame in comparison to the Black Friday Party, scheduled for 8pm on the biggest shopping day of the year at the Blue Dome Diner in downtown Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','3943-revision-5','','','2010-11-24 12:31:40','2010-11-24 17:31:40','',3943,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3943-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8896,1,'2010-11-24 12:32:12','2010-11-24 17:32:12','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3937\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/lights-on-blue-whale-tulsa-kids/800px-catoosa_blue_whale_2008_no-_1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3937\" title=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/800px-Catoosa_Blue_Whale_2008_No._1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nStarting on the evening of Thanksgiving there are more events in Tulsa at which the switch is flipped on thousands of Christmas lights than one family can hope to attend. The question then becomes: For my time and enjoyment and for my kids, which of these de<em>light</em>ful events (sorry, but I couldn\'t resist the pun) is the best best?\r\n\r\nGet the TDT prescription for sure-fire lights-on fun in <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-lights-blue-whale\">my latest post on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<em>Photo from Wikipedia</em>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Lights On at the Blue Whale','For my time and enjoyment and for my kids, which of these de<em>light</em>ful events (sorry, but I couldn\'t resist the pun) is the best best?','inherit','open','open','','3936-revision-9','','','2010-11-24 12:32:12','2010-11-24 17:32:12','',3936,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3936-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(8897,1,'2011-07-10 11:45:13','2011-07-10 17:45:13','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3937\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/lights-on-blue-whale-tulsa-kids/800px-catoosa_blue_whale_2008_no-_1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3937\" title=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/800px-Catoosa_Blue_Whale_2008_No._1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nStarting on the evening of Thanksgiving there are more events in Tulsa at which the switch is flipped on thousands of Christmas lights than one family can hope to attend. The question then becomes: For my time and enjoyment and for my kids, which of these de<em>light</em>ful events (sorry, but I couldn\'t resist the pun) is the best best?\r\n\r\nGet the TDT prescription for sure-fire lights-on fun in <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-lights-blue-whale\">my latest post on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<em>Photo from Wikipedia</em>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Lights On at the Blue Whale','For my time and enjoyment and for my kids, which of these de<em>light</em>ful events (sorry, but I couldn\'t resist the pun) is the best best?','inherit','open','open','','3936-revision-10','','','2011-07-10 11:45:13','2011-07-10 17:45:13','',3936,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/3936-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(8898,1,'2010-11-24 12:32:48','2010-11-24 17:32:48','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3914\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/art-wallets-tulsa-kids/dsc_0437/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3914\" title=\"Art Wallet by Exploding Mary Designs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_0437-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Art Wallet by Exploding Mary Designs\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery work-at-home mom has gotten that call at 10 a.m. that clients are on their way into town and that there\'s been a mandatory staff meeting called for 11 - a time frame that\'s not enough to send up smoke signals for a babysitter but just enough time to freak out about having to take your kid headlong into a button-up business situation.\r\n\r\nRather than ransack your kiddo\'s toy box for every toy that\'s silent but still keeps your little one occupied for long enough so he\'s not tempted to mash his snacks into the conference room carpet, pop into <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces, at 119 S. Detroit in downtown Tulsa</a>, on your way into the office and make a beeline for <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-turn-art-wallets-help-rolling-punches\">the genius little thing that\'s the star of the show over at my blog at TulsaKids.com today</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Art Wallets Help Moms Roll With the Punches','Every work-at-home mom has gotten that call at 10 a.m. that clients are on their way into town and that there\'s been a mandatory staff meeting called for 11 - a time frame that\'s not enough to send up smoke signals for a babysitter but just enough time to freak out about having to take your kid headlong into a button-up business situation.','inherit','open','open','','3913-revision-5','','','2010-11-24 12:32:48','2010-11-24 17:32:48','',3913,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3913-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8899,1,'2011-07-10 11:45:23','2011-07-10 17:45:23','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3914\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/art-wallets-tulsa-kids/dsc_0437/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3914\" title=\"Art Wallet by Exploding Mary Designs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_0437-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Art Wallet by Exploding Mary Designs\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery work-at-home mom has gotten that call at 10 a.m. that clients are on their way into town and that there\'s been a mandatory staff meeting called for 11 - a time frame that\'s not enough to send up smoke signals for a babysitter but just enough time to freak out about having to take your kid headlong into a button-up business situation.\r\n\r\nRather than ransack your kiddo\'s toy box for every toy that\'s silent but still keeps your little one occupied for long enough so he\'s not tempted to mash his snacks into the conference room carpet, pop into <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces, at 119 S. Detroit in downtown Tulsa</a>, on your way into the office and make a beeline for <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-turn-art-wallets-help-rolling-punches\">the genius little thing that\'s the star of the show over at my blog at TulsaKids.com today</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Art Wallets Help Moms Roll With the Punches','Every work-at-home mom has gotten that call at 10 a.m. that clients are on their way into town and that there\'s been a mandatory staff meeting called for 11 - a time frame that\'s not enough to send up smoke signals for a babysitter but just enough time to freak out about having to take your kid headlong into a button-up business situation.','inherit','open','open','','3913-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:45:23','2011-07-10 17:45:23','',3913,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/3913-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8900,1,'2010-11-19 17:25:52','2010-11-19 22:25:52','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object id=\"video\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"415\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http://www.kjrh.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=6448\" /><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"&amp;skin=MP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf&amp;embed=true&amp;adSizeArray=1x1000,320x40,3x1000&amp;adSrc=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fpfadx%2Fssp%2Ekjrh%2Fentertainment%2Fdetail%3Bdcmt%3Dtext%2Fxml%3Bsz%3D%25size%25%3Bpos%3D%25pos%25%3Bloc%3D%25loc%25%3Bcomp%3D%25adid%25%3Btile%3D3%3Bfname%3D2news%2Dmeteorologist%2Djulie%2Dchin%2Dremembers%2Dher%2D%2522wicked%2522%2Dways%3Bord%3D763217657571658500%3Frand%3D%25rand%25&amp;flv=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2Ffeeds%2FoutboundFeed%3FobfType%3DVIDEO%5FPLAYER%5FSMIL%5FFEED%26componentId%3D186902080&amp;img=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2F%2Fphoto%2F2010%2F11%2F18%2FJulie%5FChin%5Fvisits%5Fthe%5F1a5cf3cf%2D459f%2D46eb%2Db133%2D9da430e920f20000%5F20101118100455%5F640%5F480%2EJPG&amp;story=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2Fdpp%2Fentertainment%2F2news%2Dmeteorologist%2Djulie%2Dchin%2Dremembers%2Dher%2D%22wicked%22%2Dways&amp;category=&amp;title=&amp;oacct=&amp;ovns=\" /><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"all\" /><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.kjrh.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=6448\" /><embed id=\"video\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"415\" src=\"http://www.kjrh.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=6448\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allownetworking=\"all\" flashvars=\"&amp;skin=MP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf&amp;embed=true&amp;adSizeArray=1x1000,320x40,3x1000&amp;adSrc=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fpfadx%2Fssp%2Ekjrh%2Fentertainment%2Fdetail%3Bdcmt%3Dtext%2Fxml%3Bsz%3D%25size%25%3Bpos%3D%25pos%25%3Bloc%3D%25loc%25%3Bcomp%3D%25adid%25%3Btile%3D3%3Bfname%3D2news%2Dmeteorologist%2Djulie%2Dchin%2Dremembers%2Dher%2D%2522wicked%2522%2Dways%3Bord%3D763217657571658500%3Frand%3D%25rand%25&amp;flv=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2Ffeeds%2FoutboundFeed%3FobfType%3DVIDEO%5FPLAYER%5FSMIL%5FFEED%26componentId%3D186902080&amp;img=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2F%2Fphoto%2F2010%2F11%2F18%2FJulie%5FChin%5Fvisits%5Fthe%5F1a5cf3cf%2D459f%2D46eb%2Db133%2D9da430e920f20000%5F20101118100455%5F640%5F480%2EJPG&amp;story=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2Fdpp%2Fentertainment%2F2news%2Dmeteorologist%2Djulie%2Dchin%2Dremembers%2Dher%2D%22wicked%22%2Dways&amp;category=&amp;title=&amp;oacct=&amp;ovns=\" data=\"http://www.kjrh.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=6448\"></embed></object></p>\r\n\r\nOK, Tulsa parents, I know you\'ve been inundated with information and advertising about <a href=\"http://www.tulsapac.com/\">Wicked</a>\'s second stint in Tulsa that kicks off this weekend.\r\n\r\nBut there\'s a reason why it\'s all over the place. The show really is that good. To say that it\'s babysitter worthy might be in the running for the top 10 understatements of the year.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the deal. If you\'re like me and my family, $120 for a pair of seats in the nosebleed section is a bit rich, not to mention what the cost would be if you wanted to sit a bit closer to the show. Add to that the cost of hiring a babysitter for an entire evening. And of course you\'ll want to grab dinner before the show, or maybe stop for a quick cocktail on the way home. Pretty soon you\'re talking about a date night that\'s gonna cost you north of the $300 mark.\r\n\r\nYikes!\r\n\r\nGood thing I have a secret tip for making all this work then, right? Right. <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-wicked-thrifty-style-0\">Get the scoop on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Wicked, Thrifty Style','OK, Tulsa parents, I know you\'ve been inundated with information and advertising about Wicked\'s second stint in Tulsa that kicks off this weekend. But there\'s a reason why it\'s all over the place. The show really is that good. To say that it\'s babysitter worthy might be in the running for the top 10 understatements of the year.','inherit','open','open','','3874-revision-3','','','2010-11-19 17:25:52','2010-11-19 22:25:52','',3874,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3874-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8901,1,'2010-11-18 11:59:47','2010-11-18 16:59:47','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3808\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/tulsa-kids-day-out-garden-glow/gardenglow/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3808\" title=\"Garden Glow\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/GardenGlow-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Garden Glow\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYes, I know I\'ve posted two weeks in a row about <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum</a> events here in the Tulsa Kids Day Out segment, but darn it, those Philbrook people just really know how to throw a party. They\'ve really earned their ups, my friends.\r\n\r\nReady to know what all the fuss is about with this week\'s pick for what to do with your kids in Tulsa? Great! <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-garden-glow\">Now get on over to my blog at TulsaKids.com and get the scoop</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Garden Glow','Philbrook Museum\'s Garden Glow is one of the most beautiful, exciting holiday events in Tulsa. Get the details on when and where to be here. ','inherit','open','open','','3807-revision-3','','','2010-11-18 11:59:47','2010-11-18 16:59:47','',3807,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3807-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8902,1,'2011-07-10 11:46:23','2011-07-10 17:46:23','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3808\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/tulsa-kids-day-out-garden-glow/gardenglow/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3808\" title=\"Garden Glow\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/GardenGlow-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Garden Glow\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYes, I know I\'ve posted two weeks in a row about <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum</a> events here in the Tulsa Kids Day Out segment, but darn it, those Philbrook people just really know how to throw a party. They\'ve really earned their ups, my friends.\r\n\r\nReady to know what all the fuss is about with this week\'s pick for what to do with your kids in Tulsa? Great! <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-garden-glow\">Now get on over to my blog at TulsaKids.com and get the scoop</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Garden Glow','Philbrook Museum\'s Garden Glow is one of the most beautiful, exciting holiday events in Tulsa. Get the details on when and where to be here. ','inherit','open','open','','3807-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:46:23','2011-07-10 17:46:23','',3807,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/3807-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8903,1,'2010-11-11 16:34:53','2010-11-11 21:34:53','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/mcnellies-pub-run-tulsa-kids/img_5190/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3638\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_5190-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"McNellies Pub Run\" title=\"McNellies Pub Run\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3638\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes, after a week of juggling everything from my family\'s finances to what my son found in his lunch box on school days, all I want when the weekend arrives is a nice, cold beer.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the deal: I\'m not the type to hang around in bars. Don\'t get me wrong, a trip now and then to a bar can be fun, especially if there\'s gonna be some great live music or if I\'m meeting a group of friends I haven\'t seen in awhile thanks to my mommy duties.\r\n\r\nBut as a rule, and though I\'m a beer lover among beer lovers, perching on a bar stool isn\'t my idea of entertainment or relaxation. Plus, it\'s rarely a diversion worth searching for (and paying!) a babysitter on a Friday night.\r\n\r\nMy pick for this week\'s Babysitter Worthy event delivers the beer (read: the good) part of this equation. It also offers a way to get some exercise, to take a tour of Tulsa\'s now-bustling Blue Dome District and to contribute to a great cause at the same time.\r\n\r\nGet the scoop <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-mcnellies-pub-run\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Babysitter Worthy: McNellie\'s Pub Run','But as a rule, and though I\'m a beer lover among beer lovers, perching on a bar stool isn\'t my idea of entertainment or relaxation. Plus, it\'s rarely a diversion worth searching for (and paying!) a babysitter on a Friday night.','inherit','open','open','','3585-revision-3','','','2010-11-11 16:34:53','2010-11-11 21:34:53','',3585,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3585-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8904,1,'2011-07-10 11:47:35','2011-07-10 17:47:35','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/mcnellies-pub-run-tulsa-kids/img_5190/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3638\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_5190-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"McNellies Pub Run\" title=\"McNellies Pub Run\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3638\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes, after a week of juggling everything from my family\'s finances to what my son found in his lunch box on school days, all I want when the weekend arrives is a nice, cold beer.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the deal: I\'m not the type to hang around in bars. Don\'t get me wrong, a trip now and then to a bar can be fun, especially if there\'s gonna be some great live music or if I\'m meeting a group of friends I haven\'t seen in awhile thanks to my mommy duties.\r\n\r\nBut as a rule, and though I\'m a beer lover among beer lovers, perching on a bar stool isn\'t my idea of entertainment or relaxation. Plus, it\'s rarely a diversion worth searching for (and paying!) a babysitter on a Friday night.\r\n\r\nMy pick for this week\'s Babysitter Worthy event delivers the beer (read: the good) part of this equation. It also offers a way to get some exercise, to take a tour of Tulsa\'s now-bustling Blue Dome District and to contribute to a great cause at the same time.\r\n\r\nGet the scoop <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-mcnellies-pub-run\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Babysitter Worthy: McNellie\'s Pub Run','But as a rule, and though I\'m a beer lover among beer lovers, perching on a bar stool isn\'t my idea of entertainment or relaxation. Plus, it\'s rarely a diversion worth searching for (and paying!) a babysitter on a Friday night.','inherit','open','open','','3585-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:47:35','2011-07-10 17:47:35','',3585,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/3585-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8905,1,'2010-11-11 12:31:45','2010-11-11 17:31:45','<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.','inherit','open','open','','3582-revision-3','','','2010-11-11 12:31:45','2010-11-11 17:31:45','',3582,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3582-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8906,1,'2010-11-06 13:38:21','2010-11-06 18:38:21','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1854\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/philbrook-museum-donut-okay/dsc08158/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1854\" title=\"Philbrook Museum\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC08158.jpg\" alt=\"Philbrook Museum\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs someone who does her job, which essentially can be described as getting out and about around town as much as possible and then trying to work the reporting and blogging about it all into the crannies left by two-year-old son\'s nap times and his occasional absorption into an episode of Thomas the Train - I tend to find myself in some interesting situations.\r\n\r\nRead about a certain (soggy) case in point <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-swimming-philbrook-museum\">in this post on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Swimming at Philbrook Museum','As someone who does her job, which essentially can be described as getting out and about around town as much as possible and then trying to work the reporting and blogging about it all into the crannies left by two-year-old son\'s nap times and his occasional absorption into an episode of Thomas the Train - I tend to find myself in some interesting situations. Read about a certain (soggy) case in point here.','inherit','open','open','','3551-revision-3','','','2010-11-06 13:38:21','2010-11-06 18:38:21','',3551,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3551-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8907,1,'2011-07-10 11:47:46','2011-07-10 17:47:46','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1854\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/philbrook-museum-donut-okay/dsc08158/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1854\" title=\"Philbrook Museum\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC08158.jpg\" alt=\"Philbrook Museum\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs someone who does her job, which essentially can be described as getting out and about around town as much as possible and then trying to work the reporting and blogging about it all into the crannies left by two-year-old son\'s nap times and his occasional absorption into an episode of Thomas the Train - I tend to find myself in some interesting situations.\r\n\r\nRead about a certain (soggy) case in point <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-swimming-philbrook-museum\">in this post on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Swimming at Philbrook Museum','As someone who does her job, which essentially can be described as getting out and about around town as much as possible and then trying to work the reporting and blogging about it all into the crannies left by two-year-old son\'s nap times and his occasional absorption into an episode of Thomas the Train - I tend to find myself in some interesting situations. Read about a certain (soggy) case in point here.','inherit','open','open','','3551-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 11:47:46','2011-07-10 17:47:46','',3551,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/3551-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8908,1,'2011-07-10 11:47:46','2011-07-10 17:47:46','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1854\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/philbrook-museum-donut-okay/dsc08158/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1854\" title=\"Philbrook Museum\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC08158.jpg\" alt=\"Philbrook Museum\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs someone who does her job, which essentially can be described as getting out and about around town as much as possible and then trying to work the reporting and blogging about it all into the crannies left by two-year-old son\'s nap times and his occasional absorption into an episode of Thomas the Train - I tend to find myself in some interesting situations.\r\n\r\nRead about a certain (soggy) case in point <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-swimming-philbrook-museum\">in this post on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Swimming at Philbrook Museum','As someone who does her job, which essentially can be described as getting out and about around town as much as possible and then trying to work the reporting and blogging about it all into the crannies left by two-year-old son\'s nap times and his occasional absorption into an episode of Thomas the Train - I tend to find myself in some interesting situations. 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Read about a certain (soggy) case in point here.','inherit','open','open','','3551-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:47:46','2011-07-10 17:47:46','',3551,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/3551-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8910,1,'2011-07-10 11:47:46','2011-07-10 17:47:46','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1854\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/philbrook-museum-donut-okay/dsc08158/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1854\" title=\"Philbrook Museum\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC08158.jpg\" alt=\"Philbrook Museum\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs someone who does her job, which essentially can be described as getting out and about around town as much as possible and then trying to work the reporting and blogging about it all into the crannies left by two-year-old son\'s nap times and his occasional absorption into an episode of Thomas the Train - I tend to find myself in some interesting situations.\r\n\r\nRead about a certain (soggy) case in point <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-swimming-philbrook-museum\">in this post on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Swimming at Philbrook Museum','As someone who does her job, which essentially can be described as getting out and about around town as much as possible and then trying to work the reporting and blogging about it all into the crannies left by two-year-old son\'s nap times and his occasional absorption into an episode of Thomas the Train - I tend to find myself in some interesting situations. Read about a certain (soggy) case in point here.','inherit','open','open','','3551-revision-7','','','2011-07-10 11:47:46','2011-07-10 17:47:46','',3551,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/3551-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8911,1,'2011-07-10 11:47:46','2011-07-10 17:47:46','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1854\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/philbrook-museum-donut-okay/dsc08158/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1854\" title=\"Philbrook Museum\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC08158.jpg\" alt=\"Philbrook Museum\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs someone who does her job, which essentially can be described as getting out and about around town as much as possible and then trying to work the reporting and blogging about it all into the crannies left by two-year-old son\'s nap times and his occasional absorption into an episode of Thomas the Train - I tend to find myself in some interesting situations.