(10081,1,'2011-12-21 13:04:18','2011-12-21 19:04:18','<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\nSo we\'re off and running here with <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/ok-blogs/\" target=\"_blank\">OK Blogs, a new series at TDT that features interviews with your favorite Oklahoma bloggers</a>. Last week we talked with <a href=\"http://www.route66news.com/\">Ron Warnick, the creator of Route66News.com</a>, a blog that serves a clearinghouse of Route 66 news and stories; the week before we heard from <a href=\"http://www.nicci6.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicci Atchley, the creator Nicci6.com, a dating and relationships blog based here in Tulsa</a>; at bat this week is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer James, the blogger behind jenX67.com, Jennifer James blogs at jenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of a generation through the story of the life of one woman and by the curation of Gen X news</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: Why does the web need a blog about generation X, and how did you come to that as a topic?</b>\r\n\r\nMy father emphasized generations to me and many of the conversations we shared during my youth and childhood were framed around this context. I  owe my initial awareness and curiosity to him. He valued his generation and he spoke about it with such pride. I was learning about Generation X as our collective persona was still forming. He encouraged me to identify and understand the mile markers in my own life.\r\n\r\nI began blogging in 1999, but did not start writing about Generation X until 2007. I wanted something that would incorporate all aspects of my life, past, present and future; as a wife, mother and professional. I wanted the freedom to write about faith and family; religion and recipes, parenting and politics. This all grew organically under the umbrella of Gen X, versus some strategic plan I could have created.\r\n\r\nI think if my blog fulfills a need it is as a satellite accumulation point for all types of Generation X-related content — everything from the 25th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion to present-day concerns about depleted 401ks. While I create a lot of original content on my blog I also curate content along the Gen X meme, and in this regard my blog almost serves as an historical record of Gen X adulthood.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: You\'ve been blogging since the late nineties. There have been lots of technical changes to the medium since then, of course, but what are some of the other changes you\'ve seen?</b>\r\n\r\nThe other day I was watching HLN and Robin Meade said, \"Fashion bloggers report...\" I thought, \"Wow. We\'ve come a long way.\" So, I think the biggest change, at least in recent times, is that bloggers have gained credibility.\r\n\r\nCollectively, if not individually, bloggers represent so much power in distributing information. I see marketers  relying on bloggers more and more because blogging is a tremendous channel for dynamic testimonials. Bloggers put personal skin and bones to stories that reporters, by the very nature of news, cannot.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What have you learned that doesn\'t work in blogging in that time?</b>\r\n\r\nIf you want to create a popular site that you will eventually monetize, I do not think it works to spend all your time focusing on relationships, or even content. At one time or another we\'ve all heard that one or the other is \"king.\" I don\'t think this is the case. I think for the blogger who hopes to monetize someday, audience is king. Lots of people are talented in building relationships and creating great content. It is much harder identify, find, develop and nurture audience. So, what I\'ve learned is that you must put 100 percent of yourself into relationships and content, but 500 percent of yourself into audience development.\r\n\r\nAnd by audience I mean, the people who want and/or need the content you are creating, or the people you want or need to impact with your content. Back in 2008, I developed relationships with a dozen or so bloggers across the country. While they became cyber friends of mine and were loyal to my blog, the content I created wasn\'t their first default. I noticed as I stopped maintaining those relationships, virtual or otherwise, they stopped reading my blog. This is when I began to remember academic lessons about audience in relation to my career in PR. If you have a blog that features typos of the day for librarians your primary audience might be librarians and your secondary audience might be English majors or writers. If you have a site that features a different fingernail polish design every day, your primary audience might be nail techs and your secondary audience might be teenage girls. Identifying and finding your audience, especially if you have a tight niche, will help ensure blog success. \r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX is a cross between a personal blog and a blog focused on generation X. What\'s your process for deciding how and when to write about your family — namely, your children?</b>\r\n\r\nIt has always been my intention to have a personal blog, even a highly personal blog, but my commitment to this ebbs and flows. I have known for much longer than I have been blogging that someday I would write a personal memoir, but the time is not right yet. So, I hold back a lot, because it is very important to me that I not be an exhibitionist when it comes to hardship or joy.\r\n\r\nI\'ve written a fair number of personal blog posts, but I always examine my motivations as I want to present the most authentic parts of myself to the world. I think I am always thinking about my readers. I didn\'t want to blog about Juliette, my 14-year-old, getting new braces, because not everyone can afford braces. So, I choose to write about my children when I think the subject matter will encourage or inspire others, even if in just a small way.\r\n\r\nOf course, my most important readers will one day be my children, and so I want them to always know I was always thinking of them, even if I didn\'t blog about them every day. They have their own lives to live and I don\'t want to live my life or theirs through my blog. Like my dear friend Louisa says, I don\'t want to write posts that constantly repeat, \"Look at me living my great life!\" It would be such a betrayal, and not because life isn\'t beautiful, but because it is — even when it is painfully ordinary.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What\'s been your most popular post at JenX67.com?</b>\r\n\r\nMy post popular post is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/2011/09/generation-y-leads-occupy-wall-street.html\" target=\"_blank\">one I wrote Sept. 29 of this year, Gen Y Leads Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oklahoma City, Tulsa</a>. It was not my best writing, but because the post ranked so high in searches for Occupy Wall Street, it got a ton of traffic.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX has been featured by a number of mass media entities, from local papers like The Oklahoman to national publications like WaPo, Babble and the Huffington Post. What can you pass along in terms of strategy for working with and reaching out to traditional and/or mass media?</b>\r\n\r\nIt\'s important to blog consistently. If a reporter is looking to interview someone about tatting and you have a blog about tatting, but you haven\'t posted in six months, you\'ll probably get passed over in favor of someone who has created more recent content. Clean design and quality writing also help build credibility with reporters.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also been helpful to me to monitor the national conversation. When you see something pop up that relates to your blog\'s content, you can begin looking for opportunities. For example, I wrote a post about Gen Xer Conan O\'Brien losing out to Baby Boomer Jay Leno. I posted the link on the Facebook fan page for O\'Brien. A Washington Post reporter saw it and called me for a quote.\r\n\r\n------------------\r\n\r\nThanks, Jennifer, for taking the time to interview for this new series. TDT readers, feel free to leave any questions or comments for Jen here on this post, and be sure to <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">check out jenX67.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: Jennifer James of jenX: A blog for Generation X','Jennifer James blogs at JenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of Generation X both through the story of the life of one woman as well as by the curation of news from around the world about Generation X.','inherit','open','open','','10054-revision-13','','','2011-12-21 13:04:18','2011-12-21 19:04:18','',10054,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/10054-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(10082,1,'2011-12-21 13:04:40','2011-12-21 19:04:40','<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\nSo we\'re off and running here with <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/ok-blogs/\" target=\"_blank\">OK Blogs, a new series at TDT that features interviews with your favorite Oklahoma bloggers</a>. Last week we talked with <a href=\"http://www.route66news.com/\">Ron Warnick, the creator of Route66News.com</a>, a blog that serves a clearinghouse of Route 66 news and stories; the week before we heard from <a href=\"http://www.nicci6.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicci Atchley, the creator Nicci6.com, a dating and relationships blog based here in Tulsa</a>; at bat this week is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer James, the blogger behind jenX67.com, Jennifer James blogs at jenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of a generation through the story of the life of one woman and by the curation of Gen X news</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: Why does the web need a blog about Generation X, and how did you come to that as a topic?</b>\r\n\r\nMy father emphasized generations to me and many of the conversations we shared during my youth and childhood were framed around this context. I  owe my initial awareness and curiosity to him. He valued his generation and he spoke about it with such pride. I was learning about Generation X as our collective persona was still forming. He encouraged me to identify and understand the mile markers in my own life.\r\n\r\nI began blogging in 1999, but did not start writing about Generation X until 2007. I wanted something that would incorporate all aspects of my life, past, present and future; as a wife, mother and professional. I wanted the freedom to write about faith and family; religion and recipes, parenting and politics. This all grew organically under the umbrella of Gen X, versus some strategic plan I could have created.\r\n\r\nI think if my blog fulfills a need it is as a satellite accumulation point for all types of Generation X-related content — everything from the 25th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion to present-day concerns about depleted 401ks. While I create a lot of original content on my blog I also curate content along the Gen X meme, and in this regard my blog almost serves as an historical record of Gen X adulthood.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: You\'ve been blogging since the late nineties. There have been lots of technical changes to the medium since then, of course, but what are some of the other changes you\'ve seen?</b>\r\n\r\nThe other day I was watching HLN and Robin Meade said, \"Fashion bloggers report...\" I thought, \"Wow. We\'ve come a long way.\" So, I think the biggest change, at least in recent times, is that bloggers have gained credibility.\r\n\r\nCollectively, if not individually, bloggers represent so much power in distributing information. I see marketers  relying on bloggers more and more because blogging is a tremendous channel for dynamic testimonials. Bloggers put personal skin and bones to stories that reporters, by the very nature of news, cannot.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What have you learned that doesn\'t work in blogging in that time?</b>\r\n\r\nIf you want to create a popular site that you will eventually monetize, I do not think it works to spend all your time focusing on relationships, or even content. At one time or another we\'ve all heard that one or the other is \"king.\" I don\'t think this is the case. I think for the blogger who hopes to monetize someday, audience is king. Lots of people are talented in building relationships and creating great content. It is much harder identify, find, develop and nurture audience. So, what I\'ve learned is that you must put 100 percent of yourself into relationships and content, but 500 percent of yourself into audience development.\r\n\r\nAnd by audience I mean, the people who want and/or need the content you are creating, or the people you want or need to impact with your content. Back in 2008, I developed relationships with a dozen or so bloggers across the country. While they became cyber friends of mine and were loyal to my blog, the content I created wasn\'t their first default. I noticed as I stopped maintaining those relationships, virtual or otherwise, they stopped reading my blog. This is when I began to remember academic lessons about audience in relation to my career in PR. If you have a blog that features typos of the day for librarians your primary audience might be librarians and your secondary audience might be English majors or writers. If you have a site that features a different fingernail polish design every day, your primary audience might be nail techs and your secondary audience might be teenage girls. Identifying and finding your audience, especially if you have a tight niche, will help ensure blog success. \r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX is a cross between a personal blog and a blog focused on generation X. What\'s your process for deciding how and when to write about your family — namely, your children?</b>\r\n\r\nIt has always been my intention to have a personal blog, even a highly personal blog, but my commitment to this ebbs and flows. I have known for much longer than I have been blogging that someday I would write a personal memoir, but the time is not right yet. So, I hold back a lot, because it is very important to me that I not be an exhibitionist when it comes to hardship or joy.\r\n\r\nI\'ve written a fair number of personal blog posts, but I always examine my motivations as I want to present the most authentic parts of myself to the world. I think I am always thinking about my readers. I didn\'t want to blog about Juliette, my 14-year-old, getting new braces, because not everyone can afford braces. So, I choose to write about my children when I think the subject matter will encourage or inspire others, even if in just a small way.\r\n\r\nOf course, my most important readers will one day be my children, and so I want them to always know I was always thinking of them, even if I didn\'t blog about them every day. They have their own lives to live and I don\'t want to live my life or theirs through my blog. Like my dear friend Louisa says, I don\'t want to write posts that constantly repeat, \"Look at me living my great life!\" It would be such a betrayal, and not because life isn\'t beautiful, but because it is — even when it is painfully ordinary.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What\'s been your most popular post at JenX67.com?</b>\r\n\r\nMy post popular post is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/2011/09/generation-y-leads-occupy-wall-street.html\" target=\"_blank\">one I wrote Sept. 29 of this year, Gen Y Leads Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oklahoma City, Tulsa</a>. It was not my best writing, but because the post ranked so high in searches for Occupy Wall Street, it got a ton of traffic.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX has been featured by a number of mass media entities, from local papers like The Oklahoman to national publications like WaPo, Babble and the Huffington Post. What can you pass along in terms of strategy for working with and reaching out to traditional and/or mass media?</b>\r\n\r\nIt\'s important to blog consistently. If a reporter is looking to interview someone about tatting and you have a blog about tatting, but you haven\'t posted in six months, you\'ll probably get passed over in favor of someone who has created more recent content. Clean design and quality writing also help build credibility with reporters.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also been helpful to me to monitor the national conversation. When you see something pop up that relates to your blog\'s content, you can begin looking for opportunities. For example, I wrote a post about Gen Xer Conan O\'Brien losing out to Baby Boomer Jay Leno. I posted the link on the Facebook fan page for O\'Brien. A Washington Post reporter saw it and called me for a quote.\r\n\r\n------------------\r\n\r\nThanks, Jennifer, for taking the time to interview for this new series. TDT readers, feel free to leave any questions or comments for Jen here on this post, and be sure to <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">check out jenX67.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: Jennifer James of jenX: A blog for Generation X','Jennifer James blogs at JenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of Generation X both through the story of the life of one woman as well as by the curation of news from around the world about Generation X.','inherit','open','open','','10054-revision-14','','','2011-12-21 13:04:40','2011-12-21 19:04:40','',10054,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/10054-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(10083,1,'2011-12-21 13:04:40','2011-12-21 19:04:40','<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\nSo we\'re off and running here with <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/ok-blogs/\" target=\"_blank\">OK Blogs, a new series at TDT that features interviews with your favorite Oklahoma bloggers</a>. Last week we talked with <a href=\"http://www.route66news.com/\">Ron Warnick, the creator of Route66News.com</a>, a blog that serves a clearinghouse of Route 66 news and stories; the week before we heard from <a href=\"http://www.nicci6.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicci Atchley, the creator Nicci6.com, a dating and relationships blog based here in Tulsa</a>; at bat this week is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer James, the blogger behind jenX67.com, Jennifer James blogs at jenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of a generation through the story of the life of one woman and by the curation of Gen X news</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: Why does the web need a blog about Generation X, and how did you come to that as a topic?</b>\r\n\r\nMy father emphasized generations to me and many of the conversations we shared during my youth and childhood were framed around this context. I  owe my initial awareness and curiosity to him. He valued his generation and he spoke about it with such pride. I was learning about Generation X as our collective persona was still forming. He encouraged me to identify and understand the mile markers in my own life.\r\n\r\nI began blogging in 1999, but did not start writing about Generation X until 2007. I wanted something that would incorporate all aspects of my life, past, present and future; as a wife, mother and professional. I wanted the freedom to write about faith and family; religion and recipes, parenting and politics. This all grew organically under the umbrella of Gen X, versus some strategic plan I could have created.\r\n\r\nI think if my blog fulfills a need it is as a satellite accumulation point for all types of Generation X-related content — everything from the 25th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion to present-day concerns about depleted 401ks. While I create a lot of original content on my blog I also curate content along the Gen X meme, and in this regard my blog almost serves as an historical record of Gen X adulthood.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: You\'ve been blogging since the late nineties. There have been lots of technical changes to the medium since then, of course, but what are some of the other changes you\'ve seen?</b>\r\n\r\nThe other day I was watching HLN and Robin Meade said, \"Fashion bloggers report...\" I thought, \"Wow. We\'ve come a long way.\" So, I think the biggest change, at least in recent times, is that bloggers have gained credibility.\r\n\r\nCollectively, if not individually, bloggers represent so much power in distributing information. I see marketers  relying on bloggers more and more because blogging is a tremendous channel for dynamic testimonials. Bloggers put personal skin and bones to stories that reporters, by the very nature of news, cannot.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What have you learned that doesn\'t work in blogging in that time?</b>\r\n\r\nIf you want to create a popular site that you will eventually monetize, I do not think it works to spend all your time focusing on relationships, or even content. At one time or another we\'ve all heard that one or the other is \"king.\" I don\'t think this is the case. I think for the blogger who hopes to monetize someday, audience is king. Lots of people are talented in building relationships and creating great content. It is much harder identify, find, develop and nurture audience. So, what I\'ve learned is that you must put 100 percent of yourself into relationships and content, but 500 percent of yourself into audience development.\r\n\r\nAnd by audience I mean, the people who want and/or need the content you are creating, or the people you want or need to impact with your content. Back in 2008, I developed relationships with a dozen or so bloggers across the country. While they became cyber friends of mine and were loyal to my blog, the content I created wasn\'t their first default. I noticed as I stopped maintaining those relationships, virtual or otherwise, they stopped reading my blog. This is when I began to remember academic lessons about audience in relation to my career in PR. If you have a blog that features typos of the day for librarians your primary audience might be librarians and your secondary audience might be English majors or writers. If you have a site that features a different fingernail polish design every day, your primary audience might be nail techs and your secondary audience might be teenage girls. Identifying and finding your audience, especially if you have a tight niche, will help ensure blog success. \r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX is a cross between a personal blog and a blog focused on generation X. What\'s your process for deciding how and when to write about your family — namely, your children?</b>\r\n\r\nIt has always been my intention to have a personal blog, even a highly personal blog, but my commitment to this ebbs and flows. I have known for much longer than I have been blogging that someday I would write a personal memoir, but the time is not right yet. So, I hold back a lot, because it is very important to me that I not be an exhibitionist when it comes to hardship or joy.\r\n\r\nI\'ve written a fair number of personal blog posts, but I always examine my motivations as I want to present the most authentic parts of myself to the world. I think I am always thinking about my readers. I didn\'t want to blog about Juliette, my 14-year-old, getting new braces, because not everyone can afford braces. So, I choose to write about my children when I think the subject matter will encourage or inspire others, even if in just a small way.\r\n\r\nOf course, my most important readers will one day be my children, and so I want them to always know I was always thinking of them, even if I didn\'t blog about them every day. They have their own lives to live and I don\'t want to live my life or theirs through my blog. Like my dear friend Louisa says, I don\'t want to write posts that constantly repeat, \"Look at me living my great life!\" It would be such a betrayal, and not because life isn\'t beautiful, but because it is — even when it is painfully ordinary.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What\'s been your most popular post at JenX67.com?</b>\r\n\r\nMy post popular post is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/2011/09/generation-y-leads-occupy-wall-street.html\" target=\"_blank\">one I wrote Sept. 29 of this year, Gen Y Leads Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oklahoma City, Tulsa</a>. It was not my best writing, but because the post ranked so high in searches for Occupy Wall Street, it got a ton of traffic.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX has been featured by a number of mass media entities, from local papers like The Oklahoman to national publications like WaPo, Babble and the Huffington Post. What can you pass along in terms of strategy for working with and reaching out to traditional and/or mass media?</b>\r\n\r\nIt\'s important to blog consistently. If a reporter is looking to interview someone about tatting and you have a blog about tatting, but you haven\'t posted in six months, you\'ll probably get passed over in favor of someone who has created more recent content. Clean design and quality writing also help build credibility with reporters.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also been helpful to me to monitor the national conversation. When you see something pop up that relates to your blog\'s content, you can begin looking for opportunities. For example, I wrote a post about Gen Xer Conan O\'Brien losing out to Baby Boomer Jay Leno. I posted the link on the Facebook fan page for O\'Brien. A Washington Post reporter saw it and called me for a quote.\r\n\r\n------------------\r\n\r\nThanks, Jennifer, for taking the time to interview for this new series. TDT readers, feel free to leave any questions or comments for Jen here on this post, and be sure to <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">check out jenX67.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: Jennifer James of jenX: A blog for Generation X','Jennifer James blogs at JenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of Generation X both through the story of the life of one woman as well as by the curation of news from around the world about Generation X.','inherit','open','open','','10054-revision-15','','','2011-12-21 13:04:40','2011-12-21 19:04:40','',10054,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/10054-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(10084,1,'2011-12-21 13:05:55','2011-12-21 19:05:55','<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\nSo we\'re off and running here with <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/ok-blogs/\" target=\"_blank\">OK Blogs, a new series at TDT that features interviews with your favorite Oklahoma bloggers</a>. Last week we talked with <a href=\"http://www.route66news.com/\">Ron Warnick, the creator of Route66News.com</a>, a blog that serves a clearinghouse of Route 66 news and stories; the week before we heard from <a href=\"http://www.nicci6.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicci Atchley, the creator Nicci6.com, a dating and relationships blog based here in Tulsa</a>; at bat this week is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer James, the blogger behind jenX67.com, Jennifer James blogs at jenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of a generation through the story of the life of one woman and by the curation of Gen X news</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: Why does the web need a blog about Generation X, and how did you come to that as a topic?</b>\r\n\r\nMy father emphasized generations to me and many of the conversations we shared during my youth and childhood were framed around this context. I  owe my initial awareness and curiosity to him. He valued his generation and he spoke about it with such pride. I was learning about Generation X as our collective persona was still forming. He encouraged me to identify and understand the mile markers in my own life.\r\n\r\nI began blogging in 1999, but did not start writing about Generation X until 2007. I wanted something that would incorporate all aspects of my life, past, present and future; as a wife, mother and professional. I wanted the freedom to write about faith and family; religion and recipes, parenting and politics. This all grew organically under the umbrella of Gen X, versus some strategic plan I could have created.\r\n\r\nI think if my blog fulfills a need it is as a satellite accumulation point for all types of Generation X-related content — everything from the 25th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion to present-day concerns about depleted 401ks. While I create a lot of original content on my blog I also curate content along the Gen X meme, and in this regard my blog almost serves as an historical record of Gen X adulthood.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: You\'ve been blogging since the late nineties. There have been lots of technical changes to the medium since then, of course, but what are some of the other changes you\'ve seen?</b>\r\n\r\nThe other day I was watching HLN and Robin Meade said, \"Fashion bloggers report...\" I thought, \"Wow. We\'ve come a long way.\" So, I think the biggest change, at least in recent times, is that bloggers have gained credibility.\r\n\r\nCollectively, if not individually, bloggers represent so much power in distributing information. I see marketers  relying on bloggers more and more because blogging is a tremendous channel for dynamic testimonials. Bloggers put personal skin and bones to stories that reporters, by the very nature of news, cannot.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What have you learned that doesn\'t work in blogging in that time?</b>\r\n\r\nIf you want to create a popular site that you will eventually monetize, I do not think it works to spend all your time focusing on relationships, or even content. At one time or another we\'ve all heard that one or the other is \"king.\" I don\'t think this is the case. I think for the blogger who hopes to monetize someday, audience is king. Lots of people are talented in building relationships and creating great content. It is much harder identify, find, develop and nurture audience. So, what I\'ve learned is that you must put 100 percent of yourself into relationships and content, but 500 percent of yourself into audience development.\r\n\r\nAnd by audience I mean, the people who want and/or need the content you are creating, or the people you want or need to impact with your content. Back in 2008, I developed relationships with a dozen or so bloggers across the country. While they became cyber friends of mine and were loyal to my blog, the content I created wasn\'t their first default. I noticed as I stopped maintaining those relationships, virtual or otherwise, they stopped reading my blog. This is when I began to remember academic lessons about audience in relation to my career in PR. If you have a blog that features typos of the day for librarians your primary audience might be librarians and your secondary audience might be English majors or writers. If you have a site that features a different fingernail polish design every day, your primary audience might be nail techs and your secondary audience might be teenage girls. Identifying and finding your audience, especially if you have a tight niche, will help ensure blog success. \r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX is a cross between a personal blog and a blog focused on generation X. What\'s your process for deciding how and when to write about your family — namely, your children?</b>\r\n\r\nIt has always been my intention to have a personal blog, even a highly personal blog, but my commitment to this ebbs and flows. I have known for much longer than I have been blogging that someday I would write a personal memoir, but the time is not right yet. So, I hold back a lot, because it is very important to me that I not be an exhibitionist when it comes to hardship or joy.\r\n\r\nI\'ve written a fair number of personal blog posts, but I always examine my motivations as I want to present the most authentic parts of myself to the world. I think I am always thinking about my readers. I didn\'t want to blog about Juliette, my 14-year-old, getting new braces, because not everyone can afford braces. So, I choose to write about my children when I think the subject matter will encourage or inspire others, even if in just a small way.\r\n\r\nOf course, my most important readers will one day be my children, and so I want them to always know I was always thinking of them, even if I didn\'t blog about them every day. They have their own lives to live and I don\'t want to live my life or theirs through my blog. Like my dear friend Louisa says, I don\'t want to write posts that constantly repeat, \"Look at me living my great life!\" It would be such a betrayal, and not because life isn\'t beautiful, but because it is — even when it is painfully ordinary.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What\'s been your most popular post at JenX67.com?