(2949,1,'2010-03-07 22:45:00','2010-03-07 22:45:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4414459661/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4414459661_afebcc9f14.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />One of the (many) cars I drove before I turned 20 was my mom\'s Jeep Wrangler.<br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a>The first thing I did when she handed me the keys was dig an aged cantaloupe (no, this isn\'t some gourmet food item you\'ve never heard about) out of the fridge, place it strategically in the middle of our street and run it over at a high rate of speed with my new wheels, sending rotten melon bits into both ditches and my smile from ear to ear.&nbsp;I did a lot of other fun things in that Jeep, too, including jumping curbs  and parking lots on my college campus and things I\'ll wait two or 25 more years before telling my mother about.<br /><br />I\'ve been driving for more than 10 years now (though not the Wrangler, for which I\'m sure my mom is thankful), but I never grew out of my naughty streak. <br /><br />Having a two-year-old in my life does nothing to quell my love of mischief. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4414461229/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2723/4414461229_d1d0042749.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />One of the greatest toys a mischief-loving parent (or, in this case, great-grandparent) can give her mischief-loving child is a remote-control car. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4414461115/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4414461115_6b21ebff96.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />When we went to the park today, he didn\'t want to play with it on the sidewalk like any sensible child would. Um, no. He wanted to take with him as he climbed the big toy...<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4414460955/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4414460955_f70ca1a927.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />And made a beeline for the slide. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4414461027/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4414461027_a47381144c.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4415228344/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4415228344_8b9a82f3be.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4414460539/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2696/4414460539_0460873a62.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4414460701/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2688/4414460701_431447db43.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4414460329/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4414460329_8fcd4d54f5.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />The naughtiness, it is strong with this one. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4415227964/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4415227964_1c60c9f866.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />Sometimes, though I\'m pretty sure it\'s just a chip off the old block, the naughtiness streak is too much for me to handle. Not when the kid puts his remote control car down the slide - that\'s pretty funny to me, actually - but rather when he\'s staging a sit-in at the grocery store because I won\'t buy him a box of White Castle burgers (who does that??) or running through the house stark naked and laughing hysterically when I\'m trying to wrangle him into the bathtub, stopping only to pee in the floor. When I tell my mom about his antics she likes to say things like, gee, that sounds familiar or that paybacks are a you-know-what.<br /><br />Which makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4415227348/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4415227348_3a1a292495_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a></div><br />But, shoot. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4415309884/\" title=\"Park Day by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Park Day\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2780/4415309884_a8541e4513.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />With this guy, it sure is tough to stay fed-up for long.','Pass It On','','inherit','open','open','','483-revision','','','2010-03-07 22:45:00','2010-03-07 22:45:00','',483,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/03/483-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(2951,1,'2010-03-01 22:30:00','2010-03-01 22:30:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399592540/\" title=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4399592540_2e17920699.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />One of my top tips for getting to know your town, whether it\'s Tulsa or Timbuktu, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2007_04_22_archive.html\">is to swear off highways</a>.<br /><br />Route 66 is one huge exception to this rule.<br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399592450/\" title=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2782/4399592450_6fc3797a26.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Yesterday morning my little family hopped into our little car to run some errands, hopefully to be rewarded with <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/PhilbrookMuseum/posts/335648639525\">a free trip to Philbrook Museum at the end</a>. After two measly errands, though, our newly minted two-year-old was asleep like the baby he is proud to say he no longer is in the backseat. While we love a visit to Philbrook, it\'s not on the list of reasons why we\'d dare disturb the slumber of our son. Imminent danger, perhaps. Armageddon, maybe. A life-sized statue of Lightning McQueen, should we find one day it exists, yes. But a visit to a quiet museum that\'s prone to echo? Absolutely freaking not. <br /><br />So, we hit the road - <a href=\"http://www.michaelwallis.com/\">the Mother Road</a>. While I know Route 66 relatively well when it comes to west Tulsa and Sapulpa, I knew next to nothing about the treasures it holds on the east side of town. Since my husband spent a lot of time in that part of town when he first came to Oklahoma, he was nice enough to show me a thing or two about what I\'d been missing. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826675/\" title=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4398826675_88eacfaeed.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399593466/\" title=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4399593466_ff80acaf75.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826853/\" title=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4398826853_054d6ea345.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><a href=\"http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Section?oid=oid%3A14781&amp;category=oid%3A27582\">I like to think I know where to find a bargain, especially here in Tulsa</a>. How is it, then, that I\'ve managed to miss Admiral Flea Market? I mean, I knew it was there. I just had no idea what a hot spot it could be on a Sunday afternoon. <br /><br />Me thinks I need to follow <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2007_04_22_archive.htm\">my own advice</a> a little more often. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826947/\" title=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4398826947_e6af73a652.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399593728/\" title=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/4399593728_f58511fe74.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a> </div><br />Something that\'s easy to love about Route 66 are the roadside signs. The neon ones get a lot of love, but the other types are fun, too.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826579/\" title=\"Oasis Motel on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Oasis Motel on Route 66\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4398826579_c6d880d947.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399593164/\" title=\"Oasis Motel on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Oasis Motel on Route 66\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4399593164_2246862689.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826375/\" title=\"America\'s Value Inn on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"America\'s Value Inn on Route 66\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2770/4398826375_c949af94d7.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />The He\'s Not Here Sports Bar. Imagine: *ring ring* \"Hello, it\'s a wonderful day at Here\'s Not Here, how can I help you?\" <br /><br />Classic.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398825975/\" title=\"Daylight Donuts on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Daylight Donuts on Route 66\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4398825975_1a6c5cc7a8.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399592770/\" title=\"Daylight Donuts on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Daylight Donuts on Route 66\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/4399592770_9e37985d3e.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />I told my husband while we were driving that one could easily start a blog about Route 66 roadside signs. Or Route 66 tattoo/piercing parlors (as many as one per block along certain stretches of the Mother Road). <br /><br />Or Route 66 hotels and motels. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826263/\" title=\"Brookshire Motel on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Brookshire Motel on Route 66\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4398826263_8718999d9c.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826173/\" title=\"Brookshire Motel on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Brookshire Motel on Route 66\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4398826173_e7b52478f3.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Then, there\'s this place. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399592340/\" title=\"East Central High School on Route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"East Central High School on Route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2756/4399592340_e4957cfaab.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />That\'s East Central High School, one of the most interesting school buildings in T-Town. <a href=\"http://www.willrogershighschool.com/alumni/history.php\">Will Rogers High School</a> is great in all of its art deco splendor, but East Central is interesting, too.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399592540/\" title=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4399592540_2e17920699.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />Something I wish I had known when I was younger is exactly how much fun it is to cruise Route 66 as it winds and meanders around town. It passes through parts of my old stomping grounds in Sapulpa, which makes me wonder why none of the boys I dated in high school were clever enough to take me out on a Route 66-themed drive. Or a Route 66-themed date, even. <br /><br />I guess that\'s why I married the guy with all the good ideas.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4100931155/\" title=\"LaFortune Park by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"LaFortune Park\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/4100931155_4b80874191.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />And the best back of the neck in the history of mankind. And the best back of other things, too, but this is a family blog I\'m trying to run here.<br /><br />What are your favorite stops along Tulsa\'s stretch of Route 66?','Tulsa According to Route 66','','inherit','open','open','','479-revision','','','2010-03-01 22:30:00','2010-03-01 22:30:00','',479,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/03/479-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(2952,1,'2010-10-13 08:02:50','2010-10-13 13:02:50','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399592540/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4399592540_2e17920699.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nOne of my top tips for getting to know your town, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/know-your-town/\">whether it\'s Tulsa or Timbuktu</a>, is to swear off highways.\r\n\r\nRoute 66 is one huge exception to this rule.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399592450/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2782/4399592450_6fc3797a26.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\nYesterday morning my little family hopped into our little car to run some errands, hopefully to be rewarded with <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/PhilbrookMuseum/posts/335648639525\">a free trip to Philbrook Museum at the end</a>. After two measly errands, though, our two-year-old was asleep like the baby he is proud to say he no longer is in the backseat.\r\n\r\nWhile we love a visit to Philbrook, it\'s not on the list of reasons for which we\'d dare disturb the slumber of our son. Imminent danger, perhaps. Armageddon, maybe. A life-sized statue of Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars, should we find one day it exists, yes.\r\n\r\nBut a visit to a quiet museum that\'s prone to echo? Absolutely freaking not.\r\n\r\nSo, instead, we hit the road - <a href=\"http://www.michaelwallis.com/\">the Mother Road</a>.\r\n\r\nWhile I know Route 66 relatively well when it comes to west Tulsa and Sapulpa, I knew next to nothing about the treasures it holds on the east side of town. Since my husband spent a lot of time in that part of town when he first came to Oklahoma from his native state of Arkansas, he was nice enough to show me a thing or two about what I\'d been missing.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826675/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4398826675_88eacfaeed.jpg\" alt=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399593466/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4399593466_ff80acaf75.jpg\" alt=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826853/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4398826853_054d6ea345.jpg\" alt=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Section?oid=oid%3A14781&amp;category=oid%3A27582\">I like to think I know where to find a bargain, especially here in Tulsa</a>. How is it, then, that I\'ve managed to miss Admiral Flea Market? I mean, I knew it was there. I just had no idea what a hot spot it could be on a Sunday afternoon.\r\n\r\nMe thinks I need to follow <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2007_04_22_archive.htm\">my own advice</a> a little more often.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826947/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4398826947_e6af73a652.jpg\" alt=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399593728/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/4399593728_f58511fe74.jpg\" alt=\"Admiral Flea Market on Route 66\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\nSomething that\'s easy to love about Route 66 are the roadside signs. The neon ones get a lot of love, but the other types are fun, too.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Oasis Motel on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826579/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4398826579_c6d880d947.jpg\" alt=\"Oasis Motel on Route 66\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Oasis Motel on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399593164/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4399593164_2246862689.jpg\" alt=\"Oasis Motel on Route 66\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"America\'s Value Inn on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826375/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2770/4398826375_c949af94d7.jpg\" alt=\"America\'s Value Inn on Route 66\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nCheck it out: the He\'s Not Here Sports Bar.\r\n\r\nImagine: *ring ring* \"Hello, He\'s Not Here?\"\r\n\r\nClassic.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Daylight Donuts on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398825975/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4398825975_1a6c5cc7a8.jpg\" alt=\"Daylight Donuts on Route 66\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Daylight Donuts on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399592770/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/4399592770_9e37985d3e.jpg\" alt=\"Daylight Donuts on Route 66\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\nI told my husband while we were driving that one could easily start a blog about Route 66 roadside signs. Or Route 66 tattoo/piercing parlors - there are as many as one per block along certain stretches of the Mother Road.\r\n\r\nOr, Route 66 hotels and motels.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Brookshire Motel on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826263/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4398826263_8718999d9c.jpg\" alt=\"Brookshire Motel on Route 66\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Brookshire Motel on Route 66 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4398826173/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4398826173_e7b52478f3.jpg\" alt=\"Brookshire Motel on Route 66\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\nThen, there\'s this place.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"East Central High School on Route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399592340/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2756/4399592340_e4957cfaab.jpg\" alt=\"East Central High School on Route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nThat\'s East Central High School, one of the most interesting school buildings in T-Town. <a href=\"http://www.willrogershighschool.com/alumni/history.php\">Will Rogers High School</a> is great in all of its art deco splendor, but East Central is interesting, too.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4399592540/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4399592540_2e17920699.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 in East Tulsa, Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nSomething I wish I had known when I was younger is exactly how much fun it is to cruise Route 66 as it winds and meanders around town. It passes through parts of my old stomping grounds in Sapulpa, which makes me wonder why none of the boys I dated in high school were clever enough to take me out on a Route 66-themed drive. Or a Route 66-themed date, even.\r\n\r\nI guess that\'s why I married the guy with all the good ideas.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"LaFortune Park by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4100931155/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/4100931155_4b80874191.jpg\" alt=\"LaFortune Park\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nAnd the best back of the neck in the history of mankind. And the best back of other things, too, but this is a family blog I\'m trying to run here.\r\n\r\nWhat are your favorite stops along Tulsa\'s stretch of Route 66?','Tulsa According to Route 66','While I know Route 66 relatively well when it comes to west Tulsa and Sapulpa, I knew next to nothing about the treasures it holds on the east side of town.','inherit','open','open','','479-revision-2','','','2010-10-13 08:02:50','2010-10-13 13:02:50','',479,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/479-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4105,1,'2009-12-08 05:52:00','2009-12-08 05:52:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4167819265/\" title=\"Tulsa Performing Arts Center by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Tulsa Performing Arts Center\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2598/4167819265_ffd79b107d.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />For $15, for Christmas one could buy:<br /><br /><ul><li>A nicer-than-Hanes pair of socks;</li><li>A nicer-than-Fruit-of-the-Loom pair of underwear (men\'s only);</li><li>A gift card, the near thoughtlessness of which is not redeemed by <a href=\"http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/money/shopping/shopping-tips/gift-card-pitfalls-12-07/overview/gift-card-pitfalls-ov.htm\">its 27-percent chance of taking up permanent residence in the back of a junk drawer</a>;</li><li>The hot toy of the year 2009, a Zhu-Zhu Pet - that is, if you can find one in a store where the fabled $8 price is charged.</li></ul><br />Or, one could offer an experience, the chance to take part in a Tulsa tradition.<br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a>When I found out tickets to <a href=\"http://www.tulsapac.com/calendar.asp?id=1109&amp;task=display\">The Nutcracker, presented in Tulsa for more than 50 years by Tulsa Ballet</a>, start at $15, I was appalled. At that price, how could I have managed to miss this production last year? Or the year before that? Or the year before...okay, so I saw The Nutcracker the year before that, and at least twice before even that, but still. What I felt was the opposite of buyer\'s remorse.<br /><br />A $15 price tag is easy to swallow, particularly right now. With a recession on, everyone seems to be cutting back in one way or another this holiday season. It\'s nice to know that there\'s an affordable alternative to the \"it\" gifts in stores this year, as well as to opting out of gift giving altogether.<br /><br />Besides, a trip to see The Nutcracker offers memories and experiences, both of which pack more of a punch as a gift than a similarly priced item in the bargain bin of some super-sized department store. <br /><br />The Nutcracker is a classic, you know. Tulsa Ballet’s version, which hit the stage of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in 2003 thanks to <a href=\"http://www.tulsaballet.org/staff.asp?id=8&amp;task=staffdisplay&amp;staffid=80\">producer and Tulsa Ballet artistic director Marcello Angelini</a>, begins with a Christmas Party at the Paris Opera House where its artistic director, Mr. Drosselmeier, announces the French premiere of The Nutcracker. Marie, a young dance student at the Paris Opera School, is captivated by the plot and, once asleep, dreams of being a part of it. <br /><br />The audience is treated to the classic Nutcracker vignettes: The Dance of the Snowflakes, the Mouse King and the Nutcracker’s battle (including their armies composed of young dance students from the Tulsa area - cool, huh?) and the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. <br /><br />During the second act are dances that pay tribute to Russia, Arabia, Spain and China, each performed in turn. The sets, created by internationally renowned designer Luisa Spinatelli, are inspired by art deco architecture and fashion. <br /><br />As Angelini said, “The Nutcracker is not just a story about dolls, candy canes and imaginary kingdoms. The essence of this holiday classic is that of renewed generosity and kindness during the holiday season. It is a celebration of the goodness of the human soul.”<br /><br />Amen. <br /><br /><object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/LeeIkOzmWgk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/LeeIkOzmWgk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br /><br />This weekend brings the opening night of this year\'s production of The Nutcracker. The first performance is Saturday at 2pm, with other 2pm showings this Sunday, as well as on Dec. 19 and 20. Evening showings at 7pm are this Saturday, as well as on Dec. 17, 18 and 19. Tickets start at $15 and go up to $55. <br /><br />All performances are accompanied by <a href=\"http://www.tulsasymphony.org/\">the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra</a> at <a href=\"http://www.tulsapac.ocm/\">Chapman Music&nbsp;Hall in the Tulsa Performing Arts Center</a>, in downtown Tulsa on the corner of Third and Cincinnati.<br /><br />That\'s all. Goodnight. Goodbye. Write you tomorrow.<br /><br />Ha! Just kidding. <br /><br />The Tulsa Ballet has been generous enough to donate <b>a family four pack of tickets to any showing of The Nutcracker of one lucky TDT reader\'s choice</b>. <br /><br />To enter to win, <b>post something in the comments section on how you feel about men in tights</b>. We might as well make this fun, right? We get enough Hallmark moments this time of year. Let\'s have some laughs and variety and spice. <br /><br />Since one can emote (one way or another) for only so long in a blog\'s comment section about men who are strong and brave and buns-of-steel enough to wear next to nothing from the waist down while dancing vigorously to Tchaikovsky on a stage in front of more than 2,000 dance lovers, feel free to hop on Facebook and/or Twitter and gab about this giveaway. If you elect to do this, please be sure I know about it (type @tashadoestulsa in either Facebook or Twitter) so I can award you the proper number of entries. <br /><br />Do all this <b>before 8pm on Wednesday night (Dec. 9)</b> and make the Random.org gods happy and you might just find yourself the proud, new owner of a family four pack of tickets to see the performance of your choice of The Nutcracker. And everyone will love you and never question your wisdom ever again. And they\'ll probably wear tights for you, too, just for kicks.<br /><br />Good luck, everyone!<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.tulsapac.com/calendar.asp?id=1109&amp;task=display\"><b>Tulsa Ballet: The Nutcracker</b></a><br />Performed at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in Chapman Hall<br />110 E. Second Street<br />(918) 596-7122<br />Tickets starting at $15<br /><div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/ecdc27fa-82a6-41dc-bca4-84149b04cc85/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"><img alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=ecdc27fa-82a6-41dc-bca4-84149b04cc85\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" /></a><script defer=\"defer\" src=\"http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script><br /></div>','TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker','','inherit','open','open','','385-revision','','','2009-12-08 05:52:00','2009-12-08 05:52:00','',385,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/385-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4107,1,'2009-12-06 23:46:00','2009-12-06 23:46:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4163371825/\" title=\"Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Tulsa Shirts\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2510/4163371825_31264620c6.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />I know I won\'t get any points for originality here, but I think any and all Tulsa t-shirts - you know, the ones that have been in every local gift guide since 2006 - have more than earned some real estate in <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/search/label/Gift%20Guide\">this year\'s TDT Holiday Gift Guide</a>,&nbsp;too.<br /><br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4163373499/\" title=\"Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Tulsa Shirts\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2547/4163373499_2f98c2823c.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />What this suggestion lacks in novelty it packs in practicality and all that has become classic. What I mean is, the Tulsa t-shirt is my go-to gift these days, Christmastime or not. Any time I find myself racking my brain to come up with the perfect gift, I head to <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces downtown</a> or <a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red on Brookside</a> and bag <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/section/45\">an I Heart Tulsa t-shirt</a>, something from <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/section/49\">the Okie Grown line</a> or a shirt emblazoned with the <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a> logo.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4164132826/\" title=\"Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Tulsa Shirts\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/4164132826_801b943850.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />At $20, it\'s hard to go wrong with these babies.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4163373147/\" title=\"Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Tulsa Shirts\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/4163373147_4e4dbfe4e2.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />These t-shirts make great gifts even for out-of-town relatives and friends. I\'ve worn mine in several distant not-Tulsa cities, and each time the shirts served as conversation starters. One of those, \"Tulsa, huh?\" responses was better than nothing - at least that person read and spoke the word \"Tulsa\" that day - but I really loved when someone said something like, \"Tell me about Tulsa.\" That\'s when I would proceed to proselytize for T-Town converts, rattling off the names of our attractions and cost-of-living ratios and all the reasons I love this city in an effort to get the person to sell all he owns and &nbsp;get on a plane that lands at TIA.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4163373689/\" title=\"Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Tulsa Shirts\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4163373689_46b4469949.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />I\'m so glad I have this blog now. These inappropriately enthusiastic outbursts of Tulsa love abroad happen much less frequently now. It\'s better for the city (and its reputation for <i>not</i> being the home of crazy-eyed, red-headed civic cheerleaders) this way.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4163371825/\" title=\"Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Tulsa Shirts\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2510/4163371825_31264620c6.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Ah, the hip and edgy Tulsa t-shirt. Before you know it, the giftee will be asking you how to collect them all.<br /><br /><b>Tulsa T-Shirts: Louis and Cluck, Okie Grown, Cain\'s Ballroom</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Dwelling Spaces</b><br />119 S. Detroit<br />(918) 582-1033<br />info@dwellingspaces.net<br />Monday-Saturday, 10:30am-7:30pm<br />Sunday-Monday, 11am-4pm<br /><br /><b>Idea Red Boutique</b><br />3346 S. Peoria Ave.<br />(918) 949-6950<br />Monday–Wednesday, 10:30–6:30<br />Thursday–Saturday 10:30–open til we’re closed<br />Sunday, 12- 4<br /><div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/833a376a-ac5c-45c0-81e4-6654d5afe42f/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"><img alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=833a376a-ac5c-45c0-81e4-6654d5afe42f\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" /></a><script defer=\"defer\" src=\"http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script><br /></div>','TDT Holiday Gift Guide: The Tulsa T-Shirt','','inherit','open','open','','383-revision','','','2009-12-06 23:46:00','2009-12-06 23:46:00','',383,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/383-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4104,1,'2010-12-01 14:32:47','2010-12-01 19:32:47','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4167819265/\" title=\"Tulsa Performing Arts Center by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Tulsa Performing Arts Center\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2598/4167819265_ffd79b107d.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\nFor $15, for Christmas one could buy:\n<ul><li>A nicer-than-Hanes pair of socks;</li><li>A nicer-than-Fruit-of-the-Loom pair of underwear (men\'s only);</li><li>A gift card, the near thoughtlessness of which is not redeemed by <a href=\"http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/money/shopping/shopping-tips/gift-card-pitfalls-12-07/overview/gift-card-pitfalls-ov.htm\">its 27-percent chance of taking up permanent residence in the back of a junk drawer</a>;</li><li>The hot toy of the year for 2009, a Zhu-Zhu Pet - that is, if you can find one in a store where the fabled $8 price is charged.</li></ul>\n\nOr, one could offer an experience, the chance to take part in a Tulsa tradition.\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\nWhen I found out tickets to <a href=\"http://www.tulsapac.com/calendar.asp?id=1109&amp;task=display\">The Nutcracker, presented in Tulsa for more than 50 years by Tulsa Ballet</a>, start at $15, I was appalled. At that price, how could I have managed to miss this production last year? Or the year before that? Or the year before...okay, so I saw The Nutcracker the year before that, and at least twice before even that, but still. What I felt was the total opposite of buyer\'s remorse.\n\nA $15 price tag is easy to swallow, particularly right now. With a recession on, everyone seems to be cutting back in one way or another this holiday season. It\'s nice to know that there\'s an affordable alternative to the \"it\" gifts in stores this year, as well as to opting out of gift giving altogether.\n\nBesides, a trip to see The Nutcracker offers memories and experiences, both of which pack more of a punch as a gift than a similarly priced item in the bargain bin of some super-sized department store. \n\nThe Nutcracker is a classic, you know. Tulsa Ballet’s version, which hit the stage of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in 2003 thanks to <a href=\"http://www.tulsaballet.org/staff.asp?id=8&amp;task=staffdisplay&amp;staffid=80\">producer and Tulsa Ballet artistic director Marcello Angelini</a>, begins with a Christmas Party at the Paris Opera House where its artistic director, Mr. Drosselmeier, announces the French premiere of The Nutcracker. Marie, a young dance student at the Paris Opera School, is captivated by the plot and, once asleep, dreams of being a part of it.\n\nThe audience is treated to the classic Nutcracker vignettes: The Dance of the Snowflakes, the Mouse King and the Nutcracker’s battle (including their armies composed of young dance students from the Tulsa area - cool, huh?) and the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.\n\nDuring the second act are dances that pay tribute to Russia, Arabia, Spain and China, each performed in turn. The sets, created by internationally renowned designer Luisa Spinatelli, are inspired by art deco architecture (always close to Tulsans\' heart) and fashion. \n\nAs Angelini said, “The Nutcracker is not just a story about dolls, candy canes and imaginary kingdoms. The essence of this holiday classic is that of renewed generosity and kindness during the holiday season. It is a celebration of the goodness of the human soul.”\n\nAmen. \n\n<object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/LeeIkOzmWgk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/LeeIkOzmWgk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object>\n\nThis weekend brings the opening night of this year\'s production of The Nutcracker. The first performance is Saturday at 2pm, with other 2pm showings this Sunday, as well as on Dec. 19 and 20. Evening showings at 7pm are this Saturday, as well as on Dec. 17, 18 and 19. Tickets start at $15 and go up to $55.\n\nAll performances are accompanied by <a href=\"http://www.tulsasymphony.org/\">the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra</a> at <a href=\"http://www.tulsapac.ocm/\">Chapman Music Hall in the Tulsa Performing Arts Center</a>, in downtown Tulsa on the corner of Third and Cincinnati.\n\nThat\'s all. The end. Goodnight! \n\nHa!. Just kidding. \n\nThe Tulsa Ballet has been generous enough to donate <b>a family four pack of tickets to any showing of The Nutcracker of one lucky TDT reader\'s choice</b>. \n\nTo enter to win, <b>post something in the comments section on how you feel about men in tights</b>. We might as well make this fun, right? We get enough Hallmark moments this time of year. Let\'s have some laughs and variety and spice. \n\nSince one can emote (one way or another) for only so long in a blog\'s comment section about men who are strong and brave and buns-of-steel enough to wear next to nothing from the waist down while dancing vigorously to Tchaikovsky on a stage in front of more than 2,000 people, feel free to hop on Facebook and/or Twitter and gab about this giveaway there, too. If you elect to do this, please be sure I know about it (type @tashadoestulsa in either Facebook or Twitter) so I can award you the proper number of entries. \n\nDo all this <b>before 8pm on Wednesday night (Dec. 9)</b> and make the Random.org gods happy and you might just find yourself the proud, new owner of a family four pack of tickets to see the performance of your choice of The Nutcracker. And everyone will love you and never question your wisdom ever again. And they\'ll probably wear tights for you, too, just for kicks.\n\nGood luck, everyone!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsapac.com/calendar.asp?id=1109&amp;task=display\"><b>Tulsa Ballet: The Nutcracker</b></a>\nPerformed at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in Chapman Hall, 110 E. Second Street\n(918) 596-7122\nTickets starting at $15','TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker','When I found out tickets to The Nutcracker, presented in Tulsa for more than 50 years by Tulsa Ballet, start at $15, I was appalled. At that price, how could I have managed to miss this production last year? What I felt was the total opposite of buyer\'s remorse.','inherit','open','open','','385-autosave','','','2010-12-01 14:32:47','2010-12-01 19:32:47','',385,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/385-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4102,1,'2009-12-15 23:10:00','2009-12-15 23:10:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188738672/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/4188738672_c68a52d8d2.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />I hope you\'re not tired of hearing me talk about <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/\">Gardner\'s Used Books</a>, because I\'m certainly not finished talking about it. <br /><br />My favorite used bookstore just started its 12 Days of Christmas Sale. Yesterday craft, holiday and cook books were buy one, get one free. Today, all horror and true crime are buy one, get one free. Later in the week all hardback books, no matter the genre, will be buy one, get one free. This madness will persist until Christmas - actually, well beyond Christmas. <br /><br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a>When Gardner\'s announced the cookbook sale, you can bet they knew they\'d see me lurking in the north wing of the store, poring over the scads of books on microwave cookery that were published in the 1970s and the shelves of back copies of Southern Living Magazine yearly cookbooks. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188175675/\" title=\"DSC03342-1 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"DSC03342-1\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/4188175675_92d83d5088.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />Woah.<br /><br />Those are fun to laugh about, of course - they make especially good gag/white elephant gifts.  But, I found a stack of books worthy enough to adopt, to allow to take up residence on the bookshelves alongside volumes that make us feel not so afraid of the judgment of our family and friends that we hide them in the junk room. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187973769/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/4187973769_b6c8f2aa3c.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188736076/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2638/4188736076_6150255d4c.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187974127/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2659/4187974127_6bb6369eb3.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Kitsch-o-Rama, baby. Kitsch-o-Rama.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187975017/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2804/4187975017_9158ae1636.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />\"Presenting more than 225 superlative recipes planned specifically for the basic meal occasions today\'s busy housewife faces.\"<br /><br />Can you imagine this kind of copy on the cover of a book published in 2009? <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187974637/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4187974637_b5f6405fdc.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187974541/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/4187974541_272cd7a3d1.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Where were you in 1961? <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188737608/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2556/4188737608_5f6893ea80.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Ah, the days when the suburban housewife enjoyed a positive image in the mind of the American public. How things have changed. <br /><br />Thanks, <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http://www.hulu.com/desperate-housewives\" rel=\"hulu\" title=\"Desperate Housewives\">Desperate Housewives</a>. And <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http://www.hulu.com/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta\" rel=\"hulu\" title=\"The Real Housewives of Atlanta\">Real Housewives of Atlanta</a>, Orange County, New Jersey, etc. And <a href=\"http://forums.radioreference.com/oklahoma-radio-discussion-forum/56157-tulsa-barbie-joke.html\">Jenks, Broken Arrow and Bixby Barbies</a>.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188736994/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2714/4188736994_ed7a5faeaf.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br /><i>That\'s</i> what I\'m talkin\' about, married ladies. Salaried or otherwise, we are all working wives. Capiche? Can we stop fighting about who has the harder job now? Please? <br /><br />Can\'t we all just get along? You know, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961\">like we did in 1961</a>?<br /><br />Heh.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188737346/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2708/4188737346_4fb018809b.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188737834/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/4188737834_6b5651e322.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Oh, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beard\">James</a>. Oh, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Aaron\">Sam</a>. Your thoughts on food remain relevant to this day.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188737750/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2573/4188737750_544e36212f.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />I was confused by the title, but hey, I\'m an easy-going gal - meaning, I saw the words \"young cooks\" and tossed this little pamphlet into the to-buy pile.<br /><br />You see, I secretly hope my son becomes a chef and opens a restaurant and asks me to be his pie baker. As in, my grandest aspiration in life is to do nothing all day but make pies. And maybe the occasional cookie. <br /><br />Now you know where all of this blogging is leading.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187975785/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/4187975785_cae9f2da9a.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Aren\'t these illustrations the cutest?<br /><br />\"Let\'s face it, birthday parties are <i>flattering</i> - and fun!\" <br /><br />It\'s nice to have a dose of the cold, hard facts every once in awhile, isn\'t it?<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188738248/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4188738248_c01730beee.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188738508/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2497/4188738508_8c9f327e87.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />If the world could look like this, I would be truly happy. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187975921/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2671/4187975921_51453fcbd0_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a><br /></div><br />Now, I know it\'s not customary to give used items as Christmas gifts. We all feel the pressure to buy new. Here\'s what I think, though: Old books might just be the exception to this rule. <br /><br />A half-used bottle of lotion, no. A half-empty bottle of scotch, no, no. A three-year-old scarf-and-sweater set, no, no, no. <br /><br />A bundle of period books on the subject of the giftee\'s interest, tied together with a vintage-looking ribbon and maybe a sprig of evergreen or a cool bookmark? I\'m going out on a limb here, but I\'m pretty sure that\'s a yes. <br /><br />Plus, it\'s inexpensive. I paid $16 for eight books at Gardner\'s on the buy one, get one special. Plus, it\'s environmentally friendly. Plus, it\'s good for the local economy. <br /><br />Plus, it\'s fun. And, every once in awhile, you\'ll come across a jewel like this: <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187974225/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2785/4187974225_ac1b5bc65e.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188736588/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2519/4188736588_1cf3aa3435.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188736484/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2679/4188736484_380777e308.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Where were you 90 years ago, in 1919?<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188736882/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/4188736882_23cedaa01c.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Cool, huh?<br /><br />Here\'s the rundown of what remains of the Twelve Days of Christmas Sale:<br /><br />Tues. 15th: BOGO horror and true crime books<br />Wed. 16th: BOGO all trading cards and Hot Wheels/Matchbox toys<br />Thurs. 17th: BOGO all hardback books<br />Fri. 18th: BOGO all hardback books<br />Sat. 19th: BOGO all back issue comics<br />Sun. 20th: BOGO all general fiction, literature and classic books<br />Mon. 21st: BOGO mass market paperbacks<br />Tues. 22nd: BOGO mystery books<br />Wed. 23rd: BOGO all sci-fi and fantasy books<br />Thurs. 24th: BOGO romance books<br />Fri. 25th: CLOSED<br />Sat. 26th: 50 percent off all dolls<br />Sun. 27th: 30 percent off all jewelry<br />Mon. 28th: BOGO religion books<br />Tues. 29th: 40 percent off all toys<br />Wed. 30th: 40 percent off all stuffed animals<br />Thurs. 31st: BOGO religion books<br /><br />Plus, if you try breakfast at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/study-in-burgers.html\">the new Gatsby\'s Grill (on the north side of the store)</a> and bring your receipt to the bookstore at check-out, you get 30 percent off all books.<br /><br />A word of advice: Bring a reusable shopping bag when shopping at Gardner\'s. If you\'ve been before, you know why. If you\'re new to Gardner\'s, you\'ll find out.<br /><br /><b>Gardner\'s Used Books &amp; Music</b><br />4421 S. Mingo Road<br />(918) 627-7323<br />Monday-Friday, 7am-8pm; Saturday, 8am-8pm; Sunday, noon-6pm<br /><a href=\"mailto:info@gardnersbooks.com\">info@gardnersbooks.com</a><br /><a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/\">http://www.gardnersbooks.com/</a><br /><div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/7aaf13a3-7ad9-45f2-bd01-26ec1371da98/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"><img alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=7aaf13a3-7ad9-45f2-bd01-26ec1371da98\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" /></a><script defer=\"defer\" src=\"http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script><br /></div>','TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Gardner\'s Used Books','','inherit','open','open','','393-revision','','','2009-12-15 23:10:00','2009-12-15 23:10:00','',393,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/393-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4101,1,'2010-12-01 14:17:42','2010-12-01 19:17:42','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188738672/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/4188738672_c68a52d8d2.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\nI hope you\'re not tired of hearing me talk about <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/\">Gardner\'s Used Books</a>, because I\'m certainly not finished talking about it. \n\nMy favorite used bookstore just started its 12 Days of Christmas Sale. Yesterday craft, holiday and cook books were buy one, get one free. Today, all horror and true crime are buy one, get one free. Later in the week all hardback books, no matter the genre, will be buy one, get one free. This madness will persist until Christmas - actually, well beyond Christmas. \n\n<!--more--><a name=\'more\'></a>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\nWhen Gardner\'s announced the cookbook sale, you can bet they knew they\'d see me lurking in the north wing of the store, poring over the scads of books on microwave cookery that were published in the 1970s and the shelves of back copies of Southern Living Magazine yearly cookbooks. \n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188175675/\" title=\"DSC03342-1 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"DSC03342-1\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/4188175675_92d83d5088.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div>\n\nWoah.\n\nThose are fun to laugh about, of course - they make especially good gag/white elephant gifts. But, I found a stack of books worthy enough to adopt, to allow to take up residence on the bookshelves alongside volumes that make us feel not so afraid of the judgment of our family and friends that we hide them in the junk room. \n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187973769/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/4187973769_b6c8f2aa3c.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188736076/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2638/4188736076_6150255d4c.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187974127/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2659/4187974127_6bb6369eb3.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\nKitsch-o-Rama, baby. Kitsch-o-Rama.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187975017/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2804/4187975017_9158ae1636.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div>\n\n\"Presenting more than 225 superlative recipes planned specifically for the basic meal occasions today\'s busy housewife faces.\"\n\nCan you imagine this kind of copy on the cover of a book published in 2009?\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187974637/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4187974637_b5f6405fdc.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187974541/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/4187974541_272cd7a3d1.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\nWhere were you in 1961?\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188737608/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2556/4188737608_5f6893ea80.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\nAh, the days when the suburban housewife enjoyed a positive image in the mind of the American public. How things have changed. Thanks, <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http://www.hulu.com/desperate-housewives\" rel=\"hulu\" title=\"Desperate Housewives\">Desperate Housewives</a>. And <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http://www.hulu.com/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta\" rel=\"hulu\" title=\"The Real Housewives of Atlanta\">Real Housewives of Atlanta</a>, Orange County, New Jersey, etc. And <a href=\"http://forums.radioreference.com/oklahoma-radio-discussion-forum/56157-tulsa-barbie-joke.html\">Jenks, Broken Arrow and Bixby Barbies</a>.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188736994/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2714/4188736994_ed7a5faeaf.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div>\n\n<i>That\'s</i> what I\'m talkin\' about, married ladies. Salaried or otherwise, we are all working wives. Can we stop fighting about who has the harder job now? \n\nPlease?\n\nCan\'t we all just get along? You know, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961\">like we did in 1961</a>?\n\nHeh.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188737346/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2708/4188737346_4fb018809b.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188737834/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/4188737834_6b5651e322.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div>\n\nOh, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beard\">James</a>. Oh, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Aaron\">Sam</a>. Your thoughts on food remain relevant to this day.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188737750/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2573/4188737750_544e36212f.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div>\n\nI was confused by the title, but hey, I\'m an easy-going gal - meaning, I saw the words \"young cooks\" and tossed this little pamphlet into the to-buy pile.\n\nYou see, I secretly hope my son becomes a chef and opens a restaurant and asks me to be his pie baker. My grandest aspiration in life is to do nothing all day but make pies. And maybe the occasional cookie. \n\nNow you know what I mean to do with all this blogging experience.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187975785/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/4187975785_cae9f2da9a.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a>\n\nAren\'t these illustrations the cutest?\n\n\"Let\'s face it, birthday parties are <i>flattering</i> - and fun!\" \n\nIt\'s nice to have a dose of the cold, hard facts every once in awhile, isn\'t it?\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188738248/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4188738248_c01730beee.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188738508/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2497/4188738508_8c9f327e87.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a>\n\nIf the world could look like this, I would be truly happy. \n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187975921/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2671/4187975921_51453fcbd0_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a>\n\nNow, I know it\'s not customary to give used items as Christmas gifts. We all feel the pressure to buy new. Here\'s what I think, though: Old books might just be the exception to this rule. \n\nA half-used bottle of lotion? No. A half-empty bottle of scotch? No, and no. A three-year-old scarf-and-sweater set? No - actually, that\'s never an acceptable gift. For anyone. Ever. \n\nA bundle of period books on the subject of the giftee\'s interest, tied together with a vintage-looking ribbon and maybe a sprig of evergreen or a cool bookmark? I\'m going out on a limb here, but I\'m pretty sure that\'s a yes. \n\nPlus, it\'s inexpensive. I paid $16 for eight books at Gardner\'s on the buy one, get one special. Plus, it\'s environmentally friendly. Plus, it\'s good for the local economy. \n\nPlus, it\'s fun. Plus, plus, plus.\n\nAnd, every once in awhile, you\'ll come across a jewel like this: \n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4187974225/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2785/4187974225_ac1b5bc65e.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188736588/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2519/4188736588_1cf3aa3435.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188736484/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2679/4188736484_380777e308.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a>\n\nWhere were you 90 years ago, in 1919?\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188736882/\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/4188736882_23cedaa01c.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a>\n\nCool, huh?\n\nHere\'s the rundown of what remains of the Twelve Days of Christmas Sale:\n\nTues. 15th: BOGO horror and true crime books\nWed. 16th: BOGO all trading cards and Hot Wheels/Matchbox toys\nThurs. 17th: BOGO all hardback books\nFri. 18th: BOGO all hardback books\nSat. 19th: BOGO all back issue comics\nSun. 20th: BOGO all general fiction, literature and classic books\nMon. 21st: BOGO mass market paperbacks\nTues. 22nd: BOGO mystery books\nWed. 23rd: BOGO all sci-fi and fantasy books\nThurs. 24th: BOGO romance books\nFri. 25th: CLOSED\nSat. 26th: 50 percent off all dolls\nSun. 27th: 30 percent off all jewelry\nMon. 28th: BOGO religion books\nTues. 29th: 40 percent off all toys\nWed. 30th: 40 percent off all stuffed animals\nThurs. 31st: BOGO religion books\n\nPlus, if you try breakfast at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/study-in-burgers.html\">the new Gatsby\'s Grill (on the north side of the store)</a> and bring your receipt to the bookstore at check-out, you get 30 percent off all books.\n\nA word of advice: Bring a reusable shopping bag when shopping at Gardner\'s. If you\'ve been before, you know why. \n\nIf you\'re new to Gardner\'s, you\'ll find out.\n\n<b>Gardner\'s Used Books & Music</b>\n4421 S. Mingo Road\n(918) 627-7323\nMonday-Friday, 7am-8pm; Saturday, 8am-8pm; Sunday, noon-6pm\n<a href=\"mailto:info@gardnersbooks.com\">info@gardnersbooks.com</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/\">http://www.gardnersbooks.com/</a>','TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Gardner\'s Used Books','A bundle of period books on the subject of the giftee\'s interest, tied together with a vintage-looking ribbon and maybe a sprig of evergreen or a cool bookmark? I\'m going out on a limb here, but I\'m pretty sure that\'s a yes. ','inherit','open','open','','393-autosave','','','2010-12-01 14:17:42','2010-12-01 19:17:42','',393,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/393-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3020,1,'2010-10-14 21:58:47','2010-10-15 02:58:47','','Brookside','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1697','','','2010-10-14 21:58:47','2010-10-15 02:58:47','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1697.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4096,1,'2010-11-30 23:49:25','2010-12-01 04:49:25','','Handbells','','inherit','open','open','','hanbells','','','2010-11-30 23:49:25','2010-12-01 04:49:25','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/hanbells.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',1),(4055,1,'2010-11-28 23:49:18','2010-11-29 04:49:18','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"510\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=117565210651590258383.00049624b5c89fed91591&amp;ll=36.578041,-95.61676&amp;spn=1.837229,3.348083&amp;iwloc=00049624ba4ac927b2a76&amp;output=embed\"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=117565210651590258383.00049624b5c89fed91591&amp;ll=36.578041,-95.61676&amp;spn=1.837229,3.348083&amp;iwloc=00049624ba4ac927b2a76&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">Get Your Lights On 2010</a> in a larger map</small></p>\r\n\r\nPut down that mammoth wad of Christmas lights - not even Clark Griswold would touch it with a ten-foot pole. \r\n\r\nInstead, brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings that come to Tulsa at this time of year by taking your friends, family and that special someone on a tour of the millions - yes, <em>millions</em> - of little lights twinkling in and around town.\r\n\r\nHere\'s where to find \'em. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4142040433/\" title=\"Rhema Christmas Light Display by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4142040433_ffab3dc2c3.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Rhema Christmas Light Display\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at Rhema Bible College</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rhema.org/\">Rhema Bible College</a>, 1025 West Kenosha Street\r\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College, where the folks there have been making Broken Arrow visible from space for 28 years. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up nearly 2 million lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but you\'ll never know unless you go see for yourself. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to bring some cash for a cup of hot chocolate or cider. The kicker? Once you fight the traffic and find parking, there really isn\'t one. The lights display at Rhema is as pure a wonderland as you can get with the non-alcoholic egg nog types. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4156215289/\" title=\"Utica Square by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4156215289_19a7f8989a.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Utica Square\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at Utica Square</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\r\nSip on some hot chocolate, take a stroll with the fam and take in the magic that is the 700,000 white Christmas lights twinkling in 175 trees at our park-like Utica Square. Don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus on your way out. Pro tip: The larger-than-life nutcrackers make excellent backdrops for photos of both the awkward family and zany variety. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at The Blue Whale on Route 66</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/bluewhalek2c66\">The Blue Whale in Catoosa</a>, just off old Route 66\r\nEver wonder what our beloved, historic Blue Whale would look like decked out in lights? Good news - you get to find out this year! Simply hit Route 66 to Catoosa - you can\'t miss it. And don\'t you dare forget that camera.\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights in the Blue Dome District</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: Downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District, centered on 2nd and Elgin Ave. \r\nI\'ll give you three tries to guess what color the Christmas lights are going to be in the Blue Dome District for this lights-on event, but my bet is that you\'re only gonna need one. Don\'t miss this first-ever holiday lights display in downtown\'s hip and happening BDD. \r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\r\nWhen: Now-New Year\'s Eve, 6-10pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables along with thousands of lights in this fifth-annual free event. Check out the horse carriage rides, the chance to make a Christmas tree ornament with Santa\'s Elves, tractor-drawn hay rides and even a visit with Father Christmas while you\'re there. <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">Check out the full range of things to do at Christmas Kingdom here</a>.\r\n\r\n<object width=\"500\" height=\"400\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6wMtsKj6_Qs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6wMtsKj6_Qs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\r\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\r\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\r\nStarting date: Now-Dec. 31\r\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\r\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\r\n\r\n<strong>Holiday on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rsu.edu/\">Rogers State University in Claremore</a>, in front of Preparatory Hall, the gold-domed building at the campus main entrance\r\nDon\'t miss Claremore\'s RSU campus go up in more than 24,000 lights while Dr. David Blakely performs a reading of the holiday classic, \"T\'was the Night Before Christmas.\" Look also for performances by the RSU Choir and preschoolers from the RSU Child Development Center. All are encouraged to bring cameras and be ready for photo ops with Santa and Hunter the Hillcat. Free hot chocolate and hot apple cider will be served. It\'s all free and open to the public. \r\n\r\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm, until Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public. And can you imagine how the Arkansas\'s gonna look as it reflects the glow of a smattering of Christmas lights? Ah. Perfect-o. \r\n\r\n<strong>Winterfest</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Jan. 2\r\nWhere: 3rd and Frisco, just outside the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa\r\nWanna see the largest Christmas tree in the entire state of Oklahoma, bedecked with more than 35,000 lights? Then you\'ve gotta check out the new and improved third annual Winterfest celebration in downtown Tulsa. While you\'re there, relish the chance to ice skate outdoors (not always a sure thing when it comes to winter in Oklahoma) on a 9,000-square-foot ice rink, live entertainment, photo ops with the Segway Santa, amusement park-style rides and trips through the glittering streets of downtown by horse-drawn carriage. <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com//default.asp?bok=223&urlkeyword=Winterfest%202010\">Get the full scoop on what\'s going on at Winterfest right here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\r\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Whatever you do, don’t tip a sleeping Rudolph.\r\n\r\nSo. Where do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/\">Image from UticaSquare.com</a>.</em>','Get Your Lights On 2010: Where to Find Christmas Lights in Tulsa','Brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings that come to Tulsa at this time of year by taking your friends, family and that special someone on a tour of the millions - yes, <em>millions</em> - of little lights twinkling in and around town. Here\'s where to find \'em. ','inherit','open','open','','4027-revision-10','','','2010-11-28 23:49:18','2010-11-29 04:49:18','',4027,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4027-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4056,1,'2010-11-28 23:54:24','2010-11-29 04:54:24','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"510\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=117565210651590258383.00049624b5c89fed91591&amp;ll=36.578041,-95.61676&amp;spn=1.837229,3.348083&amp;iwloc=00049624ba4ac927b2a76&amp;output=embed\"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=117565210651590258383.00049624b5c89fed91591&amp;ll=36.578041,-95.61676&amp;spn=1.837229,3.348083&amp;iwloc=00049624ba4ac927b2a76&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">Get Your Lights On 2010</a> in a larger map</small></p>\r\n\r\nPut down that mammoth wad of Christmas lights - not even Clark Griswold would touch it with a ten-foot pole. \r\n\r\nInstead, brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings that come to Tulsa at this time of year by taking your friends, family and that special someone on a tour of the millions - yes, <em>millions</em> - of little lights twinkling in and around town.\r\n\r\nHere\'s where to find \'em. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4142040433/\" title=\"Rhema Christmas Light Display by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4142040433_ffab3dc2c3.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Rhema Christmas Light Display\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at Rhema Bible College</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rhema.org/\">Rhema Bible College</a>, 1025 West Kenosha Street\r\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College, where the folks there have been making Broken Arrow visible from space for 28 years. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up nearly 2 million lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but you\'ll never know unless you go see for yourself. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to bring some cash for a cup of hot chocolate or cider. The kicker? Once you fight the traffic and find parking, there really isn\'t one. The lights display at Rhema is as pure a wonderland as you can get with the non-alcoholic egg nog types. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4156215289/\" title=\"Utica Square by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4156215289_19a7f8989a.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Utica Square\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at Utica Square</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\r\nSip on some hot chocolate, take a stroll with the fam and take in the magic that is the 700,000 white Christmas lights twinkling in 175 trees at our park-like Utica Square. Don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus on your way out. Pro tip: The larger-than-life nutcrackers make excellent backdrops for photos of both the awkward family and zany variety. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at The Blue Whale on Route 66</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/bluewhalek2c66\">The Blue Whale in Catoosa</a>, just off old Route 66\r\nEver wonder what our beloved, historic Blue Whale would look like decked out in lights? Good news - you get to find out this year! Simply hit Route 66 to Catoosa - you can\'t miss it. And don\'t you dare forget that camera.\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights in the Blue Dome District</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: Downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District, centered on 2nd and Elgin Ave. \r\nI\'ll give you three tries to guess what color the Christmas lights are going to be in the Blue Dome District for this lights-on event, but my bet is that you\'re only gonna need one. Don\'t miss this first-ever holiday lights display in downtown\'s hip and happening BDD. \r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\r\nWhen: Now-New Year\'s Eve, 6-10pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables along with thousands of lights in this fifth-annual free event. Check out the horse carriage rides, the chance to make a Christmas tree ornament with Santa\'s Elves, tractor-drawn hay rides and even a visit with Father Christmas while you\'re there. <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">Check out the full range of things to do at Christmas Kingdom here</a>.\r\n\r\n<object width=\"500\" height=\"400\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6wMtsKj6_Qs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6wMtsKj6_Qs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\r\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\r\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\r\nStarting date: Now-Dec. 31\r\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\r\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\r\n\r\n<strong>Holiday on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rsu.edu/\">Rogers State University in Claremore</a>, in front of Preparatory Hall, the gold-domed building at the campus main entrance\r\nDon\'t miss Claremore\'s RSU campus go up in more than 24,000 lights while Dr. David Blakely performs a reading of the holiday classic, \"T\'was the Night Before Christmas.\" Look also for performances by the RSU Choir and preschoolers from the RSU Child Development Center. All are encouraged to bring cameras and be ready for photo ops with Santa and Hunter the Hillcat. Free hot chocolate and hot apple cider will be served. It\'s all free and open to the public. \r\n\r\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm, until Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public. And can you imagine how the Arkansas\'s gonna look as it reflects the glow of a smattering of Christmas lights? Ah. Perfect-o. \r\n\r\n<strong>Winterfest</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Jan. 2\r\nWhere: 3rd and Frisco, just outside the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa\r\nWanna see the largest Christmas tree in the entire state of Oklahoma, bedecked with more than 35,000 lights? Then you\'ve gotta check out the new and improved third annual Winterfest celebration in downtown Tulsa. While you\'re there, relish the chance to ice skate outdoors (not always a sure thing when it comes to winter in Oklahoma) on a 9,000-square-foot ice rink, live entertainment, photo ops with the Segway Santa, amusement park-style rides and trips through the glittering streets of downtown by horse-drawn carriage. <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com//default.asp?bok=223&urlkeyword=Winterfest%202010\">Get the full scoop on what\'s going on at Winterfest right here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\r\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Whatever you do, don’t tip a sleeping Rudolph.\r\n\r\nSo. Where do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/\">Image from UticaSquare.com</a>.</em>','Get Your Lights On 2010: Where to Find Christmas Lights in Tulsa','Brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings that come to Tulsa at this time of year by taking your friends, family and that special someone on a tour of the millions - yes, <em>millions</em> - of little lights twinkling in and around town. Here\'s where to find \'em. ','inherit','open','open','','4027-revision-11','','','2010-11-28 23:54:24','2010-11-29 04:54:24','',4027,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4027-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(4057,1,'2010-11-28 23:54:24','2010-11-29 04:54:24','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"510\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=117565210651590258383.00049624b5c89fed91591&amp;ll=36.578041,-95.61676&amp;spn=1.837229,3.348083&amp;iwloc=00049624ba4ac927b2a76&amp;output=embed\"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=117565210651590258383.00049624b5c89fed91591&amp;ll=36.578041,-95.61676&amp;spn=1.837229,3.348083&amp;iwloc=00049624ba4ac927b2a76&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">Get Your Lights On 2010</a> in a larger map</small></p>\r\n\r\nPut down that mammoth wad of Christmas lights - not even Clark Griswold would touch it with a ten-foot pole. \r\n\r\nInstead, brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings that come to Tulsa at this time of year by taking your friends, family and that special someone on a tour of the millions - yes, <em>millions</em> - of little lights twinkling in and around town.\r\n\r\nHere\'s where to find \'em. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4142040433/\" title=\"Rhema Christmas Light Display by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4142040433_ffab3dc2c3.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Rhema Christmas Light Display\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at Rhema Bible College</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rhema.org/\">Rhema Bible College</a>, 1025 West Kenosha Street\r\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College, where the folks there have been making Broken Arrow visible from space for 28 years. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up nearly 2 million lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but you\'ll never know unless you go see for yourself. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to bring some cash for a cup of hot chocolate or cider. The kicker? Once you fight the traffic and find parking, there really isn\'t one. The lights display at Rhema is as pure a wonderland as you can get with the non-alcoholic egg nog types. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4156215289/\" title=\"Utica Square by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4156215289_19a7f8989a.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Utica Square\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at Utica Square</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\r\nSip on some hot chocolate, take a stroll with the fam and take in the magic that is the 700,000 white Christmas lights twinkling in 175 trees at our park-like Utica Square. Don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus on your way out. Pro tip: The larger-than-life nutcrackers make excellent backdrops for photos of both the awkward family and zany variety. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at The Blue Whale on Route 66</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/bluewhalek2c66\">The Blue Whale in Catoosa</a>, just off old Route 66\r\nEver wonder what our beloved, historic Blue Whale would look like decked out in lights? Good news - you get to find out this year! Simply hit Route 66 to Catoosa - you can\'t miss it. And don\'t you dare forget that camera.\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights in the Blue Dome District</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: Downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District, centered on 2nd and Elgin Ave. \r\nI\'ll give you three tries to guess what color the Christmas lights are going to be in the Blue Dome District for this lights-on event, but my bet is that you\'re only gonna need one. Don\'t miss this first-ever holiday lights display in downtown\'s hip and happening BDD. \r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\r\nWhen: Now-New Year\'s Eve, 6-10pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables along with thousands of lights in this fifth-annual free event. Check out the horse carriage rides, the chance to make a Christmas tree ornament with Santa\'s Elves, tractor-drawn hay rides and even a visit with Father Christmas while you\'re there. <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">Check out the full range of things to do at Christmas Kingdom here</a>.\r\n\r\n<object width=\"500\" height=\"400\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6wMtsKj6_Qs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6wMtsKj6_Qs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\r\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\r\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\r\nStarting date: Now-Dec. 31\r\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\r\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\r\n\r\n<strong>Holiday on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rsu.edu/\">Rogers State University in Claremore</a>, in front of Preparatory Hall, the gold-domed building at the campus main entrance\r\nDon\'t miss Claremore\'s RSU campus go up in more than 24,000 lights while Dr. David Blakely performs a reading of the holiday classic, \"T\'was the Night Before Christmas.\" Look also for performances by the RSU Choir and preschoolers from the RSU Child Development Center. All are encouraged to bring cameras and be ready for photo ops with Santa and Hunter the Hillcat. Free hot chocolate and hot apple cider will be served. It\'s all free and open to the public. \r\n\r\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm, until Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public. And can you imagine how the Arkansas\'s gonna look as it reflects the glow of a smattering of Christmas lights? Ah. Perfect-o. \r\n\r\n<strong>Winterfest</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Jan. 2\r\nWhere: 3rd and Frisco, just outside the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa\r\nWanna see the largest Christmas tree in the entire state of Oklahoma, bedecked with more than 35,000 lights? Then you\'ve gotta check out the new and improved third annual Winterfest celebration in downtown Tulsa. While you\'re there, relish the chance to ice skate outdoors (not always a sure thing when it comes to winter in Oklahoma) on a 9,000-square-foot ice rink, live entertainment, photo ops with the Segway Santa, amusement park-style rides and trips through the glittering streets of downtown by horse-drawn carriage. <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com//default.asp?bok=223&urlkeyword=Winterfest%202010\">Get the full scoop on what\'s going on at Winterfest right here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\r\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Whatever you do, don’t tip a sleeping Rudolph.\r\n\r\nSo. Where do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/\">Image from UticaSquare.com</a>.</em>','Get Your Lights On 2010: Where to Find Christmas Lights in Tulsa','Brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings that come to Tulsa at this time of year by taking your friends, family and that special someone on a tour of the millions - yes, <em>millions</em> - of little lights twinkling in and around town. Here\'s where to find \'em. ','inherit','open','open','','4027-revision-12','','','2010-11-28 23:54:24','2010-11-29 04:54:24','',4027,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4027-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(4058,1,'2010-11-28 23:56:08','2010-11-29 04:56:08','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"510\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=117565210651590258383.00049624b5c89fed91591&amp;ll=36.578041,-95.61676&amp;spn=1.837229,3.348083&amp;iwloc=00049624ba4ac927b2a76&amp;output=embed\"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=117565210651590258383.00049624b5c89fed91591&amp;ll=36.578041,-95.61676&amp;spn=1.837229,3.348083&amp;iwloc=00049624ba4ac927b2a76&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">Get Your Lights On 2010</a> in a larger map</small></p>\r\n\r\nPut down that mammoth wad of Christmas lights - not even Clark Griswold would touch it with a ten-foot pole. \r\n\r\nInstead, brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings that come to Tulsa at this time of year by taking your friends, family and that special someone on a tour of the millions - yes, <em>millions</em> - of little lights twinkling in and around town.\r\n\r\nHere\'s where to find \'em. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4142040433/\" title=\"Rhema Christmas Light Display by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4142040433_ffab3dc2c3.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Rhema Christmas Light Display\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at Rhema Bible College</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rhema.org/\">Rhema Bible College</a>, 1025 West Kenosha Street\r\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College, where the folks there have been making Broken Arrow visible from space for 28 years. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up nearly 2 million lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but you\'ll never know unless you go see for yourself. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to bring some cash for a cup of hot chocolate or cider. The kicker? Once you fight the traffic and find parking, there really isn\'t one. The lights display at Rhema is as pure a wonderland as you can get with the non-alcoholic egg nog types. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4156215289/\" title=\"Utica Square by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4156215289_19a7f8989a.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Utica Square\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at Utica Square</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\r\nSip on some hot chocolate, take a stroll with the fam and take in the magic that is the 700,000 white Christmas lights twinkling in 175 trees at our park-like Utica Square. Don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus on your way out. Pro tip: The larger-than-life nutcrackers make excellent backdrops for photos of both the awkward family and zany variety. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at The Blue Whale on Route 66</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/bluewhalek2c66\">The Blue Whale in Catoosa</a>, just off old Route 66\r\nEver wonder what our beloved, historic Blue Whale would look like decked out in lights? Good news - you get to find out this year! Simply hit Route 66 to Catoosa - you can\'t miss it. And don\'t you dare forget that camera.\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights in the Blue Dome District</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: Downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District, centered on 2nd and Elgin Ave. \r\nI\'ll give you three tries to guess what color the Christmas lights are going to be in the Blue Dome District for this lights-on event, but my bet is that you\'re only gonna need one. Don\'t miss this first-ever holiday lights display in downtown\'s hip and happening BDD. \r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\r\nWhen: Now-New Year\'s Eve, 6-10pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables along with thousands of lights in this fifth-annual free event. Check out the horse carriage rides, the chance to make a Christmas tree ornament with Santa\'s Elves, tractor-drawn hay rides and even a visit with Father Christmas while you\'re there. <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">Check out the full range of things to do at Christmas Kingdom here</a>.\r\n\r\n<object width=\"500\" height=\"400\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6wMtsKj6_Qs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6wMtsKj6_Qs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\r\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\r\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\r\nStarting date: Now-Dec. 31\r\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\r\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\r\n\r\n<strong>Holiday on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rsu.edu/\">Rogers State University in Claremore</a>, in front of Preparatory Hall, the gold-domed building at the campus main entrance\r\nDon\'t miss Claremore\'s RSU campus go up in more than 24,000 lights while Dr. David Blakely performs a reading of the holiday classic, \"T\'was the Night Before Christmas.\" Look also for performances by the RSU Choir and preschoolers from the RSU Child Development Center. All are encouraged to bring cameras and be ready for photo ops with Santa and Hunter the Hillcat. Free hot chocolate and hot apple cider will be served. It\'s all free and open to the public. \r\n\r\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm, until Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public. And can you imagine how the Arkansas\'s gonna look as it reflects the glow of a smattering of Christmas lights? Ah. Perfect-o. \r\n\r\n<strong>Winterfest</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Jan. 2\r\nWhere: 3rd and Frisco, just outside the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa\r\nWanna see the largest Christmas tree in the entire state of Oklahoma, bedecked with more than 35,000 lights? Then you\'ve gotta check out the new and improved third annual Winterfest celebration in downtown Tulsa. While you\'re there, relish the chance to ice skate outdoors (not always a sure thing when it comes to winter in Oklahoma) on a 9,000-square-foot ice rink, live entertainment, photo ops with the Segway Santa, amusement park-style rides and trips through the glittering streets of downtown by horse-drawn carriage. <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com//default.asp?bok=223&urlkeyword=Winterfest%202010\">Get the full scoop on what\'s going on at Winterfest right here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\r\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Whatever you do, don’t tip a sleeping Rudolph.\r\n\r\nSo. Where do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.','Get Your Lights On 2010: Where to Find Christmas Lights in Tulsa','Brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings that come to Tulsa at this time of year by taking your friends, family and that special someone on a tour of the millions - yes, <em>millions</em> - of little lights twinkling in and around town. Here\'s where to find \'em. ','inherit','open','open','','4027-revision-13','','','2010-11-28 23:56:08','2010-11-29 04:56:08','',4027,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4027-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(3924,1,'2010-11-23 23:16:49','2010-11-24 04:16:49','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-running-tulsa/turbaconducken/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3902\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turbaconducken-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"turbaconducken\" title=\"turbaconducken\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3902\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDisturbing fact time! According to the American Council on Exercise, <a href=\"http://www.livestrong.com/article/297375-how-many-calories-does-the-average-american-consume-on-thanksgiving/\">the average adult consumes 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat in one Thanksgiving meal</a>. A 160-pound person would have to run at a moderate pace for four hours, swim for five hours or walk 30 miles to burn off a meal packing that kind of caloric wallop. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nIf you thought 3,000 calories was plenty, that figure swells to a sky-high 4,500 calories when the entire day\'s feasting is considered.\r\n\r\nFour hours is a long time for a run, but there\'s nothing saying you have to do it all at once. Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. \r\n\r\n<strong>Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsarunningclub.com/\">31st and Riverside Pedestrian Bridge</a>\r\nJoin the Tulsa Running Club for the annual Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk benefiting the Salvation Army. This 4.3-mile fun run starts and finishes at the Pedestrian Bridge and is a family-friendly run and walk for all ages. Strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome. Bring bags of non-perishable foods to help fill a Salvation Army truck. Food and warm beverages will be served, and door prizes will be given away at the end. Don\'t forget your cold-weather running gear for this one, folks - <a href=\"http://krmg.com/weather\">it\'s gonna be a tad chilly</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Hog Jog 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9:15am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/locations/owasso-family\">Owasso Family YMCA</a>, 8300 N. Owasso Expy.\r\nCost: $22 per individual, $72 for a family of four (early registration for 5k), and first 400 5k registrations get a Hog Jog long-sleeved t-shirt; free with the donation of two canned goods each for participants in the fun run\r\nRegistration: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/pdf/events/2010%20Hog%20Jog%20Registration%20form%20-%20WITH%20SPONSOR.doc\">Until Nov. 24 for early registration prices (.doc)</a>\r\nThe Owasso Family YMCA will host the ninth-annual Holiday Hog Jog/Walk just in time for you to keep those three extra helpings of grandma\'s stuffing from going to your thighs. Whether you choose the 5k or the fun run, you\'re guaranteed to have a fun, turkey-burning time at this family-friendly race. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Trot 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\r\nWhere: Winterfest, 3rd and Denver in downtown Tulsa\r\nCourse map: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/files/Course%20Map%202010%20Turkey%20Trot.pdf\">Click here (PDF)</a>\r\nCost: $25 for the 5k, $10 for the fun run, pre-registered\r\nRegister: <a href=\"http://getmeregistered.com/TulsaTurkeyTrot\">Through Wednesday, Nov. 24</a>\r\nYou wouldn\'t want to miss the kick-off event of this year\'s annual Winterfest event, would you? Lace up your sneaks (that is, if you can bend over that far after what you ate on Thursday - you might have to have a friend or significant other help you out on this front) and run off those Thanksgiving calories in a 5k. There\'s a one-mile fun run for those of you who ate salad for dinner but then couldn\'t restrain yourselves at the dessert table. Stick around after the races for some ice skating and even more tasty holiday treats. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Burn</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 1pm (was 9am, so please note the time change!)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106272986109679&index=1\">Lee\'s Bicycles</a>, 402 E. Second Street in downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District\r\nIt\'s not a run, but it\'ll still get your legs and hiney a-burnin\'. Bike 30 miles up Cincinnati Hill to Lake Skiatook and back through Sperry via the Osage Prairie Trail. This is an unsupported ride and registration is free. As the folks at Lee\'s say, no sag, no whining -  just come and ride. Because you need to.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://troglopundit.wordpress.com/\">Image from Troglopundit</a>.</em>','Thanksgiving Running in Tulsa: Because turbaconducken isn\'t on anyone\'s diet foods list.','Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. ','inherit','open','open','','3901-revision-8','','','2010-11-23 23:16:49','2010-11-24 04:16:49','',3901,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3901-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(3925,1,'2010-11-23 23:00:16','2010-11-24 04:00:16','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3895\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/christmas-lights-on-events-in-tulsa/lg_img_9758/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3895\" title=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lg_IMG_9758-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after this biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\r\n\r\nSo, yeah, that Thanksgiving is coming right up means all of those things. But it also means that several of our city\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. Here\'s where to find \'em.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights On at Rhema</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Nov. 24, 6pm\r\nWhere: <strong>Rhema Bible College</strong>,\r\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up millions of lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but I don\'t know - you\'ll just have to find out for yourself. Definitely bring the kids for this one. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights On! at Utica Square</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving Day), 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\r\nPut away the turkey, bundle up the kids, and head over to Utica Square this Thanksgiving for Tulsa\'s 40-year lights on tradition. Sip on some hot chocolate as you sing your favorite holiday carols, and don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus after he lights the more than 700,000 lights adorning 175 trees at Utica Square each season. If you\'re looking to start a new family tradition this year, consider this event your top pick. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to get around early because parking can be, on a scale of un-crazy to absolutely insane, downright institutional.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights On at The Blue Whale</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 5pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/bluewhalek2c66\">The Blue Whale in Catoosa</a>, just off old Route 66\r\nEver wonder what our beloved, historic Blue Whale would look like decked out in lights? Good news - you get to find out this year! When you stop in for this lights-on event, be on the look-out for Christmas music, too, as well as a lighted snack shack and ark. \r\n\r\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<h3>Other places to see Christmas lights in Tulsa</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\r\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\r\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\r\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, at dusk\r\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\r\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\r\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables, along with thousands of lights, in this fourth annual, free event. Check out the horse carriage rides starting at 6pm, and don’t miss Christmas in the Garden Room, cookies and hot chocolate (nightly from 6-10pm), tractor-drawn hay rides and a visit with Father Christmas (Fridays and Saturdays, 6-9pm). Check out the full calendar of events at OKCastle.com.\r\n\r\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, dusk\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\r\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Just, whatever you do, don’t tip Rudolph. Admission is $8 for guests aged 12-64 and $6 for seniors. Children 11 and under get in free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nStay tuned, y\'all - the annual map of where to find Christmas lights in Tulsa is coming. Too bad there\'s no Santa Tracker-like system for this thing. That\'d be pretty cool.\r\n\r\nWhere do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/\">Image from UticaSquare.com</a>.</em>','Lights On Events in Tulsa','Thanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.','inherit','open','open','','3812-revision-6','','','2010-11-23 23:00:16','2010-11-24 04:00:16','',3812,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3812-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(3178,1,'2010-10-22 07:27:30','2010-10-22 12:27:30','Sometimes a ghost story just isn\'t enough.\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/2_EybfvBX18?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/2_EybfvBX18?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nSometimes, especially at Halloween, only meeting a ghost face to face will do. Thrill-seekers and serious paranormal enthusiasts alike can do exactly that thanks to our very own <a href=\"http://www.pittok.com/\">Paranormal Investigation Team of Tulsa</a>, which hosts ghost tours at some of T-Towns most historic spots.\r\n\r\nI caught up with Karol Olten, a top member at PITT, to ask her a few questions about her experience as a real-life ghost hunter.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<strong>TDT: Where do you think is the most haunted place in Tulsa?</strong>\r\n<strong>Olten</strong>: On our tours we take everyone to some of the most haunted places in Tulsa: the Gilcrease home and museum, the Cave House on Charles Page Boulevard, Cain\'s Ballroom, Brady Theater, Tulsa Garden Center and The Tulsa Little Theater, just to name a few.\r\n\r\nWe really feel that the Gilcrease home is one of the most haunted houses in Tulsa due to the quality and quantity of evidence that we have received over the years and on every investigation that the team has done there. Mr. Gilcrease is often seen both in the home and in the museum by the staff there. The home was an orphanage for the under previlaged children of the five civilized tribes for a while and we believe that the children come back and visit as well.\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: Have you ever spent the night at a haunted place? If so, what went down while you were there?</strong>\r\n<strong> Olten</strong>: When we do investigations we often stay all night or the majority of the night in the location, so many things happen over the course of the evening. The times that I have actually spent the night in haunted hotels have been very uneventful, though. I know that the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, AR, is very haunted, along with the Basin Park Hotel in the downtown area there. We have investigated the Tioga in Chanute, KS, and believe it to be haunted as well. While in our room at that hotel, the door locked seemingly by itself. Pretty interesting! The Skirvin Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City is very active and was investigated on numerous occasions by one of our team members when he lived there and prior to the renovations and reopening of the hotel. I heard that a basketball team that was spending the night there was kept awake all night because of the haunted acitivity.\r\n\r\nThose are several haunted sites that are close by and worth checking out. The founder of our group, Teri French, and our science advisor, Russel White, are getting married at the end of the month and plan on spending a night or two in the very haunted Stanely Hotel in Colorado while on their honeymoon. I can\'t wait to hear about that experience!\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: What types of equipment do you use to investigate paranormal activity?</strong>\r\n<strong> Olten</strong>: We are fairly old school when it comes to equipment. We use standard cameras - 35mm, digital and polaroid, along with video cameras that have night shot vision. We use both analogue and digital recorders, EMF (electromagnetic field detectors) meters of various types, EMF arrays (that stand alone and visually show changes in EMF using lights), temperature gauges and security alarms that go off if anything passes between them and more.\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: Why do you think the PITT ghost tours are so popular here in Tulsa? They sell out sometimes months in advance each year.</strong>\r\n<strong> Olten</strong>: I believe that everyone enjoys learning more about the place they live, and the tours are a wonderful source of information on the history of Tulsa as well as the hauntings. Hauntings are also something that always peaks the interest of people around Halloween time and the tours are about the real thing and are not geared to be likened to the spook houses or other amusements that are readily available this time of year. I think people appreciate the fact that we have personally investigated almost every sight we visit or talk about on the tours. They usually enjoy the EVPs (electromagnetic voice phenomena - sounds and voices not heard during the investigation but that are captured on either video or audio equipment and are discovered later during data review) that we have gotten over the years, and also that we can relay personal experiences from our investigations of each location. That really brings the hauntings to life for those who have not experienced them before. It might even help to change the minds of non-believers on occasion.\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: What made you decide to be a paranormal investigator?</strong>\r\n<strong> Olten</strong>: I grew up in a house where there was some paranormal activity, and I have always been sensitive or aware of those types of things going on around me. It just seemed to be a calling - wanting to help others who are experiencing things that they cannot explain or need help to understand and deal with. If you haven\'t experienced a haunting (and sometimes if you have!), it can be very scary and even make you feel like you are loosing your mind.  I think it\'s very helpful to talk to someone who understands what you are going through and who can also give advice on how to deal with it. That\'s what keeps me going in this field of research and interest.\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: What\'s the strangest/most interesting thing that has happened on a PITT investigation?</strong>\r\n<strong> Olten</strong>: I wasn’t on the first investigation of the Tulsa Garden Center, but the team had some very interesting experiences there: They actually experienced teleportation. Some flyers moved from a shelf on the wall nine feet to the center of the room and landed in a perfect, straight pile on the floor. They were advertising the Cherry Street Farmer’s Market. Someone joked about the spirits at the Garden Center wanting to tell us to investigate the market. Two weeks later the team was called by a business at the location where the market was held and asked us to investigate activity occurring there. Another thing: There were six team members in the room at the time this happened, and six flyers moved to the center of the room. I think that was pretty nifty!\r\n\r\n<strong>TDT: What should amateur paranormal investigators explore this Halloween?</strong>\r\n<strong> Olten</strong>: We never advocate that people investigate or visit sites without the permission and knowledge of the owners, of course. That leaves locations that are publicly accessible. One really cool location that is not well known as being haunted is the Gypsy Coffee House, at 303 North Cincinnati Ave. in downtown. Much of the paranormal activity occurs during the day there, and they have awesome coffee and desserts and free wi-fi to boot! Brady Theater would be another great place to explore. Be sure to check out the basement if you can get down there! Cain’s Ballroom is haunted as well, so keep your eyes peeled during events and and listen carefully while using the restrooms there - you just might not be alone when you think you are!\r\n\r\nAnother place that we feel may prove to play host to paranormal activity is our new BOK Center. It was built on top of the original Tulsa graveyard at 2nd and Frisco, and bones were found during the excavation for the building site. The graves were supposed to have been moved when Oaklawn Cemetery (11th &amp; Peoria) was designated as the city’s official cemetery in 1904, but many bodies apparently remained there, undiscovered until the roads and buildings were built. We believe that the bodies that were not moved and were found during the excavation for the building site is due to many of the unmarked graves as well as Indian burials on or near the site. Hopefully your readers will let us know if they experience anything there in the future.\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Tasha\'s note</strong>:</em> Teri French, PITT founder, has just released her new book that details many of Tulsa’s haunted spots. If you\'re interested in learning even more about haunted T-Town, look for the book under the title <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Tulsas-Haunted-Memories-Teri-French/dp/0738583871/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1287750307&amp;sr=8-1\">Tulsa’s Haunted Memories</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>MORE</strong>: Find many of PITT\'s older case files and (really freaky!) EVPs are on their website, <a href=\"http://www.pittok.com/\">pittok.com</a>.','Interview with a Tulsa Ghost Hunter','Sometimes a ghost story just isn\'t enough. Sometimes, especially at Halloween, only meeting a ghost face to face will do. Thrill-seekers and serious paranormal enthusiasts alike can do exactly that thanks to our very own Paranormal Investigation Team of Tulsa, which hosts ghost tours at some of T-Towns most historic spots. ','publish','open','open','','interview-with-a-tulsa-ghost-hunter','','','2010-10-22 07:33:23','2010-10-22 12:33:23','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=3178',0,'post','',1),(4087,1,'2010-11-30 15:03:23','2010-11-30 21:03:23','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4006917422/\" title=\"Anatomy of a Blogger by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4006917422_d54ab05643_z.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Anatomy of a Blogger\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nOne of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms. One\'s eyes don\'t glaze over when the stay-at-home moms talk about the treachery they face at the carpool line when they\'re picking up their older kids, and it\'s easy to feel equally as able to hang loose amongst a group of moms sounding off about bosses and deadlines and strategies for stopping runs in panty hose.\r\n\r\nBut there\'s a flipside to this whole act of go-between, and it reared its ugly head last week when I received an angry phone call from a fellow work-at-home mom.\r\n\r\nRead the whole story <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-not-so-great-expectations-1\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Not-So-Great Expectations','One of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms.','private','open','open','','tulsa-kids-confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-not-so-great-expectations','','','2011-07-10 11:45:00','2011-07-10 17:45:00','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=4087',0,'post','',0),(5109,1,'2011-01-08 15:54:53','2011-01-08 20:54:53','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"50010012 by mirandajfair, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/49478415@N08/4961062498/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/4961062498_228fde06b0.jpg\" alt=\"50010012\" width=\"493\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\nSometimes on the weekends I like to putt around in <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/groups/tashadoestulsa/pool/with/2301949241/\">the TDT Flickr photo pool</a>, where dozens of local photographers have contributed hundreds of their photos.\n\nI love the diversity I always find there. From reflections in the windows of ornate downtown buildings to horses barreling through a pasture, this group of photos does a pretty great job of describing the kind of place Tulsa is - both tame and wild, urban and rural, sophisticated and simple and unique from any other city in the world.\n\nHere\'s a group of some of my most recent favorite shots.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"daaaannncee. by amusedd, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/amusedd/4318197002/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4318197002_208c22f32d.jpg\" alt=\"daaaannncee.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a></p>\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/people/amusedd/\">amusedd</a>, at <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Bob\'s (Cain\'s Ballroom side stage)</a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Cold by Michael J. Champlin, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjchamplin/5320938748/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5010/5320938748_66c4bc7b1b.jpg\" alt=\"Cold\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a></p>\nShot in the Osage Hills by <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjchamplin/\">Michael Champlin</a> (and <a href=\"http://mjchamplin.com/\">the designer behind this here website</a>)\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Dodging the gravel trucks by lefturn99, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/lefturn99/5314811450/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5241/5314811450_72f88058d9.jpg\" alt=\"Dodging the gravel trucks\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/lefturn99/\">lefturn99</a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Jim\'s Coney Island by zeropsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeropsa/5028148542/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/5028148542_71b180528e.jpg\" alt=\"Jim\'s Coney Island\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeropsa/\">zeropsa</a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"50010012 by mirandajfair, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/49478415@N08/4961062498/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/4961062498_228fde06b0.jpg\" alt=\"50010012\" width=\"493\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"33000006 by mirandajfair, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/49478415@N08/4799899494/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4799899494_625731306c.jpg\" alt=\"33000006\" width=\"493\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/49478415@N08/\">mirandajfair</a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Goodbye My Sun.. by alanoftulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/glasco/5251164353/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/5251164353_120ee1e8d8.jpg\" alt=\"Goodbye My Sun..\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Tulsa - Clouds moving in... by alanoftulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/glasco/5041304351/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5041304351_b1ba7f4def.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa - Clouds moving in...\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\" /></a></p>\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/glasco/\">alanoftulsa</a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Loading Docks by Wade From Oklahoma, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/wadefromoklahoma/2770895742/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/2770895742_e5abed7b65.jpg\" alt=\"Loading Docks\" width=\"500\" height=\"316\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Happiness by Wade From Oklahoma, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/wadefromoklahoma/4528825173/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4528825173_bfc8ca141f.jpg\" alt=\"Happiness\" width=\"500\" height=\"445\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Taking Meal Orders by Wade From Oklahoma, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/wadefromoklahoma/4347909880/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4347909880_66bea1af7d.jpg\" alt=\"Taking Meal Orders\" width=\"500\" height=\"447\" /></a></p>\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/wadefromoklahoma/\">Wade From Oklahoma</a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Best friends by scubasteve03, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenselph/5220546931/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/5220546931_830ec50aaa.jpg\" alt=\"Best friends\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Wish I had extension tubes! by scubasteve03, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenselph/5198632841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5198632841_63a68428dc.jpg\" alt=\"Wish I had extension tubes!\" width=\"500\" height=\"366\" /></a></p>\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenselph/\">scubasteve03</a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"sunset trio [78] by okbeatnik, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandle/4873519276/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4873519276_f5399f26fe.jpg\" alt=\"sunset trio [78]\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a></p>\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandle/\">okbeatnik</a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Art Deco meets Modern by Bill Oswald - Slowly catching up ..., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_oswald/5081255853/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/5081255853_53715d08dd.jpg\" alt=\"Art Deco meets Modern\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Attention to Detail by Bill Oswald - Slowly catching up ..., on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_oswald/4738949266/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4738949266_9d876e03b1.jpg\" alt=\"Attention to Detail\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" /></a></p>\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_oswald/\">Bill Oswald</a> - the bottom image shot at <a href=\"http://www.tulsaviolin.com/\">Tulsa Violin Shop</a>, downtown\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"2010 TSF Mounted Cowboy Shootout by photokarazy, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/photokarazy/5097427889/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5097427889_fa0f543592.jpg\" alt=\"2010 TSF Mounted Cowboy Shootout\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"2010 TSF Arabian Native Costume by photokarazy, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/photokarazy/5097423509/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5097423509_b5bbdab888.jpg\" alt=\"2010 TSF Arabian Native Costume\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" /></a></p>\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/photokarazy/\">photokarazy</a>\n\n<a title=\"Downtown T-Town by Kellyology, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kellyology/4717295797/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4717295797_2c21ed0e4b.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown T-Town\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kellyology/\">kellyology</a> (also <a href=\"http://www.kellyology.net/\">a local blogger</a>)\n\n<a title=\"Mid-Continent Tower Lobby (HDR) by vladxp, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/vladxp/5070022276/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5070022276_d448006927.jpg\" alt=\"Mid-Continent Tower Lobby (HDR)\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/vladxp/\">vladxp</a>\n\n<a title=\"Landmark by amandarosev, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/16440756@N04/4753893334/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4753893334_357afb85bc.jpg\" alt=\"Landmark\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\n\nBy <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/16440756@N04/\">amandarosev</a> (also <a href=\"http://havesporkwilltravel.blogspot.com/\">a local blogger</a>)\n\nAre you a local shutterbug? If you\'re on Flickr, take a minute to find <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/groups/tashadoestulsa/\">the TDT Flickr group and join up</a>.\n\nWho knows - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/tasha-does-tulsa-photo-show-tulsa-historical-society-2010/\">your photo might be part of a show someday</a>.','The latest from the TDT Flickr pool [PHOTOS]','Sometimes on the weekends I like to putt around in the TDT Flickr group, where dozens of local photographers have contributed hundreds of their photos, and check out what\'s been added to the stack. ','inherit','open','open','','5108-revision','','','2011-01-08 15:54:53','2011-01-08 20:54:53','',5108,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5108-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4089,1,'2010-11-30 15:02:39','2010-11-30 20:02:39','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4006917422/\" title=\"Anatomy of a Blogger by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4006917422_d54ab05643_z.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Anatomy of a Blogger\" /></a></p>\n\nOne of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms. One\'s eyes don\'t glaze over when the stay-at-home moms talk about the treachery they face at the carpool line when they\'re picking up their older kids, and it\'s easy to feel equally as able to hang loose amongst a group of moms sounding off about bosses and deadlines and strategies for stopping runs in panty hose.\n\nBut there\'s a flipside to this whole act of go-between, and it reared its ugly head last week when I received an angry phone call from a fellow work-at-home mom.\n\nRead the whole story <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-not-so-great-expectations-1\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Not-So-Great Expectations','One of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms.','inherit','open','open','','4087-revision','','','2010-11-30 15:02:39','2010-11-30 20:02:39','',4087,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4087-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4090,1,'2010-11-30 15:03:23','2010-11-30 20:03:23','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4006917422/\" title=\"Anatomy of a Blogger by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4006917422_d54ab05643_z.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Anatomy of a Blogger\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nOne of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms. One\'s eyes don\'t glaze over when the stay-at-home moms talk about the treachery they face at the carpool line when they\'re picking up their older kids, and it\'s easy to feel equally as able to hang loose amongst a group of moms sounding off about bosses and deadlines and strategies for stopping runs in panty hose.\r\n\r\nBut there\'s a flipside to this whole act of go-between, and it reared its ugly head last week when I received an angry phone call from a fellow work-at-home mom.\r\n\r\nRead the whole story <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-not-so-great-expectations-1\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Not-So-Great Expectations','One of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms.','inherit','open','open','','4087-revision-2','','','2010-11-30 15:03:23','2010-11-30 20:03:23','',4087,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4087-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4091,1,'2010-11-30 15:06:12','2010-11-30 20:06:12','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4006917422/\" title=\"Anatomy of a Blogger by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4006917422_d54ab05643_z.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Anatomy of a Blogger\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nOne of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms. One\'s eyes don\'t glaze over when the stay-at-home moms talk about the treachery they face at the carpool line when they\'re picking up their older kids, and it\'s easy to feel equally as able to hang loose amongst a group of moms sounding off about bosses and deadlines and strategies for stopping runs in panty hose.\r\n\r\nBut there\'s a flipside to this whole act of go-between, and it reared its ugly head last week when I received an angry phone call from a fellow work-at-home mom.\r\n\r\nRead the whole story <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-not-so-great-expectations-1\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Not-So-Great Expectations','One of the great things about being a work-at-home mom is that at preschool meet-and-greet events, it\'s easy to identify with different types of moms.','inherit','open','open','','4087-revision-3','','','2010-11-30 15:06:12','2010-11-30 20:06:12','',4087,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4087-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4082,1,'2010-11-30 11:43:04','2010-11-30 16:43:04','','Fairways at LaFortune Park','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1618-2','','','2010-11-30 11:43:04','2010-11-30 16:43:04','',4081,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1618.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4083,1,'2010-11-30 11:42:00','2010-11-30 16:42:00','Here’s one of the practically fail-proof ways to know a restaurant’s worth trying: You’ve heard whispers about it from a variety of friends and family who practically beg you to try it so they can come with you to have another try themselves.\n\nThat’s how I heard about Fairways, the new restaurant that opened quietly last summer at LaFortune Park.\n\nRead the rest of the review on the Food page of this week\'s edition of Tulsa Business Journal. ','Power Lunch: Fairways at LaFortune Park','','inherit','open','open','','4081-revision','','','2010-11-30 11:42:00','2010-11-30 16:42:00','',4081,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4081-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4084,1,'2010-11-30 11:43:55','2010-11-30 16:43:55','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4082\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4082\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1618-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fairways at LaFortune Park\" title=\"Fairways at LaFortune Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4082\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere’s one of the practically fail-proof ways to know a restaurant’s worth trying: You’ve heard whispers about it from a variety of friends and family who practically beg you to try it so they can come with you to have another try themselves.\r\n\r\nThat’s how I heard about Fairways, the new restaurant that opened quietly last summer at LaFortune Park.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of the review on <a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/article.asp?aID=52013\">the Food page of this week\'s edition of Tulsa Business Journal</a>. 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That’s how I heard about Fairways, the new restaurant that opened quietly last summer at LaFortune Park.','inherit','open','open','','4081-revision-2','','','2010-11-30 11:43:55','2010-11-30 16:43:55','',4081,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4081-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4085,1,'2010-11-30 11:43:55','2010-11-30 16:43:55','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/power-lunch-fairways-at-lafortune-park/dsc_1618-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4082\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1618-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fairways at LaFortune Park\" title=\"Fairways at LaFortune Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4082\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere’s one of the practically fail-proof ways to know a restaurant’s worth trying: You’ve heard whispers about it from a variety of friends and family who practically beg you to try it so they can come with you to have another try themselves.\r\n\r\nThat’s how I heard about Fairways, the new restaurant that opened quietly last summer at LaFortune Park.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of the review on <a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/article.asp?aID=52013\">the Food page of this week\'s edition of Tulsa Business Journal</a>. ','Power Lunch: Fairways at LaFortune Park','Here’s one of the practically fail-proof ways to know a restaurant’s worth trying: You’ve heard whispers about it from a variety of friends and family who practically beg you to try it so they can come with you to have another try themselves. That’s how I heard about Fairways, the new restaurant that opened quietly last summer at LaFortune Park.','inherit','open','open','','4081-revision-3','','','2010-11-30 11:43:55','2010-11-30 16:43:55','',4081,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4081-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3919,1,'2010-11-23 22:56:47','2010-11-24 03:56:47','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3895\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/christmas-lights-on-events-in-tulsa/lg_img_9758/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3895\" title=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lg_IMG_9758-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\n\nThanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after this biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\n\nSo, yeah, that Thanksgiving is coming right up means all of those things. But it also means that several of our city\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. Here\'s where to find \'em.\n\n<strong>Lights On at Rhema</strong>\nWhen: Wednesday, Nov. 24, 6pm\nWhere: <strong>Rhema Bible College</strong>,\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up millions of lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but I don\'t know - you\'ll just have to find out for yourself. Definitely bring the kids for this one. Admission is free and open to the public.\n\n<strong>Lights On! at Utica Square</strong>\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving Day), 6:30pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\nPut away the turkey, bundle up the kids, and head over to Utica Square this Thanksgiving for Tulsa\'s 40-year lights on tradition. Sip on some hot chocolate as you sing your favorite holiday carols, and don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus after he lights the more than 700,000 lights adorning 175 trees at Utica Square each season. If you\'re looking to start a new family tradition this year, consider this event your top pick. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to get around early because parking can be, on a scale of un-crazy to absolutely insane, downright institutional.\n\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public.\n\n<h3>Other places to see Christmas lights in Tulsa</h3>\n\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\n\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, at dusk\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\n\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, 6pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables, along with thousands of lights, in this fourth annual, free event. Check out the horse carriage rides starting at 6pm, and don’t miss Christmas in the Garden Room, cookies and hot chocolate (nightly from 6-10pm), tractor-drawn hay rides and a visit with Father Christmas (Fridays and Saturdays, 6-9pm). Check out the full calendar of events at OKCastle.com.\n\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, dusk\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Just, whatever you do, don’t tip Rudolph. Admission is $8 for guests aged 12-64 and $6 for seniors. Children 11 and under get in free.\n\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 6pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\n\nStay tuned, y\'all - the annual map of where to find Christmas lights in Tulsa is coming. Too bad there\'s no Santa Tracker-like system for this thing. That\'d be pretty cool.\n\nWhere do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.\n\n<em><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/\">Image from UticaSquare.com</a>.</em>','Lights On Events in Tulsa','Thanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.','inherit','open','open','','3812-revision-4','','','2010-11-23 22:56:47','2010-11-24 03:56:47','',3812,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3812-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3920,1,'2010-11-23 23:00:16','2010-11-24 04:00:16','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3895\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/christmas-lights-on-events-in-tulsa/lg_img_9758/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3895\" title=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lg_IMG_9758-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after this biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\r\n\r\nSo, yeah, that Thanksgiving is coming right up means all of those things. But it also means that several of our city\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. Here\'s where to find \'em.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights On at Rhema</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Nov. 24, 6pm\r\nWhere: <strong>Rhema Bible College</strong>,\r\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up millions of lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but I don\'t know - you\'ll just have to find out for yourself. Definitely bring the kids for this one. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights On! at Utica Square</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving Day), 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\r\nPut away the turkey, bundle up the kids, and head over to Utica Square this Thanksgiving for Tulsa\'s 40-year lights on tradition. Sip on some hot chocolate as you sing your favorite holiday carols, and don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus after he lights the more than 700,000 lights adorning 175 trees at Utica Square each season. If you\'re looking to start a new family tradition this year, consider this event your top pick. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to get around early because parking can be, on a scale of un-crazy to absolutely insane, downright institutional.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights On at The Blue Whale</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 5pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/bluewhalek2c66\">The Blue Whale in Catoosa</a>, just off old Route 66\r\nEver wonder what our beloved, historic Blue Whale would look like decked out in lights? Good news - you get to find out this year! When you stop in for this lights-on event, be on the look-out for Christmas music, too, as well as a lighted snack shack and ark. \r\n\r\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<h3>Other places to see Christmas lights in Tulsa</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\r\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\r\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\r\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, at dusk\r\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\r\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\r\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables, along with thousands of lights, in this fourth annual, free event. Check out the horse carriage rides starting at 6pm, and don’t miss Christmas in the Garden Room, cookies and hot chocolate (nightly from 6-10pm), tractor-drawn hay rides and a visit with Father Christmas (Fridays and Saturdays, 6-9pm). Check out the full calendar of events at OKCastle.com.