\r\n\r\nRead about a certain (soggy) case in point <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-swimming-philbrook-museum\">in this post on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Swimming at Philbrook Museum','As someone who does her job, which essentially can be described as getting out and about around town as much as possible and then trying to work the reporting and blogging about it all into the crannies left by two-year-old son\'s nap times and his occasional absorption into an episode of Thomas the Train - I tend to find myself in some interesting situations. Read about a certain (soggy) case in point here.','inherit','open','open','','3551-revision-8','','','2011-07-10 11:47:46','2011-07-10 17:47:46','',3551,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/3551-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8912,1,'2010-11-03 17:07:15','2010-11-03 22:07:15','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3472\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/tulsa-kids-blog/dsc_0238/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3472\" title=\"Tulsa Zoo\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_0238-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Zoo\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSurprise! I\'m a mom. If you read TDT on a regular basis, that\'s something you probably know by now.\r\n\r\nThe fact that I spend my days with my two-year-old son is something I\'ll mention from time to time here at TDT, but it\'s not something that I\'ve wanted to dominate the site. I decided a long time ago that I wanted TDT to be a place where anyone, parent or not, could come to find things to do in Tulsa that s/he would find exciting and worth that oh-so-precious space in his/her personal calendar.\r\n\r\nAnd yet.\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/kids-and-families/\">See that Kids and Families category over there in the Insider\'s Guide to Tulsa</a>? It and the posts that belong there have always been some of the most popular features of this site. In fact, I hear often from readers who think that I could feature even more family-friendly content here at TDT and that it wouldn\'t be any skin off their nose.\r\n\r\nOne of the most oft-said things about Tulsa is that it\'s a family-friendly city, and boy, is that true. There\'s tons going on that\'s just for parents and families here in the area, and sadly, in an effort to balance coverage here at TDT, features of some of those things simply fall off the plate.\r\n\r\nBut, no longer! Because I have a big announcement. Ready?\r\n\r\nI\'m the new blogger at TulsaKids.com. Yay! I know, right? I can\'t believe that I get to blog for a magazine that I\'ve been reading since I was a kid myself.\r\n\r\nIn fact, the first story I ever published was one I wrote for Tulsa Kids through <a href=\"http://www.resonancetulsa.org/\">the Girls Unlimited summer camp program at Resonance Center for Women for girls interested in journalism careers</a>. You know, back in <em>the nineties</em>. When I\'d show up for camp wearing a ponytail on the side of my head and two pairs of socks, one teal and one purple. And when I\'d return home from camp to watch shows like Rugrats and Doug on Nickelodeon.\r\n\r\nAh, the nineties.\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, it\'s sort of surreal to have the chance to write for this magazine as one of its new bloggers.\r\n\r\nThis new blog about all things family-friendly to do in Tulsa will have three parts:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>First up will be a pick of the most exciting event for kids in town that week.</li>\r\n	<li>Second will be an event that\'s guaranteed to be worth the dollars in your babysitting budget - basically, romantic ideas for date nights, news about thrilling concerts and the hippest, coolest events for parents who could use a night out on the town without the threat of surprise projectile vomit or incredibly inconvenient bathroom stop requests hanging over their heads. (That is, assuming your date isn\'t ill and that s/he doesn\'t have a bladder the size of a pea. In those cases, you\'re on your own.)</li>\r\n	<li>The third leg of the blog will offer a look into my own misadventures as a work-at-home mom whose purpose and occupation in life is to do Tulsa. When you\'re on the go with a two-year-old in a town like this, things are always bound to get...interesting. And sometimes sticky. And every once in awhile, poopy.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsakids.com/?q=big-hello-and-first-tulsa-kids-day-out-kids-world-2010\">The first post, which is all about the Kids\' World 2010 event going on at Expo Square this weekend, is already up at TulsaKids.com</a>. Check it out and let me know what you think, because the babysitter-worthy event is coming up next.\r\n\r\nAnd trust me, you\'re not going to want to miss out on news about that little shindig. Whew, baby.\r\n\r\nAnd as always, thanks for making TDT part of your daily procrastination plan. I\'d have to be in the laundry room much more often if it weren\'t for you guys, which is great because I hate that place. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\nAnd from my chair-flattened, blogger butt.','TDT Does Tulsa Kids','I have a big announcement. It involves you and your kids. Are you ready for it? Are you sure you can take it?','inherit','open','open','','3471-revision-5','','','2010-11-03 17:07:15','2010-11-03 22:07:15','',3471,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3471-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8913,1,'2011-07-10 11:47:56','2011-07-10 17:47:56','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3472\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/tulsa-kids-blog/dsc_0238/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3472\" title=\"Tulsa Zoo\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_0238-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Zoo\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSurprise! I\'m a mom. If you read TDT on a regular basis, that\'s something you probably know by now.\r\n\r\nThe fact that I spend my days with my two-year-old son is something I\'ll mention from time to time here at TDT, but it\'s not something that I\'ve wanted to dominate the site. I decided a long time ago that I wanted TDT to be a place where anyone, parent or not, could come to find things to do in Tulsa that s/he would find exciting and worth that oh-so-precious space in his/her personal calendar.\r\n\r\nAnd yet.\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/kids-and-families/\">See that Kids and Families category over there in the Insider\'s Guide to Tulsa</a>? It and the posts that belong there have always been some of the most popular features of this site. In fact, I hear often from readers who think that I could feature even more family-friendly content here at TDT and that it wouldn\'t be any skin off their nose.\r\n\r\nOne of the most oft-said things about Tulsa is that it\'s a family-friendly city, and boy, is that true. There\'s tons going on that\'s just for parents and families here in the area, and sadly, in an effort to balance coverage here at TDT, features of some of those things simply fall off the plate.\r\n\r\nBut, no longer! Because I have a big announcement. Ready?\r\n\r\nI\'m the new blogger at TulsaKids.com. Yay! I know, right? I can\'t believe that I get to blog for a magazine that I\'ve been reading since I was a kid myself.\r\n\r\nIn fact, the first story I ever published was one I wrote for Tulsa Kids through <a href=\"http://www.resonancetulsa.org/\">the Girls Unlimited summer camp program at Resonance Center for Women for girls interested in journalism careers</a>. You know, back in <em>the nineties</em>. When I\'d show up for camp wearing a ponytail on the side of my head and two pairs of socks, one teal and one purple. And when I\'d return home from camp to watch shows like Rugrats and Doug on Nickelodeon.\r\n\r\nAh, the nineties.\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, it\'s sort of surreal to have the chance to write for this magazine as one of its new bloggers.\r\n\r\nThis new blog about all things family-friendly to do in Tulsa will have three parts:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>First up will be a pick of the most exciting event for kids in town that week.</li>\r\n	<li>Second will be an event that\'s guaranteed to be worth the dollars in your babysitting budget - basically, romantic ideas for date nights, news about thrilling concerts and the hippest, coolest events for parents who could use a night out on the town without the threat of surprise projectile vomit or incredibly inconvenient bathroom stop requests hanging over their heads. (That is, assuming your date isn\'t ill and that s/he doesn\'t have a bladder the size of a pea. In those cases, you\'re on your own.)</li>\r\n	<li>The third leg of the blog will offer a look into my own misadventures as a work-at-home mom whose purpose and occupation in life is to do Tulsa. When you\'re on the go with a two-year-old in a town like this, things are always bound to get...interesting. And sometimes sticky. And every once in awhile, poopy.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsakids.com/?q=big-hello-and-first-tulsa-kids-day-out-kids-world-2010\">The first post, which is all about the Kids\' World 2010 event going on at Expo Square this weekend, is already up at TulsaKids.com</a>. Check it out and let me know what you think, because the babysitter-worthy event is coming up next.\r\n\r\nAnd trust me, you\'re not going to want to miss out on news about that little shindig. Whew, baby.\r\n\r\nAnd as always, thanks for making TDT part of your daily procrastination plan. I\'d have to be in the laundry room much more often if it weren\'t for you guys, which is great because I hate that place. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\nAnd from my chair-flattened, blogger butt.','TDT Does Tulsa Kids','I have a big announcement. It involves you and your kids. Are you ready for it? Are you sure you can take it?','inherit','open','open','','3471-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:47:56','2011-07-10 17:47:56','',3471,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/3471-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8914,1,'2011-07-10 11:47:56','2011-07-10 17:47:56','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3472\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/tulsa-kids-blog/dsc_0238/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3472\" title=\"Tulsa Zoo\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_0238-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Zoo\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSurprise! I\'m a mom. If you read TDT on a regular basis, that\'s something you probably know by now.\r\n\r\nThe fact that I spend my days with my two-year-old son is something I\'ll mention from time to time here at TDT, but it\'s not something that I\'ve wanted to dominate the site. I decided a long time ago that I wanted TDT to be a place where anyone, parent or not, could come to find things to do in Tulsa that s/he would find exciting and worth that oh-so-precious space in his/her personal calendar.\r\n\r\nAnd yet.\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/kids-and-families/\">See that Kids and Families category over there in the Insider\'s Guide to Tulsa</a>? It and the posts that belong there have always been some of the most popular features of this site. In fact, I hear often from readers who think that I could feature even more family-friendly content here at TDT and that it wouldn\'t be any skin off their nose.\r\n\r\nOne of the most oft-said things about Tulsa is that it\'s a family-friendly city, and boy, is that true. There\'s tons going on that\'s just for parents and families here in the area, and sadly, in an effort to balance coverage here at TDT, features of some of those things simply fall off the plate.\r\n\r\nBut, no longer! Because I have a big announcement. Ready?\r\n\r\nI\'m the new blogger at TulsaKids.com. Yay! I know, right? I can\'t believe that I get to blog for a magazine that I\'ve been reading since I was a kid myself.\r\n\r\nIn fact, the first story I ever published was one I wrote for Tulsa Kids through <a href=\"http://www.resonancetulsa.org/\">the Girls Unlimited summer camp program at Resonance Center for Women for girls interested in journalism careers</a>. You know, back in <em>the nineties</em>. When I\'d show up for camp wearing a ponytail on the side of my head and two pairs of socks, one teal and one purple. And when I\'d return home from camp to watch shows like Rugrats and Doug on Nickelodeon.\r\n\r\nAh, the nineties.\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, it\'s sort of surreal to have the chance to write for this magazine as one of its new bloggers.\r\n\r\nThis new blog about all things family-friendly to do in Tulsa will have three parts:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>First up will be a pick of the most exciting event for kids in town that week.</li>\r\n	<li>Second will be an event that\'s guaranteed to be worth the dollars in your babysitting budget - basically, romantic ideas for date nights, news about thrilling concerts and the hippest, coolest events for parents who could use a night out on the town without the threat of surprise projectile vomit or incredibly inconvenient bathroom stop requests hanging over their heads. (That is, assuming your date isn\'t ill and that s/he doesn\'t have a bladder the size of a pea. In those cases, you\'re on your own.)</li>\r\n	<li>The third leg of the blog will offer a look into my own misadventures as a work-at-home mom whose purpose and occupation in life is to do Tulsa. When you\'re on the go with a two-year-old in a town like this, things are always bound to get...interesting. And sometimes sticky. And every once in awhile, poopy.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsakids.com/?q=big-hello-and-first-tulsa-kids-day-out-kids-world-2010\">The first post, which is all about the Kids\' World 2010 event going on at Expo Square this weekend, is already up at TulsaKids.com</a>. Check it out and let me know what you think, because the babysitter-worthy event is coming up next.\r\n\r\nAnd trust me, you\'re not going to want to miss out on news about that little shindig. Whew, baby.\r\n\r\nAnd as always, thanks for making TDT part of your daily procrastination plan. I\'d have to be in the laundry room much more often if it weren\'t for you guys, which is great because I hate that place. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\nAnd from my chair-flattened, blogger butt.','TDT Does Tulsa Kids','I have a big announcement. It involves you and your kids. Are you ready for it? Are you sure you can take it?','inherit','open','open','','3471-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:47:56','2011-07-10 17:47:56','',3471,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/3471-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8915,1,'2011-07-10 11:47:56','2011-07-10 17:47:56','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3472\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/tulsa-kids-blog/dsc_0238/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3472\" title=\"Tulsa Zoo\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_0238-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Zoo\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSurprise! I\'m a mom. If you read TDT on a regular basis, that\'s something you probably know by now.\r\n\r\nThe fact that I spend my days with my two-year-old son is something I\'ll mention from time to time here at TDT, but it\'s not something that I\'ve wanted to dominate the site. I decided a long time ago that I wanted TDT to be a place where anyone, parent or not, could come to find things to do in Tulsa that s/he would find exciting and worth that oh-so-precious space in his/her personal calendar.\r\n\r\nAnd yet.\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/kids-and-families/\">See that Kids and Families category over there in the Insider\'s Guide to Tulsa</a>? It and the posts that belong there have always been some of the most popular features of this site. In fact, I hear often from readers who think that I could feature even more family-friendly content here at TDT and that it wouldn\'t be any skin off their nose.\r\n\r\nOne of the most oft-said things about Tulsa is that it\'s a family-friendly city, and boy, is that true. There\'s tons going on that\'s just for parents and families here in the area, and sadly, in an effort to balance coverage here at TDT, features of some of those things simply fall off the plate.\r\n\r\nBut, no longer! Because I have a big announcement. Ready?\r\n\r\nI\'m the new blogger at TulsaKids.com. Yay! I know, right? I can\'t believe that I get to blog for a magazine that I\'ve been reading since I was a kid myself.\r\n\r\nIn fact, the first story I ever published was one I wrote for Tulsa Kids through <a href=\"http://www.resonancetulsa.org/\">the Girls Unlimited summer camp program at Resonance Center for Women for girls interested in journalism careers</a>. You know, back in <em>the nineties</em>. When I\'d show up for camp wearing a ponytail on the side of my head and two pairs of socks, one teal and one purple. And when I\'d return home from camp to watch shows like Rugrats and Doug on Nickelodeon.\r\n\r\nAh, the nineties.\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, it\'s sort of surreal to have the chance to write for this magazine as one of its new bloggers.\r\n\r\nThis new blog about all things family-friendly to do in Tulsa will have three parts:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>First up will be a pick of the most exciting event for kids in town that week.</li>\r\n	<li>Second will be an event that\'s guaranteed to be worth the dollars in your babysitting budget - basically, romantic ideas for date nights, news about thrilling concerts and the hippest, coolest events for parents who could use a night out on the town without the threat of surprise projectile vomit or incredibly inconvenient bathroom stop requests hanging over their heads. (That is, assuming your date isn\'t ill and that s/he doesn\'t have a bladder the size of a pea. In those cases, you\'re on your own.)</li>\r\n	<li>The third leg of the blog will offer a look into my own misadventures as a work-at-home mom whose purpose and occupation in life is to do Tulsa. When you\'re on the go with a two-year-old in a town like this, things are always bound to get...interesting. And sometimes sticky. And every once in awhile, poopy.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsakids.com/?q=big-hello-and-first-tulsa-kids-day-out-kids-world-2010\">The first post, which is all about the Kids\' World 2010 event going on at Expo Square this weekend, is already up at TulsaKids.com</a>. Check it out and let me know what you think, because the babysitter-worthy event is coming up next.\r\n\r\nAnd trust me, you\'re not going to want to miss out on news about that little shindig. Whew, baby.\r\n\r\nAnd as always, thanks for making TDT part of your daily procrastination plan. I\'d have to be in the laundry room much more often if it weren\'t for you guys, which is great because I hate that place. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\nAnd from my chair-flattened, blogger butt.','TDT Does Tulsa Kids','I have a big announcement. It involves you and your kids. Are you ready for it? Are you sure you can take it?','inherit','open','open','','3471-revision-7','','','2011-07-10 11:47:56','2011-07-10 17:47:56','',3471,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/3471-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8916,1,'2010-08-30 14:38:20','2010-08-30 19:38:20','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0761.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-945\" title=\"Tulsa Shock\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0761.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Shock\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe’s a former world champion track and field star. She was a five-time medalist in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Now, after a high-profile flub involving her use of illegal drugs, she’s making a comeback as a rookie guard on Tulsa’s new WNBA team, the Tulsa Shock.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of this article in <a href=\"http://tulsakids.com/?q=moms/support/marion-jones-tulsa-shock-athlete-and-mom\">the August 2010 issue of Tulsa Kids</a>.','Marion Jones: Tulsa Shock Athlete and Mom','She’s a former world champion track and field star. She was a five-time medalist in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Now, after a high-profile flub involving her use of illegal drugs, she’s making a comeback as a rookie guard on Tulsa’s new WNBA team, the Tulsa Shock.','inherit','open','open','','943-revision-4','','','2010-08-30 14:38:20','2010-08-30 19:38:20','',943,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/943-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8917,1,'2011-07-10 11:48:05','2011-07-10 17:48:05','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0761.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-945\" title=\"Tulsa Shock\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0761.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Shock\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe’s a former world champion track and field star. She was a five-time medalist in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Now, after a high-profile flub involving her use of illegal drugs, she’s making a comeback as a rookie guard on Tulsa’s new WNBA team, the Tulsa Shock.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of this article in <a href=\"http://tulsakids.com/?q=moms/support/marion-jones-tulsa-shock-athlete-and-mom\">the August 2010 issue of Tulsa Kids</a>.','Marion Jones: Tulsa Shock Athlete and Mom','She’s a former world champion track and field star. She was a five-time medalist in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. 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Now, after a high-profile flub involving her use of illegal drugs, she’s making a comeback as a rookie guard on Tulsa’s new WNBA team, the Tulsa Shock.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of this article in <a href=\"http://tulsakids.com/?q=moms/support/marion-jones-tulsa-shock-athlete-and-mom\">the August 2010 issue of Tulsa Kids</a>.','Marion Jones: Tulsa Shock Athlete and Mom','She’s a former world champion track and field star. She was a five-time medalist in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. 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While you\'re at it, feed your inner outdoorsman, too. With brats, burgers and a trip through one of Tulsa\'s most unique, mostly manly locally owned boutiques.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=fly-fishing-101-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Fly Fishing 101: Babysitter Worthy','Get a free fly fishing course at The Gadget Company in downtown Tulsa this weekend with the folks of the Tulsa chapter of Trout Unlimited.','inherit','open','open','','8611-revision-5','','','2011-06-24 09:58:01','2011-06-24 15:58:01','',8611,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8611-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8920,1,'2011-07-10 11:50:11','2011-07-10 17:50:11','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8612\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/fly-fishing-101-gadget-company-babysitter-worthy/picture-5-13/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8612\" title=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" width=\"409\" height=\"607\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nEdify your inner outdoorsman this weekend with a free fly fishing course, and without so much as stepping foot outside the city limits. While you\'re at it, feed your inner outdoorsman, too. With brats, burgers and a trip through one of Tulsa\'s most unique, mostly manly locally owned boutiques.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=fly-fishing-101-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Fly Fishing 101: Babysitter Worthy','Get a free fly fishing course at The Gadget Company in downtown Tulsa this weekend with the folks of the Tulsa chapter of Trout Unlimited.','inherit','open','open','','8611-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 11:50:11','2011-07-10 17:50:11','',8611,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8611-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(9996,1,'2011-12-19 09:29:56','2011-12-19 15:29:56','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/around-town-family-style-chicken-dinner-at-brady-tavern/bradytavernchickendinner/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9997\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/BradyTavernChickenDinner-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9997\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Winner, winner, chicken dinner</strong>. <a href=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" target=\"_blank\">We\'re all very much aware of the love I have for the Tavern Burger at Brady Tavern</a>, found in Tulsa\'s Brady Arts District at Brady and Main. In fact, I\'ve been really impressed with everything I\'ve had there, but perhaps not so much as what I experienced last night: Family-style chicken dinner night, a Sunday tradition at Brady Tavern. Here\'s how it works: A bowl of crispy, pan-fried chicken comes to the table, accompanied by a bowl of the biggest, flakiest biscuits you\'ve ever had the pleasure to meet, plus your choice of two sides — cheese grits, Brussels sprouts, sauteed peas or mashed potatoes with (the best) gravy (I\'ve ever had, ever — let\'s keep this between us and NOT tell my grandmother). From there, you serve your own damn self. \r\n\r\nAnd it is sort of good a little bit maybe.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Around Town: Family-Style Chicken Dinner at Brady Tavern','The family-style chicken dinner is a Sunday tradition at Brady Tavern in downtown Tulsa. ','publish','open','open','','around-town-family-style-chicken-dinner-at-brady-tavern','','','2011-12-19 13:51:40','2011-12-19 19:51:40','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=9996',0,'post','',0),(9997,1,'2011-12-19 08:49:57','2011-12-19 14:49:57','','Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','bradytavernchickendinner','','','2011-12-19 08:49:57','2011-12-19 14:49:57','',9996,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/BradyTavernChickenDinner.