</b>\r\n\r\nMy post popular post is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/2011/09/generation-y-leads-occupy-wall-street.html\" target=\"_blank\">one I wrote Sept. 29 of this year, Gen Y Leads Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oklahoma City, Tulsa</a>. It was not my best writing, but because the post ranked so high in searches for Occupy Wall Street, it got a ton of traffic.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX has been featured by a number of mass media entities, from local papers like The Oklahoman to national publications like WaPo, Babble and The Huffington Post. What can you pass along in terms of strategy for working with and reaching out to traditional and/or mass media?</b>\r\n\r\nIt\'s important to blog consistently. If a reporter is looking to interview someone about tatting and you have a blog about tatting, but you haven\'t posted in six months, you\'ll probably get passed over in favor of someone who has created more recent content. Clean design and quality writing also help build credibility with reporters.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also been helpful to me to monitor the national conversation. When you see something pop up that relates to your blog\'s content, you can begin looking for opportunities. For example, I wrote a post about Gen Xer Conan O\'Brien losing out to Baby Boomer Jay Leno. I posted the link on the Facebook fan page for O\'Brien. A Washington Post reporter saw it and called me for a quote.\r\n\r\n------------------\r\n\r\nThanks, Jennifer, for taking the time to interview for this new series. TDT readers, feel free to leave any questions or comments for Jen here on this post, and be sure to <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">check out jenX67.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: Jennifer James of jenX: A blog for Generation X','Jennifer James blogs at JenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of Generation X both through the story of the life of one woman as well as by the curation of news from around the world about Generation X.','inherit','open','open','','10054-revision-16','','','2011-12-21 13:05:55','2011-12-21 19:05:55','',10054,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/10054-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(10085,1,'2011-12-21 13:05:55','2011-12-21 19:05:55','<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\nSo we\'re off and running here with <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/ok-blogs/\" target=\"_blank\">OK Blogs, a new series at TDT that features interviews with your favorite Oklahoma bloggers</a>. Last week we talked with <a href=\"http://www.route66news.com/\">Ron Warnick, the creator of Route66News.com</a>, a blog that serves a clearinghouse of Route 66 news and stories; the week before we heard from <a href=\"http://www.nicci6.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicci Atchley, the creator Nicci6.com, a dating and relationships blog based here in Tulsa</a>; at bat this week is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer James, the blogger behind jenX67.com, Jennifer James blogs at jenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of a generation through the story of the life of one woman and by the curation of Gen X news</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: Why does the web need a blog about Generation X, and how did you come to that as a topic?</b>\r\n\r\nMy father emphasized generations to me and many of the conversations we shared during my youth and childhood were framed around this context. I  owe my initial awareness and curiosity to him. He valued his generation and he spoke about it with such pride. I was learning about Generation X as our collective persona was still forming. He encouraged me to identify and understand the mile markers in my own life.\r\n\r\nI began blogging in 1999, but did not start writing about Generation X until 2007. I wanted something that would incorporate all aspects of my life, past, present and future; as a wife, mother and professional. I wanted the freedom to write about faith and family; religion and recipes, parenting and politics. This all grew organically under the umbrella of Gen X, versus some strategic plan I could have created.\r\n\r\nI think if my blog fulfills a need it is as a satellite accumulation point for all types of Generation X-related content — everything from the 25th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion to present-day concerns about depleted 401ks. While I create a lot of original content on my blog I also curate content along the Gen X meme, and in this regard my blog almost serves as an historical record of Gen X adulthood.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: You\'ve been blogging since the late nineties. There have been lots of technical changes to the medium since then, of course, but what are some of the other changes you\'ve seen?</b>\r\n\r\nThe other day I was watching HLN and Robin Meade said, \"Fashion bloggers report...\" I thought, \"Wow. We\'ve come a long way.\" So, I think the biggest change, at least in recent times, is that bloggers have gained credibility.\r\n\r\nCollectively, if not individually, bloggers represent so much power in distributing information. I see marketers  relying on bloggers more and more because blogging is a tremendous channel for dynamic testimonials. Bloggers put personal skin and bones to stories that reporters, by the very nature of news, cannot.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What have you learned that doesn\'t work in blogging in that time?</b>\r\n\r\nIf you want to create a popular site that you will eventually monetize, I do not think it works to spend all your time focusing on relationships, or even content. At one time or another we\'ve all heard that one or the other is \"king.\" I don\'t think this is the case. I think for the blogger who hopes to monetize someday, audience is king. Lots of people are talented in building relationships and creating great content. It is much harder identify, find, develop and nurture audience. So, what I\'ve learned is that you must put 100 percent of yourself into relationships and content, but 500 percent of yourself into audience development.\r\n\r\nAnd by audience I mean, the people who want and/or need the content you are creating, or the people you want or need to impact with your content. Back in 2008, I developed relationships with a dozen or so bloggers across the country. While they became cyber friends of mine and were loyal to my blog, the content I created wasn\'t their first default. I noticed as I stopped maintaining those relationships, virtual or otherwise, they stopped reading my blog. This is when I began to remember academic lessons about audience in relation to my career in PR. If you have a blog that features typos of the day for librarians your primary audience might be librarians and your secondary audience might be English majors or writers. If you have a site that features a different fingernail polish design every day, your primary audience might be nail techs and your secondary audience might be teenage girls. Identifying and finding your audience, especially if you have a tight niche, will help ensure blog success. \r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX is a cross between a personal blog and a blog focused on generation X. What\'s your process for deciding how and when to write about your family — namely, your children?</b>\r\n\r\nIt has always been my intention to have a personal blog, even a highly personal blog, but my commitment to this ebbs and flows. I have known for much longer than I have been blogging that someday I would write a personal memoir, but the time is not right yet. So, I hold back a lot, because it is very important to me that I not be an exhibitionist when it comes to hardship or joy.\r\n\r\nI\'ve written a fair number of personal blog posts, but I always examine my motivations as I want to present the most authentic parts of myself to the world. I think I am always thinking about my readers. I didn\'t want to blog about Juliette, my 14-year-old, getting new braces, because not everyone can afford braces. So, I choose to write about my children when I think the subject matter will encourage or inspire others, even if in just a small way.\r\n\r\nOf course, my most important readers will one day be my children, and so I want them to always know I was always thinking of them, even if I didn\'t blog about them every day. They have their own lives to live and I don\'t want to live my life or theirs through my blog. Like my dear friend Louisa says, I don\'t want to write posts that constantly repeat, \"Look at me living my great life!\" It would be such a betrayal, and not because life isn\'t beautiful, but because it is — even when it is painfully ordinary.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What\'s been your most popular post at JenX67.com?</b>\r\n\r\nMy post popular post is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/2011/09/generation-y-leads-occupy-wall-street.html\" target=\"_blank\">one I wrote Sept. 29 of this year, Gen Y Leads Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oklahoma City, Tulsa</a>. It was not my best writing, but because the post ranked so high in searches for Occupy Wall Street, it got a ton of traffic.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX has been featured by a number of mass media entities, from local papers like The Oklahoman to national publications like WaPo, Babble and The Huffington Post. What can you pass along in terms of strategy for working with and reaching out to traditional and/or mass media?</b>\r\n\r\nIt\'s important to blog consistently. If a reporter is looking to interview someone about tatting and you have a blog about tatting, but you haven\'t posted in six months, you\'ll probably get passed over in favor of someone who has created more recent content. Clean design and quality writing also help build credibility with reporters.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also been helpful to me to monitor the national conversation. When you see something pop up that relates to your blog\'s content, you can begin looking for opportunities. For example, I wrote a post about Gen Xer Conan O\'Brien losing out to Baby Boomer Jay Leno. I posted the link on the Facebook fan page for O\'Brien. A Washington Post reporter saw it and called me for a quote.\r\n\r\n------------------\r\n\r\nThanks, Jennifer, for taking the time to interview for this new series. TDT readers, feel free to leave any questions or comments for Jen here on this post, and be sure to <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">check out jenX67.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: Jennifer James of jenX: A blog for Generation X','Jennifer James blogs at JenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of Generation X both through the story of the life of one woman as well as by the curation of news from around the world about Generation X.','inherit','open','open','','10054-revision-17','','','2011-12-21 13:05:55','2011-12-21 19:05:55','',10054,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/10054-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(10086,1,'2011-12-21 13:06:51','2011-12-21 19:06:51','<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\nSo we\'re off and running here with <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/ok-blogs/\" target=\"_blank\">OK Blogs, a new series at TDT that features interviews with your favorite Oklahoma bloggers</a>. Last week we talked with <a href=\"http://www.route66news.com/\">Ron Warnick, the creator of Route66News.com</a>, a blog that serves a clearinghouse of Route 66 news and stories; the week before we heard from <a href=\"http://www.nicci6.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicci Atchley, the creator Nicci6.com, a dating and relationships blog based here in Tulsa</a>; at bat this week is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer James, the blogger behind jenX67.com, Jennifer James blogs at jenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of a generation through the story of the life of one woman and by the curation of Gen X news</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: Why does the web need a blog about Generation X, and how did you come to that as a topic?</b>\r\n\r\nMy father emphasized generations to me and many of the conversations we shared during my youth and childhood were framed around this context. I  owe my initial awareness and curiosity to him. He valued his generation and he spoke about it with such pride. I was learning about Generation X as our collective persona was still forming. He encouraged me to identify and understand the mile markers in my own life.\r\n\r\nI began blogging in 1999, but did not start writing about Generation X until 2007. I wanted something that would incorporate all aspects of my life, past, present and future; as a wife, mother and professional. I wanted the freedom to write about faith and family; religion and recipes, parenting and politics. This all grew organically under the umbrella of Gen X, versus some strategic plan I could have created.\r\n\r\nI think if my blog fulfills a need it is as a satellite accumulation point for all types of Generation X-related content — everything from the 25th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion to present-day concerns about depleted 401ks. While I create a lot of original content on my blog I also curate content along the Gen X meme, and in this regard my blog almost serves as an historical record of Gen X adulthood.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: You\'ve been blogging since the late nineties. There have been lots of technical changes to the medium since then, of course, but what are some of the other changes you\'ve seen?</b>\r\n\r\nThe other day I was watching HLN and Robin Meade said, \"Fashion bloggers report...\" I thought, \"Wow. We\'ve come a long way.\" So, I think the biggest change, at least in recent times, is that bloggers have gained credibility.\r\n\r\nCollectively, if not individually, bloggers represent so much power in distributing information. I see marketers  relying on bloggers more and more because blogging is a tremendous channel for dynamic testimonials. Bloggers put personal skin and bones to stories that reporters, by the very nature of news, cannot.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What have you learned that doesn\'t work in blogging in that time?</b>\r\n\r\nIf you want to create a popular site that you will eventually monetize, I do not think it works to spend all your time focusing on relationships, or even content. At one time or another we\'ve all heard that one or the other is \"king.\" I don\'t think this is the case. I think for the blogger who hopes to monetize someday, audience is king. Lots of people are talented in building relationships and creating great content. It is much harder identify, find, develop and nurture audience. So, what I\'ve learned is that you must put 100 percent of yourself into relationships and content, but 500 percent of yourself into audience development.\r\n\r\nAnd by audience I mean, the people who want and/or need the content you are creating, or the people you want or need to impact with your content. Back in 2008, I developed relationships with a dozen or so bloggers across the country. While they became cyber friends of mine and were loyal to my blog, the content I created wasn\'t their first default. I noticed as I stopped maintaining those relationships, virtual or otherwise, they stopped reading my blog. This is when I began to remember academic lessons about audience in relation to my career in PR. If you have a blog that features typos of the day for librarians your primary audience might be librarians and your secondary audience might be English majors or writers. If you have a site that features a different fingernail polish design every day, your primary audience might be nail techs and your secondary audience might be teenage girls. Identifying and finding your audience, especially if you have a tight niche, will help ensure blog success. \r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX is a cross between a personal blog and a blog focused on generation X. What\'s your process for deciding how and when to write about your family — namely, your children?</b>\r\n\r\nIt has always been my intention to have a personal blog, even a highly personal blog, but my commitment to this ebbs and flows. I have known for much longer than I have been blogging that someday I would write a personal memoir, but the time is not right yet. So, I hold back a lot, because it is very important to me that I not be an exhibitionist when it comes to hardship or joy.\r\n\r\nI\'ve written a fair number of personal blog posts, but I always examine my motivations as I want to present the most authentic parts of myself to the world. I think I am always thinking about my readers. I didn\'t want to blog about Juliette, my 14-year-old, getting new braces, because not everyone can afford braces. So, I choose to write about my children when I think the subject matter will encourage or inspire others, even if in just a small way.\r\n\r\nOf course, my most important readers will one day be my children, and so I want them to always know I was always thinking of them, even if I didn\'t blog about them every day. They have their own lives to live and I don\'t want to live my life or theirs through my blog. Like my dear friend Louisa says, I don\'t want to write posts that constantly repeat, \"Look at me living my great life!\" It would be such a betrayal, and not because life isn\'t beautiful, but because it is — even when it is painfully ordinary.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: What\'s been your most popular post at jenX67.com?</b>\r\n\r\nMy post popular post is <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/2011/09/generation-y-leads-occupy-wall-street.html\" target=\"_blank\">one I wrote Sept. 29 of this year, Gen Y Leads Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oklahoma City, Tulsa</a>. It was not my best writing, but because the post ranked so high in searches for Occupy Wall Street, it got a ton of traffic.\r\n\r\n<b>TDT: jenX has been featured by a number of mass media entities, from local papers like The Oklahoman to national publications like WaPo, Babble and The Huffington Post. What can you pass along in terms of strategy for working with and reaching out to traditional and/or mass media?</b>\r\n\r\nIt\'s important to blog consistently. If a reporter is looking to interview someone about tatting and you have a blog about tatting, but you haven\'t posted in six months, you\'ll probably get passed over in favor of someone who has created more recent content. Clean design and quality writing also help build credibility with reporters.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also been helpful to me to monitor the national conversation. When you see something pop up that relates to your blog\'s content, you can begin looking for opportunities. For example, I wrote a post about Gen Xer Conan O\'Brien losing out to Baby Boomer Jay Leno. I posted the link on the Facebook fan page for O\'Brien. A Washington Post reporter saw it and called me for a quote.\r\n\r\n------------------\r\n\r\nThanks, Jennifer, for taking the time to interview for this new series. TDT readers, feel free to leave any questions or comments for Jen here on this post, and be sure to <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/\" target=\"_blank\">check out jenX67.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: Jennifer James of jenX: A blog for Generation X','Jennifer James blogs at JenX67.com, a blog that tells the story of Generation X both through the story of the life of one woman as well as by the curation of news from around the world about Generation X.','inherit','open','open','','10054-revision-18','','','2011-12-21 13:06:51','2011-12-21 19:06:51','',10054,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/10054-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(10087,1,'2011-12-20 18:05:32','2011-12-21 00:05:32','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst off I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-13','','','2011-12-20 18:05:32','2011-12-21 00:05:32','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(10088,1,'2011-12-21 13:10:12','2011-12-21 19:10:12','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst off I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-14','','','2011-12-21 13:10:12','2011-12-21 19:10:12','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(10089,1,'2011-12-21 13:10:12','2011-12-21 19:10:12','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst off I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-15','','','2011-12-21 13:10:12','2011-12-21 19:10:12','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(10090,1,'2011-12-21 13:11:05','2011-12-21 19:11:05','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst off I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-16','','','2011-12-21 13:11:05','2011-12-21 19:11:05','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(10093,1,'2011-12-21 13:56:05','2011-12-21 19:56:05','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst, I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-19','','','2011-12-21 13:56:05','2011-12-21 19:56:05','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(10094,1,'2011-12-21 13:57:49','2011-12-21 19:57:49','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst, I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-20','','','2011-12-21 13:57:49','2011-12-21 19:57:49','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(11185,1,'2012-05-03 23:20:01','2012-05-04 05:20:01','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/05/these-people-get-me/okiecrowe/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11163\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/okiecrowe-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Okie Crowe Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Okie Crowe Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11163\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThese people get me. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nFor one, the Oklahoma Red Dirt soap was placed riiiiight next to the pickle soap. Oklahoma red dirt and pickles are pretty much my two favorite things. Especially the dirt. And the pickles.  \r\n\r\nFor two, the Okie Crowe folks make beer soap (tallboy, oatmeal stout, pumpkin lager...the list goes on). And beer hand scrubs. And peanut butter beer dog treats, made from spent beer grain. Inventive!  \r\n\r\nFor three, owner Kelli Groblewski\'s husband was really nice to me when joy and happiness came out of my ears at him when I spotted what was inside of the Okie Crowe booth at the Sand Springs Herbal Affair. It\'s a lot to handle when that happens, so I really appreciate his kindness and understanding. \r\n\r\nYou don\'t have to wait until the next festival to check \'em out. <a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/shop/OkieCrowe\" target=\"_blank\">You can see and order Okie Crowe merch on their Etsy page</a>, or you can go to <a href=\"http://okiecrowe.com/stores/\" target=\"_blank\">one of these local retailers to see the array of Okie Crowe goodies</a>. \r\n\r\n(<a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/listing/95128836/okie-crowe-dill-pickle-scented-soap\" target=\"_blank\">Here\'s the pickle soap</a>. And here\'s <a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/listing/96756769/okie-crowe-oklahoma-red-dirt-scented\" target=\"_blank\">a candle version of that Oklahoma Red Dirt soap</a>.)\r\n\r\nThat Oklahoma Red Dirt soap, by the way? I bought a bar of it (how\'d you guess?), and let me tell you, it was almost a spiritual experience—I never knew that bathing with a bar of soap made of dirt could be like <em>that</em>. I mean, I\'m a fifth-generation Oklahoman. Odds are that I\'m made out of the same stuff that soap is. My great-great-grandma (b. 188-something, I.T.) washed that stuff out of her clothes with a washboard, and thanks to Kelli\'s genius, I got to use it for a home-spa day. What? Yeah. Super cool.\r\n\r\n<em>Okie Crowe didn\'t sponsor this post or compensate me in any way for writing it. I just find the stuff to be delightful.</em>','These people get me.','','inherit','open','open','','11162-revision-13','','','2012-05-03 23:20:01','2012-05-04 05:20:01','',11162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/05/11162-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(12241,1,'2012-10-15 07:45:23','2012-10-15 13:45:23','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/10/about-saturday-night/photo-6/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12234\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12234\" title=\"Tulsa Opera Tulsa Performing Arts Center\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/photo-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Opera Tulsa Performing Arts Center\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsaopera.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa Opera</a> and I have been seeing lots of each other lately.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nFirst, this:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/10/about-saturday-night/picture-1-33/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12235\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12235\" title=\"Tulsa Opera Natasha Ball Tasha Does Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Picture-1-500x364.png\" alt=\"Tulsa Opera Natasha Ball Tasha Does Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"364\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was followed by this:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/10/about-saturday-night/operalearning/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12236\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12236\" title=\"Tulsa Opera Natasha Ball Tasha Does Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/operalearning-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Opera Natasha Ball Tasha Does Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOn the left is Elizabeth Fischborn. She\'s part of the studio artist program at Tulsa Opera. She\'s nice. Her smile brightens an entire room. And she sings beautifully.\r\n\r\nThat on the right is, well, me.\r\n\r\nElizabeth spent more than an hour showing me the ropes of opera. She taught me a few phrases from The Daughter of the Regiment (more about that in a sec), and she even got me started on a song (the words were in <em>Italian</em>, y\'all). She event wrote me a Tasha Does Tulsa theme song.\r\n\r\nI\'ve been on cloud nine ever since.\r\n\r\nMy poor husband and son? I\'ve had to stock up on cotton balls. An ear can hold more blood more than you think, apparently. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/10/about-saturday-night/photo-6/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12234\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12234\" title=\"Tulsa Opera Tulsa Performing Arts Center\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/photo-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Opera Tulsa Performing Arts Center\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s go back to The Daughter of the Regiment. I\'m signed up for emails from Tulsa Opera, and in one of their recent mailings was a note about how <strong>Tulsa students are eligible for discounted opera tickets</strong>. It had \"date night\" written all over it. So I took my graduate-student husband down to the box office at the Performing Arts Center on Saturday evening, two hours before curtain time on opening night, and pushed him out of the car and into the pouring rain. \r\n\r\nHe came back with impossible tickets. Row K, seats 1 and 2—dead center, and the perfect distance from the stage for opera. \r\n\r\nAnd only $30 lighter. As in, two tickets for a price that\'s less than a single ticket in our seating area would have cost. \r\n\r\nBeing married to a graduate student has its drawbacks. But then again, it definitely has its perks. And one of them is being mere yards from <a href=\"http://imgartists.com/artist/sarahcoburn\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah freaking Coburn</a>. And the rest of the fabulous cast of La Fille. \r\n\r\nCloud nine. I wonder if this place has extended-stay rates. \r\n\r\nIf you\'re a student, you have absolutely no reason not to check out <a href=\"http://tulsaopera.com/our-season/the-daughter-of-the-regiment/\" target=\"_blank\">one of the two remaining performances of The Daughter of the Regiment</a>. You get two tickets for the discounted rate. Better, you get best-available seating. \r\n\r\nGO. (And then come back to tell me about it.)','About Saturday Night','','inherit','open','open','','12233-revision-5','','','2012-10-15 07:45:23','2012-10-15 13:45:23','',12233,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/10/12233-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(12001,1,'2012-09-12 14:36:33','2012-09-12 20:36:33','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/09/falling/photo-4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11985\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"hay fall autumn things to do in Oklahoma\" title=\"hay fall autumn things to do in Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11985\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall is upon us. Next week, on Sept. 22, both day and night will be about 12 hours long, a result of the sun rising and setting exactly along the belt line of our little blue planet. Then, at 9:49 a.m. Tulsa time, autumn will officially arrive. And we\'ll all feel like taking to the streets with gourds and hay bales of tidings and joy. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nWhat I know about fall: Gold winter wheat against a chalkboard sky. The defeat of the swampiness of August by the tall skies of September. The flakes of crust left in an emptied pie plate. Yarn. \r\n\r\nFerris wheels. \r\n\r\nCorndogs.\r\n\r\nFootball. \r\n\r\nOveralls. Piles of leaves. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16431.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Pumpkin launching</a>. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/rock-n-rib/\" target=\"_blank\">Rock \'n\' Rib</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/scotfest/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotfest</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/greek-festival-sept-2/\" target=\"_blank\">Greek Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/oklahoma-state-sugar-art-show-and-national-wedding-cake-competition/\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand National Wedding Cake Competition</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/indie-emporium/\" target=\"_blank\">Indie Emporium</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/nuyaka-creek-winery-fall-wine-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuyaka Creek Wine Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/brush-creek-bazaar-sept-21/\" target=\"_blank\">Brush Creek Bazaar</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/art-of-bbq-sept-21/\" target=\"_blank\">Art of BBQ</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/harvest-beer-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Harvest Beer Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/fifth-annual-downhill-soap-box-derby-race/\" target=\"_blank\">Downhill Soap Box Derby Race</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/halloween-festival-at-the-castle-of-muskogee/\" target=\"_blank\">Halloween at The Castle</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/honobia-bigfoot-conference-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">The Bigfoot Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/okc/events/oklahoma-czech-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma Czech Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/national-indian-taco-championships/\" target=\"_blank\">National Indian Taco Championships</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/oktoberfest/\" target=\"_blank\">Oktoberfest</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/okc/events/meeker-pecan-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">The Pecan Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/okc/events/watonga-cheese-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">The Watonga Cheese Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/green-country-wine-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Country Wine Festival</a>.\r\n\r\nIf it\'s not the most wonderful time of the year, then I\'ll eat my hat. (With a slice of sweet potato pie, but still.)\r\n\r\nWhat are your favorite fall things to do in Oklahoma?','Falling','','inherit','open','open','','11984-revision-13','','','2012-09-12 14:36:33','2012-09-12 20:36:33','',11984,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/09/11984-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(11186,1,'2012-05-03 23:24:09','2012-05-04 05:24:09','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/05/these-people-get-me/okiecrowe/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11163\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/okiecrowe-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Okie Crowe Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Okie Crowe Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11163\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThese people get me. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nFor one, the Oklahoma Red Dirt soap was placed riiiiight next to the pickle soap. Oklahoma red dirt and pickles are pretty much my two favorite things. Especially the dirt. And the pickles.  \r\n\r\nFor two, the Okie Crowe folks make beer soap (tallboy, oatmeal stout, pumpkin lager...the list goes on). And beer hand scrubs. And peanut butter beer dog treats, made from spent beer grain. Inventive!  \r\n\r\nFor three, owner Kelli Groblewski\'s husband was really nice to me when joy and happiness came out of my ears at him when I spotted what was inside of the Okie Crowe booth at the Sand Springs Herbal Affair. It\'s a lot to handle when that happens, so I really appreciate his kindness and understanding. \r\n\r\nYou don\'t have to wait until the next festival to check \'em out. <a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/shop/OkieCrowe\" target=\"_blank\">You can see and order Okie Crowe merch on their Etsy page</a>, or you can go to <a href=\"http://okiecrowe.com/stores/\" target=\"_blank\">one of these local retailers to see the array of Okie Crowe goodies</a>. \r\n\r\n(<a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/listing/95128836/okie-crowe-dill-pickle-scented-soap\" target=\"_blank\">Here\'s the pickle soap</a>. And here\'s <a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/listing/96756769/okie-crowe-oklahoma-red-dirt-scented\" target=\"_blank\">a candle version of that Oklahoma Red Dirt soap</a>.)\r\n\r\nThat Oklahoma Red Dirt soap, by the way? I bought a bar of it (how\'d you guess?), and let me tell you, it was almost a spiritual experience—I never knew that bathing with a bar of soap made of dirt could be like <em>that</em>. I mean, I\'m a fifth-generation Oklahoman. Odds are that I\'m made out of the same stuff that soap is. My great-great-grandma (b. 188-something, I.T.) washed red dirt out of her clothes with a washboard, and thanks to Kelli\'s genius, I got to use it for a home-spa day. What? Yeah. Super cool.\r\n\r\n<em>Okie Crowe didn\'t sponsor this post or compensate me in any way for writing it. I just find the stuff to be delightful.</em>','These people get me.','','inherit','open','open','','11162-revision-14','','','2012-05-03 23:24:09','2012-05-04 05:24:09','',11162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/05/11162-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(10774,1,'2012-03-12 09:23:31','2012-03-12 15:23:31','<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>\n\nHey, you. Feeling lucky?\n\n<!--more-->\n\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. \n\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 Round-u 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','','','2012-03-12 09:23:31','2012-03-12 15:23:31','',10773,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/03/10773-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(10103,1,'2011-12-21 13:57:50','2011-12-21 19:57:50','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst, I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-21','','','2011-12-21 13:57:50','2011-12-21 19:57:50','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-21/',0,'revision','',0),(10104,1,'2011-12-22 13:23:07','2011-12-22 19:23:07','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst, I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-22','','','2011-12-22 13:23:07','2011-12-22 19:23:07','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-22/',0,'revision','',0),(10105,1,'2011-12-22 13:23:08','2011-12-22 19:23:08','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/rivercity/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst, I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/fleamarket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/bucket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/generations11thst/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/hitchingpostba/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/rivercity/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/basket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-23','','','2011-12-22 13:23:08','2011-12-22 19:23:08','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-23/',0,'revision','',0),(10106,1,'2011-12-22 13:23:26','2011-12-22 19:23:26','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/rivercity/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst, I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/fleamarket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/bucket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/generations11thst/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/hitchingpostba/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/rivercity/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/basket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-24','','','2011-12-22 13:23:26','2011-12-22 19:23:26','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-24/',0,'revision','',0),(10107,1,'2011-12-22 13:23:26','2011-12-22 19:23:26','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/rivercity/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst, I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/fleamarket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/bucket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/generations11thst/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/hitchingpostba/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/rivercity/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/basket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-25','','','2011-12-22 13:23:26','2011-12-22 19:23:26','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-25/',0,'revision','',0),(10108,1,'2011-12-22 13:23:45','2011-12-22 19:23:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/rivercity/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst, I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/fleamarket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/bucket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/generations11thst/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/hitchingpostba/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/rivercity/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/basket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-26','','','2011-12-22 13:23:45','2011-12-22 19:23:45','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-26/',0,'revision','',0),(10779,1,'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. 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They’d come up with plan to create something to embellish the display—an inside joke that would mystify a generation.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/12/23/2011/bible-student-humor/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the rest of this story at This Land Press, at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','DONE THAT: Bible Student Humor','A story of the mysterious face in lights at the Christmas lights display at Rhema Bible College.','publish','open','open','','done-that-bible-student-humor','','\nhttp://thislandpress.com/12/23/2011/bible-student-humor/','2011-12-23 12:40:29','2011-12-23 18:40:29','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=10115',0,'post','',1),(10116,1,'2011-12-23 07:15:17','2011-12-23 13:15:17','','Rhema Christmas Lights Display Broken Arrow Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0182-2','','','2011-12-23 07:15:17','2011-12-23 13:15:17','',10115,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_01821.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(10117,1,'2011-12-23 07:07:18','2011-12-23 13:07:18','\n\nAbout 20 years ago, a group of students at Rhema Bible Training Center met in secret, somewhere under that spinning shield emblazoned with the word “Faith,” before the annual display of Christmas lights could be hung from the trees and buildings and gardens on campus. They’d come up with plan to create something to embellish the display—an inside joke that would mystify a generation.\n\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/12/23/2011/bible-student-humor/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the rest of this story at This Land Press, at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','Bible Student Humor','','inherit','open','open','','10115-revision','','','2011-12-23 07:07:18','2011-12-23 13:07:18','',10115,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/10115-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(10119,1,'2011-12-23 12:37:24','2011-12-23 18:37:24','','Rhema Christmas Lights Broken Arrow, OK','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0240','','','2011-12-23 12:37:24','2011-12-23 18:37:24','',10115,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0240.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(10118,1,'2011-12-23 07:16:03','2011-12-23 13:16:03','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10116\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10116\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_01821-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Christmas Lights Display Broken Arrow Oklahoma\" title=\"Rhema Christmas Lights Display Broken Arrow Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10116\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAbout 20 years ago, a group of students at Rhema Bible Training Center met in secret, somewhere under that spinning shield emblazoned with the word “Faith,” before the annual display of Christmas lights could be hung from the trees and buildings and gardens on campus. They’d come up with plan to create something to embellish the display—an inside joke that would mystify a generation.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/12/23/2011/bible-student-humor/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the rest of this story at This Land Press, at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','Bible Student Humor','','inherit','open','open','','10115-revision-2','','','2011-12-23 07:16:03','2011-12-23 13:16:03','',10115,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/10115-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(10120,1,'2011-12-23 12:39:12','2011-12-23 18:39:12','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10119\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10119\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0240-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Christmas Lights Broken Arrow, OK\" title=\"Rhema Christmas Lights Broken Arrow, OK\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10119\" /></a>\n\nAbout 20 years ago, a group of students at Rhema Bible Training Center met in secret, somewhere under that spinning shield emblazoned with the word “Faith,” before the annual display of Christmas lights could be hung from the trees and buildings and gardens on campus. They’d come up with plan to create something to embellish the display—an inside joke that would mystify a generation.\n\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/12/23/2011/bible-student-humor/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the rest of this story at This Land Press, at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','DONE THAT: Bible Student Humor','A story of the mysterious face in lights at the Christmas lights display at Rhema Bible College.','inherit','open','open','','10115-revision-3','','','2011-12-23 12:39:12','2011-12-23 18:39:12','',10115,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/10115-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(10121,1,'2011-12-23 12:39:36','2011-12-23 18:39:36','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10119\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10119\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0240-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Christmas Lights Broken Arrow, OK\" title=\"Rhema Christmas Lights Broken Arrow, OK\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10119\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAbout 20 years ago, a group of students at Rhema Bible Training Center met in secret, somewhere under that spinning shield emblazoned with the word “Faith,” before the annual display of Christmas lights could be hung from the trees and buildings and gardens on campus. 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They’d come up with plan to create something to embellish the display—an inside joke that would mystify a generation.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/12/23/2011/bible-student-humor/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the rest of this story at This Land Press, at ThisLandPress.com</a>.','DONE THAT: Bible Student Humor','A story of the mysterious face in lights at the Christmas lights display at Rhema Bible College.','inherit','open','open','','10115-revision-5','','','2011-12-23 12:39:36','2011-12-23 18:39:36','',10115,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/10115-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(10123,1,'2011-12-23 12:40:29','2011-12-23 18:40:29','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/done-that-bible-student-humor/dsc_0240/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10119\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0240-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Christmas Lights Broken Arrow, OK\" title=\"Rhema Christmas Lights Broken Arrow, OK\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10119\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAbout 20 years ago, a group of students at Rhema Bible Training Center met in secret, somewhere under that spinning shield emblazoned with the word “Faith,” before the annual display of Christmas lights could be hung from the trees and buildings and gardens on campus. They’d come up with plan to create something to embellish the display—an inside joke that would mystify a generation.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/12/23/2011/bible-student-humor/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the rest of this story at This Land Press, at ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','DONE THAT: Bible Student Humor','A story of the mysterious face in lights at the Christmas lights display at Rhema Bible College.','inherit','open','open','','10115-revision-6','','','2011-12-23 12:40:29','2011-12-23 18:40:29','',10115,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/10115-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(10151,1,'2011-12-30 08:17:10','2011-12-30 14:17:10','','party hat by Holly Occhipinti','','inherit','open','open','','5270630823_4103a1c543_b','','','2011-12-30 08:17:10','2011-12-30 14:17:10','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/5270630823_4103a1c543_b.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(10459,1,'2012-02-08 08:25:36','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','Guest post by Boldface','','draft','open','open','','','','','2012-02-08 08:25:36','2012-02-08 14:25:36','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=10459',0,'post','',0),(10460,1,'2012-02-08 08:25:30','2012-02-08 14:25:30','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','10459-revision','','','2012-02-08 08:25:30','2012-02-08 14:25:30','',10459,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10459-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(10785,1,'2012-03-12 09:34:17','2012-03-12 15:34:17','<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<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\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 2012','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-12','','','2012-03-12 09:34:17','2012-03-12 15:34:17','',10773,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/03/10773-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(10786,1,'2012-03-12 09:35:32','2012-03-12 15:35:32','PSSST: Hey, you. Looking for the 2012 list of St. Patrick\'s Day events and things to do going on in Tulsa? Get it hot, fresh and made-to-order at DO WHAT.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6913\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day-stuff-to-do-in-tulsa-grown-ups-edition/mcnelliessidebar/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6913\" title=\"McNellie\'s Sidebar Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/McNelliesSideBar-500x428.jpg\" alt=\"McNellie\'s Sidebar Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"428\" /></a>\n\n<em>This post is part of <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/st-patricks-day/\">a series here at TDT celebrating St. Patrick’s Day</a>, one of Tulsa’s very favorite holidays. Erin go Bragh!</em>\n\nIt\'s here! St. Patrick\'s Day, one of Tulsa\'s favorite ways to take to the streets with a pint of beer in each hand. There are plenty of events and parties going on around town to keep us all (even the kids) green and busy in Tulsa today, and T-town\'s restaurants, bars and purveyors of green are stocked and ready for the fun to begin.\n\nTo get you started, here\'s the entire St. Patrick\'s Day series that has been running here on TashaDoesTulsa.com.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"25\"]</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"27\"]</p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>For the grown-ups</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day-stuff-to-do-in-tulsa-grown-ups-edition/\">St. Patrick\'s Day Events, Parties and Stuff to Do in Tulsa</a></li>\n	<li><strong>St. Patrick\'s Day in Tulsa, Kid\'s Edition</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day-in-tulsa-kids-edition/\">Story Times, Parties, 5Ks and Tasty Treats</a></li>\n	<li><strong>Will drink for food</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day-stuff-to-do-in-tulsa-grown-ups-edition/\">Where to Eat and Drink in Tulsa on St. Patrick\'s Day</a> (plus, tips for parking and getting around downtown today and this weekend)</li>\n	<li><strong>How to Make Beer</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/how-to-make-beer-high-gravity-shows-how-st-patricks-day-2011/\">High Gravity Homebrewing in Tulsa Shows How</a></li>\n	<li><strong>Going Green for St. Patrick\'s Day</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day-tulsa-where-to-shop/\">Where to Shop in Tulsa</a></li>\n</ul>\nSlainte!\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"24\"]</p>','St. Patrick\'s Day Round-Up: Events, Parties and Things To Do in Tulsa 2011','It\'s here - St. Patrick\'s Day 2011! There are plenty of events and parties going on around town to keep us all (even the kids) green and busy in Tulsa today.','inherit','open','open','','7113-autosave','','','2012-03-12 09:35:32','2012-03-12 15:35:32','',7113,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/03/7113-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(11035,1,'2012-04-11 16:13:45','2012-04-11 22:13:45','<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\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-3','','','2012-04-11 16:13:45','2012-04-11 22:13:45','',11030,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/04/11030-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(10782,1,'2012-03-12 09:24:54','2012-03-12 15:24:54','<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<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\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-9','','','2012-03-12 09:24:54','2012-03-12 15:24:54','',10773,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/03/10773-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(10783,1,'2012-03-12 09:25:08','2012-03-12 15:25:08','<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<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\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 2012','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-10','','','2012-03-12 09:25:08','2012-03-12 15:25:08','',10773,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/03/10773-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(11031,1,'2012-04-11 16:07:02','2012-04-11 22:07:02','<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>\n\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. \n\n<!--more-->\n\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','','','2012-04-11 16:07:02','2012-04-11 22:07:02','',11030,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/04/11030-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(11032,1,'2012-04-11 16:13:45','2012-04-11 22:13:45','<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\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-2','','','2012-04-11 16:13:45','2012-04-11 22:13:45','',11030,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/04/11030-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(11961,1,'2012-09-07 07:24:01','2012-09-07 13:24:01','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=11952\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11952\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/DSCN9612-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Brady District Art Crawl by Britt Greenwood\" title=\"Brady District Art Crawl by Britt Greenwood\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11952\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Joining us today with the breadcrumb trail she left on her last tour of Tulsa\'s First Friday Art Crawl in downtown\'s Brady District is local blogger Britt Greenwood—<a href=\"http://www.tulsaartspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">be sure to follow Britt at tulsaartspot.com</a> and <a href=\"http://facebook.com/tulsaartspot\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com/tulsaartspot</a>. Take it away, Britt!</em>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Part 1: Dinner.</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Hey Mambo.</strong> Sipped Marshall Atlas IPA and chewed a couple slices of brick oven pepperoni pizza with what I consider to be the best dough in Tulsa.\r\n\r\n<h3>Part 2: The Galleries</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Brady Artist Studio</strong>. Welcomed by the artfully messy world of ceramics. Clay blobs, pottery wheels, water filled containers, various supplies and ceramics for sale claimed most open real estate in the studio.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Glass Blowing Studio</strong>. Among the arranged rows of metal folding chairs facing the work area (where visitors could sit and watch the process), the front row was open. When I sat down, I realized why—it was 120 degrees there. I watched the artist create his glowing glass art, but my body protested with dizziness, causing me to seek the cooler outside air—100 degrees still.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Artist Coalition Gallery</strong>. Impressive Wonderland-like works of Ryan Pack were on exhibit. Her art references modern day heroines with a fairytale twist.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pantoja’s Gallery</strong>. The work of Cuban artist Jose Antonio Pantoja Hernandez is sadly beautiful,  filled with the brutal realities of Cuban political dictatorship.\r\n\r\n<strong>Henry Zarrow Art Center</strong>. Had only a few remaining minutes before the studios closed. The space was a great gallery space, still crisp with newness, flaunting the works of TU art professors as well as the Gilcrease collection of Thomas Moran’s watercolors and sketches.\r\n\r\n<h3>Part 3: After-hours</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Club 209, The Art Bar</strong>. After 9 p.m., and after my pouting over not having enough time to see the Living Arts exhibit, I walked to Club 209 for a nightcap dose of art. It was opening night for artist Autumn Strutton, who was also the floor R.A. at my college dormitory—small world.\r\n\r\n<strong>On to the Blue Dome</strong>. Departed from the Brady District; it was only 9:30 p.m. Plenty of time to visit the Blue Dome District for some bowling at the Dust Bowl. A night of local food, beer, art, and bowling, though it was an early one.','First Friday Art Crawl, Play by Play','','inherit','open','open','','11789-revision-10','','','2012-09-07 07:24:01','2012-09-07 13:24:01','',11789,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/09/11789-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(10225,1,'2012-01-06 07:42:58','2012-01-06 13:42:58','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10214\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10214\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NamHai-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10214\" /></a>\n\n\nTo help you get an even better sense of what Tulsa\'s Asian markets have to offer, check out this video tour by local blogger (and raw food guru! check her out at rawfoodrehab.com) Penni Shelton. She takes us through two of Tulsa\'s largest stores, Asian Market and Nam Hai. \n\n<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G1_CRJufm6E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\nMy favorite quote from Penni, about Nam Hai: \"It reeks! But it\'s fabulous. ','Dear TDT: Tulsa\'s Asian Markets Edition','','inherit','open','open','','10213-revision-3','','','2012-01-06 07:42:58','2012-01-06 13:42:58','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10213-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(10226,1,'2012-01-06 07:43:24','2012-01-06 13:43:24','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10214\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10214\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NamHai-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10214\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTo help you get an even better sense of what Tulsa\'s Asian markets have to offer, check out this video tour by local blogger (and raw food guru! check her out at <a href=\"http://www.rawfoodrehab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">rawfoodrehab.com</a>) Penni Shelton. She takes us through two of Tulsa\'s largest stores, Asian Market and Nam Hai. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G1_CRJufm6E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nMy favorite quote from Penni, about Nam Hai: \"It reeks! But it\'s fabulous.\"','Dear TDT: Tulsa\'s Asian Markets Edition','','inherit','open','open','','10213-revision-4','','','2012-01-06 07:43:24','2012-01-06 13:43:24','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10213-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(10227,1,'2012-01-06 07:44:27','2012-01-06 13:44:27','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10214\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10214\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NamHai-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10214\" /></a>\n\n\n\nTo help you get an even better sense of what Tulsa\'s Asian markets have to offer, check out this video tour by local blogger (and raw food guru! check her out at <a href=\"http://www.rawfoodrehab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">rawfoodrehab.com</a>) Penni Shelton. She takes us through two of Tulsa\'s largest stores, Asian Market and Nam Hai. \n\n<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G1_CRJufm6E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\nMy favorite quote from Penni, about Nam Hai: \"It reeks! But it\'s fabulous.\"\n\nIt\'s not a quote I\'m going to demystify for you. I guess you\'ll just have to go check it out for yourself. ','Dear TDT: Tulsa\'s Asian Markets Edition','','inherit','open','open','','10213-revision-5','','','2012-01-06 07:44:27','2012-01-06 13:44:27','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10213-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(10228,1,'2012-01-06 07:52:14','2012-01-06 13:52:14','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10214\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10214\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NamHai-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10214\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTo help you get an even better sense of what Tulsa\'s Asian markets have to offer, check out this video tour by local blogger (and raw food guru! check her out at <a href=\"http://www.rawfoodrehab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">rawfoodrehab.com</a>) Penni Shelton. She takes us through two of Tulsa\'s largest stores, Asian Market and Nam Hai. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G1_CRJufm6E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nMy favorite quote from Penni, about Nam Hai: \"It reeks! But it\'s fabulous.\"\r\n\r\nIt\'s not a quote I\'m going to demystify for you. I guess you\'ll just have to go check it out for yourself. ','Dear TDT: Tulsa\'s Asian Markets Edition','','inherit','open','open','','10213-revision-6','','','2012-01-06 07:52:14','2012-01-06 13:52:14','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10213-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(10229,1,'2012-01-06 07:59:33','2012-01-06 13:59:33','','Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','photo1','','','2012-01-06 07:59:33','2012-01-06 13:59:33','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(10230,1,'2012-01-06 08:00:05','2012-01-06 14:00:05','','Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','photo2','','','2012-01-06 08:00:05','2012-01-06 14:00:05','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',1),(10231,1,'2012-01-06 08:00:30','2012-01-06 14:00:30','','Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','photo3','','','2012-01-06 08:00:30','2012-01-06 14:00:30','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo3.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(10232,1,'2012-01-06 08:00:52','2012-01-06 14:00:52','','Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','photo4','','','2012-01-06 08:00:52','2012-01-06 14:00:52','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo4.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(10233,1,'2012-01-06 08:15:39','2012-01-06 14:15:39','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10214\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10214\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NamHai-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10214\" /></a>\n\nSomething cool about being editor here at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a> is that my inbox is always full of mail from folks who want to know more about things to do in Tulsa, and about life in Oklahoma.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\nI answer as many of these emails as I possibly can, but they don\'t usually see the light of day after I push the send button, except maybe on the screen of whoever sent the question in the first place. And I figure that if one person thinks it\'s worth their time to write an email and ask a question, odds are that other people have wondered the same thing and they\'d like to know the answer, too.\n\nSo here\'s another edition of what I\'m calling the Dear TDT series, a selection of reader emails posted along with my replies. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/dear-tdt/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more editions of Dear TDT here</a>.\n\nThis one is from Carlos: \n\n<blockquote>\nHi, Tasha!...What\'s with these Asian markets I\'ve been hearing so much about? First of all, there\'s more than one? In Tulsa, Oklahoma? And two, where are they?</blockquote>\n\nOur flourishing Asian population isn\'t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Tulsa, especially not for someone who isn\'t from here. But it\'s true! One of the wonderful perks about this is a collection of several Asian markets, most of them found on Tulsa\'s east side. \n\nOne of my favorites of these is Nam Hai Oriental Food Market, at 1924 S. Garnett. When my husband and I got married, we\'d plan those first-year date nights around trips to this place. There was always something new to discover. \n\nOur favorite section of the store has always been gifts. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10229\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10229\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10229\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10230\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10230\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10230\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10231\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10231\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo3-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10231\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10232\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10232\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo4-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10232\" /></a>\n\nOther aisles are full of beautiful dishes and cookware, boxes upon boxes of tea and beautiful produce at prices that will have you doing your happy dance. Our son loves to pick out sweets in the candy and pastries aisle — not to say that we always know what we\'re going to get, since much of the packaging is written in languages that we haven\'t exactly mastered, but for us, that\'s the best part of the fun. We also like to attempt to decipher the dozens of hand-written advertisements taped to the wall outside the store.