\r\n\r\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, dusk\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\r\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Just, whatever you do, don’t tip Rudolph. Admission is $8 for guests aged 12-64 and $6 for seniors. Children 11 and under get in free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nStay tuned, y\'all - the annual map of where to find Christmas lights in Tulsa is coming. Too bad there\'s no Santa Tracker-like system for this thing. That\'d be pretty cool.\r\n\r\nWhere do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/\">Image from UticaSquare.com</a>.</em>','Lights On Events in Tulsa','Thanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.','inherit','open','open','','3812-revision-5','','','2010-11-23 23:00:16','2010-11-24 04:00:16','',3812,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3812-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3921,1,'2010-11-22 12:02:30','2010-11-22 17:02:30','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-running-tulsa/turbaconducken/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3902\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turbaconducken-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"turbaconducken\" title=\"turbaconducken\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3902\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDisturbing fact time! According to the American Council on Exercise, <a href=\"http://www.livestrong.com/article/297375-how-many-calories-does-the-average-american-consume-on-thanksgiving/\">the average adult consumes 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat in one Thanksgiving meal</a>. A 160-pound person would have to run at a moderate pace for four hours, swim for five hours or walk 30 miles to burn off a meal packing that kind of caloric wallop. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nIf you thought 3,000 calories was plenty, that figure swells to a sky-high 4,500 calories when the entire day\'s feasting is considered.\r\n\r\nFour hours is a long time for a run, but there\'s nothing saying you have to do it all at once. Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. \r\n\r\n<strong>Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsarunningclub.com/\">31st and Riverside Pedestrian Bridge</a>\r\nJoin the Tulsa Running Club for the annual Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk benefiting the Salvation Army. This 4.3-mile fun run starts and finishes at the Pedestrian Bridge and is a family-friendly run and walk for all ages. Strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome. Bring bags of non-perishable foods to help fill a Salvation Army truck. Food and warm beverages will be served, and door prizes will be given away at the end. Don\'t forget your cold-weather running gear for this one, folks - <a href=\"http://krmg.com/weather\">it\'s gonna be a tad chilly</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Hog Jog 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9:15am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/locations/owasso-family\">Owasso Family YMCA</a>, 8300 N. Owasso Expy.\r\nCost: $22 per individual, $72 for a family of four (early registration for 5k), and first 400 5k registrations get a Hog Jog long-sleeved t-shirt; free with the donation of two canned goods each for participants in the fun run\r\nRegistration: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/pdf/events/2010%20Hog%20Jog%20Registration%20form%20-%20WITH%20SPONSOR.doc\">Until Nov. 24 for early registration prices (.doc)</a>\r\nThe Owasso Family YMCA will host the ninth-annual Holiday Hog Jog/Walk just in time for you to keep those three extra helpings of grandma\'s stuffing from going to your thighs. Whether you choose the 5k or the fun run, you\'re guaranteed to have a fun, turkey-burning time at this family-friendly race. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Trot 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\r\nWhere: Winterfest, 3rd and Denver in downtown Tulsa\r\nCourse map: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/files/Course%20Map%202010%20Turkey%20Trot.pdf\">Click here (PDF)</a>\r\nCost: $25 for the 5k, $10 for the fun run, pre-registered\r\nRegister: <a href=\"http://getmeregistered.com/TulsaTurkeyTrot\">Through Wednesday, Nov. 24</a>\r\nYou wouldn\'t want to miss the kick-off event of this year\'s annual Winterfest event, would you? Lace up your sneaks (that is, if you can bend over that far after what you ate on Thursday - you might have to have a friend or significant other help you out on this front) and run off those Thanksgiving calories in a 5k. There\'s a one-mile fun run for those of you who ate salad for dinner but then couldn\'t restrain yourselves at the dessert table. Stick around after the races for some ice skating and even more tasty holiday treats. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Burn</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106272986109679&index=1\">Lee\'s Bicycles</a>, 402 E. Second Street in downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District\r\nIt\'s not a run, but it\'ll still get your legs and hiney a-burnin\'. Bike 54 miles up Cincinnati Hill to Lake Skiatook and back through Sperry via the Osage Prairie Trail. This is an unsupported ride and registration is free. As the folks at Lee\'s say, no sag, no whining -  just come and ride. Because you need to.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://troglopundit.wordpress.com/\">Image from Troglopundit</a>.</em>','Thanksgiving Running in Tulsa: Because turbaconducken isn\'t on anyone\'s diet foods list.','Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. ','inherit','open','open','','3901-revision-5','','','2010-11-22 12:02:30','2010-11-22 17:02:30','',3901,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3901-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3922,1,'2010-11-23 23:16:05','2010-11-24 04:16:05','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-running-tulsa/turbaconducken/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3902\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turbaconducken-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"turbaconducken\" title=\"turbaconducken\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3902\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDisturbing fact time! According to the American Council on Exercise, <a href=\"http://www.livestrong.com/article/297375-how-many-calories-does-the-average-american-consume-on-thanksgiving/\">the average adult consumes 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat in one Thanksgiving meal</a>. A 160-pound person would have to run at a moderate pace for four hours, swim for five hours or walk 30 miles to burn off a meal packing that kind of caloric wallop. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nIf you thought 3,000 calories was plenty, that figure swells to a sky-high 4,500 calories when the entire day\'s feasting is considered.\r\n\r\nFour hours is a long time for a run, but there\'s nothing saying you have to do it all at once. Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. \r\n\r\n<strong>Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsarunningclub.com/\">31st and Riverside Pedestrian Bridge</a>\r\nJoin the Tulsa Running Club for the annual Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk benefiting the Salvation Army. This 4.3-mile fun run starts and finishes at the Pedestrian Bridge and is a family-friendly run and walk for all ages. Strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome. Bring bags of non-perishable foods to help fill a Salvation Army truck. Food and warm beverages will be served, and door prizes will be given away at the end. Don\'t forget your cold-weather running gear for this one, folks - <a href=\"http://krmg.com/weather\">it\'s gonna be a tad chilly</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Hog Jog 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9:15am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/locations/owasso-family\">Owasso Family YMCA</a>, 8300 N. Owasso Expy.\r\nCost: $22 per individual, $72 for a family of four (early registration for 5k), and first 400 5k registrations get a Hog Jog long-sleeved t-shirt; free with the donation of two canned goods each for participants in the fun run\r\nRegistration: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/pdf/events/2010%20Hog%20Jog%20Registration%20form%20-%20WITH%20SPONSOR.doc\">Until Nov. 24 for early registration prices (.doc)</a>\r\nThe Owasso Family YMCA will host the ninth-annual Holiday Hog Jog/Walk just in time for you to keep those three extra helpings of grandma\'s stuffing from going to your thighs. Whether you choose the 5k or the fun run, you\'re guaranteed to have a fun, turkey-burning time at this family-friendly race. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Trot 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\r\nWhere: Winterfest, 3rd and Denver in downtown Tulsa\r\nCourse map: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/files/Course%20Map%202010%20Turkey%20Trot.pdf\">Click here (PDF)</a>\r\nCost: $25 for the 5k, $10 for the fun run, pre-registered\r\nRegister: <a href=\"http://getmeregistered.com/TulsaTurkeyTrot\">Through Wednesday, Nov. 24</a>\r\nYou wouldn\'t want to miss the kick-off event of this year\'s annual Winterfest event, would you? Lace up your sneaks (that is, if you can bend over that far after what you ate on Thursday - you might have to have a friend or significant other help you out on this front) and run off those Thanksgiving calories in a 5k. There\'s a one-mile fun run for those of you who ate salad for dinner but then couldn\'t restrain yourselves at the dessert table. Stick around after the races for some ice skating and even more tasty holiday treats. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Burn</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 1pm (was 9am, so please note the time change!)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106272986109679&index=1\">Lee\'s Bicycles</a>, 402 E. Second Street in downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District\r\nIt\'s not a run, but it\'ll still get your legs and hiney a-burnin\'. Bike 54 miles up Cincinnati Hill to Lake Skiatook and back through Sperry via the Osage Prairie Trail. This is an unsupported ride and registration is free. As the folks at Lee\'s say, no sag, no whining -  just come and ride. Because you need to.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://troglopundit.wordpress.com/\">Image from Troglopundit</a>.</em>','Thanksgiving Running in Tulsa: Because turbaconducken isn\'t on anyone\'s diet foods list.','Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. ','inherit','open','open','','3901-revision-6','','','2010-11-23 23:16:05','2010-11-24 04:16:05','',3901,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3901-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(3923,1,'2010-11-23 23:16:06','2010-11-24 04:16:06','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-running-tulsa/turbaconducken/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3902\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turbaconducken-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"turbaconducken\" title=\"turbaconducken\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3902\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDisturbing fact time! According to the American Council on Exercise, <a href=\"http://www.livestrong.com/article/297375-how-many-calories-does-the-average-american-consume-on-thanksgiving/\">the average adult consumes 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat in one Thanksgiving meal</a>. A 160-pound person would have to run at a moderate pace for four hours, swim for five hours or walk 30 miles to burn off a meal packing that kind of caloric wallop. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nIf you thought 3,000 calories was plenty, that figure swells to a sky-high 4,500 calories when the entire day\'s feasting is considered.\r\n\r\nFour hours is a long time for a run, but there\'s nothing saying you have to do it all at once. Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. \r\n\r\n<strong>Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsarunningclub.com/\">31st and Riverside Pedestrian Bridge</a>\r\nJoin the Tulsa Running Club for the annual Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk benefiting the Salvation Army. This 4.3-mile fun run starts and finishes at the Pedestrian Bridge and is a family-friendly run and walk for all ages. Strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome. Bring bags of non-perishable foods to help fill a Salvation Army truck. Food and warm beverages will be served, and door prizes will be given away at the end. Don\'t forget your cold-weather running gear for this one, folks - <a href=\"http://krmg.com/weather\">it\'s gonna be a tad chilly</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Hog Jog 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9:15am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/locations/owasso-family\">Owasso Family YMCA</a>, 8300 N. Owasso Expy.\r\nCost: $22 per individual, $72 for a family of four (early registration for 5k), and first 400 5k registrations get a Hog Jog long-sleeved t-shirt; free with the donation of two canned goods each for participants in the fun run\r\nRegistration: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/pdf/events/2010%20Hog%20Jog%20Registration%20form%20-%20WITH%20SPONSOR.doc\">Until Nov. 24 for early registration prices (.doc)</a>\r\nThe Owasso Family YMCA will host the ninth-annual Holiday Hog Jog/Walk just in time for you to keep those three extra helpings of grandma\'s stuffing from going to your thighs. Whether you choose the 5k or the fun run, you\'re guaranteed to have a fun, turkey-burning time at this family-friendly race. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Trot 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\r\nWhere: Winterfest, 3rd and Denver in downtown Tulsa\r\nCourse map: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/files/Course%20Map%202010%20Turkey%20Trot.pdf\">Click here (PDF)</a>\r\nCost: $25 for the 5k, $10 for the fun run, pre-registered\r\nRegister: <a href=\"http://getmeregistered.com/TulsaTurkeyTrot\">Through Wednesday, Nov. 24</a>\r\nYou wouldn\'t want to miss the kick-off event of this year\'s annual Winterfest event, would you? Lace up your sneaks (that is, if you can bend over that far after what you ate on Thursday - you might have to have a friend or significant other help you out on this front) and run off those Thanksgiving calories in a 5k. There\'s a one-mile fun run for those of you who ate salad for dinner but then couldn\'t restrain yourselves at the dessert table. Stick around after the races for some ice skating and even more tasty holiday treats. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Burn</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 1pm (was 9am, so please note the time change!)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106272986109679&index=1\">Lee\'s Bicycles</a>, 402 E. Second Street in downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District\r\nIt\'s not a run, but it\'ll still get your legs and hiney a-burnin\'. Bike 54 miles up Cincinnati Hill to Lake Skiatook and back through Sperry via the Osage Prairie Trail. This is an unsupported ride and registration is free. As the folks at Lee\'s say, no sag, no whining -  just come and ride. Because you need to.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://troglopundit.wordpress.com/\">Image from Troglopundit</a>.</em>','Thanksgiving Running in Tulsa: Because turbaconducken isn\'t on anyone\'s diet foods list.','Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. ','inherit','open','open','','3901-revision-7','','','2010-11-23 23:16:06','2010-11-24 04:16:06','',3901,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3901-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(3035,1,'2010-10-15 07:45:58','2010-10-15 12:45:58','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1675/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3047\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1675-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBreakfast is my favorite meal of the day, bar none. I made a recent discovery that has managed to improve my already stellar opinion of the morning meal: The breakfast business meeting.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1720/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3048\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1720-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI met my friend and local journalist Holly Wall and her son, who\'s just a few months younger than another blonde, blue-eyed two-year-old you\'re used to seeing here at TDT, at Blue Moon Cafe one morning to discuss some story ideas for Tulsa Business Journal, and I\'ve gotta tell ya, the breakfast meeting is the greatest thing ever invented. First, there\'s no interrupting your morning or afternoon productivity with traveling and sitting through a meeting.\r\n\r\nSecond, there\'s breakfast. Enough said.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3049\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1680/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3049\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1680.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd for working ladies like Holly and me, it\'s nice to be able to bring our kids along. It\'s like a built-in play date.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3050\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1669/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3050\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1669-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd if you\'re wondering if the quality of our meeting takes a hit by our having our kids at the table, you can just forget it. Because we moms, we\'re magicians. We can plan a newspaper section, spread peanut butter on pancakes and pour chocolate milk at the same time.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3051\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1683/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3051\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHolly\'s about to surpass any of my child juggling abilities, though. She has another one due in December.\r\n\r\nSomeone\'s about to get schooled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3052\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1712/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3052\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1712-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting. I wouldn\'t sit inside, though - the concrete flooring can make for a loud dining room when children are along for the ride - but the patio seating, right alongside a sleepy Brookside, is better anyway.\r\n\r\nPlus, the food is mighty tasty.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3053\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1671/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3053\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3054\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1677/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3054\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1677.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMmm...migas. One of my most favorite breakfast dishes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3055\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1713/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3055\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1713-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe only problem is deciding what to order.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3056\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1694-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3056\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16941-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a unique place. It moved to the Center 1 shopping strip not long ago from further south on Brookside, and while sometimes Center 1 venues can seem stark and cold, Blue Moon has maintained much of its down-home feel.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3057\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3057\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1703.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd I love all the different salt and pepper shakers. So colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3058\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1706/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3058\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1706.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s the sign from the south Brookside location.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s its new home on the corner of 35th and Peoria.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3059\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1719-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon made the move quite successfully, I\'d say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1677-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3060\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16771.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWith my mouth full, of course.\r\n\r\nWhere\'s your favorite place to do breakfast in Tulsa?\r\n\r\n<strong>Blue Moon Cafe</strong>\r\nWhere: 3512 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 7am-9pm; Saturday-Sunday, 8am-2pm\r\nCall: (918) 749-7800\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://bluemoonbakerycafe.com/\">BlueMoonBakeryCafe.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630146/restaurant/Brookside/Blue-Moon-Bakery-Cafe-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630146/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery &amp; Café on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Blue Moon Cafe: From the Breakfast Files','Blue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting.','publish','open','open','','blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files','','','2010-10-15 07:50:00','2010-10-15 12:50:00','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=3035',0,'post','',6),(3036,1,'2010-10-15 06:46:15','2010-10-15 11:46:15','\n\nBreakfast is my favorite meal of the day, bar none. I made a recent discovery that has managed to improve my already stellar opinion of the morning meal: The breakfast meeting. 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And don\'t miss the killer photos of Puck by <a href=\"http://www.jeremycharles.com/\">Tulsa photographer Jeremy Charles</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Wolfgang Puck Bistro</strong>\r\n3330 S. Peoria Ave.\r\n(918) 292-8585\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1537336/restaurant/Brookside/Wolfgang-Puck-Bistro-Tulsa-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1537336/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro - Tulsa on Urbanspoon\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Dinner with Puck','I have a confession to make: Last Wednesday night, I went to dinner with another man. And that man was Wolfgang Puck. ','publish','open','open','','wolfgang-puck-bistro-brookside','','','2010-12-22 16:17:56','2010-12-22 21:17:56','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=3038',0,'post','',3),(3037,1,'2010-10-15 06:46:51','2010-10-15 11:46:51','\r\n\r\nBreakfast is my favorite meal of the day, bar none. 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I made a recent discovery that has managed to improve my already stellar opinion of the morning meal: The breakfast business meeting. \n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3048\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3048\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1720-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3048\" /></a>\n\nI met my friend and local journalist Holly Wall and her son, Isaac, at Blue Moon Cafe one morning to discuss some story ideas for Tulsa Business Journal, and I\'ve gotta tell ya, the breakfast meeting is the greatest thing ever invented. First, there\'s no interrupting your morning or afternoon productivity with traveling and sitting through a meeting. \n\nSecond, there\'s breakfast. Enough said. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3049\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3049\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1680.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3049\" /></a>\n\nAnd for working ladies like Holly and me, it\'s nice to be able to bring our kids along. It\'s like a built-in play date.\n \n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3050\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1669-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3050\" /></a>\n\nAnd if you\'re wondering if the quality of our meeting takes a hit by our having our kids at the table, you can just forget it. Because we moms, we\'re magicians. We can plan a newspaper section, spread peanut butter on pancakes and pour chocolate milk at the same time. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3051\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3051\" /></a>\n\nHolly\'s about to surpass any of my child juggling abilities, though. She has another one due in December. \n\nSomeone\'s about to get schooled. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3052\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1712-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3052\" /></a>\n\nBlue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting. I wouldn\'t sit inside, though - the concrete flooring can make for a loud dining room when children are along for the ride - but the patio seating, right alongside a sleepy Brookside, is better anyway. \n\nPlus, the food is mighty tasty. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3053\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3053\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3054\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1677.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3054\" /></a>\n\nMmm...migas. One of my most favorite breakfast dishes. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3055\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1713-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3055\" /></a>\n\nThe only problem is deciding what to order. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3056\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3056\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16941-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3056\" /></a>\n\nBlue Moon Cafe is a unique place. It moved to the Center 1 shopping strip not long ago from further south on Brookside, and while sometimes Center 1 venues can seem stark and cold, Blue Moon has maintained much of its down-home feel. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3057\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3057\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1703.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3057\" /></a>\n\nAnd I love all the different salt and pepper shakers. So colorful.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3058\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3058\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1706.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3058\" /></a>\n\nThere\'s the sign from the south Brookside location. \n\nAnd here\'s its new home on the corner of 35th and Peoria. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3059\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3059\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1719-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3059\" /></a>\n\nBlue Moon made the move quite successfully, I\'d say.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3060\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3060\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16771.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3060\" /></a>\n\nWith my mouth full, of course. \n\n<strong>Blue Moon Cafe</strong>\nWhere: 3512 S. Peoria Ave.\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 7am-9pm; Saturday-Sunday, 8am-2pm\nCall: (918) 749-7800\nWeb: <a href=\"http://bluemoonbakerycafe.com/\">BlueMoonBakeryCafe.com</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630146/restaurant/Brookside/Blue-Moon-Bakery-Cafe-Tulsa\"><img alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery & Café on Urbanspoon\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630146/minilink.gif\" style=\"border:none;width:130px;height:36px\" /></a>','Blue Moon Cafe: From the Breakfast Files','Blue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting.','inherit','open','open','','3035-revision-3','','','2010-10-15 07:45:17','2010-10-15 12:45:17','',3035,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3035-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3062,1,'2010-10-15 07:45:58','2010-10-15 12:45:58','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3047\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3047\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1675-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBreakfast is my favorite meal of the day, bar none. I made a recent discovery that has managed to improve my already stellar opinion of the morning meal: The breakfast business meeting.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3048\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3048\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1720-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI met my friend and local journalist Holly Wall and her son, Isaac, at Blue Moon Cafe one morning to discuss some story ideas for Tulsa Business Journal, and I\'ve gotta tell ya, the breakfast meeting is the greatest thing ever invented. First, there\'s no interrupting your morning or afternoon productivity with traveling and sitting through a meeting.\r\n\r\nSecond, there\'s breakfast. Enough said.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3049\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3049\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3049\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1680.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd for working ladies like Holly and me, it\'s nice to be able to bring our kids along. It\'s like a built-in play date.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3050\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3050\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1669-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd if you\'re wondering if the quality of our meeting takes a hit by our having our kids at the table, you can just forget it. Because we moms, we\'re magicians. We can plan a newspaper section, spread peanut butter on pancakes and pour chocolate milk at the same time.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3051\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3051\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHolly\'s about to surpass any of my child juggling abilities, though. She has another one due in December.\r\n\r\nSomeone\'s about to get schooled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3052\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3052\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1712-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting. I wouldn\'t sit inside, though - the concrete flooring can make for a loud dining room when children are along for the ride - but the patio seating, right alongside a sleepy Brookside, is better anyway.\r\n\r\nPlus, the food is mighty tasty.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3053\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3053\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3054\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3054\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1677.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMmm...migas. One of my most favorite breakfast dishes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3055\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3055\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1713-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe only problem is deciding what to order.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3056\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3056\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3056\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16941-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a unique place. It moved to the Center 1 shopping strip not long ago from further south on Brookside, and while sometimes Center 1 venues can seem stark and cold, Blue Moon has maintained much of its down-home feel.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3057\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3057\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3057\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1703.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd I love all the different salt and pepper shakers. So colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3058\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3058\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3058\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1706.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s the sign from the south Brookside location.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s its new home on the corner of 35th and Peoria.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3059\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3059\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1719-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon made the move quite successfully, I\'d say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3060\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3060\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16771.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWith my mouth full, of course.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blue Moon Cafe</strong>\r\nWhere: 3512 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 7am-9pm; Saturday-Sunday, 8am-2pm\r\nCall: (918) 749-7800\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://bluemoonbakerycafe.com/\">BlueMoonBakeryCafe.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630146/restaurant/Brookside/Blue-Moon-Bakery-Cafe-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630146/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery &amp; Café on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Blue Moon Cafe: From the Breakfast Files','Blue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting.','inherit','open','open','','3035-revision-4','','','2010-10-15 07:45:58','2010-10-15 12:45:58','',3035,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3035-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3063,1,'2010-10-15 07:45:58','2010-10-15 12:45:58','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1675/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3047\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1675-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBreakfast is my favorite meal of the day, bar none. I made a recent discovery that has managed to improve my already stellar opinion of the morning meal: The breakfast business meeting.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1720/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3048\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1720-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI met my friend and local journalist Holly Wall and her son, Isaac, at Blue Moon Cafe one morning to discuss some story ideas for Tulsa Business Journal, and I\'ve gotta tell ya, the breakfast meeting is the greatest thing ever invented. First, there\'s no interrupting your morning or afternoon productivity with traveling and sitting through a meeting.\r\n\r\nSecond, there\'s breakfast. Enough said.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3049\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1680/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3049\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1680.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd for working ladies like Holly and me, it\'s nice to be able to bring our kids along. It\'s like a built-in play date.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3050\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1669/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3050\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1669-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd if you\'re wondering if the quality of our meeting takes a hit by our having our kids at the table, you can just forget it. Because we moms, we\'re magicians. We can plan a newspaper section, spread peanut butter on pancakes and pour chocolate milk at the same time.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3051\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1683/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3051\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHolly\'s about to surpass any of my child juggling abilities, though. She has another one due in December.\r\n\r\nSomeone\'s about to get schooled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3052\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1712/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3052\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1712-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting. I wouldn\'t sit inside, though - the concrete flooring can make for a loud dining room when children are along for the ride - but the patio seating, right alongside a sleepy Brookside, is better anyway.\r\n\r\nPlus, the food is mighty tasty.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3053\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1671/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3053\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3054\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1677/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3054\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1677.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMmm...migas. One of my most favorite breakfast dishes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3055\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1713/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3055\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1713-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe only problem is deciding what to order.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3056\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1694-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3056\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16941-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a unique place. It moved to the Center 1 shopping strip not long ago from further south on Brookside, and while sometimes Center 1 venues can seem stark and cold, Blue Moon has maintained much of its down-home feel.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3057\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3057\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1703.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd I love all the different salt and pepper shakers. So colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3058\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1706/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3058\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1706.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s the sign from the south Brookside location.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s its new home on the corner of 35th and Peoria.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3059\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1719-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon made the move quite successfully, I\'d say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1677-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3060\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16771.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWith my mouth full, of course.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blue Moon Cafe</strong>\r\nWhere: 3512 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 7am-9pm; Saturday-Sunday, 8am-2pm\r\nCall: (918) 749-7800\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://bluemoonbakerycafe.com/\">BlueMoonBakeryCafe.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630146/restaurant/Brookside/Blue-Moon-Bakery-Cafe-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630146/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery &amp; Café on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Blue Moon Cafe: From the Breakfast Files','Blue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting.','inherit','open','open','','3035-revision-5','','','2010-10-15 07:45:58','2010-10-15 12:45:58','',3035,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3035-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3064,1,'2010-10-15 07:47:45','2010-10-15 12:47:45','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1675/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3047\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1675-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBreakfast is my favorite meal of the day, bar none. I made a recent discovery that has managed to improve my already stellar opinion of the morning meal: The breakfast business meeting.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1720/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3048\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1720-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI met my friend and local journalist Holly Wall and her son, who\'s just a few months younger than another blonde, blue-eyed two-year-old you\'re used to seeing here at TDT, at Blue Moon Cafe one morning to discuss some story ideas for Tulsa Business Journal, and I\'ve gotta tell ya, the breakfast meeting is the greatest thing ever invented. First, there\'s no interrupting your morning or afternoon productivity with traveling and sitting through a meeting.\r\n\r\nSecond, there\'s breakfast. Enough said.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3049\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1680/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3049\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1680.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd for working ladies like Holly and me, it\'s nice to be able to bring our kids along. It\'s like a built-in play date.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3050\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1669/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3050\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1669-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd if you\'re wondering if the quality of our meeting takes a hit by our having our kids at the table, you can just forget it. Because we moms, we\'re magicians. We can plan a newspaper section, spread peanut butter on pancakes and pour chocolate milk at the same time.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3051\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1683/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3051\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHolly\'s about to surpass any of my child juggling abilities, though. She has another one due in December.