(1227,1,'2010-08-14 18:10:25','2010-08-14 23:10:25','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1205\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views. A few spots immediately spring to mind.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from <a href=\"http://www.parks.tulsacounty.org/Chandler.aspx\">Chandler Park</a>;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1207\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1207\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1207\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas River from <a href=\"http://www.summittulsa.com/\">The Summit restaurant</a>, on the top floor of the Bank of America building at 6th and Main;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas from the roof and from the Crystal Ballroom of <a href=\"http://www.themayohotel.com/\">The Mayo Hotel</a>;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Osage Hills from the 15th floor of <a href=\"http://www.midcontinenttower.com/\">the MidContinent Tower</a> (thanks for that, <a href=\"http://www.rexpr.com/\">friends at Rex PR</a>);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of <a href=\"http://www.tulsadrillers.com/\">ONEOK Field</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a> from my dad\'s office on the 50th floor of the BOK Tower (thanks to you, too, Dad);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the Osage Hills;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1208\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the roof of <a href=\"http://www.uticaplace.com/\">Utica Place</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1206\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1206\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1206\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/skylinebysarah.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m sure you have your favorite spots to visit when you\'re looking for a view, too (and if you\'re not secretive about it, be sure to leave it in the comments).\r\n\r\nBut until recently, I\'ve been neglecting a most choice view of Tulsa\'s famous skyline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1209\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s the patio of <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">In the Raw on the Hill</a>, at 61st Street and Sheridan Road.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1210\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1210\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1210\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09821.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nConfession time: I\'d never visited In the Raw on the Hill until my friend and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=erin+sees+tulsa\">TDT columnist Erin Conrad</a> invited me.\r\n\r\nShe\'s the reason I\'m not calling it In the Raw South, by the way. Because she\'d give me a knuckle sandwich if I called it In the Raw South. It\'s In the Raw on the Hill, okay? Okay.\r\n\r\nBecause Erin Conrad said so. And what Erin says, goes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1211\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1211\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1211\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0990.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m not a fan of giving negative restaurant reviews, at least as long as nothing seriously wrong is going down. So, in the spirit of what I just wrote, In the Raw isn\'t my favorite sushi place. While it\'s not usually my style, given <a href=\"http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/\">the astronomic events that took place Thursday night</a> and our family\'s rabid interest in all things celestial, I was willing to pay for atmosphere, experience and this incredible view to which Erin introduced me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1212\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1212\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1212\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce I told my family that we\'d be able to see the alignment-of-the-moon-and-three-planets-that-will-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye portion of the evening from the patio, our reservations practically booked themselves.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1213\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1213\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1213\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0942-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few of our friends decided to come along.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1214\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1214\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1214\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09431.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s the blogger behind <a href=\"http://havesporkwilltravel.blogspot.com/\">Have Spork, Will Travel</a> and her husband.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1215\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1215\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1215\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0946.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s Sindy of <a href=\"http://sindyintulsa.blogspot.com/\">Sindy in Tulsa</a>. She has freckles and a sexy German accent.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be jealous of both. At least, it is for me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1216\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1216\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1216\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0937-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd we all know who these guys are, right?\r\n\r\nThe men who need no introduction. At least, that\'s what the people at the grocery store and the farmers\' market and the bank and the other places we\'re spotted tell us.\r\n\r\nThis is what I like about being the one behind the camera.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1217\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1217\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1217\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09481-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe first show of the evening was this sunset, which threatened to set the sky ablaze all Mell Gibson-style.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1219\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1219\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1219\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0962-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1220\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1220\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0991.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1222\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1222\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1222\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0954-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1205\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1221\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1221\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1221\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09501-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter we roasted for a bit and became a couple of <em>those</em> parents (you know the ones - the ones who let their kids play with iPhones when they\'re out at dinner, a behavior I\'d normally find appalling if my face wasn\'t melting off my head), we could finally see the planets as took their positions.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1223\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1223\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1223\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09961.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCan you see it?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1224\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1224\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1224\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09931.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOn the bottom there is, surprise, our moon. The bright object above and to the left of that is Venus. Not visible in this photo because I\'m still learning my camera and because of the blanket of humidity that hangs over Oklahoma like a wet, hazy blanket at this time of year are Saturn and Mars. We saw them, though.\r\n\r\nAnd it ruled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1225\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1225\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1225\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_1005.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? You can tell by the looks on these faces.\r\n\r\nAfter a few bites of strawberry cheesecake (which was out-of-this-world good, if you can forgive the pun) and a glass of the house wine, <a href=\"http://www.tulsawine.com/itr.php\">a Sauvignon Blanc blended under the purview of Chris Girouard of Girouard Vines here in Tulsa</a>, we headed to my mom\'s house, west of the light pollution of the city, to check out the Perseid meteor shower.\r\n\r\nWhich you know, if you saw any part of it, also ruled.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re wracking your brain for a perching place to see a killer sunset, a gentle rain, as much blue Oklahoma sky as possible or downtown glittering in the darkness, make sure In the Raw on the Hill is on your list of spots to consider.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1209\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou won\'t be sorry.\r\n\r\n<strong>In the Raw on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhere: 6151 S. Sheridan Road\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm; Monday-Thursday, 5-10pm; Friday and Saturday, 5-11pm\r\nCall: (918) 524-0063\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">intherawsushi.com</a>','In the Raw on the Hill: A Top View of Tulsa','A question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views.','inherit','open','open','','1204-revision-2','','','2010-08-14 18:10:25','2010-08-14 23:10:25','',1204,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1204-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1230,1,'2010-08-14 18:17:27','2010-08-14 23:17:27','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views. A few spots immediately spring to mind.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from <a href=\"http://www.parks.tulsacounty.org/Chandler.aspx\">Chandler Park</a>;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1207\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1207\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas River from <a href=\"http://www.summittulsa.com/\">The Summit restaurant</a>, on the top floor of the Bank of America building at 6th and Main;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas from the roof and from the Crystal Ballroom of <a href=\"http://www.themayohotel.com/\">The Mayo Hotel</a>;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Osage Hills from the 15th floor of <a href=\"http://www.midcontinenttower.com/\">the MidContinent Tower</a> (thanks for that, <a href=\"http://www.rexpr.com/\">friends at Rex PR</a>);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of <a href=\"http://www.tulsadrillers.com/\">ONEOK Field</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a> from my dad\'s office on the 50th floor of the BOK Tower (thanks to you, too, Dad);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the Osage Hills;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0676/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the roof of <a href=\"http://www.uticaplace.com/\">Utica Place</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1206\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/skylinebysarah/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1206\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/skylinebysarah.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m sure you have your favorite spots to visit when you\'re looking for a view, too (and if you\'re not secretive about it, be sure to leave it in the comments).\r\n\r\nBut until recently, I\'ve been neglecting a most choice view of Tulsa\'s famous skyline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s the patio of <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">In the Raw on the Hill</a>, at 61st Street and Sheridan Road.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1210\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0982-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1210\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09821.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nConfession time: I\'d never visited In the Raw on the Hill until my friend and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=erin+sees+tulsa\">TDT columnist Erin Conrad</a> invited me.\r\n\r\nShe\'s the reason I\'m not calling it In the Raw South, by the way. Because she\'d give me a knuckle sandwich if I called it In the Raw South. It\'s In the Raw on the Hill, okay? Okay.\r\n\r\nBecause Erin Conrad said so. And what Erin says, goes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1211\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0990/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1211\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0990.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI have to say, In the Raw isn\'t my favorite sushi place. But, given <a href=\"http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/\">the astronomic events that took place Thursday night</a> and our family\'s rabid interest in all things celestial, I was willing to pay for atmosphere and experience in exchange for this incredible view to which Erin had introduced me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1212\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1212\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce I told my family that we\'d be able to see the alignment-of-the-moon-and-three-planets-that-will-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye portion of the evening from the patio, our reservations practically booked themselves.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1213\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0942/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1213\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0942-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few of our friends decided to come along.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1214\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0943-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1214\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09431.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s the blogger behind <a href=\"http://havesporkwilltravel.blogspot.com/\">Have Spork, Will Travel</a> and her husband.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1215\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0946/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1215\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0946.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s Sindy of <a href=\"http://sindyintulsa.blogspot.com/\">Sindy in Tulsa</a>. She has freckles and a sexy German accent.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be jealous of both. At least, it is for me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1216\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0937/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1216\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0937-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd we all know who these guys are, right?\r\n\r\nThe men who need no introduction. At least, that\'s what the people at the grocery store and the farmers\' market and the bank and the other places we\'re spotted tell us.\r\n\r\nThis is what I like about being the one behind the camera.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1217\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0948-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1217\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09481-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe first show of the evening was this sunset, which threatened to set the sky ablaze all Mell Gibson-style.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1219\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0962/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1219\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0962-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1220\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0991/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0991.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1222\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0954/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1222\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0954-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1221\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0950-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1221\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09501-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter we roasted for a bit and became a couple of <em>those</em> parents (you know the ones - the ones who let their kids play with iPhones when they\'re out at dinner, a behavior I\'d normally find appalling if my face wasn\'t melting off my head), we could finally see the planets as took their positions.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1223\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0996-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1223\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09961.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCan you see it?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1224\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0993-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1224\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09931.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOn the bottom there is, surprise, our moon. The bright object above and to the left of that is Venus. Not visible in this photo because I\'m still learning my camera and because of the blanket of humidity that hangs over Oklahoma like a wet, hazy blanket at this time of year are Saturn and Mars. We saw them, though.\r\n\r\nAnd it ruled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1225\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_1005/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1225\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_1005.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? You can tell by the looks on these faces.\r\n\r\nAfter a few bites of strawberry cheesecake (which was out-of-this-world good, if you can forgive the pun) and a glass of the house wine, <a href=\"http://www.tulsawine.com/itr.php\">a Sauvignon Blanc blended under the purview of Chris Girouard of Girouard Vines here in Tulsa</a>, we headed to my mom\'s house, west of the light pollution of the city, to check out the Perseid meteor shower.\r\n\r\nWhich you know, if you saw any part of it, also ruled.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re wracking your brain for a perching place to see a killer sunset, a gentle rain, as much blue Oklahoma sky as possible or downtown glittering in the darkness, make sure In the Raw on the Hill is on your list of spots to consider.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou won\'t be sorry.\r\n\r\n<strong>In the Raw on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhere: 6151 S. Sheridan Road\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm; Monday-Thursday, 5-10pm; Friday and Saturday, 5-11pm\r\nCall: (918) 524-0063\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">intherawsushi.com</a>','In the Raw on the Hill: A Top View of Tulsa','A question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views.','inherit','open','open','','1204-revision-4','','','2010-08-14 18:17:27','2010-08-14 23:17:27','',1204,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1204-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(1228,1,'2010-08-14 18:15:29','2010-08-14 23:15:29','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nA question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views. A few spots immediately spring to mind.\n\n<!--more-->\n<ul>\n	<li>The view of downtown from <a href=\"http://www.parks.tulsacounty.org/Chandler.aspx\">Chandler Park</a>;</li>\n</ul>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1207\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1207\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n<ul>\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas River from <a href=\"http://www.summittulsa.com/\">The Summit restaurant</a>, on the top floor of the Bank of America building at 6th and Main;</li>\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas from the roof and from the Crystal Ballroom of <a href=\"http://www.themayohotel.com/\">The Mayo Hotel</a>;</li>\n	<li>The view of the Osage Hills from the 15th floor of <a href=\"http://www.midcontinenttower.com/\">the MidContinent Tower</a> (thanks for that, <a href=\"http://www.rexpr.com/\">friends at Rex PR</a>);</li>\n	<li>The view of <a href=\"http://www.tulsadrillers.com/\">ONEOK Field</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a> from my dad\'s office on the 50th floor of the BOK Tower (thanks to you, too, Dad);</li>\n	<li>The view of downtown from the Osage Hills;</li>\n</ul>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0676/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n<ul>\n	<li>The view of downtown from the roof of <a href=\"http://www.uticaplace.com/\">Utica Place</a>.</li>\n</ul>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1206\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/skylinebysarah/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1206\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/skylinebysarah.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" /></a>\n\nI\'m sure you have your favorite spots to visit when you\'re looking for a view, too (and if you\'re not secretive about it, be sure to leave it in the comments).\n\nBut until recently, I\'ve been neglecting a most choice view of Tulsa\'s famous skyline.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nIt\'s the patio of <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">In the Raw on the Hill</a>, at 61st Street and Sheridan Road.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1210\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0982-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1210\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09821.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nConfession time: I\'d never visited In the Raw on the Hill until my friend and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=erin+sees+tulsa\">TDT columnist Erin Conrad</a> invited me.\n\nShe\'s the reason I\'m not calling it In the Raw South, by the way. Because she\'d give me a knuckle sandwich if I called it In the Raw South. It\'s In the Raw on the Hill, okay? Okay.\n\nBecause Erin Conrad said so. And what Erin says, goes.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1211\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0990/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1211\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0990.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI have to say, In the Raw isn\'t my favorite sushi place. While it\'s not usually my style, given <a href=\"http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/\">the astronomic events that took place Thursday night</a> and our family\'s rabid interest in all things celestial, I was willing to pay for atmosphere and experience in exchange for this incredible view to which Erin had introduced me.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1212\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1212\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nOnce I told my family that we\'d be able to see the alignment-of-the-moon-and-three-planets-that-will-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye portion of the evening from the patio, our reservations practically booked themselves.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1213\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0942/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1213\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0942-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nA few of our friends decided to come along.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1214\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0943-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1214\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09431.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThat\'s the blogger behind <a href=\"http://havesporkwilltravel.blogspot.com/\">Have Spork, Will Travel</a> and her husband.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1215\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0946/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1215\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0946.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThat\'s Sindy of <a href=\"http://sindyintulsa.blogspot.com/\">Sindy in Tulsa</a>. She has freckles and a sexy German accent.\n\nIt\'s easy to be jealous of both. At least, it is for me.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1216\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0937/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1216\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0937-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAnd we all know who these guys are, right?\n\nThe men who need no introduction. At least, that\'s what the people at the grocery store and the farmers\' market and the bank and the other places we\'re spotted tell us.\n\nThis is what I like about being the one behind the camera.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1217\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0948-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1217\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09481-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThe first show of the evening was this sunset, which threatened to set the sky ablaze all Mell Gibson-style.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1219\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0962/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1219\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0962-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1220\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0991/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0991.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1222\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0954/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1222\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0954-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1221\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0950-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1221\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09501-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAfter we roasted for a bit and became a couple of <em>those</em> parents (you know the ones - the ones who let their kids play with iPhones when they\'re out at dinner, a behavior I\'d normally find appalling if my face wasn\'t melting off my head), we could finally see the planets as took their positions.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1223\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0996-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1223\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09961.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nCan you see it?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1224\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0993-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1224\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09931.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nOn the bottom there is, surprise, our moon. The bright object above and to the left of that is Venus. Not visible in this photo because I\'m still learning my camera and because of the blanket of humidity that hangs over Oklahoma like a wet, hazy blanket at this time of year are Saturn and Mars. We saw them, though.\n\nAnd it ruled.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1225\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_1005/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1225\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_1005.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSee? You can tell by the looks on these faces.\n\nAfter a few bites of strawberry cheesecake (which was out-of-this-world good, if you can forgive the pun) and a glass of the house wine, <a href=\"http://www.tulsawine.com/itr.php\">a Sauvignon Blanc blended under the purview of Chris Girouard of Girouard Vines here in Tulsa</a>, we headed to my mom\'s house, west of the light pollution of the city, to check out the Perseid meteor shower.\n\nWhich you know, if you saw any part of it, also ruled.\n\nNext time you\'re wracking your brain for a perching place to see a killer sunset, a gentle rain, as much blue Oklahoma sky as possible or downtown glittering in the darkness, make sure In the Raw on the Hill is on your list of spots to consider.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nYou won\'t be sorry.\n\n<strong>In the Raw on the Hill</strong>\nWhere: 6151 S. Sheridan Road\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm; Monday-Thursday, 5-10pm; Friday and Saturday, 5-11pm\nCall: (918) 524-0063\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">intherawsushi.com</a>','In the Raw on the Hill: A Top View of Tulsa','A question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views.','inherit','open','open','','1204-autosave','','','2010-08-14 18:15:29','2010-08-14 23:15:29','',1204,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1204-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1229,1,'2010-08-14 18:10:25','2010-08-14 23:10:25','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views. A few spots immediately spring to mind.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from <a href=\"http://www.parks.tulsacounty.org/Chandler.aspx\">Chandler Park</a>;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1207\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1207\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas River from <a href=\"http://www.summittulsa.com/\">The Summit restaurant</a>, on the top floor of the Bank of America building at 6th and Main;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas from the roof and from the Crystal Ballroom of <a href=\"http://www.themayohotel.com/\">The Mayo Hotel</a>;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Osage Hills from the 15th floor of <a href=\"http://www.midcontinenttower.com/\">the MidContinent Tower</a> (thanks for that, <a href=\"http://www.rexpr.com/\">friends at Rex PR</a>);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of <a href=\"http://www.tulsadrillers.com/\">ONEOK Field</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a> from my dad\'s office on the 50th floor of the BOK Tower (thanks to you, too, Dad);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the Osage Hills;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0676/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the roof of <a href=\"http://www.uticaplace.com/\">Utica Place</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1206\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/skylinebysarah/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1206\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/skylinebysarah.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m sure you have your favorite spots to visit when you\'re looking for a view, too (and if you\'re not secretive about it, be sure to leave it in the comments).\r\n\r\nBut until recently, I\'ve been neglecting a most choice view of Tulsa\'s famous skyline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s the patio of <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">In the Raw on the Hill</a>, at 61st Street and Sheridan Road.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1210\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0982-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1210\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09821.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nConfession time: I\'d never visited In the Raw on the Hill until my friend and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=erin+sees+tulsa\">TDT columnist Erin Conrad</a> invited me.\r\n\r\nShe\'s the reason I\'m not calling it In the Raw South, by the way. Because she\'d give me a knuckle sandwich if I called it In the Raw South. It\'s In the Raw on the Hill, okay? Okay.\r\n\r\nBecause Erin Conrad said so. And what Erin says, goes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1211\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0990/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1211\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0990.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m not a fan of giving negative restaurant reviews, at least as long as nothing seriously wrong is going down. So, in the spirit of what I just wrote, In the Raw isn\'t my favorite sushi place. While it\'s not usually my style, given <a href=\"http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/\">the astronomic events that took place Thursday night</a> and our family\'s rabid interest in all things celestial, I was willing to pay for atmosphere, experience and this incredible view to which Erin introduced me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1212\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1212\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce I told my family that we\'d be able to see the alignment-of-the-moon-and-three-planets-that-will-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye portion of the evening from the patio, our reservations practically booked themselves.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1213\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0942/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1213\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0942-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few of our friends decided to come along.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1214\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0943-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1214\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09431.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s the blogger behind <a href=\"http://havesporkwilltravel.blogspot.com/\">Have Spork, Will Travel</a> and her husband.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1215\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0946/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1215\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0946.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s Sindy of <a href=\"http://sindyintulsa.blogspot.com/\">Sindy in Tulsa</a>. She has freckles and a sexy German accent.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be jealous of both. At least, it is for me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1216\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0937/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1216\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0937-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd we all know who these guys are, right?\r\n\r\nThe men who need no introduction. At least, that\'s what the people at the grocery store and the farmers\' market and the bank and the other places we\'re spotted tell us.\r\n\r\nThis is what I like about being the one behind the camera.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1217\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0948-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1217\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09481-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe first show of the evening was this sunset, which threatened to set the sky ablaze all Mell Gibson-style.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1219\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0962/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1219\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0962-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1220\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0991/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0991.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1222\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0954/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1222\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0954-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1221\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0950-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1221\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09501-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter we roasted for a bit and became a couple of <em>those</em> parents (you know the ones - the ones who let their kids play with iPhones when they\'re out at dinner, a behavior I\'d normally find appalling if my face wasn\'t melting off my head), we could finally see the planets as took their positions.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1223\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0996-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1223\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09961.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCan you see it?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1224\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0993-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1224\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09931.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOn the bottom there is, surprise, our moon. The bright object above and to the left of that is Venus. Not visible in this photo because I\'m still learning my camera and because of the blanket of humidity that hangs over Oklahoma like a wet, hazy blanket at this time of year are Saturn and Mars. We saw them, though.\r\n\r\nAnd it ruled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1225\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_1005/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1225\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_1005.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? You can tell by the looks on these faces.\r\n\r\nAfter a few bites of strawberry cheesecake (which was out-of-this-world good, if you can forgive the pun) and a glass of the house wine, <a href=\"http://www.tulsawine.com/itr.php\">a Sauvignon Blanc blended under the purview of Chris Girouard of Girouard Vines here in Tulsa</a>, we headed to my mom\'s house, west of the light pollution of the city, to check out the Perseid meteor shower.\r\n\r\nWhich you know, if you saw any part of it, also ruled.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re wracking your brain for a perching place to see a killer sunset, a gentle rain, as much blue Oklahoma sky as possible or downtown glittering in the darkness, make sure In the Raw on the Hill is on your list of spots to consider.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou won\'t be sorry.\r\n\r\n<strong>In the Raw on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhere: 6151 S. Sheridan Road\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm; Monday-Thursday, 5-10pm; Friday and Saturday, 5-11pm\r\nCall: (918) 524-0063\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">intherawsushi.com</a>','In the Raw on the Hill: A Top View of Tulsa','A question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views.','inherit','open','open','','1204-revision-3','','','2010-08-14 18:10:25','2010-08-14 23:10:25','',1204,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1204-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1231,1,'2010-08-14 18:17:27','2010-08-14 23:17:27','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views. A few spots immediately spring to mind.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from <a href=\"http://www.parks.tulsacounty.org/Chandler.aspx\">Chandler Park</a>;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1207\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1207\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas River from <a href=\"http://www.summittulsa.com/\">The Summit restaurant</a>, on the top floor of the Bank of America building at 6th and Main;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas from the roof and from the Crystal Ballroom of <a href=\"http://www.themayohotel.com/\">The Mayo Hotel</a>;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Osage Hills from the 15th floor of <a href=\"http://www.midcontinenttower.com/\">the MidContinent Tower</a> (thanks for that, <a href=\"http://www.rexpr.com/\">friends at Rex PR</a>);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of <a href=\"http://www.tulsadrillers.com/\">ONEOK Field</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a> from my dad\'s office on the 50th floor of the BOK Tower (thanks to you, too, Dad);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the Osage Hills;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0676/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the roof of <a href=\"http://www.uticaplace.com/\">Utica Place</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1206\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/skylinebysarah/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1206\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/skylinebysarah.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m sure you have your favorite spots to visit when you\'re looking for a view, too (and if you\'re not secretive about it, be sure to leave it in the comments).\r\n\r\nBut until recently, I\'ve been neglecting a most choice view of Tulsa\'s famous skyline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s the patio of <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">In the Raw on the Hill</a>, at 61st Street and Sheridan Road.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1210\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0982-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1210\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09821.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nConfession time: I\'d never visited In the Raw on the Hill until my friend and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=erin+sees+tulsa\">TDT columnist Erin Conrad</a> invited me.\r\n\r\nShe\'s the reason I\'m not calling it In the Raw South, by the way. Because she\'d give me a knuckle sandwich if I called it In the Raw South. It\'s In the Raw on the Hill, okay? Okay.\r\n\r\nBecause Erin Conrad said so. And what Erin says, goes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1211\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0990/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1211\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0990.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI have to say, In the Raw isn\'t my favorite sushi place. But, given <a href=\"http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/\">the astronomic events that took place Thursday night</a> and our family\'s rabid interest in all things celestial, I was willing to pay for atmosphere and experience in exchange for this incredible view to which Erin had introduced me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1212\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1212\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce I told my family that we\'d be able to see the alignment-of-the-moon-and-three-planets-that-will-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye portion of the evening from the patio, our reservations practically booked themselves.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1213\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0942/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1213\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0942-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few of our friends decided to come along.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1214\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0943-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1214\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09431.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s the blogger behind <a href=\"http://havesporkwilltravel.blogspot.com/\">Have Spork, Will Travel</a> and her husband.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1215\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0946/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1215\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0946.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s Sindy of <a href=\"http://sindyintulsa.blogspot.com/\">Sindy in Tulsa</a>. She has freckles and a sexy German accent.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be jealous of both. At least, it is for me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1216\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0937/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1216\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0937-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd we all know who these guys are, right?\r\n\r\nThe men who need no introduction. At least, that\'s what the people at the grocery store and the farmers\' market and the bank and the other places we\'re spotted tell us.