\n\nTo help you get an even better sense of what Tulsa\'s Asian markets have to offer, check out this video tour by local blogger (and raw food guru! check her out at <a href=\"http://www.rawfoodrehab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">rawfoodrehab.com</a>) Penni Shelton. She takes us through two of Tulsa\'s largest stores, Asian Market and Nam Hai. \n\n<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G1_CRJufm6E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\nWhich of Tulsa\'s Asian markets is your favorite? I\'d love to hear about some of the finds you\'ve discovered there. Get share-happy in the comments.','Dear TDT: Tulsa\'s Asian Markets Edition','Tulsa\'s Asian markets are a treasure trove of unique gifts, beautiful produce and countless new and exciting foods to try.','inherit','open','open','','10213-revision-7','','','2012-01-06 08:15:39','2012-01-06 14:15:39','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10213-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(10234,1,'2012-01-06 08:15:43','2012-01-06 14:15:43','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10214\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10214\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NamHai-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10214\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSomething cool about being editor here at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a> is that my inbox is always full of mail from folks who want to know more about things to do in Tulsa, and about life in Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nI answer as many of these emails as I possibly can, but they don\'t usually see the light of day after I push the send button, except maybe on the screen of whoever sent the question in the first place. And I figure that if one person thinks it\'s worth their time to write an email and ask a question, odds are that other people have wondered the same thing and they\'d like to know the answer, too.\r\n\r\nSo here\'s another edition of what I\'m calling the Dear TDT series, a selection of reader emails posted along with my replies. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/dear-tdt/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more editions of Dear TDT here</a>.\r\n\r\nThis one is from Carlos: \r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\nHi, Tasha!...What\'s with these Asian markets I\'ve been hearing so much about? First of all, there\'s more than one? In Tulsa, Oklahoma? And two, where are they?</blockquote>\r\n\r\nOur flourishing Asian population isn\'t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Tulsa, especially not for someone who isn\'t from here. But it\'s true! One of the wonderful perks about this is a collection of several Asian markets, most of them found on Tulsa\'s east side. \r\n\r\nOne of my favorites of these is Nam Hai Oriental Food Market, at 1924 S. Garnett. When my husband and I got married, we\'d plan those first-year date nights around trips to this place. There was always something new to discover. \r\n\r\nOur favorite section of the store has always been gifts. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10229\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10229\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10229\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10230\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10230\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10231\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10231\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo3-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10231\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10232\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10232\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo4-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10232\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther aisles are full of beautiful dishes and cookware, boxes upon boxes of tea and beautiful produce at prices that will have you doing your happy dance. Our son loves to pick out sweets in the candy and pastries aisle — not to say that we always know what we\'re going to get, since much of the packaging is written in languages that we haven\'t exactly mastered, but for us, that\'s the best part of the fun. We also like to attempt to decipher the dozens of hand-written advertisements taped to the wall outside the store.\r\n\r\nTo help you get an even better sense of what Tulsa\'s Asian markets have to offer, check out this video tour by local blogger (and raw food guru! check her out at <a href=\"http://www.rawfoodrehab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">rawfoodrehab.com</a>) Penni Shelton. She takes us through two of Tulsa\'s largest stores, Asian Market and Nam Hai. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G1_CRJufm6E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhich of Tulsa\'s Asian markets is your favorite? I\'d love to hear about some of the finds you\'ve discovered there. Get share-happy in the comments.','Dear TDT: Tulsa\'s Asian Markets Edition','Tulsa\'s Asian markets are a treasure trove of unique gifts, beautiful produce and countless new and exciting foods to try.','inherit','open','open','','10213-revision-8','','','2012-01-06 08:15:43','2012-01-06 14:15:43','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10213-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(10235,1,'2012-01-06 08:18:29','2012-01-06 14:18:29','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/namhai/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10214\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NamHai-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10214\" /></a>\n\nSomething cool about being editor here at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a> is that my inbox is always full of mail from folks who want to know more about things to do in Tulsa, and about life in Oklahoma.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\nI answer as many of these emails as I possibly can, but they don\'t usually see the light of day after I push the send button, except maybe on the screen of whoever sent the question in the first place. And I figure that if one person thinks it\'s worth their time to write an email and ask a question, odds are that other people have wondered the same thing and they\'d like to know the answer, too.\n\nSo here\'s another edition of what I\'m calling the Dear TDT series, a selection of reader emails posted along with my replies. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/dear-tdt/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more editions of Dear TDT here</a>.\n\nThis one is from Carlos: \n\n<blockquote>\nHi, Tasha!...What\'s with these Asian markets I\'ve been hearing so much about? First of all, there\'s more than one? In Tulsa, Oklahoma? And two, where are they?</blockquote>\n\nOur flourishing Asian population isn\'t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Tulsa, especially not for someone who isn\'t from here. But it\'s true! One of the wonderful perks about this is a robust collection of Asian markets, many of them found on Tulsa\'s east side.\n\nOne of my favorites of these is Nam Hai Oriental Food Market, at 1924 S. Garnett. When my husband and I got married, we\'d plan those first-year date nights around trips to this place. There was always something new to discover. \n\nOur favorite section of the store has always been gifts. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10229\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10229\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10230\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10230\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10231\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo3-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10231\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10232\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo4-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10232\" /></a>\n\nOther aisles are full of beautiful dishes and cookware, boxes upon boxes of tea and beautiful produce at prices that will have you doing your happy dance. Our son loves to pick out sweets in the candy and pastries aisle — not to say that we always know what we\'re going to get, since much of the packaging is written in languages that we haven\'t exactly mastered, but for us, that\'s the best part of the fun. We also like to attempt to decipher the dozens of hand-written advertisements taped to the wall outside the store.\n\nTo help you get an even better sense of what Tulsa\'s Asian markets have to offer, check out this video tour by local blogger (and raw food guru! check her out at <a href=\"http://www.rawfoodrehab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">rawfoodrehab.com</a>) Penni Shelton. She takes us through two of Tulsa\'s largest stores, Asian Market and Nam Hai. \n\n<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G1_CRJufm6E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n\nWhich of Tulsa\'s Asian markets is your favorite? I\'d love to hear about some of the finds you\'ve discovered there. Get share-happy in the comments.','Dear TDT: Tulsa\'s Asian Markets Edition','Tulsa\'s Asian markets are a treasure trove of unique gifts, beautiful produce and countless new and exciting foods to try.','inherit','open','open','','10213-autosave','','','2012-01-06 08:18:29','2012-01-06 14:18:29','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10213-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(10236,1,'2012-01-06 08:15:48','2012-01-06 14:15:48','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/namhai/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10214\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NamHai-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10214\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSomething cool about being editor here at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a> is that my inbox is always full of mail from folks who want to know more about things to do in Tulsa, and about life in Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nI answer as many of these emails as I possibly can, but they don\'t usually see the light of day after I push the send button, except maybe on the screen of whoever sent the question in the first place. And I figure that if one person thinks it\'s worth their time to write an email and ask a question, odds are that other people have wondered the same thing and they\'d like to know the answer, too.\r\n\r\nSo here\'s another edition of what I\'m calling the Dear TDT series, a selection of reader emails posted along with my replies. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/dear-tdt/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more editions of Dear TDT here</a>.\r\n\r\nThis one is from Carlos: \r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\nHi, Tasha!...What\'s with these Asian markets I\'ve been hearing so much about? First of all, there\'s more than one? In Tulsa, Oklahoma? And two, where are they?</blockquote>\r\n\r\nOur flourishing Asian population isn\'t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Tulsa, especially not for someone who isn\'t from here. But it\'s true! One of the wonderful perks about this is a collection of several Asian markets, most of them found on Tulsa\'s east side. \r\n\r\nOne of my favorites of these is Nam Hai Oriental Food Market, at 1924 S. Garnett. When my husband and I got married, we\'d plan those first-year date nights around trips to this place. There was always something new to discover. \r\n\r\nOur favorite section of the store has always been gifts. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10229\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10229\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10230\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10231\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo3-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10231\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10232\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo4-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10232\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther aisles are full of beautiful dishes and cookware, boxes upon boxes of tea and beautiful produce at prices that will have you doing your happy dance. Our son loves to pick out sweets in the candy and pastries aisle — not to say that we always know what we\'re going to get, since much of the packaging is written in languages that we haven\'t exactly mastered, but for us, that\'s the best part of the fun. We also like to attempt to decipher the dozens of hand-written advertisements taped to the wall outside the store.\r\n\r\nTo help you get an even better sense of what Tulsa\'s Asian markets have to offer, check out this video tour by local blogger (and raw food guru! check her out at <a href=\"http://www.rawfoodrehab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">rawfoodrehab.com</a>) Penni Shelton. She takes us through two of Tulsa\'s largest stores, Asian Market and Nam Hai. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G1_CRJufm6E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhich of Tulsa\'s Asian markets is your favorite? I\'d love to hear about some of the finds you\'ve discovered there. Get share-happy in the comments.','Dear TDT: Tulsa\'s Asian Markets Edition','Tulsa\'s Asian markets are a treasure trove of unique gifts, beautiful produce and countless new and exciting foods to try.','inherit','open','open','','10213-revision-9','','','2012-01-06 08:15:48','2012-01-06 14:15:48','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10213-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(10237,1,'2012-01-06 08:18:31','2012-01-06 14:18:31','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/namhai/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10214\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NamHai-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10214\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSomething cool about being editor here at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a> is that my inbox is always full of mail from folks who want to know more about things to do in Tulsa, and about life in Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nI answer as many of these emails as I possibly can, but they don\'t usually see the light of day after I push the send button, except maybe on the screen of whoever sent the question in the first place. And I figure that if one person thinks it\'s worth their time to write an email and ask a question, odds are that other people have wondered the same thing and they\'d like to know the answer, too.\r\n\r\nSo here\'s another edition of what I\'m calling the Dear TDT series, a selection of reader emails posted along with my replies. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/dear-tdt/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more editions of Dear TDT here</a>.\r\n\r\nThis one is from Carlos: \r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\nHi, Tasha!...What\'s with these Asian markets I\'ve been hearing so much about? First of all, there\'s more than one? In Tulsa, Oklahoma? And two, where are they?</blockquote>\r\n\r\nOur flourishing Asian population isn\'t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Tulsa, especially not for someone who isn\'t from here. But it\'s true! One of the wonderful perks about this is a robust collection of Asian markets, many of them found on Tulsa\'s east side.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorites of these is Nam Hai Oriental Food Market, at 1924 S. Garnett. When my husband and I got married, we\'d plan those first-year date nights around trips to this place. There was always something new to discover. \r\n\r\nOur favorite section of the store has always been gifts. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10229\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10229\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10230\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10231\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo3-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10231\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10232\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo4-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10232\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther aisles are full of beautiful dishes and cookware, boxes upon boxes of tea and beautiful produce at prices that will have you doing your happy dance. Our son loves to pick out sweets in the candy and pastries aisle — not to say that we always know what we\'re going to get, since much of the packaging is written in languages that we haven\'t exactly mastered, but for us, that\'s the best part of the fun. We also like to attempt to decipher the dozens of hand-written advertisements taped to the wall outside the store.\r\n\r\nTo help you get an even better sense of what Tulsa\'s Asian markets have to offer, check out this video tour by local blogger (and raw food guru! check her out at <a href=\"http://www.rawfoodrehab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">rawfoodrehab.com</a>) Penni Shelton. She takes us through two of Tulsa\'s largest stores, Asian Market and Nam Hai. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G1_CRJufm6E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhich of Tulsa\'s Asian markets is your favorite? I\'d love to hear about some of the finds you\'ve discovered there. Get share-happy in the comments.','Dear TDT: Tulsa\'s Asian Markets Edition','Tulsa\'s Asian markets are a treasure trove of unique gifts, beautiful produce and countless new and exciting foods to try.','inherit','open','open','','10213-revision-10','','','2012-01-06 08:18:31','2012-01-06 14:18:31','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10213-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(10238,1,'2012-01-10 10:00:00','2012-01-10 16:00:00','','OK Blogs: Becky McCray','','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision','','','2012-01-10 10:00:00','2012-01-10 16:00:00','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(10239,1,'2012-01-06 12:13:01','2012-01-06 18:13:01','<strong>TDT: Why do small businesses need a tech blog? What lead to the idea?</strong>\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\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\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\nOne of our earliest big successes was in 2008: Checklists for starting your first business got picked up by LifeHacker. People ask me often about time management (especially for multiple businesses), and The Six Most Important Things List is part of my answer and one of our most popular posts. \r\n\r\n<strong>The Brag Basket is a regular and popular feature at Small Biz Survival. Can you describe the evolution of that series?</strong>\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>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\nIt started with the business ideas 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 SXSW in 2008, I asked Shashi Bellamkonda with Network Solutions 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\nAnother publication that came from search traffic was the Shop Local Campaigns for Small Towns eBook. 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\nWriting Tips for Small Business Owners 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\nHow to Draw the Line Between Free and Paid 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>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\nFirst, know your goals, for every project and every business. \r\nSecond, know the next steps on each project. \r\nThird, plan your schedule one week at a time and include action on those important projects. \r\nFourth, each evening, draw up the six most important things list for the next day and follow it. \r\nThat\'s the whole secret! \r\nI keep planning to make that into a product, too. But it\'s not a priority project yet. :)','OK Blogs: Becky McCray','','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-2','','','2012-01-06 12:13:01','2012-01-06 18:13:01','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(10240,1,'2012-01-06 12:30:44','2012-01-06 18:30:44','<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 new series at TDT that features interviews with your favorite Oklahoma bloggers</a>. Last time we talked with <a href=\"http://www.jenx76.com/\">Jennifer James, the creator of JenX67.com</a>, a blog that tells the story of a generation through the story of the life of one woman and by the curation of Gen X news; <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tags/ok-blogs\" target=\"_blank\">read 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 blogger behind smallbizsurvival.com, a resource for the small business owners of rural America</a>.\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\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\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\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\nOne of our earliest big successes was in 2008: Checklists for starting your first business got picked up by LifeHacker. People ask me often about time management (especially for multiple businesses), and The Six Most Important Things List is part of my answer and one of our most popular posts. \r\n\r\n<strong>The Brag Basket is a regular and popular feature at Small Biz Survival. Can you describe the evolution of that series?</strong>\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>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\nIt started with the business ideas 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 SXSW in 2008, I asked Shashi Bellamkonda with Network Solutions 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\nAnother publication that came from search traffic was the Shop Local Campaigns for Small Towns eBook. 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\nWriting Tips for Small Business Owners 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\nHow to Draw the Line Between Free and Paid 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>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\nFirst, know your goals, for every project and every business. \r\nSecond, know the next steps on each project. \r\nThird, plan your schedule one week at a time and include action on those important projects. \r\nFourth, each evening, draw up the six most important things list for the next day and follow it. \r\nThat\'s the whole secret! \r\nI keep planning to make that into a product, too. But it\'s not a priority project yet. :)','OK Blogs: Becky McCray','','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-3','','','2012-01-06 12:30:44','2012-01-06 18:30:44','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(10241,1,'2012-01-06 12:30:45','2012-01-06 18:30:45','<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 new series at TDT that features interviews with your favorite Oklahoma bloggers</a>. Last time we talked with <a href=\"http://www.jenx76.com/\">Jennifer James, the creator of JenX67.com</a>, a blog that tells the story of a generation through the story of the life of one woman and by the curation of Gen X news; <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tags/ok-blogs\" target=\"_blank\">read 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 blogger behind smallbizsurvival.com, a resource for the small business owners of rural America</a>.\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\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\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\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\nOne of our earliest big successes was in 2008: Checklists for starting your first business got picked up by LifeHacker. People ask me often about time management (especially for multiple businesses), and The Six Most Important Things List is part of my answer and one of our most popular posts. \r\n\r\n<strong>The Brag Basket is a regular and popular feature at Small Biz Survival. Can you describe the evolution of that series?</strong>\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>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\nIt started with the business ideas 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 SXSW in 2008, I asked Shashi Bellamkonda with Network Solutions 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\nAnother publication that came from search traffic was the Shop Local Campaigns for Small Towns eBook. 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\nWriting Tips for Small Business Owners 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\nHow to Draw the Line Between Free and Paid 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>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\nFirst, know your goals, for every project and every business. \r\nSecond, know the next steps on each project. \r\nThird, plan your schedule one week at a time and include action on those important projects. \r\nFourth, each evening, draw up the six most important things list for the next day and follow it. \r\nThat\'s the whole secret! \r\nI keep planning to make that into a product, too. But it\'s not a priority project yet. :)','OK Blogs: Becky McCray','','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-4','','','2012-01-06 12:30:45','2012-01-06 18:30:45','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(10269,1,'2012-01-11 08:58:42','2012-01-11 14:58:42','<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>\n\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>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tags/ok-blogs\" target=\"_blank\">Read the entire OK Blogs series at TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>. \n\nAt bat this week is <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Becky McCray, the blogger behind smallbizsurvival.com</a>, a resource for the small business owners of rural America.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\n<strong>TDT: Why do small businesses need a tech blog? What lead to the idea?</strong>\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. \n\n<strong>TDT: What\'s the strategy for reaching America\'s small business owners?</strong>\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. \n\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. \n\n<strong>TDT: What are some of the most popular posts at Small Biz Survival?</strong>\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 The Six Most Important Things List is part of my answer and one of our most popular posts. \n\n<strong>The Brag Basket is a regular and popular feature at Small Biz Survival. Can you describe the evolution of that series?</strong>\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. \n\n<strong>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>\nIt started with the business ideas 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 SXSW in 2008, I asked Shashi Bellamkonda with Network Solutions 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. \nAnother publication that came from search traffic was the Shop Local Campaigns for Small Towns eBook. 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. \nWriting Tips for Small Business Owners is a free compilation of four guest posts that Denise McGill did for us, so there isn\'t a lot of strategy to that. \nHow to Draw the Line Between Free and Paid 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. \n\n<strong>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>\nFirst, know your goals, for every project and every business. \nSecond, know the next steps on each project. \nThird, plan your schedule one week at a time and include action on those important projects. \nFourth, each evening, draw up the six most important things list for the next day and follow it. \nThat\'s the whole secret! \nI keep planning to make that into a product, too. But it\'s not a priority project yet. :)\n\n------------------\n\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>. \n\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. \n\n<em>Photo by Mike Licht</em>','OK Blogs: Becky McCray','','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-6','','','2012-01-11 08:58:42','2012-01-11 14:58:42','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(10242,1,'2012-01-06 12:31:43','2012-01-06 18:31:43','<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 new series at TDT that features interviews with your favorite Oklahoma bloggers</a>. Last time we talked with <a href=\"http://www.jenx76.com/\">Jennifer James, the creator of JenX67.com</a>, a blog that tells the story of a generation through the story of the life of one woman and by the curation of Gen X news; <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tags/ok-blogs\" target=\"_blank\">read 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 blogger behind smallbizsurvival.com, a resource for the small business owners of rural America</a>.\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\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\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\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\nOne of our earliest big successes was in 2008: Checklists for starting your first business got picked up by LifeHacker. People ask me often about time management (especially for multiple businesses), and The Six Most Important Things List is part of my answer and one of our most popular posts. \r\n\r\n<strong>The Brag Basket is a regular and popular feature at Small Biz Survival. Can you describe the evolution of that series?</strong>\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>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\nIt started with the business ideas 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 SXSW in 2008, I asked Shashi Bellamkonda with Network Solutions 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\nAnother publication that came from search traffic was the Shop Local Campaigns for Small Towns eBook. 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\nWriting Tips for Small Business Owners 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\nHow to Draw the Line Between Free and Paid 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>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\nFirst, know your goals, for every project and every business. \r\nSecond, know the next steps on each project. \r\nThird, plan your schedule one week at a time and include action on those important projects. \r\nFourth, each evening, draw up the six most important things list for the next day and follow it. \r\nThat\'s the whole secret! \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','','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-5','','','2012-01-06 12:31:43','2012-01-06 18:31:43','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(10244,1,'2012-01-07 09:25:55','2012-01-07 15:25:55','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/rivercity/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst, I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up 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 could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/fleamarket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/bucket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/generations11thst/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/hitchingpostba/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\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 and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/rivercity/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with 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 looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/flea-markets-trading-posts-and-antique-shops-treasure-hunting-in-tulsa/basket/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-28','','','2012-01-07 09:25:55','2012-01-07 15:25:55','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/8049-revision-28/',0,'revision','',0),(10245,1,'2012-01-06 08:18:31','2012-01-06 14:18:31','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/namhai/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10214\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NamHai-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10214\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSomething cool about being editor here at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a> is that my inbox is always full of mail from folks who want to know more about things to do in Tulsa, and about life in Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nI answer as many of these emails as I possibly can, but they don\'t usually see the light of day after I push the send button, except maybe on the screen of whoever sent the question in the first place. And I figure that if one person thinks it\'s worth their time to write an email and ask a question, odds are that other people have wondered the same thing and they\'d like to know the answer, too.\r\n\r\nSo here\'s another edition of what I\'m calling the Dear TDT series, a selection of reader emails posted along with my replies. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/dear-tdt/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more editions of Dear TDT here</a>.\r\n\r\nThis one is from Carlos: \r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\nHi, Tasha!...What\'s with these Asian markets I\'ve been hearing so much about? First of all, there\'s more than one? In Tulsa, Oklahoma? And two, where are they?</blockquote>\r\n\r\nOur flourishing Asian population isn\'t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Tulsa, especially not for someone who isn\'t from here. But it\'s true! One of the wonderful perks about this is a robust collection of Asian markets, many of them found on Tulsa\'s east side.