\r\n\r\nSomeone\'s about to get schooled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3052\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1712/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3052\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1712-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting. I wouldn\'t sit inside, though - the concrete flooring can make for a loud dining room when children are along for the ride - but the patio seating, right alongside a sleepy Brookside, is better anyway.\r\n\r\nPlus, the food is mighty tasty.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3053\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1671/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3053\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3054\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1677/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3054\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1677.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMmm...migas. One of my most favorite breakfast dishes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3055\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1713/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3055\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1713-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe only problem is deciding what to order.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3056\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1694-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3056\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16941-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a unique place. It moved to the Center 1 shopping strip not long ago from further south on Brookside, and while sometimes Center 1 venues can seem stark and cold, Blue Moon has maintained much of its down-home feel.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3057\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3057\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1703.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd I love all the different salt and pepper shakers. So colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3058\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1706/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3058\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1706.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s the sign from the south Brookside location.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s its new home on the corner of 35th and Peoria.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3059\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1719-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon made the move quite successfully, I\'d say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1677-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3060\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16771.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWith my mouth full, of course.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blue Moon Cafe</strong>\r\nWhere: 3512 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 7am-9pm; Saturday-Sunday, 8am-2pm\r\nCall: (918) 749-7800\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://bluemoonbakerycafe.com/\">BlueMoonBakeryCafe.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630146/restaurant/Brookside/Blue-Moon-Bakery-Cafe-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630146/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery &amp; Café on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Blue Moon Cafe: From the Breakfast Files','Blue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting.','inherit','open','open','','3035-revision-6','','','2010-10-15 07:47:45','2010-10-15 12:47:45','',3035,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3035-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(3065,1,'2010-10-15 07:47:46','2010-10-15 12:47:46','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1675/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3047\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1675-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBreakfast is my favorite meal of the day, bar none. I made a recent discovery that has managed to improve my already stellar opinion of the morning meal: The breakfast business meeting.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1720/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3048\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1720-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI met my friend and local journalist Holly Wall and her son, who\'s just a few months younger than another blonde, blue-eyed two-year-old you\'re used to seeing here at TDT, at Blue Moon Cafe one morning to discuss some story ideas for Tulsa Business Journal, and I\'ve gotta tell ya, the breakfast meeting is the greatest thing ever invented. First, there\'s no interrupting your morning or afternoon productivity with traveling and sitting through a meeting.\r\n\r\nSecond, there\'s breakfast. Enough said.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3049\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1680/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3049\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1680.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd for working ladies like Holly and me, it\'s nice to be able to bring our kids along. It\'s like a built-in play date.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3050\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1669/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3050\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1669-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd if you\'re wondering if the quality of our meeting takes a hit by our having our kids at the table, you can just forget it. Because we moms, we\'re magicians. We can plan a newspaper section, spread peanut butter on pancakes and pour chocolate milk at the same time.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3051\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1683/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3051\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHolly\'s about to surpass any of my child juggling abilities, though. She has another one due in December.\r\n\r\nSomeone\'s about to get schooled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3052\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1712/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3052\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1712-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting. I wouldn\'t sit inside, though - the concrete flooring can make for a loud dining room when children are along for the ride - but the patio seating, right alongside a sleepy Brookside, is better anyway.\r\n\r\nPlus, the food is mighty tasty.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3053\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1671/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3053\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3054\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1677/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3054\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1677.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMmm...migas. One of my most favorite breakfast dishes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3055\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1713/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3055\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1713-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe only problem is deciding what to order.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3056\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1694-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3056\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16941-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a unique place. It moved to the Center 1 shopping strip not long ago from further south on Brookside, and while sometimes Center 1 venues can seem stark and cold, Blue Moon has maintained much of its down-home feel.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3057\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3057\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1703.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd I love all the different salt and pepper shakers. So colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3058\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1706/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3058\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1706.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s the sign from the south Brookside location.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s its new home on the corner of 35th and Peoria.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3059\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1719-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon made the move quite successfully, I\'d say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1677-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3060\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16771.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWith my mouth full, of course.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blue Moon Cafe</strong>\r\nWhere: 3512 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 7am-9pm; Saturday-Sunday, 8am-2pm\r\nCall: (918) 749-7800\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://bluemoonbakerycafe.com/\">BlueMoonBakeryCafe.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630146/restaurant/Brookside/Blue-Moon-Bakery-Cafe-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630146/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery &amp; Café on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Blue Moon Cafe: From the Breakfast Files','Blue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting.','inherit','open','open','','3035-revision-7','','','2010-10-15 07:47:46','2010-10-15 12:47:46','',3035,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3035-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(3066,1,'2010-10-15 07:50:00','2010-10-15 12:50:00','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1675/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3047\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1675-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBreakfast is my favorite meal of the day, bar none. I made a recent discovery that has managed to improve my already stellar opinion of the morning meal: The breakfast business meeting.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1720/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3048\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1720-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI met my friend and local journalist Holly Wall and her son, who\'s just a few months younger than another blonde, blue-eyed two-year-old you\'re used to seeing here at TDT, at Blue Moon Cafe one morning to discuss some story ideas for Tulsa Business Journal, and I\'ve gotta tell ya, the breakfast meeting is the greatest thing ever invented. First, there\'s no interrupting your morning or afternoon productivity with traveling and sitting through a meeting.\r\n\r\nSecond, there\'s breakfast. Enough said.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3049\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1680/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3049\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1680.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd for working ladies like Holly and me, it\'s nice to be able to bring our kids along. It\'s like a built-in play date.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3050\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1669/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3050\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1669-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd if you\'re wondering if the quality of our meeting takes a hit by our having our kids at the table, you can just forget it. Because we moms, we\'re magicians. We can plan a newspaper section, spread peanut butter on pancakes and pour chocolate milk at the same time.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3051\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1683/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3051\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHolly\'s about to surpass any of my child juggling abilities, though. She has another one due in December.\r\n\r\nSomeone\'s about to get schooled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3052\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1712/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3052\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1712-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting. I wouldn\'t sit inside, though - the concrete flooring can make for a loud dining room when children are along for the ride - but the patio seating, right alongside a sleepy Brookside, is better anyway.\r\n\r\nPlus, the food is mighty tasty.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3053\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1671/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3053\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1671-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3054\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1677/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3054\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1677.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMmm...migas. One of my most favorite breakfast dishes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3055\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1713/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3055\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1713-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe only problem is deciding what to order.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3056\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1694-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3056\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16941-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon Cafe is a unique place. It moved to the Center 1 shopping strip not long ago from further south on Brookside, and while sometimes Center 1 venues can seem stark and cold, Blue Moon has maintained much of its down-home feel.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3057\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3057\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1703.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd I love all the different salt and pepper shakers. So colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3058\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1706/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3058\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1706.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s the sign from the south Brookside location.\r\n\r\nAnd here\'s its new home on the corner of 35th and Peoria.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3059\" title=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1719-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBlue Moon made the move quite successfully, I\'d say.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1677-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3060\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16771.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWith my mouth full, of course.\r\n\r\nWhere\'s your favorite place to do breakfast in Tulsa?\r\n\r\n<strong>Blue Moon Cafe</strong>\r\nWhere: 3512 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 7am-9pm; Saturday-Sunday, 8am-2pm\r\nCall: (918) 749-7800\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://bluemoonbakerycafe.com/\">BlueMoonBakeryCafe.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630146/restaurant/Brookside/Blue-Moon-Bakery-Cafe-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630146/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Blue Moon Bakery &amp; Café on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Blue Moon Cafe: From the Breakfast Files','Blue Moon Cafe is a choice spot for the kids-included breakfast meeting.','inherit','open','open','','3035-revision-8','','','2010-10-15 07:50:00','2010-10-15 12:50:00','',3035,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3035-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4086,1,'2010-11-30 12:21:30','2010-11-30 17:21:30','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/power-lunch-fairways-at-lafortune-park/dsc_1618-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4082\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1618-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fairways at LaFortune Park\" title=\"Fairways at LaFortune Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4082\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere’s one of the practically fail-proof ways to know a restaurant’s worth trying: You’ve heard whispers about it from a variety of friends and family who practically beg you to try it so they can come with you to have another try themselves.\r\n\r\nThat’s how I heard about Fairways, the new restaurant that opened quietly last summer at LaFortune Park.\r\n\r\nRead the rest of the review on <a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/article.asp?aID=52013\">the Food page of this week\'s edition of Tulsa Business Journal</a>. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Power Lunch: Fairways at LaFortune Park','Here’s one of the practically fail-proof ways to know a restaurant’s worth trying: You’ve heard whispers about it from a variety of friends and family who practically beg you to try it so they can come with you to have another try themselves. That’s how I heard about Fairways, the new restaurant that opened quietly last summer at LaFortune Park.','inherit','open','open','','4081-revision-4','','','2010-11-30 12:21:30','2010-11-30 17:21:30','',4081,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4081-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4078,1,'2010-11-30 09:42:30','2010-11-30 14:42:30','','Gene Starr Home by Modern Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','genestarr','','','2010-11-30 09:42:30','2010-11-30 14:42:30','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/genestarr.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3916,1,'2010-11-23 12:26:34','2010-11-23 17:26:34','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3914\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3914\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_0437-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Art Wallet by Exploding Mary Designs\" title=\"Art Wallet by Exploding Mary Designs\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3914\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery work-at-home mom has gotten that call at 10 a.m. that clients are on their way into town and that there\'s been a mandatory staff meeting called for 11 - a time frame that\'s not enough to send up smoke signals for a babysitter but just enough time to freak out about having to take your kid headlong into a button-up business situation.\r\n\r\nRather than ransack your kiddo\'s toy box for every toy that\'s silent but still keeps your little one occupied for long enough so he\'s not tempted to mash his snacks into the conference room carpet, pop into <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces, at 119 S. Detroit in downtown Tulsa</a>, on your way into the office and make a beeline for <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-turn-art-wallets-help-rolling-punches\">the genius little thing that\'s the star of the show over at my blog at TulsaKids.com today</a>.','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Art Wallets Help Moms Roll With the Punches','Every work-at-home mom has gotten that call at 10 a.m. that clients are on their way into town and that there\'s been a mandatory staff meeting called for 11 - a time frame that\'s not enough to send up smoke signals for a babysitter but just enough time to freak out about having to take your kid headlong into a button-up business situation.','inherit','open','open','','3913-revision-2','','','2010-11-23 12:26:34','2010-11-23 17:26:34','',3913,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3913-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3917,1,'2010-11-23 17:05:48','2010-11-23 22:05:48','','TDT Gift Guide 2010','','inherit','open','open','','blu_grey_gradient_gallery','','','2010-11-23 17:05:48','2010-11-23 22:05:48','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blu_grey_gradient_gallery.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3918,1,'2010-11-22 10:58:26','2010-11-22 15:58:26','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/christmas-lights-on-events-in-tulsa/lg_img_9758/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3895\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lg_IMG_9758-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" title=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3895\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after this biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\r\n\r\nSo, yeah, that Thanksgiving is coming right up means all of those things. But it also means that several of our city\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. Here\'s where to find \'em.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights On at Rhema</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Nov. 24, 6pm\r\nWhere: <strong>Rhema Bible College</strong>,\r\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up millions of lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but I don\'t know - you\'ll just have to find out for yourself. Definitely bring the kids for this one. Admission is free and open to the public. \r\n\r\n<strong>Lights On! at Utica Square</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving Day), 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\r\nPut away the turkey, bundle up the kids, and head over to Utica Square this Thanksgiving for Tulsa\'s 40-year lights on tradition. Sip on some hot chocolate as you sing your favorite holiday carols, and don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus after he lights the more than 700,000 lights adorning 175 trees at Utica Square each season. If you\'re looking to start a new family tradition this year, consider this event your top pick. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to get around early because parking can be, on a scale of un-crazy to absolutely insane, downright institutional.\r\n\r\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<h3>Other places to see Christmas lights in Tulsa</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\r\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\r\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\r\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, at dusk\r\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\r\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\r\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables, along with thousands of lights, in this fourth annual, free event. Check out the horse carriage rides starting at 6pm, and don’t miss Christmas in the Garden Room, cookies and hot chocolate (nightly from 6-10pm), tractor-drawn hay rides and a visit with Father Christmas (Fridays and Saturdays, 6-9pm). Check out the full calendar of events at OKCastle.com.\r\n\r\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, dusk\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\r\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Just, whatever you do, don’t tip Rudolph. Admission is $8 for guests aged 12-64 and $6 for seniors. Children 11 and under get in free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nStay tuned, y\'all - the annual map of where to find Christmas lights in Tulsa is coming. Too bad there\'s no Santa Tracker-like system for this thing. That\'d be pretty cool. \r\n\r\nWhere do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/\">Image from UticaSquare.com</a>.</em>','Lights On Events in Tulsa','Thanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.','inherit','open','open','','3812-revision-3','','','2010-11-22 10:58:26','2010-11-22 15:58:26','',3812,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3812-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4503,1,'2010-12-10 10:49:24','2010-12-10 15:49:24','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3917\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/blu_grey_gradient_gallery/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3917\" title=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blu_grey_gradient_gallery-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTulsa\'s pretty rad, and the rest of the state isn\'t too shabby, either. So wouldn\'t it be cool if you could give what makes Oklahoma so great as a gift this Christmas?\r\n\r\nGood news - you can. Here are my picks of the top heartland gifts - the serious, the silly and the hip as hell - that\'s sure to offer something that\'ll please the Okie-proud on your list this year.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wait!</span></strong> Before you dive into the gift guide, remember that you can get any gifts listed here that are available in the Tulsa area delivered straight to your door by <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/\">Click here to get the special 10-percent delivery discount for TDT readers</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/images/AOK-0314Vb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Bombs Away Warrior Crew T-Shirt</strong>.\r\nBombs Away is owned and operated by the Oklahoma City artist, Dustin Oswald, is this is just one of the bad-ass t-shirts that he\'s come up with.\r\nPrice: $22\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/itemDetail.aspx?itemId=AOK-0314V&amp;mainCat=2\">OkieBoutique</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"https://www.mockbros.com/images/chaps/100-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Mock Brothers Saddlery Rodeo Gear Chaps</strong>\r\nAround since 1941, Mock Brothers Saddlery is an Oklahoma institution. While I absolutely wouldn\'t mind if any of you guys out there want to purchase a pair of these chaps and wear them around in my general vicinity, you might want to check out Mock Brothers for yourself and see if you can\'t find something for your Okie wardrobe that\'s less...awesome and dream-inducing. Find it off of Highway 412 at 177th W. Ave., west of Sand Springs.\r\nPrice: Starting at $325\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://www.mockbros.com/rodeogr.htm#chaps\">Mock Brothers Saddlery</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/images/AOK-0021b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Tulsa Driller Charm</strong>\r\nIt\'s one of the quirkiest landmarks in the country, and you can wear a charm-sized replica of it on a necklace, on a bracelet, in your nose - you know, wherever you like to wear your charms.\r\nPrice: $8\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/itemDetail.aspx?itemId=AOK-0021&amp;mainCat=7\">OkieBoutique</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/images/AOK-0001b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Oklahoma Travel Journal</strong>\r\nEver wish you had a way to record all of your Oklahoma experiences? Look no further. This journal is here to help. Plus, it\'s cute as all get out.\r\nPrice: $15.99\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/itemDetail.aspx?itemId=AOK-0001&amp;mainCat=23\">OkieBoutique</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/30466_105883572796042_100001231986457_35162_3339370_n-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Luchador Calendar</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/\">Did you know that Tulsa has its own luchador wrestling league</a>? It\'s true. Now you can give the gift of the bad-ass T-Town luchadors in calendar form, just in time to put the smack down on the other gifts under the tree this holiday season.\r\nPrice: $15\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://elotetulsa.com/luchadores\">Elote Cafe</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Colors of Oklahoma Music</strong>\r\nThere are at least three great selling points to this book: First, it\'s written by Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame inductee John Wooley, a venerable expert on Oklahoma music. Second, it\'s about, well, Oklahoma music. Third, it\'s available at Ida Red, one of my favorite stores for all things Tulsa, Oklahoma, and kick-ass local music (oh, and TOMS). You might enjoy giving this gift more than the recipient enjoys receiving it, but I don\'t know - you\'ll just have to rock-paper-scissors for it and let me know how it turns out.\r\nPrice: $17.95\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://idaredboutique.com/store/colors-of-oklahoma-music-by-john-wooley/\">Ida Red</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4349\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/okie-centric-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/img_0565/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4349\" title=\"Tulsa\'s Haunted Memories\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0565.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa\'s Haunted Memories\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\n<strong>Tulsa Haunted Memories</strong>\r\nTulsa has its own ghosts of Christmas past, and you can add the gift of their stories, gathered and researched by the founder of Tulsa Spirit Tours and a member of the <a href=\"http://www.pittok.com/\">Paranormal Investigation Team of Tulsa</a>, to your loved ones\' stockings this season.\r\nPrice: $24.99\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/photo_gallery.htm\">Steve\'s Sundry</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4360\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/okie-centric-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/picture-2-5/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4360\" title=\"A Studio\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-2.png\" alt=\"A Studio\" width=\"454\" height=\"438\" /></a></p>\r\n<strong>A Studio Concert Posters</strong>\r\nWant a poster to commemorate the time you saw your favorite band at Cain\'s Ballroom? Or the show at Brady Theater where you reconnected with a long-lost friend? Check out these posters at Dwelling Spaces, designed by the ultra-hip and nice guys behind Tulsa\'s own A Studio. All the cool kids are doing it.\r\nPrice: $10-25\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/section/72\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.tulsametrofirefighterscalendar.com/images/0-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Tulsa Metro Hottest Firefighters Calendar</strong>\r\nThe thought that the average Tulsan could just bump into any of the gorgeous, highly chiseled guys featured in this calendar totally blows my mind. Hello, dusty, hunky fireman at the gas pump next to mine. Howdy, group of guys from the station who stopped in at Reasor\'s for dinner fixin\'s and are flexing their biceps as they sack their own groceries in the check-out next to me. Hi there, Mr. Firefighter who showed up at my house because I may or may not have called 911 just to see if I could land a tall, dark and handsome first responder. But rather than risk legal action by intentionally sounding a false alarm, you could just buy this calendar. (Don\'t be like me.)\r\nPrice: $15\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\">Steve\'s Sundry Books &amp; Magazines</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/images/data/products/551_lg_img.jpg.mxw600.mxh600.jpg?1275249253\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Bigfoot Sticker</strong>\r\nHe exists! At least, that\'s what we all want to believe, isn\'t it? Everyone on your shopping list is going to want to show their support of the Great Hairy One with this decal for their ride. Look for Bigfoot t-shirts, too.\r\nPrice: $4\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/551\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5071039442_d588259ac2_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Pickles</strong>\r\nThere\'s not much that\'s more thoroughly Oklahoma than a fried pickle, and there aren\'t many Okies who\'d be too proud to accept them as gifts. Spring for these, made right here in Oklahoma in a little town called LaHoma. LaHoma, Oklahoma - say that three times fast. Photo from <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/boonecountydemocrats/\">BooneCoDems on Flickr</a>.\r\nPrice: $12\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.ladonnasonline.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=73_116&amp;products_id=429\">LaDonna\'s Fancy Foods</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/images/data/products/561_lg_img.jpg.mxw600.mxh600.jpg?1280683511\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Blue Whale T-Shirt</strong>\r\nThe t-shirt addict on your list is bound to love this tee, emblazoned with the image of everyone\'s favorite Route 66 landmark, the Blue Whale of Catoosa.\r\nPrice: $25\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/561\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1199.snc4/155117_466873272103_145235792103_5803589_4575394_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Golden Driller Throw Pillow</strong>\r\nEveryone on your guest list already has the <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=186866&amp;id=145235792103\">Golden Driller Shirt</a> (and if they don\'t, what the heck are you good for??) - now it\'s time to put the Golden Driller where the heart is.\r\nPrice: $30\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4361\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/okie-centric-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/img_0553/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4361\" title=\"Tulsa Ballet\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0553.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Ballet\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Autographed Ballet Slippers</strong>\r\nThe little girl in me jumped around and did a happy dance when I first stumbled upon these autographed ballerina shoes at the Tulsa Ballet\'s Leaps &amp; Grounds Cafe &amp; Boutique. The ones pictured were danced in and signed by soloist <a href=\"http://tulsaballet.org/staff.asp?id=90&amp;task=staffdisplay&amp;staffid=59\">Soo Youn Cho</a>, who was featured as Jordan in The Great Gatsby, and she also plays a role in Marcello Angelini\'s The Nutcracker. This is the only time you\'re going to be able to give used shoes as a gift for Christmas and not only be able to get away with it, but to also secure the biggest neck hug of your life from your favorite Tulsa Ballet fan. Don\'t forget that the <a href=\"http://www.tulsaballet.org/general.asp?id=235\">2011 Tulsa Ballet calendar</a> ($15) would make a great stocking stuffer - I\'ve seen it and the photography and design that went into this project are just stunning.\r\nPrice: $9\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tulsaballet.org/general.asp?id=96\">Tulsa Ballet Leaps &amp; Grounds Cafe &amp; Boutique</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0043/1452/products/AdmiralTwin_web_large.jpg?1288355117\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Admiral Twin T-Shirt</strong>\r\nGot a friend who\'s mourning Tulsa\'s loss of the Admiral Twin Drive-In? Of course you do - who isn\'t? Every Tulsan has fond (and funky) memories of this mid-century landmark. Help the folks on your shopping list show their pride, support and love of our fallen twin screens.\r\nPrice: $20\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://boomtowntees.com/products/admiral-twin\">Boomtown Tees</a> (the online listing shows the shirt as unavailable, but it is, in fact, available - I double-checked)\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.mayabrenner.com/store/pc/catalog/s_neck_states_ok_big.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Oklahoma Necklace</strong>\r\nYou saw it first on <a href=\"http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/\">ThePioneerWoman.com</a>, and I loved it so much that I couldn\'t resist showcasing here at TashaDoesTulsa.com, too. For the fancy lady in your life who deserves a gift that\'s a cut above.\r\nPrice: $130-300 (price = bling factor)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.mayabrenner.com/store/pc/Oklahoma-5p144.htm\">MayaBrenner.com</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/wp/wp-content/gallery/photographic-repoductions/1980.63.182C.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Historic Tulsa Photographs</strong>\r\nFor the person on your nice list who has everything, there\'s nothing like a print of historic Tulsa images that stops visitors to a home or office in their tracks. I should know. I\'m known as The Gawker in some circles.\r\nPrice: Varies\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/learn/collections-and-research/photographs-for-sale/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/newtulsasound.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<strong>The New Tulsa Sound</strong>\r\nEveryone could use a break from the same old Christmas songs this holiday season. Gift that gift this year, plus one that keeps on giving the gift of local music by the likes of Paul Benjamin Band, Gogo Plumbay, The Panda Resistance, Jesse Aycock, Sage Flower, Vandevander, Dead Sea Choir and Travis Fite with only one purchase - a copy of The New Tulsa Sound lets you do it. <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/#456/soundcloud\">Get a free preview of every track on the album here</a>.\r\nPrice: $9.99\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ColonyPresents\">Online</a>, <a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-OK/Shades-of-Brown/133998289971491\">Shades of Brown</a>, Cherry Street Coffeehouse, Starship Records, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/getcolonized\">The Colony</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/fasslerhall\">Fassler Hall</a> and <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellies</a> (yeah, you\'ve got options, baby)\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/q0-YZ2pLuMM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/q0-YZ2pLuMM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<strong>Oklahoma Films</strong>\r\nDVDs make some of the best stocking stuffers, but don\'t settle for the $5 bin at Wal-Mart. Check out these movies instead, each filmed in Oklahoma. I have my eyes on The Outsiders set myself.\r\nPrice: $10-$26.98\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.reddirtemporium.com/filmedinok.php\">Red Dirt Emporium</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.simplypersonalized.com/images/products/hp-your-town-satellite-jigsaw.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Your Favorite Oklahoma Place, Puzzle Style</strong>\r\nJust think - your pick of your favorite 24 square miles of our state, in print, on a 400-piece puzzle. It\'s based on an extract from the US Geological Survey mapping centered on your address of choice. The completed puzzle measures 12.25 X 18.5 inches and covers an area 6 miles east-to-west and 4 miles north-to-south with your given address at the center.\r\nPrice: $39.95\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.maps.com/map.aspx?cid=1478&amp;pid=17513\">Maps.com</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.earthstores.com/gilcreasemuseumshop/images/zuniturq5.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Zuni Turquoise Jewelry</strong>\r\nI love this ring. I want this ring. My guess is that any lady on your gift list would, too. There\'s lots of jewelry available at the Gilcrease Museum gift shop, a rich source of Native American art, bronze statues, jewelry in turquoise, coral and silver, clothes and accessories, and there\'s bound to be something that\'ll put sparkles in the eyes of that special Okie someone.\r\nPrice: Ranges\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.earthstores.com/gilcreasemuseumshop/\">Gilcrease Museum</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://blueridgeblog.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/13/alpaca_kisses.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Alpacas</strong>\r\nNicole Kidman has them, so why shouldn\'t you? Besides, this is the cutest darned thing you could put under the Christmas tree, I\'m pretty sure - that is, if you can fit an alpaca under a Christmas tree. Photo from <a href=\"http://blueridgeblog.blogs.com/\">Blue Ridge Blog</a>.\r\nPrice: $15,000\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowalpacas.com/ForSale.htm\">Broken Arrow Alpacas</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>What Okie-centric gifts will you be giving this Christmas? </strong> Don\'t forget to check out <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/gift-guide/\">the Gift Guide category</a> here at TDT for even more Tulsa and Oklahoma gift ideas.','Oklahoma Gifts: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','Tulsa\'s pretty rad, and the rest of the state isn\'t too shabby, either. Wouldn\'t it be cool if you could give the essence of Oklahoma as a gift this Christmas? 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That’s how I heard about Fairways, the new restaurant that opened quietly last summer at LaFortune Park.','publish','open','open','','power-lunch-fairways-at-lafortune-park','','','2010-11-30 12:21:30','2010-11-30 17:21:30','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=4081',0,'post','',1),(4821,1,'2010-12-21 21:53:43','2010-12-22 02:53:43','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Paul Petrov of the Ballet Russe, backstage at the JC Williamson New Year\'s Eve party, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 31 December 1936 / Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/3612597734/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3612597734_a03c7f0fe0.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Petrov of the Ballet Russe, backstage at the JC Williamson New Year\'s Eve party, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 31 December 1936 / Sam Hood\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" /></a></p>\r\nChampagne, fireworks, swanky parties, stuff to do for the kids and those silly 2010 glasses - you want it all this New Year\'s Eve, and you\'ve got it right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Swanky Parties</h2>\r\n<strong>New Years Eve Gala at Crowne Plaza Hotel</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 4pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111159658950064&amp;index=1\">Crowne Plaza Hotel</a>, 100 E. Second Street\r\nFor one price, get every NYE party in the hotel. Here\'s the line-up: Imzadi in the Tulsa Ballroom; Mid Life Crisis in Promenade Ballroom; Brian Lee &amp; Friends in the Upper Lobby; a Texas Hold \'Em Tournament, 4pm-7pm; Access to Cigar &amp; Martini Lounge in Oklahoma Ballroom and Photos Now Photography in Lower Lobby. Call Crowne Plaza at (918) 560-2219 to reserve your spot, and if you plan on celebrating with a few glasses of champagne, be sure to ask about the room packages available.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve Salsa Party</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 5:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.thecanebrake.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/New-Years-Eve-2009.jpg\">The Canebrake in Wagoner</a>\r\nGet dinner, a champagne toast, live salsa music and even some salsa lessons at this New Years Eve party at the Tulsa area\'s greenest resort.\r\n\r\n<strong>Olive Drop New Year’s Party</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 7pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"/\">Price Tower Arts Center in Bartlesville</a>\r\nEnjoy a five-course meal prepared by Outlaws Gourmet Catering, drinks at Copper Bar, and a complimentary champagne toast at midnight, when a large olive will be lowered from the top of Price Tower - which is Frank Lloyd Wright\'s only realized skyscraper, by the way - into a martini glass. Dinner reservations are available with seatings at 7pm and 9pm. Call (918) 336-1000 for room reservations and for a spot at dinner.