\r\n\r\nThis is what I like about being the one behind the camera.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1217\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0948-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1217\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09481-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe first show of the evening was this sunset, which threatened to set the sky ablaze all Mell Gibson-style.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1219\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0962/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1219\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0962-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1220\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0991/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0991.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1222\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0954/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1222\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0954-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1221\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0950-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1221\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09501-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter we roasted for a bit and became a couple of <em>those</em> parents (you know the ones - the ones who let their kids play with iPhones when they\'re out at dinner, a behavior I\'d normally find appalling if my face wasn\'t melting off my head), we could finally see the planets as took their positions.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1223\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0996-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1223\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09961.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCan you see it?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1224\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0993-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1224\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09931.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOn the bottom there is, surprise, our moon. The bright object above and to the left of that is Venus. Not visible in this photo because I\'m still learning my camera and because of the blanket of humidity that hangs over Oklahoma like a wet, hazy blanket at this time of year are Saturn and Mars. We saw them, though.\r\n\r\nAnd it ruled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1225\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_1005/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1225\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_1005.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? You can tell by the looks on these faces.\r\n\r\nAfter a few bites of strawberry cheesecake (which was out-of-this-world good, if you can forgive the pun) and a glass of the house wine, <a href=\"http://www.tulsawine.com/itr.php\">a Sauvignon Blanc blended under the purview of Chris Girouard of Girouard Vines here in Tulsa</a>, we headed to my mom\'s house, west of the light pollution of the city, to check out the Perseid meteor shower.\r\n\r\nWhich you know, if you saw any part of it, also ruled.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re wracking your brain for a perching place to see a killer sunset, a gentle rain, as much blue Oklahoma sky as possible or downtown glittering in the darkness, make sure In the Raw on the Hill is on your list of spots to consider.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou won\'t be sorry.\r\n\r\n<strong>In the Raw on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhere: 6151 S. Sheridan Road\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm; Monday-Thursday, 5-10pm; Friday and Saturday, 5-11pm\r\nCall: (918) 524-0063\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">intherawsushi.com</a>','In the Raw on the Hill: A Top View of Tulsa','A question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views.','inherit','open','open','','1204-revision-5','','','2010-08-14 18:17:27','2010-08-14 23:17:27','',1204,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1204-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(1232,1,'2010-08-14 18:19:06','2010-08-14 23:19:06','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views. A few spots immediately spring to mind.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from <a href=\"http://www.parks.tulsacounty.org/Chandler.aspx\">Chandler Park</a>;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1207\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1207\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas River from <a href=\"http://www.summittulsa.com/\">The Summit restaurant</a>, on the top floor of the Bank of America building at 6th and Main;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas from the roof and from the Crystal Ballroom of <a href=\"http://www.themayohotel.com/\">The Mayo Hotel</a>;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Osage Hills from the 15th floor of <a href=\"http://www.midcontinenttower.com/\">the MidContinent Tower</a> (thanks for that, <a href=\"http://www.rexpr.com/\">friends at Rex PR</a>);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of <a href=\"http://www.tulsadrillers.com/\">ONEOK Field</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a> from my dad\'s office on the 50th floor of the BOK Tower (thanks to you, too, Dad);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the Osage Hills;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0676/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the roof of <a href=\"http://www.uticaplace.com/\">Utica Place</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1206\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/skylinebysarah/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1206\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/skylinebysarah.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m sure you have your favorite spots to visit when you\'re looking for a view, too (and if you\'re not secretive about it, be sure to leave it in the comments).\r\n\r\nBut until recently, I\'ve been neglecting a most choice view of Tulsa\'s famous skyline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s the patio of <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">In the Raw on the Hill</a>, at 61st Street and Sheridan Road.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1210\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0982-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1210\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09821.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nConfession time: I\'d never visited In the Raw on the Hill until my friend and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=erin+sees+tulsa\">TDT columnist Erin Conrad</a> invited me.\r\n\r\nShe\'s the reason I\'m not calling it In the Raw South, by the way. Because she\'d give me a knuckle sandwich if I called it In the Raw South. It\'s In the Raw on the Hill, okay? Okay.\r\n\r\nBecause Erin Conrad said so. And what Erin says, goes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1211\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0990/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1211\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0990.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI have to say, In the Raw isn\'t my favorite sushi place. But, given <a href=\"http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/\">the astronomic events that took place Thursday night</a> and our family\'s rabid interest in all things celestial, I was willing to pay for atmosphere and experience in exchange for this incredible view to which Erin had introduced me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1212\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1212\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce I told my family that we\'d be able to see the alignment-of-the-moon-and-three-planets-that-will-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye portion of the evening from the patio, our reservations practically booked themselves.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1213\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0942/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1213\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0942-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few of our friends decided to come along.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1214\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0943-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1214\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09431.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s the blogger behind <a href=\"http://havesporkwilltravel.blogspot.com/\">Have Spork, Will Travel</a> and her husband.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1215\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0946/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1215\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0946.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s Sindy of <a href=\"http://sindyintulsa.blogspot.com/\">Sindy in Tulsa</a>. She has freckles and a sexy German accent.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be jealous of both. At least, it is for me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1216\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0937/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1216\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0937-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd we all know who these guys are, right?\r\n\r\nThe men who need no introduction. At least, that\'s what the people at the grocery store and the farmers\' market and the bank and the other places we\'re spotted tell us.\r\n\r\nThis is what I like about being the one behind the camera.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1217\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0948-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1217\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09481-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe first show of the evening was this sunset, which threatened to set the sky ablaze all Mel Gibson-style.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1219\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0962/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1219\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0962-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1220\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0991/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0991.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1222\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0954/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1222\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0954-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1221\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0950-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1221\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09501-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter we roasted for a bit and became a couple of <em>those</em> parents (you know the ones - the ones who let their kids play with iPhones when they\'re out at dinner, a behavior I\'d normally find appalling if my face wasn\'t melting off my head), we could finally see the planets as took their positions.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1223\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0996-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1223\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09961.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCan you see it?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1224\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0993-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1224\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09931.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOn the bottom there is, surprise, our moon. The bright object above and to the left of that is Venus. Not visible in this photo because I\'m still learning my camera and because of the blanket of humidity that hangs over Oklahoma like a wet, hazy blanket at this time of year are Saturn and Mars. We saw them, though.\r\n\r\nAnd it ruled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1225\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_1005/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1225\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_1005.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? You can tell by the looks on these faces.\r\n\r\nAfter a few bites of strawberry cheesecake (which was out-of-this-world good, if you can forgive the pun) and a glass of the house wine, <a href=\"http://www.tulsawine.com/itr.php\">a Sauvignon Blanc blended under the purview of Chris Girouard of Girouard Vines here in Tulsa</a>, we headed to my mom\'s house, west of the light pollution of the city, to check out the Perseid meteor shower.\r\n\r\nWhich you know, if you saw any part of it, also ruled.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re wracking your brain for a perching place to see a killer sunset, a gentle rain, as much blue Oklahoma sky as possible or downtown glittering in the darkness, make sure In the Raw on the Hill is on your list of spots to consider.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou won\'t be sorry.\r\n\r\n<strong>In the Raw on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhere: 6151 S. Sheridan Road\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm; Monday-Thursday, 5-10pm; Friday and Saturday, 5-11pm\r\nCall: (918) 524-0063\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">intherawsushi.com</a>','In the Raw on the Hill: A Top View of Tulsa','A question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views.','inherit','open','open','','1204-revision-6','','','2010-08-14 18:19:06','2010-08-14 23:19:06','',1204,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1204-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1233,1,'2011-05-03 10:49:41','2011-05-03 16:49:41','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Brunch at White Owl by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4584014199/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4584014199_77799bea50_o.jpg\" alt=\"Brunch at White Owl\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a></div>\nA work week ahead, a work week behind and a late morning with nothing on the agenda. There\'s only one thing to do: Grab your buds and catch one of these top Tulsa brunches.\n\n<!--more-->\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Brunch at White Owl by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4584014199/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4584014199_2c9e7374aa.jpg\" alt=\"Brunch at White Owl\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\n<strong>Brady Tavern</strong>\nWhere: 201 N. Main Street\nCall: (918) 949-9801\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/\">BradyTavern.com</a>\nMore: \n\n<strong>White Owl</strong>\nWhere: 1325 E. 15th Street\nCall: (918) 933-5050\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.whiteowloncherry.com/\">whiteowloncherry.com</a>\nMore: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/brunch/white-owl-tulsa-ok-pub\">A review of the brunch at White Owl on Tulsa Food Blog</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1453880/restaurant/Cherry-Street/White-Owl-Tulsa\">White Owl on Urbanspoon</a>\n\n<strong>Palace Cafe</strong>\nWhere: 1301 E. 15th Street\nCall: (918) 582-4321\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.palacetulsa.com/\">palacetulsa.com</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/631038/restaurant/Cherry-Street/Palace-Cafe-Tulsa\">Palace Cafe on Urbanspoon</a>\nThe Tulsa Food Blog on brunch at Palace Cafe (among other places)\n\n<strong>Lucky\'s</strong>\nWhere: 1536 E. 15th Street\nCall: (918) 592-5825\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.luckysrestauranttulsa.com/\">luckysrestauranttulsa.com</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/luckys-cherry-street/\">Lucky\'s: Brunch That\'s Down-home Chic</a> on TDT\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630853/restaurant/Cherry-Street/Luckys-Restaurant-Tulsa\">Lucky\'s on Urbanspoon</a>\n\n<strong>The Chalkboard</strong>\nWhere: 1324 S. Main Street\nCall: (918) 582-1964\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thechalkboard-tulsa.com/\">thechalboard-tulsa.com</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630269/restaurant/Downtown/Chalkboard-Catering-Tulsa\">The Chalkboard (a Tulsa tradition, by the way) on Urbanspoon</a>\n\n<strong>Blue Moon Cafe and Bakery</strong>\nWhere: 3512 S. Peoria Ave.\nCall: (918) 749-7800\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.bluemoonbakerycafe.com/\">bluemoonbakerycafe.com</a>\n<a href=\"http://http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/\">Blue Moon Cafe: From the Breakfast Files</a> on TDT\nMore: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/lunch/blue-moon-bakery-cafe-tulsa\">The Tulsa Food Blog on Blue Moon Bakery</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630146/restaurant/Brookside/Blue-Moon-Bakery-Cafe-Tulsa\">Blue Moon Bakery on Urbanspoon</a>\n\n<strong>The Brasserie</strong>\nWhere: 3509 S. Peoria Ave.\nCall: (918) 779-7070\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thebrasserietulsa.com/\">thebrasserietulsa.com</a>\nMore: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/best-patios-in-tulsa-tdt-friday-advice.html\">The Brasserie in the TDT post on the best patios in Tulsa</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630164/restaurant/Brookside/Brasserie-Tulsa\">The Brasserie on Urbanspoon.com</a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1234\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/brunch-in-tulsa/dsc_0610/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1234\" title=\"La Villa at Philbrook Museum of Art\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DSC_0610-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"La Villa at Philbrook Museum of Art\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a><strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>La Villa at Philbrook</strong>\nWhere: Inside Philbrook Museum, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\nCall: (918) 748-5367\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">philbrook.org</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/power-lunch-la-villa-at-philbrook/\">Power Lunch: La Villa at Philbrook</a> in Tulsa Business Journal/TDT\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/brunch/brunch-tulsa-restaurants\">The Tulsa Food Blog on brunch at La Villa (among other places)</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/brunch/brunch-tulsa-restaurants\"> </a>\n\n&nbsp;\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Local Table by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3321709696/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3321709696_90aa36ef20.jpg\" alt=\"The Local Table\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n<strong>The Local Table</strong>\nWhere: 4329 E. Peoria Ave.\nCall: (918) 794-8013\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-OK/The-Local-Table/52591123818\">The Local Table on Facebook</a>\nMore: The Local Table offers a daily three-course menu for $20 - a pittance, if you ask me.\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630823/restaurant/Brookside/Local-Table-Tulsa\">The Local Table on Urbanspoon</a>\n\n<strong>The Melting Pot</strong>\nWhere: 300 RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks\nCall: (918) 299-8000\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.meltingpot.com/\">TheMeltingPot.com</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630934/restaurant/Tulsa/Southern-Hills/Melting-Pot-Jenks\">The Melting Pot on Urbanspoon</a>\n\n<strong>The Bistro at Seville</strong>\nWhere: 101st and Yale\nCall: (918) 296-3000\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsabistro.com/\">tulsabistro.com</a>\nMore: <a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630139/restaurant/Woodland-Hills-71st-Street-Corridor/Bistro-at-Seville-Tulsa\">The Bistro on Urbanspoon</a>\n\n<strong>Stone Bluff Cellars</strong>\nWhere: 24145 E. 191st St. South in Haskell\nCall: (918) 482-5655\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.stonebluffcellars.com/\">stonebluffcellars.com</a>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454637139/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4454637139_f374f17770.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n<strong>The Canebrake</strong>\nWhere: 33241 E. 732nd Road in Wagoner\nCall: (918) 485-1810\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thecanebrake.com/\">thecanebrake.com</a>\nMore: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/03/canebrake-plus-win-some-brunch.html\">About The Canebrake on TDT</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/03/canebrake-plus-win-some-brunch.html\"><em>Note: This post has been updated from the original version, published May 6, 2010. </em>\n\n</a>','Brunch in Tulsa','A work week ahead, a work week behind and a late morning with nothing on the agenda. There\'s only one thing to do: Grab your buds and catch one of these top Tulsa brunches.','inherit','open','open','','589-autosave','','','2011-05-03 10:49:41','2011-05-03 16:49:41','',589,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/589-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4637,1,'2010-08-15 21:48:54','2010-08-16 02:48:54','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Brunch at White Owl by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4584014199/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4584014199_77799bea50_o.jpg\" alt=\"Brunch at White Owl\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a></div>\r\nA work week ahead, a work week behind and a late morning with nothing on the agenda. There\'s only one thing to do: Grab your buds and catch one of these top Tulsa brunches.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Brunch at White Owl by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4584014199/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4584014199_2c9e7374aa.jpg\" alt=\"Brunch at White Owl\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>White Owl</strong>\r\nWhere: 1325 E. 15th Street\r\nCall: (918) 933-5050\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.whiteowloncherry.com/\">whiteowloncherry.com</a>\r\nMore: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/brunch/white-owl-tulsa-ok-pub\">A review of the brunch at White Owl on Tulsa Food Blog</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1453880/restaurant/Cherry-Street/White-Owl-Tulsa\">White Owl on Urbanspoon</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Palace Cafe</strong>\r\nWhere: 1301 E. 15th Street\r\nCall: (918) 582-4321\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.palacetulsa.com/\">palacetulsa.com</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/631038/restaurant/Cherry-Street/Palace-Cafe-Tulsa\">Palace Cafe on Urbanspoon</a>\r\nThe kids at Tulsa Food Blog on brunch at Palace Cafe (among other places)\r\n\r\n<strong>Lucky\'s</strong>\r\nWhere: 1536 E. 15th Street\r\nCall: (918) 592-5825\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.luckysrestauranttulsa.com/\">luckysrestauranttulsa.com</a>\r\nMore: My review in Tulsa Business Journal of Lucky\'s\r\nThe Tulsa Food Blog kids on Lucky\'s\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630853/restaurant/Cherry-Street/Luckys-Restaurant-Tulsa\">Lucky\'s on Urbanspoon</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>The Chalkboard</strong>\r\nWhere: 1324 S. Main Street\r\nCall: (918) 582-1964\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thechalkboard-tulsa.com/\">thechalboard-tulsa.com</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630269/restaurant/Downtown/Chalkboard-Catering-Tulsa\">The Chalkboard (a Tulsa tradition, by the way) on Urbanspoon</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Blue Moon Bakery</strong>\r\nWhere: 3512 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 749-7800\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.bluemoonbakerycafe.com/\">bluemoonbakerycafe.com</a>\r\nMore: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/lunch/blue-moon-bakery-cafe-tulsa\">The kids at Tulsa Food Blog on Blue Moon Bakery</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630146/restaurant/Brookside/Blue-Moon-Bakery-Cafe-Tulsa\">Blue Moon Bakery on Urbanspoon</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>The Brasserie</strong>\r\nWhere: 3509 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 779-7070\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thebrasserietulsa.com/\">thebrasserietulsa.com</a>\r\nMore: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/best-patios-in-tulsa-tdt-friday-advice.html\">The Brasserie in my post about the best patios in Tulsa</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630164/restaurant/Brookside/Brasserie-Tulsa\">The Brasserie on Urbanspoon.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1234\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/mothers-day-brunch-in-tulsa/dsc_0610/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1234\" title=\"La Villa at Philbrook Museum of Art\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DSC_0610-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"La Villa at Philbrook Museum of Art\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>La Villa at Philbrook</strong>\r\nWhere: Inside Philbrook Museum, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 748-5367\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">philbrook.org</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/brunch/brunch-tulsa-restaurants\">The kids at Tulsa Food Blog on brunch at La Villa (among other places)</a>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Local Table by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3321709696/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3321709696_90aa36ef20.jpg\" alt=\"The Local Table\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>The Local Table</strong>\r\nWhere: 4329 E. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 794-8013\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-OK/The-Local-Table/52591123818\">The Local Table on Facebook</a>\r\nMore: The Local Table offers a daily three-course menu for $20 - a pittance, if you ask me.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630823/restaurant/Brookside/Local-Table-Tulsa\">The Local Table on Urbanspoon</a>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"FireRock Grill &amp; Bar by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4584028339/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4584028339_c470d10d10.jpg\" alt=\"FireRock Grill &amp; Bar\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Fire Rock Grill</strong>\r\nWhere: 7020 S. Memorial Drive\r\nCall: (918) 252-0422\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.firerockrestaurant.com/\">firerockrestaurant.com</a>\r\nMore: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/brunch/fire-rock-grill-bar-sunday-brunch\">The kids at Tulsa Food Blog on Sunday Brunch at Fire Rock Grill</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1478028/restaurant/Woodland-Hills-71st-Street-Corridor/Fire-Rock-Grill-Bar-Tulsa\">Fire Rock Grill on Urbanspoon</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>The Melting Pot</strong>\r\nWhere: 300 RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks\r\nCall: (918) 299-8000\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.meltingpot.com/\">meltingpot.com</a>\r\nMore: The Melting Pot will offer a four-course, set menu at $40 for adults and $20 for children ages 7-12, plus tax and gratuity. Kids 6 and under eat free. Check out Loaded Baked Potato Cheddar Cheese Fondue, Strawberry Almond Salad (optional for kids), an entrée selection of shrimp, chicken, pork, teriyaki sirloin and two kinds of pasta, and Chocolate Cream Pie Fondue for dessert. Drink specials include $8 “Mom-osas.” All Mother’s Day guests will receive a complimentary family photo to commemorate the day. For an additional cost, The Melting Pot can surprise Mom with a spring mix of flowers in a delicate bud vase or a photo album with “mom-friendly” coupons.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630934/restaurant/Tulsa/Southern-Hills/Melting-Pot-Jenks\">The Melting Pot on Urbanspoon</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>The Bistro at Seville</strong>\r\nWhere: 101st and Yale\r\nCall: (918) 296-3000\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsabistro.com/\">tulsabistro.com</a>\r\nMore: <a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630139/restaurant/Woodland-Hills-71st-Street-Corridor/Bistro-at-Seville-Tulsa\">The Bistro on Urbanspoon</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Stone Bluff Cellars</strong>\r\nWhere: 24145 E. 191st St. South in Haskell\r\nCall: (918) 482-5655\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.stonebluffcellars.com/\">stonebluffcellars.com</a>\r\nMore: Get hand-carved prime rib, herb-crusted pork loin, made-to-order eggs, omelets and Pancakes, coffeecakes, danishes, muffins and more at two different brunch services. Choose between 11am, noon and 2pm. Cost is $20 for adults, $10 for kids 12 and under. RSVP (soon!) to Stone Bluff at (918) 482-5655. If you\'d prefer a Mother\'s Day dinner, Stone Bluff offers seatings at 5pm and 6:30pm. Call for details.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454637139/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4454637139_f374f17770.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>The Canebrake</strong>\r\nWhere: 33241 E. 732nd Road in Wagoner\r\nCall: (918) 485-1810\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thecanebrake.com/\">thecanebrake.com</a>\r\nMore: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/03/canebrake-plus-win-some-brunch.html\">My post all about The Canebrake, including what you can expect from a meal there.</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Note: This post was updated from the original version, published May 6, 2010. </em>','Brunch in Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','589-revision-3','','','2010-08-15 21:48:54','2010-08-16 02:48:54','',589,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/589-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1235,1,'2010-05-06 17:32:00','2010-05-06 17:32:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4584014199/\" title=\"Brunch at White Owl by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Brunch at White Owl\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4584014199_77799bea50_o.jpg\" width=\"425\" /></a></div><br />So, you still haven\'t figured out where to take Mom for Mother\'s Day brunch this year, huh? That\'s okay. I have a few suggestions on to where you and your sibs should whisk her away. The flowers and <a href=\"http://daveshort.tumblr.com/post/573852230/daves-spring-gift-guide\">thoughtful gifts</a>, though, all that\'s on you.<br /><br /><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"></span><br /><a name=\'more\'></a><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4584014199/\" title=\"Brunch at White Owl by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Brunch at White Owl\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4584014199_2c9e7374aa.jpg\" width=\"332\" /></a></div><b><br /></b><br /><b>White Owl</b><br />Where: 1325 E. 15th Street<br />Call: (918) 933-5050<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.whiteowloncherry.com/\">whiteowloncherry.com</a><br />More: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/brunch/white-owl-tulsa-ok-pub\">A review of the brunch at White Owl on Tulsa Food Blog</a> <br /><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1453880/restaurant/Cherry-Street/White-Owl-Tulsa\">White Owl on Urbanspoon</a><br /><br /><b>Palace Cafe</b><br />Where: 1301 E. 15th Street<br />Call: (918) 582-4321<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.palacetulsa.com/\">palacetulsa.com</a><br /><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/631038/restaurant/Cherry-Street/Palace-Cafe-Tulsa\">Palace Cafe on Urbanspoon</a><br />The kids at Tulsa Food Blog on brunch at Palace Cafe (among other places)<br /><br /><b>Lucky\'s</b><br />Where: 1536 E. 15th Street<br />Call: (918) 592-5825<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.luckysrestauranttulsa.com/\">luckysrestauranttulsa.com</a><br />More: My review in Tulsa Business Journal of Lucky\'s<br />The Tulsa Food Blog kids on Lucky\'s<br /><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630853/restaurant/Cherry-Street/Luckys-Restaurant-Tulsa\">Lucky\'s on Urbanspoon</a><br /><br /><b>The Chalkboard</b><br />Where: 1324 S. Main Street<br />Call: (918) 582-1964<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.thechalkboard-tulsa.com/\">thechalboard-tulsa.com</a><br /><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630269/restaurant/Downtown/Chalkboard-Catering-Tulsa\">The Chalkboard (a Tulsa tradition, by the way) on Urbanspoon</a><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4170843724/\" title=\"Caramel on Brookside by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Caramel on Brookside\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2580/4170843724_0a4c0360c7.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br /><b>Caramel Cafe and Bakery</b><br />Where: 3410 S. Peoria Ave. <br />Call: (918) 938-7977<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.carameldessert.com/\">carameldessert.com</a><br /><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/food-photography-miseducation.html\">My post about food photography that just so happens to center on some of the delish food at Caramel<br /></a><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1500722/restaurant/Brookside/Caramel-Bakery-Dessert-Bar-Tulsa\">Caramel Cafe and Bakery on Urbanspoon</a><br /><br /><b>Blue Moon Bakery</b><br />Where: 3512 S. Peoria Ave. <br />Call: (918) 749-7800<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.bluemoonbakerycafe.com/\">bluemoonbakerycafe.com</a><br />More: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/lunch/blue-moon-bakery-cafe-tulsa\">The kids at Tulsa Food Blog on Blue Moon Bakery</a><br /><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630146/restaurant/Brookside/Blue-Moon-Bakery-Cafe-Tulsa\">Blue Moon Bakery on Urbanspoon</a><br /><br /><b>The Brasserie</b><br />Where: 3509 S. Peoria Ave. <br />Call: (918) 779-7070<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.thebrasserietulsa.com/\">thebrasserietulsa.com</a><br />More: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/best-patios-in-tulsa-tdt-friday-advice.html\">The Brasserie in my post about the best patios in Tulsa</a><br /><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630164/restaurant/Brookside/Brasserie-Tulsa\">The Brasserie on Urbanspoon.com</a><br /><br /><b>La Villa at Philbrook</b><br />Where: Inside Philbrook Museum, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.<br />Call: (918) 748-5367<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">philbrook.org</a><br /><a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/brunch/brunch-tulsa-restaurants\">The kids at Tulsa Food Blog on brunch at La Villa (among other places)</a><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3321709696/\" title=\"The Local Table by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Local Table\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3321709696_90aa36ef20.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br /><b>The Local Table</b><br />Where: 4329 E. Peoria Ave. <br />Call: (918) 794-8013<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-OK/The-Local-Table/52591123818\">The Local Table on Facebook</a><br />More: The Local Table offers a daily three-course menu for $20 - a pittance, if you ask me. <br /><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630823/restaurant/Brookside/Local-Table-Tulsa\">The Local Table on Urbanspoon</a><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4584028339/\" title=\"FireRock Grill &amp; Bar by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"FireRock Grill &amp; Bar\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4584028339_c470d10d10.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><b>Fire Rock Grill</b><br />Where: 7020 S. Memorial Drive<br />Call: (918) 252-0422<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.firerockrestaurant.com/\">firerockrestaurant.com</a><br />More: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/brunch/fire-rock-grill-bar-sunday-brunch\">The kids at Tulsa Food Blog on Sunday Brunch at Fire Rock Grill</a><br /><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1478028/restaurant/Woodland-Hills-71st-Street-Corridor/Fire-Rock-Grill-Bar-Tulsa\">Fire Rock Grill on Urbanspoon</a><br /><br /><b>The Melting Pot</b><br />Where: 300 RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks <br />Call: (918) 299-8000<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.meltingpot.com/\">meltingpot.com</a><br />More: The Melting Pot will offer a four-course, set menu at $40 for adults and $20 for children ages 7-12, plus tax and gratuity. Kids 6 and under eat free. Check out Loaded Baked Potato Cheddar Cheese Fondue, Strawberry Almond Salad (optional for kids), an entrée selection of shrimp, chicken, pork, teriyaki sirloin and two kinds of pasta, and Chocolate Cream Pie Fondue for dessert. Drink specials include $8 “Mom-osas.” All Mother’s Day guests will receive a complimentary family photo to commemorate the day. For an additional cost, The Melting Pot can surprise Mom with a spring mix of flowers in a delicate bud vase or a photo album with “mom-friendly” coupons. <br /><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630934/restaurant/Tulsa/Southern-Hills/Melting-Pot-Jenks\">The Melting Pot on Urbanspoon</a><br /><br /><b>The Bistro at Seville</b><br />Where: 101st and Yale<br />Call: (918) 296-3000<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.tulsabistro.com/\">tulsabistro.com</a><br />More: <a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630139/restaurant/Woodland-Hills-71st-Street-Corridor/Bistro-at-Seville-Tulsa\">The Bistro on Urbanspoon</a><br /><br /><b>Stone Bluff Cellars</b><br />Where: 24145 E. 191st St. South in Haskell<br />Call: (918) 482-5655<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.stonebluffcellars.com/\">stonebluffcellars.com</a><br />More: Get hand-carved prime rib, herb-crusted pork loin, made-to-order eggs, omelets and Pancakes, coffeecakes, danishes, muffins and more at two different brunch services. Choose between 11am, noon and 2pm. Cost is $20 for adults, $10 for kids 12 and under. RSVP (soon!) to Stone Bluff at (918) 482-5655. If you\'d prefer a Mother\'s Day dinner, Stone Bluff offers seatings at 5pm and 6:30pm. Call for details. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454637139/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4454637139_f374f17770.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br /><b>The Canebrake</b><br />Where: 33241 E. 732nd Road in Wagoner<br />Call: (918) 485-1810<br />Web: <a href=\"http://www.thecanebrake.com/\">thecanebrake.com</a><br />More: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/03/canebrake-plus-win-some-brunch.html\">My post all about The Canebrake, including what you can expect from a meal there.</a>','Mother\'s Day Brunch in Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','589-revision','','','2010-05-06 17:32:00','2010-05-06 17:32:00','',589,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/589-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1234,1,'2010-08-15 21:47:13','2010-08-16 02:47:13','','La Villa at Philbrook Museum of Art','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0610','','','2010-08-15 21:47:13','2010-08-16 02:47:13','',589,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DSC_0610.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1238,1,'2010-08-15 21:54:51','2010-08-16 02:54:51','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Me, Downtown by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3958218147/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/3958218147_359906463b.jpg\" alt=\"Me, Downtown\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nThere are quite a few things about this city that the daily and weekend rundown of local events found on this site don\'t quite get at. I mean, a list of stuff to do isn\'t of much use if you have no idea how to get to the events, let alone where the hell you are as you read this.\n\n<a name=\"more\"></a>I\'ve published two lists of ways to get to know your town, including the one that kicked off this zany little blog in the first place. I\'ve updated and combined them for easy reading in this post, and I have a few more to add at the end, too.\n\n<strong>Swear off highways.</strong> Avoiding highways is the best way to see more of your city. Think about it: When you\'re traveling on the highway, you can’t see much of what you’re passing. You\'re traveling at such a high rate of speed. Second, you’re probably not all that interested in what’s passing you by if you’ve chosen to take the highway in the first place. You’re in a hurry, duh. And, that’s the intended purpose of highways: the rapid transport of automobiles. But folks, a lot has been going on in Tulsa as of late. Our town is growing, and with growth comes change. Check out what’s coming to a neighborhood near you simply by driving around – you\'ll immediately feel like a part of the community. Feeling like you’re a part is where the fun begins.\n\n<strong>Pick some form of community service. Next, get moving.</strong> My father impressed upon me that serving the community as a volunteer is very important if I want to continue to enjoy or grow my city. Volunteer work also connects you to vast networks of people. If you tried volunteer work for just two months in Tulsa, your first comment when you report back to me would be, “Tulsa is such a small town – everyone knows everyone!” It’s true. And, you don\'t have to volunteer for a million different organizations. You don\'t have to sign onto a board where you\'re expected to contribute a quarter of your salary, either. Determine your pet cause, find an organization that offers that service and go. You\'ll be amazed at the people you\'ll meet and the places you\'ll see.\n\n<strong>Read your town\'s free publications; subscribe to (and yes, read) the newspaper; put your town\'s blogs on RSS feed.</strong> \"I don\'t really read.\" Huh? Since you\'re reading this, I know you\'re not one of those people. You fine folks should tell your “friends” to pick up some lit every once in a while – it would make them easier to be around. Argh. Anyway. Tulsa boasts several free and paid publications, including Urban Tulsa Weekly, Tulsa World, Oklahoma Magazine, Tulsa People and Tulsa Business Journal. And much more. These are the ones I lug to the coffee shops, and they\'re what I would call tolerable reading. And don\'t forget to read Tulsa- and Oklahoma-based blogs. <a href=\"http://oklahomablogawards.blogspot.com/\">Check out this year\'s Oklahoma Blog Awards to see the best of the best</a>. Local blogs are great because most of them are free to cover local news without the advertising-dollar hang-ups. Point being, reading is the best way to gain information about your town without having to actually cover and report what happens. If you\'re not willing to read, you\'re not allowed to complain about how bored you are in Tulsa.\n\n<strong>Young professionals of Tulsa, join a relevant professional organization. Then, go to the meetings.</strong> Tulsa\'s local young professionals are all fired-up. They’re well-connected, and they know the newest, cool things to do in Tulsa. Know why? Because they\'re the ones at the helm of those cool, happening things. Most times, they\'re the ones making these cool, happening things cool and happening in the first place. If there is a professional organization in town specifically for those of your profession, pay the dues and join. Not only will your membership benefit your career, but the fun you have in this city is directly related to the size of your network of people who know the places to see and be seen. You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again: Size matters.\n\n<strong>Send yourself on a hunt for the best _______ in Tulsa.</strong> For years I’ve been hunting for Tulsa\'s ultimate chile relleno. Considering the number of Mexican restaurants there probably are in Tulsa, I’d say my search has just begun. What are you passionate about? Old books, vintage records, clothes, cheeseburgers? Start looking for Tulsa\'s best whatever-that-is. Not only will your search make great date fodder, but it will also add to your life a distinct sense of place.\n\n<strong>Gird your loins before watching the evening news.</strong> Not that I have anything against the news stations here in town. Seriously - I see fantastic local stories on every station, and often. It\'s just that, I\'m pretty sure the evening news is tailored to shock and/or scare you out of doing anything, ever. It’s not that they get their thrills from scaring you. If the evening news couldn’t tell you anything shocking or scary about your city, how would you convince advertisers to buy into those broadcasts instead of The Simpson’s and Seinfeld re-runs? Downtown is not a heathen hide-away. Innocent people are not getting shot all over the place every day, and cops aren’t hiding out in the construction zones and neighborhoods just so they can pull you over on camera. Tulsa is a peaceful place. There are lots of fun things to do in safe places. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/what-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend.html\">Consult the weekend rundown</a>. Live a little.\n\n<strong>Try something you\'ve never done before. Keep it local.