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9998,1,'2011-12-19 09:19:25','2011-12-19 15:19:25','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9997\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9997\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/BradyTavernChickenDinner-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9997\" /></a>\n\n<strong>Winner, winner, chicken dinner</strong>. We\'re all very much aware of the love I have for the Tavern Burger at Brady Tavern, found in Tulsa\'s Brady Arts District at Brady and Main. In fact, I\'ve been really impressed with everything I\'ve had there, but perhaps not so much as what I experienced last night: It was family-style chicken dinner night, as it is every Sunday at Brady Tavern. Here\'s how it works: A bowl of crispy, pan-fried chicken comes to the table, accompanied by your choice of two sides — cheese grits, Brussels sprouts, sauteed peas or mashed potatoes with (the best) gravy (I\'ve ever had, ever — let\'s keep this between us and NOT tell my grandmother). ','Around Town: Family-Style Chicken Dinner at Brady Tavern','','inherit','open','open','','9996-revision','','','2011-12-19 09:19:25','2011-12-19 15:19:25','',9996,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/9996-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9580,1,'2011-11-17 16:56:44','2011-11-17 22:56:44','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/christmas-lights-in-tulsa-2010/uticasquare/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4048\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/uticasquare.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"uticasquare\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4048\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after the biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\r\n\r\nBut it also means that several of Tulsa\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/11/17/2011/lights-on-events-in-tulsa-2011/\" target=\"_blank\">Find a list of Tulsa\'s best lights on events at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','Tulsa Lights On Events 2011','Tulsa loves a good, old-fashioned lights on event, when the switch is flipped on thousands - in some cases, millions - of Christmas lights all over town.','publish','open','open','','tulsa-lights-on-events-2011','','\nhttp://dowhat.thislandpress.com/11/17/2011/lights-on-events-in-tulsa-2011/','2011-11-17 16:56:44','2011-11-17 22:56:44','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=9580',0,'post','',0),(8971,1,'2011-07-19 07:18:13','2011-07-19 13:18:13','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/things-to-do-in-tulsa-today-19/splash-pad-river-parks/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8345\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Splash-Pad-River-Parks.jpg\" alt=\"Splash Pad River Parks Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Splash Pad River Parks Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8345\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-135','','','2011-07-19 07:18:13','2011-07-19 13:18:13','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7294-revision-135/',0,'revision','',0),(8972,1,'2011-07-20 09:44:47','2011-07-20 15:44:47','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/shop-books-tulsa-author-jeff-martin-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/hardesty/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4419\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Hardesty.jpg\" alt=\"Hardesty Regional Library Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Hardesty Regional Library Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4419\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-136','','','2011-07-20 09:44:47','2011-07-20 15:44:47','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7294-revision-136/',0,'revision','',0),(9999,1,'2011-12-19 09:19:49','2011-12-19 15:19:49','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9997\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9997\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/BradyTavernChickenDinner-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9997\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Winner, winner, chicken dinner</strong>. We\'re all very much aware of the love I have for the Tavern Burger at Brady Tavern, found in Tulsa\'s Brady Arts District at Brady and Main. In fact, I\'ve been really impressed with everything I\'ve had there, but perhaps not so much as what I experienced last night: It was family-style chicken dinner night, as it is every Sunday at Brady Tavern. Here\'s how it works: A bowl of crispy, pan-fried chicken comes to the table, accompanied by your choice of two sides — cheese grits, Brussels sprouts, sauteed peas or mashed potatoes with (the best) gravy (I\'ve ever had, ever — let\'s keep this between us and NOT tell my grandmother). ','Around Town: Family-Style Chicken Dinner at Brady Tavern','','inherit','open','open','','9996-revision-2','','','2011-12-19 09:19:49','2011-12-19 15:19:49','',9996,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/9996-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(10201,1,'2012-01-04 09:03:48','2012-01-04 15:03:48','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/around-town-route-66-roadtrip/route66roadtrip/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10187\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" title=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10187\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Last summer, we craved The Road.</strong> We set out from Tulsa and, over the course of two days, drove to Elk City and back, almost all the way on old, poured concrete. We saw a young couple and their pet chicken stop for a bathroom break; we flipped out over the windmills near Weatherford and Clinton (well, one of us in particular did); we drank Oklahoma Syrah and downed two six-packs of root beer from Pops. As we headed west, the horizon flattened, and the dirt showing through the bald spots along the road brightened to an impossible red. 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And this year, it\'s a big one—the big 1-0-0.\n\nHere\'s a list of the events Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration events going on in Tulsa this weekend:\n\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/woody-at-100-the-woody-guthrie-centennial-celebration-1912-2012-mar-9/\" target=\"_blank\">Woody at One Hundred: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration, 1912-2012</a>, a Gilcrease Museum\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/red-dirt-hootenanny/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Dirt Hootenanny</a>, Cain\'s Ballroom\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/different-shades-of-red-conference-and-symposium/\" target=\"_blank\">Different Shades of Red: Woody at 100 Conference</a>, at The University of Tulsa\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/woody-guthrie-centennial-celebration-concert/\" target=\"_blank\">This Land Is Your Land: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration Concert</a>, at Brady Theater\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/woody-guthrie-tribute-with-david-amram/\" target=\"_blank\">Woody Guthrie Tribute with David Amram</a>, Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/sunday-matinee-films-hard-travelin/\" target=\"_blank\">FREE! Sunday Matinee Films: Hard Travelin\'</a>\n\nFind the full list of Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration events at DO WHAT.\n','Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration Events in Tulsa This Weekend','','inherit','open','open','','10750-revision','','','2012-03-09 07:35:07','2012-03-09 13:35:07','',10750,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/03/10750-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(10392,1,'2012-01-27 14:03:48','2012-01-27 20:03:48','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10391\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10391\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Daylight-Donuts-Super-Shop-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Daylight Donuts Super Shop Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Daylight Donuts Super Shop Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10391\" /></a>','Around Town: Daylight Donuts Super Shop','','inherit','open','open','','10390-revision','','','2012-01-27 14:03:48','2012-01-27 20:03:48','',10390,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10390-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(10188,1,'2012-01-03 13:26:40','2012-01-03 19:26:40','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10187\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10187\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" title=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10187\" /></a>','Around Town: Route 66 Roadtrip','','inherit','open','open','','10132-revision','','','2012-01-03 13:26:40','2012-01-03 19:26:40','',10132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10132-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9610,1,'2011-11-21 07:36:56','2011-11-21 13:36:56','','BOK Toy Drive Ad','','inherit','open','open','','picture-2-20','','','2011-11-21 07:36:56','2011-11-21 13:36:56','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Picture-2.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(10187,1,'2012-01-03 13:23:31','2012-01-03 19:23:31','','Route 66 Roadtrip','','inherit','open','open','','route66roadtrip','','','2012-01-03 13:23:31','2012-01-03 19:23:31','',10132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9303,1,'2011-10-15 10:25:02','2011-10-15 16:25:02','','dog nose','','inherit','open','open','','477649970_9ccf067f5a_o','','','2011-10-15 10:25:02','2011-10-15 16:25:02','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/477649970_9ccf067f5a_o.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0);
INSERT INTO `wptdt_posts` VALUES (10162,1,'2012-01-10 10:00:00','2012-01-10 16:00:00','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/tulsa-blogger-meetup-prairie-fab-edition/2313604137_f657231b15_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9333\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2313604137_f657231b15_o-500x450.jpg\" alt=\"by Mike Licht\" title=\"blogger\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWelcome to <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/ok-blogs/\" target=\"_blank\">OK Blogs, a series here at TDT that features interviews with your favorite Oklahoma bloggers</a>. You can read <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tags/ok-blogs\" target=\"_blank\">the entire OK Blogs series at TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>. \r\n\r\nAt bat this week is <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Becky McCray, the Oklahoma-based blogger behind SmallBizSurvival.com</a>, a resource for the small business owners of rural America.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: Why do small businesses need a tech blog? What lead to the idea?</strong>\r\n\r\nBack in 2006, I used to email friends with economic development ideas and business support ideas from newsletters I subscribed to. I finally got the idea of sharing that as a public blog, instead of private emails. I thought there were about 12 people who knew me and would be interested. It turns out, there are more people than that interested, because it\'s now one of the Top 20 Small Business Blogs worldwide. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: What\'s the strategy for reaching America\'s small business owners?</strong>\r\n\r\nThey come to Small Biz Survival because we answer their questions, even the questions they don\'t know they have. I answer questions people ask me in person, search queries that I see in my analytics, and questions people ask in the comment box. \r\n\r\nWhile I\'ve done some guest posting on more general small business sites, there is an unspoken truth about trying to reach \"America\'s small business owners\": it can\'t be done. There are something over 25 million small businesses. The owners are an incredibly diverse and scattered group. That\'s why I focus on one small part: small town business owners. That makes it much easier for them to find me than it would ever be for me to find them. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: What are some of the most popular posts at Small Biz Survival?</strong>\r\n\r\nOne of our earliest big successes was in 2008: <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/03/checklists-for-starting-your-first.html\" target=\"_blank\">Checklists for starting your first business</a> got picked up by <a href=\"http://www.lifehacker.com/\" target=\"_blank\">LifeHacker</a>. People ask me often about time management (especially for multiple businesses), and <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/01/6-most-important-things.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Six Most Important Things List</a> is part of my answer and one of our most popular posts. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: The Brag Basket is a regular and popular feature at Small Biz Survival. Can you describe the evolution of that series?</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Brag Basket is probably the best single thing I do at Small Biz Survival. We let anyone and everyone come by and share their good news for the week. We also celebrate worthwhile failures, and people frequently come by to share someone else\'s good news. It builds our community feeling. I started it in 2006 to go along with a podcast I did encouraging everyone to review their week as a way to improve their performance. 283 Brag Baskets later, and it\'s still around. I actually stole the name and general idea from my local Business and Professional Women\'s group, where we paid a dollar to brag about something. It was a tiny local fundraiser that we all enjoyed. I thought it made perfect sense to do online, even though I don\'t charge a dollar. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: You offer several small publications at Small Biz Survival. Can you talk about some of the tools and resources that helped you develop the strategy and actual products for those offerings?</strong>\r\n\r\nIt started with the <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2008/05/small-business-ideas-for-small-towns.html\" target=\"_blank\">small business ideas for small towns</a> booklet. I had done a whole bunch of posts on cool business ideas I thought worked well in a small town, and so I pulled 20 of them together into a booklet. At <a href=\"http://sxsw.com/\" target=\"_blank\">SXSW</a> in 2008, I asked <a href=\"http://www.networksolutions.com/blog/authors/\" target=\"_blank\">Shashi Bellamkonda with Network Solutions</a> to sponsor it. He got approval, and NetSol not only paid to have an ad on the cover of the eBook, they paid to have printed copies made. So we still distribute both the eBook and the paper version of 20 Small Business Ideas for Small Towns today at no charge to readers. Searches for \"business ideas\" drive a lot of traffic for us, and this series and the booklet tie in with that. \r\n\r\nAnother publication that came from search traffic was the <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/05/shop-local-campaigns-for-small-towns.html\" target=\"_blank\">Shop Local Campaigns for Small Towns eBook</a>. I noticed a lot of search traffic to our series on Shop Local, and I knew that the existing guides were written for big city campaigns. So I wrote my own guide for small towns, priced it very reasonably, and have sold it since 2009. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/05/download-writing-tips-for-small.html\" target=\"_blank\">Writing Tips for Small Business Owners</a> is a free compilation of four guest posts that Denise McGill did for us, so there isn\'t a lot of strategy to that. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tourismcurrents.com/how-to-draw-the-line-between-free-and-paid\" target=\"_blank\">How to Draw the Line Between Free and Paid</a> came about because so many people discuss those requests for free help. You know the ones, \"can I buy you a cup of coffee and pick your brain?\" For most freelancers, that is a very difficult issue. So I put together ideas I had written in posts and made it into a workbook. See, if it\'s a painful money topic, people are more likely to pay for it. Sales have amounted to a few hundred dollars, so it\'s certainly paid for itself, even though I haven\'t promoted it much and it\'s slightly off my main topic. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: You also post regularly at your personal blog, Out Standing in My Field; you\'re a speaker on the national circuit; you co-own a liquor store and cattle ranch; you do consulting work with small businesses and governments. Sounds like you might be able to offer some tips on effective time management.</strong>\r\n\r\nFirst, know your goals, for every project and every business. \r\n\r\nSecond, know the next steps on each project. \r\n\r\nThird, plan your schedule one week at a time and include action on those important projects. \r\n\r\nFourth, each evening, draw up the six most important things list for the next day and follow it. \r\n\r\nThat\'s the whole secret! \r\n\r\nI keep planning to make that into a product, too. But it\'s not a priority project yet. :)\r\n\r\n------------------\r\n\r\nThanks, Becky, for taking the time to interview for this new series. TDT readers, feel free to leave any questions or comments for Becky here on this post, and be sure to <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/\" target=\"_blank\">check out SmallBizSurvival.com for yourselves</a>. \r\n\r\nKnow a blogger you think should be interviewed as part of this series? <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact/\" target=\"_blank\">Send me a message</a> or leave me a note in the comments on this post. \r\n\r\n<em>Photo by Mike Licht</em>','OK Blogs: Becky McCray of SmallBizSurvival.com','Oklahoma blogger Becky McCray is a national authority on blogging, social media and small business. 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And karaoke.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe Rock ‘n’ Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher is a film that was shot in Tulsa, by Tulsans, and it’s first public showing on the big screen is scheduled for 10 p.m. this Friday night, April 27, at Circle Cinema.\r\n\r\nWant to win a pair of tickets to the screening? <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/04/24/2012/giveaway-win-a-pair-of-tickets-to-this-fridays-screening-of-the-rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan-christopher/\" target=\"_blank\">Head to the comments section of this post at DO WHAT and reveal the title of your karaoke song of choice</a>. But then you have to do something else: You have to say what you’d wear while singing it.\r\n\r\nGood luck, karaoke stars! 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I wasn\'t worried about the trail - I\'m always up for an adventure - but rather about taking my then-20-month-old daughter hiking. Especially considering she only started walking at 15 months.\r\n\r\n<em>This could be a huge mistake</em>, I thought to myself.\r\n\r\nI hoisted Ava out of her car seat and we walked over to the trail head. My husband, Keith, put together our equipment: An apple, water and a backpack for Ava, should the trail prove too difficult. Five volunteers greeted us with guide books, smiles and a pile of walking sticks. We chatted for a few minutes about what we could expect from the short, three-mile trail. We were given the option of going with a guide or alone.\r\n\r\nWe were feeling brave, so we opted to go alone.\r\n\r\nThe trail was wide, at times the width of an average one-car drive, and mostly flat. Ava took great pleasure in chasing the dragon flies, running from the one snake we saw and, most of all, carrying a walking stick, just like mama and papa.\r\n\r\nWe took our time, going Ava\'s pace, and were soon passed by a group of 10 year-olds, all chattering excitedly. This was definitely a family-friendly trail. No bikes. No pets. Nice, roomy.\r\n\r\nAbout halfway out we stopped to admire the view of the water, just visible through the still-bare trees, and snacked on our apple. Down the hill at the side of the trail was a cluster of small, scraggly, old trees - 500 years old, to be exact.\r\n\r\nSo there we were with our 15 month-old, a smattering of 500 year-old trees, and an apple, on one of the 12 days each year these ancient trails are open to the public. It was a great Saturday. \r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\">Read more about the Keystone Ancient Forest at ThisLandPress.com</a>. </em>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9192\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9193\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9194\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9194\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking4.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9194\" /></a>','Ancient Forest','','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-5','','','2011-09-07 12:48:26','2011-09-07 18:48:26','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9175-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8990,1,'2011-07-21 22:03:55','2011-07-22 04:03:55','','Oklahoma Ice Storm 2010','','inherit','open','open','','dsc09478','','','2011-07-21 22:03:55','2011-07-22 04:03:55','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC09478.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8991,1,'2011-07-21 22:05:11','2011-07-22 04:05:11','','Oklahoma Ice Storm 2010','','inherit','open','open','','dsc09498','','','2011-07-21 22:05:11','2011-07-22 04:05:11','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC09498.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(10200,1,'2012-01-04 09:03:33','2012-01-04 15:03:33','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/around-town-route-66-roadtrip/route66roadtrip/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10187\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" title=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10187\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Last summer, we craved The Road.</strong> We set out from Tulsa and, over the course of two days, drove to Elk City and back, almost all the way on old, poured concrete. We saw a young couple and their pet chicken stop for a bathroom break; we flipped out over the windmills near Weatherford and Clinton (well, one of us in particular did); we drank Oklahoma Syrah and downed two six-packs of root beer from Pops. As we headed west, the horizon flattened, and the dirt showing through the bald spots along the road brightened to and impossible red. And we blasted the 4-60 air conditioner at the conclusion of two staggering sunsets, which we got to watch from start to finish, the second one playing out in the rearview mirror.','Around Town: Route 66 Roadtrip','','inherit','open','open','','10132-revision-9','','','2012-01-04 09:03:33','2012-01-04 15:03:33','',10132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10132-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(9614,1,'2011-11-21 07:45:27','2011-11-21 13:45:27','','Gypsy Coffeehouse downtown Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0156','','','2011-11-21 07:45:27','2011-11-21 13:45:27','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DSC_0156.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(10780,1,'2012-03-12 09:24:10','2012-03-12 15:24:10','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/where-to-eat-and-drink-in-tulsa-this-st-patricks-day-parking-tipsy-tow/picture-2-14/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7122\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Picture-25.png\" alt=\"Lucky Latte St. Patrick&#039;s Day Joebot&#039;s Coffee Bar Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Lucky Latte St. Patrick&#039;s Day Joebot&#039;s Coffee Bar Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"387\" height=\"523\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7122\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, you. Feeling lucky?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nWhether or not you deem yourself charmed, you\'re going to want to get in on these St. Patrick\'s Day-flavored things to do around beautiful Tulsa, Oklahoma. Whether you\'re looking for a blowout block party or a way to sweat your way through St. Pat\'s special day, we\'ve got it going on in T-Town. \r\n\r\nGet the full list of <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_tags/st-patricks-day/\" target=\"_blank\">St. Patrick\'s Day events and things to do in Tulsa at DO WHAT</a>.','St. Patrick\'s Day Events and Things To Do In Tulsa','Get the list of St. Patrick\'s Day events, parties, things to do for kids and even 5Ks and fun runs in Tulsa in 2012. ','inherit','open','open','','10773-revision-7','','','2012-03-12 09:24:10','2012-03-12 15:24:10','',10773,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/03/10773-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(11036,1,'2012-04-11 16:15:17','2012-04-11 22:15:17','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/fireworks-friday-tulsa-drillers-babysitter-worthy-tulsa-kids/dsc_0221/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8018\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DSC_0221-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks Friday with Tulsa Drillers ONEOK Field Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Fireworks Friday with Tulsa Drillers ONEOK Field Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8018\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBaseball arrives in Tulsa this weekend as the gates at ONEOK Field open for the first time this season, unleashing six solid days of baseball, food, and fun for the family in downtown Tulsa\'s Greenwood District. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nGet the full details of the games, promos (think fireworks and $2 beer) and festivities (a parade, youth baseball clinics and a rock-climbing wall) <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/04/11/2012/food-fun-and-fireworks-opening-weekend-2012-at-oneok-field/\" target=\"_blank\">at DO WHAT</a>.','Peanuts & Cracker Jacks: Tulsa Drillers 2012 Home Opener at ONEOK Field','','inherit','open','open','','11030-revision-4','','','2012-04-11 16:15:17','2012-04-11 22:15:17','',11030,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/04/11030-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(9197,1,'2011-09-07 12:34:05','2011-09-07 18:34:05','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9191\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9191\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Keystone Ancient Forest\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9191\" /></a>\n\nI had my doubts as we pulled into the gravel parking lot for <a href=\"http://sandspringsok.org/category.php?cat=1001\">http://sandspringsok.org/category.php?cat=1001\">the Keystone Ancient Forest Trail</a>. I wasn\'t worried about the trail - I\'m always up for an adventure - but rather about taking my then-20-month-old daughter hiking. Especially considering she only started walking at 15 months.\n\n<em>This could be a huge mistake</em>, I thought to myself.\n\nI hoisted Ava out of her car seat and we walked over to the trail head. My husband, Keith, put together our equipment: An apple, water and a backpack for Ava, should the trail prove too difficult. Five volunteers greeted us with guide books, smiles and a pile of walking sticks. We chatted for a few minutes about what we could expect from the short, three-mile trail. We were given the option of going with a guide or alone.\n\nWe were feeling brave, so we opted to go alone.\n\nThe trail was wide, at times the width of an average one-car drive, and mostly flat. Ava took great pleasure in chasing the dragon flies, running from the one snake we saw and, most of all, carrying a walking stick, just like mama and papa.\n\nWe took our time, going Ava\'s pace, and were soon passed by a group of 10 year-olds, all chattering excitedly. This was definitely a family-friendly trail. No bikes. No pets. Nice, roomy.\n\nAbout halfway out we stopped to admire the view of the water, just visible through the still-bare trees, and snacked on our apple. Down the hill at the side of the trail was a cluster of small, scraggly, old trees - 500 years old, to be exact.\n\nSo there we were with our 15 month-old, a smattering of 500 year-old trees, and an apple, on one of the 12 days each year these ancient trails are open to the public. It was a great Saturday. \n\n<em><a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\">Read more about the Keystone Ancient Forest at ThisLandPress.com</a>. </em>\n\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9192\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9193\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9194\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9194\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking4.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9194\" /></a>','Ancient Forest','','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-4','','','2011-09-07 12:34:05','2011-09-07 18:34:05','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9175-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(9254,1,'2011-10-07 06:59:49','2011-10-07 12:59:49','','Do What','','inherit','open','open','','picture-4-9','','','2011-10-07 06:59:49','2011-10-07 12:59:49','',9252,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Picture-4.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(9272,1,'2011-10-12 13:03:16','2011-10-12 19:03:16','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9270\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9270\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSC_0157-500x329.jpg\" alt=\"Broken Arrow Round-Up Club Mutton Busting\" title=\"Broken Arrow Round-Up Club Mutton Busting\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9270\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMutton busting is that curiosity tucked between lines of tall letters on rodeo posters, usually toward the bottom. It’s never explained, what mutton busting even is, and outsiders to cowboy culture assume that it’s some bone-cracking, crudely named rodeo game that everyone who wears an old pair of Ropers knows all about.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe real secret is, you’d find out more asking those rodeo folks where to buy the latest Carrie Underwood album than what you’re in for when the mutton busting part of the program rolls around. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/09/20/2011/taking-the-wool-by-the-horns/\">Read the rest at ThisLandPress.com</a>. ','Taking the Wool by the Horns','Mutton busting is that curiosity tucked between lines of tall letters on rodeo posters, usually toward the bottom.','inherit','open','open','','9269-revision-2','','','2011-10-12 13:03:16','2011-10-12 19:03:16','',9269,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9269-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9269,1,'2011-10-10 08:00:43','2011-10-10 14:00:43','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/taking-the-wool-by-the-horns/dsc_0157/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9270\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSC_0157-500x329.jpg\" alt=\"Broken Arrow Round-Up Club Mutton Busting\" title=\"Broken Arrow Round-Up Club Mutton Busting\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9270\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMutton busting is that curiosity tucked between lines of tall letters on rodeo posters, usually toward the bottom. It’s never explained, what mutton busting even is, and outsiders to cowboy culture assume that it’s some bone-cracking, crudely named rodeo game that everyone who wears an old pair of Ropers knows all about.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe real secret is, you’d find out more asking those rodeo folks where to buy the latest Carrie Underwood album than what you’re in for when the mutton busting part of the program rolls around. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/09/20/2011/taking-the-wool-by-the-horns/\">Read the rest at ThisLandPress.com</a>. ','Taking the Wool by the Horns','Mutton busting is that curiosity tucked between lines of tall letters on rodeo posters, usually toward the bottom.','publish','open','open','','taking-the-wool-by-the-horns','','','2011-12-05 11:34:20','2011-12-05 17:34:20','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=9269',0,'post','',1),(9537,1,'2007-07-02 15:59:00','2007-07-02 15:59:00','<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Rokjdj2Rx9I/AAAAAAAAAHU/TER0kIow1fQ/s1600-h/dad_bryson.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 149px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Rokjdj2Rx9I/AAAAAAAAAHU/TER0kIow1fQ/s200/dad_bryson.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082632645210392530\" border=\"0\" /></a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Blogger: Ray Tuttle, </span><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http://www.gtrnews.com/greater-tulsa-reporter/1871/small-business-leaders-honored-by-chamber\">Tulsa\'s Small Business Journalist of the Year</a> (pictured with his son Bryson)<br />(Photo credit: one of Ray\'s other kids)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yet another example of why rain ain\'t so bad:<br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RokiOT2Rx7I/AAAAAAAAAHE/3USvEupqVbU/s1600-h/Rainbow_7426.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RokiOT2Rx7I/AAAAAAAAAHE/3USvEupqVbU/s400/Rainbow_7426.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082631283705759666\" border=\"0\" /></a><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >Taken from Jenks (Ray said to type \"Jenks proper\" in here somewhere) looking east. Credit: Ray Tuttle.<br /><br /></span><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Ray took this picture during a break from cleaning up the branches in his yard fallen after the storms this week, sweating profusely and screaming at his kids to get busy and help. He knocked on the door of the 80-year-old couple that lives across the street to come look at this rainbow. Actually, he ended up causing an impomptu neighborhood gathering.<br /><br /></span></span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">\"There were some other neighbors working in their yards, and we all stopped and chatted,\" he said.<br /><br />Way to bring your neighborhood together for shared rainbow enjoyment, Ray!<br /></span></span></div></div>','Ray Does Jenks','','inherit','open','open','','19-revision','','','2007-07-02 15:59:00','2007-07-02 15:59:00','',19,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2007/07/19-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9531,1,'2011-11-12 09:23:13','2011-11-12 15:23:13','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/4th-of-july-2011-events-in-tulsa/dsc_1639-5/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8666\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DSC_1639.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for free meals and discounts for vets in Tulsa? If you play your cards right, vets could dine for free all day in this here town.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nBe sure to call ahead to confirm deal details, and make sure you carry your military/veterans ID with you - then, <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/11/07/2011/veterans-day-events-in-tulsa/\">check out the list and the details at Do What? at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','Veteran\'s Day 2011 Discounts and Freebies','The vet/service member in your life deserves some free chow. Where\'s where to find some in Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','9519-revision-8','','','2011-11-12 09:23:13','2011-11-12 15:23:13','',9519,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/11/9519-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(9196,1,'2011-09-07 12:19:03','2011-09-07 18:19:03','I had my doubts as we pulled into the gravel parking lot for the Keystone Ancient Forest Trail (<a href=\"http://sandspringsok.org/category.php?cat=1001\">http://sandspringsok.org/category.php?cat=1001</a>). I wasn\'t so much worried about the trail - I\'m always up for an adventure - but rather about taking my then 20 month-old daughter hiking. Especially considering she only started walking at 15 months.\r\n\r\n<em>This could be a huge mistake</em>, I thought to myself.\r\n\r\nI hoisted Ava out of her car seat and we walked over to the trail head while my husband, Keith, put together our \"equipment\" (an apple, water, and a backpack for Ava, should the trail prove too difficult). Five cheery volunteers greeted us with guide books, smiles, and a pile of a dozen walking sticks. We chatted for a good few minutes about what we could expect from the short, three mile trail, and were given the option of going with a guide or alone.\r\n\r\nWe were feeling brave, so we opted to go alone.\r\n\r\nThe trail was wide - at times the width of an average one car drive - and relatively flat. Ava took great pleasure in chasing the dragon flies, running from the one snake we saw, and - most of all - carrying a walking stick, just like mama and papa.\r\n\r\nWe took our time, going Ava\'s pace, and were soon passed up by a group of 10 year-olds, all chattering excitedly. This was definitely a family-friendly trail. No bikes. No pets. Nice and roomy.\r\n\r\nAbout halfway out we stopped to admire the view of the water, just visible through the still-bare trees, and snacked on our apple. Down, to the side of the trail was a cluster small, scraggly, old trees - 500 years old to be exact.\r\n\r\nSo there we were with our 15 month-old, a smattering of 500 year-old trees, and an apple.\r\n\r\nConsidering the trails are only open twelve days per year, I\'d say it was a pretty great Saturday<em>. No mistake about it.</em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9191\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9191\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Keystone Ancient Forest\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9191\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9192\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9193\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9194\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9194\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking4.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9194\" /></a>','Ancient Forest','','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-3','','','2011-09-07 12:19:03','2011-09-07 18:19:03','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9175-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(9150,1,'2011-08-29 09:36:02','2011-08-29 15:36:02','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8667\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/4th-of-july-2011-events-in-tulsa/dsc_1644-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8667\" title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DSC_1644.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nYou\'ve got a three-day weekend to fill up with Fourth of July fun. Get a complete list of the Fourthy happenings and fireworks shows in the Tulsa area, including the shindigs in Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bartlesville, Sapulpa and Sand Springs, right here.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Fireworks Shows and Fourth of July Festivals</h3>\r\n<strong>Red, White and Boom </strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Owasso Towne Center, 86th Street North and N. 129th E. Avenue\r\nLook for music from local groups as well as DJs for this fireworks show in Owasso tonight. The sky lights up at dusk.\r\n\r\n<strong>Claremore’s Fireworks Spectacular</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Claremore Lake Park\r\nGet entertainment for both young and old at this Independence Day festival and fireworks show. The fireworks start at 9:30pm. Free admission. Parking at the rodeo grounds only (handicap parking is available at the park).\r\n\r\n<strong>Grand Lake Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, 9:30pm\r\nWhere: Grand Lake\r\nCatch this huge fireworks show between the spillways just East of Disney on Saturday Night at dark. Watch by boat or by land at Cherokee State Park or anywhere along the shore along in the South Grand Lake area.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sooner Boomerfest 2011 </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, starting at 10am\r\nWhere: Jenks Pedestrian Bridge\r\nThe Fourth-of-July fun gets started bright and early – a day early, in fact – with Sooner Boomerfest 2011. It starts in the morning with a Mustang car show, followed by fun for the kids outside Los Cabos at Riverwalk Crossing and Waterfront Grill starting at 5pm – be sure to watch for flyovers by the Tulsa Warbirds. The big fireworks show will launch over the river at 9:30pm. <a href=\"http://riverfrontsouthok.com/sooner-boomfest-2011\">Click here for a traffic and parking advisory map</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Duck Creek Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 4pm\r\nWhere: Grand Lake\r\nGet a fireworks spectacular along with music, dancing and boats parading up and down Duck Creek on Grand Lake. Look also for performances by vintage airplanes and the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s F-16 fighters. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rockets Over Rhema </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 5pm\r\nWhere: Rhema Bible Church, 1025 W Kenosha Street in Broken Arrow\r\nCan’t decide which fireworks show to see this year? It’s hard to argue with 50,000 fans – that’s how many showed up to this event last year. It starts at 5pm with a patriotic tribute in the auditorium. At 6pm there will be plenty for the kids (and the young at heart) to do outside, from face painting to a mechanical bull and rock-climbing wall. Keep an eye out for a classic car show, food and drink concessions, local shopping and an outdoor concert featuring Hawk Nelson, Fireflight, Stars Go Dim (Tulsa’s own!) and AXIS Worship Band. The fireworks show starts at 10pm – be sure to bring your blankets and lawn chairs so you can sit back and celebrate our country’s independence with some spectacularly choreographed explosions. <a href=\"http://www.rocketsoverrhema.com/\">Click here for even more info</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Freedom Festival at Grace Church</strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Grace Church, Between 91st and 101st Streets\r\nGet a car and motorcycle show, plus fireworks at dusk at Grace Church’s celebration of that time we called it quits with Great Britain.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fish and Fireworks </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: Oklahoma Aquarium, 300 Aquarium Drive.\r\nThe fireworks show in Jenks hosted by Los Cabos and Waterfront Grill is this evening (yes, this evening, not tomorrow), and the Aquarium will re-open at 6:30 with special half-price admission to the exhibits and access to their back grounds for prime viewing of the fireworks. Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. No coolers allowed, but the Aquarium restaurant will remain open.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sertoma Club’s 14th Annual Community Fireworks Show </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 8pm\r\nWhere: River City Park in Sand Springs\r\nGet live music, food and, of course, fireworks at River City Park in Sand Springs tonight. The shuttles start running at 7pm, music starts at 8pm, the show starts at dusk.\r\n\r\n<strong>ONEOK FreedomFest</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, starting at noon\r\nWhere: Three venues! River West Festival Park; Veterans Park; and Blue Rose Cafe/Elwood\'s\r\nONEOK FreedomFest is one of Oklahoma’s largest Fourth-of-July fireworks displays: It lights up the sky above the downtown Tulsa stretch of the Arkansas River every year and brings lots of family-friendly activities along with it. Look for everything from a kids’ bicycle parade to rock climbing at this triple-venue festival: Split between River West Festival Park on the west side of the river, Veterans Park on the east and Blue Rose Cafe/Elwoods on Riverside Drive. The fun starts at River West Festival Park at 5pm with a load of kid-friendly activities; live music from Janet Rutland and Trailer Town starts at 6:45pm. At Veterans Park will be an old-fashioned family picnic starting at noon; the decorate-your-own kids’ bike parade starts at 7pm, so be sure to start decorating at 6pm. The fireworks blast off at 9:35pm. <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/freedomfest.html\">Click here for a complete list of activities and tips on where to park</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Freedom Fest </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Downtown Bartlesville, Second Street, between Keeler and Dewey\r\nFood, drinks, activities for the kids, games, a kids’ parade, music and fireworks – sounds like a solid Fourth-of-July celebration to me. <a href=\"Freedom Fest\">Get details on the event schedule and where to park at Bartlesville\'s Freedom Fest here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>American Celebrates America </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course\r\nFind a parking spot in the parking lot of the Sapulpa Wal-Mart and enjoy entertainment for the kids and a choreographed fireworks show over the Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course, as well as from the fields east of and behind the store. The fireworks will begin at about 9:45pm. <a href=\"http://www.ahb-ok.com/news.cfm?pageId=65CC2C8205A05D7379FA3A6386F710E1\">Learn even more about the American Celebrates America event here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Independence Day Fireworks at ONEOK Field</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7:05pm\r\nCatch a Fourth-of-July fireworks show after the Drillers game tonight at ONEOK Field. Don’t forget to bring a cash donation for the Food for Kids program.\r\n<h3>More Fourth of July Stuff</h3>\r\n<strong>Red, White, Black &amp; Blue: Rumble on the River IV</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, 7pm\r\nWhere: River Spirit Casino Event Center, 81st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nThe latest iteration of this series of riverside smackdowns features several popular local fighters, two defending Rumble On the River champions, a women’s title match and the return of undefeated heavyweight champion Myron “The Future” Dennis. Headlining the card is a heavyweight title fight between reigning XFL champion Myron “The Future” Dennis, and UFC veteran Ryan “The Animal” Lopez. <a href=\"herhttp://www.creeknationcasino.com/entertainment/eventcenter/Pages/Jul1.aspx\">Get even more details here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth on the Third </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 7:30pm\r\nWhere: TCC Van Trease PACE, 81st Street and US 169\r\nIn 1981 Tulsa Parks asked the Signature Symphony to create a special patriotic presentation at Mohawk Park for Tulsans. Two years later the celebration was moved to Boulder Park, where it has been for more than 20 years. When the Signature Symphony moved to the VanTrease PACE, the night-before rehearsal was open to the public. This began the tradition of having the concert on July 3. This year’s concert will feature stories and music from the Civil War, as well as a special tribute by violinist Jeff Smith to this highly decorated WWII hero: His dad. For tickets, call (918) 595-7777.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth of July Parade </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 10am\r\nWhere: Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood, starting at E. Fifth Place\r\nWatch this Fourth of July parade as it travels from its starting line at E. 5th Place, turns north on Atlanta Avenue and East on E. Fourth Street. Bring the kids!\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebration of Liberty with Modern Tulsa</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Liberty Tower Condominiums, 15th and Boulder\r\nTake advantage of the incredible views from the penthouse of the Liberty Tower Condominiums during the Tulsa FreedomFest fireworks and show your support for Modern Tulsa at the same time. This urban treehouse is currently undergoing renovations, so attendees will be treated to a first-hand preview of this exclusive space in the Tulsa skyline. Look also for BBQ, beer, doorprizes and an overview of some of the modern buildings visible from the balcony of the penthouse. Food and beverages will be provided, but all will need to bring chairs. Parking is available in lots adjacent to the building. <a href=\"http://tulsaarchitecture.com/2011/06/29/modern-tulsa-fourth-at-liberty\">Tickets to Celebration of Liberty with Modern Tulsa</a> are $25 for Modern Tulsa and Tulsa Foundation for Architecture members, $60 + the cost of a membership for not-yet-members.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/A1359.jpg\" width=\"500\" />\r\n<em>I just had to show you guys this: \"4th of July parade in Tulsa, Indian Territory, in 1886. The ox cart is driven by the Wimberly family.\" Neat, huh?</em>\r\n\r\nSo...what are YOU doing this Fourth of July?\r\n\r\n<em>Bottom photo credit: Beryl Ford Collection/Rotary Club of Tulsa, Tulsa City-County Library and Tulsa Historical Society.</em>','4th of July 2011 Events in Tulsa','Get a complete list of the Fourth of July happenings and fireworks shows in the Tulsa area: Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bartlesville, Sapulpa, Sand Springs and more.','inherit','open','open','','8659-revision-13','','','2011-08-29 09:36:02','2011-08-29 15:36:02','',8659,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/08/8659-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(8999,1,'2011-07-22 04:00:41','2011-07-22 10:00:41','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/tulsa-united-film-festival-2010-rundown/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1638\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1638\" title=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o-500x303.jpg\" alt=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Editor\'s note: This post is by <a href=\"http://www.partiallymotivated.com/\">Carrisa of Partially Motivated</a>.</em>\r\n\r\nIf you are looking for something fun and out of the ordinary to do in Tulsa this weekend, you must check out the <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/\">Tulsa United Film Festival</a> at <a href=\"http://circlecinema.com\">Circle Cinema</a>, <a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a> and <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a>. Originally an exclusively Tulsa-centric festival, it was founded nine years ago by <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/about.htm\">Tulsa native Jason Connell</a>. The festival has since expanded into major cities such as New York City and Los Angeles.\r\n\r\nI was able to preview one of this year\'s feature films, <em><a href=\"http://www.holyrollersthemovie.com/\">Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians</a></em>. This movie tells the story of a group of Christians who make money by playing blackjack and counting cards. Yes, you read that right: Christians and card counting. They call themselves The Church Team.\r\n\r\nMost Christians you meet will tell you that the church generally frowns upon gambling, much like casinos frown upon card counting. It\'s not illegal, but if you\'re caught doing it, they\'ll ask you to leave. Maybe not in the finger-breaking, face-punching ways you\'ve seen in other gambling movies like <em>Casino</em> - more like the take-away-all-of-your-winnings-and-kick-you-out-of-the-casino way. The guys in the movie refer to this as being backed off. A nice way of putting it, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nCounting cards gives you an overall advantage in that you are likely to win against the house about 55 percent of the time. This means that 45 percent of the time, you\'re losing. The movie doesn\'t sugar coat much. It shows both the famine and the feast, as well as the lengths the characters go to to keep from being recognized by casinos.