\r\n\r\n<strong>Velo Ball</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.jasonperryphoto.net/?p=133\">Hey Mambo</a>, 114 N. Boston Ave.\r\nIf you\'re looking for a cycle-centric NYE party, Hey Mambo is the place to be on the last night of 2010. The evening will include a Mustache Cup Goldsprints Roller Race Tournament from Superleggera Cycling and Multisport, a live DJ, hot food from the kitchen of Hey Mambo (which is really yum, if you ask me), Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap, plenty of prizes and photography of the evening by Jason Perry Photography. The restaurant bar (cash or charge) will be in full operation for the evening, too. <a href=\"http://www.jasonperryphoto.net/?p=133\">Individual passes are $35, couples are $60</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Crystal Ball 2011: A New Years Eve Masquerade</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsacrystalball.com/\">Enso Bar, Electric Circus and IDL Ballroom, all at 1st and Detroit</a>\r\nGet gussied up in your finest black and white NYE attire and disguise and beguile fellow revelers as you masquerade between three of the hottest clubs in Tulsa into the wee hours of the night. Entertainment includes the beats of the Panic! Crew, Steve Club and DJ Dilation &amp; Jimm-A. <a href=\"http://www.ticketstorm.com/event/skyyvodkapresentscrystalball2011anewyearsevemasquerade/idlballroom/tulsa/5868/\">Tickets are $15 per person or $20 per couple, and VIP packages are $25 per person, $40 per couple</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve Speakeasy</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://cosmo-cafe.com/\">Cosmo Cafe &amp; Bar</a>, 3334 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nBe prepared to be transported back to the era of classy attire, sexy jazz and stiff drinks. While you’re partying like it’s 1929, check out free champagne toast at midnight, accompanied by what Cosmo called “fancy stuff on crackers.” Heck, yes. Plus, if you show up in a 1920s get-up, you’ll get a bonus party favor.\r\n<h2>Performances</h2>\r\n<strong>Sylvia Browne</strong>\r\nWhen: 8pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.milliondollarelm.com/event-center\">Osage Event Center</a>, 951 W. 36 Street North\r\nAlways wanted to have your most pressing, personal questions answered by a psychic? This NYE is your chance. Tickets to see Sylvia are $30, or you can pay $100 and guarantee that you\'ll have your question answered. Stay tuned for the book signing after the lecture.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve Jazz Soiree</strong>\r\nWhen: 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okjazz.org/\">Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame</a>, 111 E. First Street\r\nGet performances by Nicole Jackson &amp; the Soultry Sound Band along with a DJ and a midnight champagne toast at the New Years Eve celebration in the heart of downtown Tulsa in the historic Tulsa Depot. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Call 281-8600 or <a href=\"http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=2762&amp;pid=6923907\">click here to reserve your tickets</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey</strong>\r\nWhen: 9:15pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a>, 423 N. Main Street\r\nSpend New Years Eve in downtown Tulsa\'s historic Cain\'s Ballroom and see Tulsa\'s homegrown Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey as they play the music of Beyonce, Madonna and Lady Gaga at the same time. Tickets are $19 in advance, $25 in the day of. <a href=\"http://www.protixonline.com/View_Event.asp?id=404\">Get \'em here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Zuits</strong>\r\nWhen: 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114693148599132\">Joe Momma\'s</a>, 112 S. Elgin Ave.\r\nJoin us for a NYE celebration featuring live swing music with The Zuits starting at 9PM! We\'ll have a countdown and a champagne (of beers) toast at midnight!\r\n\r\n<strong>Alex Ortiz</strong>\r\nWhen: 10pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.loonybincomedy.com/\">The Loony Bin</a>, 6808 S. Memorial Drive\r\nAlex has both headlined and featured at The Apollo, Funny Bones and The Improvs. He has rocked the stage as opener for Bernie Mac, Damon Wayans, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, and Bobcat Goldthwaite. And tonight, on New Years Eve, you can see him in Tulsa. <a href=\"https://www.standupmedia.com/securedReservation/loonybin/tulsa/Default.aspx?mp=&amp;member=&amp;club=BCA30415-8E4E-4EC5-817D-52222AC57427&amp;d=12%2f29%2f2010+8%3a00%3a00+PM&amp;s=s&amp;c=edd54cf4-9754-4f32-ac5d-b8b62df856a7\">Tickets are $25</a>.\r\n<h2>For a Family-Friendly New Years Eve</h2>\r\n<strong>Special Two-hour, Open Bounce</strong>\r\nWhen: 11:30am-1pm\r\nWhere:  <a href=\"http://www.bounceu.com/\">Bounce U</a>, 8922 S. Memorial Drive\r\nRing in the New Year family style at Bounce U with this open bounce. Cost is $8.95 per child and includes poppers, noise makers, cookies and juice. Make reservations at (918) 249-0090.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Year\'s Eve Night Out at the Tulsa Zoo</strong>\r\nWhen: 6pm New Years Eve - 10am New Years Day\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsazoo.org/EducationConservation/ClassesWorkshops/\">Tulsa Zoo &amp; Living Museum</a>\r\nSend your kids for an exciting overnight at the zoo this NYE. Parents, you\'ll be free to ring in the New Year any way you choose while your 2nd-5th graders will be hanging out with the animals on this night time adventure. The kiddos will also get a dinner, breakfast and light snack. Cost is $55 per child.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve at Bounce U</strong>\r\nWhen: 7pm-1am\r\nWhere:  <a href=\"http://www.bounceu.com/\">Bounce U</a>, 8922 S. Memorial Drive\r\nDrop the kids off and enjoy your evening, parents. The kiddos will be fully supervised and they\'ll enjoy snacks, dinner, a late-night treat, midnight poppers and noisemakers, games and, of course, lots of bouncing. Cost is $40 per child. Make reservations at (918) 249-0090.\r\n\r\n<strong>THE Party! Hahn Appliance Warehouse New Year\'s Eve on Brookside</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"https://www.newyearsevetulsa.com/pages.aspx?pageid=1\">Brookside (Peoria Avenue) between 36th and 39th Streets</a>\r\nThis second-ever event brought the community together last year to share in the excitement of a Times Square-esque, free outdoor street party complete with a lighted ball drop, fireworks, bands and entertainment, and they\'re going to do it even bigger and better to ring in 2011. A choice of outdoor and indoor activities along Brookside guarantees participants of all ages to can comfortably enjoy the festivities, even if our Oklahoma weather rears its ugly head. Look for live entertainment from Eric and the Adams (one of my favorite Tulsa bands) on an outdoor stage and dancing in the VIP Party Tent (<a href=\"https://www.newyearsevetulsa.com/Purchase_Tickets.aspx\">tickets to which are $75 per</a>). All proceeds raised by THE Party will benefit the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve in the Blue Dome District</strong>\r\nWhen: 10pm-1am New Years Eve\r\nWhere: On Elgin Avenue between First and Second Streets\r\nPut a little bit of hip and historic into your New Years Eve celebration this year. Grab the kids (and feed them all manner of Pixie Stix and Fun Dip to keep them awake) and head to the Blue Dome District for some fireworks, as well as warm drinks for both the adults and the kids and beer for those 21 and over.\r\n<h2>The New Year in Motion</h2>\r\n<strong>Race Into the New Year</strong>When: 11:45pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tatur.org/RINY.html\">River Parks West Amphitheater</a>, 2100 W. Jackson Ave.\r\nRun from one year to the next with this sixth-annual 5K race along the Tulsa stretch of the Arkansas River. Look for a fun run, too - it\'ll start a bit earlier, at 11pm - as well as a live DJ, fireworks at the stroke of midnight, prizes and giveaways and champagne on the course. Don\'t miss out on the post-race plethora of food and drink, including black-eyed peas, cornbread, cookies and other treats. The race benefits the Tulsa Police Officers Memorial and supports <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the rebuilding of the Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The race fee is $25, or free for kids 5-11. <a href=\"https://secure.getmeregistered.com/get_information.php?event_id=3970\">Register here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Polar Bear Plunge</strong>\r\nWhen: 1:11pm New Years Day (Get it? 1/1/11 at 1:11?)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tatur.org/PolarPlunge.html\">River Parks West Amphitheater</a>, 2100 W. Jackson Ave.\r\nHow big a boy are ya? If you can complete this race - a two-mile run that sends you plunging into three swimming pools - you\'ll have me convinced that you are all that is man (or woman!) for now and forever. The entry fee is $25 for those who dress in costume and $30 to those who chicken out. Look for free pizza, cold beer and drinks at the race, and the first 300 to sign up for the race get finishers\' tees. Proceeds benefit the River Parks Trail Systems. If after <a href=\"http://runnersworldtulsa.zenfolio.com/p451670097#h10dad90a\">looking at these photos from last year\'s Polar Bear Plunge</a> you still think you\'ve got what it takes, <a href=\"http://tatur.org/polarplungeregister.html\">register here</a>.\r\n<h2>Movies</h2>\r\n<strong>Rocky Horror Picture Show</strong>\r\nWhen: 10pm and midnight showings\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\nIt’s the weird and wonderful as newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter a problem when they car halts in the rain...and we all know the rest of the story, but who cares? It\'s a classic! You have two chances to see it this New Years Eve at Tulsa\'s own Circle Cinema. While audience participation is encouraged as usual, please leave your water guns and items you\'d normally throw at the screen during this production at home. <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tickets are $10</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t see your favorite NYE party on this list?</strong> No big - we can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">E-mail me with the details</a>.','New Years Eve Tulsa 2010: Where to Celebrate','Champagne, fireworks, swanky parties, stuff to do for the kids and those silly 2011 glasses - here\'s where to get it all this New Years Eve in Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','4166-revision-13','','','2010-12-21 21:53:43','2010-12-22 02:53:43','',4166,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4166-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(3913,1,'2010-11-23 12:26:34','2010-11-23 18:26:34','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3914\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/art-wallets-tulsa-kids/dsc_0437/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3914\" title=\"Art Wallet by Exploding Mary Designs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_0437-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Art Wallet by Exploding Mary Designs\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEvery work-at-home mom has gotten that call at 10 a.m. that clients are on their way into town and that there\'s been a mandatory staff meeting called for 11 - a time frame that\'s not enough to send up smoke signals for a babysitter but just enough time to freak out about having to take your kid headlong into a button-up business situation.\r\n\r\nRather than ransack your kiddo\'s toy box for every toy that\'s silent but still keeps your little one occupied for long enough so he\'s not tempted to mash his snacks into the conference room carpet, pop into <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces, at 119 S. Detroit in downtown Tulsa</a>, on your way into the office and make a beeline for <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-turn-art-wallets-help-rolling-punches\">the genius little thing that\'s the star of the show over at my blog at TulsaKids.com today</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Art Wallets Help Moms Roll With the Punches','Every work-at-home mom has gotten that call at 10 a.m. that clients are on their way into town and that there\'s been a mandatory staff meeting called for 11 - a time frame that\'s not enough to send up smoke signals for a babysitter but just enough time to freak out about having to take your kid headlong into a button-up business situation.','private','open','open','','art-wallets-tulsa-kids','','','2011-07-10 11:45:23','2011-07-10 17:45:23','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=3913',0,'post','',4),(3914,1,'2010-11-23 12:25:24','2010-11-23 17:25:24','','Art Wallet by Exploding Mary Designs','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0437','','','2010-11-23 12:25:24','2010-11-23 17:25:24','',3913,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_0437.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3915,1,'2010-11-23 12:25:46','2010-11-23 17:25:46','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3914\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3914\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_0437-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Art Wallet by Exploding Mary Designs\" title=\"Art Wallet by Exploding Mary Designs\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3914\" /></a>\n\nEvery work-at-home mom has gotten that call at 10 a.m. that clients are on their way into town and that there\'s been a mandatory staff meeting called for 11 - a time frame that\'s not enough to send up smoke signals for a babysitter but just enough time to freak out about having to take your kid headlong into a button-up business situation.\n\nRather than ransack your kiddo\'s toy box for every toy that\'s silent but still keeps your little one occupied for long enough so he\'s not tempted to mash his snacks into the conference room carpet, pop into <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces, at 119 S. Detroit in downtown Tulsa</a>, on your way into the office and make a beeline for <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-turn-art-wallets-help-rolling-punches\">the genius little thing that\'s the star of the show over at my blog at TulsaKids.com today</a>.','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: Art Wallets Help Moms Roll With the Punches','','inherit','open','open','','3913-revision','','','2010-11-23 12:25:46','2010-11-23 17:25:46','',3913,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3913-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3088,1,'2010-10-18 14:52:45','2010-10-18 19:52:45','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3077\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-oktoberfest/dsc07659/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3077\" title=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07659-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/\">OktoberFest Tulsa 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.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nBeer. What I\'m alluding to is lots and lots and lots of delicious, refreshing beer.\r\n\r\nSo, that\'s at least one thing you know to do once you get to RiverWest Festival Park this weekend for Tulsa\'s famous OktoberFest.\r\n\r\nAs 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 <em>USA Today</em> as one of 10 great places to toast OktoberFest in this wide, wide world.\r\n\r\n<strong>1. Pick a designated driver.</strong> 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 drink and drive.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3078\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-oktoberfest/dsc07658/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3078\" title=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07658-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>2. Take the kids to Das Jugendzelt (the kids\' tent).</strong> 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.php\">Click here for the schedule of musicians in the kids\' tent at this year\'s OktoberFest</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>3. Race a weiner dog.</strong> Or, maybe you\'re game is bier barrel racing. Whatever OktoberFest sport suits your fancy, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/happenings.php\">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 at 1pm, and weiner dog fans should be ready to go at 1pm Sunday. The other games take place throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3079\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-oktoberfest/dsc07660/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3079\" title=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07660.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>4. Learn the Polka.</strong> 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 perhaps to the copious amounts of beer, everyone - and I mean <em>everyone</em> - dances. On my list of acts to see are Brandon Clark Band, the Polka Meisters, the Jambalaya Jass Band and the Gypsy Fire Belly Dancers. See? <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/happenings.php\">There\'s a little something for everyone</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3084\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-oktoberfest/dsc07697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3084\" title=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07697.jpg\" alt=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>5. Ride the rides, take a chance. </strong>The best deal on OktoberFest rides happens Friday, Oct. 22, 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 Tulsa. Speaking of hot deals, if you plan to head to OktoberFest on Thursday, be sure to hit the either the <a href=\"http://www.geekrescue.com/index.php\">Geek Rescue</a>, <a href=\"http://www.ktul.com/\">KTUL News Channel 8</a> or <a href=\"http://921thebeat.com/main.html\">92.1 The Beat</a> websites to pick up vouchers that will get you into the festival free of admission.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3080\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-oktoberfest/dsc07707/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3080\" title=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07707.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>6. Visit Das Sports Cafe.</strong> 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: 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.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs025.snc1/3116_1005921204428_1716858818_6590_104614_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\n<strong>7. Do the chicken dance with the Biermeister.</strong> Lovingly known as the main tent among long-time OktoberFest Tulsa goers, Das Bier Garten is that place where everyone from Junior, Jr. to Great-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 inspired by the yard bird we all know and love.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3081\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-oktoberfest/dsc07686/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3081\" title=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07686-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>8. Eat Kartoffelpuffer and Bavarian pretzels.</strong> While you\'re at it, eat some knackwurst and bratwurst from <a href=\"http://www.siegis.com/\">Siegi\'s Sausage Factory</a> with some sauerkraut, along with as much Bavarian-style cheesecake as your can muster. 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 this OktoberFest food stuff. Sissies! Surely the patrons of this year\'s festival can beat that. The nosh 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.php\">Click here for a full list of what\'s cookin\' at this year\'s OktoberFest</a>, complete with pricing. 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 <em><a href=\"http://bonappetit.com/\">Bon Appetit</a></em> voted back in 2005 that OktoberFest Tulsa is the place to get the best Bavarian food.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3082\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-oktoberfest/dsc07709/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3082\" title=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07709-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>9. Shop \'til you drop.</strong> While the big-box chain stores are already buttering you up for Christmas shopping, 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 in her sexy German accent (which is real, by the way - Sindy came to Tulsa straight from the home of lederhosen), \"Tasha, that is so Bavarian.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>10. Get in free.</strong> There are at least four ways to get through the gate at OktoberFest Tulsa this year without paying a dime. Thanks to the dudes at Geek Rescue, admission is free to anyone who presents <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/coupon.php\">this OktoberFest coupon on Thursday night</a>. Second, you could pick up the new Wunderbar Pass, which comes with free admission to the festival as well as a 1-liter collector\'s Spaten stein, free round-trip shuttle rides each day of the festival and one free pint of beer each day of the festival (they\'re $30, but knowing how much I\'ve spent on these things at the OktoberFests of the past, I officially declare this to be a hot deal). Third, senior citizens are admitted free on Friday from 11am-4pm. Last but not least, 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 about that on both counts.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3083\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-oktoberfest/dsc07678/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3083\" title=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07678-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs 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 more than $1 million in improvements and enhancements thanks to the festival.\r\n\r\nAdmission to OktoberFest Tulsa this year is $6, and remember, kids age 12 and under get in free. For details on parking, the location of shuttle stops and any other detail not listed here, check out the <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/festival.php\">OktoberFest Tulsa Web site</a>.\r\n\r\nCheers!\r\n\r\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>\r\nWhere: River West Festival Park, 2100 S. Jackson Ave.\r\nWhen: Oct. 21 (gates open at 5pm) - Oct. 24\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/index.php\">TulsaOktoberFest.org</a>','Top 10 Things to Do at OktoberFest Tulsa','OktoberFest Tulsa is upon us. 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Check it out.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Crawdads in My Sink</strong>. Where were you <a href=\"http://krmg.com/localnews/2010/10/45-magnitude-earthquake-rattle.html\">when the Oklahoma earthquake struck Tulsa last week</a>? <a href=\"http://crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/major/\">My guess is that you weren\'t here</a> (dude types, if you\'re squeamish, consider this your official warning before you click through). And Lord help Heather, who so unfortunately and precariously and awkwardly and hilariously <em>was</em>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blogging Basics 101</strong>. In case the fact has somehow escaped you, in spite of the efforts of some mysterious and superficial Facebook and Twitter memes, October is breast cancer awareness month. I have to agree with Melanie when she says, you know what? We get it. We all know it\'s breast cancer awareness month. Now, <a href=\"http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/10/facebook-memes-calls-to-action-breast-cancer-awareness/\">let\'s quit posting about the colors of our bras and where in our houses we like to put our purses and actually do something about this deadly disease</a>. Thanks for the smart and proactive use of resources, Melanie.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Real Housewives of Oklahoma</strong>. There\'s been a lot going on at the RHOK this week, including <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/ready-to-get-your-carve-on.html\">time-honored tips for how to carve a pumpkin</a>, a <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/wordless-wednesday-okie-girls-night-out.html\">recap of a night spent boot-scootin\'</a> and <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/napkin-art-fail.html\">one housewife\'s homage to Tulsa\'s own Napkin Dad</a> (see more news about ND below). <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/mcklinky-monday-frightful-movie.html\">Today the ladies are talking about scary movies</a>, so be sure to weigh in on which films you wouldn\'t watch without an extra change of pants.\r\n\r\n<strong>The School of Hard Knox</strong>. Speaking of scary movies, <a href=\"http://teresaknox.careerpathblog.com/ghost-story/\">Teresa at The School of Hard Knox has a local ghost story</a>. How she manages to return to work every day where she knows there\'s a \"presence\" is beyond me, but then again, I\'m a big wimp.\r\n\r\n<strong>Irritated Tulsan</strong>. Our favorite king of snark is back to blogging, and I can\'t tell you all how grateful I am. Because how long should a girl be expected to last without regular updates to my favorite IT series, <a href=\"http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/maple/\">Mattatarian\'s Food Offering of the Week</a> (a review of QuikTrip food)? And <a href=\"http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/annoying/\">posts that showcase Tulsa according to the annoyingly unoriginal names of businesses there</a>? Next time you take a sabbatical, IT, please give us plenty of notice beforehand so we can all schedule extra appointments with our therapists.\r\n\r\n<strong>Small Biz Survival</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/10/holiday-retail-ideas.html\">Becky at SBS has some tips for locally owned retailers for making the most of the upcoming holiday sales season</a>, including four tips on how to edge out the big-box, chain retailer competition. Whether or not you own a Tulsa-based retail business, remember to squeeze them into your Christmas shopping destinations list wherever you can. It could mean the difference between lights on the highways or none come this winter when our windshield wipers can\'t keep up with the ice and sleet.\r\n\r\n<strong>HQuizzle\'s Circus</strong>. Speaking of the holiday season, we\'re all looking down the barrel at a few extra hours waiting in line over the next couple of months as we do our shopping for presents and for holiday meals. And <a href=\"http://hquizzle.tumblr.com/post/1322474522/13-items-or-less-grocery-store-meltdown\">this eye-widening post about a veritable Express Lane melt-down</a> doesn\'t make me feel any better about any of it.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Noshery</strong>. Meseidy made it into round five of <a href=\"http://www.foodbuzz.com/project_food_blog?utm_campaign=pfb2010&amp;utm_content=2&amp;utm_medium=jswidget&amp;utm_source=thenoshery.com\">the bigger-than-big Project Food Blog challenge at foodie mega-site Food Buzz</a>, and like Babe Ruth as he famously pointed toward the fence before he slugged one over, <a href=\"http://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\">she\'s really hit it out of the park in this round of the contest</a>. The objective? Put your own spin on pizza. If the photos alone aren\'t enough to propel Meseidy and her Puerto Rican twist on this crusty classic into round six, then her recipe sure as heck will. Be sure to support this Tulsa blogger by <a href=\"http://www.foodbuzz.com/project_food_blog/challenges/5\">voting for her recipe here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Napkin Dad Daily</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.napkindad.com/2010/10/napkin-dad-request-to-vote.html\"> Speaking of bloggers up for big awards, Marty, the one and only Napkin Dad, has been selected as one of the finalists in the Mutual of Omaha Aha Moment campaign</a>. If he manages to get the most votes, Marty will appear in a nationwide TV commercial. Which would be pretty cool, if you ask me. Be sure to do your part to put this Tulsa blogger on the national stage and <a href=\"http://www.ahamoment.com/vote/marty\">vote here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>With even more award news in the Tulsa blogosphere</strong>, Tulsa bloggers <a href=\"http://www.batesline.com/\">Michael Bates of Batesline</a>, <a href=\"http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/\">Sarah Roe of Money Saving Queen</a> and <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/\">Brett McKay of The Art of Manliness</a> are nominated in this year\'s Tulsey awards. <a href=\"http://thetulseys.com/vote/\">Give your favorites a vote as often as you can until the deadline</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mommy Hates Cooking</strong>. If you\'re budget conscious but still are faced with several hungry mouths to feed each evening, check out <a href=\"http://www.mommyhatescooking.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-4.html\">the weekly Menu Plan Monday at Mommy Hates Cooking</a> and <a href=\"http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-week-of-october-18-2010.html\">Money Saving Queen</a> - today\'s is already up and ready for your cooking pleasure. Another thing: That Kristy and Sarah are sisters (!) is just one more reason why you should be reading their blogs. Because as far as I know, these girls are the only set of blogging siblings we have here in Tulsa. Which is pretty freaking cool.\r\n\r\n<strong>Global Table Adventure</strong>. Part of <a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com/\">Sasha\'s mission to cook a meal from each of nearly 200 countries</a> is to allow her infant daughter, Ava, to try the meals she whips up, too - on video. Watching Ava try these foods that would seem foreign to even the most seasoned of us foodies is a highlight of my week. Enjoy this week\'s edition, which highlights the cuisine of Columbia, <a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com/2010/10/18/monday-meal-review-colombia/\">here</a>. Really start watching at 1:09 - that expression is priceless.\r\n\r\n<strong>Okie Rednecks</strong>. This blogger can whip up <a href=\"http://brodricks.blogspot.com/2010/10/fair-results-2010.html\">jar upon jar of award-winning pickles</a>. And Lord knows I love me some pickles. And yes, you can bet that if there\'s someone who can make pickles to beat out the recipes of Oklahoma\'s grandmas at the Tulsa State Fair, I\'ve already asked if those suckers are for sale. My fingers are officially crossed.\r\n\r\n<strong>This Land Press</strong>. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/10/16/2010/westhope/\">Clint Baxter at This Land Press has a well-written and interesting piece on Tulsa\'s Frank Lloyd Wright house, Westhope</a>. If you don\'t know the history of this strange little architectural treasure, be sure to check out this post.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Gal</strong>. Nancy had a couple of interesting posts this week: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/tulsas-street-names.html\">One on the peculiar and particular way Tulsa\'s streets have been named</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/historic-food-anns-bakery.html\">another on Tulsa\'s historic bakeries</a>. Such interesting info, and I always love to look through the black-and-white photos on this blog of the way Tulsa used to be. Fascinating.\r\n\r\n<strong>Yogi\'s World</strong>. Ever noticed the ballerinas outside the Tulsa Historical Society and Tulsa Garden Center, just off Peoria? Yeah, me, too. <a href=\"http://crustygasguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-world-oklahomas-indian-ballerinas.html\">Learn more about them here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sugar Plum</strong>. Emily is a blogger from the Springfield-Branson area who came all the way to Tulsa last week to see the Black Keys show at Cain\'s Ballroom, and though her Buick Roadmaster gave her a scare (or two, as it were), <a href=\"http://www.visionsofsugarplum.com/2010/10/livin-on-tulsa-time.html\">she lived to tell about it</a>. And to post cool photos from her adventure, no less. Thanks for visiting, Emily!\r\n\r\n<strong>Topeca Coffee</strong>. <a href=\"http://topecacoffee.blogspot.com/\">Tulsa\'s only seed-to-cup coffee operation and one of my favorite coffee shops/cafes here in town has started a blog</a>. If you\'re a coffee lover, keep your eyes on this one - when it comes to this ancient brew, these Topeca people know what they\'re doing.\r\n\r\nWhich Tulsa blogs have you been reading this week?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\"><em>Amazing pizza photo by Meseidy of The Noshery</em></a>.','Earthquakes, Ghost Stories and Express Lane Melt-Downs: In Tulsa Blogs This Week','From earthquakes to ghost stories to Express Lane melt-downs, it\'s all in Tulsa blogs this week.','publish','open','open','','tulsa-blogs','','http://crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/major/\nhttp://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/10/facebook-memes-calls-to-action-breast-cancer-awareness/\nhttp://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/maple/\nhttp://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/annoying/\nhttp://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\nhttp://thetulseys.com/vote/\nhttp://www.mommyhatescooking.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-4.html\nhttp://www.moneysavingqueen.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-week-of-october-18-2010.html\nhttp://globaltableadventure.com/2010/10/18/monday-meal-review-colombia/\nhttp://thislandpress.com/10/16/2010/westhope/\nhttp://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\nhttp://teresaknox.careerpathblog.com/ghost-story/','2010-10-18 16:59:43','2010-10-18 21:59:43','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=3089',0,'post','',10),(3090,1,'2010-10-18 16:46:52','2010-10-18 21:46:52','','Pastelon Pizza by Meseidy of TheNoshery.com','','inherit','open','open','','img_3872','','','2010-10-18 16:46:52','2010-10-18 21:46:52','',3089,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/thenosherypizza.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',1),(3091,1,'2010-10-18 16:49:59','2010-10-18 21:49:59','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3090\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3090\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3090\" title=\"Pastelon Pizza by Meseidy of TheNoshery.com\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/thenosherypizza-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Pastelon Pizza by Meseidy of TheNoshery.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nFrom earthquakes to ghost stories to Express Lane melt-downs, it\'s all in Tulsa blogs this week. Check it out.\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\n<strong>Crawdads in My Sink</strong>. Where were you <a href=\"http://krmg.com/localnews/2010/10/45-magnitude-earthquake-rattle.html\">when the Oklahoma earthquake struck Tulsa last week</a>? <a href=\"http://crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/major/\">My guess is that you weren\'t here</a> (dude types, if you\'re squeamish, consider this your official warning before you click through). And Lord help Heather, who so unfortunately and precariously and awkwardly and hilariously <em>was</em>.\n\n<strong>Blogging Basics 101</strong>. In case the fact has somehow escaped you, in spite of the efforts of some mysterious and superficial Facebook and Twitter memes, October is breast cancer awareness month. I have to agree with Melanie when she says, you know what? We get it. We all know it\'s breast cancer awareness month. Now, <a href=\"http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/10/facebook-memes-calls-to-action-breast-cancer-awareness/\">let\'s quit posting about the colors of our bras and where in our houses we like to put our purses and actually do something about this deadly disease</a>. Thanks for the smart and proactive use of resources, Melanie.\n\n<strong>The Real Housewives of Oklahoma</strong>. There\'s been a lot going on at the RHOK this week, including <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/ready-to-get-your-carve-on.html\">time-honored tips for how to carve a pumpkin</a>, a <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/wordless-wednesday-okie-girls-night-out.html\">recap of a night spent boot-scootin\'</a> and <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/napkin-art-fail.html\">one housewife\'s homage to Tulsa\'s own Napkin Dad</a> (see more news about ND below). <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/mcklinky-monday-frightful-movie.html\">Today the ladies are talking about scary movies</a>, so be sure to weigh in on which films you wouldn\'t watch without an extra change of pants.\n\n<strong>The School of Hard Knox</strong>. Speaking of scary movies, <a href=\"http://teresaknox.careerpathblog.com/ghost-story/\">Teresa at The School of Hard Knox has a local ghost story</a>. How she manages to return to work every day where she knows there\'s a \"presence\" is beyond me, but then again, I\'m a big wimp.\n\n<strong>Irritated Tulsan</strong>. Our favorite king of snark is back to blogging, and I can\'t tell you all how grateful I am. Because how long should a girl be expected to last without regular updates to my favorite IT series, <a href=\"http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/maple/\">Mattatarian\'s Food Offering of the Week</a> (a review of QuikTrip food)? And <a href=\"http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/annoying/\">posts that showcase Tulsa according to the annoyingly unoriginal names of businesses there</a>? Next time you take a sabbatical, IT, please give us plenty of notice beforehand so we can all schedule extra appointments with our therapists.\n\n<strong>Small Biz Survival</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/10/holiday-retail-ideas.html\">Becky at SBS has some tips for locally owned retailers for making the most of the upcoming holiday sales season</a>, including four tips on how to edge out the big-box, chain retailer competition. Whether or not you own a Tulsa-based retail business, remember to squeeze them into your Christmas shopping destinations list wherever you can. It could mean the difference between lights on the highways or none come this winter when our windshield wipers can\'t keep up with the ice and sleet.\n\n<strong>HQuizzle\'s Circus</strong>. Speaking of the holiday season, we\'re all looking down the barrel at a few extra hours waiting in line over the next couple of months as we do our shopping for presents and for holiday meals. And <a href=\"http://hquizzle.tumblr.com/post/1322474522/13-items-or-less-grocery-store-meltdown\">this eye-widening post about a veritable Express Lane melt-down</a> doesn\'t make me feel any better about any of it.\n\n<strong>The Noshery</strong>. Meseidy made it into round five of <a href=\"http://www.foodbuzz.com/project_food_blog?utm_campaign=pfb2010&amp;utm_content=2&amp;utm_medium=jswidget&amp;utm_source=thenoshery.com\">the bigger-than-big Project Food Blog challenge at foodie mega-site Food Buzz</a>, and like Babe Ruth as he famously pointed toward the fence before he slugged one over, <a href=\"http://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\">she\'s really hit it out of the park in this round of the contest</a>. The objective? Put your own spin on pizza. If the photos alone aren\'t enough to propel Meseidy and her Puerto Rican twist on this crusty classic into round six, then her recipe sure as heck will. Be sure to support this Tulsa blogger by <a href=\"http://www.foodbuzz.com/project_food_blog/challenges/5\">voting for her recipe here</a>.\n\n<strong>Napkin Dad Daily</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.napkindad.com/2010/10/napkin-dad-request-to-vote.html\"> Speaking of bloggers up for big awards, Marty, the one and only Napkin Dad, has been selected as one of the finalists in the Mutual of Omaha Aha Moment campaign</a>. If he manages to get the most votes, Marty will appear in a nationwide TV commercial. Which would be pretty cool, if you ask me. Be sure to do your part to put this Tulsa blogger on the national stage and <a href=\"http://www.ahamoment.com/vote/marty\">vote here</a>.\n\n<strong>With even more award news in the Tulsa blogosphere</strong>, Tulsa bloggers <a href=\"http://www.batesline.com/\">Michael Bates of Batesline</a>, <a href=\"http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/\">Sarah Roe of Money Saving Queen</a> and <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/\">Brett McKay of The Art of Manliness</a> are nominated in this year\'s Tulsey awards. <a href=\"http://thetulseys.com/vote/\">Give your favorites a vote as often as you can until the deadline</a>.\n\n<strong>Mommy Hates Cooking</strong>. If you\'re budget conscious but still are faced with several hungry mouths to feed each evening, check out <a href=\"http://www.mommyhatescooking.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-4.html\">the weekly Menu Plan Monday at Mommy Hates Cooking</a> and <a href=\"http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-week-of-october-18-2010.html\">Money Saving Queen</a> - today\'s is already up and ready for your cooking pleasure. Another thing: That Kristy and Sarah are sisters (!) is just one more reason why you should be reading their blogs. Because as far as I know, these girls are the only set of blogging siblings we have here in Tulsa. Which is pretty freaking cool.\n\n<strong>Global Table Adventure</strong>. Part of <a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com/\">Sasha\'s mission to cook a meal from each of nearly 200 countries</a> is to allow her infant daughter, Ava, to try the meals she whips up, too - on video. Watching Ava try these foods that would seem foreign to even the most seasoned of us foodies is a highlight of my week. Enjoy this week\'s edition, which highlights the cuisine of Columbia, <a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com/2010/10/18/monday-meal-review-colombia/\">here</a>. Really start watching at 1:09 - that expression is priceless.\n\n<strong>Okie Rednecks</strong>. This blogger can whip up <a href=\"http://brodricks.blogspot.com/2010/10/fair-results-2010.html\">jar upon jar of award-winning pickles</a>. And Lord knows I love me some pickles. And yes, you can bet that if there\'s someone who can make pickles to beat out the recipes of Oklahoma\'s grandmas at the Tulsa State Fair, I\'ve already asked if those suckers are for sale. My fingers are officially crossed.\n\n<strong>This Land Press</strong>. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/10/16/2010/westhope/\">Clint Baxter at This Land Press has a well-written and interesting piece on Tulsa\'s Frank Lloyd Wright house, Westhope</a>. If you don\'t know the history of this strange little architectural treasure, be sure to check out this post.\n\n<strong>Tulsa Gal</strong>. Nancy had a couple of interesting posts this week: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/tulsas-street-names.html\">One on the peculiar and particular way Tulsa\'s streets have been named</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/historic-food-anns-bakery.html\">another on Tulsa\'s historic bakeries</a>. Such interesting info, and I always love to look through the black-and-white photos on this blog of the way Tulsa used to be. Fascinating.\n\n<strong>Yogi\'s World</strong>. Ever noticed the ballerinas outside the Tulsa Historical Society and Tulsa Garden Center, just off Peoria? Yeah, me, too. <a href=\"http://crustygasguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-world-oklahomas-indian-ballerinas.html\">Learn more about them here</a>.