</strong> My husband and I woke up one Saturday not long after I started this blog and decided to take Tulsa Transit to the downtown library. What a pleasant experience! Neither of us had utilized public transportation in Tulsa before. We were nervous about our trip, but our bus drivers helped us to find our departure and arrival times, and we made it back home alive and all in one piece. Even our fellow passengers were pleasant. As it turned out, the stigma MTTA suffers is for nothing. If Tulsans who insist on driving solo to downtown for work everyday would try the bus just once, I bet hundreds of them would opt for the bus at least every now and then. Perhaps then MTTA could flesh out its bus schedule, which would provide transit users an increased frequency on each route. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Tulsans didn’t have to have to wait 30 minutes for the next bus? In the midwest, use of the public transportation system begets a better, more efficient public transportation system. My husband doesn’t cultivate a beaten path. Trying new stuff is his thing. This approach keeps him very in-the-know and connected to goings-on in Tulsa. He tries new, interesting restaurants; he shops at obscure grocery stores; and, he always has a local adventure in the works. My husband tells me stuff I don\'t know about Tulsa all the time. Take it from me: people like people who teach and tell them things they don\'t know. People don\'t generally like people who are complacent and boring. Don\'t be that guy.\n\n<strong>Talk to people in line at the grocery store.</strong> As my stepmother can attest, my dad reads Cosmopolitan magazine to people in line at the grocery store. This approach works really well for him – sometimes I could swear my dad knows everyone. I can’t go anywhere with him without bumping into someone he knows. Dad is the other person who tells me stuff I don\'t know about Tulsa all the time. He\'s also the only other person besides the people I\'ve worked with at the local papers and magazines who can connect me to just about anybody in town. If he doesn\'t know someone, he knows someone who knows them. I\'m pretty sure this is thanks to a) his extensive volunteer work, and b) talking freely to people in line at the grocery store.\n\n<strong>Go to church.</strong> Good churches boast community initiatives. Bypass the churches with other priorities, find a good one and get involved. You\'ll get to know local people and places in ways you wouldn\'t otherwise have had the opportunity. I can only guess that it would be tough to be active in church and not meet someone knowledgeable about the community. Even if just that one person could get you plugged into cool stuff to do and cool people to do cool stuff with in Tulsa, imagine the increase in your quality of life. Good churches are movers and shakers in this community. They bring different types of people and their resources together and deploy them into the community for its betterment - and for the glory of God. So, don\'t let sermons and hymns be all you get out of going to church (not that that\'s what was getting you out of bed early on Sunday morning anyway). Use it also as a tool to get to know your community. Helping others in your community and getting to know what there is to do in your city feeds back into the God stuff. I promise.\n\n<strong>Shop local.</strong> If you love hole-in-the-wall restaurants, you\'ll love hole-in-the-wall boutiques. Get started with Dwelling Spaces downtown, my favorite local place to shop. Then head to Cherry Street, Utica Square and Brookside. Don\'t forget Southtown - there\'s plenty of indie shops to plunder on Main Street Broken Arrow, Jenks and Bixby. Don\'t forget about the thrift stores and resale shops in the Tulsa area, too - just be warned that an entire weekend can go by as you\'re doing this without your even realizing it.\n\n<strong>Get on the bike.</strong> <a href=\"http://www.bikeleague.org/media/press/bfc_bfs_press09.pdf\">Tulsa wasn\'t named a bike friendly city by the League of American Bicyclists for nothing</a>. For one, <a href=\"http://www.incog.org/transportation/trails/trailsmap.pdf\">check out our 180-mile trail system</a>. For two, o<a href=\"http://www.tulsawheelmen.com/\">ur bicycling community doesn\'t exactly feel the need to compensate for any shortcomings where size is concerned</a>. For three, Tulsa is home to more indie bike shops per capita than that other major Sooner city. So, not only will you join the extensive club of drivers who\'d rather sport bike racks than spoilers, but you\'ll also have the technical support needed when your bike is busted from traversing Tulsa\'s bike thoroughfares - Brookside, Riverside, Downtown and Avery Drive, just to name a few.\n\n<strong>Take the bus.</strong> Did you know you could ride your bike and the bus at the same time? Well, you can, sorta. Ride to a stop on your bike and when the bus pulls up, load your bike to the front of the bus and hop on (the bus, not the bike - otherwise, you might be in for a windy ride). For as low as $0.65 per day, you can text in transit to your heart\'s content without the worry of rear-ending someone mid-LOL. Or, you could make new friends and see Tulsa from a whole new perspective, your choice.\n\n<strong>Hop on Twitter.</strong> Think what you will about what I\'m about to say, but I think it\'s time that it be known: My No. 1 source of news, both local and national, is Twitter. Yikes, right? Feels a little funny to say, but it\'s true. Not only does any network news outlet worth its salt use Twitter to plug its most recent articles and gather resources, but the smart phone owners on the ground where the news is actually happening do, too. Now I find out about what\'s happening in Tulsa without the middleman, sometimes long before it hits the news sites and often complete with photos and video. Don\'t believe me? <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Steal my followees</a>. I have about 2,800 T-Towners feeding me all that\'s moving and shaking in Tulsa, all the time. Go ahead, borrow them. I\'m sure they won\'t mind.\n\n<strong>Have a baby.</strong> Before our son came along, my husband had been to the Tulsa Zoo &amp; Living Museum just one time, and that was to drop me off for volunteer duty. He\'d been to just one show at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, and I couldn\'t remember the last time I\'d been to a park for reasons other than exercise or loitering a la high school days. Since our son burst onto the scene, we\'ve re-visited landmarks that had, for us, faded into the backdrop. If it weren\'t for that little blond busybody, we wouldn\'t know the pure and simple joy that is a splash park. We wouldn\'t go to half as many shows at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center or BOK Center, either, but thanks to the likes of Elmo and Tulsa Children\'s Museum concerts and our son\'s love of dancing in the aisles, we see plenty of live entertainment in some of Tulsa premier venues.\n\n<strong>Be a bargain hunter.</strong> Ever since I started following <a href=\"http://www.918couponqueen.com/\">Sarah Roe, the coupon master supreme who writes 918CouponQueen.com</a>, I\'ve hit roads less traveled - even to a sushi bar inside a the Jenks Reasor\'s location - to find the deals she posts on her site. My coupon goggles thus activated, I started to notice coupons good at independent Tulsa businesses printed in local publications, not to mention the local coupons that appear from time to time on Roe\'s site. It\'s easy to do the uniquely Tulsa stuff when good deals put you right in the arms of our homespun businesses.\n\n<strong>Shoot it.</strong> When I was in architecture school I noticed that by sketching a thing, one comes to know it rather well. Most people don\'t draw, though, so grabbing a camera, wandering wherever your eye takes you and snapping a few shots is, in my opinion, the next best thing. Once you have a pack of shots to upload, be sure to add them to <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/groups/tashadoestulsa\">the Tasha Does Tulsa group on Flickr</a>. There are hundreds of photos there already, and dozens on photographers. Wait - see what I did there? I just came up with yet another way for you to meet other Tulsans. Woot!\n\n<strong>Go to scary restaurants.</strong> El Rio Verde on North Trenton. Halim and Mimi\'s on 11th Street. The Brasserie on Brookside (hey, escargot is something to reckon with it you\'ve never had it before and you know exactly what it is). Each of these restaurants intimidated me before I dined there. Either I didn\'t know the food or I didn\'t know the language spoken behind the counter or both. At any rate, these locally owned restaurants, especially the hole-in-the-wall types, tell the stories not just of this city, but especially of the neighborhood and district in which they operate. Plus, 9 times out of 10, the food is going to be much better than anything you could get at a mass-produced chain establishment based 1,000 miles away.\n\n<strong>Shop at your local farmers\' market.</strong> When you\'re looking for local flavor, there\'s no place to make friends and find good and unique foods and handmade products like the farmers\' market. <a href=\"http://www.sustainabletulsa.org/green_directory?area=67\">Click here for the list of farmers\' markets that appear in Sustainable Tulsa\'s Green Directory</a>. Look for new farmers\' markets to crop up in the area this spring - we\'ve seen at least one new one every year for the past several - <a href=\"http://krmg.com/localnews/2010/03/new-farmers-market-opens-in-no.html\">namely the new market in north Tulsa at the northeast campus of Tulsa Community College</a>. Don\'t hesitate to talk with the farmers and vendors at these markets. They\'re interesting, colorful, funny and caring people who really give a crap about food and how it\'s grown, brought to market and, as you\'ll find out, how it\'s prepared. Yum, yum.\n\n<strong>Use FourSquare.</strong> This latest social media application gives users the opportunity to use their smart phones to check in at locales just about anywhere, Tulsa included. By checking in you get to connect with other Tulsans, learn insider tips on things to do and try at specific places and connect with your friends on Facebook and Twitter on where you\'re going and what you\'re doing there. <a href=\"http://foursquare.com/\">Download the app here</a>, and <a href=\"http://foursquare.com/user/tashadoestulsa\">be sure to add me as a friend</a>. I\'ve left tips all over town, and I hope you\'ll leave some for me, too.\n\nIf I missed a great way to get to know this town, please leave your tip in the comments. We\'d all love to hear about it.\n\nAnd don\'t forget to <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">send me your own questions about Tulsa and its quirks and crannies</a> for next week\'s edition of TDT Friday Advice Column.','19 Ways to Get to Know Your Town (Whether it\'s Tulsa or not)','','inherit','open','open','','532-autosave','','','2010-08-15 21:54:51','2010-08-16 02:54:51','',532,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/532-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1239,1,'2010-04-02 21:59:00','2010-04-02 21:59:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3958218147/\" title=\"Me, Downtown by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Me, Downtown\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/3958218147_359906463b.jpg\" width=\"333\" /></a></div><br />As someone who blogs about things to do in Tulsa, I field lots of questions about the city and all the stuff there is to do within its borders.<br /><br />While I\'m cool with answering these questions on Facebook, Twitter and by e-mail, I also highlight an FAQ every week with a post here at TDT. I\'m sure the folks who pose the questions aren\'t the only ones who would benefit from their answers.<br /><br />Let\'s get started.<br /><br /><b>Q. I\'m new in town. How can I get a feel for what there is to do in Tulsa? How do I get to know this crazy town?</b><br /><br />Good question, and it\'s one that my weekend rundown of local events doesn\'t quite get at. A list of stuff to do isn\'t of much use if you have no idea how to get to the events, let alone where the hell you are just as you\'re reading this.<br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a>I\'ve published two lists of ways to get to know your town, including the one that kicked off this zany little blog in the first place. I\'ve updated and combined them for easy reading in this post, and I have a few more to add at the end, too.<br /><br /><b>Swear off highways.</b> Avoiding highways is the best way to see more of your city. Think about it: When you\'re traveling on the highway, you can’t see much of what you’re passing. You\'re traveling at such a high rate of speed. Second, you’re probably not all that interested in what’s passing you by if you’ve chosen to take the highway in the first place. You’re in a hurry, duh. And, that’s the intended purpose of highways: the rapid transport of automobiles. But folks, a lot has been going on in Tulsa as of late. Our town is growing, and with growth comes change. Check out what’s coming to a neighborhood near you simply by driving around – you\'ll immediately feel like a part of the community. Feeling like you’re a part is where the fun begins.<br /><br /><b>Pick some form of community service. Next, get moving.</b> My father impressed upon me that serving the community as a volunteer is very important if I want to continue to enjoy or grow my city. Volunteer work also connects you to vast networks of people. If you tried volunteer work for just two months in Tulsa, your first comment when you report back to me would be, “Tulsa is such a small town – everyone knows everyone!” It’s true. And, you don\'t have to volunteer for a million different organizations. You don\'t have to sign onto a board where you\'re expected to contribute a quarter of your salary, either. Determine your pet cause, find an organization that offers that service and go. You\'ll be amazed at the people you\'ll meet and the places you\'ll see.<br /><br /><b>Read your town\'s free publications; subscribe to (and yes, read) the newspaper; put your town\'s blogs on RSS feed.</b> \"I don\'t really read.\" Huh? Since you\'re reading this, I know you\'re not one of those people. You fine folks should tell your “friends” to pick up some lit every once in a while – it would make them easier to be around. Argh. Anyway. Tulsa boasts several free and paid publications, including Urban Tulsa Weekly, Tulsa World, Oklahoma Magazine, Tulsa People and Tulsa Business Journal. And much more. These are the ones I lug to the coffee shops, and they\'re what I would call tolerable reading. And don\'t forget to read Tulsa- and Oklahoma-based blogs. <a href=\"http://oklahomablogawards.blogspot.com/\">Check out this year\'s Oklahoma Blog Awards to see the best of the best</a>. Local blogs are great because most of them are free to cover local news without the advertising-dollar hang-ups. Point being, reading is the best way to gain information about your town without having to actually cover and report what happens. If you\'re not willing to read, you\'re not allowed to complain about how bored you are in Tulsa.<br /><br /><b>Young professionals of Tulsa, join a relevant professional organization. Then, go to the meetings.</b> Tulsa\'s local young professionals are all fired-up. They’re well-connected, and they know the newest, cool things to do in Tulsa. Know why? Because they\'re the ones at the helm of those cool, happening things. Most times, they\'re the ones making these cool, happening things cool and happening in the first place. If there is a professional organization in town specifically for those of your profession, pay the dues and join. Not only will your membership benefit your career, but the fun you have in this city is directly related to the size of your network of people who know the places to see and be seen. You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again: Size matters.<br /><br /><b>Send yourself on a hunt for the best _______ in Tulsa.</b> For years I’ve been hunting for Tulsa\'s ultimate chile relleno. Considering the number of Mexican restaurants there probably are in Tulsa, I’d say my search has just begun. What are you passionate about? Old books, vintage records, clothes, cheeseburgers? Start looking for Tulsa\'s best whatever-that-is. Not only will your search make great date fodder, but it will also add to your life a distinct sense of place.<br /><br /><b>Gird your loins before watching the evening news.</b> Not that I have anything against the news stations here in town. Seriously - I see fantastic local stories on every station, and often. It\'s just that, I\'m pretty sure the evening news is tailored to shock and/or scare you out of doing anything, ever. It’s not that they get their thrills from scaring you. If the evening news couldn’t tell you anything shocking or scary about your city, how would you convince advertisers to buy into those broadcasts instead of The Simpson’s and Seinfeld re-runs? Downtown is not a heathen hide-away. Innocent people are not getting shot all over the place every day, and cops aren’t hiding out in the construction zones and neighborhoods just so they can pull you over on camera. Tulsa is a peaceful place. There are lots of fun things to do in safe places. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/what-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend.html\">Consult the weekend rundown</a>. Live a little.<br /><br /><b>Try something you\'ve never done before. Keep it local.</b> My husband and I woke up one Saturday not long after I started this blog and decided to take Tulsa Transit to the downtown library. What a pleasant experience! Neither of us had utilized public transportation in Tulsa before. We were nervous about our trip, but our bus drivers helped us to find our departure and arrival times, and we made it back home alive and all in one piece. Even our fellow passengers were pleasant. As it turned out, the stigma MTTA suffers is for nothing. If Tulsans who insist on driving solo to downtown for work everyday would try the bus just once, I bet hundreds of them would opt for the bus at least every now and then. Perhaps then MTTA could flesh out its bus schedule, which would provide transit users an increased frequency on each route. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Tulsans didn’t have to have to wait 30 minutes for the next bus? In the midwest, use of the public transportation system begets a better, more efficient public transportation system. My husband doesn’t cultivate a beaten path. Trying new stuff is his thing. This approach keeps him very in-the-know and connected to goings-on in Tulsa. He tries new, interesting restaurants; he shops at obscure grocery stores; and, he always has a local adventure in the works. My husband tells me stuff I don\'t know about Tulsa all the time. Take it from me: people like people who teach and tell them things they don\'t know. People don\'t generally like people who are complacent and boring. Don\'t be that guy.<br /><br /><b>Talk to people in line at the grocery store.</b> As my stepmother can attest, my dad reads Cosmopolitan magazine to people in line at the grocery store. This approach works really well for him – sometimes I could swear my dad knows everyone. I can’t go anywhere with him without bumping into someone he knows. Dad is the other person who tells me stuff I don\'t know about Tulsa all the time. He\'s also the only other person besides the people I\'ve worked with at the local papers and magazines who can connect me to just about anybody in town. If he doesn\'t know someone, he knows someone who knows them. I\'m pretty sure this is thanks to a) his extensive volunteer work, and b) talking freely to people in line at the grocery store.<br /><br /><b>Go to church.</b> Good churches boast community initiatives. Bypass the churches with other priorities, find a good one and get involved. You\'ll get to know local people and places in ways you wouldn\'t otherwise have had the opportunity. I can only guess that it would be tough to be active in church and not meet someone knowledgeable about the community. Even if just that one person could get you plugged into cool stuff to do and cool people to do cool stuff with in Tulsa, imagine the increase in your quality of life. Good churches are movers and shakers in this community. They bring different types of people and their resources together and deploy them into the community for its betterment - and for the glory of God. So, don\'t let sermons and hymns be all you get out of going to church (not that that\'s what was getting you out of bed early on Sunday morning anyway). Use it also as a tool to get to know your community. Helping others in your community and getting to know what there is to do in your city feeds back into the God stuff. I promise.<br /><br /><b>Shop local.</b> If you love hole-in-the-wall restaurants, you\'ll love hole-in-the-wall boutiques. Get started with Dwelling Spaces downtown, my favorite local place to shop. Then head to Cherry Street, Utica Square and Brookside. Don\'t forget Southtown - there\'s plenty of indie shops to plunder on Main Street Broken Arrow, Jenks and Bixby. Don\'t forget about the thrift stores and resale shops in the Tulsa area, too - just be warned that an entire weekend can go by as you\'re doing this without your even realizing it. <br /><br /><b>Get on the bike.</b> <a href=\"http://www.bikeleague.org/media/press/bfc_bfs_press09.pdf\">Tulsa wasn\'t named a bike friendly city by the League of American Bicyclists for nothing</a>. For one, <a href=\"http://www.incog.org/transportation/trails/trailsmap.pdf\">check out our 180-mile trail system</a>. For two, o<a href=\"http://www.tulsawheelmen.com/\">ur bicycling community doesn\'t exactly feel the need to compensate for any shortcomings where size is concerned</a>. For three, Tulsa is home to more indie bike shops per capita than that other major Sooner city. So, not only will you join the extensive club of drivers who\'d rather sport bike racks than spoilers, but you\'ll also have the technical support needed when your bike is busted from traversing Tulsa\'s bike thoroughfares - Brookside, Riverside, Downtown and Avery Drive, just to name a few.<br /><br /><b>Take the bus.</b> Did you know you could ride your bike and the bus at the same time? Well, you can, sorta. Ride to a stop on your bike and when the bus pulls up, load your bike to the front of the bus and hop on (the bus, not the bike - otherwise, you might be in for a windy ride). For as low as $0.65 per day, you can text in transit to your heart\'s content without the worry of rear-ending someone mid-LOL. Or, you could make new friends and see Tulsa from a whole new perspective, your choice.<br /><br /><b>Hop on Twitter.</b> Think what you will about what I\'m about to say, but I think it\'s time that it be known: My No. 1 source of news, both local and national, is Twitter. Yikes, right? Feels a little funny to say, but it\'s true. Not only does any network news outlet worth its salt use Twitter to plug its most recent articles and gather resources, but the smart phone owners on the ground where the news is actually happening do, too. Now I find out about what\'s happening in Tulsa without the middleman, sometimes long before it hits the news sites and often complete with photos and video. Don\'t believe me? <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Steal my followees</a>. I have about 2,800 T-Towners feeding me all that\'s moving and shaking in Tulsa, all the time. Go ahead, borrow them. I\'m sure they won\'t mind.<br /><br /><b>Have a baby.</b> Before our son came along, my husband had been to the Tulsa Zoo &amp; Living Museum just one time, and that was to drop me off for volunteer duty. He\'d been to just one show at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, and I couldn\'t remember the last time I\'d been to a park for reasons other than exercise or loitering a la high school days. Since our son burst onto the scene, we\'ve re-visited landmarks that had, for us, faded into the backdrop. If it weren\'t for that little blond busybody, we wouldn\'t know the pure and simple joy that is a splash park. We wouldn\'t go to half as many shows at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center or BOK Center, either, but thanks to the likes of Elmo and Tulsa Children\'s Museum concerts and our son\'s love of dancing in the aisles, we see plenty of live entertainment in some of Tulsa premier venues.<br /><br /><b>Be a bargain hunter.</b> Ever since I started following <a href=\"http://www.918couponqueen.com/\">Sarah Roe, the coupon master supreme who writes 918CouponQueen.com</a>, I\'ve hit roads less traveled - even to a sushi bar inside a the Jenks Reasor\'s location - to find the deals she posts on her site. My coupon goggles thus activated, I started to notice coupons good at independent Tulsa businesses printed in local publications, not to mention the local coupons that appear from time to time on Roe\'s site. It\'s easy to do the uniquely Tulsa stuff when good deals put you right in the arms of our homespun businesses.<br /><br /><b>Shoot it.</b> When I was in architecture school I noticed that by sketching a thing, one comes to know it rather well. Most people don\'t draw, though, so grabbing a camera, wandering wherever your eye takes you and snapping a few shots is, in my opinion, the next best thing. Once you have a pack of shots to upload, be sure to add them to <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/groups/tashadoestulsa\">the Tasha Does Tulsa group on Flickr</a>. There are hundreds of photos there already, and dozens on photographers. Wait - see what I did there? I just came up with yet another way for you to meet other Tulsans. Woot!<br /><br /><b>Go to scary restaurants.</b> El Rio Verde on North Trenton. Halim and Mimi\'s on 11th Street. The Brasserie on Brookside (hey, escargot is something to reckon with it you\'ve never had it before and you know exactly what it is). Each of these restaurants intimidated me before I dined there. Either I didn\'t know the food or I didn\'t know the language spoken behind the counter or both. At any rate, these locally owned restaurants, especially the hole-in-the-wall types, tell the stories not just of this city, but especially of the neighborhood and district in which they operate. Plus, 9 times out of 10, the food is going to be much better than anything you could get at a mass-produced chain establishment based 1,000 miles away. <br /><br /><b>Shop at your local farmers\' market.</b> When you\'re looking for local flavor, there\'s no place to make friends and find good and unique foods and handmade products like the farmers\' market. <a href=\"http://www.sustainabletulsa.org/green_directory?area=67\">Click here for the list of farmers\' markets that appear in Sustainable Tulsa\'s Green Directory</a>. Look for new farmers\' markets to crop up in the area this spring - we\'ve seen at least one new one every year for the past several - <a href=\"http://krmg.com/localnews/2010/03/new-farmers-market-opens-in-no.html\">namely the new market in north Tulsa at the northeast campus of Tulsa Community College</a>. Don\'t hesitate to talk with the farmers and vendors at these markets. They\'re interesting, colorful, funny and caring people who really give a crap about food and how it\'s grown, brought to market and, as you\'ll find out, how it\'s prepared. Yum, yum.<br /><br /><b>Use FourSquare.</b> This latest social media application gives users the opportunity to use their smart phones to check in at locales just about anywhere, Tulsa included. By checking in you get to connect with other Tulsans, learn insider tips on things to do and try at specific places and connect with your friends on Facebook and Twitter on where you\'re going and what you\'re doing there. <a href=\"http://foursquare.com/\">Download the app here</a>, and <a href=\"http://foursquare.com/user/tashadoestulsa\">be sure to add me as a friend</a>. I\'ve left tips all over town, and I hope you\'ll leave some for me, too. <br /><br />If I missed a great way to get to know this town, please leave your tip in the comments. We\'d all love to hear about it. <br /><br />And don\'t forget to <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">send me your own questions about Tulsa and its quirks and crannies</a> for next week\'s edition of TDT Friday Advice Column.','TDT Friday Advice Column: 19 Ways to Get to Know Your Town','','inherit','open','open','','532-revision','','','2010-04-02 21:59:00','2010-04-02 21:59:00','',532,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/532-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1251,1,'2009-10-20 20:00:00','2009-10-20 20:00:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs025.snc1/3116_1005921204428_1716858818_6590_104614_n.jpg\" /></div><br /><div><a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/index.html\">Oktoberfest 2009 is upon us</a>. It starts this Thursday at 5pm and runs through 6pm on Sunday, providing Tulsans with a weekend of fun, games, music, food and one other very important thing. </div><div><br /></div><div>Beer. What I\'m not-so-alluding to is lots and lots and lots of delicious, refreshing beer. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, that\'s at least one thing you know to do once you get to RiverWest Festival Park (that\'s at 2100 S. Jackson Avenue, for you Google Mappers) this weekend for Tulsa\'s Oktoberfest. As for how to get down with the rest of this festival, the one that makes the souls of the beer lovers of this town sing, here\'s a list of the top 10 ways to make the most of one of Tulsa\'s largest outdoor festivals, named by <i>USA Today</i> as one of 10 great places to toast Oktoberfest worldwide.</div><div><br /></div><div><ol><li><b>Pick a designated driver.</b> As if this actually needed to be said in a post about Tulsa\'s largest beer festival, but I like to play it safe and so should you. Not only is a DUI case a pain in the butt to deal with should you get caught breaking the law, but it\'s also a great way to take a chance on ruining the lives of some fellow community members. Causing the death of someone\'s family member, a parent or even a child - now that\'s what I call a buzzkill. So, as teacher says, have a good time, but don\'t think and drive.</li><li><b>Take the kids to Das Jugendzelt (the kids\' tent). </b>Musicians, storytellers and artists will be on tap to entertain the kiddos while they take part in lots of free arts and crafts projects. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/happenings.html\">Click here for the schedule of musicians in the kids\' tent at this year\'s Oktoberfest</a>.</li><li><b>Race a weiner dog.</b> Or, toss a pretzel. Maybe you\'re game is bier barrel racing. Whatever Oktoberfest sport suits your fancy, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/happenings.html\">you can get your fill at this year\'s festival right here in Tulsa</a>. Now you can tell your momma that all that time you spent honing your beer pong skills won\'t go to waste. Bier Barrel Race spectators should tune in Saturday, and weiner dog fans should be ready to go at 1pm Sunday. The other games take place throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday.</li><li><b>Learn the Polka.</b> Oktoberfest offers a wide variety of entertainment and music, ranging from local bands and performers to authentic German musicians. There\'s fun to be had and music to be heard in just about every tent at the festival and, thanks maybe to the beer, everyone dances. On my list of acts to see are the Polkameisters, GAST and Kinderdeutch and Hula Halau O\'Leilani. See? <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/happenings.html\">There\'s something for everyone</a>.</li><li><b>Ride the rides, take a chance. </b>The best deal on Oktoberfest rides happens Sunday, thanks to the EZ Ride Pass. For $15, festival goers looking for a thrill can enjoy an unlimited ride pass that works all over Oktoberfest. Sunday is a double-whammy for you lovers of all things surprise and chance out there, since the folks at Oklahoma Lottery will be handing out free scratchers tickets all day long. Better get around early, though, because those suckers will go fast.</li><li><b>Visit Das Sports Cafe.</b> I guess The Sports Cafe doesn\'t translate well to the German, but what goes on inside sure translates well to fun. Not only is this the best place to catch the weekend football games thanks to the big screen TVs, but it\'s also the home to a new aspect of the festival: The taps spewing local brew. Be sure to grab plenty of the Oktoberfest-style beer from Marshall Brewing Company, and say hi to the folks in Tulsa from Krebs at Choc Beer Company, too. </li><li><b>Do the chicken dance with the Biermeister.</b> Lovingly known as the main tent among long-time Oktoberfest Tulsa goers, Das Bier Garten is that place where everyone from Junior to Grandpa can flap their wings and do the chicken dance with the Biermeister, pictured above, on top of a picnic table. The required high-energy music will be provided by bands from Germany while you learn to polka and, if you don\'t already know it, that signature dance of Oktoberfest Tulsa.</li><li><b>Eat Kartoffelpuffer and Bavarian pretzels.</b> While you\'re at it, eat some knackwurst, bratwurst and sauerkraut. At the second-ever year of Oktoberfest Tulsa in 1980, the 100,000 patrons consumed 3,500 pounds - that\'s a ton and a half - of the stuff. Sissies! Surely the patrons of this year\'s festival can beat that. The yummy stuff is available throughout the festival grounds, but you can\'t turn around in Das Ess Zelt und Garten without refilling your plate with everything from Siegi\'s Sausage to strudel to schnitzel to Ludger\'s cheesecake (<a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/concessions.html\">click here for a full list of what\'s cookin\' at this year\'s Oktoberfest</a>). While you might put away more food than you have since the Tulsa State Fair, you won\'t have to eat much to understand why <i><a href=\"http://bonappetit.com/\">Bon Appetit</a></i> voted back in 2005 that Oktoberfest Tulsa is the place to get the best German food.</li><li><b>Shop \'til you drop.</b> Because the food prices aren\'t anything like what we all paid for a few bites at the fairgrounds earlier this month, you\'ll be able to boost the local economy by taking home some of the many arts and crafts available for purchase at Oktoberfest Tulsa. Don\'t forget the commemorative beer stein and an Oktoberfest Tulsa t-shirt. As my friend <a href=\"http://sindyintulsa.blogspot.com/\">Sindy in Tulsa</a> would so lovingly say, \"Tasha, that is so Bavarian.\"</li><li><b>Get in free.</b> There are at least three ways to get through the gate at Oktoberfest this year without paying a dime. First, admission is $0 on Friday until 4pm. Second, and thanks to the dudes at Geek Rescue, admission is free to anyone who presents <a href=\"http://www.geekrescue.com/oktoberfest.html\">this Oktoberfest coupon on opening night</a>. Third, anyone who hasn\'t yet celebrated his or her 13th birthday gets in free all weekend long. That doesn\'t mean that if you didn\'t celebrate your 13th birthday because no one liked you and couldn\'t be bothered with planning you a party that you get in free, though. Sorry on both counts. </li></ol></div><div><div><div><br /></div><div>As if you need more convincing to head to the west bank of the Arkansas this weekend, Oktoberfest Tulsa benefits <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">RiverParks</a>, one of Tulsa\'s most treasured locales and a top tourism attraction for the city, which has benefited from nearly $1 million worth of improvements and enhancements thanks to the festival. </div><div><br /></div><div>Admission to Oktoberfest is $5, and remember, kids aged 12 and under get in free. For details on how Festival Money works (don\'t worry, it\'s a breeze) and parking and any other detail not listed here, check out the <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/festival.html\">Oktoberfest Tulsa Web site</a>.</div></div></div>','Top 10 Things to Do at Oktoberfest 2009','','inherit','open','open','','324-revision','','','2009-10-20 20:00:00','2009-10-20 20:00:00','',324,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/324-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1252,1,'2009-10-06 19:30:00','2009-10-06 19:30:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3981097558/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3981097558_23d152bbde.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Spaghetti-shaped ice cream. Kettle Korn on a stick. Deep-fried bananas. Australian fries. <div><br /></div><div><a href=\"http://www.tulsastatefair.com/fair/homepage.asp\">These are just a few of the zany, new foods to try at this year\'s Tulsa State Fair</a>. Don\'t try to accuse me of teasing you with lots of sticky, drippy words about the yummies - you could, after all, get your hands on some of it this very evening if you wanted. </div><div><br /></div><div>Want a bonus? <a href=\"http://www.tulsastatefair.com/fair/generalinfo/dailypromotions.asp\">It\'s two-for-one night: You and a buddy get in the gate for the price of one admission, and you ride midway rides two for the price of one</a>. If you\'re a Cox customer, you should have gotten a coupon in your last bill for $2 off one trip to the fair. Use it tonight, and that makes for a total of $10 off the price of two tickets through the gate. </div><div><br /></div><div>See? The fair doesn\'t have to be a budget buster. Not all the time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of course, my favorite aspect of the fair is the food - everything from my annual cheese on a stick to <a href=\"http://www.tulsastatefair.com/fair/competitiveexhibits/oklahomasugarartshow.asp\">the famous Sugar Art Show, which this year boasts the theme, Of Sea and Shore</a>. </div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980334141/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/3980334141_6ee49bf897.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Mmm, sea creature cake. </div><div><br /></div><div>Wanna know what else is going on at the fair this year? Here are a few snippets:</div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3981185248/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3425/3981185248_9ecdcb0a6b.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Hamburgers dressed like children. It\'s sick, really. Sick and wrong.</div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980422197/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2463/3980422197_60a4837cd0.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Turkey legs - a vast quantity of them. When you\'re at the fair, it seems every other person who walks by is gnawing on one of these babies. It\'s no surprise, then, that some folks start to suffer from...</div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980419071/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2613/3980419071_11e802260c.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980419071/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"></a>Tryptophan-induced drowsiness.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3981094852/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2521/3981094852_f4df55ab7d.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Also, tryptophan-induced napping. Not that anyone would complain about such a thing. It\'s just a plain and simple fact of turkey leg consumption. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here\'s an example of something I get to practice each year at the fair: Agoraphobia suppression. </div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3981168436/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/3981168436_3a9674fb2d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">You guys might not believe this, but actually, I\'m a pretty shy and cautious person. I\'m a hermit by nature. Going to the fair and throwing myself into the middle of a crowd helps. I like to call it the Band Aid approach. Try it: Apply a Band Aid to a tender area - the underside of your forearm, for example - and then rip it off, all the while smiling like an idiot. </div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">See? Not so bad, is it?</div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3981172804/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/3981172804_8cd2c943cb.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Something else happening each and every year at the Tulsa State Fair: Parents getting roped into riding kiddie rides that spin 7,200 degrees about a central point and then pretending that they are not nauseated or afraid of the scary, clown-like decor that surrounds them - or, rather, invades their very being. </div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3981099522/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3981099522_710a1aa78d.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Anyone ever wonder how much trash is generated by the Tulsa State Fair? Me, too. If anything finds a way to figure this out, post it on your blog. Because you\'ll be famous for a day or so.</div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980339321/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3980339321_92d23f94c8.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Look! It\'s the annual, high-flying, homemade turkey leg balloon! This is one of my favorite fair attractions. I seek it out each year. It makes me giggle.</div><div><br /></div><div>Want a closer look? </div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3981096792/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/3981096792_616507d5e2.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Perfect-o, right? The high-flying, handmade turkey leg balloon is glorious to my soul.</div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Now, check this out: </div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3981095434/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/3981095434_abfaeb2daf.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Can\'t we all identify with what this trailer has to say? I mean, that\'s exactly what I would have liked to have said when I was full of Boulevard beer all those times I had to elbow my way through those crowded bars in LA to reach the stage to perform my encore. </div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m so glad someone out there understands me.</div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980334853/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/3980334853_4a4c3a8b14.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Again, feeling very understood at this moment. Who doesn\'t love honey, and lots of it? </div><div><br /></div><div>Who doesn\'t love chocolate covered pickles, and lots of them? </div><div><br /></div><div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980332943/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3468/3980332943_5730a0c8de.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Didn\'t quite work the same way the second time I said it, did it? Oh, well. Better luck next time. </div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Here\'s the Made in Oklahoma exhibit. Thanks to new digs and some extra space, MIO seems to be larger and more sprawling this year. </div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980331471/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3980331471_737e35c37c.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Something else going on at the fair this year: The threat and sometimes reality of undesirable fair weather.</div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980330893/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2634/3980330893_c9ce4fc3da.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Bring a sweater, a jacket and an umbrella along to the fairgrounds with you this year, folks. Things could get drizzly. </div><div><br /></div><div>And who could forget that most visible aspect of the Tulsa State Fair: The rides. </div><div><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980327135/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3980327135_d88fe1266c.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980328171/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/3980328171_67e13a22d5.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">One time, at summer camp, I rode one of those spinny rides with the swings, as pictured above. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/what-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend.html\">As some of you already know, difficulty with spinny rides runs in the family</a>, so it wasn\'t long into the ride before I puked - that wasn\'t the unexpected part. What I didn\'t anticipate was that, by some weird and unforgiving law of physics, after the vomit exited my face, it sort of froze in the air such that nearly every kid on the ride with me that day got thwacked in the face by a floating cloud of my evicted and sundry stomach contents. </div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">After that it was, needless to say, time to go home. The end. </div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">The worst part? My parents made me go back again <i>the very next day</i>. And you wonder why I have agoraphobia. </div><div><br /></div>Another thing that can be found at the Tulsa State Fair: Happy people.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980324997/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3980324997_1f5929a4db.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Also, sad people. </div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980343025/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/3980343025_432be14838.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Not to mention, angry people.</div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3980417165/\" title=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2498/3980417165_0f17857f0e.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Tulsa State Fair 2009\" /></a></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Don\'t mind them. Have fun at the fair this year anyway. </div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">P.S. - I\'m sorry I said vomit. If you need your space, I understand.