\r\n\r\nMost of the members of Church Team don\'t seem to struggle with the morality issues behind card counting that a lot of people might. Casinos aren\'t in the business of losing money, although their commercials and billboards would lead you to believe otherwise. Lose all your money to them and they reward you with free drinks. Start winning and taking away their profits and they reward you by showing you the exit.\r\n\r\nHere are snippets about the other films showing at the festival:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/\">The Pink Panther</a></strong>. Bumbling and conceited French police inspector Clouseau tries to catch The Phantom. Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.thebransonmovie.com/\">Branson</a></strong>. Follows the performers of three acts playing at a Branson, Missouri strip mall through all the ups and downs of three seasons. Tulsa premier!</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078721/\">\"10.\"</a></strong> A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed. Cast: Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.eaglesinthechickencoop.com/\">Eagles in the Chicken Coop</a></strong>. A team of investigative documentarians set out to follow the making of a late night, made-for-television Mature Movie, to capture an inside look at mainstream American movie practices and sensibilities at their lowest. Cast: Bruce Abbott, Cameron Bender, Megan Bergkvist. Tulsa premier!</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.adventuresofpower.com/\">Adventures of Power</a></strong>. In his quest to become the world\'s greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day. Tulsa premier - free showing!</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.superheroesthemovie.com/\">Superheroes</a></strong>. A journey inside the world of real life caped crusaders. From all over America, these self-proclaimed crime fighters don masks, homemade costumes and elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere. Tulsa premier.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.bewareofchristians.com/\">Beware of Christians</a></strong>. Four college students travel to Europe to escape their routine faith and gain a radically new perspective on following Jesus. Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.idoidontmovie.com/\">I Do, I Don\'t</a></strong>. One couple\'s story of love, marriage, divorce, and what happens when the realities of modern day life collide with biblical ideals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.eatthesunmovie.com/\">Eat the Sun</a></strong>. Is it possible to stare into the sun and not eat? Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.gabiontheroofinjuly.com/\">Gabi On the Roof In July</a></strong>. A portrait of young New York and the misguided hopefuls who can\'t afford to live there but do anyway. Cast: Lawrence Michael Levine, Sophia Takal, Brooke Bloom, Louis Cancelmi, Kate Lyrn Sheil, Amy Seimetz. Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.livingdownstream.com/\">Living Downstream</a></strong>. Living Downstream follows ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber during one pivotal year as she works to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links. Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.sofmovie.com/\">Save Our Future</a></strong>. When inner-city charter high school Save Our Future is forced to close doors, dozens of Los Angeles students rally to have their voices heard. Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.cleanflixthemovie.com/\">Cleanflix</a></strong>. When a small Utah-based edited movie company is caught sanitizing Hollywood\'s copyrighted material for Mormon audiences, the film industry strikes back with a devastating blow. Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.heavensrainmovie.com/\">Heaven\'s Rain</a></strong>. Based on true events, the film recounts the story of the Douglass family, whose lives were irrevocably changed one evening 30 years ago. Cast: Mike Vogel, Erin Chambers, Taryn Manning.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077280/\">The Buddy Holly Story</a></strong>. A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star. Cast: Gary Busey, Gailard Sartain, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077235/\">Big Wednesday</a></strong>. The lives of some California surfers from the early \'60s to the \'70s. Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/tickets.htm\">Check out show times and buy tickets to any 2011 Tulsa United Film Festival movie showing here</a>. Head out and support film and the proprietors of icy-cold movie theaters in Tulsa this weekend.\r\n\r\n<strong>MORE:</strong> Check out <a href=\"http://www.mandyvavrinak.com/?p=911\">this interview with Tulsa United Film Festival Jason Connell from local blogger Mandy Vavrinak</a>.','Tulsa United Film Festival 2011: A Preview','The Tulsa United Film Festival is unleashed on Circle Cinema, Ida Red and Living Arts of Tulsa this weekend. ','publish','open','open','','tulsa-united-film-festival-2011-a-preview','','\nhttp://www.mandyvavrinak.com/?p=911','2011-07-22 06:28:59','2011-07-22 12:28:59','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=8999',0,'post','',0),(9000,1,'2011-07-22 06:03:43','2011-07-22 12:03:43','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/tulsa-united-film-festival-2010-rundown/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1638\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o-500x303.jpg\" alt=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" title=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1638\" /></a>\n\nIf you are looking for something fun and out of the ordinary to do in Tulsa this weekend, you must check out the <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/\">Tulsa United Film Festival</a> at <a href=\"http://circlecinema.com\">Circle Cinema</a>, <a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a> and <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a>. Originally an exclusively Tulsa-centric festival, it was founded nine years ago by <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/about.htm\">Tulsa native Jason Connell</a>. The festival has since expanded into major cities such as New York City and Los Angeles.\n\nI was able to preview one of this year\'s feature films, <i><a href=\"http://www.holyrollersthemovie.com/\">Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians</a></i>. This movie tells the story of a group of Christians who make money by playing blackjack and counting cards. Yes, you read that right: Christians and card counting. They call themselves The Church Team.\n\nMost Christians you meet will tell you that the church generally frowns upon gambling, much like casinos frown upon card counting. It\'s not illegal, but if you\'re caught doing it, they\'ll ask you to leave. Maybe not in the finger-breaking, face-punching ways you\'ve seen in other gambling movies like <i>Casino</i> - more like the take-away-all-of-your-winnings-and-kick-you-out-of-the-casino way. The guys in the movie refer to this as being backed off. A nice way of putting it, if you ask me. \n\nCounting cards gives you an overall advantage in that you are likely to win against the house about 55 percent of the time. This means that 45 percent of the time, you\'re losing. The movie doesn\'t sugar coat much. It shows both the famine and the feast, as well as the lengths the characters go to to keep from being recognized by casinos.\n\nMost of the members of Church Team don\'t seem to struggle with the morality issues behind card counting that a lot of people might. Casinos aren\'t in the business of losing money, although their commercials and billboards would lead you to believe otherwise. Lose all your money to them and they reward you with free drinks. Start winning and taking away their profits and they reward you by showing you the exit.\n\nHere are snippets about the other films showing at the festival: \n\nThe Pink Panther. Bumbling and conceited French police inspector Clouseau tries to catch The Phantom. Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner. \nBranson. Follows the performers of three acts playing at a Branson, Missouri strip mall through all the ups and downs of three seasons. Tulsa premier! \n\"10.\" A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/tickets.htm\">Check out show times and buy tickets to any 2011 Tulsa United Film Festival movie showing here</a>. Head out and support film and the proprietors of icy-cold movie theaters in Tulsa this weekend.\n\n<strong>MORE:</strong> Check out <a href=\"http://www.mandyvavrinak.com/?p=911\">this interview with Tulsa United Film Festival Jason Connell from local blogger Mandy Vavrinak</a>.','Tulsa United Film Festival 2011: A Preview','The Tulsa United Film Festival is unleashed on Circle Cinema, Ida Red and Living Arts of Tulsa this weekend. ','inherit','open','open','','8999-revision','','','2011-07-22 06:03:43','2011-07-22 12:03:43','',8999,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8999-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9001,1,'2011-07-22 06:04:40','2011-07-22 12:04:40','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/tulsa-united-film-festival-2010-rundown/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1638\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o-500x303.jpg\" alt=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" title=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1638\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you are looking for something fun and out of the ordinary to do in Tulsa this weekend, you must check out the <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/\">Tulsa United Film Festival</a> at <a href=\"http://circlecinema.com\">Circle Cinema</a>, <a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a> and <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a>. Originally an exclusively Tulsa-centric festival, it was founded nine years ago by <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/about.htm\">Tulsa native Jason Connell</a>. The festival has since expanded into major cities such as New York City and Los Angeles.\r\n\r\nI was able to preview one of this year\'s feature films, <i><a href=\"http://www.holyrollersthemovie.com/\">Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians</a></i>. This movie tells the story of a group of Christians who make money by playing blackjack and counting cards. Yes, you read that right: Christians and card counting. They call themselves The Church Team.\r\n\r\nMost Christians you meet will tell you that the church generally frowns upon gambling, much like casinos frown upon card counting. It\'s not illegal, but if you\'re caught doing it, they\'ll ask you to leave. Maybe not in the finger-breaking, face-punching ways you\'ve seen in other gambling movies like <i>Casino</i> - more like the take-away-all-of-your-winnings-and-kick-you-out-of-the-casino way. The guys in the movie refer to this as being backed off. A nice way of putting it, if you ask me. \r\n\r\nCounting cards gives you an overall advantage in that you are likely to win against the house about 55 percent of the time. This means that 45 percent of the time, you\'re losing. The movie doesn\'t sugar coat much. It shows both the famine and the feast, as well as the lengths the characters go to to keep from being recognized by casinos.\r\n\r\nMost of the members of Church Team don\'t seem to struggle with the morality issues behind card counting that a lot of people might. Casinos aren\'t in the business of losing money, although their commercials and billboards would lead you to believe otherwise. Lose all your money to them and they reward you with free drinks. Start winning and taking away their profits and they reward you by showing you the exit.\r\n\r\nHere are snippets about the other films showing at the festival: \r\n\r\nThe Pink Panther. Bumbling and conceited French police inspector Clouseau tries to catch The Phantom. Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner. \r\nBranson. Follows the performers of three acts playing at a Branson, Missouri strip mall through all the ups and downs of three seasons. Tulsa premier! \r\n\"10.\" A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed. Cast: Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews. \r\nEagles in the Chicken Coop. A team of investigative documentarians set out to follow the making of a late night, made-for-television Mature Movie, to capture an inside look at mainstream American movie practices and sensibilities at their lowest. Cast: Bruce Abbott, Cameron Bender, Megan Bergkvist. Tulsa premier! \r\nAdventures of Power. In his quest to become the world\'s greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day. Tulsa premier - free showing! \r\nSuperheroes. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/tickets.htm\">Check out show times and buy tickets to any 2011 Tulsa United Film Festival movie showing here</a>. Head out and support film and the proprietors of icy-cold movie theaters in Tulsa this weekend.\r\n\r\n<strong>MORE:</strong> Check out <a href=\"http://www.mandyvavrinak.com/?p=911\">this interview with Tulsa United Film Festival Jason Connell from local blogger Mandy Vavrinak</a>.','Tulsa United Film Festival 2011: A Preview','The Tulsa United Film Festival is unleashed on Circle Cinema, Ida Red and Living Arts of Tulsa this weekend. ','inherit','open','open','','8999-revision-2','','','2011-07-22 06:04:40','2011-07-22 12:04:40','',8999,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8999-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9002,1,'2011-07-22 06:28:44','2011-07-22 12:28:44','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/tulsa-united-film-festival-2010-rundown/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1638\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1638\" title=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o-500x303.jpg\" alt=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" /></a>\n\n<em>Editor\'s note: This post is by <a href=\"http://www.partiallymotivated.com/\">Carrisa of Partially Motivated</a>.</em>\n\nIf you are looking for something fun and out of the ordinary to do in Tulsa this weekend, you must check out the <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/\">Tulsa United Film Festival</a> at <a href=\"http://circlecinema.com\">Circle Cinema</a>, <a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a> and <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a>. Originally an exclusively Tulsa-centric festival, it was founded nine years ago by <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/about.htm\">Tulsa native Jason Connell</a>. The festival has since expanded into major cities such as New York City and Los Angeles.\n\nI was able to preview one of this year\'s feature films, <em><a href=\"http://www.holyrollersthemovie.com/\">Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians</a></em>. This movie tells the story of a group of Christians who make money by playing blackjack and counting cards. Yes, you read that right: Christians and card counting. They call themselves The Church Team.\n\nMost Christians you meet will tell you that the church generally frowns upon gambling, much like casinos frown upon card counting. It\'s not illegal, but if you\'re caught doing it, they\'ll ask you to leave. Maybe not in the finger-breaking, face-punching ways you\'ve seen in other gambling movies like <em>Casino</em> - more like the take-away-all-of-your-winnings-and-kick-you-out-of-the-casino way. The guys in the movie refer to this as being backed off. A nice way of putting it, if you ask me.\n\nCounting cards gives you an overall advantage in that you are likely to win against the house about 55 percent of the time. This means that 45 percent of the time, you\'re losing. The movie doesn\'t sugar coat much. It shows both the famine and the feast, as well as the lengths the characters go to to keep from being recognized by casinos.\n\nMost of the members of Church Team don\'t seem to struggle with the morality issues behind card counting that a lot of people might. Casinos aren\'t in the business of losing money, although their commercials and billboards would lead you to believe otherwise. Lose all your money to them and they reward you with free drinks. Start winning and taking away their profits and they reward you by showing you the exit.\n\nHere are snippets about the other films showing at the festival:\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/\">The Pink Panther</a></strong>. Bumbling and conceited French police inspector Clouseau tries to catch The Phantom. Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.thebransonmovie.com/\">Branson</a></strong>. Follows the performers of three acts playing at a Branson, Missouri strip mall through all the ups and downs of three seasons. Tulsa premier!</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078721/\">\"10.\"</a></strong> A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed. Cast: Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.eaglesinthechickencoop.com/\">Eagles in the Chicken Coop</a></strong>. A team of investigative documentarians set out to follow the making of a late night, made-for-television Mature Movie, to capture an inside look at mainstream American movie practices and sensibilities at their lowest. Cast: Bruce Abbott, Cameron Bender, Megan Bergkvist. Tulsa premier!</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.adventuresofpower.com/\">Adventures of Power</a></strong>. In his quest to become the world\'s greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day. Tulsa premier - free showing!</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.superheroesthemovie.com/\">Superheroes</a></strong>. A journey inside the world of real life caped crusaders. From all over America, these self-proclaimed crime fighters don masks, homemade costumes and elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere. Tulsa premier.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.bewareofchristians.com/\">Beware of Christians</a></strong>. Four college students travel to Europe to escape their routine faith and gain a radically new perspective on following Jesus. Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.idoidontmovie.com/\">I Do, I Don\'t</a></strong>. One couple\'s story of love, marriage, divorce, and what happens when the realities of modern day life collide with biblical ideals.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.eatthesunmovie.com/\">Eat the Sun</a></strong>. Is it possible to stare into the sun and not eat? Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.gabiontheroofinjuly.com/\">Gabi On the Roof In July</a></strong>. A portrait of young New York and the misguided hopefuls who can\'t afford to live there but do anyway. Cast: Lawrence Michael Levine, Sophia Takal, Brooke Bloom, Louis Cancelmi, Kate Lyrn Sheil, Amy Seimetz. Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.livingdownstream.com/\">Living Downstream</a></strong>. Living Downstream follows ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber during one pivotal year as she works to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links. Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.sofmovie.com/\">Save Our Future</a></strong>. When inner-city charter high school Save Our Future is forced to close doors, dozens of Los Angeles students rally to have their voices heard. Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.cleanflixthemovie.com/\">Cleanflix</a></strong>. When a small Utah-based edited movie company is caught sanitizing Hollywood\'s copyrighted material for Mormon audiences, the film industry strikes back with a devastating blow. Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.heavensrainmovie.com/\">Heaven\'s Rain</a></strong>. Based on true events, the film recounts the story of the Douglass family, whose lives were irrevocably changed one evening 30 years ago. Cast: Mike Vogel, Erin Chambers, Taryn Manning.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077280/\">The Buddy Holly Story</a></strong>. A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star. Cast: Gary Busey, Gailard Sartain, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077235/\">Big Wednesday</a></strong>. The lives of some California surfers from the early \'60s to the \'70s. Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey.</li>\n</ul>\n<a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/tickets.htm\">Check out show times and buy tickets to any 2011 Tulsa United Film Festival movie showing here</a>. Head out and support film and the proprietors of icy-cold movie theaters in Tulsa this weekend.\n\n<strong>MORE:</strong> Check out <a href=\"http://www.mandyvavrinak.com/?p=911\">this interview with Tulsa United Film Festival Jason Connell from local blogger Mandy Vavrinak</a>.','Tulsa United Film Festival 2011: A Preview','The Tulsa United Film Festival is unleashed on Circle Cinema, Ida Red and Living Arts of Tulsa this weekend. ','inherit','open','open','','8999-revision-3','','','2011-07-22 06:28:44','2011-07-22 12:28:44','',8999,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8999-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(9003,1,'2011-07-22 06:28:58','2011-07-22 12:28:58','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/tulsa-united-film-festival-2010-rundown/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1638\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1638\" title=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o-500x303.jpg\" alt=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Editor\'s note: This post is by <a href=\"http://www.partiallymotivated.com/\">Carrisa of Partially Motivated</a>.</em>\r\n\r\nIf you are looking for something fun and out of the ordinary to do in Tulsa this weekend, you must check out the <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/\">Tulsa United Film Festival</a> at <a href=\"http://circlecinema.com\">Circle Cinema</a>, <a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a> and <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a>. Originally an exclusively Tulsa-centric festival, it was founded nine years ago by <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/about.htm\">Tulsa native Jason Connell</a>. The festival has since expanded into major cities such as New York City and Los Angeles.\r\n\r\nI was able to preview one of this year\'s feature films, <em><a href=\"http://www.holyrollersthemovie.com/\">Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians</a></em>. This movie tells the story of a group of Christians who make money by playing blackjack and counting cards. Yes, you read that right: Christians and card counting. They call themselves The Church Team.\r\n\r\nMost Christians you meet will tell you that the church generally frowns upon gambling, much like casinos frown upon card counting. It\'s not illegal, but if you\'re caught doing it, they\'ll ask you to leave. Maybe not in the finger-breaking, face-punching ways you\'ve seen in other gambling movies like <em>Casino</em> - more like the take-away-all-of-your-winnings-and-kick-you-out-of-the-casino way. The guys in the movie refer to this as being backed off. A nice way of putting it, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nCounting cards gives you an overall advantage in that you are likely to win against the house about 55 percent of the time. This means that 45 percent of the time, you\'re losing. The movie doesn\'t sugar coat much. It shows both the famine and the feast, as well as the lengths the characters go to to keep from being recognized by casinos.\r\n\r\nMost of the members of Church Team don\'t seem to struggle with the morality issues behind card counting that a lot of people might. Casinos aren\'t in the business of losing money, although their commercials and billboards would lead you to believe otherwise. Lose all your money to them and they reward you with free drinks. Start winning and taking away their profits and they reward you by showing you the exit.\r\n\r\nHere are snippets about the other films showing at the festival:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/\">The Pink Panther</a></strong>. Bumbling and conceited French police inspector Clouseau tries to catch The Phantom. Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.thebransonmovie.com/\">Branson</a></strong>. Follows the performers of three acts playing at a Branson, Missouri strip mall through all the ups and downs of three seasons. Tulsa premier!</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078721/\">\"10.\"</a></strong> A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed. Cast: Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.eaglesinthechickencoop.com/\">Eagles in the Chicken Coop</a></strong>. A team of investigative documentarians set out to follow the making of a late night, made-for-television Mature Movie, to capture an inside look at mainstream American movie practices and sensibilities at their lowest. Cast: Bruce Abbott, Cameron Bender, Megan Bergkvist. Tulsa premier!</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.adventuresofpower.com/\">Adventures of Power</a></strong>. In his quest to become the world\'s greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day. Tulsa premier - free showing!</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.superheroesthemovie.com/\">Superheroes</a></strong>. A journey inside the world of real life caped crusaders. From all over America, these self-proclaimed crime fighters don masks, homemade costumes and elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere. Tulsa premier.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.bewareofchristians.com/\">Beware of Christians</a></strong>. Four college students travel to Europe to escape their routine faith and gain a radically new perspective on following Jesus. Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.idoidontmovie.com/\">I Do, I Don\'t</a></strong>. One couple\'s story of love, marriage, divorce, and what happens when the realities of modern day life collide with biblical ideals.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.eatthesunmovie.com/\">Eat the Sun</a></strong>. Is it possible to stare into the sun and not eat? Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.gabiontheroofinjuly.com/\">Gabi On the Roof In July</a></strong>. A portrait of young New York and the misguided hopefuls who can\'t afford to live there but do anyway. Cast: Lawrence Michael Levine, Sophia Takal, Brooke Bloom, Louis Cancelmi, Kate Lyrn Sheil, Amy Seimetz. Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.livingdownstream.com/\">Living Downstream</a></strong>. Living Downstream follows ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber during one pivotal year as she works to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links. Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.sofmovie.com/\">Save Our Future</a></strong>. When inner-city charter high school Save Our Future is forced to close doors, dozens of Los Angeles students rally to have their voices heard. Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.cleanflixthemovie.com/\">Cleanflix</a></strong>. When a small Utah-based edited movie company is caught sanitizing Hollywood\'s copyrighted material for Mormon audiences, the film industry strikes back with a devastating blow. Tulsa premiere.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.heavensrainmovie.com/\">Heaven\'s Rain</a></strong>. Based on true events, the film recounts the story of the Douglass family, whose lives were irrevocably changed one evening 30 years ago. Cast: Mike Vogel, Erin Chambers, Taryn Manning.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077280/\">The Buddy Holly Story</a></strong>. A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star. Cast: Gary Busey, Gailard Sartain, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith.</li>\r\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077235/\">Big Wednesday</a></strong>. The lives of some California surfers from the early \'60s to the \'70s. Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/tickets.htm\">Check out show times and buy tickets to any 2011 Tulsa United Film Festival movie showing here</a>. Head out and support film and the proprietors of icy-cold movie theaters in Tulsa this weekend.\r\n\r\n<strong>MORE:</strong> Check out <a href=\"http://www.mandyvavrinak.com/?p=911\">this interview with Tulsa United Film Festival Jason Connell from local blogger Mandy Vavrinak</a>.','Tulsa United Film Festival 2011: A Preview','The Tulsa United Film Festival is unleashed on Circle Cinema, Ida Red and Living Arts of Tulsa this weekend. ','inherit','open','open','','8999-revision-4','','','2011-07-22 06:28:58','2011-07-22 12:28:58','',8999,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8999-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(9004,1,'2011-07-22 06:30:06','2011-07-22 12:30:06','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/tulsa-united-film-festival-2010-rundown/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1638\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1638\" title=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2345762984_ddcd3c6ee4_o-500x303.jpg\" alt=\"Circle Cinema Tulsa, Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" /></a>\n\n<em>Editor\'s note: This post is by <a href=\"http://www.partiallymotivated.com/\">Carrisa of Partially Motivated</a>.</em>\n\nIf you are looking for something fun and out of the ordinary to do in Tulsa this weekend, you must check out the <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/\">Tulsa United Film Festival</a> at <a href=\"http://circlecinema.com\">Circle Cinema</a>, <a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a> and <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/\">Living Arts of Tulsa</a>. Originally an exclusively Tulsa-centric festival, it was founded nine years ago by <a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/about.htm\">Tulsa native Jason Connell</a>. The festival has since expanded into major cities such as New York City and Los Angeles.\n\nI was able to preview one of this year\'s feature films, <em><a href=\"http://www.holyrollersthemovie.com/\">Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians</a></em>. This movie tells the story of a group of Christians who make money by playing blackjack and counting cards. Yes, you read that right: Christians and card counting. They call themselves The Church Team.\n\nMost Christians you meet will tell you that the church generally frowns upon gambling, much like casinos frown upon card counting. It\'s not illegal, but if you\'re caught doing it, they\'ll ask you to leave. Maybe not in the finger-breaking, face-punching ways you\'ve seen in other gambling movies like <em>Casino</em> - more like the take-away-all-of-your-winnings-and-kick-you-out-of-the-casino way. The guys in the movie refer to this as being backed off. A nice way of putting it, if you ask me.\n\nCounting cards gives you an overall advantage in that you are likely to win against the house about 55 percent of the time. This means that 45 percent of the time, you\'re losing. The movie doesn\'t sugar coat much. It shows both the famine and the feast, as well as the lengths the characters go to to keep from being recognized by casinos.\n\nMost of the members of Church Team don\'t seem to struggle with the morality issues behind card counting that a lot of people might. Casinos aren\'t in the business of losing money, although their commercials and billboards would lead you to believe otherwise. Lose all your money to them and they reward you with free drinks. Start winning and taking away their profits and they reward you by showing you the exit.\n\nHere are snippets about the other films showing at the festival:\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/\">The Pink Panther</a></strong>. Bumbling and conceited French police inspector Clouseau tries to catch The Phantom. Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.thebransonmovie.com/\">Branson</a></strong>. Follows the performers of three acts playing at a Branson, Missouri strip mall through all the ups and downs of three seasons. Tulsa premier!</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078721/\">\"10.\"</a></strong> A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed. Cast: Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.eaglesinthechickencoop.com/\">Eagles in the Chicken Coop</a></strong>. A team of investigative documentarians set out to follow the making of a late night, made-for-television Mature Movie, to capture an inside look at mainstream American movie practices and sensibilities at their lowest. Cast: Bruce Abbott, Cameron Bender, Megan Bergkvist. Tulsa premier!</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.adventuresofpower.com/\">Adventures of Power</a></strong>. In his quest to become the world\'s greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day. Tulsa premier - free showing!</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.superheroesthemovie.com/\">Superheroes</a></strong>. A journey inside the world of real life caped crusaders. From all over America, these self-proclaimed crime fighters don masks, homemade costumes and elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere. Tulsa premier.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.bewareofchristians.com/\">Beware of Christians</a></strong>. Four college students travel to Europe to escape their routine faith and gain a radically new perspective on following Jesus. Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.idoidontmovie.com/\">I Do, I Don\'t</a></strong>. One couple\'s story of love, marriage, divorce, and what happens when the realities of modern day life collide with biblical ideals.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.eatthesunmovie.com/\">Eat the Sun</a></strong>. Is it possible to stare into the sun and not eat? Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.gabiontheroofinjuly.com/\">Gabi On the Roof In July</a></strong>. A portrait of young New York and the misguided hopefuls who can\'t afford to live there but do anyway. Cast: Lawrence Michael Levine, Sophia Takal, Brooke Bloom, Louis Cancelmi, Kate Lyrn Sheil, Amy Seimetz. Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.livingdownstream.com/\">Living Downstream</a></strong>. Living Downstream follows ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber during one pivotal year as she works to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links. Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.sofmovie.com/\">Save Our Future</a></strong>. When inner-city charter high school Save Our Future is forced to close doors, dozens of Los Angeles students rally to have their voices heard. Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.cleanflixthemovie.com/\">Cleanflix</a></strong>. When a small Utah-based edited movie company is caught sanitizing Hollywood\'s copyrighted material for Mormon audiences, the film industry strikes back with a devastating blow. Tulsa premiere.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.heavensrainmovie.com/\">Heaven\'s Rain</a></strong>. Based on true events, the film recounts the story of the Douglass family, whose lives were irrevocably changed one evening 30 years ago. Cast: Mike Vogel, Erin Chambers, Taryn Manning.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077280/\">The Buddy Holly Story</a></strong>. A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star. Cast: Gary Busey, Gailard Sartain, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith.</li>\n	<li><strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077235/\">Big Wednesday</a></strong>. The lives of some California surfers from the early \'60s to the \'70s. Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey.</li>\n</ul>\n<a href=\"http://www.theunitedfest.com/tulsa/tickets.htm\">Check out show times and buy tickets to any 2011 Tulsa United Film Festival movie showing here</a>. Head out and support film and the proprietors of icy-cold movie theaters in Tulsa this weekend.\n\n<strong>MORE:</strong> Check out <a href=\"http://www.mandyvavrinak.com/?p=911\">this interview with Tulsa United Film Festival Jason Connell from local blogger Mandy Vavrinak</a>.','Tulsa United Film Festival 2011: A Preview','The Tulsa United Film Festival is unleashed on Circle Cinema, Ida Red and Living Arts of Tulsa this weekend. ','inherit','open','open','','8999-autosave','','','2011-07-22 06:30:06','2011-07-22 12:30:06','',8999,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8999-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(9201,1,'2011-09-07 12:57:44','2011-09-07 18:57:44','One of my favorite places to find awesome vintagey greatness is the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds. \n\nSometimes I feel like I grew up at the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take my sister and me to visit them there. I knew that if I ran and gave my grandpa a hug he would slip me a dollar. Add a kiss on the cheek and another dollar found its way in my pocket. Two dollars doesn\'t sound like much, but at the flea market, it can buy a lot. Even as a girl, I knew that. \n\nThat was over 20 years ago, but the flea market hasn\'t really changed much. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, the booth with tons of toys, the tables covered in baked goods in plastic wrap and the puppies wrestling in crates, waiting for a good home. Furniture, old records, Depression-era fabric, vintage Fisher Price toys, tools and fancy kitchenware are packed in together, lining the wide aisles.\n\n<insert flea market photo here>\n\nI like taking old things, like a metal mop bucket, and using it for something different, like a toy bin.\n\n<insert bucket photo here>\n\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Flea Market and you can practice your negotiating skills and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s nice! Just remember, it\'s only open on Saturday, 8am to 4pm. Check out there website here: http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\n\nThe next three shops are antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market with different booths but the vendors aren\'t actually there and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered and just have things piled on shelves.\n\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall. \n\ninsert generations photo here\n\nIt\'s smaller than the flea market but there are plenty of booths to keep you busy for a while. You can find a lot of the same type of things here along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles and the prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market.\n\nGenerations is open every day from 10a-5p and next to Tally\'s on 11th and Yale.\n\n\nIf you\'re around Broken Arrow, there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post, located on main street. \n\ninsert hitching post photo here\n\nIt\'s about the same size at Generations but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are better laid out too so it\'s easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a back wall full of books and a whole room full of kid\'s toys.\n\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st St and Main and open Monday to Saturday from 10:30a to 5:30p.\n\n\nAnd if you\'re out in Jenks, you have to check out River City Trading Post. It\'s the largest of the three stores and offers the largest variety in booths. \n\ninsert river city photo here\n\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering vintage treasures to handmade items like hair bows and soap.  There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture and they have set up mini show rooms to give you decorating ideas. The prices vary depending on the booth. Chances are, if you see something but it\'s a little higher than what you want to pay, keep on looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\n\nI have found several things for my house here and two of my favorite finds were wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\n\ninsert basket photo here\n\nRiver City is located on Main St., open seven days a week and you can find them on facebook.\n\n\nI hope I\'ve given you a little look into some different places around town to shop. So go out, explore and find your own treasure!\n','Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','9199-revision-2','','','2011-09-07 12:57:44','2011-09-07 18:57:44','',9199,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9199-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9199,1,'2011-09-07 12:58:31','0000-00-00 00:00:00','One of my favorite places to find awesome vintagey greatness is the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds. \r\n\r\nSometimes I feel like I grew up at the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take my sister and me to visit them there. I knew that if I ran and gave my grandpa a hug he would slip me a dollar. Add a kiss on the cheek and another dollar found its way in my pocket. Two dollars doesn\'t sound like much, but at the flea market, it can buy a lot. Even as a girl, I knew that. \r\n\r\nThat was over 20 years ago, but the flea market hasn\'t really changed much. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, the booth with tons of toys, the tables covered in baked goods in plastic wrap and the puppies wrestling in crates, waiting for a good home. Furniture, old records, Depression-era fabric, vintage Fisher Price toys, tools and fancy kitchenware are packed in together, lining the wide aisles.\r\n\r\n<insert flea market photo here>\r\n\r\nI like taking old things, like a metal mop bucket, and using it for something different, like a toy bin.\r\n\r\n<insert bucket photo here>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Flea Market and you can practice your negotiating skills and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s nice! Just remember, it\'s only open on Saturday, 8am to 4pm. Check out there website here: http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\r\n\r\nThe next three shops are antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market with different booths but the vendors aren\'t actually there and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered and just have things piled on shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall. \r\n\r\ninsert generations photo here\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the flea market but there are plenty of booths to keep you busy for a while. You can find a lot of the same type of things here along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles and the prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10a-5p and next to Tally\'s on 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you\'re around Broken Arrow, there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post, located on main street. \r\n\r\ninsert hitching post photo here\r\n\r\nIt\'s about the same size at Generations but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are better laid out too so it\'s easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a back wall full of books and a whole room full of kid\'s toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st St and Main and open Monday to Saturday from 10:30a to 5:30p.\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd if you\'re out in Jenks, you have to check out River City Trading Post. It\'s the largest of the three stores and offers the largest variety in booths. \r\n\r\ninsert river city photo here\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering vintage treasures to handmade items like hair bows and soap.  There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture and they have set up mini show rooms to give you decorating ideas. The prices vary depending on the booth. Chances are, if you see something but it\'s a little higher than what you want to pay, keep on looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI have found several things for my house here and two of my favorite finds were wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\ninsert basket photo here\r\n\r\nRiver City is located on Main St., open seven days a week and you can find them on facebook.\r\n\r\n\r\nI hope I\'ve given you a little look into some different places around town to shop. So go out, explore and find your own treasure!\r\n','Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','','draft','open','open','','','','','2011-09-07 12:58:31','2011-09-07 18:58:31','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=9199',0,'post','',0),(9200,1,'2011-09-07 12:48:30','2011-09-07 18:48:30','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','9199-revision','','','2011-09-07 12:48:30','2011-09-07 18:48:30','',9199,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9199-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9317,1,'2011-10-17 16:13:14','2011-10-17 22:13:14','','PBR BOK Center','','inherit','open','open','','giffer','','','2011-10-17 16:13:14','2011-10-17 22:13:14','',9275,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/giffer.gif',0,'attachment','image/gif',0),(9318,1,'2011-10-17 16:16:06','2011-10-17 22:16:06','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9316\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9316\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9316\" title=\"Broken Arrow Round Up Club Rodeo\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSC_0173-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<em>Today\'s post comes from Tulsa-based blogger Lauren McKinney. <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.com/\">Lauren blogs at Fiddlepit</a>, a blog about embarrassment, cones and life in Oklahoma.</em>\n\nI can count on one finger the number of times I\'ve been to a rodeo. Still, I feel like an expert. In fact, I\'m pretty sure I know quite a bit about rodeo. You think I\'m joking? Ask anyone. Or, just take a look at these rodeo lingo definitions I wrote yesterday and see for yourselves:\n<h3>Mutton Bustin\'</h3>\nParticipants are required to watch and wait for a sheep to commit a crime. A simple misdemeanor will do. The cowboy must then arrest and handcuff the sheep – this is the tricky part – and recite to the animal its Miranda rights. To speed up the process, some mutton busters will attempt to lure sheep into perpetrating an illegal act, such as vandalism. Cowboys hire young, sexy ewes to provide lewd suggestions and/or spray paint. Once the arrest is complete, the rodeo crowd yells in unison, \"Aw... BUSTED!\" Young MC\'s Bust A Move then plays over the loudspeakers.\n<h3>Cutting Horses</h3>\nStylists-to-be recruited from local beauty colleges compete in a mane-styling tournament. Participants may cut, color and/or curl the mane in order to achieve a presentation that best exhibits their artistry and skill. The hairdresser who produces the most fabulously coiffed philly takes home a blue ribbon.\n<h3>PBR</h3>\nOnce a year, something big comes to the BOK Center. Surprise! It\'s a huge can of Pabst Blue Ribbon:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9317\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9317\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9317\" title=\"PBR BOK Center\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/giffer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"320\" /></a>\n\nMmm. PBR.\n<h3>Chute Dogging</h3>\nHighly skilled canine competitors pair off and play the classic board game Chutes and Ladders in a tournament-style event that lasts a full day. All breeds of dogs may participate, but help from humans is not allowed. This event is typically sponsored by Milton Bradley. Biting out of frustration at landing on yet another effing chute space is strictly forbidden.\n<h3>Goat Dressage</h3>\nThis event is specifically for children (sometimes referred to as a pedia-rodeo event). Boys and girls have the opportunity to hone their sewing skills and create three looks for their pet goats: One for casual portion of the competition, another for evening, and a third for swimwear. Beyond hand-crafting goat couture, competitors must select coordinating accessories and cosmetics. The trick to accomplishing this in a way that will impress judges is by making sure to pick items which the goat will not be tempted to nibble during the fashion show. Competitors then walk their goats down a long runway three times to show off their fashionable creations, with each run including a sassy spin and/or Zoolander-inspired camera stare. Judges rate each ensemble and average the three scores to come to an overall goat dressage rating.\n\nWhat rodeo terms have always left you clueless? Tell me in the comments and I\'ll be happy to demystify all that which eludes you.','Rodeo, Defined','Oklahoma blogger Lauren McKinney delivers a crash course in Rodeo 101. ','inherit','open','open','','9275-revision-4','','','2011-10-17 16:16:06','2011-10-17 22:16:06','',9275,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9275-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(9316,1,'2011-10-17 16:01:17','2011-10-17 22:01:17','','Broken Arrow Round Up Club Rodeo','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0173','','','2011-10-17 16:01:17','2011-10-17 22:01:17','',9275,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSC_0173.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9018,1,'2011-07-21 09:17:05','2011-07-21 15:17:05','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/garden-masters-oklahomans-with-passion-for-planting/dsc_0833/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-931\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0833.jpg\" alt=\"Linnaeus Teaching Garden Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Linnaeus Teaching Garden Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-931\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-139','','','2011-07-21 09:17:05','2011-07-21 15:17:05','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7294-revision-139/',0,'revision','',0),(9582,1,'2011-11-17 16:55:49','2011-11-17 22:55:49','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/christmas-lights-in-tulsa-2010/uticasquare/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4048\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/uticasquare.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"uticasquare\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4048\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after the biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\r\n\r\nBut it also means that several of Tulsa\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/11/17/2011/lights-on-events-in-tulsa-2011/\" target=\"_blank\">Find a list of Tulsa\'s best lights on events at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','Tulsa Lights On Events 2011','Tulsa loves a good, old-fashioned lights on event, when the switch is flipped on thousands - in some cases, millions - of Christmas lights all over town.','inherit','open','open','','9580-revision-2','','','2011-11-17 16:55:49','2011-11-17 22:55:49','',9580,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/11/9580-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9583,1,'2011-11-17 16:55:49','2011-11-17 22:55:49','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/christmas-lights-in-tulsa-2010/uticasquare/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4048\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/uticasquare.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"uticasquare\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4048\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after the biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\r\n\r\nBut it also means that several of Tulsa\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/11/17/2011/lights-on-events-in-tulsa-2011/\" target=\"_blank\">Find a list of Tulsa\'s best lights on events at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','Tulsa Lights On Events 2011','Tulsa loves a good, old-fashioned lights on event, when the switch is flipped on thousands - in some cases, millions - of Christmas lights all over town.','inherit','open','open','','9580-revision-3','','','2011-11-17 16:55:49','2011-11-17 22:55:49','',9580,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/11/9580-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(9024,1,'2011-07-26 08:48:06','2011-07-26 14:48:06','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/5336521949/\" title=\"Downtown Tulsa by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5204/5336521949_a04541b42d_z.