\n\n<strong>Sugar Plum</strong>. Emily is a blogger from the Springfield-Branson area who came all the way to Tulsa last week to see the Black Keys show at Cain\'s Ballroom, and though her Buick Roadmaster gave her a scare (or two, as it were), <a href=\"http://www.visionsofsugarplum.com/2010/10/livin-on-tulsa-time.html\">she lived to tell about it</a>. And to post cool photos from her adventure, no less. Thanks for visiting, Emily!\n\n<strong>Topeca Coffee</strong>. <a href=\"http://topecacoffee.blogspot.com/\">Tulsa\'s only seed-to-cup coffee operation and one of my favorite coffee shops/cafes here in town has started a blog</a>. If you\'re a coffee lover, keep your eyes on this one - these Topeca people know what they\'re doing.\n\nWhich Tulsa blogs have you been reading this week?\n\n<a href=\"http://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\"><em>Amazing pizza photo by Meseidy of The Noshery</em></a>.','Earthquakes, Ghost Stories and Express Lane Melt-Downs: In Tulsa Blogs This Week','From earthquakes to ghost stories to Express Lane melt-downs, it\'s all in Tulsa blogs this week.','inherit','open','open','','3089-revision','','','2010-10-18 16:49:59','2010-10-18 21:49:59','',3089,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3089-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3092,1,'2010-10-18 16:50:05','2010-10-18 21:50:05','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3090\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3090\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3090\" title=\"Pastelon Pizza by Meseidy of TheNoshery.com\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/thenosherypizza-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Pastelon Pizza by Meseidy of TheNoshery.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom earthquakes to ghost stories to Express Lane melt-downs, it\'s all in Tulsa blogs this week. Check it out.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Crawdads in My Sink</strong>. Where were you <a href=\"http://krmg.com/localnews/2010/10/45-magnitude-earthquake-rattle.html\">when the Oklahoma earthquake struck Tulsa last week</a>? <a href=\"http://crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/major/\">My guess is that you weren\'t here</a> (dude types, if you\'re squeamish, consider this your official warning before you click through). And Lord help Heather, who so unfortunately and precariously and awkwardly and hilariously <em>was</em>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blogging Basics 101</strong>. In case the fact has somehow escaped you, in spite of the efforts of some mysterious and superficial Facebook and Twitter memes, October is breast cancer awareness month. I have to agree with Melanie when she says, you know what? We get it. We all know it\'s breast cancer awareness month. Now, <a href=\"http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/10/facebook-memes-calls-to-action-breast-cancer-awareness/\">let\'s quit posting about the colors of our bras and where in our houses we like to put our purses and actually do something about this deadly disease</a>. Thanks for the smart and proactive use of resources, Melanie.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Real Housewives of Oklahoma</strong>. There\'s been a lot going on at the RHOK this week, including <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/ready-to-get-your-carve-on.html\">time-honored tips for how to carve a pumpkin</a>, a <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/wordless-wednesday-okie-girls-night-out.html\">recap of a night spent boot-scootin\'</a> and <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/napkin-art-fail.html\">one housewife\'s homage to Tulsa\'s own Napkin Dad</a> (see more news about ND below). <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/mcklinky-monday-frightful-movie.html\">Today the ladies are talking about scary movies</a>, so be sure to weigh in on which films you wouldn\'t watch without an extra change of pants.\r\n\r\n<strong>The School of Hard Knox</strong>. Speaking of scary movies, <a href=\"http://teresaknox.careerpathblog.com/ghost-story/\">Teresa at The School of Hard Knox has a local ghost story</a>. How she manages to return to work every day where she knows there\'s a \"presence\" is beyond me, but then again, I\'m a big wimp.\r\n\r\n<strong>Irritated Tulsan</strong>. Our favorite king of snark is back to blogging, and I can\'t tell you all how grateful I am. Because how long should a girl be expected to last without regular updates to my favorite IT series, <a href=\"http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/maple/\">Mattatarian\'s Food Offering of the Week</a> (a review of QuikTrip food)? And <a href=\"http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/annoying/\">posts that showcase Tulsa according to the annoyingly unoriginal names of businesses there</a>? Next time you take a sabbatical, IT, please give us plenty of notice beforehand so we can all schedule extra appointments with our therapists.\r\n\r\n<strong>Small Biz Survival</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/10/holiday-retail-ideas.html\">Becky at SBS has some tips for locally owned retailers for making the most of the upcoming holiday sales season</a>, including four tips on how to edge out the big-box, chain retailer competition. Whether or not you own a Tulsa-based retail business, remember to squeeze them into your Christmas shopping destinations list wherever you can. It could mean the difference between lights on the highways or none come this winter when our windshield wipers can\'t keep up with the ice and sleet.\r\n\r\n<strong>HQuizzle\'s Circus</strong>. Speaking of the holiday season, we\'re all looking down the barrel at a few extra hours waiting in line over the next couple of months as we do our shopping for presents and for holiday meals. And <a href=\"http://hquizzle.tumblr.com/post/1322474522/13-items-or-less-grocery-store-meltdown\">this eye-widening post about a veritable Express Lane melt-down</a> doesn\'t make me feel any better about any of it.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Noshery</strong>. Meseidy made it into round five of <a href=\"http://www.foodbuzz.com/project_food_blog?utm_campaign=pfb2010&amp;utm_content=2&amp;utm_medium=jswidget&amp;utm_source=thenoshery.com\">the bigger-than-big Project Food Blog challenge at foodie mega-site Food Buzz</a>, and like Babe Ruth as he famously pointed toward the fence before he slugged one over, <a href=\"http://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\">she\'s really hit it out of the park in this round of the contest</a>. The objective? Put your own spin on pizza. If the photos alone aren\'t enough to propel Meseidy and her Puerto Rican twist on this crusty classic into round six, then her recipe sure as heck will. Be sure to support this Tulsa blogger by <a href=\"http://www.foodbuzz.com/project_food_blog/challenges/5\">voting for her recipe here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Napkin Dad Daily</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.napkindad.com/2010/10/napkin-dad-request-to-vote.html\"> Speaking of bloggers up for big awards, Marty, the one and only Napkin Dad, has been selected as one of the finalists in the Mutual of Omaha Aha Moment campaign</a>. If he manages to get the most votes, Marty will appear in a nationwide TV commercial. Which would be pretty cool, if you ask me. Be sure to do your part to put this Tulsa blogger on the national stage and <a href=\"http://www.ahamoment.com/vote/marty\">vote here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>With even more award news in the Tulsa blogosphere</strong>, Tulsa bloggers <a href=\"http://www.batesline.com/\">Michael Bates of Batesline</a>, <a href=\"http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/\">Sarah Roe of Money Saving Queen</a> and <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/\">Brett McKay of The Art of Manliness</a> are nominated in this year\'s Tulsey awards. <a href=\"http://thetulseys.com/vote/\">Give your favorites a vote as often as you can until the deadline</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mommy Hates Cooking</strong>. If you\'re budget conscious but still are faced with several hungry mouths to feed each evening, check out <a href=\"http://www.mommyhatescooking.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-4.html\">the weekly Menu Plan Monday at Mommy Hates Cooking</a> and <a href=\"http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-week-of-october-18-2010.html\">Money Saving Queen</a> - today\'s is already up and ready for your cooking pleasure. Another thing: That Kristy and Sarah are sisters (!) is just one more reason why you should be reading their blogs. Because as far as I know, these girls are the only set of blogging siblings we have here in Tulsa. Which is pretty freaking cool.\r\n\r\n<strong>Global Table Adventure</strong>. Part of <a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com/\">Sasha\'s mission to cook a meal from each of nearly 200 countries</a> is to allow her infant daughter, Ava, to try the meals she whips up, too - on video. Watching Ava try these foods that would seem foreign to even the most seasoned of us foodies is a highlight of my week. Enjoy this week\'s edition, which highlights the cuisine of Columbia, <a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com/2010/10/18/monday-meal-review-colombia/\">here</a>. Really start watching at 1:09 - that expression is priceless.\r\n\r\n<strong>Okie Rednecks</strong>. This blogger can whip up <a href=\"http://brodricks.blogspot.com/2010/10/fair-results-2010.html\">jar upon jar of award-winning pickles</a>. And Lord knows I love me some pickles. And yes, you can bet that if there\'s someone who can make pickles to beat out the recipes of Oklahoma\'s grandmas at the Tulsa State Fair, I\'ve already asked if those suckers are for sale. My fingers are officially crossed.\r\n\r\n<strong>This Land Press</strong>. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/10/16/2010/westhope/\">Clint Baxter at This Land Press has a well-written and interesting piece on Tulsa\'s Frank Lloyd Wright house, Westhope</a>. If you don\'t know the history of this strange little architectural treasure, be sure to check out this post.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Gal</strong>. Nancy had a couple of interesting posts this week: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/tulsas-street-names.html\">One on the peculiar and particular way Tulsa\'s streets have been named</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/historic-food-anns-bakery.html\">another on Tulsa\'s historic bakeries</a>. Such interesting info, and I always love to look through the black-and-white photos on this blog of the way Tulsa used to be. Fascinating.\r\n\r\n<strong>Yogi\'s World</strong>. Ever noticed the ballerinas outside the Tulsa Historical Society and Tulsa Garden Center, just off Peoria? Yeah, me, too. <a href=\"http://crustygasguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-world-oklahomas-indian-ballerinas.html\">Learn more about them here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sugar Plum</strong>. Emily is a blogger from the Springfield-Branson area who came all the way to Tulsa last week to see the Black Keys show at Cain\'s Ballroom, and though her Buick Roadmaster gave her a scare (or two, as it were), <a href=\"http://www.visionsofsugarplum.com/2010/10/livin-on-tulsa-time.html\">she lived to tell about it</a>. And to post cool photos from her adventure, no less. Thanks for visiting, Emily!\r\n\r\n<strong>Topeca Coffee</strong>. <a href=\"http://topecacoffee.blogspot.com/\">Tulsa\'s only seed-to-cup coffee operation and one of my favorite coffee shops/cafes here in town has started a blog</a>. If you\'re a coffee lover, keep your eyes on this one - these Topeca people know what they\'re doing.\r\n\r\nWhich Tulsa blogs have you been reading this week?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\"><em>Amazing pizza photo by Meseidy of The Noshery</em></a>.','Earthquakes, Ghost Stories and Express Lane Melt-Downs: In Tulsa Blogs This Week','From earthquakes to ghost stories to Express Lane melt-downs, it\'s all in Tulsa blogs this week.','inherit','open','open','','3089-revision-2','','','2010-10-18 16:50:05','2010-10-18 21:50:05','',3089,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3089-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3093,1,'2010-10-18 16:50:05','2010-10-18 21:50:05','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3090\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-blogs/img_3872/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3090\" title=\"Pastelon Pizza by Meseidy of TheNoshery.com\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/thenosherypizza-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Pastelon Pizza by Meseidy of TheNoshery.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom earthquakes to ghost stories to Express Lane melt-downs, it\'s all in Tulsa blogs this week. Check it out.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Crawdads in My Sink</strong>. Where were you <a href=\"http://krmg.com/localnews/2010/10/45-magnitude-earthquake-rattle.html\">when the Oklahoma earthquake struck Tulsa last week</a>? <a href=\"http://crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/major/\">My guess is that you weren\'t here</a> (dude types, if you\'re squeamish, consider this your official warning before you click through). And Lord help Heather, who so unfortunately and precariously and awkwardly and hilariously <em>was</em>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blogging Basics 101</strong>. In case the fact has somehow escaped you, in spite of the efforts of some mysterious and superficial Facebook and Twitter memes, October is breast cancer awareness month. I have to agree with Melanie when she says, you know what? We get it. We all know it\'s breast cancer awareness month. Now, <a href=\"http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/10/facebook-memes-calls-to-action-breast-cancer-awareness/\">let\'s quit posting about the colors of our bras and where in our houses we like to put our purses and actually do something about this deadly disease</a>. Thanks for the smart and proactive use of resources, Melanie.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Real Housewives of Oklahoma</strong>. There\'s been a lot going on at the RHOK this week, including <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/ready-to-get-your-carve-on.html\">time-honored tips for how to carve a pumpkin</a>, a <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/wordless-wednesday-okie-girls-night-out.html\">recap of a night spent boot-scootin\'</a> and <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/napkin-art-fail.html\">one housewife\'s homage to Tulsa\'s own Napkin Dad</a> (see more news about ND below). <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/mcklinky-monday-frightful-movie.html\">Today the ladies are talking about scary movies</a>, so be sure to weigh in on which films you wouldn\'t watch without an extra change of pants.\r\n\r\n<strong>The School of Hard Knox</strong>. Speaking of scary movies, <a href=\"http://teresaknox.careerpathblog.com/ghost-story/\">Teresa at The School of Hard Knox has a local ghost story</a>. How she manages to return to work every day where she knows there\'s a \"presence\" is beyond me, but then again, I\'m a big wimp.\r\n\r\n<strong>Irritated Tulsan</strong>. Our favorite king of snark is back to blogging, and I can\'t tell you all how grateful I am. Because how long should a girl be expected to last without regular updates to my favorite IT series, <a href=\"http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/maple/\">Mattatarian\'s Food Offering of the Week</a> (a review of QuikTrip food)? And <a href=\"http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/annoying/\">posts that showcase Tulsa according to the annoyingly unoriginal names of businesses there</a>? Next time you take a sabbatical, IT, please give us plenty of notice beforehand so we can all schedule extra appointments with our therapists.\r\n\r\n<strong>Small Biz Survival</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/10/holiday-retail-ideas.html\">Becky at SBS has some tips for locally owned retailers for making the most of the upcoming holiday sales season</a>, including four tips on how to edge out the big-box, chain retailer competition. Whether or not you own a Tulsa-based retail business, remember to squeeze them into your Christmas shopping destinations list wherever you can. It could mean the difference between lights on the highways or none come this winter when our windshield wipers can\'t keep up with the ice and sleet.\r\n\r\n<strong>HQuizzle\'s Circus</strong>. Speaking of the holiday season, we\'re all looking down the barrel at a few extra hours waiting in line over the next couple of months as we do our shopping for presents and for holiday meals. And <a href=\"http://hquizzle.tumblr.com/post/1322474522/13-items-or-less-grocery-store-meltdown\">this eye-widening post about a veritable Express Lane melt-down</a> doesn\'t make me feel any better about any of it.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Noshery</strong>. Meseidy made it into round five of <a href=\"http://www.foodbuzz.com/project_food_blog?utm_campaign=pfb2010&amp;utm_content=2&amp;utm_medium=jswidget&amp;utm_source=thenoshery.com\">the bigger-than-big Project Food Blog challenge at foodie mega-site Food Buzz</a>, and like Babe Ruth as he famously pointed toward the fence before he slugged one over, <a href=\"http://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\">she\'s really hit it out of the park in this round of the contest</a>. The objective? Put your own spin on pizza. If the photos alone aren\'t enough to propel Meseidy and her Puerto Rican twist on this crusty classic into round six, then her recipe sure as heck will. Be sure to support this Tulsa blogger by <a href=\"http://www.foodbuzz.com/project_food_blog/challenges/5\">voting for her recipe here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Napkin Dad Daily</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.napkindad.com/2010/10/napkin-dad-request-to-vote.html\"> Speaking of bloggers up for big awards, Marty, the one and only Napkin Dad, has been selected as one of the finalists in the Mutual of Omaha Aha Moment campaign</a>. If he manages to get the most votes, Marty will appear in a nationwide TV commercial. Which would be pretty cool, if you ask me. Be sure to do your part to put this Tulsa blogger on the national stage and <a href=\"http://www.ahamoment.com/vote/marty\">vote here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>With even more award news in the Tulsa blogosphere</strong>, Tulsa bloggers <a href=\"http://www.batesline.com/\">Michael Bates of Batesline</a>, <a href=\"http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/\">Sarah Roe of Money Saving Queen</a> and <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/\">Brett McKay of The Art of Manliness</a> are nominated in this year\'s Tulsey awards. <a href=\"http://thetulseys.com/vote/\">Give your favorites a vote as often as you can until the deadline</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mommy Hates Cooking</strong>. If you\'re budget conscious but still are faced with several hungry mouths to feed each evening, check out <a href=\"http://www.mommyhatescooking.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-4.html\">the weekly Menu Plan Monday at Mommy Hates Cooking</a> and <a href=\"http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-week-of-october-18-2010.html\">Money Saving Queen</a> - today\'s is already up and ready for your cooking pleasure. Another thing: That Kristy and Sarah are sisters (!) is just one more reason why you should be reading their blogs. Because as far as I know, these girls are the only set of blogging siblings we have here in Tulsa. Which is pretty freaking cool.\r\n\r\n<strong>Global Table Adventure</strong>. Part of <a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com/\">Sasha\'s mission to cook a meal from each of nearly 200 countries</a> is to allow her infant daughter, Ava, to try the meals she whips up, too - on video. Watching Ava try these foods that would seem foreign to even the most seasoned of us foodies is a highlight of my week. Enjoy this week\'s edition, which highlights the cuisine of Columbia, <a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com/2010/10/18/monday-meal-review-colombia/\">here</a>. Really start watching at 1:09 - that expression is priceless.\r\n\r\n<strong>Okie Rednecks</strong>. This blogger can whip up <a href=\"http://brodricks.blogspot.com/2010/10/fair-results-2010.html\">jar upon jar of award-winning pickles</a>. And Lord knows I love me some pickles. And yes, you can bet that if there\'s someone who can make pickles to beat out the recipes of Oklahoma\'s grandmas at the Tulsa State Fair, I\'ve already asked if those suckers are for sale. My fingers are officially crossed.\r\n\r\n<strong>This Land Press</strong>. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/10/16/2010/westhope/\">Clint Baxter at This Land Press has a well-written and interesting piece on Tulsa\'s Frank Lloyd Wright house, Westhope</a>. If you don\'t know the history of this strange little architectural treasure, be sure to check out this post.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Gal</strong>. Nancy had a couple of interesting posts this week: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/tulsas-street-names.html\">One on the peculiar and particular way Tulsa\'s streets have been named</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/historic-food-anns-bakery.html\">another on Tulsa\'s historic bakeries</a>. Such interesting info, and I always love to look through the black-and-white photos on this blog of the way Tulsa used to be. Fascinating.\r\n\r\n<strong>Yogi\'s World</strong>. Ever noticed the ballerinas outside the Tulsa Historical Society and Tulsa Garden Center, just off Peoria? Yeah, me, too. <a href=\"http://crustygasguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-world-oklahomas-indian-ballerinas.html\">Learn more about them here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sugar Plum</strong>. Emily is a blogger from the Springfield-Branson area who came all the way to Tulsa last week to see the Black Keys show at Cain\'s Ballroom, and though her Buick Roadmaster gave her a scare (or two, as it were), <a href=\"http://www.visionsofsugarplum.com/2010/10/livin-on-tulsa-time.html\">she lived to tell about it</a>. And to post cool photos from her adventure, no less. Thanks for visiting, Emily!\r\n\r\n<strong>Topeca Coffee</strong>. <a href=\"http://topecacoffee.blogspot.com/\">Tulsa\'s only seed-to-cup coffee operation and one of my favorite coffee shops/cafes here in town has started a blog</a>. If you\'re a coffee lover, keep your eyes on this one - these Topeca people know what they\'re doing.\r\n\r\nWhich Tulsa blogs have you been reading this week?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\"><em>Amazing pizza photo by Meseidy of The Noshery</em></a>.','Earthquakes, Ghost Stories and Express Lane Melt-Downs: In Tulsa Blogs This Week','From earthquakes to ghost stories to Express Lane melt-downs, it\'s all in Tulsa blogs this week.','inherit','open','open','','3089-revision-3','','','2010-10-18 16:50:05','2010-10-18 21:50:05','',3089,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3089-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3094,1,'2010-10-18 16:59:42','2010-10-18 21:59:42','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3090\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/tulsa-blogs/img_3872/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3090\" title=\"Pastelon Pizza by Meseidy of TheNoshery.com\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/thenosherypizza-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Pastelon Pizza by Meseidy of TheNoshery.com\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom earthquakes to ghost stories to Express Lane melt-downs, it\'s all in Tulsa blogs this week. Check it out.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Crawdads in My Sink</strong>. Where were you <a href=\"http://krmg.com/localnews/2010/10/45-magnitude-earthquake-rattle.html\">when the Oklahoma earthquake struck Tulsa last week</a>? <a href=\"http://crawdadsinmysink.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/major/\">My guess is that you weren\'t here</a> (dude types, if you\'re squeamish, consider this your official warning before you click through). And Lord help Heather, who so unfortunately and precariously and awkwardly and hilariously <em>was</em>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Blogging Basics 101</strong>. In case the fact has somehow escaped you, in spite of the efforts of some mysterious and superficial Facebook and Twitter memes, October is breast cancer awareness month. I have to agree with Melanie when she says, you know what? We get it. We all know it\'s breast cancer awareness month. Now, <a href=\"http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2010/10/facebook-memes-calls-to-action-breast-cancer-awareness/\">let\'s quit posting about the colors of our bras and where in our houses we like to put our purses and actually do something about this deadly disease</a>. Thanks for the smart and proactive use of resources, Melanie.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Real Housewives of Oklahoma</strong>. There\'s been a lot going on at the RHOK this week, including <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/ready-to-get-your-carve-on.html\">time-honored tips for how to carve a pumpkin</a>, a <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/wordless-wednesday-okie-girls-night-out.html\">recap of a night spent boot-scootin\'</a> and <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/napkin-art-fail.html\">one housewife\'s homage to Tulsa\'s own Napkin Dad</a> (see more news about ND below). <a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2010/10/mcklinky-monday-frightful-movie.html\">Today the ladies are talking about scary movies</a>, so be sure to weigh in on which films you wouldn\'t watch without an extra change of pants.\r\n\r\n<strong>The School of Hard Knox</strong>. Speaking of scary movies, <a href=\"http://teresaknox.careerpathblog.com/ghost-story/\">Teresa at The School of Hard Knox has a local ghost story</a>. How she manages to return to work every day where she knows there\'s a \"presence\" is beyond me, but then again, I\'m a big wimp.\r\n\r\n<strong>Irritated Tulsan</strong>. Our favorite king of snark is back to blogging, and I can\'t tell you all how grateful I am. Because how long should a girl be expected to last without regular updates to my favorite IT series, <a href=\"http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/maple/\">Mattatarian\'s Food Offering of the Week</a> (a review of QuikTrip food)? And <a href=\"http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/annoying/\">posts that showcase Tulsa according to the annoyingly unoriginal names of businesses there</a>? Next time you take a sabbatical, IT, please give us plenty of notice beforehand so we can all schedule extra appointments with our therapists.\r\n\r\n<strong>Small Biz Survival</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/10/holiday-retail-ideas.html\">Becky at SBS has some tips for locally owned retailers for making the most of the upcoming holiday sales season</a>, including four tips on how to edge out the big-box, chain retailer competition. Whether or not you own a Tulsa-based retail business, remember to squeeze them into your Christmas shopping destinations list wherever you can. It could mean the difference between lights on the highways or none come this winter when our windshield wipers can\'t keep up with the ice and sleet.\r\n\r\n<strong>HQuizzle\'s Circus</strong>. Speaking of the holiday season, we\'re all looking down the barrel at a few extra hours waiting in line over the next couple of months as we do our shopping for presents and for holiday meals. And <a href=\"http://hquizzle.tumblr.com/post/1322474522/13-items-or-less-grocery-store-meltdown\">this eye-widening post about a veritable Express Lane melt-down</a> doesn\'t make me feel any better about any of it.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Noshery</strong>. Meseidy made it into round five of <a href=\"http://www.foodbuzz.com/project_food_blog?utm_campaign=pfb2010&amp;utm_content=2&amp;utm_medium=jswidget&amp;utm_source=thenoshery.com\">the bigger-than-big Project Food Blog challenge at foodie mega-site Food Buzz</a>, and like Babe Ruth as he famously pointed toward the fence before he slugged one over, <a href=\"http://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\">she\'s really hit it out of the park in this round of the contest</a>. The objective? Put your own spin on pizza. If the photos alone aren\'t enough to propel Meseidy and her Puerto Rican twist on this crusty classic into round six, then her recipe sure as heck will. Be sure to support this Tulsa blogger by <a href=\"http://www.foodbuzz.com/project_food_blog/challenges/5\">voting for her recipe here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Napkin Dad Daily</strong>. <a href=\"http://www.napkindad.com/2010/10/napkin-dad-request-to-vote.html\"> Speaking of bloggers up for big awards, Marty, the one and only Napkin Dad, has been selected as one of the finalists in the Mutual of Omaha Aha Moment campaign</a>. If he manages to get the most votes, Marty will appear in a nationwide TV commercial. Which would be pretty cool, if you ask me. Be sure to do your part to put this Tulsa blogger on the national stage and <a href=\"http://www.ahamoment.com/vote/marty\">vote here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>With even more award news in the Tulsa blogosphere</strong>, Tulsa bloggers <a href=\"http://www.batesline.com/\">Michael Bates of Batesline</a>, <a href=\"http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/\">Sarah Roe of Money Saving Queen</a> and <a href=\"http://artofmanliness.com/\">Brett McKay of The Art of Manliness</a> are nominated in this year\'s Tulsey awards. <a href=\"http://thetulseys.com/vote/\">Give your favorites a vote as often as you can until the deadline</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mommy Hates Cooking</strong>. If you\'re budget conscious but still are faced with several hungry mouths to feed each evening, check out <a href=\"http://www.mommyhatescooking.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-4.html\">the weekly Menu Plan Monday at Mommy Hates Cooking</a> and <a href=\"http://www.moneysavingqueen.com/2010/10/menu-plan-monday-week-of-october-18-2010.html\">Money Saving Queen</a> - today\'s is already up and ready for your cooking pleasure. Another thing: That Kristy and Sarah are sisters (!) is just one more reason why you should be reading their blogs. Because as far as I know, these girls are the only set of blogging siblings we have here in Tulsa. Which is pretty freaking cool.\r\n\r\n<strong>Global Table Adventure</strong>. Part of <a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com/\">Sasha\'s mission to cook a meal from each of nearly 200 countries</a> is to allow her infant daughter, Ava, to try the meals she whips up, too - on video. Watching Ava try these foods that would seem foreign to even the most seasoned of us foodies is a highlight of my week. Enjoy this week\'s edition, which highlights the cuisine of Columbia, <a href=\"http://globaltableadventure.com/2010/10/18/monday-meal-review-colombia/\">here</a>. Really start watching at 1:09 - that expression is priceless.\r\n\r\n<strong>Okie Rednecks</strong>. This blogger can whip up <a href=\"http://brodricks.blogspot.com/2010/10/fair-results-2010.html\">jar upon jar of award-winning pickles</a>. And Lord knows I love me some pickles. And yes, you can bet that if there\'s someone who can make pickles to beat out the recipes of Oklahoma\'s grandmas at the Tulsa State Fair, I\'ve already asked if those suckers are for sale. My fingers are officially crossed.\r\n\r\n<strong>This Land Press</strong>. <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/10/16/2010/westhope/\">Clint Baxter at This Land Press has a well-written and interesting piece on Tulsa\'s Frank Lloyd Wright house, Westhope</a>. If you don\'t know the history of this strange little architectural treasure, be sure to check out this post.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Gal</strong>. Nancy had a couple of interesting posts this week: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/tulsas-street-names.html\">One on the peculiar and particular way Tulsa\'s streets have been named</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/historic-food-anns-bakery.html\">another on Tulsa\'s historic bakeries</a>. Such interesting info, and I always love to look through the black-and-white photos on this blog of the way Tulsa used to be. Fascinating.\r\n\r\n<strong>Yogi\'s World</strong>. Ever noticed the ballerinas outside the Tulsa Historical Society and Tulsa Garden Center, just off Peoria? Yeah, me, too. <a href=\"http://crustygasguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-world-oklahomas-indian-ballerinas.html\">Learn more about them here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sugar Plum</strong>. Emily is a blogger from the Springfield-Branson area who came all the way to Tulsa last week to see the Black Keys show at Cain\'s Ballroom, and though her Buick Roadmaster gave her a scare (or two, as it were), <a href=\"http://www.visionsofsugarplum.com/2010/10/livin-on-tulsa-time.html\">she lived to tell about it</a>. And to post cool photos from her adventure, no less. Thanks for visiting, Emily!\r\n\r\n<strong>Topeca Coffee</strong>. <a href=\"http://topecacoffee.blogspot.com/\">Tulsa\'s only seed-to-cup coffee operation and one of my favorite coffee shops/cafes here in town has started a blog</a>. If you\'re a coffee lover, keep your eyes on this one - when it comes to this ancient brew, these Topeca people know what they\'re doing.\r\n\r\nWhich Tulsa blogs have you been reading this week?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thenoshery.com/2010/10/17/pastelon-pizza/\"><em>Amazing pizza photo by Meseidy of The Noshery</em></a>.','Earthquakes, Ghost Stories and Express Lane Melt-Downs: In Tulsa Blogs This Week','From earthquakes to ghost stories to Express Lane melt-downs, it\'s all in Tulsa blogs this week.','inherit','open','open','','3089-revision-4','','','2010-10-18 16:59:42','2010-10-18 21:59:42','',3089,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3089-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3860,1,'2010-11-19 16:45:36','2010-11-19 21:45:36','','Fassler Hall','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1696','','','2010-11-19 16:45:36','2010-11-19 21:45:36','',3854,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1696.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3861,1,'2010-11-19 16:51:14','2010-11-19 21:51:14','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3855\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3855\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1690-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3855\" /></a>\n\nLast week a couple of local bloggers and I met up at Fassler Hall. It\'s something we like to once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and to get our eat on. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3856\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" /></a>\n\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks. \n\n<!--more-->\n\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\n\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave., which so kindly invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session. \n \n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3857\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" /></a>\n\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places. \n\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered. \n\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life. \n\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3860\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3860\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1696-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3860\" /></a>\n\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer. \n\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3858\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" /></a>\n\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\n\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?). \n\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener. \n\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little, my friend. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3859\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" /></a>\n\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off. \n\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up. \n\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\n304 S. Elgin Ave. \n4pm-2am, seven days\n(918) 576-7898\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" style=\"border:none;width:130px;height:36px\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. 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It\'s something we like to do once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and chow down on some good grub from a locally owned restaurant.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1666-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave. The folks there invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session.\r\n\r\nAnd we\'re never the types to turn down an invitation to eat, drink, be merry and generally invade someplace.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1683-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places.\r\n\r\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered.\r\n\r\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life.\r\n\r\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman. Who takes cake from strangers? This girl.\r\n\r\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer.\r\n\r\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1654-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\r\n\r\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?).\r\n\r\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener.\r\n\r\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little meal, my friend.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1666-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off.\r\n\r\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1690-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3871\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16901-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3871\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter all, more than four dozen bloggers can\'t be wrong.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\r\n304 S. Elgin Ave.\r\n4pm-2am, seven days\r\n(918) 576-7898\r\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things.','publish','open','open','','fassler-hall','','','2010-11-19 17:03:13','2010-11-19 22:03:13','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=3854',0,'post','',7),(3102,1,'2010-10-19 12:16:29','2010-10-19 17:16:29','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/01/when-i-need-to-be-around-millions-of/3319910577_e97c07b4af/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3104\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/3319910577_e97c07b4af.jpg\" alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nThere\'s a place, just south of the B.A. Expressway on Mingo, that is a weird-yet-wonderful capital of all things pleasing to book, music and movie lovers, and to collectors, too.\n\nThe place I\'m talking about is <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page266.htm\">Gardner\'s Used Books and Music</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKZH-CiJNI/AAAAAAAAAhk/Ciy63EPnamM/s1600-h/DSC03330.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292460874305512658\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKZH-CiJNI/AAAAAAAAAhk/Ciy63EPnamM/s400/DSC03330.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\n\nThe store boasts a collection of nearly two million gently used books, all shelved by category and sprawling across a space of about a half-acre.\n\nThe two photos above are of just one shelf in the literature section and the section of books on local topics, respectively. There\'s so, so much more.\n\n<a href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYp4U8fnI/AAAAAAAAAhU/_puwxWGsYl4/s1600-h/DSC03335.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292460357376048754\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYp4U8fnI/AAAAAAAAAhU/_puwxWGsYl4/s400/DSC03335.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\n\nWant paperbacks? Head to Gardner\'s, where you can stock up on everything from Stephen King to naughty romance novels for next to nothing.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/01/when-i-need-to-be-around-millions-of/3320740080_620fdfb732/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3105\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/3320740080_620fdfb732.jpg\" alt=\"Gardner&#039;s Used Books\" title=\"Gardner&#039;s Used Books\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3105\" /></a>\n\nCalling all comic books fans! And fans of CDs, DVDs, Blu Ray and a variety of collectibles, including dolls and bells.\n\nYes, bells. Thousands of them.\n\nIt\'s a lot to peruse, and it could take all day - several days, in fact. But the only reason you\'ll have to leave is if you get sleepy; breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee and snacks and basically all of the sustenance you\'ll need for rooting around through miles of bookshelves are available at <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page527.htm\">Gatsby\'s Grill</a>.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/01/when-i-need-to-be-around-millions-of/dsc00669/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3103\" title=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/DSC00669.jpg\" alt=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/hungry-check-out-gatsbys-for-breakfast/\">Which is best at breakfast, in my opinion</a>. That\'s when you can get this giant breakfast sandwich and this mound of thickly grated hash browns and a cup of coffee for less than $5.\n\nNo, really. Under $5. I wouldn\'t kid you about such things.\n\nJust when you\'re coddling your coffee and you think you\'ve seen all there is to see, this opens up from a dark corner in the cafe:\n\n<a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYSJpk-RI/AAAAAAAAAhE/y-El9AOBA9c/s1600-h/DSC03338.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459949709130002\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYSJpk-RI/AAAAAAAAAhE/y-El9AOBA9c/s400/DSC03338.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\n\nThe gateway to a heaven of obscure and often hilarious books on everything from accounting to weight loss.\n\n<a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYJsOKPxI/AAAAAAAAAg8/NkG23r33WZE/s1600-h/DSC03339.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459804370550546\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYJsOKPxI/AAAAAAAAAg8/NkG23r33WZE/s400/DSC03339.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\n\nThis is the section of books on food and cooking, where I found titles such as \"Woman\'s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery Vol. 5,\" copyright 1966, and \"Whirlpool\'s Micro Menus Cookbook,\" copyright sometime during the days when microwaves the size of my conventional oven were going to save us all from the treachery of the kitchen.\n\nGardner\'s runs specials on books, music, movies and other do-dads all the time. <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page377.htm\">Be sure to check here for the latest deals</a>.