</div></div>','Found at the Tulsa State Fair','','inherit','open','open','','307-revision','','','2009-10-06 19:30:00','2009-10-06 19:30:00','',307,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/307-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1253,1,'2009-06-28 14:58:00','2009-06-28 14:58:00','<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352456645774653202\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Ske-9fcTtxI/AAAAAAAABXk/XKpK6UyUZjE/s400/DSC05682.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;\" /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Anyone who reads this blog knows that <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/01/winds-they-are-changin.html\">I\'m absolutely crazy about the bacon cheeseburger pizza at Joe Momma\'s downtown</a>.</div><div><br /><div>Just about everyone I\'ve described it to who hasn\'t been to Joe Momma\'s to try it themselves has cringed when I listed the ingredients: Lots of beef, tons of cheese, bacon, pickles, onions and mustard. We\'re talking a bacon cheeseburger taking on the pizza form. The geniuses at Joe Momma\'s has performed a perfect crossover. I\'m wearing at least three 16-inch bacon cheeseburger pizzas on my thighs right now, and I don\'t even mind that much. In fact, I\'m kinda proud.</div><div><br /></div><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352457568455068466\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Ske_zMsdizI/AAAAAAAABXs/skv8MpO6F6Q/s400/DSC_0018-1.JPG\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;\" /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div>The T-Town area boasts several great indie pizza places (<a href=\"http://www.brotherspizzadepot.com/\">Brother\'s Pizza</a>, <a href=\"http://www.hideawaypizza.com/\">The Hideaway</a>, <a href=\"http://www.pieholepizzeria.com/\">Pie Hole</a>, Umberto\'s and <a href=\"http://www.savastanospizzeria.com/\">Savastano\'s</a> come to mind), but only one is smack dab in the middle of the new restaurant row forming in the Blue Dome District, and only one hosts not only a trivia night every Thursday, but also a karaoke night every Tuesday. On a huge, elevated stage. It\'ll make you feel like a star, man, a star.</div><div><br /></div><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352456023359254562\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Ske-ZQw6cCI/AAAAAAAABXc/1gB2OhqYC-0/s400/DSC05687.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" /><br /><div><br /></div><div>In fact, there\'s something hip and fun and exciting happening at Joe Momma\'s every single night of the week. Even on Sundays you can get 10 percent off your bill if you bring that morning\'s church bulletin along. Check <a href=\"http://joemommas.com/\">the Joe Momma\'s Web page</a> for a complete list of weekly events. While you\'re at it, <a href=\"http://joemommas.com/index.php/newsletter\">sign up for the Joe Momma\'s newsletter</a>. Not only is it packed with news from the hippest kids from the hippest part of town, it also usually features a 100-percent non-lame coupon. Last time it was for a free order of Mamma\'s Bread, which is enough cheese <span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">and bread to stop up two </span></span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kamakawiwo\'ole\">Israel Kamakawiwo Ole\'s</a> for five and a half weeks, so it was a heckuva deal. </span></span></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br /></span></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">This week, I can do y\'all one even better. <b>I have a $25 gift certificate - handmade by Joe Momma\'s owner Blake Ewing himself - for one imaginative TDT reader</b>. </span></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br /></span></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">Here\'s how to snag it: <b>Impress me with your personal pizza creation</b>. Tell me toppings, tell me sauce, tell me crust, tell me all. Wow me with your palate, yes, but also grab my attention with your creativity and zany mind. Come up with a pizza that doesn\'t force me to suppress my yawn reflex, and I\'ll hand over the Mamma\'s bucks. </span></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br /></span></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>I\'ll keep this contest running until Monday (June 29) night at 9 p.m.; enter as many times as you wish. </b></span></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br /></span></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">Bring it on, TDT readers, bring it on.</span><br /><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large;\"><br /></span></div></div><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1419200/restaurant/Blue-Dome-District/Joe-Mommas-Tulsa\"><img alt=\"Joe Momma\'s on Urbanspoon\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1419200/biglink.gif\" style=\"border: none; height: 146px; width: 200px;\" /></a>','Not Your Mother\'s 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smelled like warm towels, Barbasol and Old Spice practically until lunch time. It didn\'t matter that you couldn\'t even see over the bathroom counter. You just wanted to hang out while Grandpa prepared his face for the day, not knowing that together you were making one of most vivid and comforting memories of your entire childhood.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1263\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1263\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0814.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThe players in this quintessential coming-of-age tale in my house right now are my husband and our son. He\'s just two-and-a-half, but he loves standing on his tip-toes and gripping the edge of the counter with his chubby, starfish-like little fingers so he can watch his dad lather up and shave.\n\nShaving is a popular topic over at one of my very favorite Oklahoma-based blogs, <a href=\"http://www.theartofmanliness.com/\">The Art of Manliness</a>, penned by Tulsa bloggers Brett and Kate McKay. In fact, it\'s how we found the site in the first place. Thanks to my husband\'s curiosity-turned-Google-search and their article, <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/\">Learn How to Shave Like Your Grandpa</a>, we not only had a new read we could both enjoy, but now our son will get to learn to shave how we remember our grandfathers did.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1264\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1264\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0846.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nBut even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a locally-owned barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a real professional do the job.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1265\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1265\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1265\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0900-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nBefore last Thursday, my husband had never had a professional shave before. He\'s not exactly a barbershop regular. For nearly 10 years he served in the Army National Guard, where a buzz cut of a quarter-of-an-inch or shorter is military policy. Fortunately for our budget and my sick sense of adventure, it\'s easy for me to maintain his hair cut at home with a standard set of electric clippers. And a guard or two. You know, for variety.\n\nWhile I deeply enjoy lording over my husband with a set of clippers once every two weeks, I just can\'t get excited about learning to give a good shave. What if I give my husband an epic case of razor burn? What if I slip and cause a permanent scar, rendering my husband\'s secret dreams of a career as a supermodel crushed and broken?\n\nWhat if I hit an artery? The risk is just too great.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1266\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nBesides, with a barber in town like <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">Mark Clay, owner of Clay\'s Barbershop in the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st and Memorial</a>, why reinvent the wheel?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1267\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1267\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0803.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nMy husband first heard about Mark from a co-worker, also a former Army guy, who returned to work one afternoon from an appointment at Clay\'s absolutely raving not only about the shop and the service, but also about the barber himself. Once my husband heard that Mark is a retired Army colonel and that his shop is a veritable treasure trove of Army memorabilia, he knew that one day, their paths would cross.\n\nThat article from Brett and Kate McKay signed, sealed and delivered the deal.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1268\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09291.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nWhen we arrived for our appointment last week, hubs was able to walk straight from the door to the barber\'s chair.\n\nBecause having to wait even though you made an appointment is a real pain in the hind-end, right?\n\nRight.\n\nLook! An Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, right on the way to Mark\'s chair.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1280\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1280\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1280\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0898.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nIt was home, sweet home for us at Clay\'s from the very start. Because we have an Army doll and a case full of challenge coins at our house, too.\n\nBirds of a feather, man. Birds of a feather.\n\nFirst, Mark steamed hubs\' face with towels heated old-school style over boiling water.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1269\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThen, Mark put conditioner on hubs\' skin to open pores his and soften his beard. It also helped to lubricate the blade of the <em>straight razor</em> Mark was using.\n\nCan\'t I just say that again? Mark wasn\'t using a cartridge. He wasn\'t using a safety razor. He was using a <em>straight razor</em>. As in, practically a Samurai sword.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1271\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1271\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0859.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nPure. Skills. Mark is all that is man.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1270\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1270\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0863.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nAnd that Mark wears a starched shirt everyday to work is utterly charming. It\'s also highly appreciated. It gets old going to the barbershop or salon and having your hair cut by someone who obviously doesn\'t give a rip about how they look.\n\nIf you\'re going to be in the business of making people look good, shouldn\'t your appearance be snappy as well?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1272\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1272\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0870.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nMark stretched hubs\' skin to work in a closer shave. He pulled a reverse backhand on the area underneath hubs\' chin, something he claims no other barber in town can do.\n\nAnd I\'m pretty good at believing whatever a guy with a straight razor to my husband\'s neck has to say.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1281\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1281\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1281\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0906-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nMark used an after-shave lotion that chemically closed hubs\' pores. It\'s formulated to soothe his skin and to ward off any skin irritation or unsightly acne I\'d have to secretly restrain myself from picking at.\n\nAll told, after about 10 minutes, we were done.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1266\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSee that chair hubs is sitting in? It\'s seriously vintage.\n\nIn fact, Mark collects antique barbershop chairs.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1274\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1274\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1274\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0808.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI know, right? How could this guy possibly get any cooler?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1277\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1277\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1277\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0883-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThis is a Depression-era chair whose base is cast of solid nickel. Mark said that it\'s believed the rest of the set was melted down for the metal during those tough years. This couple turned up at auction years later. Now, they\'re in Mark\'s barbershop.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1278\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1278\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08141.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1279\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1279\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0887.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThese chairs were turned out during a 1920s remodel of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. A select few live on in barbershops across the country. Mark is the proud owner of a pair of the chairs.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1276\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1276\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1276\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0875-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSee that red-and-white number out of which my son is jumping? President Obama gets his shave in a chair exactly like that. Cool, huh?\n\nJust try and find that at Supercuts.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1282\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1282\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08081.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI can\'t think of a better gift for a manly man than a professional shave or a facial. It\'s relaxing, it\'s luxurious and, duh, it\'s highly manly. It\'s also a great idea for any guy who\'s headed to a job interview, that annual family photo shoot or, particularly, a hot date.\n\nBecause there\'s nothing sexier than a relaxed, cleanly shaven man. Except for maybe the smell of a relaxed, cleanly shaven man.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1283\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1283\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1283\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09171.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nHey there, blurry husband. Hey.\n\nIf you want a shave at Clay\'s, be sure to call ahead and make an appointment. There\'s lots of preparation that goes into a shave, so it\'s always nice to give the barber notice so that he can plan his day of appointments accordingly.\n\nAnd also because the guy\'s going to be holding a very sharp implement snugly against your jugular. All politenesses are encouraged.\n\n<strong>Clay\'s Barbershop</strong>\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 8am-6pm; Saturday, 8am-3pm; Last man seated 15 minutes before closing\nWhere: In the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st Street and Memorial Drive\nCall: (918) 859-9709\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">http://www.claysbarbershop.com/</a>\n(There\'s another Clay\'s location at 61st and Sheridan, but they don\'t offer shaves or facials.)','Clay\'s Barbershop: This One\'s For the Guys','even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a professional do the job.\n','inherit','open','open','','1261-revision','','','2010-08-16 18:52:29','2010-08-16 23:52:29','',1261,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1261-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1285,1,'2010-08-16 18:54:37','2010-08-16 23:54:37','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1269\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1262\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1262\">\r\n</a>Remember when you were little and one of the highlights of your stays at Grandma and Grandpa\'s house was getting to watch Grandpa shave in the morning?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\nHow Grandpa looked like Santa with all that shaving cream on his face; how he\'d make every facial expression known to man as he twisted and turned his face around the safety razor he\'d had since he got out of the Army;  how the bathroom smelled like warm towels, Barbasol and Old Spice practically until lunch time. It didn\'t matter that you couldn\'t even see over the bathroom counter. You just wanted to hang out while Grandpa prepared his face for the day, not knowing that together you were making one of most vivid and comforting memories of your entire childhood.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1263\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1263\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0814.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe players in this quintessential coming-of-age tale in my house right now are my husband and our son. He\'s just two-and-a-half, but he loves standing on his tip-toes and gripping the edge of the counter with his chubby, starfish-like little fingers so he can watch his dad lather up and shave.\r\n\r\nShaving is a popular topic over at one of my very favorite Oklahoma-based blogs, <a href=\"http://www.theartofmanliness.com/\">The Art of Manliness</a>, penned by Tulsa bloggers Brett and Kate McKay. In fact, it\'s how we found the site in the first place. Thanks to my husband\'s curiosity-turned-Google-search and their article, <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/\">Learn How to Shave Like Your Grandpa</a>, we not only had a new read we could both enjoy, but now our son will get to learn to shave how we remember our grandfathers did.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1264\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1264\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0846.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a locally-owned barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a real professional do the job.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1265\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1265\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1265\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0900-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore last Thursday, my husband had never had a professional shave before. He\'s not exactly a barbershop regular. For nearly 10 years he served in the Army National Guard, where a buzz cut of a quarter-of-an-inch or shorter is military policy. Fortunately for our budget and my sick sense of adventure, it\'s easy for me to maintain his hair cut at home with a standard set of electric clippers. And a guard or two. You know, for variety.\r\n\r\nWhile I deeply enjoy lording over my husband with a set of clippers once every two weeks, I just can\'t get excited about learning to give a good shave. What if I give my husband an epic case of razor burn? What if I slip and cause a permanent scar, rendering my husband\'s secret dreams of a career as a supermodel crushed and broken?\r\n\r\nWhat if I hit an artery? The risk is just too great.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1266\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBesides, with a barber in town like <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">Mark Clay, owner of Clay\'s Barbershop in the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st and Memorial</a>, why reinvent the wheel?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1267\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1267\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0803.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy husband first heard about Mark from a co-worker, also a former Army guy, who returned to work one afternoon from an appointment at Clay\'s absolutely raving not only about the shop and the service, but also about the barber himself. Once my husband heard that Mark is a retired Army colonel and that his shop is a veritable treasure trove of Army memorabilia, he knew that one day, their paths would cross.\r\n\r\nThat article from Brett and Kate McKay signed, sealed and delivered the deal.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1268\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09291.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we arrived for our appointment last week, hubs was able to walk straight from the door to the barber\'s chair.\r\n\r\nBecause having to wait even though you made an appointment is a real pain in the hind-end, right?\r\n\r\nRight.\r\n\r\nLook! An Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, right on the way to Mark\'s chair.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1280\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1280\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1280\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0898.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was home, sweet home for us at Clay\'s from the very start. Because we have an Army doll and a case full of challenge coins at our house, too.\r\n\r\nBirds of a feather, man. Birds of a feather.\r\n\r\nFirst, Mark steamed hubs\' face with towels heated old-school style over boiling water.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1269\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen, Mark put conditioner on hubs\' skin to open pores his and soften his beard. It also helped to lubricate the blade of the <em>straight razor</em> Mark was using.\r\n\r\nCan\'t I just say that again? Mark wasn\'t using a cartridge. He wasn\'t using a safety razor. He was using a <em>straight razor</em>. As in, practically a Samurai sword.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1271\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1271\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0859.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPure. Skills. Mark is all that is man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1270\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1270\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0863.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd that Mark wears a starched shirt everyday to work is utterly charming. It\'s also highly appreciated. It gets old going to the barbershop or salon and having your hair cut by someone who obviously doesn\'t give a rip about how they look.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re going to be in the business of making people look good, shouldn\'t your appearance be snappy as well?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1272\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1272\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0870.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark stretched hubs\' skin to work in a closer shave. He pulled a reverse backhand on the area underneath hubs\' chin, something he claims no other barber in town can do.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty good at believing whatever a guy with a straight razor to my husband\'s neck has to say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1281\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1281\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1281\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0906-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark used an after-shave lotion that chemically closed hubs\' pores. It\'s formulated to soothe his skin and to ward off any skin irritation or unsightly acne I\'d have to secretly restrain myself from picking at.\r\n\r\nAll told, after about 10 minutes, we were done.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1266\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that chair hubs is sitting in? It\'s seriously vintage.\r\n\r\nIn fact, Mark collects antique barbershop chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1274\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1274\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1274\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0808.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know, right? How could this guy possibly get any cooler?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1277\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1277\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1277\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0883-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is a Depression-era chair whose base is cast of solid nickel. Mark said that it\'s believed the rest of the set was melted down for the metal during those tough years. This couple turned up at auction years later. Now, they\'re in Mark\'s barbershop.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1278\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1278\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08141.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1279\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1279\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0887.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThese chairs were turned out during a 1920s remodel of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. A select few live on in barbershops across the country. Mark is the proud owner of a pair of the chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1276\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1276\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1276\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0875-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that red-and-white number out of which my son is jumping? President Obama gets his shave in a chair exactly like that. Cool, huh?\r\n\r\nJust try and find that at Supercuts.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1282\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1282\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08081.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of a better gift for a manly man than a professional shave or a facial. It\'s relaxing, it\'s luxurious and, duh, it\'s highly manly. It\'s also a great idea for any guy who\'s headed to a job interview, that annual family photo shoot or, particularly, a hot date.\r\n\r\nBecause there\'s nothing sexier than a relaxed, cleanly shaven man. Except for maybe the smell of a relaxed, cleanly shaven man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1283\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1283\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1283\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09171.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey there, blurry husband. Hey.\r\n\r\nIf you want a shave at Clay\'s, be sure to call ahead and make an appointment. There\'s lots of preparation that goes into a shave, so it\'s always nice to give the barber notice so that he can plan his day of appointments accordingly.\r\n\r\nAnd also because the guy\'s going to be holding a very sharp implement snugly against your jugular. All politenesses are encouraged.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clay\'s Barbershop</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 8am-6pm; Saturday, 8am-3pm; Last man seated 15 minutes before closing\r\nWhere: In the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st Street and Memorial Drive\r\nCall: (918) 859-9709\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">http://www.claysbarbershop.com/</a>\r\n(There\'s another Clay\'s location at 61st and Sheridan, but they don\'t offer shaves or facials.)','Clay\'s Barbershop: This One\'s For the Guys','even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a professional do the job.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1261-revision-2','','','2010-08-16 18:54:37','2010-08-16 23:54:37','',1261,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1261-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1286,1,'2010-08-16 18:54:37','2010-08-16 23:54:37','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1262\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0889/\">\r\n</a>Remember when you were little and one of the highlights of your stays at Grandma and Grandpa\'s house was getting to watch Grandpa shave in the morning?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\nHow Grandpa looked like Santa with all that shaving cream on his face; how he\'d make every facial expression known to man as he twisted and turned his face around the safety razor he\'d had since he got out of the Army;  how the bathroom smelled like warm towels, Barbasol and Old Spice practically until lunch time. It didn\'t matter that you couldn\'t even see over the bathroom counter. You just wanted to hang out while Grandpa prepared his face for the day, not knowing that together you were making one of most vivid and comforting memories of your entire childhood.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1263\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0814.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe players in this quintessential coming-of-age tale in my house right now are my husband and our son. He\'s just two-and-a-half, but he loves standing on his tip-toes and gripping the edge of the counter with his chubby, starfish-like little fingers so he can watch his dad lather up and shave.\r\n\r\nShaving is a popular topic over at one of my very favorite Oklahoma-based blogs, <a href=\"http://www.theartofmanliness.com/\">The Art of Manliness</a>, penned by Tulsa bloggers Brett and Kate McKay. In fact, it\'s how we found the site in the first place. Thanks to my husband\'s curiosity-turned-Google-search and their article, <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/\">Learn How to Shave Like Your Grandpa</a>, we not only had a new read we could both enjoy, but now our son will get to learn to shave how we remember our grandfathers did.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1264\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0846/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0846.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a locally-owned barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a real professional do the job.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1265\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0900/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1265\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0900-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore last Thursday, my husband had never had a professional shave before. He\'s not exactly a barbershop regular. For nearly 10 years he served in the Army National Guard, where a buzz cut of a quarter-of-an-inch or shorter is military policy. Fortunately for our budget and my sick sense of adventure, it\'s easy for me to maintain his hair cut at home with a standard set of electric clippers. And a guard or two. You know, for variety.\r\n\r\nWhile I deeply enjoy lording over my husband with a set of clippers once every two weeks, I just can\'t get excited about learning to give a good shave. What if I give my husband an epic case of razor burn? What if I slip and cause a permanent scar, rendering my husband\'s secret dreams of a career as a supermodel crushed and broken?\r\n\r\nWhat if I hit an artery? The risk is just too great.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBesides, with a barber in town like <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">Mark Clay, owner of Clay\'s Barbershop in the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st and Memorial</a>, why reinvent the wheel?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1267\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0803/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0803.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy husband first heard about Mark from a co-worker, also a former Army guy, who returned to work one afternoon from an appointment at Clay\'s absolutely raving not only about the shop and the service, but also about the barber himself. Once my husband heard that Mark is a retired Army colonel and that his shop is a veritable treasure trove of Army memorabilia, he knew that one day, their paths would cross.\r\n\r\nThat article from Brett and Kate McKay signed, sealed and delivered the deal.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0929-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09291.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we arrived for our appointment last week, hubs was able to walk straight from the door to the barber\'s chair.\r\n\r\nBecause having to wait even though you made an appointment is a real pain in the hind-end, right?\r\n\r\nRight.\r\n\r\nLook! An Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, right on the way to Mark\'s chair.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1280\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0898/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1280\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0898.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was home, sweet home for us at Clay\'s from the very start. Because we have an Army doll and a case full of challenge coins at our house, too.\r\n\r\nBirds of a feather, man. Birds of a feather.\r\n\r\nFirst, Mark steamed hubs\' face with towels heated old-school style over boiling water.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen, Mark put conditioner on hubs\' skin to open pores his and soften his beard. It also helped to lubricate the blade of the <em>straight razor</em> Mark was using.\r\n\r\nCan\'t I just say that again? Mark wasn\'t using a cartridge. He wasn\'t using a safety razor. He was using a <em>straight razor</em>. As in, practically a Samurai sword.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0859/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1271\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0859.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPure. Skills. Mark is all that is man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1270\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0863/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0863.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd that Mark wears a starched shirt everyday to work is utterly charming. It\'s also highly appreciated. It gets old going to the barbershop or salon and having your hair cut by someone who obviously doesn\'t give a rip about how they look.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re going to be in the business of making people look good, shouldn\'t your appearance be snappy as well?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1272\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0870/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0870.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark stretched hubs\' skin to work in a closer shave. He pulled a reverse backhand on the area underneath hubs\' chin, something he claims no other barber in town can do.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty good at believing whatever a guy with a straight razor to my husband\'s neck has to say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1281\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0906/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1281\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0906-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark used an after-shave lotion that chemically closed hubs\' pores. It\'s formulated to soothe his skin and to ward off any skin irritation or unsightly acne I\'d have to secretly restrain myself from picking at.\r\n\r\nAll told, after about 10 minutes, we were done.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that chair hubs is sitting in? It\'s seriously vintage.\r\n\r\nIn fact, Mark collects antique barbershop chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1274\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1274\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0808.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know, right? How could this guy possibly get any cooler?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1277\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0883/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1277\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0883-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is a Depression-era chair whose base is cast of solid nickel. Mark said that it\'s believed the rest of the set was melted down for the metal during those tough years. This couple turned up at auction years later. Now, they\'re in Mark\'s barbershop.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1278\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08141.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1279\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0887/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0887.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThese chairs were turned out during a 1920s remodel of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. A select few live on in barbershops across the country. Mark is the proud owner of a pair of the chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1276\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0875/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1276\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0875-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that red-and-white number out of which my son is jumping? President Obama gets his shave in a chair exactly like that. Cool, huh?\r\n\r\nJust try and find that at Supercuts.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1282\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08081.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of a better gift for a manly man than a professional shave or a facial. It\'s relaxing, it\'s luxurious and, duh, it\'s highly manly. It\'s also a great idea for any guy who\'s headed to a job interview, that annual family photo shoot or, particularly, a hot date.\r\n\r\nBecause there\'s nothing sexier than a relaxed, cleanly shaven man. Except for maybe the smell of a relaxed, cleanly shaven man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1283\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0917-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1283\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09171.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey there, blurry husband. Hey.\r\n\r\nIf you want a shave at Clay\'s, be sure to call ahead and make an appointment. There\'s lots of preparation that goes into a shave, so it\'s always nice to give the barber notice so that he can plan his day of appointments accordingly.\r\n\r\nAnd also because the guy\'s going to be holding a very sharp implement snugly against your jugular. All politenesses are encouraged.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clay\'s Barbershop</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 8am-6pm; Saturday, 8am-3pm; Last man seated 15 minutes before closing\r\nWhere: In the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st Street and Memorial Drive\r\nCall: (918) 859-9709\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">http://www.claysbarbershop.com/</a>\r\n(There\'s another Clay\'s location at 61st and Sheridan, but they don\'t offer shaves or facials.)','Clay\'s Barbershop: This One\'s For the Guys','even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a professional do the job.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1261-revision-3','','','2010-08-16 18:54:37','2010-08-16 23:54:37','',1261,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1261-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1287,1,'2010-08-16 18:55:40','2010-08-16 23:55:40','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1262\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0889/\">\r\n</a>Remember when you were little and one of the highlights of your stays at Grandma and Grandpa\'s house was getting to watch Grandpa shave in the morning?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->How Grandpa looked like Santa with all that shaving cream on his face; how he\'d make every facial expression known to man as he twisted and turned his face around the safety razor he\'d had since he got out of the Army;  how the bathroom smelled like warm towels, Barbasol and Old Spice practically until lunch time. It didn\'t matter that you couldn\'t even see over the bathroom counter. You just wanted to hang out while Grandpa prepared his face for the day, not knowing that together you were making one of most vivid and comforting memories of your entire childhood.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1263\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0814.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe players in this quintessential coming-of-age tale in my house right now are my husband and our son. He\'s just two-and-a-half, but he loves standing on his tip-toes and gripping the edge of the counter with his chubby, starfish-like little fingers so he can watch his dad lather up and shave.\r\n\r\nShaving is a popular topic over at one of my very favorite Oklahoma-based blogs, <a href=\"http://www.theartofmanliness.com/\">The Art of Manliness</a>, penned by Tulsa bloggers Brett and Kate McKay. In fact, it\'s how we found the site in the first place. Thanks to my husband\'s curiosity-turned-Google-search and their article, <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/\">Learn How to Shave Like Your Grandpa</a>, we not only had a new read we could both enjoy, but now our son will get to learn to shave how we remember our grandfathers did.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1264\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0846/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0846.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a locally-owned barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a real professional do the job.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1265\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0900/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1265\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0900-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore last Thursday, my husband had never had a professional shave before. He\'s not exactly a barbershop regular. For nearly 10 years he served in the Army National Guard, where a buzz cut of a quarter-of-an-inch or shorter is military policy. Fortunately for our budget and my sick sense of adventure, it\'s easy for me to maintain his hair cut at home with a standard set of electric clippers. And a guard or two. You know, for variety.\r\n\r\nWhile I deeply enjoy lording over my husband with a set of clippers once every two weeks, I just can\'t get excited about learning to give a good shave. What if I give my husband an epic case of razor burn? What if I slip and cause a permanent scar, rendering my husband\'s secret dreams of a career as a supermodel crushed and broken?\r\n\r\nWhat if I hit an artery? The risk is just too great.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBesides, with a barber in town like <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">Mark Clay, owner of Clay\'s Barbershop in the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st and Memorial</a>, why reinvent the wheel?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1267\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0803/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0803.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy husband first heard about Mark from a co-worker, also a former Army guy, who returned to work one afternoon from an appointment at Clay\'s absolutely raving not only about the shop and the service, but also about the barber himself. Once my husband heard that Mark is a retired Army colonel and that his shop is a veritable treasure trove of Army memorabilia, he knew that one day, their paths would cross.\r\n\r\nThat article from Brett and Kate McKay signed, sealed and delivered the deal.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0929-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09291.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we arrived for our appointment last week, hubs was able to walk straight from the door to the barber\'s chair.\r\n\r\nBecause having to wait even though you made an appointment is a real pain in the hind-end, right?\r\n\r\nRight.\r\n\r\nLook! An Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, right on the way to Mark\'s chair.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1280\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0898/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1280\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0898.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was home, sweet home for us at Clay\'s from the very start. Because we have an Army doll and a case full of challenge coins at our house, too.\r\n\r\nBirds of a feather, man. Birds of a feather.\r\n\r\nFirst, Mark steamed hubs\' face with towels heated old-school style over boiling water.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen, Mark put conditioner on hubs\' skin to open pores his and soften his beard. It also helped to lubricate the blade of the <em>straight razor</em> Mark was using.\r\n\r\nCan\'t I just say that again? Mark wasn\'t using a cartridge. He wasn\'t using a safety razor. He was using a <em>straight razor</em>. As in, practically a Samurai sword.