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Downtown Tulsa\"></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-140','','','2011-07-26 08:48:06','2011-07-26 14:48:06','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7294-revision-140/',0,'revision','',0),(9036,1,'2011-07-28 09:35:58','2011-07-28 15:35:58','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5997\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5997\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1345-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Utica Square Phone Booth Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Utica Square Phone Booth Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5997\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-143','','','2011-07-28 09:35:58','2011-07-28 15:35:58','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7294-revision-143/',0,'revision','',0),(9025,1,'2011-07-27 08:50:42','2011-07-27 14:50:42','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/things-to-do-in-tulsa-today-7-2/dsc_0150/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8712\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0150-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Sign at Caz&#039;s Chowhouse Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Oklahoma Sign at Caz&#039;s Chowhouse Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8712\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-141','','','2011-07-27 08:50:42','2011-07-27 14:50:42','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7294-revision-141/',0,'revision','',0),(9584,1,'2011-11-17 16:56:44','2011-11-17 22:56:44','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/christmas-lights-in-tulsa-2010/uticasquare/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4048\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/uticasquare.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"uticasquare\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4048\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after the biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\r\n\r\nBut it also means that several of Tulsa\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/11/17/2011/lights-on-events-in-tulsa-2011/\" target=\"_blank\">Find a list of Tulsa\'s best lights on events at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','Tulsa Lights On Events 2011','Tulsa loves a good, old-fashioned lights on event, when the switch is flipped on thousands - in some cases, millions - of Christmas lights all over town.','inherit','open','open','','9580-revision-4','','','2011-11-17 16:56:44','2011-11-17 22:56:44','',9580,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/11/9580-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(9271,1,'2011-10-12 13:02:45','2011-10-12 19:02:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9270\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9270\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSC_0157-500x329.jpg\" alt=\"Broken Arrow Round-Up Club Mutton Busting\" title=\"Broken Arrow Round-Up Club Mutton Busting\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9270\" /></a>\n\nMutton busting is that curiosity tucked between lines of tall letters on rodeo posters, usually toward the bottom. It’s never explained, what mutton busting even is, and outsiders to cowboy culture assume that it’s some bone-cracking, crudely named rodeo game that everyone who wears an old pair of Ropers knows all about.\n\n<!--more-->\n\nThe real secret is, you’d find out more asking those rodeo folks where to buy the latest Carrie Underwood album than what you’re in for when the mutton busting part of the program rolls around. \n\nRead the rest at ThisLandPress.com. ','Taking the Wool by the Horns','Mutton busting is that curiosity tucked between lines of tall letters on rodeo posters, usually toward the bottom.','inherit','open','open','','9269-revision','','','2011-10-12 13:02:45','2011-10-12 19:02:45','',9269,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9269-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9270,1,'2011-10-12 13:01:37','2011-10-12 19:01:37','','Broken Arrow Round-Up Club Mutton Busting','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0157','','','2011-10-12 13:01:37','2011-10-12 19:01:37','',9269,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSC_0157.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',1),(9581,1,'2011-11-17 16:54:29','2011-11-17 22:54:29','Thanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\n\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after the biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\n\nBut it also means that several of Tulsa\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. Find a list of Tulsa\'s best lights on events at Do What at ThisLandPress.com.','Tulsa Lights On Events 2011','','inherit','open','open','','9580-revision','','','2011-11-17 16:54:29','2011-11-17 22:54:29','',9580,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/11/9580-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9190,1,'2011-09-07 12:04:12','2011-09-07 18:04:12','So I love to poke. Drop me off in a mall.. bookstore... thrift store and I can spend hours sorting through racks and aisles until I find the strangest and thereby coolest items.\r\n\r\nI\'m looking for idea on redecorating the guest room so I went to one of my favorite stores to poke around... the Habitat Re-Store (http://habitat-tulsa.org/restore/).\r\n\r\nWalking into that store is like a hippie haven for me... vintage fixtures... recycled home building materials.\r\n\r\nAs you enter the large warehouse near 15th and Memorial on one side you see row after row of used appliances that work fine and can be picked up cheap.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9184\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9184\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9184\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo the other side it\'s carpeting... tiles... paint... all donated to the store to sell... and help fund Habitat for Humanity. It\'s the perfect spot for do it yourself homeowner to get cheap supplies.. or for wannabe Martha Stewarts like me to pretend to be crafty.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9183\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9183\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9183\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI spotted this vintage sewing machine and fell in love. I have no clue if it works and if it did I wouldn\'t know what to do with it.. but isn\'t it gorgeous.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9182\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9182\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9182\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-3-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen I headed outside... where they keep the bathroom fixtures... doors, windows... and the field of toilets.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9181\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9181\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9181\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-4-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow I\'ve been contemplating turning an old window into a frame... like on this Instructables blog (http://www.instructables.com/id/Old-Window-Picture-Frame/)\r\n\r\nSo I headed for the bins of windows to see if there was one that would fit in the spot I\'m thinking of putting it. My favorites are the ones that have the most paint chipped off of them... yes I still love shabby chic. Don\'t judge me.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9180\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9180\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-5-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAlso you have to walk on this walkway to get to the windows, doors and shutters section. I love this.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9179\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9179\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9179\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-6-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSadly all of the windows they had the weekend I was poking were too big for the spot in my mind. So I went home empty handed.\r\n\r\nBut the added bonus to the Habitat Re-Store is that I can pop my head in again in a couple of weeks and they\'ll have a whole new batch of donated items for me to dig through to find my hidden treasure.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9178\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9178\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9178\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-7-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>','Habitat Blog','','inherit','open','open','','9177-revision-6','','','2011-09-07 12:04:12','2011-09-07 18:04:12','',9177,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9177-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(9172,1,'2011-09-06 15:58:01','2011-09-06 21:58:01','Italian Renaissance: Fiat Returns to America \r\n \r\nIt\'s no secret. I\'m a gearhead, a certified lifer. My first bicycle was a compilation of parts I\'d gathered from neighborhood junk piles. I took apart a Lawn Boy engine at the age of 9. My first motorcycle was delivered to me on my 14th birthday. In three boxes. Turned out Dad had accepted it as payment for back rent from a deadbeat tenant. It took me a few weeks, but I managed to put it back together with a little help from a neighbor and an arc welder. \r\n \r\nTurning wrenches, getting greasy or adding needless accessories occupied our spare time. It was the seventies, and that was what teenage boys did. \r\n \r\nOne day I bought a broken Fiat Spider, planning to fix it up and sell it. Turned out I met my future  wife in that car. Jackie was suitably impressed with the red convertible, so I kept it longer than intended. Eventually I became infatuated with little Italian cars and owned dozens over the years - mostly clapped-out Fiats, a Lancia or two and a slew of Alfa Romeos. I was hooked. \r\n \r\nIt got so bad that, in 1989, it became a business. For more than nine years my loving (and tolerant) wife helped me to operate an automotive shop down in Tulsa\'s Brady District called Maduko. We sold parts and accessories for the funny little cars from Italy. Today that building is a brick oven pizza joint called Hey Mambo. But just inside the door you’ll notice a large graphic depicting the Alfa Romeo factory in Milano, an homage to the automotive endeavors that once occurred at this address. \r\n \r\nThose days are long gone. It\'s been almost thirty years since Fiat stopped selling cars in the U.S. The only Italian cars sold in America these days bear the insignia of the high-end Ferrari, along with a handful of Lamborghinis and Maseratis. \r\n\r\nBut this spring marked the return of one of the world\'s largest automakers to the American market, with a retro little coupe called the Fiat 500. \r\n\r\nThis new car has been a hit in Europe since its original introduction in 2007. Its styling is a full-on retro replay of the iconic 1957 Fiat 500, a car many consider the VW of Italy. The spartan four-seater was powered by an air-cooled engine mounted in the rear - like a Volkswagen - and was designed as affordable transportation for the masses - like a Volkswagen. The two-cylinder engine displaced 479cc, thus the model’s name: 500, or cinquecento in Italian. \r\n\r\nIf all that sounds too technical to classify this car as an icon, consider this: The character Luigi in the movie Cars was a 1959 Fiat 500. ‘Nuff said. \r\n \r\nThe return of this marque to the American market prompted Jackie and I to wonder how the new Fiat stacked up to the oft-maligned sports cars of the seventies. The reputation for “Fix It Again Tony” is the only memory many Americans have of Fiat. Would the new car dispel this less-than-stellar reputation? \r\n \r\nToday’s 500 has won high praise in Europe over the last 3 years. It may look like the original, but the engine is now up front, and a good deal larger. But that bubbly, happy look is the same. Even the dashboard echoes the body color - a trait of the original (although the new one isn’t made of steel for safety reasons). Special trim packages even offer bakelite-look interior appointments. Projector headlamps keep the eyeballs small and the “face” friendly. The grille is so close to the original that it’s easy to mistake the new Fiat for a classic 500. \r\n\r\nThe overall size of the car is smaller than a Mini and larger than a Smart. But inside it’s larger than either, and “feels” bigger than both combined. The tall roof makes the interior feel spacious for such a small car (unless you opt for the sunroof). Folding my 6’4” frame into the 500 was no problem at all. Jackie and I both found entry and egress easier than cars much larger than the Fiat. Once inside the seats are firm but comfortable - the pilot seat includes a vertical tilt adjustment and a small armrest I initially found amusing. We thought the seating was excellent for a car in this class. Passengers in the back seat however may not share that opinion. While it’s possible to move the front seats forward enough to make room in back, most owners will consider the rear area for groceries only. \r\n \r\nFurther back - but not much further - is the trunk. The 500 is technically a hatchback and the hatch is huge. The space underneath it though...eh, not so much. Although folding down the back seats expands the cargo capacity quite a bit, they don’t lay flat. So if you plan to go to Ikea we recommend the optional roof rack. \r\n\r\nDriving the 500 is a joy. The engine produces 101 horsepower, so the little car can scoot, but it’s in no danger of snapping your neck out of joint. For that you’ll need the steering wheel! The Fiat’s steering is tight and linear, but the electric power steering is almost too light for my taste. Pushing the Sport button on the dash removes virtually all slop, changes the transmission’s shift points and puts the 500 in all-out go-kart mode. Driving around the neighborhood in this mode feels almost manic, but slice through some twisties and it’s bellisimo. A six-speed automatic was developed for the American version and it shifts the rev-happy 1.4 liter engine pretty aggressively, though you can slide the knob to the left and flip the gears up or down on your own. Buyers wanting even more control can opt for a 5 speed manual and enjoy 38 MPG on the highway. \r\n \r\nCurrently Fiat offers three trim levels: Pop, Lounge and Sport. Prices start at $15,500. Additionally there is the standard hardtop and a rollback sunroof model called the Cabriolet, or 500C. All of them use the same 1.4 liter Multiair engine built in Michigan, and the cars are built by Chrysler in a plant in Mexico. Hello, global economy. \r\n \r\nThe example we drove was a Sport with the taughter suspension and go-fast 16” wheels. I found the ride firm, maybe too firm for the average Cute Car Buyer. But most critics agree the standard models don’t have the sharper handling of the Sport model. So the real question is whether Boy Racer who wants the performance will be satisfied with the 101 HP? If not, wait until Spring 2012 when the 170 HP Abarth version comes to the States. \r\n \r\nFifty years ago the Fiat 500’s primary competition was the Austin Mini and Volkswagen Beetle. The new Fiat 500 will also compete for buyers with the New Beetle and Mini Cooper, and just like the original, it is priced well below those models. Only time will tell how American buyers take to the new 500. But so far I’d say they have a winner.','Fiat Road Adventure','','inherit','open','open','','9170-revision-2','','','2011-09-06 15:58:01','2011-09-06 21:58:01','',9170,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9170-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9171,1,'2011-09-06 15:57:36','2011-09-06 21:57:36','Italian Renaissance: Fiat Returns to America \n \nIt\'s no secret. I\'m a gearhead, a certified lifer. My first bicycle was a compilation of parts I\'d gathered from neighborhood junk piles. I took apart a Lawn Boy engine at the age of 9. My first motorcycle was delivered to me on my 14th birthday. In three boxes. Turned out Dad had accepted it as payment for back rent from a deadbeat tenant. It took me a few weeks, but I managed to put it back together with a little help from a neighbor and an arc welder. \n \nTurning wrenches, getting greasy or adding needless accessories occupied our spare time. It was the seventies, and that was what teenage boys did. \n \nOne day I bought a broken Fiat Spider, planning to fix it up and sell it. Turned out I met my future  wife in that car. Jackie was suitably impressed with the red convertible, so I kept it longer than intended. Eventually I became infatuated with little Italian cars and owned dozens over the years - mostly clapped-out Fiats, a Lancia or two and a slew of Alfa Romeos. I was hooked. \n \nIt got so bad that, in 1989, it became a business. For more than nine years my loving (and tolerant) wife helped me to operate an automotive shop down in Tulsa\'s Brady District called Maduko. We sold parts and accessories for the funny little cars from Italy. Today that building is a brick oven pizza joint called Hey Mambo. But just inside the door you’ll notice a large graphic depicting the Alfa Romeo factory in Milano, an homage to the automotive endeavors that once occurred at this address. \n \nThose days are long gone. It\'s been almost thirty years since Fiat stopped selling cars in the U.S. The only Italian cars sold in America these days bear the insignia of the high-end Ferrari, along with a handful of Lamborghinis and Maseratis. \n\nBut this spring marked the return of one of the world\'s largest automakers to the American market, with a retro little coupe called the Fiat 500. \n\nThis new car has been a hit in Europe since its original introduction in 2007. Its styling is a full-on retro replay of the iconic 1957 Fiat 500, a car many consider the VW of Italy. The spartan four-seater was powered by an air-cooled engine mounted in the rear - like a Volkswagen - and was designed as affordable transportation for the masses - like a Volkswagen. The two-cylinder engine displaced 479cc, thus the model’s name: 500, or cinquecento in Italian. \n\nIf all that sounds too technical to classify this car as an icon, consider this: The character Luigi in the movie Cars was a 1959 Fiat 500. ‘Nuff said. \n \nThe return of this marque to the American market prompted Jackie and I to wonder how the new Fiat stacked up to the oft-maligned sports cars of the seventies. The reputation for “Fix It Again Tony” is the only memory many Americans have of Fiat. Would the new car dispel this less-than-stellar reputation? \n \nToday’s 500 has won high praise in Europe over the last 3 years. It may look like the original, but the engine is now up front, and a good deal larger. But that bubbly, happy look is the same. Even the dashboard echoes the body color - a trait of the original (although the new one isn’t made of steel for safety reasons). Special trim packages even offer bakelite-look interior appointments. Projector headlamps keep the eyeballs small and the “face” friendly. The grille is so close to the original that it’s easy to mistake the new Fiat for a classic 500. \n\nThe overall size of the car is smaller than a Mini and larger than a Smart. But inside it’s larger than either, and “feels” bigger than both combined. The tall roof makes the interior feel spacious for such a small car (unless you opt for the sunroof). Folding my 6’4” frame into the 500 was no problem at all. Jackie and I both found entry and egress easier than cars much larger than the Fiat. Once inside the seats are firm but comfortable - the pilot seat includes a vertical tilt adjustment and a small armrest I initially found amusing. We thought the seating was excellent for a car in this class. Passengers in the back seat however may not share that opinion. While it’s possible to move the front seats forward enough to make room in back, most owners will consider the rear area for groceries only. \n \nFurther back - but not much further - is the trunk. The 500 is technically a hatchback and the hatch is huge. The space underneath it though...eh, not so much. Although folding down the back seats expands the cargo capacity quite a bit, they don’t lay flat. So if you plan to go to Ikea we recommend the optional roof rack. \n\nDriving the 500 is a joy. The engine produces 101 horsepower, so the little car can scoot, but it’s in no danger of snapping your neck out of joint. For that you’ll need the steering wheel! The Fiat’s steering is tight and linear, but the electric power steering is almost too light for my taste. Pushing the Sport button on the dash removes virtually all slop, changes the transmission’s shift points and puts the 500 in all-out go-kart mode. Driving around the neighborhood in this mode feels almost manic, but slice through some twisties and it’s bellisimo. A six-speed automatic was developed for the American version and it shifts the rev-happy 1.4 liter engine pretty aggressively, though you can slide the knob to the left and flip the gears up or down on your own. Buyers wanting even more control can opt for a 5 speed manual and enjoy 38 MPG on the highway. \n \nCurrently Fiat offers three trim levels: Pop, Lounge and Sport. Prices start at $15,500. Additionally there is the standard hardtop and a rollback sunroof model called the Cabriolet, or 500C. All of them use the same 1.4 liter Multiair engine built in Michigan, and the cars are built by Chrysler in a plant in Mexico. Hello, global economy. \n \nThe example we drove was a Sport with the taughter suspension and go-fast 16” wheels. I found the ride firm, maybe too firm for the average Cute Car Buyer. But most critics agree the standard models don’t have the sharper handling of the Sport model. So the real question is whether Boy Racer who wants the performance will be satisfied with the 101 HP? If not then wait until Spring 2012 when the 170 HP Abarth version comes to the States. \n \nFifty years ago the Fiat 500’s primary competition was the Austin Mini and Volkswagen Beetle. \nThe new Fiat 500 will also compete for buyers with the New Beetle and Mini Cooper, and just \nlike the original, it is priced well below those models. Only time will tell how American buyers \ntake to the new 500. But so far I’d say they have a winner.','Fiat Road Adventure','','inherit','open','open','','9170-revision','','','2011-09-06 15:57:36','2011-09-06 21:57:36','',9170,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9170-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9170,1,'2011-09-06 15:59:51','0000-00-00 00:00:00','Italian Renaissance: Fiat Returns to America \r\n \r\nIt\'s no secret. I\'m a gearhead, a certified lifer. My first bicycle was a compilation of parts I\'d gathered from neighborhood junk piles. I took apart a Lawn Boy engine at the age of 9. My first motorcycle was delivered to me on my 14th birthday. In three boxes. Turned out Dad had accepted it as payment for back rent from a deadbeat tenant. It took me a few weeks, but I managed to put it back together with a little help from a neighbor and an arc welder. \r\n \r\nTurning wrenches, getting greasy or adding needless accessories occupied our spare time. It was the seventies, and that was what teenage boys did. \r\n \r\nOne day I bought a broken Fiat Spider, planning to fix it up and sell it. Turned out I met my future  wife in that car. Jackie was suitably impressed with the red convertible, so I kept it longer than intended. Eventually I became infatuated with little Italian cars and owned dozens over the years - mostly clapped-out Fiats, a Lancia or two and a slew of Alfa Romeos. I was hooked. \r\n \r\nIt got so bad that, in 1989, it became a business. For more than nine years my loving (and tolerant) wife helped me to operate an automotive shop down in Tulsa\'s Brady District called Maduko. We sold parts and accessories for the funny little cars from Italy. Today that building is a brick oven pizza joint called Hey Mambo. But just inside the door you’ll notice a large graphic depicting the Alfa Romeo factory in Milano, an homage to the automotive endeavors that once occurred at this address. \r\n \r\nThose days are long gone. It\'s been almost thirty years since Fiat stopped selling cars in the U.S. The only Italian cars sold in America these days bear the insignia of the high-end Ferrari, along with a handful of Lamborghinis and Maseratis. \r\n\r\nBut this spring marked the return of one of the world\'s largest automakers to the American market, with a retro little coupe called the Fiat 500. \r\n\r\nThis new car has been a hit in Europe since its original introduction in 2007. Its styling is a full-on retro replay of the iconic 1957 Fiat 500, a car many consider the VW of Italy. The spartan four-seater was powered by an air-cooled engine mounted in the rear - like a Volkswagen - and was designed as affordable transportation for the masses - like a Volkswagen. The two-cylinder engine displaced 479cc, thus the model’s name: 500, or cinquecento in Italian. \r\n\r\nIf all that sounds too technical to classify this car as an icon, consider this: The character Luigi in the movie Cars was a 1959 Fiat 500. ‘Nuff said. \r\n \r\nThe return of this marque to the American market prompted Jackie and I to wonder how the new Fiat stacked up to the oft-maligned sports cars of the seventies. The reputation for “Fix It Again Tony” is the only memory many Americans have of Fiat. Would the new car dispel this less-than-stellar reputation? \r\n \r\nToday’s 500 has won high praise in Europe over the last 3 years. It may look like the original, but the engine is now up front, and a good deal larger. But that bubbly, happy look is the same. Even the dashboard echoes the body color - a trait of the original (although the new one isn’t made of steel for safety reasons). Special trim packages even offer bakelite-look interior appointments. Projector headlamps keep the eyeballs small and the “face” friendly. The grille is so close to the original that it’s easy to mistake the new Fiat for a classic 500. \r\n\r\nThe overall size of the car is smaller than a Mini and larger than a Smart. But inside it’s larger than either, and “feels” bigger than both combined. The tall roof makes the interior feel spacious for such a small car (unless you opt for the sunroof). Folding my 6’4” frame into the 500 was no problem at all. Jackie and I both found entry and egress easier than cars much larger than the Fiat. Once inside the seats are firm but comfortable - the pilot seat includes a vertical tilt adjustment and a small armrest I initially found amusing. We thought the seating was excellent for a car in this class. Passengers in the back seat however may not share that opinion. While it’s possible to move the front seats forward enough to make room in back, most owners will consider the rear area for groceries only. \r\n \r\nFurther back - but not much further - is the trunk. The 500 is technically a hatchback and the hatch is huge. The space underneath it though...eh, not so much. Although folding down the back seats expands the cargo capacity quite a bit, they don’t lay flat. So if you plan to go to Ikea we recommend the optional roof rack. \r\n\r\nDriving the 500 is a joy. The engine produces 101 horsepower, so the little car can scoot, but it’s in no danger of snapping your neck out of joint. For that you’ll need the steering wheel! The Fiat’s steering is tight and linear, but the electric power steering is almost too light for my taste. Pushing the Sport button on the dash removes virtually all slop, changes the transmission’s shift points and puts the 500 in all-out go-kart mode. Driving around the neighborhood in this mode feels almost manic, but slice through some twisties and it’s bellisimo. A six-speed automatic was developed for the American version and it shifts the rev-happy 1.4 liter engine pretty aggressively, though you can slide the knob to the left and flip the gears up or down on your own. Buyers wanting even more control can opt for a 5 speed manual and enjoy 38 MPG on the highway. \r\n \r\nCurrently Fiat offers three trim levels: Pop, Lounge and Sport. Prices start at $15,500. Additionally there is the standard hardtop and a rollback sunroof model called the Cabriolet, or 500C. All of them use the same 1.4 liter Multiair engine built in Michigan, and the cars are built by Chrysler in a plant in Mexico. Hello, global economy. \r\n \r\nThe example we drove was a Sport with the taughter suspension and go-fast 16” wheels. I found the ride firm, maybe too firm for the average Cute Car Buyer. But most critics agree the standard models don’t have the sharper handling of the Sport model. So the real question is whether Boy Racer who wants the performance will be satisfied with the 101 HP? If not, wait until Spring 2012 when the 170 HP Abarth version comes to the States. \r\n \r\nFifty years ago the Fiat 500’s primary competition was the Austin Mini and Volkswagen Beetle. The new Fiat 500 will also compete for buyers with the New Beetle and Mini Cooper, and just like the original, it is priced well below those models. Only time will tell how American buyers take to the new 500. But so far I’d say they have a winner.','Fiat Road Adventure','','draft','open','open','','','','','2011-09-06 15:59:51','2011-09-06 21:59:51','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=9170',0,'post','',0),(9168,1,'2011-09-06 15:16:38','2011-09-06 21:16:38','I love \"Murder She Wrote.