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorites of these is Nam Hai Oriental Food Market, at 1924 S. Garnett. When my husband and I got married, we\'d plan those first-year date nights around trips to this place. There was always something new to discover. \r\n\r\nOur favorite section of the store has always been gifts. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10229\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10229\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10230\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10231\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo3-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10231\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10232\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo4-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10232\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther aisles are full of beautiful dishes and cookware, boxes upon boxes of tea and beautiful produce at prices that will have you doing your happy dance. Our son loves to pick out sweets in the candy and pastries aisle — not to say that we always know what we\'re going to get, since much of the packaging is written in languages that we haven\'t exactly mastered, but for us, that\'s the best part of the fun. We also like to attempt to decipher the dozens of hand-written advertisements taped to the wall outside the store.\r\n\r\nTo help you get an even better sense of what Tulsa\'s Asian markets have to offer, check out this video tour by local blogger (and raw food guru! check her out at <a href=\"http://www.rawfoodrehab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">rawfoodrehab.com</a>) Penni Shelton. She takes us through two of Tulsa\'s largest stores, Asian Market and Nam Hai. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G1_CRJufm6E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhich of Tulsa\'s Asian markets is your favorite? I\'d love to hear about some of the finds you\'ve discovered there. Get share-happy in the comments.','Dear TDT: Tulsa\'s Asian Markets Edition','Tulsa\'s Asian markets are a treasure trove of unique gifts, beautiful produce and countless new and exciting foods to try.','inherit','open','open','','10213-revision-11','','','2012-01-06 08:18:31','2012-01-06 14:18:31','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10213-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(10246,1,'2012-01-07 12:50:02','2012-01-07 18:50:02','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/namhai/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10214\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NamHai-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10214\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSomething cool about being editor here at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a> is that my inbox is always full of mail from folks who want to know more about things to do in Tulsa, and about life in Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nI answer as many of these emails as I possibly can, but they don\'t usually see the light of day after I push the send button, except maybe on the screen of whoever sent the question in the first place. And I figure that if one person thinks it\'s worth their time to write an email and ask a question, odds are that other people have wondered the same thing and they\'d like to know the answer, too.\r\n\r\nSo here\'s another edition of what I\'m calling the Dear TDT series, a selection of reader emails posted along with my replies. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/dear-tdt/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more editions of Dear TDT here</a>.\r\n\r\nThis one is from Carlos: \r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\nHi, Tasha!...What\'s with these Asian markets I\'ve been hearing so much about? First of all, there\'s more than one? In Tulsa, Oklahoma? And two, where are they?</blockquote>\r\n\r\nA large Asian population isn\'t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Tulsa, especially not for someone who isn\'t from here. But it\'s true! One of the wonderful perks about this is a robust collection of Asian markets, many of them found on Tulsa\'s east side.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorites of these is Nam Hai Oriental Food Market, at 1924 S. Garnett. When my husband and I got married, we\'d plan those first-year date nights around trips to this place. There was always something new to discover. \r\n\r\nOur favorite section of the store has always been gifts. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10229\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10229\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10230\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10231\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo3-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10231\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/dear-tdt-tulsas-asian-markets-edition/photo4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10232\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo4-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Nam Hai Oriental Asian Food Market Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10232\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther aisles are full of beautiful dishes and cookware, boxes upon boxes of tea and beautiful produce at prices that will have you doing your happy dance. Our son loves to pick out sweets in the candy and pastries aisle — not to say that we always know what we\'re going to get, since much of the packaging is written in languages that we haven\'t exactly mastered, but for us, that\'s the best part of the fun. We also like to attempt to decipher the dozens of hand-written advertisements taped to the wall outside the store.\r\n\r\nTo help you get an even better sense of what Tulsa\'s Asian markets have to offer, check out this video tour by local blogger (and raw food guru! check her out at <a href=\"http://www.rawfoodrehab.com/\" target=\"_blank\">rawfoodrehab.com</a>) Penni Shelton. She takes us through two of Tulsa\'s largest stores, Asian Market and Nam Hai. \r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G1_CRJufm6E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\nWhich of Tulsa\'s Asian markets is your favorite? I\'d love to hear about some of the finds you\'ve discovered there. Get share-happy in the comments.','Dear TDT: Tulsa\'s Asian Markets Edition','Tulsa\'s Asian markets are a treasure trove of unique gifts, beautiful produce and countless new and exciting foods to try.','inherit','open','open','','10213-revision-12','','','2012-01-07 12:50:02','2012-01-07 18:50:02','',10213,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10213-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(10846,1,'2012-03-19 05:56:15','2012-03-19 11:56:15','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10659\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10659\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10659\" title=\"Gone Fishing kids families Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo1-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Gone Fishing kids families Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nToday, it\'s rain. A week and a half ago, this.\n\nI bet Mondays are a fisherman\'s favorite day of the week.','Around Town: Gone Fishing','','inherit','open','open','','10669-revision-5','','','2012-03-19 05:56:15','2012-03-19 11:56:15','',10669,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/03/10669-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(10517,1,'2012-02-16 11:42:12','2012-02-16 17:42:12','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/around-town-blue-dome-diner/blue-dome-diner/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10514\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/blue-dome-diner-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Dome Diner downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Blue Dome Diner downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10514\" /></a>\n\nBreakfast, lunch, dinner, a bar, an event space—the Blue Dome Diner in downtown Tulsa is just about whatever you want it to be, depending on when you ask. \n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\nMy favorite time to go is in the morning, when my husband I load up on home fries, huevos rancheros and oatmeal, cooked to leave just enough bite, sweet, and flecked with raisins. While it\'s good, it\'s nothing we couldn\'t do at home—but eating breakfast downtown, on the other side of a window from the Blue Dome for which the district is named, it\'s a space that feels like if you had all of your most interesting friends stay the night and help you the next morning with the scrambled eggs, maybe you could feel justified staying away. But there\'s no beating the random coffee cups. It\'s the best collection in town. Last Sunday, we had a striped cat and Smith Orthodontics.','Around Town: Blue Dome Diner','Get breakfast, lunch, dinner, a bar and an event space at this one downtown greasy spoon, a center of cool and comfort in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma.','inherit','open','open','','10513-autosave','','','2012-02-16 11:42:12','2012-02-16 17:42:12','',10513,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10513-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(12003,1,'2012-09-12 14:43:17','2012-09-12 20:43:17','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/09/falling/photo-4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11985\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"hay fall autumn things to do in Oklahoma\" title=\"hay fall autumn things to do in Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11985\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall is upon us. Next week, on Sept. 22, both day and night will be about 12 hours long, a result of the sun rising and setting exactly along the belt line of our little blue planet. Then, at 9:49 a.m. Tulsa time, autumn will officially arrive. And we\'ll all feel like taking to the streets with gourds and hay bales of tidings and joy. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nWhat I know about fall: Gold winter wheat against a chalkboard sky. The defeat of the swampiness of August by the tall skies of September. The flakes of crust left in an emptied pie plate. Yarn. \r\n\r\nFerris wheels. \r\n\r\nCorndogs.\r\n\r\nFootball. \r\n\r\nOveralls. Piles of leaves. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16431.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Pumpkin launching</a>. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/rock-n-rib/\" target=\"_blank\">Rock \'n\' Rib</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/scotfest/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotfest</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/greek-festival-sept-2/\" target=\"_blank\">Greek Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/oklahoma-state-sugar-art-show-and-national-wedding-cake-competition/\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand National Wedding Cake Competition</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/indie-emporium/\" target=\"_blank\">Indie Emporium</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/nuyaka-creek-winery-fall-wine-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuyaka Creek Wine Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/brush-creek-bazaar-sept-21/\" target=\"_blank\">Brush Creek Bazaar</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/art-of-bbq-sept-21/\" target=\"_blank\">Art of BBQ</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/harvest-beer-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Harvest Beer Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/fifth-annual-downhill-soap-box-derby-race/\" target=\"_blank\">Downhill Soap Box Derby Race</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/halloween-festival-at-the-castle-of-muskogee/\" target=\"_blank\">Halloween at The Castle</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/honobia-bigfoot-conference-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">The Bigfoot Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/okc/events/oklahoma-czech-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma Czech Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/national-indian-taco-championships/\" target=\"_blank\">National Indian Taco Championships</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/oktoberfest/\" target=\"_blank\">Oktoberfest</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/okc/events/meeker-pecan-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">The Pecan Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/okc/events/watonga-cheese-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">The Watonga Cheese Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/green-country-wine-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Country Wine Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/shalomfest/\" target=\"_blank\">Shalomfest</a>.\r\n\r\nIf it\'s not the most wonderful time of the year, then I\'ll eat my hat. (With a slice of sweet potato pie, but still.)\r\n\r\nWhat are your favorite fall things to do in Oklahoma?','Falling','','inherit','open','open','','11984-revision-15','','','2012-09-12 14:43:17','2012-09-12 20:43:17','',11984,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/09/11984-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(10270,1,'2012-01-11 08:59:10','2012-01-11 14:59:10','<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>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tags/ok-blogs\" target=\"_blank\">Read 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 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>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>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\nIt started with the business ideas 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 SXSW in 2008, I asked Shashi Bellamkonda with Network Solutions 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\nAnother publication that came from search traffic was the Shop Local Campaigns for Small Towns eBook. 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\nWriting Tips for Small Business Owners 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\nHow to Draw the Line Between Free and Paid 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>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\nFirst, know your goals, for every project and every business. \r\nSecond, know the next steps on each project. \r\nThird, plan your schedule one week at a time and include action on those important projects. \r\nFourth, each evening, draw up the six most important things list for the next day and follow it. \r\nThat\'s the whole secret! \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','','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-7','','','2012-01-11 08:59:10','2012-01-11 14:59:10','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(10271,1,'2012-01-11 09:06:14','2012-01-11 15:06:14','<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>\n\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>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tags/ok-blogs\" target=\"_blank\">Read the entire OK Blogs series at TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>. \n\nAt bat this week is <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Becky McCray, the blogger behind smallbizsurvival.com</a>, a resource for the small business owners of rural America.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\n<strong>TDT: Why do small businesses need a tech blog? What lead to the idea?</strong>\n\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. \n\n<strong>TDT: What\'s the strategy for reaching America\'s small business owners?</strong>\n\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. \n\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. \n\n<strong>TDT: What are some of the most popular posts at Small Biz Survival?</strong>\n\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. \n\n<strong>The Brag Basket is a regular and popular feature at Small Biz Survival. Can you describe the evolution of that series?</strong>\n\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. \n\n<strong>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>\n\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. \n\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. \n\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. \n\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. \n\n<strong>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>\n\nFirst, know your goals, for every project and every business. \n\nSecond, know the next steps on each project. \n\nThird, plan your schedule one week at a time and include action on those important projects. \n\nFourth, each evening, draw up the six most important things list for the next day and follow it. \n\nThat\'s the whole secret! \n\nI keep planning to make that into a product, too. But it\'s not a priority project yet. :)\n\n------------------\n\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>. \n\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. \n\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. She blogs about survival tips for small business owners in rural areas at SmallBizSurvival.com.','inherit','open','open','','10162-autosave','','','2012-01-11 09:06:14','2012-01-11 15:06:14','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(10272,1,'2012-01-11 08:59:11','2012-01-11 14:59:11','<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>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tags/ok-blogs\" target=\"_blank\">Read 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 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>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>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\nIt started with the business ideas 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 SXSW in 2008, I asked Shashi Bellamkonda with Network Solutions 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\nAnother publication that came from search traffic was the Shop Local Campaigns for Small Towns eBook. 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\nWriting Tips for Small Business Owners 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\nHow to Draw the Line Between Free and Paid 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>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\nFirst, know your goals, for every project and every business. \r\nSecond, know the next steps on each project. \r\nThird, plan your schedule one week at a time and include action on those important projects. \r\nFourth, each evening, draw up the six most important things list for the next day and follow it. \r\nThat\'s the whole secret! \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','','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-8','','','2012-01-11 08:59:11','2012-01-11 14:59:11','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(10273,1,'2012-01-11 09:07:06','2012-01-11 15:07:06','<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>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tags/ok-blogs\" target=\"_blank\">Read 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 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>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>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>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. She blogs about survival tips for small business owners in rural areas at SmallBizSurvival.com.','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-9','','','2012-01-11 09:07:06','2012-01-11 15:07:06','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(10274,1,'2012-01-11 09:07:07','2012-01-11 15:07:07','<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>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tags/ok-blogs\" target=\"_blank\">Read 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 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>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>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>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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INSERT INTO `wptdt_posts` VALUES (10275,1,'2012-01-11 09:07:39','2012-01-11 15:07:39','<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 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>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>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>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. She blogs about survival tips for small business owners in rural areas at SmallBizSurvival.com.','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-11','','','2012-01-11 09:07:39','2012-01-11 15:07:39','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(10276,1,'2012-01-11 09:07:39','2012-01-11 15:07:39','<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 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>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>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>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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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>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>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>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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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>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>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>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. She blogs about survival tips for small business owners in rural areas at SmallBizSurvival.com.','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-14','','','2012-01-11 09:08:27','2012-01-11 15:08:27','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(10279,1,'2012-01-11 09:09:14','2012-01-11 15:09:14','<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. She blogs about survival tips for small business owners in rural areas at SmallBizSurvival.com.','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-15','','','2012-01-11 09:09:14','2012-01-11 15:09:14','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(10280,1,'2012-01-11 09:09:14','2012-01-11 15:09:14','<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. She blogs about survival tips for small business owners in rural areas at SmallBizSurvival.com.','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-16','','','2012-01-11 09:09:14','2012-01-11 15:09:14','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(10281,1,'2012-01-11 09:09:44','2012-01-11 15:09:44','<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. She blogs about survival tips for small business owners in rural areas at SmallBizSurvival.com.','inherit','open','open','','10162-revision-17','','','2012-01-11 09:09:44','2012-01-11 15:09:44','',10162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10162-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(10515,1,'2012-02-15 08:27:59','2012-02-15 14:27:59','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10514\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10514\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/blue-dome-diner-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Dome Diner downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Blue Dome Diner downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10514\" /></a>\n\nBreakfast, lunch, dinner, a bar, an event space—the Blue Dome Diner in downtown Tulsa is just about whatever you want it to be, depending on when you ask. My favorite time to go is in the morning, when my husband I load up on home fries, huevos rancheros and oatmeal, cooked to leave just enough bite and sweet, flecked with raisins. While it\'s good, it\'s nothing we couldn\'t do at home—but eating breakfast downtown, on the other side of a window from the Blue Dome for which the district is named, it\'s a space that feels like that maybe if you had all of your most interesting friends stay the night and help you the next morning with the scrambled eggs maybe you could compete. Plus, it\'s the best random coffee cup collection in town. Last Saturday, it was a striped cat and Smith Orthodontics.','Around Town: Blue Dome Diner','','inherit','open','open','','10513-revision','','','2012-02-15 08:27:59','2012-02-15 14:27:59','',10513,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10513-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(10546,1,'2012-02-16 14:00:50','2012-02-16 20:00:50','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0676/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNew Genre is a three-week showcase of new and cutting edge exhibitions and performances, bringing artists from around the country to downtown Tulsa, and it’s celebrating its 19th year in Oklahoma in 2012.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nCheck out the full schedule of New Genre XIX events here at DO WHAT.','New Genre XIX: Cutting-edge art and performance in Tulsa','New Genre is a showcase of new and cutting edge exhibitions and performances, bringing artists from around the country to downtown Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','10544-revision-2','','','2012-02-16 14:00:50','2012-02-16 20:00:50','',10544,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10544-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(10548,1,'2012-02-16 14:01:20','2012-02-16 20:01:20','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0676/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNew Genre is a three-week showcase of new and cutting edge exhibitions and performances, bringing artists from around the country to downtown Tulsa, and it’s celebrating its 19th year in Oklahoma in 2012.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nCheck out <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_tags/new-genre/\" target=\"_blank\">the full schedule of New Genre XIX events at DO WHAT</a>.','New Genre XIX: Cutting-edge art and performance in Tulsa','New Genre is a showcase of new and cutting edge exhibitions and performances, bringing artists from around the country to downtown Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','10544-revision-4','','','2012-02-16 14:01:20','2012-02-16 20:01:20','',10544,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10544-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(10285,1,'2012-01-12 06:29:53','2012-01-12 12:29:53','<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\n<em>This weekend residents of the Tulsa area have a rare opportunity: The Keystone Ancient Forest west of Sand Springs is open to the public. This only happens about once every month or so, and it\'s an exciting chance to both enjoy the outdoors as well as get a feel for what Native Americans and early European settlers had to deal with as they crossed from the eastern portion of the state to the west. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote about it in my Done That column at This Land Press</a>; today, <a href=\"http://www.globaltableadventure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa-based blogger Sasha Martin of Global Table Adventure fame</a> takes us along with her and her family into the forest. </em>\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\'d 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<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>\n\nWant to hike the Keystone Ancient Forest yourself? You can do exactly that this Saturday. Get the details on <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">the January Keystone Ancient Forest Hike at DO WHAT?</a>','Guest post: Sasha Martin on the Keystone Ancient Forest','The Keystone Ancient Forest is only open to the public a handful of days each year. When the gates are open, it offers both young and old the chance to enjoy the outdoors as well as imagine the Oklahoma of 500 years ago.','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-8','','','2012-01-12 06:29:53','2012-01-12 12:29:53','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/9175-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(10288,1,'2012-01-12 06:33:06','2012-01-12 12:33:06','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9191\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9191\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9191\" title=\"Keystone Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>This weekend residents of the Tulsa area have a rare opportunity: The Keystone Ancient Forest west of Sand Springs is open to the public. This only happens about once every month or so, and it\'s an exciting chance to both enjoy the outdoors as well as get a feel for what Native Americans and early European settlers had to deal with as they crossed from the eastern portion of the state to the west. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote about it in my Done That column at This Land Press</a>; today, <a href=\"http://www.globaltableadventure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa-based blogger Sasha Martin of Global Table Adventure fame</a> takes us along with her and her family into the forest. </em>\r\n\r\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\"&gt;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\'d 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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9192\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9193\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWant to hike the Keystone Ancient Forest yourself? You can do exactly that this Saturday. Get the details on <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">the January Keystone Ancient Forest Hike at DO WHAT?</a>','Guest post: Sasha Martin on the Keystone Ancient Forest','The Keystone Ancient Forest is only open to the public a handful of days each year. When the gates are open, it offers both young and old the chance to enjoy the outdoors as well as imagine the Oklahoma of 500 years ago.','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-11','','','2012-01-12 06:33:06','2012-01-12 12:33:06','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/9175-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(10286,1,'2012-01-12 06:31:46','2012-01-12 12:31:46','<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<em>This weekend residents of the Tulsa area have a rare opportunity: The Keystone Ancient Forest west of Sand Springs is open to the public. This only happens about once every month or so, and it\'s an exciting chance to both enjoy the outdoors as well as get a feel for what Native Americans and early European settlers had to deal with as they crossed from the eastern portion of the state to the west. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote about it in my Done That column at This Land Press</a>; today, <a href=\"http://www.globaltableadventure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa-based blogger Sasha Martin of Global Table Adventure fame</a> takes us along with her and her family into the forest. </em>\r\n\r\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\'d 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<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>\r\n\r\nWant to hike the Keystone Ancient Forest yourself? You can do exactly that this Saturday. Get the details on <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">the January Keystone Ancient Forest Hike at DO WHAT?</a>','Guest post: Sasha Martin on the Keystone Ancient Forest','The Keystone Ancient Forest is only open to the public a handful of days each year. When the gates are open, it offers both young and old the chance to enjoy the outdoors as well as imagine the Oklahoma of 500 years ago.','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-9','','','2012-01-12 06:31:46','2012-01-12 12:31:46','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/9175-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(10287,1,'2012-01-12 06:32:48','2012-01-12 12:32:48','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9191\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9191\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9191\" title=\"Keystone Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\n\n<em>This weekend residents of the Tulsa area have a rare opportunity: The Keystone Ancient Forest west of Sand Springs is open to the public. This only happens about once every month or so, and it\'s an exciting chance to both enjoy the outdoors as well as get a feel for what Native Americans and early European settlers had to deal with as they crossed from the eastern portion of the state to the west. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote about it in my Done That column at This Land Press</a>; today, <a href=\"http://www.globaltableadventure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa-based blogger Sasha Martin of Global Table Adventure fame</a> takes us along with her and her family into the forest. </em>\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\"&gt;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\'d 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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9192\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9193\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9194\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9194\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9194\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking4.