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0859/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1271\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0859.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPure. Skills. Mark is all that is man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1270\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0863/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0863.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd that Mark wears a starched shirt everyday to work is utterly charming. It\'s also highly appreciated. It gets old going to the barbershop or salon and having your hair cut by someone who obviously doesn\'t give a rip about how they look.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re going to be in the business of making people look good, shouldn\'t your appearance be snappy as well?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1272\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0870/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0870.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark stretched hubs\' skin to work in a closer shave. He pulled a reverse backhand on the area underneath hubs\' chin, something he claims no other barber in town can do.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty good at believing whatever a guy with a straight razor to my husband\'s neck has to say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1281\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0906/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1281\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0906-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark used an after-shave lotion that chemically closed hubs\' pores. It\'s formulated to soothe his skin and to ward off any skin irritation or unsightly acne I\'d have to secretly restrain myself from picking at.\r\n\r\nAll told, after about 10 minutes, we were done.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that chair hubs is sitting in? It\'s seriously vintage.\r\n\r\nIn fact, Mark collects antique barbershop chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1274\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1274\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0808.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know, right? How could this guy possibly get any cooler?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1277\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0883/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1277\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0883-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is a Depression-era chair whose base is cast of solid nickel. Mark said that it\'s believed the rest of the set was melted down for the metal during those tough years. This couple turned up at auction years later. Now, they\'re in Mark\'s barbershop.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1278\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08141.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1279\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0887/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0887.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThese chairs were turned out during a 1920s remodel of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. A select few live on in barbershops across the country. Mark is the proud owner of a pair of the chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1276\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0875/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1276\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0875-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that red-and-white number out of which my son is jumping? President Obama gets his shave in a chair exactly like that. Cool, huh?\r\n\r\nJust try and find that at Supercuts.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1282\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08081.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of a better gift for a manly man than a professional shave or a facial. It\'s relaxing, it\'s luxurious and, duh, it\'s highly manly. It\'s also a great idea for any guy who\'s headed to a job interview, that annual family photo shoot or, particularly, a hot date.\r\n\r\nBecause there\'s nothing sexier than a relaxed, cleanly shaven man. Except for maybe the smell of a relaxed, cleanly shaven man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1283\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0917-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1283\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09171.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey there, blurry husband. Hey.\r\n\r\nIf you want a shave at Clay\'s, be sure to call ahead and make an appointment. There\'s lots of preparation that goes into a shave, so it\'s always nice to give the barber notice so that he can plan his day of appointments accordingly.\r\n\r\nAnd also because the guy\'s going to be holding a very sharp implement snugly against your jugular. All politenesses are encouraged.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clay\'s Barbershop</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 8am-6pm; Saturday, 8am-3pm; Last man seated 15 minutes before closing\r\nWhere: In the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st Street and Memorial Drive\r\nCall: (918) 859-9709\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">http://www.claysbarbershop.com/</a>\r\n(There\'s another Clay\'s location at 61st and Sheridan, but they don\'t offer shaves or facials.)','Clay\'s Barbershop: This One\'s For the Guys','even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a professional do the job.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1261-revision-4','','','2010-08-16 18:55:40','2010-08-16 23:55:40','',1261,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1261-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(1288,1,'2010-08-16 18:55:40','2010-08-16 23:55:40','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1262\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0889/\">\r\n</a>Remember when you were little and one of the highlights of your stays at Grandma and Grandpa\'s house was getting to watch Grandpa shave in the morning?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->How Grandpa looked like Santa with all that shaving cream on his face; how he\'d make every facial expression known to man as he twisted and turned his face around the safety razor he\'d had since he got out of the Army;  how the bathroom smelled like warm towels, Barbasol and Old Spice practically until lunch time. It didn\'t matter that you couldn\'t even see over the bathroom counter. You just wanted to hang out while Grandpa prepared his face for the day, not knowing that together you were making one of most vivid and comforting memories of your entire childhood.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1263\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0814.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe players in this quintessential coming-of-age tale in my house right now are my husband and our son. He\'s just two-and-a-half, but he loves standing on his tip-toes and gripping the edge of the counter with his chubby, starfish-like little fingers so he can watch his dad lather up and shave.\r\n\r\nShaving is a popular topic over at one of my very favorite Oklahoma-based blogs, <a href=\"http://www.theartofmanliness.com/\">The Art of Manliness</a>, penned by Tulsa bloggers Brett and Kate McKay. In fact, it\'s how we found the site in the first place. Thanks to my husband\'s curiosity-turned-Google-search and their article, <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/\">Learn How to Shave Like Your Grandpa</a>, we not only had a new read we could both enjoy, but now our son will get to learn to shave how we remember our grandfathers did.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1264\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0846/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0846.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a locally-owned barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a real professional do the job.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1265\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0900/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1265\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0900-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore last Thursday, my husband had never had a professional shave before. He\'s not exactly a barbershop regular. For nearly 10 years he served in the Army National Guard, where a buzz cut of a quarter-of-an-inch or shorter is military policy. Fortunately for our budget and my sick sense of adventure, it\'s easy for me to maintain his hair cut at home with a standard set of electric clippers. And a guard or two. You know, for variety.\r\n\r\nWhile I deeply enjoy lording over my husband with a set of clippers once every two weeks, I just can\'t get excited about learning to give a good shave. What if I give my husband an epic case of razor burn? What if I slip and cause a permanent scar, rendering my husband\'s secret dreams of a career as a supermodel crushed and broken?\r\n\r\nWhat if I hit an artery? The risk is just too great.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBesides, with a barber in town like <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">Mark Clay, owner of Clay\'s Barbershop in the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st and Memorial</a>, why reinvent the wheel?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1267\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0803/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0803.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy husband first heard about Mark from a co-worker, also a former Army guy, who returned to work one afternoon from an appointment at Clay\'s absolutely raving not only about the shop and the service, but also about the barber himself. Once my husband heard that Mark is a retired Army colonel and that his shop is a veritable treasure trove of Army memorabilia, he knew that one day, their paths would cross.\r\n\r\nThat article from Brett and Kate McKay signed, sealed and delivered the deal.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0929-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09291.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we arrived for our appointment last week, hubs was able to walk straight from the door to the barber\'s chair.\r\n\r\nBecause having to wait even though you made an appointment is a real pain in the hind-end, right?\r\n\r\nRight.\r\n\r\nLook! An Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, right on the way to Mark\'s chair.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1280\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0898/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1280\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0898.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was home, sweet home for us at Clay\'s from the very start. Because we have an Army doll and a case full of challenge coins at our house, too.\r\n\r\nBirds of a feather, man. Birds of a feather.\r\n\r\nFirst, Mark steamed hubs\' face with towels heated old-school style over boiling water.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen, Mark put conditioner on hubs\' skin to open pores his and soften his beard. It also helped to lubricate the blade of the <em>straight razor</em> Mark was using.\r\n\r\nCan\'t I just say that again? Mark wasn\'t using a cartridge. He wasn\'t using a safety razor. He was using a <em>straight razor</em>. As in, practically a Samurai sword.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0859/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1271\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0859.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPure. Skills. Mark is all that is man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1270\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0863/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0863.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd that Mark wears a starched shirt everyday to work is utterly charming. It\'s also highly appreciated. It gets old going to the barbershop or salon and having your hair cut by someone who obviously doesn\'t give a rip about how they look.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re going to be in the business of making people look good, shouldn\'t your appearance be snappy as well?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1272\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0870/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0870.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark stretched hubs\' skin to work in a closer shave. He pulled a reverse backhand on the area underneath hubs\' chin, something he claims no other barber in town can do.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty good at believing whatever a guy with a straight razor to my husband\'s neck has to say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1281\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0906/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1281\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0906-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark used an after-shave lotion that chemically closed hubs\' pores. It\'s formulated to soothe his skin and to ward off any skin irritation or unsightly acne I\'d have to secretly restrain myself from picking at.\r\n\r\nAll told, after about 10 minutes, we were done.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that chair hubs is sitting in? It\'s seriously vintage.\r\n\r\nIn fact, Mark collects antique barbershop chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1274\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1274\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0808.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know, right? How could this guy possibly get any cooler?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1277\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0883/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1277\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0883-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is a Depression-era chair whose base is cast of solid nickel. Mark said that it\'s believed the rest of the set was melted down for the metal during those tough years. This couple turned up at auction years later. Now, they\'re in Mark\'s barbershop.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1278\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08141.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1279\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0887/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0887.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThese chairs were turned out during a 1920s remodel of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. A select few live on in barbershops across the country. Mark is the proud owner of a pair of the chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1276\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0875/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1276\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0875-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that red-and-white number out of which my son is jumping? President Obama gets his shave in a chair exactly like that. Cool, huh?\r\n\r\nJust try and find that at Supercuts.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1282\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08081.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of a better gift for a manly man than a professional shave or a facial. It\'s relaxing, it\'s luxurious and, duh, it\'s highly manly. It\'s also a great idea for any guy who\'s headed to a job interview, that annual family photo shoot or, particularly, a hot date.\r\n\r\nBecause there\'s nothing sexier than a relaxed, cleanly shaven man. Except for maybe the smell of a relaxed, cleanly shaven man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1283\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0917-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1283\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09171.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey there, blurry husband. Hey.\r\n\r\nIf you want a shave at Clay\'s, be sure to call ahead and make an appointment. There\'s lots of preparation that goes into a shave, so it\'s always nice to give the barber notice so that he can plan his day of appointments accordingly.\r\n\r\nAnd also because the guy\'s going to be holding a very sharp implement snugly against your jugular. All politenesses are encouraged.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clay\'s Barbershop</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 8am-6pm; Saturday, 8am-3pm; Last man seated 15 minutes before closing\r\nWhere: In the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st Street and Memorial Drive\r\nCall: (918) 859-9709\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">http://www.claysbarbershop.com/</a>\r\n(There\'s another Clay\'s location at 61st and Sheridan, but they don\'t offer shaves or facials.)','Clay\'s Barbershop: This One\'s For the Guys','even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a professional do the job.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1261-revision-5','','','2010-08-16 18:55:40','2010-08-16 23:55:40','',1261,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1261-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(1289,1,'2010-08-16 18:58:59','2010-08-16 23:58:59','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1262\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0889/\">\r\n</a>Remember when you were little and one of the highlights of your stays at Grandma and Grandpa\'s house was getting to watch Grandpa shave in the morning?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->How Grandpa looked like Santa with all that shaving cream on his face; how he\'d make every facial expression known to man as he twisted and turned his face around the safety razor he\'d had since he got out of the Army;  how the bathroom smelled like warm towels, Barbasol and Old Spice practically until lunch time. It didn\'t matter that you couldn\'t even see over the bathroom counter. You just wanted to hang out while Grandpa prepared his face for the day, not knowing that together you were making one of most vivid and comforting memories of your entire childhood.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1263\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0814.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe players in this quintessential coming-of-age tale in my house right now are my husband and our son. He\'s just two-and-a-half, but he loves standing on his tip-toes and gripping the edge of the counter with his chubby, starfish-like little fingers so he can watch his dad lather up and shave.\r\n\r\nShaving is a popular topic over at one of my very favorite Oklahoma-based blogs, <a href=\"http://www.theartofmanliness.com/\">The Art of Manliness</a>, penned by Tulsa bloggers Brett and Kate McKay. In fact, it\'s how we found the site in the first place. Thanks to my husband\'s curiosity-turned-Google-search and their article, <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/\">Learn How to Shave Like Your Grandpa</a>, we not only had a new read we could both enjoy, but now our son will get to learn to shave how we remember our grandfathers did.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1264\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0846/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0846.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a locally-owned barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a real professional do the job.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1265\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0900/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1265\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0900-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore last Thursday, my husband had never had a professional shave before. He\'s not exactly a barbershop regular. For nearly 10 years he served in the Army National Guard, where a buzz cut of a quarter-of-an-inch or shorter is military policy. Fortunately for our budget and my sick sense of adventure, it\'s easy for me to maintain his hair cut at home with a standard set of electric clippers. And a guard or two. You know, for variety.\r\n\r\nWhile I deeply enjoy lording over my husband with a set of clippers once every two weeks, I just can\'t get excited about learning to give a good shave. What if I give my husband an epic case of razor burn? What if I slip and cause a permanent scar, rendering my husband\'s secret dreams of a career as a supermodel crushed and broken?\r\n\r\nWhat if I hit an artery? The risk is just too great.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBesides, with a barber in town like <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">Mark Clay, owner of Clay\'s Barbershop in the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st and Memorial</a>, why reinvent the wheel?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1267\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0803/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0803.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy husband first heard about Mark from a co-worker, also a former Army guy, who returned to work one afternoon from an appointment at Clay\'s absolutely raving not only about the shop and the service, but also about the barber himself. Once my husband heard that Mark is a retired Army colonel and that his shop is a veritable treasure trove of Army memorabilia, he knew that one day, their paths would cross.\r\n\r\nThat article from Brett and Kate McKay signed, sealed and delivered the deal.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0929-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09291.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we arrived for our appointment last week, hubs was able to walk straight from the door to the barber\'s chair.\r\n\r\nBecause having to wait even though you made an appointment is a real pain in the hind-end, right?\r\n\r\nRight.\r\n\r\nLook! An Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, right on the way to Mark\'s chair.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1280\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0898/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1280\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0898.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was home, sweet home for us at Clay\'s from the very start. Because we have an Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, too.\r\n\r\nBirds of a feather, man. Birds of a feather.\r\n\r\nFirst, Mark steamed hubs\' face with towels heated old-school style over boiling water.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen, Mark put conditioner on hubs\' skin to open pores his and soften his beard. It also helped to lubricate the blade of the <em>straight razor</em> Mark was using.\r\n\r\nCan\'t I just say that again? Mark wasn\'t using a cartridge. He wasn\'t using a safety razor. He was using a <em>straight razor</em>. As in, practically a Samurai sword.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0859/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1271\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0859.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPure. Skills. Mark is all that is man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1270\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0863/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0863.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd that Mark wears a starched shirt everyday to work is utterly charming. It\'s also highly appreciated. It gets old going to the barbershop or salon and having your hair cut by someone who obviously doesn\'t give a rip about how they look.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re going to be in the business of making people look good, shouldn\'t your appearance be snappy as well?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1272\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0870/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0870.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark stretched hubs\' skin to work in a closer shave. He pulled a reverse backhand on the area underneath hubs\' chin, something he claims no other barber in town can do.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty good at believing whatever a guy with a straight razor to my husband\'s neck has to say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1281\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0906/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1281\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0906-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark used an after-shave lotion that chemically closed hubs\' pores. It\'s formulated to soothe his skin and to ward off any skin irritation or unsightly acne I\'d have to secretly restrain myself from picking at.\r\n\r\nAll told, after about 10 minutes, we were done.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that chair hubs is sitting in? It\'s seriously vintage.\r\n\r\nIn fact, Mark collects antique barbershop chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1274\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1274\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0808.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know, right? How could this guy possibly get any cooler?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1277\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0883/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1277\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0883-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is a Depression-era chair whose base is cast of solid nickel. Mark said that it\'s believed the rest of the set was melted down for the metal during those tough years. This couple turned up at auction years later. Now, they\'re in Mark\'s barbershop.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1278\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08141.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1279\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0887/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0887.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThese chairs were turned out during a 1920s remodel of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. A select few live on in barbershops across the country. Mark is the proud owner of a pair of the chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1276\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0875/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1276\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0875-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that red-and-white number out of which my son is jumping? President Obama gets his shave in a chair exactly like that. Cool, huh?\r\n\r\nJust try and find that at Supercuts.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1282\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08081.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of a better gift for a manly man than a professional shave or a facial. It\'s relaxing, it\'s luxurious and, duh, it\'s highly manly. It\'s also a great idea for any guy who\'s headed to a job interview, that annual family photo shoot or, particularly, a hot date.\r\n\r\nBecause there\'s nothing sexier than a relaxed, cleanly shaven man. Except for maybe the smell of a relaxed, cleanly shaven man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1283\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0917-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1283\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09171.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey there, blurry husband. Hey.\r\n\r\nIf you want a shave at Clay\'s, be sure to call ahead and make an appointment. There\'s lots of preparation that goes into a shave, so it\'s always nice to give the barber notice so that he can plan his day of appointments accordingly.\r\n\r\nAnd also because the guy\'s going to be holding a very sharp implement snugly against your jugular. All politenesses are encouraged.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clay\'s Barbershop</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 8am-6pm; Saturday, 8am-3pm; Last man seated 15 minutes before closing\r\nWhere: In the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st Street and Memorial Drive\r\nCall: (918) 859-9709\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">http://www.claysbarbershop.com/</a>\r\n(There\'s another Clay\'s location at 61st and Sheridan, but they don\'t offer shaves or facials.)','Clay\'s Barbershop: This One\'s For the Guys','even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a professional do the job.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1261-revision-6','','','2010-08-16 18:58:59','2010-08-16 23:58:59','',1261,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1261-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1290,1,'2010-08-16 18:59:00','2010-08-16 23:59:00','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1262\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0889/\">\r\n</a>Remember when you were little and one of the highlights of your stays at Grandma and Grandpa\'s house was getting to watch Grandpa shave in the morning?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->How Grandpa looked like Santa with all that shaving cream on his face; how he\'d make every facial expression known to man as he twisted and turned his face around the safety razor he\'d had since he got out of the Army;  how the bathroom smelled like warm towels, Barbasol and Old Spice practically until lunch time. It didn\'t matter that you couldn\'t even see over the bathroom counter. You just wanted to hang out while Grandpa prepared his face for the day, not knowing that together you were making one of most vivid and comforting memories of your entire childhood.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1263\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0814.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe players in this quintessential coming-of-age tale in my house right now are my husband and our son. He\'s just two-and-a-half, but he loves standing on his tip-toes and gripping the edge of the counter with his chubby, starfish-like little fingers so he can watch his dad lather up and shave.\r\n\r\nShaving is a popular topic over at one of my very favorite Oklahoma-based blogs, <a href=\"http://www.theartofmanliness.com/\">The Art of Manliness</a>, penned by Tulsa bloggers Brett and Kate McKay. In fact, it\'s how we found the site in the first place. Thanks to my husband\'s curiosity-turned-Google-search and their article, <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/\">Learn How to Shave Like Your Grandpa</a>, we not only had a new read we could both enjoy, but now our son will get to learn to shave how we remember our grandfathers did.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1264\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0846/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0846.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a locally-owned barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a real professional do the job.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1265\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0900/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1265\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0900-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore last Thursday, my husband had never had a professional shave before. He\'s not exactly a barbershop regular. For nearly 10 years he served in the Army National Guard, where a buzz cut of a quarter-of-an-inch or shorter is military policy. Fortunately for our budget and my sick sense of adventure, it\'s easy for me to maintain his hair cut at home with a standard set of electric clippers. And a guard or two. You know, for variety.\r\n\r\nWhile I deeply enjoy lording over my husband with a set of clippers once every two weeks, I just can\'t get excited about learning to give a good shave. What if I give my husband an epic case of razor burn? What if I slip and cause a permanent scar, rendering my husband\'s secret dreams of a career as a supermodel crushed and broken?\r\n\r\nWhat if I hit an artery? The risk is just too great.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBesides, with a barber in town like <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">Mark Clay, owner of Clay\'s Barbershop in the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st and Memorial</a>, why reinvent the wheel?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1267\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0803/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0803.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy husband first heard about Mark from a co-worker, also a former Army guy, who returned to work one afternoon from an appointment at Clay\'s absolutely raving not only about the shop and the service, but also about the barber himself. Once my husband heard that Mark is a retired Army colonel and that his shop is a veritable treasure trove of Army memorabilia, he knew that one day, their paths would cross.\r\n\r\nThat article from Brett and Kate McKay signed, sealed and delivered the deal.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0929-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09291.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we arrived for our appointment last week, hubs was able to walk straight from the door to the barber\'s chair.\r\n\r\nBecause having to wait even though you made an appointment is a real pain in the hind-end, right?\r\n\r\nRight.\r\n\r\nLook! An Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, right on the way to Mark\'s chair.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1280\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0898/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1280\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0898.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was home, sweet home for us at Clay\'s from the very start. Because we have an Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, too.\r\n\r\nBirds of a feather, man. Birds of a feather.\r\n\r\nFirst, Mark steamed hubs\' face with towels heated old-school style over boiling water.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen, Mark put conditioner on hubs\' skin to open pores his and soften his beard. It also helped to lubricate the blade of the <em>straight razor</em> Mark was using.\r\n\r\nCan\'t I just say that again? Mark wasn\'t using a cartridge. He wasn\'t using a safety razor. He was using a <em>straight razor</em>. As in, practically a Samurai sword.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0859/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1271\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0859.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPure. Skills. Mark is all that is man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1270\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0863/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0863.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd that Mark wears a starched shirt everyday to work is utterly charming. It\'s also highly appreciated. It gets old going to the barbershop or salon and having your hair cut by someone who obviously doesn\'t give a rip about how they look.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re going to be in the business of making people look good, shouldn\'t your appearance be snappy as well?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1272\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0870/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0870.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark stretched hubs\' skin to work in a closer shave. He pulled a reverse backhand on the area underneath hubs\' chin, something he claims no other barber in town can do.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty good at believing whatever a guy with a straight razor to my husband\'s neck has to say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1281\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0906/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1281\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0906-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark used an after-shave lotion that chemically closed hubs\' pores. It\'s formulated to soothe his skin and to ward off any skin irritation or unsightly acne I\'d have to secretly restrain myself from picking at.\r\n\r\nAll told, after about 10 minutes, we were done.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that chair hubs is sitting in? It\'s seriously vintage.\r\n\r\nIn fact, Mark collects antique barbershop chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1274\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1274\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0808.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know, right? How could this guy possibly get any cooler?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1277\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0883/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1277\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0883-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is a Depression-era chair whose base is cast of solid nickel. Mark said that it\'s believed the rest of the set was melted down for the metal during those tough years. This couple turned up at auction years later. Now, they\'re in Mark\'s barbershop.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1278\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08141.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1279\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0887/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0887.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThese chairs were turned out during a 1920s remodel of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. A select few live on in barbershops across the country. Mark is the proud owner of a pair of the chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1276\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0875/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1276\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0875-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that red-and-white number out of which my son is jumping? President Obama gets his shave in a chair exactly like that. Cool, huh?\r\n\r\nJust try and find that at Supercuts.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1282\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08081.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of a better gift for a manly man than a professional shave or a facial. It\'s relaxing, it\'s luxurious and, duh, it\'s highly manly. It\'s also a great idea for any guy who\'s headed to a job interview, that annual family photo shoot or, particularly, a hot date.\r\n\r\nBecause there\'s nothing sexier than a relaxed, cleanly shaven man. Except for maybe the smell of a relaxed, cleanly shaven man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1283\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0917-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1283\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09171.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey there, blurry husband. Hey.\r\n\r\nIf you want a shave at Clay\'s, be sure to call ahead and make an appointment. There\'s lots of preparation that goes into a shave, so it\'s always nice to give the barber notice so that he can plan his day of appointments accordingly.\r\n\r\nAnd also because the guy\'s going to be holding a very sharp implement snugly against your jugular. All politenesses are encouraged.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clay\'s Barbershop</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 8am-6pm; Saturday, 8am-3pm; Last man seated 15 minutes before closing\r\nWhere: In the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st Street and Memorial Drive\r\nCall: (918) 859-9709\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">http://www.claysbarbershop.com/</a>\r\n(There\'s another Clay\'s location at 61st and Sheridan, but they don\'t offer shaves or facials.)','Clay\'s Barbershop: This One\'s For the Guys','even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a professional do the job.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1261-revision-7','','','2010-08-16 18:59:00','2010-08-16 23:59:00','',1261,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1261-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(1291,1,'2010-08-16 18:59:21','2010-08-16 23:59:21','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1262\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0889/\">\r\n</a>Remember when you were little and one of the highlights of your stays at Grandma and Grandpa\'s house was getting to watch Grandpa shave in the morning?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->How Grandpa looked like Santa with all that shaving cream on his face; how he\'d make every facial expression known to man as he twisted and turned his face around the safety razor he\'d had since he got out of the Army;  how the bathroom smelled like warm towels, Barbasol and Old Spice practically until lunch time. It didn\'t matter that you couldn\'t even see over the bathroom counter. You just wanted to hang out while Grandpa prepared his face for the day, not knowing that together you were making one of most vivid and comforting memories of your entire childhood.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1263\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0814.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe players in this quintessential coming-of-age tale in my house right now are my husband and our son. He\'s just two-and-a-half, but he loves standing on his tip-toes and gripping the edge of the counter with his chubby, starfish-like little fingers so he can watch his dad lather up and shave.\r\n\r\nShaving is a popular topic over at one of my very favorite Oklahoma-based blogs, <a href=\"http://www.theartofmanliness.com/\">The Art of Manliness</a>, penned by Tulsa bloggers Brett and Kate McKay. In fact, it\'s how we found the site in the first place. Thanks to my husband\'s curiosity-turned-Google-search and their article, <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/\">Learn How to Shave Like Your Grandpa</a>, we not only had a new read we could both enjoy, but now our son will get to learn to shave how we remember our grandfathers did.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1264\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0846/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0846.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a locally-owned barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a real professional do the job.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1265\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0900/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1265\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0900-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore last Thursday, my husband had never had a professional shave before. He\'s not exactly a barbershop regular. For nearly 10 years he served in the Army National Guard, where a buzz cut of a quarter-of-an-inch or shorter is military policy. Fortunately for our budget and my sick sense of adventure, it\'s easy for me to maintain his hair cut at home with a standard set of electric clippers. And a guard or two. You know, for variety.\r\n\r\nWhile I deeply enjoy lording over my husband with a set of clippers once every two weeks, I just can\'t get excited about learning to give a good shave. What if I give my husband an epic case of razor burn? What if I slip and cause a permanent scar, rendering my husband\'s secret dreams of a career as a supermodel crushed and broken?\r\n\r\nWhat if I hit an artery? The risk is just too great.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBesides, with a barber in town like <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">Mark Clay, owner of Clay\'s Barbershop in the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st and Memorial</a>, why reinvent the wheel?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1267\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0803/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0803.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy husband first heard about Mark from a co-worker, also a former Army guy, who returned to work one afternoon from an appointment at Clay\'s absolutely raving not only about the shop and the service, but also about the barber himself. Once my husband heard that Mark is a retired Army colonel and that his shop is a veritable treasure trove of Army memorabilia, he knew that one day, their paths would cross.\r\n\r\nThat article from Brett and Kate McKay signed, sealed and delivered the deal.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0929-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09291.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we arrived for our appointment last week, hubs was able to walk straight from the door to the barber\'s chair.\r\n\r\nBecause having to wait even though you made an appointment is a real pain in the hind-end, right?\r\n\r\nRight.\r\n\r\nLook! An Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, right on the way to Mark\'s chair.