\" For serious.  I watch Jessica Fletcher solve mysteries﻿ at least once a week and once a year I dress up and try my hand at solving pretend murders.\r\n\r\n\r\nIt\'s the annual Murder Mystery Dinner to benefit the Arts and Humanities Council (http://www.ahct.org/) this year\'s theme is \"Die Nasty\" and is set of course in the 80\'s.  Guests are encouraged to eat drink and be merry while trying their hand at solving the night\'s mystery.\r\n\r\n\r\nTwo years ago I came in 2nd and of course bragged to anyone who listened about my mystery solving skills.  The most common question? What\'s a murder mystery dinner like?  The answer: Awesomesauce.\r\n\r\n\r\nFirst of all is the Costumes every year the show has a different theme and guests are always encouraged to dress up.  This year it\'s the 80\'s... so that means a trip to the thrift store.\r\n\r\n﻿pic 1- Star Trek: Wrath of the 80\'s\r\n\r\nPic 2- I\'m pretty sure this was a bridesmaid dress in \"Steel Magnolias\"\r\n\r\nPic 3- Blazer, sequins, fringe, shoulder pads.  Winning.\r\n\r\nPic 4- Doesn\'t this scream Joan Collins?\r\n\r\nThese are all still on the rack waiting for the right person to wear them.  I went with royal blue sequins and hair higher than an elephant\'s eye.\r\n\r\nThen of course is the setting.  The amazingly awesome Harwelden Mansion.  I mean just look at it.\r\n\r\n(pic 5)\r\n\r\nPlus it\'s catered by \"Just Catering by Orr\"... and it is always just delicious.  Trust me this is a night to ignore the diet and chow down.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, the show.\r\n\r\nJames Watts Jr. puts together a show full of sly jokes, hilarious writing and more plot twists than an actual episode of Dynasty.\r\n\r\n\r\nTo start the night you\'ll get a character list with some background information, and a list of questions, including of course \"Whodunit?\" to study while the cast of regulars puts on the show.  Then meal and play finished, you\'re off to investigate... interrogate the characters (kudos to the actors for staying in character no matter the bizarre questions I ask) and formulate your theories.\r\n\r\n\r\nThen you fill out your guesses and turn in the sheet to get some dessert and wait to see if you solved the crime.  Winners get special gift baskets with some Tulsa treasures.\r\n\r\nYou\'re all lucky I\'ve already gone.  You may have a chance of winning.﻿','Murder Mystery Blog','','inherit','open','open','','9166-revision-2','','','2011-09-06 15:16:38','2011-09-06 21:16:38','',9166,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9166-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9376,1,'2011-10-18 12:01:53','2011-10-18 18:01:53','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9373\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3896303315_245547207a_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Frank Hebbert\" title=\"fall leaves photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9373\" /></a>\n\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\n\nUh-oh. Now what?\n\n<!--more-->\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\n\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list.\n\n<h3>Camps</h3>\n\n<strong>Fall Break Camp at Whiteside Park</strong>. Kids age 6-11 are invited to play games and make crafts at Whiteside Park this Fall Break, OCt. 20-24. Organizes activities are from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bring a sack lunch and a snack. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org/\">Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org</a>.\n\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737 - there weren\'t many spots in the camp to begin with, so if you want your kid to be part of this, call first thing this morning.\n\n<h3>Fall-Flavored Stuff</h3>\n\n<a title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/\">Learn more at tulsaoktoberfest.org</a>. \n\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. <a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/\">Learn more at oxleynaturecenter.org</a>. \n\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9 p.m. Oct. 19th and 20th, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/downtown-ghost-walk-oct-19/\">Learn more about the Bartlesville Ghost Walks at Do What</a>.\n\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. Get a mega-list of pumpkin patches at Do \n\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off.','It\'s Fall Break 2011 in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-7','','','2011-10-18 12:01:53','2011-10-18 18:01:53','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(9379,1,'2011-10-18 12:02:45','2011-10-18 18:02:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9373\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3896303315_245547207a_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Frank Hebbert\" title=\"fall leaves photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9373\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\r\n\r\nUh-oh. Now what?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list.\r\n\r\n<h3>Camps</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Break Camp at Whiteside Park</strong>. Kids age 6-11 are invited to play games and make crafts at Whiteside Park this Fall Break, OCt. 20-24. Organizes activities are from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bring a sack lunch and a snack. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org/\">Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737. \r\n\r\n<h3>Fall-Flavored Stuff</h3>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/\">Learn more at tulsaoktoberfest.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. <a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/\">Learn more at oxleynaturecenter.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9 p.m. Oct. 19th and 20th, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/downtown-ghost-walk-oct-19/\">Learn more about the Bartlesville Ghost Walks at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/10/15/2011/halloween-2011-in-tulsa/\">Get a mega-list of Tulsa-area pumpkin patches at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off.','It\'s Fall Break 2011 in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-10','','','2011-10-18 12:02:45','2011-10-18 18:02:45','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(9377,1,'2011-10-18 12:02:23','2011-10-18 18:02:23','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9373\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3896303315_245547207a_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Frank Hebbert\" title=\"fall leaves photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9373\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\r\n\r\nUh-oh. Now what?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list.\r\n\r\n<h3>Camps</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Break Camp at Whiteside Park</strong>. Kids age 6-11 are invited to play games and make crafts at Whiteside Park this Fall Break, OCt. 20-24. Organizes activities are from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bring a sack lunch and a snack. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org/\">Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737 - there weren\'t many spots in the camp to begin with, so if you want your kid to be part of this, call first thing this morning.\r\n\r\n<h3>Fall-Flavored Stuff</h3>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/\">Learn more at tulsaoktoberfest.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. <a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/\">Learn more at oxleynaturecenter.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9 p.m. Oct. 19th and 20th, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/downtown-ghost-walk-oct-19/\">Learn more about the Bartlesville Ghost Walks at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/10/15/2011/halloween-2011-in-tulsa/\">Get a mega-list of Tulsa-area pumpkin patches at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off.','It\'s Fall Break 2011 in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-8','','','2011-10-18 12:02:23','2011-10-18 18:02:23','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(9378,1,'2011-10-18 12:02:23','2011-10-18 18:02:23','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9373\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3896303315_245547207a_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Frank Hebbert\" title=\"fall leaves photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9373\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\r\n\r\nUh-oh. Now what?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list.\r\n\r\n<h3>Camps</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Break Camp at Whiteside Park</strong>. Kids age 6-11 are invited to play games and make crafts at Whiteside Park this Fall Break, OCt. 20-24. Organizes activities are from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bring a sack lunch and a snack. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org/\">Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737 - there weren\'t many spots in the camp to begin with, so if you want your kid to be part of this, call first thing this morning.\r\n\r\n<h3>Fall-Flavored Stuff</h3>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/\">Learn more at tulsaoktoberfest.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. <a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/\">Learn more at oxleynaturecenter.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9 p.m. Oct. 19th and 20th, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/downtown-ghost-walk-oct-19/\">Learn more about the Bartlesville Ghost Walks at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/10/15/2011/halloween-2011-in-tulsa/\">Get a mega-list of Tulsa-area pumpkin patches at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off.','It\'s Fall Break 2011 in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-9','','','2011-10-18 12:02:23','2011-10-18 18:02:23','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(9380,1,'2011-10-18 12:05:47','2011-10-18 18:05:47','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9373\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3896303315_245547207a_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Frank Hebbert\" title=\"fall leaves photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9373\" /></a>\n\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\n\nUh-oh. Now what?\n\n<!--more-->\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\n\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list.\n\n<h3>Camps</h3>\n\n<strong>Fall Break Camp at Whiteside Park</strong>. Kids age 6-11 are invited to play games and make crafts at Whiteside Park this Fall Break, OCt. 20-24. Organizes activities are from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bring a sack lunch and a snack. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org/\">Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org</a>.\n\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737. \n\n<h3>Fall-Flavored Stuff</h3>\n\n<a title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/\">Learn more at tulsaoktoberfest.org</a>. \n\n<strong>Fall Furry Scurry</strong>. Get a morning of canine cavorting at this fun-run event for dogs and their humans. Stay after the run for dog-related games, door prizes and shopping. Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org. Saturday, Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/fall-furry-scurry/\">Learn more about the Fall Furry Scurry event at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\n\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. <a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/\">Learn more at oxleynaturecenter.org</a>. \n\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9 p.m. Oct. 19th and 20th, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/downtown-ghost-walk-oct-19/\">Learn more about the Bartlesville Ghost Walks at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\n\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/10/15/2011/halloween-2011-in-tulsa/\">Get a mega-list of Tulsa-area pumpkin patches at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\n\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">Get a list of what\'s going on at the Library at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\n\n\n<strong>Make Your Own Stationary</strong>. Kids can make their own initial stamps to personalize of all sorts of items. Students will also get to make several kinds of cards. For ages 6-10. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org/\">Learn more about the Make Your Own Stationer</a>.','It\'s Fall Break 2011 in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-11','','','2011-10-18 12:05:47','2011-10-18 18:05:47','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(9394,1,'2011-10-19 07:19:09','2011-10-19 13:19:09','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9373\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3896303315_245547207a_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Frank Hebbert\" title=\"fall leaves photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9373\" /></a>\n\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\n\nUh-oh. Now what?\n\n<!--more-->\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\n\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list.\n\n','It\'s Fall Break 2011 in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-17','','','2011-10-19 07:19:09','2011-10-19 13:19:09','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(9381,1,'2011-10-18 12:06:06','2011-10-18 18:06:06','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9373\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3896303315_245547207a_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Frank Hebbert\" title=\"fall leaves photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9373\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\r\n\r\nUh-oh. Now what?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list.\r\n\r\n<h3>Camps</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Break Camp at Whiteside Park</strong>. Kids age 6-11 are invited to play games and make crafts at Whiteside Park this Fall Break, OCt. 20-24. Organizes activities are from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bring a sack lunch and a snack. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org/\">Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737. \r\n\r\n<h3>Fall-Flavored Stuff</h3>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/\">Learn more at tulsaoktoberfest.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Furry Scurry</strong>. Get a morning of canine cavorting at this fun-run event for dogs and their humans. Stay after the run for dog-related games, door prizes and shopping. Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org. Saturday, Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/fall-furry-scurry/\">Learn more about the Fall Furry Scurry event at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. <a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/\">Learn more at oxleynaturecenter.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9 p.m. Oct. 19th and 20th, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/downtown-ghost-walk-oct-19/\">Learn more about the Bartlesville Ghost Walks at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/10/15/2011/halloween-2011-in-tulsa/\">Get a mega-list of Tulsa-area pumpkin patches at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">Get a list of what\'s going on at the Library at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Make Your Own Stationery</strong>. Kids can make their own initial stamps to personalize of all sorts of items. Students will also get to make several kinds of cards. For ages 6-10. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/make-your-own-stationery/\">Learn more about the Make Your Own Stationery event at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','It\'s Fall Break 2011 in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-12','','','2011-10-18 12:06:06','2011-10-18 18:06:06','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(9382,1,'2011-10-18 12:06:06','2011-10-18 18:06:06','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9373\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3896303315_245547207a_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Frank Hebbert\" title=\"fall leaves photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9373\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\r\n\r\nUh-oh. Now what?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list.\r\n\r\n<h3>Camps</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Break Camp at Whiteside Park</strong>. Kids age 6-11 are invited to play games and make crafts at Whiteside Park this Fall Break, OCt. 20-24. Organizes activities are from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bring a sack lunch and a snack. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org/\">Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737. \r\n\r\n<h3>Fall-Flavored Stuff</h3>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/\">Learn more at tulsaoktoberfest.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Furry Scurry</strong>. Get a morning of canine cavorting at this fun-run event for dogs and their humans. Stay after the run for dog-related games, door prizes and shopping. Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org. Saturday, Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/fall-furry-scurry/\">Learn more about the Fall Furry Scurry event at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. <a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/\">Learn more at oxleynaturecenter.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9 p.m. Oct. 19th and 20th, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/downtown-ghost-walk-oct-19/\">Learn more about the Bartlesville Ghost Walks at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/10/15/2011/halloween-2011-in-tulsa/\">Get a mega-list of Tulsa-area pumpkin patches at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">Get a list of what\'s going on at the Library at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Make Your Own Stationery</strong>. Kids can make their own initial stamps to personalize of all sorts of items. Students will also get to make several kinds of cards. For ages 6-10. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/make-your-own-stationery/\">Learn more about the Make Your Own Stationery event at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','It\'s Fall Break 2011 in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-13','','','2011-10-18 12:06:06','2011-10-18 18:06:06','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(9383,1,'2011-10-18 12:58:36','2011-10-18 18:58:36','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9373\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3896303315_245547207a_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Frank Hebbert\" title=\"fall leaves photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9373\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\r\n\r\nUh-oh. Now what?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list.\r\n\r\n<h3>Camps</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Break Camp at Whiteside Park</strong>. Kids age 6-11 are invited to play games and make crafts at Whiteside Park this Fall Break, OCt. 20-24. Organizes activities are from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bring a sack lunch and a snack. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org/\">Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737. \r\n\r\n<h3>Fall-Flavored Stuff</h3>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/\">Learn more at tulsaoktoberfest.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Furry Scurry</strong>. Get a morning of canine cavorting at this fun-run event for dogs and their humans. Stay after the run for dog-related games, door prizes and shopping. Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org. Saturday, Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/fall-furry-scurry/\">Learn more about the Fall Furry Scurry event at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. <a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/\">Learn more at oxleynaturecenter.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9 p.m. Oct. 19th and 20th, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/downtown-ghost-walk-oct-19/\">Learn more about the Bartlesville Ghost Walks at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/10/15/2011/halloween-2011-in-tulsa/\">Get a mega-list of Tulsa-area pumpkin patches at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">Get a list of what\'s going on at the Library at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Make Your Own Stationery</strong>. Kids can make their own initial stamps to personalize of all sorts of items. Students will also get to make several kinds of cards. For ages 6-10. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/make-your-own-stationery/\">Learn more about the Make Your Own Stationery event at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','It\'s Fall Break 2011 in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-14','','','2011-10-18 12:58:36','2011-10-18 18:58:36','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(9384,1,'2011-10-18 12:58:36','2011-10-18 18:58:36','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9373\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3896303315_245547207a_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Frank Hebbert\" title=\"fall leaves photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9373\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\r\n\r\nUh-oh. Now what?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list.\r\n\r\n<h3>Camps</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Break Camp at Whiteside Park</strong>. Kids age 6-11 are invited to play games and make crafts at Whiteside Park this Fall Break, OCt. 20-24. Organizes activities are from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bring a sack lunch and a snack. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org/\">Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737. \r\n\r\n<h3>Fall-Flavored Stuff</h3>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/\">Learn more at tulsaoktoberfest.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Furry Scurry</strong>. Get a morning of canine cavorting at this fun-run event for dogs and their humans. Stay after the run for dog-related games, door prizes and shopping. Learn more and get registration information at tulsaparks.org. Saturday, Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/fall-furry-scurry/\">Learn more about the Fall Furry Scurry event at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. <a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/\">Learn more at oxleynaturecenter.org</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9 p.m. Oct. 19th and 20th, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/downtown-ghost-walk-oct-19/\">Learn more about the Bartlesville Ghost Walks at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/10/15/2011/halloween-2011-in-tulsa/\">Get a mega-list of Tulsa-area pumpkin patches at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">Get a list of what\'s going on at the Library at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Make Your Own Stationery</strong>. Kids can make their own initial stamps to personalize of all sorts of items. Students will also get to make several kinds of cards. For ages 6-10. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/make-your-own-stationery/\">Learn more about the Make Your Own Stationery event at Do What at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','It\'s Fall Break 2011 in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-15','','','2011-10-18 12:58:36','2011-10-18 18:58:36','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),