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nWant to hike the Keystone Ancient Forest yourself? You can do exactly that this Saturday. Get the details on <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">the January Keystone Ancient Forest Hike at DO WHAT?</a>','Guest post: Sasha Martin on the Keystone Ancient Forest','The Keystone Ancient Forest is only open to the public a handful of days each year. When the gates are open, it offers both young and old the chance to enjoy the outdoors as well as imagine the Oklahoma of 500 years ago.','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-10','','','2012-01-12 06:32:48','2012-01-12 12:32:48','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/9175-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(10311,1,'2012-01-12 22:21:23','2012-01-13 04:21:23','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9191\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9191\" title=\"Keystone Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>This weekend residents of the Tulsa area have a rare opportunity: <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">The Keystone Ancient Forest west of Sand Springs is open to the public</a>. This only happens about once every month or so, and it\'s an exciting chance to both enjoy the outdoors as well as get a feel for what Native Americans and early European settlers had to deal with as they crossed from the eastern portion of the state to the west. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote about it in my Done That column at This Land Press</a>; today, <a href=\"http://www.globaltableadventure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa-based blogger Sasha Martin of Global Table Adventure fame</a> takes us along with her and her family into the forest. </em>\r\n\r\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\"&gt;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\'d 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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWant to hike the Keystone Ancient Forest yourself? You can do exactly that this Saturday. Get the details on <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">the January Keystone Ancient Forest Hike at DO WHAT?</a>','Guest post: Sasha Martin on the Keystone Ancient Forest','The Keystone Ancient Forest is only open to the public a handful of days each year. When the gates are open, it offers both young and old the chance to enjoy the outdoors as well as imagine the Oklahoma of 500 years ago.','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-20','','','2012-01-12 22:21:23','2012-01-13 04:21:23','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/9175-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(10312,1,'2012-01-13 05:28:25','2012-01-13 11:28:25','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9191\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9191\" title=\"Keystone Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>This weekend residents of the Tulsa area have a rare opportunity: <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">The Keystone Ancient Forest west of Sand Springs is open to the public</a>. This only happens about once every month or so, and it\'s an exciting chance to both enjoy the outdoors as well as get a feel for what Native Americans and early European settlers had to deal with as they crossed from the eastern portion of the state to the west. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote about it in my Done That column at This Land Press</a>; today, <a href=\"http://www.globaltableadventure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa-based blogger Sasha Martin of Global Table Adventure fame</a> takes us along with her and her family into the forest. </em>\r\n\r\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\"&gt;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\'d 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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWant to hike the Keystone Ancient Forest yourself? You can do exactly that this Saturday. Get the details on <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">the January Keystone Ancient Forest Hike at DO WHAT?</a>','Guest post: Sasha Martin on the Keystone Ancient Forest','The Keystone Ancient Forest is only open to the public a handful of days each year. When the gates are open, it offers both young and old the chance to enjoy the outdoors as well as imagine the Oklahoma of 500 years ago.','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-21','','','2012-01-13 05:28:25','2012-01-13 11:28:25','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/9175-revision-21/',0,'revision','',0),(10531,1,'2012-02-16 11:44:46','2012-02-16 17:44:46','<strong>PSST.</strong> <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/mardi-gras-things-to-do-in-tulsa-2012/\" target=\"_blank\">Looking for the 2012 list of Mardi Gras things to do in Tulsa</a>? Check it out at DO WHAT? \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/mardi-gras-parade-blue-dome-district-food-wine-specials-2011/bluedomemardigrasparade/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6539\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BlueDomeMardiGrasParade-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Dome Mardi Gras Parade\" title=\"Blue Dome Mardi Gras Parade\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6539\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMardi Gras - did you know that\'s French for Fat Tuesday? - is here, Tulsa. Here\'s where to party (and collect copious amounts of beads, of course).\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras at Chicory & Chives </strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8th, all day\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.chicoryandchives.com/\">Chicory & Chives</a>, 5800 S. Lewis Ave., Suite 129\r\nMardi Gras starts bright and early at Chicory & Chives, an authentic Cajun restaurant here in Tulsa. A band will strike up at 10:30 in the morning and play through lunch, then return at about 5pm and play the night away. Look for beer and drink specials on everything from Hurricanes to VooDoo-tinis and specials on food like Po\' Boys, étouffée, andouille sausage corndogs and shrimp and grits - plenty on which to eat yourself silly. Beads, masks and giveaways will also be in plentiful supply, and the customer with the best costume tomorrow evening gets a $50 gift certificate good at the restaurant. Yum! \r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras Madness</strong>\r\nWhen: 4 p.m. \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/\">Hardesty Regional Library</a>, 8316 E. 93rd St.\r\nLooking for something for the kids to do this Mardi Gras? Let them celebrate Fat Tuesday at the library with New Orleans style decorations, music and treats. Decorate a mask or make some Mardi Gras beads. This event is for ages 7-11.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras Fun Run & Walk</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8th, 6 p.m. \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/\">Fleet Feet Blue Dome</a>, 2nd and Elgin\r\nJoin the folks of Fleet Feet Blue Dome for a quick fun run and walk before the big Mardi Gras parade gets started. Everyone is invited and participation is free. After, stay and enjoy the sights.\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrate Fat Tuesday with Quota International</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8th, 6 p.m. \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okjazz.org/\">Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame</a>, 111 E. First Street\r\nThis Fat Tuesday celebration benefits local charities for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals and disadvantaged women and children. Get authentic Cajun fare and live, local entertainment while supporting important causes at the same time. Tickets are $40. \r\n\r\n<strong>Marshall Beer Dinner at SMOKE</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8, 6:30 p.m.\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.smoketulsa.com/\">SMOKE</a>, 1542 E. 15th Street\r\nNo need for beads? Celebrate Fat Tuesday by stuffing yourself silly with fare pared with local craft beer at the new SMOKE on Cherry Street. Plus, diners will be eligible to win a private tour and tasting of Marshall Brewing Company, as well as Marshall merch. Make reservations by calling (918) 949-4440. \r\n\r\n<strong>Fat $2 Tuesday with Tulsa Oilers</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8, 7 p.m. \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>, 200 S. Denver Ave. \r\nCelebrate Fat Tuesday with Bud Light and the Tulsa Oilers at the last $2 beer night of the regular season. Plus, the first 1,000 fans will receive free Mardi Gras beads. The Oilers take on arch rival, the Wichita Thunder. Doors open at 6 p.m. After the game, join your favorite players and Ice Girls at Woody\'s Corner Bar on 2nd and Elgin for the Blue Dome District Fat Tuesday Celebration. \r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras with The Zuits</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8, 7 p.m. \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115916538482618&index=1\">Boulder Grill</a>, 17 W. Seventh Street\r\nJoin swing band The Zuits at Boulder Grill and, as we like to say on Mardi Gras, let the good times roll.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blue Dome District Mardi Gras Parade</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8, 7 p.m.\r\nWhere: Starting at 1st and Elgin, ending at 2nd and Greenwood, a total of five blocks\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsamardigras.com/\">It was the parade to beat on Mardi Gras 2010</a>, and this year the members of the Blue Dome District Merchants\' Association are coming together to throw another huge party in downtown Tulsa to celebrate Fat Tuesday.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday Party</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8, 9 p.m.\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsamardigras.com/\">Enso Bar and Electric Circus</a>, 1st and Detroit\r\nGoing to be downtown for the Blue Dome District Mardi Gras Parade? Keep your fancy pants on and head to this party after to revel in the costumes and masks and to dance into the wee hours of the night. DJ Moody will perform at Enso; find the Phoenix Brothers at Electric Circus. Look also for a commemorative photo booth, free beads and other Mardi Gras goodies. No cover. 21 plus. VIP suites and sections available - call (918) 902-6339 for details and to reserve your spot.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras Party at Elephant Run</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://elephantrun.com/\">Elephant Run</a>, 3141 East Skelly Drive\r\nFind beads, mask giveaways, $4 Hurricanes and $2 Rattlesnakes at Elephant Run this Fat Tuesday. \r\n\r\nIs your favorite Mardi Gras event not on this list? No biggie - we can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Send me an e-mail</a> or leave details in the comments. \r\n\r\nLaissez les bon temps rouler!\r\n\r\n<em>Photo courtesy of the Blue Dome District Merchants\' Association</em>','Mardi Gras Things To Do In Tulsa 2011','Mardi Gras - did you know that\'s French for Fat Tuesday? - is here, Tulsa. From the Blue Dome District to the wineries beyond our city limits, here\'s where to party (and collect copious amounts of beads, of course). ','inherit','open','open','','6434-revision-29','','','2012-02-16 11:44:46','2012-02-16 17:44:46','',6434,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/6434-revision-29/',0,'revision','',0),(10847,1,'2012-03-19 05:56:31','2012-03-19 11:56:31','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10659\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10659\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10659\" title=\"Gone Fishing kids families Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo1-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Gone Fishing kids families Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nToday, it\'s rain. A week and a half ago, this.\r\n\r\nI bet Mondays are a fisherman\'s favorite day of the week.','Around Town: Gone Fishing','','inherit','open','open','','10669-revision-6','','','2012-03-19 05:56:31','2012-03-19 11:56:31','',10669,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/03/10669-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(11117,1,'2012-04-24 16:41:02','2012-04-24 22:41:02','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/04/giveaway-win-a-pair-of-tickets-to-see-the-rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan-christopher/duncan-christopher-movie-tulsa-oklahoma/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11110\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/duncan-christopher-movie-tulsa-oklahoma-500x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"duncan christopher movie tulsa oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11110\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMusic, magic. 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! ','GIVEAWAY: Win a pair of tickets to see The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher','','inherit','open','open','','11109-revision-6','','','2012-04-24 16:41:02','2012-04-24 22:41:02','',11109,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/04/11109-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(10316,1,'2012-01-13 05:28:26','2012-01-13 11:28:26','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9191\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9191\" title=\"Keystone Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>This weekend residents of the Tulsa area have a rare opportunity: <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">The Keystone Ancient Forest west of Sand Springs is open to the public</a>. This only happens about once every month or so, and it\'s an exciting chance to both enjoy the outdoors as well as get a feel for what Native Americans and early European settlers had to deal with as they crossed from the eastern portion of the state to the west. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote about it in my Done That column at This Land Press</a>; today, <a href=\"http://www.globaltableadventure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa-based blogger Sasha Martin of Global Table Adventure fame</a> takes us along with her and her family into the forest. </em>\r\n\r\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\"&gt;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\'d 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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWant to hike the Keystone Ancient Forest yourself? You can do exactly that this Saturday. Get the details on <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">the January Keystone Ancient Forest Hike at DO WHAT?</a>','Guest post: Sasha Martin on the Keystone Ancient Forest','The Keystone Ancient Forest is only open to the public a handful of days each year. When the gates are open, it offers both young and old the chance to enjoy the outdoors as well as imagine the Oklahoma of 500 years ago.','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-22','','','2012-01-13 05:28:26','2012-01-13 11:28:26','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/9175-revision-22/',0,'revision','',0),(10317,1,'2012-01-13 05:29:11','2012-01-13 11:29:11','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9191\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9191\" title=\"Keystone Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>This weekend residents of the Tulsa area have a rare opportunity: <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">The Keystone Ancient Forest west of Sand Springs is open to the public</a>. This only happens about once every month or so, and it\'s an exciting chance to both enjoy the outdoors as well as get a feel for what Native Americans and early European settlers had to deal with as they crossed from the eastern portion of the state to the west. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote about it in my Done That column at This Land Press</a>; today, <a href=\"http://www.globaltableadventure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa-based blogger Sasha Martin of Global Table Adventure fame</a> takes us along with her and her family into the forest. </em>\r\n\r\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\"&gt;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\'d 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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWant to hike the Keystone Ancient Forest yourself? You can do exactly that this Saturday. Get the details on <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">the January Keystone Ancient Forest Hike at DO WHAT?</a>','Guest post: Sasha Martin on the Keystone Ancient Forest','The Keystone Ancient Forest is only open to the public a handful of days each year. When the gates are open, it offers both young and old the chance to enjoy the outdoors as well as imagine the Oklahoma of 500 years ago.','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-23','','','2012-01-13 05:29:11','2012-01-13 11:29:11','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/9175-revision-23/',0,'revision','',0),(10530,1,'2011-03-08 08:30:48','2011-03-08 14:30:48','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/mardi-gras-parade-blue-dome-district-food-wine-specials-2011/bluedomemardigrasparade/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6539\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BlueDomeMardiGrasParade-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Dome Mardi Gras Parade\" title=\"Blue Dome Mardi Gras Parade\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6539\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMardi Gras - did you know that\'s French for Fat Tuesday? - is here, Tulsa. Here\'s where to party (and collect copious amounts of beads, of course).\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras at Chicory & Chives </strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8th, all day\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.chicoryandchives.com/\">Chicory & Chives</a>, 5800 S. Lewis Ave., Suite 129\r\nMardi Gras starts bright and early at Chicory & Chives, an authentic Cajun restaurant here in Tulsa. A band will strike up at 10:30 in the morning and play through lunch, then return at about 5pm and play the night away. Look for beer and drink specials on everything from Hurricanes to VooDoo-tinis and specials on food like Po\' Boys, étouffée, andouille sausage corndogs and shrimp and grits - plenty on which to eat yourself silly. Beads, masks and giveaways will also be in plentiful supply, and the customer with the best costume tomorrow evening gets a $50 gift certificate good at the restaurant. Yum! \r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras Madness</strong>\r\nWhen: 4 p.m. \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/\">Hardesty Regional Library</a>, 8316 E. 93rd St.\r\nLooking for something for the kids to do this Mardi Gras? Let them celebrate Fat Tuesday at the library with New Orleans style decorations, music and treats. Decorate a mask or make some Mardi Gras beads. This event is for ages 7-11.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras Fun Run & Walk</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8th, 6 p.m. \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/\">Fleet Feet Blue Dome</a>, 2nd and Elgin\r\nJoin the folks of Fleet Feet Blue Dome for a quick fun run and walk before the big Mardi Gras parade gets started. Everyone is invited and participation is free. After, stay and enjoy the sights.\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrate Fat Tuesday with Quota International</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8th, 6 p.m. \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okjazz.org/\">Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame</a>, 111 E. First Street\r\nThis Fat Tuesday celebration benefits local charities for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals and disadvantaged women and children. Get authentic Cajun fare and live, local entertainment while supporting important causes at the same time. Tickets are $40. \r\n\r\n<strong>Marshall Beer Dinner at SMOKE</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8, 6:30 p.m.\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.smoketulsa.com/\">SMOKE</a>, 1542 E. 15th Street\r\nNo need for beads? Celebrate Fat Tuesday by stuffing yourself silly with fare pared with local craft beer at the new SMOKE on Cherry Street. Plus, diners will be eligible to win a private tour and tasting of Marshall Brewing Company, as well as Marshall merch. Make reservations by calling (918) 949-4440. \r\n\r\n<strong>Fat $2 Tuesday with Tulsa Oilers</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8, 7 p.m. \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a>, 200 S. Denver Ave. \r\nCelebrate Fat Tuesday with Bud Light and the Tulsa Oilers at the last $2 beer night of the regular season. Plus, the first 1,000 fans will receive free Mardi Gras beads. The Oilers take on arch rival, the Wichita Thunder. Doors open at 6 p.m. After the game, join your favorite players and Ice Girls at Woody\'s Corner Bar on 2nd and Elgin for the Blue Dome District Fat Tuesday Celebration. \r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras with The Zuits</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8, 7 p.m. \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115916538482618&index=1\">Boulder Grill</a>, 17 W. Seventh Street\r\nJoin swing band The Zuits at Boulder Grill and, as we like to say on Mardi Gras, let the good times roll.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blue Dome District Mardi Gras Parade</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8, 7 p.m.\r\nWhere: Starting at 1st and Elgin, ending at 2nd and Greenwood, a total of five blocks\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsamardigras.com/\">It was the parade to beat on Mardi Gras 2010</a>, and this year the members of the Blue Dome District Merchants\' Association are coming together to throw another huge party in downtown Tulsa to celebrate Fat Tuesday.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday Party</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8, 9 p.m.\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsamardigras.com/\">Enso Bar and Electric Circus</a>, 1st and Detroit\r\nGoing to be downtown for the Blue Dome District Mardi Gras Parade? Keep your fancy pants on and head to this party after to revel in the costumes and masks and to dance into the wee hours of the night. DJ Moody will perform at Enso; find the Phoenix Brothers at Electric Circus. Look also for a commemorative photo booth, free beads and other Mardi Gras goodies. No cover. 21 plus. VIP suites and sections available - call (918) 902-6339 for details and to reserve your spot.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mardi Gras Party at Elephant Run</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, March 8\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://elephantrun.com/\">Elephant Run</a>, 3141 East Skelly Drive\r\nFind beads, mask giveaways, $4 Hurricanes and $2 Rattlesnakes at Elephant Run this Fat Tuesday. \r\n\r\nIs your favorite Mardi Gras event not on this list? No biggie - we can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Send me an e-mail</a> or leave details in the comments. \r\n\r\nLaissez les bon temps rouler!\r\n\r\n<em>Photo courtesy of the Blue Dome District Merchants\' Association</em>','Mardi Gras Things To Do In Tulsa 2011','Mardi Gras - did you know that\'s French for Fat Tuesday? - is here, Tulsa. From the Blue Dome District to the wineries beyond our city limits, here\'s where to party (and collect copious amounts of beads, of course). ','inherit','open','open','','6434-revision-28','','','2011-03-08 08:30:48','2011-03-08 14:30:48','',6434,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/6434-revision-28/',0,'revision','',0),(10320,1,'2012-01-13 05:29:11','2012-01-13 11:29:11','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9191\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9191\" title=\"Keystone Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>This weekend residents of the Tulsa area have a rare opportunity: <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">The Keystone Ancient Forest west of Sand Springs is open to the public</a>. This only happens about once every month or so, and it\'s an exciting chance to both enjoy the outdoors as well as get a feel for what Native Americans and early European settlers had to deal with as they crossed from the eastern portion of the state to the west. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote about it in my Done That column at This Land Press</a>; today, <a href=\"http://www.globaltableadventure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa-based blogger Sasha Martin of Global Table Adventure fame</a> takes us along with her and her family into the forest. </em>\r\n\r\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\"&gt;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\'d 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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWant to hike the Keystone Ancient Forest yourself? You can do exactly that this Saturday. Get the details on <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">the January Keystone Ancient Forest Hike at DO WHAT?</a>','Guest post: Sasha Martin on the Keystone Ancient Forest','The Keystone Ancient Forest is only open to the public a handful of days each year. When the gates are open, it offers both young and old the chance to enjoy the outdoors as well as imagine the Oklahoma of 500 years ago.','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-24','','','2012-01-13 05:29:11','2012-01-13 11:29:11','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/9175-revision-24/',0,'revision','',0),(10321,1,'2012-01-13 05:29:47','2012-01-13 11:29:47','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9191\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9191\" title=\"Keystone Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>This weekend residents of the Tulsa area have a rare opportunity: <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">The Keystone Ancient Forest west of Sand Springs is open to the public</a>. This only happens about once every month or so, and it\'s an exciting chance to both enjoy the outdoors as well as get a feel for what Native Americans and early European settlers had to deal with as they crossed from the eastern portion of the state to the west. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/08/22/2011/the-forest-that-ate-washington-irving/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote about it in my Done That column at This Land Press</a>; today, <a href=\"http://www.globaltableadventure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa-based blogger Sasha Martin of Global Table Adventure fame</a> takes us along with her and her family into the forest. </em>\r\n\r\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\"&gt;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\'d 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\n<!--more-->\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<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/guest-post-sasha-martin-on-the-keystone-ancient-forest/hiking3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWant to hike the Keystone Ancient Forest yourself? You can do exactly that this Saturday. Get the details on <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/hiking-at-keystone-ancient-forest-jan-14/\" target=\"_blank\">the January Keystone Ancient Forest Hike at DO WHAT?</a>','Guest post: Sasha Martin on the Keystone Ancient Forest','The Keystone Ancient Forest is only open to the public a handful of days each year. When the gates are open, it offers both young and old the chance to enjoy the outdoors as well as imagine the Oklahoma of 500 years ago.','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-25','','','2012-01-13 05:29:47','2012-01-13 11:29:47','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/9175-revision-25/',0,'revision','',0),(11164,1,'2012-05-03 13:03:01','2012-05-03 19:03:01','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=11163\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11163\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/okiecrowe-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Okie Crowe Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Okie Crowe Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11163\" /></a>\n\nThese people get me. \n\n<!--more-->\n\nFor one, the Oklahoma Red Dirt soap was placed riiiiight next to pickle soap. Oklahoma red dirt and pickles are pretty much my two favorite things. Especially the dirt. And the pickles.  \n\nFor two, the Okie Crowe folks make beer soap (tallboy, oatmeal stout, pumpkin lager...the list goes on). And beer hand scrubs. And peanut butter beer dog treats, made from spent beer grain. Inventive!  \n\nFor three, owner Kelli Groblewski\'s husband was really nice to me when joy and happiness came out of my ears at him when I spotted what was inside of the Okie Crowe booth at the Sand Springs Herbal Affair. It\'s a lot to handle when that happens, so I really appreciate his kindness and understanding. \n\nYou don\'t have to wait until the next festival to check \'em out. <a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/shop/OkieCrowe\" target=\"_blank\">You can see and order Okie Crowe merch on their Etsy page</a>, or you can go to <a href=\"http://okiecrowe.com/stores/\" target=\"_blank\">one of these local retailers to see the array of Okie Crowe goodies</a>. \n\n(<a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/listing/95128836/okie-crowe-dill-pickle-scented-soap\" target=\"_blank\">Here\'s the pickle soap</a>. And here\'s <a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/listing/96756769/okie-crowe-oklahoma-red-dirt-scented\" target=\"_blank\">a candle version of that Oklahoma Red Dirt soap</a>.)\n\nThat Oklahoma Red Dirt soap, by the way? I bought a bar of it (how\'d you guess?), and let me tell you, it was almost a spiritual experience—I never knew that bathing with a bar of soap made of dirt could be like <em>that</em>. I mean, I\'m a fifth-generation Oklahoman. Odds are that I\'m made out of the same stuff that soap is. My great-great-grandma Clara (b. 188-something, I.T.) washed that stuff out of her clothes with a washboard, and thanks to Kelli\'s genius, I got to use it for a home-spa day. What? Super cool.\n\n<em>Okie Crowe didn\'t sponsor this post or compensate me in any way for writing it. I just find the stuff to be delightful.</em>','These people get me','','inherit','open','open','','11162-revision','','','2012-05-03 13:03:01','2012-05-03 19:03:01','',11162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/05/11162-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(10528,1,'2012-02-16 11:22:08','2012-02-16 17:22:08','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/mardi-gras-parade-blue-dome-district-food-wine-specials-2011/bluedomemardigrasparade/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6539\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BlueDomeMardiGrasParade-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Dome Mardi Gras Parade\" title=\"Blue Dome Mardi Gras Parade\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6539\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhether you\'re looking for Mardi Gras parades or music and nightlife to be had on Fat Tuesday 2012, you can find a variety of fat-tastic entertainment right here in Tulsa. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nSo grab some beads and your favorite mask and head to one of these Mardi Gras events. \r\n\r\nFollow the complete list of <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_tags/mardi-gras/\" target=\"_blank\">Mardi Gras things to do in Tulsa here at DO WHAT?</a>','Mardi Gras Things To Do In Tulsa 2012','Whether you\'re looking for Mardi Gras parades or music and nightlife to be had on Fat Tuesday 2012, you can find a variety of fat-tastic entertainment right here in Tulsa. So grab some beads and your favorite mask and head to one of these Mardi Gras events.','inherit','open','open','','10523-revision-3','','','2012-02-16 11:22:08','2012-02-16 17:22:08','',10523,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10523-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(10529,1,'2012-02-16 11:42:44','2012-02-16 17:42:44','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/mardi-gras-parade-blue-dome-district-food-wine-specials-2011/bluedomemardigrasparade/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6539\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BlueDomeMardiGrasParade-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Dome Mardi Gras Parade\" title=\"Blue Dome Mardi Gras Parade\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6539\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhether you\'re looking for Mardi Gras parades or music and nightlife to be had on Fat Tuesday 2012, you can find a variety of fat-tastic entertainment right here in Tulsa. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nSo grab some beads and your favorite mask and head to one of these Mardi Gras events. \r\n\r\nFollow the complete list of <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_tags/mardi-gras/\" target=\"_blank\">Mardi Gras things to do in Tulsa here at DO WHAT?</a>','Mardi Gras Things To Do In Tulsa 2012','Whether you\'re looking for Mardi Gras parades or music and nightlife to be had on Fat Tuesday 2012, you can find a variety of fat-tastic entertainment right here in Tulsa. So grab some beads and your favorite mask and head to one of these Mardi Gras events.','inherit','open','open','','10523-revision-4','','','2012-02-16 11:42:44','2012-02-16 17:42:44','',10523,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10523-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(10332,1,'2012-01-16 08:30:04','2012-01-16 14:30:04','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/oklahoma-blogger-round-up/4416711547_91403f18ef/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6127\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/4416711547_91403f18ef.jpg\" alt=\"Old School Computer Local Links\" title=\"Old School Computer Local Links\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6127\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know we\'re more than two weeks into it, but I\'ll say it anyway: Happy New Year! But no new year is complete without the promise of an upcoming blogger meeting, right? The assurance that we blog publishers of the Tulsa area are going to get together over food and a local expert\'s blogging know-how, for the edification of us all? So we\'re going to fix that right now. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt this months\' blogger meetup, you\'ll get:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>To hang out at the exclusive Tulsa Press Club in the historic Atlas Life Building;</li>\r\n	<li>Sliders for dinner! I\'ve put in our order for dinner, so please plan to chow down with us — each plate is a mere $10;</li>\r\n	<li>A free copy of the latest edition of <em><a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">This Land</a></em></li>\r\n	<li>The expertise of local public relations pro Mandy Vavrinak, who is going to talk to us about how PR can help blog publishers</li>\r\n	<li>To generally enjoy the company of your fellow Tulsa-area bloggers</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Cost of admission to this event is $10, which goes to cover the cost of your yummy slider dinner</strong>; the opportunity to mix and mingle with some of Tulsa\'s most influential online media makers is, of course, always free. \r\n\r\nBig thanks to the folks at Tulsa Press Club for hosting us — <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/360716643942229/\">please RSVP to the Tulsa Blogger Meetup: New Year Edition on this Facebook event BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY</a> so I can give a final head count to the folks who will be whipping up our food. I\'ll collect your cash for dinner at the event. \r\n\r\nSee you all there!\r\n\r\n<strong>LOCAL BUSINESSES</strong>: If you\'d like to donate an item for a giveaway at this meetup, please e-mail tasha@tashadoestulsa.com.','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, New Year Edition','Tulsa Blogger Meetup: New Year Edition invites local bloggers to come together for food, drinks and pointers from local PR pro Mandy Vavrinak at Tulsa Press Club.','publish','open','open','','tulsa-blogger-meetup-new-year-edition','','','2012-01-16 08:38:52','2012-01-16 14:38:52','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=10332',0,'post','',3),(10333,1,'2012-01-16 08:36:06','2012-01-16 14:36:06','\nI know we\'re more than two weeks into it, but I\'ll say it anyway: Happy New Year! But no new year is complete without the promise of an upcoming blogger meeting, right? The assurance that we blog publishers of the Tulsa area are going to get together over food and a local expert\'s blogging know-how, for the edification of us all? So we\'re going to fix that right now. \n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\nAt this months\' blogger meetup, you\'ll get:\n<ul>\n	<li>To hang out at the exclusive Tulsa Press Club in the historic Atlas Life Building;</li>\n	<li>Sliders for dinner! I\'ve put in our order for dinner, so please plan to chow down with us — each plate is a mere $10;</li>\n	<li>A free copy of the latest edition of <em><a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">This Land</a></em></li>\n	<li>The expertise of local public relations pro Mandy Vavrinak, who is going to talk to us about how PR can help blog publishers</li>\n	<li>To generally enjoy the company of your fellow Tulsa-area bloggers</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>Cost of admission to this event is $10, which goes to cover the cost of your yummy slider dinner</strong>; the opportunity to mix and mingle with some of Tulsa\'s most influential online media makers is, of course, always free. \n\nBig thanks to the folks at Tulsa Press Club for hosting us — <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/197522543665918/\">please RSVP to the Tulsa Blogger Meetup: New Year Edition on this Facebook event ASAP</a> so I can give a final head count to the folks who will be whipping up our food. I\'ll collect your cash for dinner at the event. \n\nSee you all there!\n\n<strong>LOCAL BUSINESSES</strong>: If you\'d like to donate an item for a giveaway at this meetup, please e-mail tasha@tashadoestulsa.com.','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, New Year Edition','Tulsa Blogger Meetup: Make Merry Edition invites local bloggers to come together for food, drinks and a gift exchange at Duke\'s Southern Kitchen. ','inherit','open','open','','10332-revision','','','2012-01-16 08:36:06','2012-01-16 14:36:06','',10332,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10332-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(10334,1,'2012-01-16 08:36:59','2012-01-16 14:36:59','\r\nI know we\'re more than two weeks into it, but I\'ll say it anyway: Happy New Year! But no new year is complete without the promise of an upcoming blogger meeting, right? The assurance that we blog publishers of the Tulsa area are going to get together over food and a local expert\'s blogging know-how, for the edification of us all? So we\'re going to fix that right now. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt this months\' blogger meetup, you\'ll get:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>To hang out at the exclusive Tulsa Press Club in the historic Atlas Life Building;</li>\r\n	<li>Sliders for dinner! I\'ve put in our order for dinner, so please plan to chow down with us — each plate is a mere $10;</li>\r\n	<li>A free copy of the latest edition of <em><a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">This Land</a></em></li>\r\n	<li>The expertise of local public relations pro Mandy Vavrinak, who is going to talk to us about how PR can help blog publishers</li>\r\n	<li>To generally enjoy the company of your fellow Tulsa-area bloggers</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Cost of admission to this event is $10, which goes to cover the cost of your yummy slider dinner</strong>; the opportunity to mix and mingle with some of Tulsa\'s most influential online media makers is, of course, always free. \r\n\r\nBig thanks to the folks at Tulsa Press Club for hosting us — <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/360716643942229/\">please RSVP to the Tulsa Blogger Meetup: New Year Edition on this Facebook event ASAP</a> so I can give a final head count to the folks who will be whipping up our food. I\'ll collect your cash for dinner at the event. \r\n\r\nSee you all there!\r\n\r\n<strong>LOCAL BUSINESSES</strong>: If you\'d like to donate an item for a giveaway at this meetup, please e-mail tasha@tashadoestulsa.com.','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, New Year Edition','Tulsa Blogger Meetup: New Year Edition invites local bloggers to come together for food, drinks and pointers from local PR pro Mandy Vavrinak at Tulsa Press Club.','inherit','open','open','','10332-revision-2','','','2012-01-16 08:36:59','2012-01-16 14:36:59','',10332,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10332-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(10335,1,'2012-01-16 08:37:35','2012-01-16 14:37:35','I know we\'re more than two weeks into it, but I\'ll say it anyway: Happy New Year! But no new year is complete without the promise of an upcoming blogger meeting, right? The assurance that we blog publishers of the Tulsa area are going to get together over food and a local expert\'s blogging know-how, for the edification of us all? So we\'re going to fix that right now. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt this months\' blogger meetup, you\'ll get:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>To hang out at the exclusive Tulsa Press Club in the historic Atlas Life Building;</li>\r\n	<li>Sliders for dinner! I\'ve put in our order for dinner, so please plan to chow down with us — each plate is a mere $10;</li>\r\n	<li>A free copy of the latest edition of <em><a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">This Land</a></em></li>\r\n	<li>The expertise of local public relations pro Mandy Vavrinak, who is going to talk to us about how PR can help blog publishers</li>\r\n	<li>To generally enjoy the company of your fellow Tulsa-area bloggers</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Cost of admission to this event is $10, which goes to cover the cost of your yummy slider dinner</strong>; the opportunity to mix and mingle with some of Tulsa\'s most influential online media makers is, of course, always free. \r\n\r\nBig thanks to the folks at Tulsa Press Club for hosting us — <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/360716643942229/\">please RSVP to the Tulsa Blogger Meetup: New Year Edition on this Facebook event BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY</a> so I can give a final head count to the folks who will be whipping up our food. I\'ll collect your cash for dinner at the event. \r\n\r\nSee you all there!\r\n\r\n<strong>LOCAL BUSINESSES</strong>: If you\'d like to donate an item for a giveaway at this meetup, please e-mail tasha@tashadoestulsa.com.','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, New Year Edition','Tulsa Blogger Meetup: New Year Edition invites local bloggers to come together for food, drinks and pointers from local PR pro Mandy Vavrinak at Tulsa Press Club.','inherit','open','open','','10332-revision-3','','','2012-01-16 08:37:35','2012-01-16 14:37:35','',10332,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10332-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(10336,1,'2012-01-16 08:38:52','2012-01-16 14:38:52','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/oklahoma-blogger-round-up/4416711547_91403f18ef/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6127\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/4416711547_91403f18ef.jpg\" alt=\"Old School Computer Local Links\" title=\"Old School Computer Local Links\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6127\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know we\'re more than two weeks into it, but I\'ll say it anyway: Happy New Year! But no new year is complete without the promise of an upcoming blogger meeting, right? The assurance that we blog publishers of the Tulsa area are going to get together over food and a local expert\'s blogging know-how, for the edification of us all? So we\'re going to fix that right now. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt this months\' blogger meetup, you\'ll get:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>To hang out at the exclusive Tulsa Press Club in the historic Atlas Life Building;</li>\r\n	<li>Sliders for dinner! I\'ve put in our order for dinner, so please plan to chow down with us — each plate is a mere $10;</li>\r\n	<li>A free copy of the latest edition of <em><a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">This Land</a></em></li>\r\n	<li>The expertise of local public relations pro Mandy Vavrinak, who is going to talk to us about how PR can help blog publishers</li>\r\n	<li>To generally enjoy the company of your fellow Tulsa-area bloggers</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Cost of admission to this event is $10, which goes to cover the cost of your yummy slider dinner</strong>; the opportunity to mix and mingle with some of Tulsa\'s most influential online media makers is, of course, always free. \r\n\r\nBig thanks to the folks at Tulsa Press Club for hosting us — <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/360716643942229/\">please RSVP to the Tulsa Blogger Meetup: New Year Edition on this Facebook event BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY</a> so I can give a final head count to the folks who will be whipping up our food. I\'ll collect your cash for dinner at the event. \r\n\r\nSee you all there!\r\n\r\n<strong>LOCAL BUSINESSES</strong>: If you\'d like to donate an item for a giveaway at this meetup, please e-mail tasha@tashadoestulsa.com.','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, New Year Edition','Tulsa Blogger Meetup: New Year Edition invites local bloggers to come together for food, drinks and pointers from local PR pro Mandy Vavrinak at Tulsa Press Club.','inherit','open','open','','10332-revision-4','','','2012-01-16 08:38:52','2012-01-16 14:38:52','',10332,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10332-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(12002,1,'2012-09-12 14:36:34','2012-09-12 20:36:34','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/09/falling/photo-4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11985\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"hay fall autumn things to do in Oklahoma\" title=\"hay fall autumn things to do in Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11985\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall is upon us. Next week, on Sept. 22, both day and night will be about 12 hours long, a result of the sun rising and setting exactly along the belt line of our little blue planet. Then, at 9:49 a.m. Tulsa time, autumn will officially arrive. And we\'ll all feel like taking to the streets with gourds and hay bales of tidings and joy. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nWhat I know about fall: Gold winter wheat against a chalkboard sky. The defeat of the swampiness of August by the tall skies of September. The flakes of crust left in an emptied pie plate. Yarn. \r\n\r\nFerris wheels. \r\n\r\nCorndogs.\r\n\r\nFootball. \r\n\r\nOveralls. Piles of leaves. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16431.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Pumpkin launching</a>. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/rock-n-rib/\" target=\"_blank\">Rock \'n\' Rib</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/scotfest/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotfest</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/greek-festival-sept-2/\" target=\"_blank\">Greek Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/oklahoma-state-sugar-art-show-and-national-wedding-cake-competition/\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand National Wedding Cake Competition</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/indie-emporium/\" target=\"_blank\">Indie Emporium</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/nuyaka-creek-winery-fall-wine-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuyaka Creek Wine Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/brush-creek-bazaar-sept-21/\" target=\"_blank\">Brush Creek Bazaar</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/art-of-bbq-sept-21/\" target=\"_blank\">Art of BBQ</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/harvest-beer-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Harvest Beer Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/fifth-annual-downhill-soap-box-derby-race/\" target=\"_blank\">Downhill Soap Box Derby Race</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/halloween-festival-at-the-castle-of-muskogee/\" target=\"_blank\">Halloween at The Castle</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/honobia-bigfoot-conference-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">The Bigfoot Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/okc/events/oklahoma-czech-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma Czech Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/national-indian-taco-championships/\" target=\"_blank\">National Indian Taco Championships</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/oktoberfest/\" target=\"_blank\">Oktoberfest</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/okc/events/meeker-pecan-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">The Pecan Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/okc/events/watonga-cheese-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">The Watonga Cheese Festival</a>. <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/green-country-wine-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Country Wine Festival</a>.\r\n\r\nIf it\'s not the most wonderful time of the year, then I\'ll eat my hat. (With a slice of sweet potato pie, but still.)\r\n\r\nWhat are your favorite fall things to do in Oklahoma?','Falling','','inherit','open','open','','11984-revision-14','','','2012-09-12 14:36:34','2012-09-12 20:36:34','',11984,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/09/11984-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(10339,1,'2012-01-17 08:46:00','2012-01-17 14:46:00','','teepee Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','photo','','','2012-01-17 08:46:00','2012-01-17 14:46:00','',10571,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(11129,1,'2012-04-26 07:59:18','2012-04-26 13:59:18','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=11127\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11127\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/photo-2-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Arkansas River Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Arkansas River Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11127\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe trails along the Tulsa stretch of the Arkansas River is not my favorite place to go for a walk or a run in this city. I prefer hills and trees and the smell of earth as opposed to water during the few hours each week I can find to escape to the outdoors. But it\'s high on the list. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\" target=\"_blank\">River Parks</a> is crawling this time of year with every size and shape of human imaginable, and there are more fancy dogs on promenade than you could scare in a week. Not that I\'ve ever tried this. I just think about these things. \r\n\r\nAs for its spot on my list of places to watch a spring or summertime sunset in Tulsa, well. It\'s tops.','Around Town: Our River','','inherit','open','open','','11126-revision-2','','','2012-04-26 07:59:18','2012-04-26 13:59:18','',11126,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/04/11126-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(10547,1,'2012-02-16 14:00:50','2012-02-16 20:00:50','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0676/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNew Genre is a three-week showcase of new and cutting edge exhibitions and performances, bringing artists from around the country to downtown Tulsa, and it’s celebrating its 19th year in Oklahoma in 2012.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nCheck out the full schedule of New Genre XIX events here at DO WHAT.','New Genre XIX: Cutting-edge art and performance in Tulsa','New Genre is a showcase of new and cutting edge exhibitions and performances, bringing artists from around the country to downtown Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','10544-revision-3','','','2012-02-16 14:00:50','2012-02-16 20:00:50','',10544,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10544-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(12930,1,'2013-03-11 08:11:32','2013-03-11 14:11:32','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9992\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9992\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9992\" title=\"Route 66 Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Route66-500x317.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"317\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom roadtrip ideas and activities the kids will love to spring break options for the college crowd home for the break, I\'ve prepared a list of the 50 best spring break things to do in Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nHere\'s a sampling:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Get up close and personal with some six-foot bison at Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Pawhuska.</li>\r\n	<li>Celebrate the vernal equinox at the Spiro Mounds.</li>\r\n	<li>Summit our state at Black Mesa State Park &amp; Nature Preserve.</li>\r\n	<li>Karaoke with drag queens at New Age Renegade in Tulsa.</li>\r\n	<li>Satisfy your curiosity at the 2013 Miss Pole Dance Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.</li>\r\n	<li>Brand a steer—or at least learn how—at the Cowboy Roundup at Oklahoma History Center.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/03/01/2013/50-best-spring-break-things-to-do-in-oklahoma/\" target=\"_blank\">Get the complete list and even more details on the best things to do in Oklahoma for spring break 2013</a>.','GUIDE: The best Spring Break things to do in Oklahoma','From roadtrip ideas and activities the kids will love to spring break options for the college crowd home for the break, here\'s a list of the 50 best spring break things to do in Oklahoma.','inherit','open','open','','12928-revision-2','','','2013-03-11 08:11:32','2013-03-11 14:11:32','',12928,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2013/03/12928-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(11284,1,'2012-05-15 06:56:10','2012-05-15 12:56:10','','mystery location','','inherit','open','open','','7202777616_cf564aefc3_b','','','2012-05-15 06:56:10','2012-05-15 12:56:10','',11283,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7202777616_cf564aefc3_b.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',1),(10345,1,'2012-01-18 08:13:43','2012-01-18 14:13:43','','Brady Tavern Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','bradytavern','','','2012-01-18 08:13:43','2012-01-18 14:13:43','',11454,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bradytavern.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(10953,1,'2012-04-01 13:58:47','2012-04-01 19:58:47','A good friend asked me the other day if I still love Oklahoma. What a cool question.\n\nAnd I guess I haven\'t thought consciously about the answer, but here it is: I love Oklahoma more now than ever before. Which I know for lots of you who have been reading this blog for the five years since I started it would be difficult to imagine, given what a booster I\'ve always been (Blake Ewing once called me an eternal optimist—which I think gets pretty close to the heart of it). What\'s happened is that my love of my state as a whole has deepened. The Tulsa area will always be home. But I\'ve fallen in love with the red dirt and impossible skies of western Oklahoma. And the hills and craggy roadside reliefs in the south. And rowdy Oklahoma City in the middle of it all. \n\nI feel like my experience of Oklahoma as a child was whitewashed in a lot of ways. We didn\'t spend a lot of time outside. We didn\'t go to rodeos or powwows or catfish frys. Both of my parents come from not-so-functional households of white, blue-collar Oklahoma, raised by fathers who made choices on a regular basis that ultimately tore down their families. They did their best to sanitize our lives of some of the not-so-savory things that, historically, have been held up by that culture—ignorance, intolerance, racism. I didn\'t realize that I was a fifth-generation Oklahoman until I was an adult, mostly because being for so long rooted here hasn\'t been considered worthy to be a point of pride. I wasn\'t churched. I didn\'t fish. I\'d never shot a gun until I was 23. I rode horses, but only at summer camp. I started this blog at the moment I discovered that I lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma. And through my work and new friendships made possible by this little corner of the Internet, my understanding of what it means to live one\'s life with this place as its setting has been deepening ever since.\n\nI\'d be doing you a disservice if I didn\'t mention how really frustrated I get with this place. I\'m often embarrassed, sometimes even afraid of the policies pushed by most of our state and national representatives. Continued self-segregation causes inexpressible and permanent harm to our diversity, our economy, our built environment. I\'m disappointed that buy-in to what\'s happening in downtown Tulsa didn\'t come sooner. I go crazy when my friends complain about parking. \n\nBut my editor said something cool the other day about how he loves his wife, even though she\'s a trainwreck. ','And still','','inherit','open','open','','10937-revision-2','','','2012-04-01 13:58:47','2012-04-01 19:58:47','',10937,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/04/10937-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(10954,1,'2012-04-01 14:01:23','2012-04-01 20:01:23','A good friend asked me the other day if I still love Oklahoma. What a cool question.\r\n\r\nAnd I guess I haven\'t thought consciously about the answer, but here it is: I love Oklahoma more now than ever before. Which I know for lots of you who have been reading this blog for the five years since I started it would be difficult to imagine, given what a booster I\'ve always been (Blake Ewing once called me an eternal optimist—which I think gets pretty close to the heart of it). What\'s happened is that my love of my state as a whole has deepened. The Tulsa area will always be home. But I\'ve fallen in love with the red dirt and impossible skies of western Oklahoma. And the hills and craggy roadside reliefs in the south. And rowdy Oklahoma City in the middle of it all. \r\n\r\nI feel like my experience of Oklahoma as a child was whitewashed in a lot of ways. We didn\'t spend a lot of time outside. We didn\'t go to rodeos or powwows or catfish frys. Both of my parents come from not-so-functional households of white, blue-collar Oklahoma, raised by fathers who made choices on a regular basis that ultimately tore down their families. They did their best to sanitize our lives of some of the not-so-savory things that, historically, have been held up by that culture—ignorance, intolerance, racism. I didn\'t realize that I was a fifth-generation Oklahoman until I was an adult, mostly because being for so long rooted here hasn\'t been considered worthy to be a point of pride. I wasn\'t churched. I didn\'t fish. I\'d never shot a gun until I was 23. I rode horses, but only at summer camp. I started this blog at the moment I discovered that I lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma. And through my work and new friendships made possible by this little corner of the Internet, my understanding of what it means to live one\'s life with this place as its setting has been deepening ever since.\r\n\r\nI\'d be doing you a disservice if I didn\'t mention how really frustrated I get with this place. I\'m often embarrassed, sometimes even afraid of the policies pushed by most of our state and national representatives. Continued self-segregation causes inexpressible and permanent harm to our diversity, our economy, our built environment. I\'m disappointed that buy-in to what\'s happening in downtown Tulsa didn\'t come sooner. I go crazy when my friends complain about parking. \r\n\r\nBut my editor said something cool the other day about how he loves his wife, even though she\'s a trainwreck. ','And still','','inherit','open','open','','10937-revision-3','','','2012-04-01 14:01:23','2012-04-01 20:01:23','',10937,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/04/10937-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(10415,1,'2012-02-01 10:57:57','2012-02-01 16:57:57','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/pop-up-redux-pop-up-shopping-big-success-for-tulsa-retailers/bison-and-bear/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10418\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bison-and-bear-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" title=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10418\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://jenniferluitwieler.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger and writer Jennifer Luitwieler</a>. <a href=\"http://www.jenniferluitwieler.com/blog\" target=\"_blank\">She blogs at jenniferluitwieler.com/blog</a>, and her book, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Run-Me-Accidental-Runner-Power/dp/0615524761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322145278&sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Run With Me: An Accidental Runner and the Power of Poo</a>, was released earlier this year. Welcome back, Jen!</em>\r\n\r\nDuring the five weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, nearly a dozen stores opened temporary spaces in downtown Tulsa\'s Deco District. According to Libby Auld, president of the Deco District business owners\' association, the idea spawned new life for some of the vacant buildings there. \r\n\r\nAnd today, several of them are extending their stay and sinking their roots downtown. Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nCollectively, sales at the stores topped $100,000, according to a release about the store openings. Auld\'s Elote saw a 23 percent increase in sales while the holiday pop-up shops were doing business near her store, while Mod\'s Crepes saw an increase of 76 percent.\r\n\r\nIndie Emporium is a market offering the handmade goods of 30 local and national artists. Once an annual event for Tulsa, owner Christine Crowe and her husband Thom designed the space to be an offshoot of the local crafting event they started six years ago. Their calling the shop <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/MADE-The-Indie-Emporium-Shop/136343493151817\" target=\"_blank\">Made: Indie Emporium</a>, and their open their doors Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.\r\n\r\nCrowe\'s shop carries her own work, screenprinted linens and book prints, as well as handmade soaps, jewelry, accessories and paper goods. The couple plans to find ways to participate in the Two Bucks on Boston event every Wednesday, which offers puffy tacos and gelato specials at a price fixed at $2, along with short classes and crafty giveaways.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bison-Bear/304785372892339\" target=\"_blank\">Bison and Bear</a>, a menswear store that\'s a \"collaboration between my brother and Michael and me,\" according to co-owner Joel Hitsman. Between his fly fishing and outdoor gear and his brother\'s line of custom neckwear, they found that the holiday season was a perfect time to see what they could accomplish together. They added a line of skin care and shaving items which are selling well, too, they said. \r\n\r\nOther stores opening in the Deco District either today or soon include <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/HOOD/267503700239?sk=info\" target=\"_blank\">HOOD, a resource for modern design enthusiasts and collectors</a>, and Earthly Organics. Candy Castle is slated to open after some construction work is complete.\r\n\r\nLearn more about the Deco District Shops and get the latest news about sales and openings at <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deco-District-Shops/284400941620933\" target=\"_blank\">their Facebook page, Deco District Shops of Tulsa</a>. ','Pop Up Redux: Pop Up Shopping turns long-term for Tulsa retailers','Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.','publish','open','open','','pop-up-redux-pop-up-shopping-big-success-for-tulsa-retailers','','','2012-02-01 11:22:45','2012-02-01 17:22:45','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=10415',0,'post','',0),(12153,1,'2012-10-04 07:12:28','2012-10-04 13:12:28','','Columns in Enid Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','columnsinenidok','','','2012-10-04 07:12:28','2012-10-04 13:12:28','',12151,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ColumnsinEnidOK.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(11163,1,'2012-05-03 12:39:58','2012-05-03 18:39:58','','Okie Crowe Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','okiecrowe','','','2012-05-03 12:39:58','2012-05-03 18:39:58','',11162,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/okiecrowe.