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1280\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0898/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1280\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0898.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was home, sweet home for us at Clay\'s from the very start. Because we have an Army doll and a bunch of challenge coins, too.\r\n\r\nBirds of a feather, man. Birds of a feather.\r\n\r\nFirst, Mark steamed hubs\' face with towels heated old-school style over boiling water.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen, Mark put conditioner on hubs\' skin to open pores his and soften his beard. It also helped to lubricate the blade of the <em>straight razor</em> Mark was using.\r\n\r\nCan\'t I just say that again? Mark wasn\'t using a cartridge. He wasn\'t using a safety razor. He was using a <em>straight razor</em>. As in, practically a Samurai sword.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0859/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1271\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0859.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPure. Skills. Mark is all that is man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1270\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0863/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0863.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd that Mark wears a starched shirt everyday to work is utterly charming. It\'s also highly appreciated. It gets old going to the barbershop or salon and having your hair cut by someone who obviously doesn\'t give a rip about how they look.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re going to be in the business of making people look good, shouldn\'t your appearance be snappy as well?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1272\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0870/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0870.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark stretched hubs\' skin to work in a closer shave. He pulled a reverse backhand on the area underneath hubs\' chin, something he claims no other barber in town can do.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty good at believing whatever a guy with a straight razor to my husband\'s neck has to say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1281\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0906/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1281\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0906-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark used an after-shave lotion that chemically closed hubs\' pores. It\'s formulated to soothe his skin and to ward off any skin irritation or unsightly acne I\'d have to secretly restrain myself from picking at.\r\n\r\nAll told, after about 10 minutes, we were done.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that chair hubs is sitting in? It\'s seriously vintage.\r\n\r\nIn fact, Mark collects antique barbershop chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1274\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1274\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0808.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know, right? How could this guy possibly get any cooler?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1277\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0883/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1277\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0883-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is a Depression-era chair whose base is cast of solid nickel. Mark said that it\'s believed the rest of the set was melted down for the metal during those tough years. This couple turned up at auction years later. Now, they\'re in Mark\'s barbershop.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1278\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08141.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1279\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0887/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0887.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThese chairs were turned out during a 1920s remodel of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. A select few live on in barbershops across the country. Mark is the proud owner of a pair of the chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1276\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0875/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1276\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0875-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that red-and-white number out of which my son is jumping? President Obama gets his shave in a chair exactly like that. Cool, huh?\r\n\r\nJust try and find that at Supercuts.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1282\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08081.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of a better gift for a manly man than a professional shave or a facial. It\'s relaxing, it\'s luxurious and, duh, it\'s highly manly. It\'s also a great idea for any guy who\'s headed to a job interview, that annual family photo shoot or, particularly, a hot date.\r\n\r\nBecause there\'s nothing sexier than a relaxed, cleanly shaven man. Except for maybe the smell of a relaxed, cleanly shaven man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1283\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0917-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1283\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09171.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey there, blurry husband. Hey.\r\n\r\nIf you want a shave at Clay\'s, be sure to call ahead and make an appointment. There\'s lots of preparation that goes into a shave, so it\'s always nice to give the barber notice so that he can plan his day of appointments accordingly.\r\n\r\nAnd also because the guy\'s going to be holding a very sharp implement snugly against your jugular. All politenesses are encouraged.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clay\'s Barbershop</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 8am-6pm; Saturday, 8am-3pm; Last man seated 15 minutes before closing\r\nWhere: In the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st Street and Memorial Drive\r\nCall: (918) 859-9709\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">http://www.claysbarbershop.com/</a>\r\n(There\'s another Clay\'s location at 61st and Sheridan, but they don\'t offer shaves or facials.)','Clay\'s Barbershop: This One\'s For the Guys','even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a professional do the job.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1261-revision-8','','','2010-08-16 18:59:21','2010-08-16 23:59:21','',1261,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1261-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(1292,1,'2010-08-16 18:59:21','2010-08-16 23:59:21','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1262\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0889/\">\r\n</a>Remember when you were little and one of the highlights of your stays at Grandma and Grandpa\'s house was getting to watch Grandpa shave in the morning?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->How Grandpa looked like Santa with all that shaving cream on his face; how he\'d make every facial expression known to man as he twisted and turned his face around the safety razor he\'d had since he got out of the Army;  how the bathroom smelled like warm towels, Barbasol and Old Spice practically until lunch time. It didn\'t matter that you couldn\'t even see over the bathroom counter. You just wanted to hang out while Grandpa prepared his face for the day, not knowing that together you were making one of most vivid and comforting memories of your entire childhood.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1263\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0814.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe players in this quintessential coming-of-age tale in my house right now are my husband and our son. He\'s just two-and-a-half, but he loves standing on his tip-toes and gripping the edge of the counter with his chubby, starfish-like little fingers so he can watch his dad lather up and shave.\r\n\r\nShaving is a popular topic over at one of my very favorite Oklahoma-based blogs, <a href=\"http://www.theartofmanliness.com/\">The Art of Manliness</a>, penned by Tulsa bloggers Brett and Kate McKay. In fact, it\'s how we found the site in the first place. Thanks to my husband\'s curiosity-turned-Google-search and their article, <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/\">Learn How to Shave Like Your Grandpa</a>, we not only had a new read we could both enjoy, but now our son will get to learn to shave how we remember our grandfathers did.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1264\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0846/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0846.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a locally-owned barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a real professional do the job.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1265\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0900/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1265\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0900-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore last Thursday, my husband had never had a professional shave before. He\'s not exactly a barbershop regular. For nearly 10 years he served in the Army National Guard, where a buzz cut of a quarter-of-an-inch or shorter is military policy. Fortunately for our budget and my sick sense of adventure, it\'s easy for me to maintain his hair cut at home with a standard set of electric clippers. And a guard or two. You know, for variety.\r\n\r\nWhile I deeply enjoy lording over my husband with a set of clippers once every two weeks, I just can\'t get excited about learning to give a good shave. What if I give my husband an epic case of razor burn? What if I slip and cause a permanent scar, rendering my husband\'s secret dreams of a career as a supermodel crushed and broken?\r\n\r\nWhat if I hit an artery? The risk is just too great.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBesides, with a barber in town like <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">Mark Clay, owner of Clay\'s Barbershop in the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st and Memorial</a>, why reinvent the wheel?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1267\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0803/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0803.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy husband first heard about Mark from a co-worker, also a former Army guy, who returned to work one afternoon from an appointment at Clay\'s absolutely raving not only about the shop and the service, but also about the barber himself. Once my husband heard that Mark is a retired Army colonel and that his shop is a veritable treasure trove of Army memorabilia, he knew that one day, their paths would cross.\r\n\r\nThat article from Brett and Kate McKay signed, sealed and delivered the deal.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0929-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09291.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we arrived for our appointment last week, hubs was able to walk straight from the door to the barber\'s chair.\r\n\r\nBecause having to wait even though you made an appointment is a real pain in the hind-end, right?\r\n\r\nRight.\r\n\r\nLook! An Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, right on the way to Mark\'s chair.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1280\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0898/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1280\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0898.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was home, sweet home for us at Clay\'s from the very start. Because we have an Army doll and a bunch of challenge coins, too.\r\n\r\nBirds of a feather, man. Birds of a feather.\r\n\r\nFirst, Mark steamed hubs\' face with towels heated old-school style over boiling water.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen, Mark put conditioner on hubs\' skin to open pores his and soften his beard. It also helped to lubricate the blade of the <em>straight razor</em> Mark was using.\r\n\r\nCan\'t I just say that again? Mark wasn\'t using a cartridge. He wasn\'t using a safety razor. He was using a <em>straight razor</em>. As in, practically a Samurai sword.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0859/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1271\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0859.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPure. Skills. Mark is all that is man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1270\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0863/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0863.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd that Mark wears a starched shirt everyday to work is utterly charming. It\'s also highly appreciated. It gets old going to the barbershop or salon and having your hair cut by someone who obviously doesn\'t give a rip about how they look.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re going to be in the business of making people look good, shouldn\'t your appearance be snappy as well?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1272\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0870/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0870.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark stretched hubs\' skin to work in a closer shave. He pulled a reverse backhand on the area underneath hubs\' chin, something he claims no other barber in town can do.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty good at believing whatever a guy with a straight razor to my husband\'s neck has to say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1281\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0906/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1281\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0906-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark used an after-shave lotion that chemically closed hubs\' pores. It\'s formulated to soothe his skin and to ward off any skin irritation or unsightly acne I\'d have to secretly restrain myself from picking at.\r\n\r\nAll told, after about 10 minutes, we were done.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that chair hubs is sitting in? It\'s seriously vintage.\r\n\r\nIn fact, Mark collects antique barbershop chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1274\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1274\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0808.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know, right? How could this guy possibly get any cooler?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1277\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0883/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1277\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0883-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is a Depression-era chair whose base is cast of solid nickel. Mark said that it\'s believed the rest of the set was melted down for the metal during those tough years. This couple turned up at auction years later. Now, they\'re in Mark\'s barbershop.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1278\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08141.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1279\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0887/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0887.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThese chairs were turned out during a 1920s remodel of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. A select few live on in barbershops across the country. Mark is the proud owner of a pair of the chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1276\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0875/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1276\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0875-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that red-and-white number out of which my son is jumping? President Obama gets his shave in a chair exactly like that. Cool, huh?\r\n\r\nJust try and find that at Supercuts.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1282\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08081.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of a better gift for a manly man than a professional shave or a facial. It\'s relaxing, it\'s luxurious and, duh, it\'s highly manly. It\'s also a great idea for any guy who\'s headed to a job interview, that annual family photo shoot or, particularly, a hot date.\r\n\r\nBecause there\'s nothing sexier than a relaxed, cleanly shaven man. Except for maybe the smell of a relaxed, cleanly shaven man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1283\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0917-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1283\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09171.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey there, blurry husband. Hey.\r\n\r\nIf you want a shave at Clay\'s, be sure to call ahead and make an appointment. There\'s lots of preparation that goes into a shave, so it\'s always nice to give the barber notice so that he can plan his day of appointments accordingly.\r\n\r\nAnd also because the guy\'s going to be holding a very sharp implement snugly against your jugular. All politenesses are encouraged.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clay\'s Barbershop</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 8am-6pm; Saturday, 8am-3pm; Last man seated 15 minutes before closing\r\nWhere: In the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st Street and Memorial Drive\r\nCall: (918) 859-9709\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">http://www.claysbarbershop.com/</a>\r\n(There\'s another Clay\'s location at 61st and Sheridan, but they don\'t offer shaves or facials.)','Clay\'s Barbershop: This One\'s For the Guys','even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a professional do the job.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1261-revision-9','','','2010-08-16 18:59:21','2010-08-16 23:59:21','',1261,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1261-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(1293,1,'2010-08-16 19:00:11','2010-08-17 00:00:11','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1262\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0889/\">\r\n</a>Remember when you were little and one of the highlights of your stays at Grandma and Grandpa\'s house was getting to watch Grandpa shave in the morning?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->How Grandpa looked like Santa with all that shaving cream on his face; how he\'d make every facial expression known to man as he twisted and turned his face around the safety razor he\'d had since he got out of the Army;  how the bathroom smelled like warm towels, Barbasol and Old Spice practically until lunch time. It didn\'t matter that you couldn\'t even see over the bathroom counter. You just wanted to hang out while Grandpa prepared his face for the day, not knowing that together you were making one of most vivid and comforting memories of your entire childhood.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1263\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0814.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe players in this quintessential coming-of-age tale in my house right now are my husband and our son. He\'s just two-and-a-half, but he loves standing on his tip-toes and gripping the edge of the counter with his chubby, starfish-like little fingers so he can watch his dad lather up and shave.\r\n\r\nShaving is a popular topic over at one of my very favorite Oklahoma-based blogs, <a href=\"http://www.theartofmanliness.com/\">The Art of Manliness</a>, penned by Tulsa bloggers Brett and Kate McKay. In fact, it\'s how we found the site in the first place. Thanks to my husband\'s curiosity-turned-Google-search and their article, <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/\">Learn How to Shave Like Your Grandpa</a>, we not only had a new read we could both enjoy, but now our son will get to learn to shave how we remember our grandfathers did.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1264\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0846/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0846.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a locally-owned barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a real professional do the job.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1265\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0900/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1265\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0900-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBefore last Thursday, my husband had never had a professional shave before. He\'s not exactly a barbershop regular. For nearly 10 years he served in the Army National Guard, where a buzz cut of a quarter-of-an-inch or shorter is military policy. Fortunately for our budget and my sick sense of adventure, it\'s easy for me to maintain his hair cut at home with a standard set of electric clippers. And a guard or two. You know, for variety.\r\n\r\nWhile I deeply enjoy lording over my husband with a set of clippers once every two weeks, I just can\'t get excited about learning to give a good shave. What if I give my husband an epic case of razor burn? What if I slip and cause a permanent scar, rendering my husband\'s secret dreams of a career as a supermodel crushed and broken?\r\n\r\nWhat if I hit an artery? The risk is just too great.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBesides, with a barber in town like <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">Mark Clay, owner of Clay\'s Barbershop in the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st and Memorial</a>, why reinvent the wheel?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1267\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0803/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0803.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy husband first heard about Mark from a co-worker, also a former Army guy, who returned to work one afternoon from an appointment at Clay\'s absolutely raving not only about the shop and the service, but also about the barber himself. Once my husband heard that Mark is a retired Army colonel and that his shop is a veritable treasure trove of Army memorabilia, he knew that one day, their paths would cross.\r\n\r\nThat article from Brett and Kate McKay signed, sealed and delivered the deal.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0929-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09291.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we arrived for our appointment last week, hubs was able to walk straight from the door to the barber\'s chair.\r\n\r\nBecause having to wait even though you made an appointment is a real pain in the hind-end, right?\r\n\r\nRight.\r\n\r\nLook! An Army doll and a case full of challenge coins, right on the way to Mark\'s chair.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1280\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0898/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1280\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0898.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was home, sweet home for us at Clay\'s from the very start. Because we have an Army doll and a bunch of challenge coins, too.\r\n\r\nBirds of a feather, man. Birds of a feather.\r\n\r\nFirst, Mark steamed hubs\' face with towels heated old-school style over boiling water.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1269\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0824-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08241.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen, Mark put conditioner on hubs\' skin to open his pores and soften his beard. It also helped to lubricate the blade of the <em>straight razor</em> Mark was using.\r\n\r\nCan\'t I just say that again? Mark wasn\'t using a cartridge. He wasn\'t using a safety razor. He was using a <em>straight razor</em>. As in, practically a Samurai sword.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0859/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1271\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0859.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPure. Skills. Mark is all that is man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1270\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0863/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0863.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd that Mark wears a starched shirt everyday to work is utterly charming. It\'s also highly appreciated. It gets old going to the barbershop or salon and having your hair cut by someone who obviously doesn\'t give a rip about how they look.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re going to be in the business of making people look good, shouldn\'t your appearance be snappy as well?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1272\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0870/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1272\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0870.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark stretched hubs\' skin to work in a closer shave. He pulled a reverse backhand on the area underneath hubs\' chin, something he claims no other barber in town can do.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty good at believing whatever a guy with a straight razor to my husband\'s neck has to say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1281\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0906/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1281\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0906-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMark used an after-shave lotion that chemically closed hubs\' pores. It\'s formulated to soothe his skin and to ward off any skin irritation or unsightly acne I\'d have to secretly restrain myself from picking at.\r\n\r\nAll told, after about 10 minutes, we were done.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1266\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0907/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0907.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that chair hubs is sitting in? It\'s seriously vintage.\r\n\r\nIn fact, Mark collects antique barbershop chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1274\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1274\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0808.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI know, right? How could this guy possibly get any cooler?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1277\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0883/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1277\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0883-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is a Depression-era chair whose base is cast of solid nickel. Mark said that it\'s believed the rest of the set was melted down for the metal during those tough years. This couple turned up at auction years later. Now, they\'re in Mark\'s barbershop.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1278\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0814-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08141.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1279\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0887/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0887.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThese chairs were turned out during a 1920s remodel of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. A select few live on in barbershops across the country. Mark is the proud owner of a pair of the chairs.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1276\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0875/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1276\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0875-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee that red-and-white number out of which my son is jumping? President Obama gets his shave in a chair exactly like that. Cool, huh?\r\n\r\nJust try and find that at Supercuts.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1282\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0808-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1282\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08081.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI can\'t think of a better gift for a manly man than a professional shave or a facial. It\'s relaxing, it\'s luxurious and, duh, it\'s highly manly. It\'s also a great idea for any guy who\'s headed to a job interview, that annual family photo shoot or, particularly, a hot date.\r\n\r\nBecause there\'s nothing sexier than a relaxed, cleanly shaven man. Except for maybe the smell of a relaxed, cleanly shaven man.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1283\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/dsc_0917-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1283\" title=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09171.jpg\" alt=\"Clay\'s Barbershop\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey there, blurry husband. Hey.\r\n\r\nIf you want a shave at Clay\'s, be sure to call ahead and make an appointment. There\'s lots of preparation that goes into a shave, so it\'s always nice to give the barber notice so that he can plan his day of appointments accordingly.\r\n\r\nAnd also because the guy\'s going to be holding a very sharp implement snugly against your jugular. All politenesses are encouraged.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clay\'s Barbershop</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 8am-6pm; Saturday, 8am-3pm; Last man seated 15 minutes before closing\r\nWhere: In the Fontana Shopping Center at 51st Street and Memorial Drive\r\nCall: (918) 859-9709\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.claysbarbershop.com/\">http://www.claysbarbershop.com/</a>\r\n(There\'s another Clay\'s location at 61st and Sheridan, but they don\'t offer shaves or facials.)','Clay\'s Barbershop: This One\'s For the Guys','even if you know how to give yourself a shave that will have your face in fair competition with a baby\'s bottom, it\'s nice to head to a barbershop as often as the budget will allow to have a professional do the job.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1261-revision-10','','','2010-08-16 19:00:11','2010-08-17 00:00:11','',1261,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1261-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(2160,1,'2010-08-30 21:17:20','2010-08-31 02:17:20','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735127207/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4735127207_55412ac978.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nThe city of Tulsa manages over 130 parks, and <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks.aspx\">31 of them offer water playgrounds</a>. Just think - that\'s a splash pad for every day of the month, all right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also a lot of water park to navigate all on your little lonesome. To help out, a certain kiddo would like to offer his guide to Tulsa splash pads to all of you - he just loves to be of service.\r\n\r\n<a name=\"more\"></a>Take it away, son!\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735126985/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4735126985_47e09d09d5.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nThanks, Mom. I\'ll just jump right in.\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 1: Survey the crowd</strong>.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735765348/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4735765348_162029321f.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a></div>\r\nIt\'s important for a kid to get a lay of the social land in play at any given splash pad. You want to be sure to identify the cool kids, right? And you want to be able to befriend them, don\'t you? After all, no one wants to start things off on the wrong foot. It\'d be social suicide, man.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735128067/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4735128067_9c58315b8b.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nA crucial step for the guys: You gotta scope out the ladies.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735128199/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4735128199_4efea87af7.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nIf you find one who is extra fine, don\'t be afraid to tell her so. After all, with all of the different splash pads in town, what are the odds the two of you will meet up again at the same one, at the same time?\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735127911/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4735127911_9dbebf5d9d.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nLife is short, people. Play hard.\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 2: Test all water spouts</strong>.\r\n\r\nThere are a few ways to go about this. I always like to start with a good, old-fashioned finger poke.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735126985/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4735126985_47e09d09d5.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nAgain, it\'s all about getting things started on the right foot.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735126771/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4735126771_f06978b3f9.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nNext, give the spout a good splash.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735127127/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4076/4735127127_dcdf7c9799.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nIf all seems to be in order, up the ante with a good stomp.\r\n\r\nGentle at first...\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735764488/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4735764488_83dabd4965.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n...then good and strong.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735764276/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4735764276_afc8984bc5.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nThat\'s the ticket.\r\n\r\nBe sure not to neglect the other parts of the water park. It\'s your responsibility as a kid to thoroughly test the entire splash pad. Leave no stone - or, spout, as it were - unturned. Don\'t be afraid to go above and beyond.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735764948/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4735764948_6374ab133c.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nOr down and deep.\r\n\r\nVery deep.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735127473/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4735127473_581aaa73b1.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735765140/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4735765140_a707b405bd.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nWhile this spout testing stuff is hard work, it\'s okay to enjoy your job.\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t let anyone tell you otherwise.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735127697/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4076/4735127697_75b4660af4.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Step 3: Test the quality of the water</strong>.\r\n\r\nThis is most easily done by getting as close to the water as possible.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735128459/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4076/4735128459_e40a1c2b41.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735128631/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4735128631_af9882f64d.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nDon\'t be shy. No one was ever give the corner nursery for being timid.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735128881/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4735128881_59de744dba.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nFor optimal water testing, really get up close and personal with the stuff.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735128743/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4735128743_d08fd74d2a.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nYeah. Like that.\r\n\r\nIf you\'ve done your job well, and if you\'ve completed all three of these techniques for optimal splash pad use, by the time Mom or Dad or Grandma says it\'s time to call it a day, you should look a little something like this:\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"River Parks Plaza by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4735765828/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4735765828_9a3ab6a81e.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks Plaza\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nHappy. Tired. Hungry.\r\n\r\nAnd above all, absolutely soaked to the bone. It\'s the ultimate sign of a splash pad inspection job well done.','A Tulsa Kid\'s Splash Pad How-To','The city of Tulsa manages over 130 parks, and 31 of them offer water playgrounds. Just think - that\'s a splash pad for every day of the month, all right here in Tulsa.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','662-revision-3','','','2010-08-30 21:17:20','2010-08-31 02:17:20','',662,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/662-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1297,1,'2010-08-17 08:41:01','2010-08-17 13:41:01','','Gilcrease Museum by Wade Harris','','inherit','open','open','','2788306106_3f3a736d1b','','','2010-08-17 08:41:01','2010-08-17 13:41:01','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2788306106_3f3a736d1b.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2196,1,'2010-09-21 07:54:05','2010-09-21 12:54:05','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053437978/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4053437978_5bf495b13d_o.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a></div>\n\nToday I unwittingly spent the morning at my favorite place to soak up the autumn season - Memorial Park Cemetery, in southeast Tulsa at the corner of 51st and Memorial.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053437528/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/4053437528_cc30325d4f_o.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></div>\n\nI don\'t routinely spend my morning hours wandering around historic cemeteries snapping photos. It\'s just that, today, I drove by Memorial Park and was floored by the color bursting forth from the place. I just had to pull in and set off through these gorgeous trees on foot.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053435886/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2621/4053435886_745892ddc8_o.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a></div>\n\nWow. Can you blame me?\n\nThen, as I was leaving, my car died.\n\nIn a cemetery. The week of Halloween. \n\nOh, the irony.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053436782/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2682/4053436782_7fd4540b47_o.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a></div>\n\nI thought that while I was waiting around to find out what the heck is wrong with my ride, I\'d share these photos of what is, in my opinion, one of the best places for a short drive, stroll, meander, weather balloon ride or whatever else strikes your fancy when you\'re craving some serious fall foliage.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4052698351/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/4052698351_69cbbc63a6_o.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a></div>\n\nPlus, Memorial Park Cemetery is a pretty rich place when it comes to Tulsa history. This cemetery, which sprawls over 260 acres that were well outside the city in the year of its founding in 1927, is now the site of some 54,000 graves. Some of the city\'s oldest names - Helmerich, Marshall, Mayo and Mabee, just to name a few - are found there, immortalized in stately mausoleums, statues and monuments. Plus, <a href=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=Z7oiGWzpuDsC&amp;pg=PA143&amp;lpg=PA143&amp;dq=memorial+park+cemetery+tulsa&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=379wGGxpjf&amp;sig=SeCg1JHExhmyR-mxe8d0d6KLMbQ&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=K4PoSpUrkYox7rylrQg&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=4&amp;ved=0CBUQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&amp;q=memorial%20park%20cemetery%20tulsa&amp;f=false\">Memorial Park is the resting place of the larger-than-life Bob Wills, as well as comedian Sam Kinison</a>.\n\nAnd you thought 51st and Memorial was a cultural dead zone. Ha! Pun totally (and shamefully) intended.\n\nWhere in the area do your falltime drives take you?','Memorial Park Cemetery: My Favorite Fall Place','I don\'t routinely spend my morning hours wandering around historic cemeteries snapping photos. It\'s just that, today, I drove by Memorial Park and was floored by the color bursting forth from the place.','inherit','open','open','','332-autosave','','','2010-09-21 07:54:05','2010-09-21 12:54:05','',332,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/332-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(2195,1,'2010-09-21 06:49:10','2010-09-21 11:49:10','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778460958/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3778460958_1cdc0308c5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nHi, boys and girls. I\'m Swizzle the Squirrel, and today I want to talk to you about how to make new friends at your local park.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3312592140/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3312592140_d0ffb978b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nSee that little boy? Let\'s say his name is Barnaby.\r\n\r\nBarnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. He\'s going to show us around <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=4009%20S.%20Pittsburg%20Avenue,%20Tulsa%20OK&amp;hl=en\">a little, 20-acre park in Midtown Tulsa called Whiteside Park</a>.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777717141/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3777717141_da6140786a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nWhile he\'s showing us around, Barnaby would like to enlighten us with a few basic rules of engagement for the kid who heads to the park looking to acquire some new play date prospects.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #1: Start by being standoffish</strong>.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a basic principle of relationships: The least interested party is the one with the most social power. You can then use this power to convince your new friends to do things for you, like steal candy and bugs and lint from all the other kids and then relinquish them to you upon your request.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777630209/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/3777630209_b69e260fac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777632085/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3598/3777632085_1b2aed422f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nContinue to evaluate play date prospects from a safe distance. You never know these days who has had a drop-in visit from the cousin who\'s just getting over chicken pox.\r\n\r\nThese times we live in, they are so uncertain.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777629839/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2589/3777629839_68c04aa033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778449238/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/3778449238_66a14089e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nRemember, however, that in social situations, flexibility is key. If the standoffish approach is not what the doctor ordered, then by all means, chuck it from the backseat of a rapidly moving Windstar.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #2: Let \'em know who\'s boss</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe best way to do this is to approach a large group of kids and make a demand.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777673339/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3777673339_2db6b71319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685587/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3777685587_4a463b9e1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nIf the prospective playmates don\'t follow orders, you didn\'t stinkin\' need them, anyway.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685293/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3777685293_24debb666a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #3. Develop a survival tactic</strong>.\r\n\r\nA good place to start on this is with a proper and intimidating scowl.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405826/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3778405826_528b45740d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405538/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3778405538_f75cd68ab3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n\r\nSee? When The Scowl is in full use, no one dares come near.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #4: A good joke wins friends and influences people</strong>.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC04847 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778358134/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3778358134_c5bf483bf3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04847\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC04846 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778378712/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3778378712_e3c8c0aba3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04846\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777594211/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/3777594211_f963604575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778469030/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2522/3778469030_05586e1a8f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nJust remember to save the ones your daddy thinks are funny for someplace other than the playground.','A Kid\'s Social Guide to the Park','Barnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. He\'s going to show us around a little, 20-acre park in Midtown Tulsa called Whiteside Park.','inherit','open','open','','234-revision-5','','','2010-09-21 06:49:10','2010-09-21 11:49:10','',234,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/234-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(1421,1,'2010-08-24 17:04:40','2010-08-24 22:04:40','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign. Which would be a very, very good thing.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nI\'ve been to both of these spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two give me a facial and draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory makes me feel...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear.\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What if the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits?\r\n\r\nWhat if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow that\'s a phrase I could get used to hearing.\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but when it happened at The Spa, Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','publish','open','open','','the-spa-tulsa','','','2010-08-24 17:17:01','2010-08-24 22:17:01','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=1421',0,'post','',8),(1301,1,'2010-08-17 17:17:33','2010-08-17 22:17:33','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0800/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEver have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Look above and behold. Then, find it at <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a>, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0784/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mother and grandmother like to tease me. What can I say? I\'m a tease-able person. Especially when it comes to what they like to call my <em>food snobbery</em>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0777/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-719\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0777.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut, I mean, since when is a commitment to dine as locally as possible, as often as possible <em>snobbery</em>? Last time I checked it was <em>responsible</em>. It was <em>prudent</em>. It was <em>caring</em> for Tulsa\'s economy and our environment.\r\n\r\nOf course, if I say this while being teased about my food snobbery, the teasing gets worse. They laugh, they jeer, they threaten to take me to Red Lobster for my birthday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-715\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0772/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-715\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0772.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThey\'re rascally little ladies, I tell you.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-718\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0775/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-718\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0775.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-716\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0773/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-716\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0773.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut, they love me. And Lord knows I love them.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0784/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich is why I take them to places like <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a> for their birthdays.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-714\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0771/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-714\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0771.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOctober is a busy month for birthdays is my family. That\'s when my sister and I were born, and our stepfather was born in October, too.\r\n\r\nBut, July is more fun. That\'s when we get to celebrate my husband\'s birthday, along with my mom\'s and grandmother\'s. That my grandmother had my mom the day before her birthday really makes remembering these things really easy.\r\n\r\nOr, really confusing, espeically if you\'re in the second grade and it\'s part of a class assignment to remember your family members\' birthdays. Which came first, the mother or the grandmother? To this day, I still have to double-check.\r\n\r\nBirthdays are a big deal in our family, and we always celebrate with food. As in, copious amounts of food. More like, copious amounts of the best-tasting food we can find. Sometimes we stick to our ol\' reliables (insert Red Lobster and much shuddering here), but sometimes we decide to try something new and exciting.\r\n\r\nSomehow, in spite of my snobbery, I\'m usually in charge of finding this something new and exciting. And I\'m usually under much scrutiny.\r\n\r\nScrutiny in the form of teasing about my food snobbery, I mean.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0794.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI didn\'t have to fight off much heckling after this macaroni and cheese came to the table at Calistoga, though.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=726\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-726\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0795.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNo one really had any good jokes about this flavorful grilled portobello burger or those perfectly cooked, oh-so-crispy, deliciously salty house-made potato chips, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0800/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAbsolutely no one snickered about this stuffed burger, which can be filled chock full with your choice of caramelized onions, bacon, mushrooms or jalapeno, as well as cheddar, swiss, gouda or bleu cheese with all the fixings.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-721\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0779/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-721\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0779.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYeah. I\'d call this a food snobbery <em>win</em>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0781/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-722\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0781.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu and atmosphere at Calistoga reminded me of the restaurants my husband and I found as we wandered through Napa Valley in California last fall - very warm, open and lots of earthy materials used in the decor. I\'ve heard this cuisine called Cal-Ital, which is a really awful, foodie-babble thing to call such lovely food, so we\'ll just say it\'s Italian-inspired food made with local ingredients and that it\'s a cuisine with roots in California\'s wine country.\r\n\r\nOkay? Okay.\r\n\r\nThe point is, Calistoga is the place to go if you\'re looking to please to hard-to-please. There\'s seating for whatever kind of dining party in which you find yourself - a private, spacious spot by the fireplace for large groups, seating at the bar for you and a few buds and patio seating for those incredible fall days that are just around the corner - and there\'s something on the menu for everyone, from the guy who\'s guaranteed to look sideways at anything that\'s not meat and potatoes to the kid who won\'t eat a brick-oven pizza unless it\'s topped with macaroni and cheese (yes, by popular demand Calistoga has begun to offer pizza topped with macaroni and cheese) and the lady who likes to play smug about her oh-so-adventurous and cultivated palate.\r\n\r\nNot that I know any ladies like that.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0778/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-720\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0778.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt $50 for a ticket of four burgers with drinks and a kids\' meal, the dining at Calistoga is also very modestly priced, especially considering that the quality of what we enjoyed when we visited could have easily held its own against what we found in the restaurants of the city for which the restaurant is named.\r\n\r\nFor filing in the by-the-way/in-case-you-didn\'t-know category: The same folks who own and operate Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill, James Andrews and my pal Kathleen Kennedy, also own and operate <a href=\"http://www.ciao-brookside.com/\">Ciao on Brookside</a>, an Italian restaurant and live, local music venue on Brookside. The place is virtually a Tulsa tradition.\r\n\r\nThe feel at Calistoga is different from that at Ciao, but the quality, service and attention to detail are deliciously the same.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0783/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-723\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0783.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m thankful. My food snobby ways, they have seen vindication in my little family circle.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty sure that stuffed burger from Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill had something (read: probably a lot) to do with it.\r\n\r\n<strong>Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</strong>\r\nWhere: 500 River Walk Terrace, Suite 135, in Jenks\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Thursday, 12-9pm; Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-10pm; Closed Monday; Bar open until the last patron leaves\r\nCall: (918) 995-2555 (be sure to call for reservations on weekends)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"www.calistogagrill.com\">www.calistogagrill.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1488229/restaurant/Southern-Hills/Calistoga-Bar-Grill-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1488229/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Calistoga Bar & Grill: For Something New','Ever have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Find it at Calistoga Bar & Grill, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\r\n','publish','open','open','','calistoga-bar-and-grill','','','2010-08-17 17:19:20','2010-08-17 22:19:20','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=1301',0,'post','',5),(1302,1,'2010-08-17 17:16:38','2010-08-17 22:16:38','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=728\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nEver have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Look above and behold. Then, find it at <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a>, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\n\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=724\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\n\nMy mother and grandmother like to tease me. What can I say? I\'m a tease-able person. Especially when it comes to what they like to call my <em>food snobbery</em>.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=719\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-719\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0777.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\n\nBut, I mean, since when is a commitment to dine as locally as possible, as often as possible <em>snobbery</em>? Last time I checked it was <em>responsible</em>. It was <em>prudent</em>. It was <em>caring</em> for Tulsa\'s economy and our environment.\n\nOf course, if I say this while being teased about my food snobbery, the teasing gets worse. They laugh, they jeer, they threaten to take me to Red Lobster for my birthday.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-715\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=715\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-715\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0772.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nThey\'re rascally little ladies, I tell you.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-718\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=718\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-718\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0775.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-716\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=716\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-716\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0773.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nBut, they love me. And Lord knows I love them.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=724\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nWhich is why I take them to places like <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a> for their birthdays.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-714\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=714\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-714\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0771.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nOctober is a busy month for birthdays is my family. That\'s when my sister and I were born, and our stepfather was born in October, too.\n\nBut, July is more fun. That\'s when we get to celebrate my husband\'s birthday, along with my mom\'s and grandmother\'s. That my grandmother had my mom the day before her birthday really makes remembering these things really easy.\n\nOr, really confusing, espeically if you\'re in the second grade and it\'s part of a class assignment to remember your family members\' birthdays. Which came first, the mother or the grandmother? To this day, I still have to double-check.\n\nBirthdays are a big deal in our family, and we always celebrate with food. As in, copious amounts of food. More like, copious amounts of the best-tasting food we can find. Sometimes we stick to our ol\' reliables (insert Red Lobster and much shuddering here), but sometimes we decide to try something new and exciting.\n\nSomehow, in spite of my snobbery, I\'m usually in charge of finding this something new and exciting. And I\'m usually under much scrutiny.\n\nScrutiny in the form of teasing about my food snobbery, I mean.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=725\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0794.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI didn\'t have to fight off much heckling after this macaroni and cheese came to the table at Calistoga, though.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=726\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-726\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0795.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nNo one really had any good jokes about this flavorful grilled portobello burger or those perfectly cooked, oh-so-crispy, deliciously salty house-made potato chips, either.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=728\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nAbsolutely no one snickered about this stuffed burger, which can be filled chock full with your choice of caramelized onions, bacon, mushrooms or jalapeno, as well as cheddar, swiss, gouda or bleu cheese with all the fixings.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-721\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=721\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-721\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0779.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nYeah. I\'d call this a food snobbery <em>win</em>.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=722\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-722\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0781.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nThe menu and atmosphere at Calistoga reminded me of the restaurants my husband and I found as we wandered through Napa Valley in California last fall - very warm, open and lots of earthy materials used in the decor. I\'ve heard this cuisine called Cal-Ital, which is a really awful, foodie-babble thing to call such lovely food, so we\'ll just say it\'s Italian-inspired food made with local ingredients and that it\'s a cuisine with roots in California\'s wine country.\n\nOkay? Okay.\n\nThe point is, Calistoga is the place to go if you\'re looking to please to hard-to-please. There\'s seating for whatever kind of dining party in which you find yourself - a private, spacious spot by the fireplace for large groups, seating at the bar for you and a few buds and patio seating for those incredible fall days that are just around the corner - and there\'s something on the menu for everyone, from the guy who\'s guaranteed to look sideways at anything that\'s not meat and potatoes to the kid who won\'t eat a brick-oven pizza unless it\'s topped with macaroni and cheese (yes, by popular demand Calistoga has begun to offer pizza topped with macaroni and cheese) and the lady who likes to play smug about her oh-so-adventurous and cultivated palate.\n\nNot that I know any ladies like that.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=720\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-720\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0778.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\n\nAt $50 for a ticket of four burgers with drinks and a kids\' meal, the dining at Calistoga is also very modestly priced, especially considering that the quality of what we enjoyed when we visited could have easily held its own against what we found in the restaurants of the city for which the restaurant is named.\n\nFor filing in the by-the-way/in-case-you-didn\'t-know category: The same folks who own and operate Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill, James Andrews and my pal Kathleen Kennedy, also own and operate <a href=\"http://www.ciao-brookside.com/\">Ciao on Brookside</a>, an Italian restaurant and live, local music venue on Brookside. The place is virtually a Tulsa tradition.\n\nThe feel at Calistoga is different from that at Ciao, but the quality, service and attention to detail are deliciously the same.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=723\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-723\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0783.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\n\nAnd I\'m thankful. My food snobby ways, they have seen vindication in my little family circle. And I\'m pretty sur\n\n<strong>Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</strong>\nWhere: 500 River Walk Terrace, Suite 135, in Jenks\nWhen: Tuesday-Thursday, 12-9pm; Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-10pm; Closed Monday; Bar open until the last patron leaves\nCall: (918) 995-2555 (be sure to call for reservations on weekends)\nWeb: <a href=\"www.calistogagrill.com\">www.calistogagrill.com</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1488229/restaurant/Southern-Hills/Calistoga-Bar-Grill-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1488229/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Calistoga Bar & Grill: For Something New','Ever have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Find it at Calistoga Bar & Grill, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\n','inherit','open','open','','1301-revision','','','2010-08-17 17:16:38','2010-08-17 22:16:38','',1301,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1301-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1303,1,'2010-08-17 17:17:33','2010-08-17 22:17:33','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=728\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEver have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Look above and behold. Then, find it at <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a>, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=724\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mother and grandmother like to tease me. What can I say? I\'m a tease-able person. Especially when it comes to what they like to call my <em>food snobbery</em>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=719\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-719\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0777.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut, I mean, since when is a commitment to dine as locally as possible, as often as possible <em>snobbery</em>? Last time I checked it was <em>responsible</em>. It was <em>prudent</em>. It was <em>caring</em> for Tulsa\'s economy and our environment.\r\n\r\nOf course, if I say this while being teased about my food snobbery, the teasing gets worse. They laugh, they jeer, they threaten to take me to Red Lobster for my birthday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-715\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=715\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-715\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0772.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThey\'re rascally little ladies, I tell you.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-718\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=718\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-718\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0775.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-716\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=716\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-716\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0773.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut, they love me. And Lord knows I love them.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=724\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich is why I take them to places like <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a> for their birthdays.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-714\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=714\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-714\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0771.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOctober is a busy month for birthdays is my family. That\'s when my sister and I were born, and our stepfather was born in October, too.\r\n\r\nBut, July is more fun. That\'s when we get to celebrate my husband\'s birthday, along with my mom\'s and grandmother\'s. That my grandmother had my mom the day before her birthday really makes remembering these things really easy.\r\n\r\nOr, really confusing, espeically if you\'re in the second grade and it\'s part of a class assignment to remember your family members\' birthdays. Which came first, the mother or the grandmother? To this day, I still have to double-check.\r\n\r\nBirthdays are a big deal in our family, and we always celebrate with food. As in, copious amounts of food. More like, copious amounts of the best-tasting food we can find. Sometimes we stick to our ol\' reliables (insert Red Lobster and much shuddering here), but sometimes we decide to try something new and exciting.\r\n\r\nSomehow, in spite of my snobbery, I\'m usually in charge of finding this something new and exciting. And I\'m usually under much scrutiny.\r\n\r\nScrutiny in the form of teasing about my food snobbery, I mean.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=725\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0794.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI didn\'t have to fight off much heckling after this macaroni and cheese came to the table at Calistoga, though.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=726\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-726\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0795.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNo one really had any good jokes about this flavorful grilled portobello burger or those perfectly cooked, oh-so-crispy, deliciously salty house-made potato chips, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=728\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAbsolutely no one snickered about this stuffed burger, which can be filled chock full with your choice of caramelized onions, bacon, mushrooms or jalapeno, as well as cheddar, swiss, gouda or bleu cheese with all the fixings.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-721\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=721\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-721\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0779.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYeah. I\'d call this a food snobbery <em>win</em>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=722\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-722\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0781.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu and atmosphere at Calistoga reminded me of the restaurants my husband and I found as we wandered through Napa Valley in California last fall - very warm, open and lots of earthy materials used in the decor. I\'ve heard this cuisine called Cal-Ital, which is a really awful, foodie-babble thing to call such lovely food, so we\'ll just say it\'s Italian-inspired food made with local ingredients and that it\'s a cuisine with roots in California\'s wine country.\r\n\r\nOkay? Okay.\r\n\r\nThe point is, Calistoga is the place to go if you\'re looking to please to hard-to-please. There\'s seating for whatever kind of dining party in which you find yourself - a private, spacious spot by the fireplace for large groups, seating at the bar for you and a few buds and patio seating for those incredible fall days that are just around the corner - and there\'s something on the menu for everyone, from the guy who\'s guaranteed to look sideways at anything that\'s not meat and potatoes to the kid who won\'t eat a brick-oven pizza unless it\'s topped with macaroni and cheese (yes, by popular demand Calistoga has begun to offer pizza topped with macaroni and cheese) and the lady who likes to play smug about her oh-so-adventurous and cultivated palate.\r\n\r\nNot that I know any ladies like that.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=720\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-720\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0778.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt $50 for a ticket of four burgers with drinks and a kids\' meal, the dining at Calistoga is also very modestly priced, especially considering that the quality of what we enjoyed when we visited could have easily held its own against what we found in the restaurants of the city for which the restaurant is named.\r\n\r\nFor filing in the by-the-way/in-case-you-didn\'t-know category: The same folks who own and operate Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill, James Andrews and my pal Kathleen Kennedy, also own and operate <a href=\"http://www.ciao-brookside.com/\">Ciao on Brookside</a>, an Italian restaurant and live, local music venue on Brookside. The place is virtually a Tulsa tradition.\r\n\r\nThe feel at Calistoga is different from that at Ciao, but the quality, service and attention to detail are deliciously the same.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=723\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-723\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0783.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m thankful. My food snobby ways, they have seen vindication in my little family circle.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty sure that stuffed burger from Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill had something (read: probably a lot) to do with it.\r\n\r\n<strong>Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</strong>\r\nWhere: 500 River Walk Terrace, Suite 135, in Jenks\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Thursday, 12-9pm; Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-10pm; Closed Monday; Bar open until the last patron leaves\r\nCall: (918) 995-2555 (be sure to call for reservations on weekends)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"www.calistogagrill.com\">www.calistogagrill.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1488229/restaurant/Southern-Hills/Calistoga-Bar-Grill-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1488229/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Calistoga Bar & Grill: For Something New','Ever have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Find it at Calistoga Bar & Grill, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1301-revision-2','','','2010-08-17 17:17:33','2010-08-17 22:17:33','',1301,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1301-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1304,1,'2010-08-17 17:19:09','2010-08-17 22:19:09','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0800/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nEver have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Look above and behold. Then, find it at <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a>, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\n\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0784/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nMy mother and grandmother like to tease me. What can I say? I\'m a tease-able person. Especially when it comes to what they like to call my <em>food snobbery</em>.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0777/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-719\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0777.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nBut, I mean, since when is a commitment to dine as locally as possible, as often as possible <em>snobbery</em>? Last time I checked it was <em>responsible</em>. It was <em>prudent</em>. It was <em>caring</em> for Tulsa\'s economy and our environment.\n\nOf course, if I say this while being teased about my food snobbery, the teasing gets worse. They laugh, they jeer, they threaten to take me to Red Lobster for my birthday.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-715\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0772/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-715\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0772.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nThey\'re rascally little ladies, I tell you.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-718\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0775/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-718\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0775.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-716\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0773/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-716\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0773.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nBut, they love me. And Lord knows I love them.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0784/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nWhich is why I take them to places like <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a> for their birthdays.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-714\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0771/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-714\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0771.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nOctober is a busy month for birthdays is my family. That\'s when my sister and I were born, and our stepfather was born in October, too.\n\nBut, July is more fun. That\'s when we get to celebrate my husband\'s birthday, along with my mom\'s and grandmother\'s. That my grandmother had my mom the day before her birthday really makes remembering these things really easy.\n\nOr, really confusing, espeically if you\'re in the second grade and it\'s part of a class assignment to remember your family members\' birthdays. Which came first, the mother or the grandmother? To this day, I still have to double-check.\n\nBirthdays are a big deal in our family, and we always celebrate with food. As in, copious amounts of food. More like, copious amounts of the best-tasting food we can find. Sometimes we stick to our ol\' reliables (insert Red Lobster and much shuddering here), but sometimes we decide to try something new and exciting.\n\nSomehow, in spite of my snobbery, I\'m usually in charge of finding this something new and exciting. And I\'m usually under much scrutiny.\n\nScrutiny in the form of teasing about my food snobbery, I mean.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0794.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI didn\'t have to fight off much heckling after this macaroni and cheese came to the table at Calistoga, though.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=726\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-726\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0795.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nNo one really had any good jokes about this flavorful grilled portobello burger or those perfectly cooked, oh-so-crispy, deliciously salty house-made potato chips, either.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0800/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nAbsolutely no one snickered about this stuffed burger, which can be filled chock full with your choice of caramelized onions, bacon, mushrooms or jalapeno, as well as cheddar, swiss, gouda or bleu cheese with all the fixings.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-721\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0779/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-721\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0779.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nYeah. I\'d call this a food snobbery <em>win</em>.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0781/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-722\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0781.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nThe menu and atmosphere at Calistoga reminded me of the restaurants my husband and I found as we wandered through Napa Valley in California last fall - very warm, open and lots of earthy materials used in the decor. I\'ve heard this cuisine called Cal-Ital, which is a really awful, foodie-babble thing to call such lovely food, so we\'ll just say it\'s Italian-inspired food made with local ingredients and that it\'s a cuisine with roots in California\'s wine country.\n\nOkay? Okay.\n\nThe point is, Calistoga is the place to go if you\'re looking to please to hard-to-please. There\'s seating for whatever kind of dining party in which you find yourself - a private, spacious spot by the fireplace for large groups, seating at the bar for you and a few buds and patio seating for those incredible fall days that are just around the corner - and there\'s something on the menu for everyone, from the guy who\'s guaranteed to look sideways at anything that\'s not meat and potatoes to the kid who won\'t eat a brick-oven pizza unless it\'s topped with macaroni and cheese (yes, by popular demand Calistoga has begun to offer pizza topped with macaroni and cheese) and the lady who likes to play smug about her oh-so-adventurous and cultivated palate.\n\nNot that I know any ladies like that.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0778/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-720\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0778.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\n\nAt $50 for a ticket of four burgers with drinks and a kids\' meal, the dining at Calistoga is also very modestly priced, especially considering that the quality of what we enjoyed when we visited could have easily held its own against what we found in the restaurants of the city for which the restaurant is named.\n\nFor filing in the by-the-way/in-case-you-didn\'t-know category: The same folks who own and operate Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill, James Andrews and my pal Kathleen Kennedy, also own and operate <a href=\"http://www.ciao-brookside.com/\">Ciao on Brookside</a>, an Italian restaurant and live, local music venue on Brookside. The place is virtually a Tulsa tradition.\n\nThe feel at Calistoga is different from that at Ciao, but the quality, service and attention to detail are deliciously the same.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0783/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-723\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0783.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\n\nAnd I\'m thankful. My food snobby ways, they have seen vindication in my little family circle.\n\nAnd I\'m pretty sure that stuffed burger from Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill had something (read: probably a lot) to do with it.\n\n<strong>Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</strong>\nWhere: 500 River Walk Terrace, Suite 135, in Jenks\nWhen: Tuesday-Thursday, 12-9pm; Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-10pm; Closed Monday; Bar open until the last patron leaves\nCall: (918) 995-2555 (be sure to call for reservations on weekends)\nWeb: <a href=\"www.calistogagrill.com\">www.calistogagrill.com</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1488229/restaurant/Southern-Hills/Calistoga-Bar-Grill-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1488229/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Calistoga Bar & Grill: For Something New','Ever have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Find it at Calistoga Bar & Grill, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\n','inherit','open','open','','1301-autosave','','','2010-08-17 17:19:09','2010-08-17 22:19:09','',1301,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1301-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1305,1,'2010-08-17 17:17:34','2010-08-17 22:17:34','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0800/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEver have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Look above and behold. Then, find it at <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a>, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0784/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mother and grandmother like to tease me. What can I say? I\'m a tease-able person. Especially when it comes to what they like to call my <em>food snobbery</em>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0777/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-719\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0777.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut, I mean, since when is a commitment to dine as locally as possible, as often as possible <em>snobbery</em>? Last time I checked it was <em>responsible</em>. It was <em>prudent</em>. It was <em>caring</em> for Tulsa\'s economy and our environment.\r\n\r\nOf course, if I say this while being teased about my food snobbery, the teasing gets worse. They laugh, they jeer, they threaten to take me to Red Lobster for my birthday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-715\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0772/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-715\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0772.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThey\'re rascally little ladies, I tell you.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-718\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0775/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-718\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0775.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-716\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0773/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-716\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0773.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut, they love me. And Lord knows I love them.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0784/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich is why I take them to places like <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a> for their birthdays.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-714\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0771/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-714\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0771.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOctober is a busy month for birthdays is my family. That\'s when my sister and I were born, and our stepfather was born in October, too.\r\n\r\nBut, July is more fun. That\'s when we get to celebrate my husband\'s birthday, along with my mom\'s and grandmother\'s. That my grandmother had my mom the day before her birthday really makes remembering these things really easy.\r\n\r\nOr, really confusing, espeically if you\'re in the second grade and it\'s part of a class assignment to remember your family members\' birthdays. Which came first, the mother or the grandmother? To this day, I still have to double-check.\r\n\r\nBirthdays are a big deal in our family, and we always celebrate with food. As in, copious amounts of food. More like, copious amounts of the best-tasting food we can find. Sometimes we stick to our ol\' reliables (insert Red Lobster and much shuddering here), but sometimes we decide to try something new and exciting.\r\n\r\nSomehow, in spite of my snobbery, I\'m usually in charge of finding this something new and exciting. And I\'m usually under much scrutiny.\r\n\r\nScrutiny in the form of teasing about my food snobbery, I mean.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0794.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI didn\'t have to fight off much heckling after this macaroni and cheese came to the table at Calistoga, though.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=726\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-726\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0795.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNo one really had any good jokes about this flavorful grilled portobello burger or those perfectly cooked, oh-so-crispy, deliciously salty house-made potato chips, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0800/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAbsolutely no one snickered about this stuffed burger, which can be filled chock full with your choice of caramelized onions, bacon, mushrooms or jalapeno, as well as cheddar, swiss, gouda or bleu cheese with all the fixings.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-721\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0779/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-721\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0779.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYeah. I\'d call this a food snobbery <em>win</em>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0781/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-722\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0781.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu and atmosphere at Calistoga reminded me of the restaurants my husband and I found as we wandered through Napa Valley in California last fall - very warm, open and lots of earthy materials used in the decor. I\'ve heard this cuisine called Cal-Ital, which is a really awful, foodie-babble thing to call such lovely food, so we\'ll just say it\'s Italian-inspired food made with local ingredients and that it\'s a cuisine with roots in California\'s wine country.\r\n\r\nOkay? Okay.\r\n\r\nThe point is, Calistoga is the place to go if you\'re looking to please to hard-to-please. There\'s seating for whatever kind of dining party in which you find yourself - a private, spacious spot by the fireplace for large groups, seating at the bar for you and a few buds and patio seating for those incredible fall days that are just around the corner - and there\'s something on the menu for everyone, from the guy who\'s guaranteed to look sideways at anything that\'s not meat and potatoes to the kid who won\'t eat a brick-oven pizza unless it\'s topped with macaroni and cheese (yes, by popular demand Calistoga has begun to offer pizza topped with macaroni and cheese) and the lady who likes to play smug about her oh-so-adventurous and cultivated palate.\r\n\r\nNot that I know any ladies like that.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0778/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-720\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0778.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt $50 for a ticket of four burgers with drinks and a kids\' meal, the dining at Calistoga is also very modestly priced, especially considering that the quality of what we enjoyed when we visited could have easily held its own against what we found in the restaurants of the city for which the restaurant is named.\r\n\r\nFor filing in the by-the-way/in-case-you-didn\'t-know category: The same folks who own and operate Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill, James Andrews and my pal Kathleen Kennedy, also own and operate <a href=\"http://www.ciao-brookside.com/\">Ciao on Brookside</a>, an Italian restaurant and live, local music venue on Brookside. The place is virtually a Tulsa tradition.\r\n\r\nThe feel at Calistoga is different from that at Ciao, but the quality, service and attention to detail are deliciously the same.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0783/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-723\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0783.