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(11286,1,'2012-05-15 06:57:24','2012-05-15 12:57:24','The view from my lodgings last weekend:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=11284\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11284\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7202777616_cf564aefc3_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mystery location\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11284\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nCan you guess where I was?','Where in Oklahoma is...','The view from my lodgings last weekend, somewhere in Oklahoma. Can you guess where?','inherit','open','open','','11283-revision-2','','','2012-05-15 06:57:24','2012-05-15 12:57:24','',11283,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/05/11283-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(11285,1,'2012-05-15 06:57:08','2012-05-15 12:57:08','The view from my lodgings last weekend:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=11284\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11284\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7202777616_cf564aefc3_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mystery location\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11284\" /></a>\n\n<!--more-->\n\nCan you guess where I was?','Where in Oklahoma is...','The view from my lodgings last weekend, rom','inherit','open','open','','11283-revision','','','2012-05-15 06:57:08','2012-05-15 12:57:08','',11283,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/05/11283-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(12752,1,'2013-02-07 09:25:54','2013-02-07 15:25:54','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/mardi-gras-parade-blue-dome-district-food-wine-specials-2011/bluedomemardigrasparade/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6539\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BlueDomeMardiGrasParade-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Dome Mardi Gras Parade\" title=\"Blue Dome Mardi Gras Parade\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6539\" /></a>\n\nMardi Gras. Fat Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday. Carnival. \n\nWhatever you choose to call it, there are a bundle of ways around our state to celebrate one last night of excess and debauchery before a season of sacrifice, whether you’re looking for Mardi Gras parades, music and nightlife, or even things to do with the kids. \n\nOn Tuesday night, downtown Tulsa will nearly burst at the seams as the Fat Tuesday floats and crowds hit the streets in the Blue Dome District. Here are the details on this year\'s <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/event/downtown-tulsa-mardi-gras-parade/\" target=\"_blank\">downtown Tulsa Mardi Gras Parade</a>. \n\nPLUS: Let\'s not forget about Cajun Ed\'s annual blowout in south Tulsa. This year he promises free Cajun food samples, live music, and tons to eat and drink. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/event/mardi-gras-party-with-cajun-ed/\" target=\"_blank\">Get the details on the Cajun Ed Mardi Gras Party here</a>. (Speaking of <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/03/19/2011/cajun-ed-richard/\" target=\"_blank\">Cajun Ed, check out this photo</a>.) \n\nWhat are you getting up to this Fat Tuesday? ','Downtown Tulsa Mardi Gras Parade','Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday. Carnival. Whatever you choose to call it, there are a bundle of ways around our state to celebrate one last night of excess and debauchery. ','inherit','open','open','','12751-revision','','','2013-02-07 09:25:54','2013-02-07 15:25:54','',12751,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2013/02/12751-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(12155,1,'2012-10-04 07:13:48','2012-10-04 13:13:48','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=12152\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12152\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/columnsofEnid-500x752.jpg\" alt=\"Columns of Enid Oklahoma\" title=\"Columns of Enid Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"752\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12152\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou\'re just driving along on 412, and there they are, ruins of Corinthian columns in the middle of a field or a golf course or something, in Enid, Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=12153\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12153\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ColumnsinEnidOK-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Columns in Enid Oklahoma\" title=\"Columns in Enid Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12153\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHolding up the sky, I guess.','There are columns in Enid','','inherit','open','open','','12151-revision-2','','','2012-10-04 07:13:48','2012-10-04 13:13:48','',12151,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/10/12151-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(10750,1,'2012-03-09 07:39:13','2012-03-09 13:39:13','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/03/woody-guthrie-centennial-celebration-events-in-tulsa-this-weekend/woody-guthrie-centennial-celebration/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10751\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10751\" title=\"Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration, courtesy\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/woody-guthrie-centennial-celebration-500x616.jpg\" alt=\"Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration, courtesy\" width=\"500\" height=\"616\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not hard to get in the mood to party when it\'s about Okemah-born Woody Guthrie\'s contribution to music, to art, to culture, to Oklahoma\'s list of badasses.\r\n\r\nAnd this weekend, we get to celebrate Woody\'s birthday. This year, it\'s a big one—the 1-0-0, the centennial celebration.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nHere\'s a list of the events Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration events going on in Tulsa this weekend:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><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</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/red-dirt-hootenanny/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Dirt Hootenanny</a>, Cain\'s Ballroom</li>\r\n	<li><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</li>\r\n	<li><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</li>\r\n	<li><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</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/events/sunday-matinee-films-hard-travelin/\" target=\"_blank\">FREE! Sunday Matinee Films: Hard Travelin\'</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nFind the full list of <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_tags/woody-guthrie-centennial/\" target=\"_blank\">Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration events at DO WHAT</a>.\r\n\r\nHow will you be celebrating the birthday of Woody Guthrie this weekend?','Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration Events in Tulsa This Weekend','A list of the events Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration events going on in Tulsa this weekend.','publish','open','open','','woody-guthrie-centennial-celebration-events-in-tulsa-this-weekend','','','2012-03-09 07:47:53','2012-03-09 13:47:53','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=10750',0,'post','',0),(10394,1,'2012-01-27 14:04:41','2012-01-27 20:04:41','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/around-town-daylight-donuts-super-shop/daylight-donuts-super-shop/\" 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>\r\n\r\nFor when you need fried sausage rolls, biscuits and gravy, and/or cinnamon rolls the size of your face: Daylight Donuts Super Shop, on Yale at the Broken Arrow Expressway. \r\n\r\nYes. ','Around Town: Daylight Donuts Super Shop','','inherit','open','open','','10390-revision-3','','','2012-01-27 14:04:41','2012-01-27 20:04:41','',10390,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10390-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(10395,1,'2012-01-27 14:05:18','2012-01-27 20:05:18','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/around-town-daylight-donuts-super-shop/daylight-donuts-super-shop/\" 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>\r\n\r\nFor when you need fried sausage rolls, biscuits and gravy, and/or cinnamon rolls the size of your face: Daylight Donuts Super Shop, on Yale at the Broken Arrow Expressway. Which happens to have a kick-ass sign, too, by the way. \r\n\r\nYes. ','Around Town: Daylight Donuts Super Shop','','inherit','open','open','','10390-revision-4','','','2012-01-27 14:05:18','2012-01-27 20:05:18','',10390,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10390-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(10947,1,'2012-04-01 13:28:23','2012-04-01 19:28:23','','downtown Sand Springs','','inherit','open','open','','dsc04423-1','','','2012-04-01 13:28:23','2012-04-01 19:28:23','',10939,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DSC04423-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(10421,1,'2012-02-01 11:04:21','2012-02-01 17:04:21','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/pop-up-redux-pop-up-shopping-big-success-for-tulsa-retailers/bison-and-bear/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10418\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bison-and-bear-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" title=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10418\" /></a>\n\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://jenniferluitwieler.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger and writer Jennifer Luitwieler</a>. <a href=\"http://www.jenniferluitwieler.com/blog\" target=\"_blank\">She blogs at jenniferluitwieler.com/blog</a>, and her book, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Run-Me-Accidental-Runner-Power/dp/0615524761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322145278&sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Run With Me: An Accidental Runner and the Power of Poo</a>, was released earlier this year. Welcome back, Jen!</em>\n\nDuring the five weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, nearly a dozen stores opened temporary spaces in downtown Tulsa\'s Deco District. According to Libby Auld, president of the Deco District business owners\' association, the idea spawned new life for some of the vacant buildings there. \n\nAnd today, several of them are extending their stay and sinking their roots in downtown. Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\"The experience was great,\" Auld said. Collectively, sales at the stores topped $100,000, according to a release about the store openings. Auld\'s Elote saw a 23 percent increase in sales while the holiday pop-up shops were doing business near her store, while Mod\'s Crepes saw an increase of 76 percent.\n\nIndie Emporium is a market offering the handmade goods of dozens of local and national artists. Once an annual event for Tulsa, owner Christine Crowe and her husband Thom designed the space to be an offshoot of the local crafting event they started six years ago. Their calling the shop <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/MADE-The-Indie-Emporium-Shop/136343493151817\" target=\"_blank\">Made: Indie Emporium</a>, and their open their doors Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.\n\nCrowe\'s shop carries her own work, screenprinted linens and book prints, as well as handmade soaps, jewelry, accessories and paper goods. The couple plans to find ways to participate in the Two Bucks on Boston event every Wednesday, which offers puffy tacos and gelato specials at a price fixed at $2, along with short classes and crafty giveaways.\n\nAnd then there\'s <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bison-Bear/304785372892339\" target=\"_blank\">Bison and Bear</a>, a menswear store that\'s a \"collaboration between my brother and Michael and me,\" according to co-owner Joel Hitsman. Between his fly fishing and outdoor gear and his brother\'s line of custom neckwear, they found that the holiday season was a perfect time to see what they could accomplish together. They added a line of skin care and shaving items which are selling well, too, they said. \n\nOther stores opening in the Deco District either today or soon include <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/HOOD/267503700239?sk=info\" target=\"_blank\">HOOD, a resource for modern design enthusiasts and collectors</a>, and Earthly Organics. Candy Castle is slated to open after some construction work is complete.\n\nLearn more about the Deco District Shops and get the latest news about sales and openings at <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deco-District-Shops/284400941620933\" target=\"_blank\">their Facebook page, Deco District Shops of Tulsa</a>. ','Pop Up Redux: Pop Up Shopping Big Success for Tulsa retailers','Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.','inherit','open','open','','10415-autosave','','','2012-02-01 11:04:21','2012-02-01 17:04:21','',10415,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10415-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(10422,1,'2012-02-01 10:57:57','2012-02-01 16:57:57','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/pop-up-redux-pop-up-shopping-big-success-for-tulsa-retailers/bison-and-bear/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10418\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bison-and-bear-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" title=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10418\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://jenniferluitwieler.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger and writer Jennifer Luitwieler</a>. <a href=\"http://www.jenniferluitwieler.com/blog\" target=\"_blank\">She blogs at jenniferluitwieler.com/blog</a>, and her book, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Run-Me-Accidental-Runner-Power/dp/0615524761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322145278&sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Run With Me: An Accidental Runner and the Power of Poo</a>, was released earlier this year. Welcome back, Jen!</em>\r\n\r\nDuring the five weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, nearly a dozen stores opened temporary spaces in downtown Tulsa\'s Deco District. According to Libby Auld, president of the Deco District business owners\' association, the idea spawned new life for some of the vacant buildings there. \r\n\r\nAnd today, several of them are extending their stay and sinking their roots in downtown. Candy Castle, Indie Emporium and Bison & Bear are just a few that have signed month-to-month leases, helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\"The experience was great,\" Auld said. Collectively, sales at the stores topped $100,000, according to a release about the store openings. Auld\'s Elote saw a 23 percent increase in sales while the holiday pop-up shops were doing business near her store, while Mod\'s Crepes saw an increase of 76 percent.\r\n\r\nIndie Emporium is a market offering the handmade goods of dozens of local and national artists. Once an annual event for Tulsa, owner Christine Crowe and her husband Thom designed the space to be an offshoot of the local crafting event they started six years ago. Their calling the shop <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/MADE-The-Indie-Emporium-Shop/136343493151817\" target=\"_blank\">Made: Indie Emporium</a>, and their open their doors Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.\r\n\r\nCrowe\'s shop carries her own work, screenprinted linens and book prints, as well as handmade soaps, jewelry, accessories and paper goods. The couple plans to find ways to participate in the Two Bucks on Boston event every Wednesday, which offers puffy tacos and gelato specials at a price fixed at $2, along with short classes and crafty giveaways.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bison-Bear/304785372892339\" target=\"_blank\">Bison and Bear</a>, a menswear store that\'s a \"collaboration between my brother and Michael and me,\" according to co-owner Joel Hitsman. Between his fly fishing and outdoor gear and his brother\'s line of custom neckwear, they found that the holiday season was a perfect time to see what they could accomplish together. They added a line of skin care and shaving items which are selling well, too, they said. \r\n\r\nOther stores opening in the Deco District either today or soon include <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/HOOD/267503700239?sk=info\" target=\"_blank\">HOOD, a resource for modern design enthusiasts and collectors</a>, and Earthly Organics. Candy Castle is slated to open after some construction work is complete.\r\n\r\nLearn more about the Deco District Shops and get the latest news about sales and openings at <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deco-District-Shops/284400941620933\" target=\"_blank\">their Facebook page, Deco District Shops of Tulsa</a>. ','Pop Up Redux: Pop Up Shopping Big Success for Tulsa retailers','','inherit','open','open','','10415-revision-5','','','2012-02-01 10:57:57','2012-02-01 16:57:57','',10415,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10415-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(10429,1,'2012-02-01 11:22:45','2012-02-01 17:22:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/pop-up-redux-pop-up-shopping-big-success-for-tulsa-retailers/bison-and-bear/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10418\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bison-and-bear-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" title=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10418\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://jenniferluitwieler.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger and writer Jennifer Luitwieler</a>. <a href=\"http://www.jenniferluitwieler.com/blog\" target=\"_blank\">She blogs at jenniferluitwieler.com/blog</a>, and her book, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Run-Me-Accidental-Runner-Power/dp/0615524761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322145278&sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Run With Me: An Accidental Runner and the Power of Poo</a>, was released earlier this year. Welcome back, Jen!</em>\r\n\r\nDuring the five weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, nearly a dozen stores opened temporary spaces in downtown Tulsa\'s Deco District. According to Libby Auld, president of the Deco District business owners\' association, the idea spawned new life for some of the vacant buildings there. \r\n\r\nAnd today, several of them are extending their stay and sinking their roots downtown. Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nCollectively, sales at the stores topped $100,000, according to a release about the store openings. Auld\'s Elote saw a 23 percent increase in sales while the holiday pop-up shops were doing business near her store, while Mod\'s Crepes saw an increase of 76 percent.\r\n\r\nIndie Emporium is a market offering the handmade goods of 30 local and national artists. Once an annual event for Tulsa, owner Christine Crowe and her husband Thom designed the space to be an offshoot of the local crafting event they started six years ago. Their calling the shop <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/MADE-The-Indie-Emporium-Shop/136343493151817\" target=\"_blank\">Made: Indie Emporium</a>, and their open their doors Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.\r\n\r\nCrowe\'s shop carries her own work, screenprinted linens and book prints, as well as handmade soaps, jewelry, accessories and paper goods. The couple plans to find ways to participate in the Two Bucks on Boston event every Wednesday, which offers puffy tacos and gelato specials at a price fixed at $2, along with short classes and crafty giveaways.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bison-Bear/304785372892339\" target=\"_blank\">Bison and Bear</a>, a menswear store that\'s a \"collaboration between my brother and Michael and me,\" according to co-owner Joel Hitsman. Between his fly fishing and outdoor gear and his brother\'s line of custom neckwear, they found that the holiday season was a perfect time to see what they could accomplish together. They added a line of skin care and shaving items which are selling well, too, they said. \r\n\r\nOther stores opening in the Deco District either today or soon include <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/HOOD/267503700239?sk=info\" target=\"_blank\">HOOD, a resource for modern design enthusiasts and collectors</a>, and Earthly Organics. Candy Castle is slated to open after some construction work is complete.\r\n\r\nLearn more about the Deco District Shops and get the latest news about sales and openings at <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deco-District-Shops/284400941620933\" target=\"_blank\">their Facebook page, Deco District Shops of Tulsa</a>. ','Pop Up Redux: Pop Up Shopping turns long-term for Tulsa retailers','Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.','inherit','open','open','','10415-revision-12','','','2012-02-01 11:22:45','2012-02-01 17:22:45','',10415,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10415-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(10423,1,'2012-02-01 11:06:34','2012-02-01 17:06:34','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/pop-up-redux-pop-up-shopping-big-success-for-tulsa-retailers/bison-and-bear/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10418\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bison-and-bear-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" title=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10418\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://jenniferluitwieler.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger and writer Jennifer Luitwieler</a>. <a href=\"http://www.jenniferluitwieler.com/blog\" target=\"_blank\">She blogs at jenniferluitwieler.com/blog</a>, and her book, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Run-Me-Accidental-Runner-Power/dp/0615524761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322145278&sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Run With Me: An Accidental Runner and the Power of Poo</a>, was released earlier this year. Welcome back, Jen!</em>\r\n\r\nDuring the five weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, nearly a dozen stores opened temporary spaces in downtown Tulsa\'s Deco District. According to Libby Auld, president of the Deco District business owners\' association, the idea spawned new life for some of the vacant buildings there. \r\n\r\nAnd today, several of them are extending their stay and sinking their roots in downtown. Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\"The experience was great,\" Auld said. Collectively, sales at the stores topped $100,000, according to a release about the store openings. Auld\'s Elote saw a 23 percent increase in sales while the holiday pop-up shops were doing business near her store, while Mod\'s Crepes saw an increase of 76 percent.\r\n\r\nIndie Emporium is a market offering the handmade goods of dozens of local and national artists. Once an annual event for Tulsa, owner Christine Crowe and her husband Thom designed the space to be an offshoot of the local crafting event they started six years ago. Their calling the shop <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/MADE-The-Indie-Emporium-Shop/136343493151817\" target=\"_blank\">Made: Indie Emporium</a>, and their open their doors Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.\r\n\r\nCrowe\'s shop carries her own work, screenprinted linens and book prints, as well as handmade soaps, jewelry, accessories and paper goods. The couple plans to find ways to participate in the Two Bucks on Boston event every Wednesday, which offers puffy tacos and gelato specials at a price fixed at $2, along with short classes and crafty giveaways.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bison-Bear/304785372892339\" target=\"_blank\">Bison and Bear</a>, a menswear store that\'s a \"collaboration between my brother and Michael and me,\" according to co-owner Joel Hitsman. Between his fly fishing and outdoor gear and his brother\'s line of custom neckwear, they found that the holiday season was a perfect time to see what they could accomplish together. They added a line of skin care and shaving items which are selling well, too, they said. \r\n\r\nOther stores opening in the Deco District either today or soon include <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/HOOD/267503700239?sk=info\" target=\"_blank\">HOOD, a resource for modern design enthusiasts and collectors</a>, and Earthly Organics. Candy Castle is slated to open after some construction work is complete.\r\n\r\nLearn more about the Deco District Shops and get the latest news about sales and openings at <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deco-District-Shops/284400941620933\" target=\"_blank\">their Facebook page, Deco District Shops of Tulsa</a>. ','Pop Up Redux: Pop Up Shopping turns long-term for Tulsa retailers','Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.','inherit','open','open','','10415-revision-6','','','2012-02-01 11:06:34','2012-02-01 17:06:34','',10415,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10415-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(10424,1,'2012-02-01 11:06:34','2012-02-01 17:06:34','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/pop-up-redux-pop-up-shopping-big-success-for-tulsa-retailers/bison-and-bear/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10418\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bison-and-bear-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" title=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10418\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://jenniferluitwieler.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger and writer Jennifer Luitwieler</a>. <a href=\"http://www.jenniferluitwieler.com/blog\" target=\"_blank\">She blogs at jenniferluitwieler.com/blog</a>, and her book, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Run-Me-Accidental-Runner-Power/dp/0615524761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322145278&sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Run With Me: An Accidental Runner and the Power of Poo</a>, was released earlier this year. Welcome back, Jen!</em>\r\n\r\nDuring the five weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, nearly a dozen stores opened temporary spaces in downtown Tulsa\'s Deco District. According to Libby Auld, president of the Deco District business owners\' association, the idea spawned new life for some of the vacant buildings there. \r\n\r\nAnd today, several of them are extending their stay and sinking their roots in downtown. Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\"The experience was great,\" Auld said. Collectively, sales at the stores topped $100,000, according to a release about the store openings. Auld\'s Elote saw a 23 percent increase in sales while the holiday pop-up shops were doing business near her store, while Mod\'s Crepes saw an increase of 76 percent.\r\n\r\nIndie Emporium is a market offering the handmade goods of dozens of local and national artists. Once an annual event for Tulsa, owner Christine Crowe and her husband Thom designed the space to be an offshoot of the local crafting event they started six years ago. Their calling the shop <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/MADE-The-Indie-Emporium-Shop/136343493151817\" target=\"_blank\">Made: Indie Emporium</a>, and their open their doors Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.\r\n\r\nCrowe\'s shop carries her own work, screenprinted linens and book prints, as well as handmade soaps, jewelry, accessories and paper goods. The couple plans to find ways to participate in the Two Bucks on Boston event every Wednesday, which offers puffy tacos and gelato specials at a price fixed at $2, along with short classes and crafty giveaways.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bison-Bear/304785372892339\" target=\"_blank\">Bison and Bear</a>, a menswear store that\'s a \"collaboration between my brother and Michael and me,\" according to co-owner Joel Hitsman. Between his fly fishing and outdoor gear and his brother\'s line of custom neckwear, they found that the holiday season was a perfect time to see what they could accomplish together. They added a line of skin care and shaving items which are selling well, too, they said. \r\n\r\nOther stores opening in the Deco District either today or soon include <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/HOOD/267503700239?sk=info\" target=\"_blank\">HOOD, a resource for modern design enthusiasts and collectors</a>, and Earthly Organics. Candy Castle is slated to open after some construction work is complete.\r\n\r\nLearn more about the Deco District Shops and get the latest news about sales and openings at <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deco-District-Shops/284400941620933\" target=\"_blank\">their Facebook page, Deco District Shops of Tulsa</a>. ','Pop Up Redux: Pop Up Shopping turns long-term for Tulsa retailers','Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.','inherit','open','open','','10415-revision-7','','','2012-02-01 11:06:34','2012-02-01 17:06:34','',10415,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10415-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(10425,1,'2012-02-01 11:09:41','2012-02-01 17:09:41','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/pop-up-redux-pop-up-shopping-big-success-for-tulsa-retailers/bison-and-bear/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10418\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bison-and-bear-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" title=\"bison and bear downtown Tulsa Oklahoma by Jennifer Luitwieler\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10418\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://jenniferluitwieler.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger and writer Jennifer Luitwieler</a>. <a href=\"http://www.jenniferluitwieler.com/blog\" target=\"_blank\">She blogs at jenniferluitwieler.com/blog</a>, and her book, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Run-Me-Accidental-Runner-Power/dp/0615524761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322145278&sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Run With Me: An Accidental Runner and the Power of Poo</a>, was released earlier this year. Welcome back, Jen!</em>\r\n\r\nDuring the five weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, nearly a dozen stores opened temporary spaces in downtown Tulsa\'s Deco District. According to Libby Auld, president of the Deco District business owners\' association, the idea spawned new life for some of the vacant buildings there. \r\n\r\nAnd today, several of them are extending their stay and sinking their roots downtown. Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\"The experience was great,\" Auld said. Collectively, sales at the stores topped $100,000, according to a release about the store openings. Auld\'s Elote saw a 23 percent increase in sales while the holiday pop-up shops were doing business near her store, while Mod\'s Crepes saw an increase of 76 percent.\r\n\r\nIndie Emporium is a market offering the handmade goods of dozens of local and national artists. Once an annual event for Tulsa, owner Christine Crowe and her husband Thom designed the space to be an offshoot of the local crafting event they started six years ago. Their calling the shop <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/MADE-The-Indie-Emporium-Shop/136343493151817\" target=\"_blank\">Made: Indie Emporium</a>, and their open their doors Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.\r\n\r\nCrowe\'s shop carries her own work, screenprinted linens and book prints, as well as handmade soaps, jewelry, accessories and paper goods. The couple plans to find ways to participate in the Two Bucks on Boston event every Wednesday, which offers puffy tacos and gelato specials at a price fixed at $2, along with short classes and crafty giveaways.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bison-Bear/304785372892339\" target=\"_blank\">Bison and Bear</a>, a menswear store that\'s a \"collaboration between my brother and Michael and me,\" according to co-owner Joel Hitsman. Between his fly fishing and outdoor gear and his brother\'s line of custom neckwear, they found that the holiday season was a perfect time to see what they could accomplish together. They added a line of skin care and shaving items which are selling well, too, they said. \r\n\r\nOther stores opening in the Deco District either today or soon include <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/HOOD/267503700239?sk=info\" target=\"_blank\">HOOD, a resource for modern design enthusiasts and collectors</a>, and Earthly Organics. Candy Castle is slated to open after some construction work is complete.\r\n\r\nLearn more about the Deco District Shops and get the latest news about sales and openings at <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deco-District-Shops/284400941620933\" target=\"_blank\">their Facebook page, Deco District Shops of Tulsa</a>. ','Pop Up Redux: Pop Up Shopping turns long-term for Tulsa retailers','Indie Emporium, Bison & Bear, HOOD and Earthly Organics are helping to bring a robust offering of retail shopping choices back to the core of the city.','inherit','open','open','','10415-revision-8','','','2012-02-01 11:09:41','2012-02-01 17:09:41','',10415,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/02/10415-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),