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m thankful. My food snobby ways, they have seen vindication in my little family circle.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty sure that stuffed burger from Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill had something (read: probably a lot) to do with it.\r\n\r\n<strong>Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</strong>\r\nWhere: 500 River Walk Terrace, Suite 135, in Jenks\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Thursday, 12-9pm; Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-10pm; Closed Monday; Bar open until the last patron leaves\r\nCall: (918) 995-2555 (be sure to call for reservations on weekends)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"www.calistogagrill.com\">www.calistogagrill.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1488229/restaurant/Southern-Hills/Calistoga-Bar-Grill-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1488229/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Calistoga Bar & Grill: For Something New','Ever have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Find it at Calistoga Bar & Grill, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1301-revision-3','','','2010-08-17 17:17:34','2010-08-17 22:17:34','',1301,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1301-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1306,1,'2010-08-17 17:19:20','2010-08-17 22:19:20','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0800/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEver have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Look above and behold. Then, find it at <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a>, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0784/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy mother and grandmother like to tease me. What can I say? I\'m a tease-able person. Especially when it comes to what they like to call my <em>food snobbery</em>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0777/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-719\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0777.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut, I mean, since when is a commitment to dine as locally as possible, as often as possible <em>snobbery</em>? Last time I checked it was <em>responsible</em>. It was <em>prudent</em>. It was <em>caring</em> for Tulsa\'s economy and our environment.\r\n\r\nOf course, if I say this while being teased about my food snobbery, the teasing gets worse. They laugh, they jeer, they threaten to take me to Red Lobster for my birthday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-715\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0772/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-715\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0772.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThey\'re rascally little ladies, I tell you.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-718\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0775/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-718\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0775.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-716\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0773/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-716\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0773.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut, they love me. And Lord knows I love them.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0784/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-724\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0784.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich is why I take them to places like <a href=\"http://www.calistogagrill.com/\">Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</a> for their birthdays.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-714\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0771/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-714\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0771.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOctober is a busy month for birthdays is my family. That\'s when my sister and I were born, and our stepfather was born in October, too.\r\n\r\nBut, July is more fun. That\'s when we get to celebrate my husband\'s birthday, along with my mom\'s and grandmother\'s. That my grandmother had my mom the day before her birthday really makes remembering these things really easy.\r\n\r\nOr, really confusing, espeically if you\'re in the second grade and it\'s part of a class assignment to remember your family members\' birthdays. Which came first, the mother or the grandmother? To this day, I still have to double-check.\r\n\r\nBirthdays are a big deal in our family, and we always celebrate with food. As in, copious amounts of food. More like, copious amounts of the best-tasting food we can find. Sometimes we stick to our ol\' reliables (insert Red Lobster and much shuddering here), but sometimes we decide to try something new and exciting.\r\n\r\nSomehow, in spite of my snobbery, I\'m usually in charge of finding this something new and exciting. And I\'m usually under much scrutiny.\r\n\r\nScrutiny in the form of teasing about my food snobbery, I mean.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0794.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI didn\'t have to fight off much heckling after this macaroni and cheese came to the table at Calistoga, though.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=726\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-726\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0795.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNo one really had any good jokes about this flavorful grilled portobello burger or those perfectly cooked, oh-so-crispy, deliciously salty house-made potato chips, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0800/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0800.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAbsolutely no one snickered about this stuffed burger, which can be filled chock full with your choice of caramelized onions, bacon, mushrooms or jalapeno, as well as cheddar, swiss, gouda or bleu cheese with all the fixings.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-721\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0779/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-721\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0779.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYeah. I\'d call this a food snobbery <em>win</em>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0781/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-722\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0781.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu and atmosphere at Calistoga reminded me of the restaurants my husband and I found as we wandered through Napa Valley in California last fall - very warm, open and lots of earthy materials used in the decor. I\'ve heard this cuisine called Cal-Ital, which is a really awful, foodie-babble thing to call such lovely food, so we\'ll just say it\'s Italian-inspired food made with local ingredients and that it\'s a cuisine with roots in California\'s wine country.\r\n\r\nOkay? Okay.\r\n\r\nThe point is, Calistoga is the place to go if you\'re looking to please to hard-to-please. There\'s seating for whatever kind of dining party in which you find yourself - a private, spacious spot by the fireplace for large groups, seating at the bar for you and a few buds and patio seating for those incredible fall days that are just around the corner - and there\'s something on the menu for everyone, from the guy who\'s guaranteed to look sideways at anything that\'s not meat and potatoes to the kid who won\'t eat a brick-oven pizza unless it\'s topped with macaroni and cheese (yes, by popular demand Calistoga has begun to offer pizza topped with macaroni and cheese) and the lady who likes to play smug about her oh-so-adventurous and cultivated palate.\r\n\r\nNot that I know any ladies like that.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0778/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-720\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0778.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt $50 for a ticket of four burgers with drinks and a kids\' meal, the dining at Calistoga is also very modestly priced, especially considering that the quality of what we enjoyed when we visited could have easily held its own against what we found in the restaurants of the city for which the restaurant is named.\r\n\r\nFor filing in the by-the-way/in-case-you-didn\'t-know category: The same folks who own and operate Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill, James Andrews and my pal Kathleen Kennedy, also own and operate <a href=\"http://www.ciao-brookside.com/\">Ciao on Brookside</a>, an Italian restaurant and live, local music venue on Brookside. The place is virtually a Tulsa tradition.\r\n\r\nThe feel at Calistoga is different from that at Ciao, but the quality, service and attention to detail are deliciously the same.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/calistoga-bar-and-grill/dsc_0783/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-723\" title=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0783.jpg\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m thankful. My food snobby ways, they have seen vindication in my little family circle.\r\n\r\nAnd I\'m pretty sure that stuffed burger from Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill had something (read: probably a lot) to do with it.\r\n\r\n<strong>Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill</strong>\r\nWhere: 500 River Walk Terrace, Suite 135, in Jenks\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Thursday, 12-9pm; Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-10pm; Closed Monday; Bar open until the last patron leaves\r\nCall: (918) 995-2555 (be sure to call for reservations on weekends)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"www.calistogagrill.com\">www.calistogagrill.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1488229/restaurant/Southern-Hills/Calistoga-Bar-Grill-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1488229/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Calistoga Bar &amp; Grill on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Calistoga Bar & Grill: For Something New','Ever have a stuffed hamburger before? No? Find it at Calistoga Bar & Grill, at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks, just a few miles from downtown Tulsa.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1301-revision-4','','','2010-08-17 17:19:20','2010-08-17 22:19:20','',1301,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1301-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(2194,1,'2010-09-21 06:47:49','2010-09-21 11:47:49','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778460958/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3778460958_1cdc0308c5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nHi, boys and girls. I\'m Swizzle the Squirrel, and today I want to talk to you about how to make new friends at your local park.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3312592140/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3312592140_d0ffb978b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nSee that little boy? Let\'s say his name is Barnaby.\r\n\r\nBarnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. He\'s going to show us around <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=4009%20S.%20Pittsburg%20Avenue,%20Tulsa%20OK&amp;hl=en\">a little, 20-acre park in Midtown Tulsa called Whiteside Park</a>.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777717141/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3777717141_da6140786a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\nWhile he\'s showing us around, Barnaby would like to enlighten us with a few basic rules of engagement for the kid who heads to the park looking to acquire some new play date prospects.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #1: Start by being standoffish</strong>.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a basic principle of relationships: The least interested party is the one with the most social power. You can then use this power to convince your new friends to do things for you, like steal candy and bugs and lint from all the other kids and then relinquish them to you upon your request.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777630209/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/3777630209_b69e260fac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777632085/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3598/3777632085_1b2aed422f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nContinue to evaluate play date prospects from a safe distance. You never know these days who has had a drop-in visit from the cousin who\'s just getting over chicken pox.\r\n\r\nThese times we live in, they are so uncertain.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777629839/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2589/3777629839_68c04aa033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778449238/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/3778449238_66a14089e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\nRemember, however, that in social situations, flexibility is key. If the standoffish approach is not what the doctor ordered, then by all means, chuck it from the backseat of a rapidly moving Windstar.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #2: Let \'em know who\'s boss</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe best way to do this is to approach a large group of kids and make a demand.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777673339/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3777673339_2db6b71319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685587/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3777685587_4a463b9e1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nIf the prospective playmates don\'t follow orders, you didn\'t stinkin\' need them, anyway.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685293/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3777685293_24debb666a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Rule #3. Develop a survival tactic</strong>.\r\n\r\nA good place to start on this is with a proper and intimidating scowl.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405826/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3778405826_528b45740d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405538/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3778405538_f75cd68ab3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n\r\nSee? When The Scowl is in full use, no one dares come near.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #4: A good joke wins friends and influences people</strong>.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC04847 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778358134/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3778358134_c5bf483bf3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04847\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC04846 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778378712/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3778378712_e3c8c0aba3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04846\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777594211/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/3777594211_f963604575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778469030/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2522/3778469030_05586e1a8f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nJust remember to save the ones your daddy thinks are funny for someplace other than the playground.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>','A Kid\'s Social Guide to the Park','Barnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. 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I\'m Swizzle the Squirrel, and today I want to talk to you about how to make new friends at your local park.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3312592140/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3312592140_d0ffb978b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nSee that little boy? Let\'s say his name is Barnaby.\r\n\r\nBarnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. He\'s going to show us around <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=4009%20S.%20Pittsburg%20Avenue,%20Tulsa%20OK&amp;hl=en\">a little, 20-acre park in Midtown Tulsa called Whiteside Park</a>.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777717141/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3777717141_da6140786a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\nWhile he\'s showing us around, Barnaby would like to enlighten us with a few basic rules of engagement for the kid who heads to the park looking to acquire some new play date prospects.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #1: Start by being standoffish</strong>.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a basic principle of relationships: The least interested party is the one with the most social power. You can then use this power to convince your new friends to do things for you, like steal candy and bugs and lint from all the other kids and then relinquish them to you upon your request.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777630209/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/3777630209_b69e260fac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777632085/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3598/3777632085_1b2aed422f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nContinue to evaluate play date prospects from a safe distance. You never know these days who has had a drop-in visit from the cousin who\'s just getting over chicken pox.\r\n\r\nThese times we live in, they are so uncertain.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777629839/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2589/3777629839_68c04aa033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778449238/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/3778449238_66a14089e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\nRemember, however, that in social situations, flexibility is key. If the standoffish approach is not what the doctor ordered, then by all means, chuck it from the backseat of a rapidly moving Windstar.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #2: Let \'em know who\'s boss</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe best way to do this is to approach a large group of kids and make a demand.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777673339/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3777673339_2db6b71319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685587/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3777685587_4a463b9e1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nIf the prospective playmates don\'t follow orders, you didn\'t stinkin\' need them, anyway.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685293/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3777685293_24debb666a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Rule #3. Develop a survival tactic</strong>.\r\n\r\nA good place to start on this is with a proper and intimidating scowl.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405826/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3778405826_528b45740d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405538/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3778405538_f75cd68ab3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n\r\nSee? 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Peoria Ave. on July 16, 2010.','inherit','open','open','','1313-revision-2','','','2010-08-18 11:23:21','2010-08-18 16:23:21','',1313,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1313-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(2191,1,'2009-08-01 17:30:00','2009-08-01 17:30:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778460958/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3778460958_1cdc0308c5.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br />Hi, boys and girls. I\'m Swizzle the Squirrel, and today I want to talk to you about how to make new friends at your local park.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3312592140/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3312592140_d0ffb978b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />See that little boy? Let\'s say his name is Barnaby.<br /><br />Barnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. He\'s going to show us around <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=4009%20S.%20Pittsburg%20Avenue,%20Tulsa%20OK&amp;hl=en\">a little, 20-acre park in Midtown Tulsa called Whiteside Park</a>.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777717141/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3777717141_da6140786a.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />While he\'s showing us around, Barnaby would like to enlighten us with a few basic rules of engagement for the kid who heads to the park looking to acquire some new play date prospects.<br /><br />Rule #1: Start by being standoffish. It\'s a basic principle of relationships: The least interested party is the one with the most social power. You can then use this power to convince your new friends to do things for you, like steal candy and bugs and lint from all the other kids and then relinquish them to you upon your request.<br /></div></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777630209/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/3777630209_b69e260fac.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777632085/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3598/3777632085_1b2aed422f.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />Continue to evaluate play date prospects from a safe distance. You never know these days who has had a drop-in visit from the cousin who\'s just getting over chicken pox.<br /><br />These times we live in, they are so uncertain.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777629839/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2589/3777629839_68c04aa033.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778449238/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/3778449238_66a14089e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Remember, however, that in social situations, flexibility is key. If the standoffish approach is not what the doctor ordered, then by all means, chuck it from the backseat of a rapidly moving Windstar.<br /><br />Rule #2: Let \'em know who\'s boss.<br /><br />The best way to do this is to approach a large group of kids and make a demand.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777673339/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3777673339_2db6b71319.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685587/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3777685587_4a463b9e1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />If the prospective playmates don\'t follow orders, you didn\'t stinkin\' need them, anyway.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685293/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3777685293_24debb666a.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />Rule #3. Develop a survival tactic. A good place to start is with a proper and intimidating scowl.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405826/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3778405826_528b45740d.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405538/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3778405538_f75cd68ab3.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: left;\">See? When The Scowl is in full use, no one dares come near.<br /><br />Rule #4: A good joke wins friends and influences people.<br /></div><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778358134/\" title=\"DSC04847 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3778358134_c5bf483bf3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04847\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778378712/\" title=\"DSC04846 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3778378712_e3c8c0aba3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04846\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777594211/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/3777594211_f963604575.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Just remember to save the ones your daddy thinks are funny for someplace other than the playground.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778469030/\" title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2522/3778469030_05586e1a8f.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Our tour of Tulsa\'s Whiteside Park with our friend Barnaby has come to an end. Thank you for joining us.<br /><br />Tune in next time, boys and girls, for Barnaby\'s special edition of, \"101 Ways to Cook a Glue Stick.\" Until next time, this is Swizzle the Squirrel wishing you a happy <a href=\"http://www.squidoo.com/holidaycalendar\">National Raspberry Cream Pie Day</a>.<br /></div></div>','A Kid\'s Social Guide to the Park','','inherit','open','open','','234-revision','','','2009-08-01 17:30:00','2009-08-01 17:30:00','',234,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/08/234-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(2190,1,'2012-08-06 11:11:57','2012-08-06 17:11:57','<a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778460958/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3778460958_1cdc0308c5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nHi, boys and girls. I\'m Swizzle the Squirrel, and today I want to talk to you about how to make new friends at your local park.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\n<a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3312592140/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3312592140_d0ffb978b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nSee that little boy? Let\'s say his name is Barnaby.\n\nBarnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. He\'s going to show us around <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=4009%20S.%20Pittsburg%20Avenue,%20Tulsa%20OK&amp;hl=en\">a little, 20-acre park in Midtown Tulsa called Whiteside Park</a>.\n\n<a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777717141/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3777717141_da6140786a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nWhile he\'s showing us around, Barnaby would like to enlighten us with a few basic rules of engagement for the kid who heads to the park looking to acquire some new play date prospects.\n\n<strong>Rule #1: Start by being standoffish</strong>.\n\nIt\'s a basic principle of relationships: The least interested party is the one with the most social power. You can then use this power to convince your new friends to do things for you, like steal candy and bugs and lint from all the other kids and then relinquish them to you upon your request.\n\n<a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777630209/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/3777630209_b69e260fac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nContinue to evaluate play date prospects from a safe distance. You never know these days who has had a drop-in visit from the cousin who\'s just getting over chicken pox.\n\nThese times we live in, they are so uncertain.\n\n<a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778449238/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/3778449238_66a14089e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nRemember, however, that in social situations, flexibility is key. If the standoffish approach is not what the doctor ordered, then by all means, chuck it from the backseat of a rapidly moving Windstar.\n\n<strong>Rule #2: Let \'em know who\'s boss</strong>.\n\nThe best way to do this is to approach a large group of kids and make a demand.\n\n<a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777673339/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3777673339_2db6b71319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685587/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3777685587_4a463b9e1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\nIf the prospective playmates don\'t follow orders, you didn\'t stinkin\' need them, anyway.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685293/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3777685293_24debb666a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\n<strong>Rule #3. Develop a survival tactic</strong>.\n\nA good place to start on this is with a proper and intimidating scowl.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405826/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3778405826_528b45740d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405538/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3778405538_f75cd68ab3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n\nSee? When The Scowl is in full use, no one dares come near.\n\n<strong>Rule #4: A good joke wins friends and influences people</strong>.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC04847 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778358134/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3778358134_c5bf483bf3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04847\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC04846 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778378712/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3778378712_e3c8c0aba3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04846\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777594211/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/3777594211_f963604575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778469030/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2522/3778469030_05586e1a8f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\nJust remember to save the ones your daddy thinks are funny for someplace other than the playground.','A Kid\'s Social Guide to the Park','Barnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. He\'s going to show us around a little, 20-acre park in Midtown Tulsa called Whiteside Park.','inherit','open','open','','234-autosave','','','2012-08-06 11:11:57','2012-08-06 17:11:57','',234,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/234-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(11793,1,'2012-08-06 11:10:05','2012-08-06 17:10:05','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778460958/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3778460958_1cdc0308c5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nHi, boys and girls. I\'m Swizzle the Squirrel, and today I want to talk to you about how to make new friends at your local park.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3312592140/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3312592140_d0ffb978b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nSee that little boy? Let\'s say his name is Barnaby.\r\n\r\nBarnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. He\'s going to show us around <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=4009%20S.%20Pittsburg%20Avenue,%20Tulsa%20OK&amp;hl=en\">a little, 20-acre park in Midtown Tulsa called Whiteside Park</a>.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777717141/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3777717141_da6140786a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nWhile he\'s showing us around, Barnaby would like to enlighten us with a few basic rules of engagement for the kid who heads to the park looking to acquire some new play date prospects.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #1: Start by being standoffish</strong>.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a basic principle of relationships: The least interested party is the one with the most social power. You can then use this power to convince your new friends to do things for you, like steal candy and bugs and lint from all the other kids and then relinquish them to you upon your request.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777630209/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/3777630209_b69e260fac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"></div>\r\nContinue to evaluate play date prospects from a safe distance. You never know these days who has had a drop-in visit from the cousin who\'s just getting over chicken pox.\r\n\r\nThese times we live in, they are so uncertain.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778449238/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/3778449238_66a14089e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nRemember, however, that in social situations, flexibility is key. If the standoffish approach is not what the doctor ordered, then by all means, chuck it from the backseat of a rapidly moving Windstar.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #2: Let \'em know who\'s boss</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe best way to do this is to approach a large group of kids and make a demand.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777673339/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3777673339_2db6b71319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685587/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3777685587_4a463b9e1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nIf the prospective playmates don\'t follow orders, you didn\'t stinkin\' need them, anyway.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685293/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3777685293_24debb666a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #3. Develop a survival tactic</strong>.\r\n\r\nA good place to start on this is with a proper and intimidating scowl.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405826/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3778405826_528b45740d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405538/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3778405538_f75cd68ab3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n\r\nSee? When The Scowl is in full use, no one dares come near.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #4: A good joke wins friends and influences people</strong>.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC04847 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778358134/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3778358134_c5bf483bf3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04847\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC04846 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778378712/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3778378712_e3c8c0aba3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04846\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777594211/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/3777594211_f963604575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778469030/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2522/3778469030_05586e1a8f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nJust remember to save the ones your daddy thinks are funny for someplace other than the playground.','A Kid\'s Social Guide to the Park','Barnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. He\'s going to show us around a little, 20-acre park in Midtown Tulsa called Whiteside Park.','inherit','open','open','','234-revision-7','','','2012-08-06 11:10:05','2012-08-06 17:10:05','',234,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/08/234-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(11792,1,'2010-09-21 06:50:35','2010-09-21 11:50:35','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778460958/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/3778460958_1cdc0308c5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nHi, boys and girls. I\'m Swizzle the Squirrel, and today I want to talk to you about how to make new friends at your local park.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3312592140/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3312592140_d0ffb978b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nSee that little boy? Let\'s say his name is Barnaby.\r\n\r\nBarnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. He\'s going to show us around <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=4009%20S.%20Pittsburg%20Avenue,%20Tulsa%20OK&amp;hl=en\">a little, 20-acre park in Midtown Tulsa called Whiteside Park</a>.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777717141/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3777717141_da6140786a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nWhile he\'s showing us around, Barnaby would like to enlighten us with a few basic rules of engagement for the kid who heads to the park looking to acquire some new play date prospects.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #1: Start by being standoffish</strong>.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a basic principle of relationships: The least interested party is the one with the most social power. You can then use this power to convince your new friends to do things for you, like steal candy and bugs and lint from all the other kids and then relinquish them to you upon your request.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777630209/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/3777630209_b69e260fac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777632085/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3598/3777632085_1b2aed422f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nContinue to evaluate play date prospects from a safe distance. You never know these days who has had a drop-in visit from the cousin who\'s just getting over chicken pox.\r\n\r\nThese times we live in, they are so uncertain.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777629839/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2589/3777629839_68c04aa033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778449238/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/3778449238_66a14089e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\nRemember, however, that in social situations, flexibility is key. If the standoffish approach is not what the doctor ordered, then by all means, chuck it from the backseat of a rapidly moving Windstar.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #2: Let \'em know who\'s boss</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe best way to do this is to approach a large group of kids and make a demand.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777673339/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3777673339_2db6b71319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685587/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3777685587_4a463b9e1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nIf the prospective playmates don\'t follow orders, you didn\'t stinkin\' need them, anyway.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777685293/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3777685293_24debb666a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Rule #3. Develop a survival tactic</strong>.\r\n\r\nA good place to start on this is with a proper and intimidating scowl.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405826/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3778405826_528b45740d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778405538/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3778405538_f75cd68ab3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n\r\nSee? When The Scowl is in full use, no one dares come near.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #4: A good joke wins friends and influences people</strong>.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC04847 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778358134/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3778358134_c5bf483bf3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04847\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC04846 by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778378712/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3778378712_e3c8c0aba3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04846\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3777594211/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/3777594211_f963604575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by samuelaaronball, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuelaaron/3778469030/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2522/3778469030_05586e1a8f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nJust remember to save the ones your daddy thinks are funny for someplace other than the playground.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>','A Kid\'s Social Guide to the Park','Barnaby is an expert when it comes to parks. He\'s going to show us around a little, 20-acre park in Midtown Tulsa called Whiteside Park.','inherit','open','open','','234-revision-6','','','2010-09-21 06:50:35','2010-09-21 11:50:35','',234,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/234-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1319,1,'2010-08-18 18:19:04','2010-08-18 23:19:04','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\r\n\r\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\r\n\r\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00701/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\r\n\r\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\r\n\r\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00735/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\r\n\r\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\r\n\r\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00734/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat helps to make that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00695/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd a donut shop...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\r\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00737/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\r\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie and Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\r\n\r\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00710/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\r\n\r\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00723/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\r\n\r\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00708/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00700/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00731/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00732/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\r\n\r\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\r\n\r\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\r\n\r\nMen can only hope.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00730/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\r\n\r\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\r\n\r\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nWhere: 5952 S. 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To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\n\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\n\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1321\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better is there to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\n\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1322\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\n\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\n\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1323\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\n\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\n\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1324\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nWhat helps to makes that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\n<ul>\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\n</ul>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1325\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nAnd a donut shop...\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1326\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\n<ul>\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\n</ul>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1327\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1328\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\n<ul>\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\n</ul>\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie or Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\n\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1329\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\n\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1330\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\n\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1331\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1332\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\n\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1333\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1334\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1335\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\n\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\n\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\n\nMen can only hope.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1336\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\n\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1320\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\n\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\n\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\nWhere: 5952 S. 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