\n\nAnother thing? Gardner\'s isn\'t just a place to buy stuff. It\'s a place to sell stuff, too. <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page463.htm\">Check out their book trade and sell policy</a> - who knows, you might have a valuable jewel you\'d be willing to part with in exchange for cash or, even better, more books.\n\nAnd remember Gardner\'s when you\'re shopping for gifts this Christmas, too. Here are some good (and weird, though nonetheless convincing) reasons why.\n\n<a href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXrRsqwkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/vSd37A9tHrY/s1600-h/DSC03347.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459281854677570\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXrRsqwkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/vSd37A9tHrY/s400/DSC03347.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\n\nI love children\'s books. I promise I\'ll never write one, though. The children\'s book section at Gardner\'s proves the world needs not more by anyone still living. The best ones were written (and illustrated) when my parents were kids.\n\nBut, that\'s just one blogger\'s opinion.\n\n<a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXcZWfV6I/AAAAAAAAAgc/wdGLD6ZT18E/s1600-h/DSC03351.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459026211100578\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXcZWfV6I/AAAAAAAAAgc/wdGLD6ZT18E/s400/DSC03351.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\n\nEven so, when our little one was 11 months old, he found a late model at Gardner\'s he just <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">had to have</span>. So, he threw his first-ever public fit in the floor of the children\'s book section.\n\n<a href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXjTk-gxI/AAAAAAAAAgk/Y8NckSI4iSw/s1600-h/DSC03354.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459144920335122\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXjTk-gxI/AAAAAAAAAgk/Y8NckSI4iSw/s400/DSC03354.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\n\nAnd he won.\n\nAnd we lost. Forever.\n\nBut if it means being begged for more trips to Gardner\'s Used Books, where children\'s books are always buy one, get on free, then that\'s one battle I\'m willing to lose.\n\n<strong>Gardner\'s Used Books</strong>\nWhere: 4421 S. Mingo Road\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 7am-8pm; Saturday, 8am-8pm; Sunday, 12-6pm\nCall: (918) 627-7323\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page266.htm\">GardnersBooks.com</a>\n\n<em>Revised from the original post on Jan. 18, 2009.</em>','When I Need to Be Around Millions of Books','','inherit','open','open','','78-autosave','','','2010-10-19 12:16:29','2010-10-19 17:16:29','',78,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/78-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3103,1,'2010-10-19 11:27:34','2010-10-19 16:27:34','','Gatsby\'s Grill','','inherit','open','open','','dsc00669','','','2010-10-19 11:27:34','2010-10-19 16:27:34','',78,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/DSC00669.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3105,1,'2010-10-19 12:13:10','2010-10-19 17:13:10','','Gardner\'s Used Books','','inherit','open','open','','3320740080_620fdfb732','','','2010-10-19 12:13:10','2010-10-19 17:13:10','',78,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/3320740080_620fdfb732.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3104,1,'2010-10-19 12:02:17','2010-10-19 17:02:17','','Gardner\'s Used Books','','inherit','open','open','','3319910577_e97c07b4af','','','2010-10-19 12:02:17','2010-10-19 17:02:17','',78,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/3319910577_e97c07b4af.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3106,1,'2009-01-18 02:42:00','2009-01-18 02:42:00','<div>I crawled out of bed yesterday only to throw myself into planning our 11-month-old\'s birthday party (any suggestions for a fun, low-cost venue would be oh-so-appreciated) while whirring away on my new exercise bike while <span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic; \">also</span> perusing the most recent annual Southern Living compilation of \"best\" recipes. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It\'s never good for me to flit through bad photos of gooey casseroles and mushy pasta renditions of West Side Story before 10 a.m. That I was sweating and out of breath at the same time was the perfect recipe for one of those headaches that starts between the eyes and, within half an hour, stiffens the back of the neck into hard little knots. </div><div><br /></div><div>I managed to bathe and get dressed anyway. Then, there was knocking at my door. </div><div><br /></div><div>When I\'m in a good mood and don\'t have a splitting headache, I think drop-in visits are the rudest thing ever. I mean, they make me whiney like a four-year-old. They make me feel like nothing good is ever going to happen to me again. When I don\'t feel well and could swear the house smells like a church potluck dinner, the way I feel about drop-in visits is, um, worse. </div><div><br /></div><div>At the door was my friend from my office days, who was scheduled to spend the day at my house with another friend of ours today. Not yesterday. Or, so I thought. The e-mail flurry we used to try to coordinate the visit happened during maybe five other e-mail flurries coordinating five other meetings, interviews and get-togethers. I got my wires crossed. </div><div><br /></div><div>Since I screwed up and thus deprived myself of delivering my (favorite) stern speech on how drop-in visits are uncouth and presumptuous, I ordered out for a full spread from <a href=\"http://kolamiic.weebly.com/\">Kolam Innovative Indian Cuisine</a>. After a plate-full of samosas, spring rolls, basmati rice, Kolam Signature Chicken Curry, Tikka Masala and Tandoori Chicken, the world was a beautiful place again. And, my headache was gone. I think <a href=\"http://tashadoestulsa.blogspot.com/2008/08/kolam-where-have-you-been-all-my-life.html\">the food at Kolam</a> maybe has magical powers of healing and happiness. </div><div><br /></div><div>After lunch and a chilly trip to the park, my friends departed. What a weird, yet-wonderful, day. How better to cap it off than to extend that same theme into the evening with a trip to <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/\">Gardner\'s Used Books and Music</a>? </div><div><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKY-9TMvMI/AAAAAAAAAhc/wbenZ1AVe2s/s1600-h/DSC03333.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKY-9TMvMI/AAAAAAAAAhc/wbenZ1AVe2s/s400/DSC03333.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292460719488154818\" border=\"0\" /></a></div><div>That place, just south of the B.A. Expressway on Mingo, is the weird-yet-wonderful capital of the universe. </div><div><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKZH-CiJNI/AAAAAAAAAhk/Ciy63EPnamM/s1600-h/DSC03330.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKZH-CiJNI/AAAAAAAAAhk/Ciy63EPnamM/s400/DSC03330.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292460874305512658\" border=\"0\" /></a>The store boasts a collection of nearly two million gently used books, all shelved by category and sprawling about a half-acre. The two photos above are of just one shelf in the literature section and the section of books on local topics, respectively. </div><div><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYp4U8fnI/AAAAAAAAAhU/_puwxWGsYl4/s1600-h/DSC03335.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYp4U8fnI/AAAAAAAAAhU/_puwxWGsYl4/s400/DSC03335.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292460357376048754\" border=\"0\" /></a>Want paperbacks? Head to Gardner\'s, where you can stock up for next to nothing. </div><div><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYZCeyCUI/AAAAAAAAAhM/R6ekalL7Q1U/s1600-h/DSC03336.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYZCeyCUI/AAAAAAAAAhM/R6ekalL7Q1U/s400/DSC03336.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292460068043884866\" border=\"0\" /></a>Calling all comic books fans. And fans of CDs, DVDs, Blu Ray and a variety of collectibles, including dolls and bells. </div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, bells. Thousands of them. </div><div><br /></div><div>And, there\'s a coffee shop, Espresso by the Book. There\'s my husband and baby boy picking up the latest copy of <a href=\"http://www.urbantulsa.com\">Urban Tulsa Weekly</a>. </div><div><br /><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXyglEmyI/AAAAAAAAAg0/Bfqf8DjAoZA/s400/DSC03345.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459406108433186\" border=\"0\" />Just when you\'re coddling your coffee and you think you\'ve seen all there is to see, this opens up from a dark corner in the coffee shop:</div><div> <br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYSJpk-RI/AAAAAAAAAhE/y-El9AOBA9c/s1600-h/DSC03338.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYSJpk-RI/AAAAAAAAAhE/y-El9AOBA9c/s400/DSC03338.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459949709130002\" border=\"0\" /></a></div><div>The gateway to a heaven of obscure and often hilarious books. <br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYJsOKPxI/AAAAAAAAAg8/NkG23r33WZE/s1600-h/DSC03339.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYJsOKPxI/AAAAAAAAAg8/NkG23r33WZE/s400/DSC03339.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459804370550546\" border=\"0\" /></a>This is the section of books on food and cooking, where I found titles such as \"Woman\'s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery Vol. 5,\" copyright 1966, and \"Whirlpool\'s Micro Menus Cookbook,\" copyright sometime during the days when microwaves the size of my conventional oven were going to save us all from the treachery of the kitchen. <br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXrRsqwkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/vSd37A9tHrY/s1600-h/DSC03347.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXrRsqwkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/vSd37A9tHrY/s400/DSC03347.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459281854677570\" border=\"0\" /></a>I love children\'s books. I promise I\'ll never write one, though. The children\'s book section at Gardner\'s proves the world needs not more by anyone still living. The best ones were written (and illustrated) when my parents were kids. But, that\'s just one blogger\'s opinion. <br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXcZWfV6I/AAAAAAAAAgc/wdGLD6ZT18E/s1600-h/DSC03351.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXcZWfV6I/AAAAAAAAAgc/wdGLD6ZT18E/s400/DSC03351.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459026211100578\" border=\"0\" /></a></div><div>Even so, our little one found a late model he just <span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">had to have</span>. So, he threw his first public fit in the floor of the children\'s book section.  </div><div><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXjTk-gxI/AAAAAAAAAgk/Y8NckSI4iSw/s1600-h/DSC03354.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXjTk-gxI/AAAAAAAAAgk/Y8NckSI4iSw/s400/DSC03354.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459144920335122\" border=\"0\" /></a>He won. We lost. Forever. </div><div><br /></div><div>Hours at Gardner\'s are Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun., 12 p.m.-6 p.m.</div>','When I Need to Be Around Millions of Books','','inherit','open','open','','78-revision','','','2009-01-18 02:42:00','2009-01-18 02:42:00','',78,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/01/78-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3108,1,'2010-10-19 12:17:11','2010-10-19 17:17:11','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/gardners-used-books/3319910577_e97c07b4af/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3104\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/3319910577_e97c07b4af.jpg\" alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s a place, just south of the B.A. Expressway on Mingo, that is a weird-yet-wonderful capital of all things pleasing to book, music and movie lovers, and to collectors, too.\r\n\r\nThe place I\'m talking about is <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page266.htm\">Gardner\'s Used Books and Music</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKZH-CiJNI/AAAAAAAAAhk/Ciy63EPnamM/s1600-h/DSC03330.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292460874305512658\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKZH-CiJNI/AAAAAAAAAhk/Ciy63EPnamM/s400/DSC03330.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe store boasts a collection of nearly two million gently used books, all shelved by category and sprawling across a space of about a half-acre.\r\n\r\nThe two photos above are of just one shelf in the literature section and the section of books on local topics, respectively. There\'s so, so much more.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYp4U8fnI/AAAAAAAAAhU/_puwxWGsYl4/s1600-h/DSC03335.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292460357376048754\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYp4U8fnI/AAAAAAAAAhU/_puwxWGsYl4/s400/DSC03335.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWant paperbacks? Head to Gardner\'s, where you can stock up on everything from Stephen King to naughty romance novels for next to nothing.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/gardners-used-books/3320740080_620fdfb732/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3105\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/3320740080_620fdfb732.jpg\" alt=\"Gardner&#039;s Used Books\" title=\"Gardner&#039;s Used Books\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3105\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCalling all comic books fans! And fans of CDs, DVDs, Blu Ray and a variety of collectibles, including dolls and bells.\r\n\r\nYes, bells. Thousands of them.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a lot to peruse, and it could take all day - several days, in fact. But the only reason you\'ll have to leave is if you get sleepy; breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee and snacks and basically all of the sustenance you\'ll need for rooting around through miles of bookshelves are available at <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page527.htm\">Gatsby\'s Grill</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/gardners-used-books/dsc00669/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3103\" title=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/DSC00669.jpg\" alt=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/hungry-check-out-gatsbys-for-breakfast/\">Which is best at breakfast, in my opinion</a>. That\'s when you can get this giant breakfast sandwich and this mound of thickly grated hash browns and a cup of coffee for less than $5.\r\n\r\nNo, really. Under $5. I wouldn\'t kid you about such things.\r\n\r\nJust when you\'re coddling your coffee and you think you\'ve seen all there is to see, this opens up from a dark corner in the cafe:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYSJpk-RI/AAAAAAAAAhE/y-El9AOBA9c/s1600-h/DSC03338.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459949709130002\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYSJpk-RI/AAAAAAAAAhE/y-El9AOBA9c/s400/DSC03338.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe gateway to a heaven of obscure and often hilarious books on everything from accounting to weight loss.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYJsOKPxI/AAAAAAAAAg8/NkG23r33WZE/s1600-h/DSC03339.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459804370550546\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYJsOKPxI/AAAAAAAAAg8/NkG23r33WZE/s400/DSC03339.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is the section of books on food and cooking, where I found titles such as \"Woman\'s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery Vol. 5,\" copyright 1966, and \"Whirlpool\'s Micro Menus Cookbook,\" copyright sometime during the days when microwaves the size of my conventional oven were going to save us all from the treachery of the kitchen.\r\n\r\nGardner\'s runs specials on books, music, movies and other do-dads all the time. <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page377.htm\">Be sure to check here for the latest deals</a>.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Gardner\'s isn\'t just a place to buy stuff. It\'s a place to sell stuff, too. <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page463.htm\">Check out their book trade and sell policy</a> - who knows, you might have a valuable jewel you\'d be willing to part with in exchange for cash or, even better, more books.\r\n\r\nAnd remember Gardner\'s when you\'re shopping for gifts this Christmas, too. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tdt-holiday-gift-guide-gardners-used/\">Here are some good (and weird, though nonetheless convincing) reasons why</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXrRsqwkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/vSd37A9tHrY/s1600-h/DSC03347.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459281854677570\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXrRsqwkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/vSd37A9tHrY/s400/DSC03347.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love children\'s books. I promise I\'ll never write one, though. The children\'s book section at Gardner\'s proves the world needs not more by anyone still living. The best ones were written (and illustrated) when my parents were kids.\r\n\r\nBut, that\'s just one blogger\'s opinion.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXcZWfV6I/AAAAAAAAAgc/wdGLD6ZT18E/s1600-h/DSC03351.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459026211100578\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXcZWfV6I/AAAAAAAAAgc/wdGLD6ZT18E/s400/DSC03351.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven so, when our little one was 11 months old, he found a late model at Gardner\'s he just <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">had to have</span>. So, he threw his first-ever public fit in the floor of the children\'s book section.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXjTk-gxI/AAAAAAAAAgk/Y8NckSI4iSw/s1600-h/DSC03354.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459144920335122\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXjTk-gxI/AAAAAAAAAgk/Y8NckSI4iSw/s400/DSC03354.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he won.\r\n\r\nAnd we lost. Forever.\r\n\r\nBut if it means being begged for more trips to Gardner\'s Used Books, where children\'s books are always buy one, get on free, then that\'s one battle I\'m willing to lose.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gardner\'s Used Books</strong>\r\nWhere: 4421 S. Mingo Road\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 7am-8pm; Saturday, 8am-8pm; Sunday, 12-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 627-7323\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page266.htm\">GardnersBooks.com</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Revised from the original post on Jan. 18, 2009.</em>','When I Need to Be Around Millions of Books','There\'s a place, just south of the B.A. Expressway on Mingo, that is a weird-yet-wonderful capital of all things pleasing to book, music and movie lovers, and to collectors, too.','inherit','open','open','','78-revision-3','','','2010-10-19 12:17:11','2010-10-19 17:17:11','',78,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/78-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3109,1,'2010-10-19 12:18:43','2010-10-19 17:18:43','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/gardners-used-books/3319910577_e97c07b4af/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3104\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/3319910577_e97c07b4af.jpg\" alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s a place, just south of the B.A. Expressway on Mingo, that is a weird-yet-wonderful capital of all things pleasing to book, music and movie lovers, and to collectors, too.\r\n\r\nThe place I\'m talking about is <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page266.htm\">Gardner\'s Used Books and Music</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKZH-CiJNI/AAAAAAAAAhk/Ciy63EPnamM/s1600-h/DSC03330.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292460874305512658\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKZH-CiJNI/AAAAAAAAAhk/Ciy63EPnamM/s400/DSC03330.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe store boasts a collection of nearly two million gently used books, all shelved by category and sprawling across a space of about a half-acre.\r\n\r\nThe two photos above are of just one shelf in the literature section and the section of books on local topics, respectively. There\'s so, so much more.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYp4U8fnI/AAAAAAAAAhU/_puwxWGsYl4/s1600-h/DSC03335.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292460357376048754\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYp4U8fnI/AAAAAAAAAhU/_puwxWGsYl4/s400/DSC03335.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWant paperbacks? Head to Gardner\'s, where you can stock up on everything from Stephen King to naughty romance novels for next to nothing.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/gardners-used-books/3320740080_620fdfb732/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3105\" title=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/3320740080_620fdfb732.jpg\" alt=\"Gardner\'s Used Books\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCalling all comic books fans! And fans of CDs, DVDs, Blu Ray and a variety of collectibles, including dolls and bells.\r\n\r\nYes, bells. Thousands of them.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a lot to peruse, and it could take all day - several days, in fact. But the only reason you\'ll have to leave is if you get sleepy; breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee and snacks and basically all of the sustenance you\'ll need for rooting around through miles of bookshelves are available at <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page527.htm\">Gatsby\'s Grill</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/gardners-used-books/dsc00669/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3103\" title=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/DSC00669.jpg\" alt=\"Gatsby\'s Grill\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/hungry-check-out-gatsbys-for-breakfast/\">Which is best at breakfast, in my opinion</a>. That\'s when you can get this giant breakfast sandwich and this mound of thickly grated hash browns and a cup of coffee for less than $5.\r\n\r\nNo, really. Under $5. I wouldn\'t kid you about such things.\r\n\r\nJust when you\'re coddling your coffee and you think you\'ve seen all there is to see, this opens up from a dark corner in the cafe:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYSJpk-RI/AAAAAAAAAhE/y-El9AOBA9c/s1600-h/DSC03338.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459949709130002\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYSJpk-RI/AAAAAAAAAhE/y-El9AOBA9c/s400/DSC03338.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe gateway to a heaven of obscure and often hilarious books on everything from accounting to weight loss.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYJsOKPxI/AAAAAAAAAg8/NkG23r33WZE/s1600-h/DSC03339.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459804370550546\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKYJsOKPxI/AAAAAAAAAg8/NkG23r33WZE/s400/DSC03339.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is the section of books on food and cooking, where I found titles such as \"Woman\'s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery Vol. 5,\" copyright 1966, and \"Whirlpool\'s Micro Menus Cookbook,\" copyright sometime during the days when microwaves the size of my conventional oven were going to save us all from the treachery of the kitchen.\r\n\r\nGardner\'s runs specials on books, music, movies and other do-dads all the time. <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page377.htm\">Be sure to check here for the latest deals</a>.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Gardner\'s isn\'t just a place to buy stuff. It\'s a place to sell stuff, too. <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page463.htm\">Check out their book trade and sell policy</a> - who knows, you might have a valuable jewel you\'d be willing to part with in exchange for cash or, even better, more books.\r\n\r\nAnd remember Gardner\'s when you\'re shopping for gifts this Christmas, too. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tdt-holiday-gift-guide-gardners-used/\">Here are some good (and weird, though nonetheless convincing) reasons why</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXrRsqwkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/vSd37A9tHrY/s1600-h/DSC03347.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459281854677570\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXrRsqwkI/AAAAAAAAAgs/vSd37A9tHrY/s400/DSC03347.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love children\'s books. I promise I\'ll never write one, though. The children\'s book section at Gardner\'s proves the world needs not more by anyone still living. The best ones were written (and illustrated) when my parents were kids.\r\n\r\nBut, that\'s just one blogger\'s opinion.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXcZWfV6I/AAAAAAAAAgc/wdGLD6ZT18E/s1600-h/DSC03351.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459026211100578\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXcZWfV6I/AAAAAAAAAgc/wdGLD6ZT18E/s400/DSC03351.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven so, when our little one was 11 months old, he found a late model at Gardner\'s he just <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">had to have</span>. So, he threw his first-ever public fit in the floor of the children\'s book section.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXjTk-gxI/AAAAAAAAAgk/Y8NckSI4iSw/s1600-h/DSC03354.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292459144920335122\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SXKXjTk-gxI/AAAAAAAAAgk/Y8NckSI4iSw/s400/DSC03354.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he won.\r\n\r\nAnd we lost. Forever.\r\n\r\nBut if it means being begged for more trips to Gardner\'s Used Books, where children\'s books are always buy one, get on free, then that\'s one battle I\'m willing to lose.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gardner\'s Used Books</strong>\r\nWhere: 4421 S. Mingo Road\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 7am-8pm; Saturday, 8am-8pm; Sunday, 12-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 627-7323\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.gardnersbooks.com/index_files/Page266.htm\">GardnersBooks.com</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Revised from the original post on Jan. 18, 2009.</em>','When I Need to Be Around Millions of Books','There\'s a place, just south of the B.A. Expressway on Mingo, that is a weird-yet-wonderful capital of all things pleasing to book, music and movie lovers, and to collectors, too.','inherit','open','open','','78-revision-4','','','2010-10-19 12:18:43','2010-10-19 17:18:43','',78,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/78-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4051,1,'2010-11-28 23:46:44','2010-11-29 04:46:44','<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=117565210651590258383.00049624b5c89fed91591&amp;ll=36.578041,-95.61676&amp;spn=1.837229,3.348083&amp;iwloc=00049624ba4ac927b2a76&amp;output=embed\"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=117565210651590258383.00049624b5c89fed91591&amp;ll=36.578041,-95.61676&amp;spn=1.837229,3.348083&amp;iwloc=00049624ba4ac927b2a76&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">Get Your Lights On 2010</a> in a larger map</small>\r\n\r\nPut down that mammoth wad of Christmas lights - not even Clark Griswold would touch it with a ten-foot pole. Instead, brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings that come to Tulsa at this time of year by taking your friends, family and that special someone on a tour of the millions - yes, <em>millions</em> - of little lights twinkling in and around town.\r\n\r\nHere\'s where to find \'em. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4142040433/\" title=\"Rhema Christmas Light Display by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4142040433_ffab3dc2c3.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Rhema Christmas Light Display\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at Rhema Bible College</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rhema.org/\">Rhema Bible College</a>, 1025 West Kenosha Street\r\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College, where the folks there have been making Broken Arrow visible from space for 28 years. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up nearly 2 million lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but you\'ll never know unless you go see for yourself. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to bring some cash for a cup of hot chocolate or cider. The kicker? Once you fight the traffic and find parking, there really isn\'t one. The lights display at Rhema is as pure a wonderland as you can get with the non-alcoholic egg nog types. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4156215289/\" title=\"Utica Square by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4156215289_19a7f8989a.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Utica Square\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at Utica Square</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\r\nSip on some hot chocolate, take a stroll with the fam and take in the magic that is the 700,000 white Christmas lights twinkling in 175 trees at our park-like Utica Square. Don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus on your way out. Pro tip: The larger-than-life nutcrackers make excellent backdrops for photos of both the awkward family and zany variety. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights at The Blue Whale on Route 66</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/bluewhalek2c66\">The Blue Whale in Catoosa</a>, just off old Route 66\r\nEver wonder what our beloved, historic Blue Whale would look like decked out in lights? Good news - you get to find out this year! Simply hit Route 66 to Catoosa - you can\'t miss it. And don\'t you dare forget that camera.\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Lights in the Blue Dome District</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: Downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District, centered on 2nd and Elgin Ave. \r\nI\'ll give you three tries to guess what color the Christmas lights are going to be in the Blue Dome District for this lights-on event, but my bet is that you\'re only gonna need one. Don\'t miss this first-ever holiday lights display in downtown\'s hip and happening BDD. \r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\r\nWhen: Now-New Year\'s Eve, 6-10pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables along with thousands of lights in this fifth-annual free event. Check out the horse carriage rides, the chance to make a Christmas tree ornament with Santa\'s Elves, tractor-drawn hay rides and even a visit with Father Christmas while you\'re there. <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">Check out the full range of things to do at Christmas Kingdom here</a>.\r\n\r\n<object width=\"500\" height=\"400\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6wMtsKj6_Qs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6wMtsKj6_Qs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\r\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\r\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\r\nStarting date: Now-Dec. 31\r\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\r\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\r\n\r\n<strong>Holiday on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rsu.edu/\">Rogers State University in Claremore</a>, in front of Preparatory Hall, the gold-domed building at the campus main entrance\r\nDon\'t miss Claremore\'s RSU campus go up in more than 24,000 lights while Dr. David Blakely performs a reading of the holiday classic, \"T\'was the Night Before Christmas.\" Look also for performances by the RSU Choir and preschoolers from the RSU Child Development Center. All are encouraged to bring cameras and be ready for photo ops with Santa and Hunter the Hillcat. Free hot chocolate and hot apple cider will be served. It\'s all free and open to the public. \r\n\r\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm, until Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public. And can you imagine how the Arkansas\'s gonna look as it reflects the glow of a smattering of Christmas lights? Ah. Perfect-o. \r\n\r\n<strong>Winterfest</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Jan. 2\r\nWhere: 3rd and Frisco, just outside the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa\r\nWanna see the largest Christmas tree in the entire state of Oklahoma, bedecked with more than 35,000 lights? Then you\'ve gotta check out the new and improved third annual Winterfest celebration in downtown Tulsa. While you\'re there, relish the chance to ice skate outdoors (not always a sure thing when it comes to winter in Oklahoma) on a 9,000-square-foot ice rink, live entertainment, photo ops with the Segway Santa, amusement park-style rides and trips through the glittering streets of downtown by horse-drawn carriage. <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com//default.asp?bok=223&urlkeyword=Winterfest%202010\">Get the full scoop on what\'s going on at Winterfest right here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Christmas\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\r\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Whatever you do, don’t tip a sleeping Rudolph.\r\n\r\nSo. Where do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/\">Image from UticaSquare.com</a>.</em>','Get Your Lights On 2010: Where to Find Christmas Lights in Tulsa','Brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings that come to Tulsa at this time of year by taking your friends, family and that special someone on a tour of the millions - yes, <em>millions</em> - of little lights twinkling in and around town. Here\'s where to find \'em. ','inherit','open','open','','4027-revision-6','','','2010-11-28 23:46:44','2010-11-29 04:46:44','',4027,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4027-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4048,1,'2010-11-28 23:45:49','2010-11-29 04:45:49','','uticasquare','','inherit','open','open','','uticasquare','','','2010-11-28 23:45:49','2010-11-29 04:45:49','',4027,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/uticasquare.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5789,1,'2011-02-10 10:36:11','2011-02-10 15:36:11','<strong>PSST: <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_tags/valentines-day/\" target=\"_blank\">Looking for 2012 Valentine\'s Day things to do in Tulsa, Oklahoma?</strong> Snuggle up to the full list at DO WHAT? at This Land Press</a>. Your love life will thank you.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/where-to-eat-in-tulsa-this-valentines-day-2011/4331002310_75a9b6d56e_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5797\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/4331002310_75a9b6d56e_o-500x394.jpg\" alt=\"Valentines Day Eats in Tulsa\" title=\"Valentines Day Eats in Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5797\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsafoodblog.com/\">The folks over at Tulsa Food</a>, <a href=\"http://shoptulsa.org/\">ShopTulsa</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">Tasha Does Tulsa</a> have collaborated to bring you a list of the best of the best Tulsa restaurants to call for a reservation for Valentine\'s Day weekend, complete with reviews, deals, special menus, recommendations on what to order and, of course, the numbers to punch on your phone when it\'s time to make your reservations.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nHere\'s to your own Lady in the Tramp spaghetti-eating scene-in-the-making. In no particular order, here are our top picks for the most romantic restaurants in Tulsa:\r\n\r\n<strong>Stonehorse Cafe</strong>\r\nWhere: 1748 Utica Square\r\nPhone: (918) 712-7470\r\nPricing (out of five $, with five being priciest): $$$\r\nWhat to Order: The Bleu Salad; Pizza Margherita; Anything made with Stonehorse\'s housemade sausage; Bread pudding (order it with dinner, though, because it\'s made to-order, individually)\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: Wonderful wine list and all their food is made from scratch: From sauces, pastas to ice cream. The meat is always of utmost quality and seafood is very fresh. Stonehorse is in Utica Square, so it\'s perfect for a romantic stroll before or after dinner.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: It\'s easy to get cozy at Stonehorse. It\'s even easier to get an unforgettable dinner at this Utica Square cafe - everything, and I mean <em>everything</em>, on the menu is outstanding.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Brasserie</strong>\r\nWhere: 3509 S. Peoria Avenue\r\nPhone: (918) 779-7070\r\nPricing: $$$\r\nWhat to Order: Alsatian tarte flambe; steak tartare; brioche French toast; steak frites\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: Very classy French restaurant. The food is prepared with great attention to detail and atmosphere is superb. Very top-notch wine list.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: The French know love, sure, but perhaps even better, they know food. Get French-inspired cuisine by one of Tulsa\'s top (and hottest) chefs in a chic, old-world atmosphere.\r\n\r\n<strong>In the Raw</strong>\r\nWhere: 3321 S. Peoria Avenue on Brookside; 6151 S. Sheridan on the Hill\r\nPhone: Brookside, (918) 744-1300; On the Hill, (918) 524-0063\r\nPricing: $$$$\r\nWhat to Order: Volcano Roll, Spider Roll, Macadamia nut halibut\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: Oklahoma company that offers an amazing sushi experience. Great sushi but a little pricey. South location is located on a hill with a great view.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: There\'s a reason this swanky sushi joint is always packed. It\'s got the food and the atmosphere to make your V-Day something to remember.\r\n\r\n<strong>Palace Cafe</strong>\r\nWhere: 1301 E. 15th Street\r\nPhone: (918) 582-4321\r\nPricing: $$$\r\nWhat to Order: Smoke Grill Salmon, Gourmet Lobster Corndogs, anything off the bento menus\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: Very private booth seating, perfect low lighting. Everything from gourmet lobster corndogs to daily catches and steaks. The chef here has a good outlook on food and is opposed to processed food.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: Palace Cafe offers the most romantic dining atmosphere in Tulsa, hands down. The food, as scores of natives know, is some of the best in the region.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lucky\'s</strong>\r\nWhere: 1536 E. 15th Street\r\nPhone: (918) 592-5825\r\nPricing: $$$\r\nWhat to Order: Grilled Flatbread, Asian-Style Porkchop, Bacon-Wrapped Halibut, Lucky\'s Cheeseburger\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: One of our favorite restaurants in Tulsa, run by a husband/wife team of culinary geniuses. These two have brough an unmatched sense of style and beautiful, quality food that has kept us coming back time and time again.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: Find the most innovative fine dining menu at Lucky\'s on Cherry Street. Be sure to have a glass of the many biodynamic wines available at the bar with dinner.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sonoma Bistro &amp; Wine Bar</strong>\r\nWhere: 3523 S. Peoria Avenue\r\nPhone: (918) 747-9463\r\nPricing: $$$\r\nWhat to Order: BBQ Salmon Tamale, White Pizza, Tomato Bisque Soup\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: This is an awesome place to go for a light dinner and drinks. It is a very pleasant atmosphere with one of the best wine lists in Tulsa. The chef pays so much attention to detail and the food is phenomenal.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: The wine list at Sonoma was built to be the best - and one of the largest - in town. Plus, the food could stand up to what\'s available in the real Sonoma County any day.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tucci\'s</strong>\r\nWhere: 1433 E. 15th Street\r\nPhone: (918) 582-3456\r\nPricing: $$$\r\nWhat to Order: Chicken Florentine Pizza, Pasta l\'Arabiata\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: This is one of Tulsa\'s hidden treasures. The food is so fresh, and the pizza is to die for! I couldn\'t believe how fresh the ingredients on the pizza were. Great place for a lunch date and dinner reservation.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: Talk about a moody atmosphere. If you chose Tucci\'s as your destination for V-Day Dinner 2010, you can bet that some serious romance will ensue.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ti Amo</strong>\r\nWhere: Downtown at 219 S. Cheyenne Avenue; 6024 S. Sheridan Avenue in south Tulsa\r\nPhone: Downtown, (918) 592-5151; south Tulsa, (918) 499-1919\r\nPricing: $$\r\nWhat to Order: Ravioli Fritti, Penne Toscana, Chicken Marsala\r\n<strong>Tulsa Food</strong>: Wonder atmosphere...and very romantic. The live music really sets the tone for the evening. The food is standard Italian and is located in a beautiful location in downtown and also south Tulsa. We recommend the downtown location.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: There\'s a reason I went to Ti Amo for dinner before my high school prom, and while the food is fabulous, the atmosphere is the epitome of le romance - especially at the cozy, underground downtown location.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bodean Seafood Restaurant</strong>\r\nWhere: 3376 E. 51st Street\r\nPhone: (918) 749-1407\r\nPricing: $$$$$\r\nWhat to Order: Sesame-Crusted Gulf Yellowfin Tuna, Pecanwood-Grilled Costa Rican Mahi Mahi. If cooking at home, the Maine lobsters are so fresh and make a perfect meal...any of the seafood at Bodean\'s Market is top-notch.\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: Two times a day seafood is flown in from the coast. This is the most upscale restaurant in Tulsa. Beautiful atmosphere. This is a great place for a very special occasion and is sure to impress the one you love!! Voted by TIME magazine as one of the top restaurants in the nation.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: THE freshest seafood in town, available as it\'s flown in twice daily to family-owned Bodean\'s. If you\'d rather dine at home, check out Bodean\'s fish market, facing 51st Street.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garlic Rose</strong>\r\nWhere: 3509 S. Peoria Avenue on Brookside; 9904 Riverside Parkway on the River\r\nPhone: Brookside, (918) 392-5550; Riverside, (918) 746-4900\r\nPricing: $$$\r\nWhat to Order: Baked Brie, Complementary bread with roasted garlic, Canneloni\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: The food is superb and has a fantastic presentation. Make sure to park around back and walk through the courtyard. Going to this restaurant gave me an out-of-Tulsa, out-of-country experience. We like to call ahead and ask for a spot by the fireplace. We recommend the Brookside location; however, the Riverside location is very nice and if not too cold, a walk around the river\'s edge is quite romantic. There is actually a bench swing for two by the river.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: Garlic Rose isn\'t a Tulsa tradition by accident. No one can go wrong by choosing Garlic Rose for their dining destination this Valentine\'s Day.\r\n\r\n<strong>McGill\'s</strong>\r\nWhere: 1560 S. 21st Street in Midtown; 6058 S. Yale Avenue in south Tulsa; at Hard Rock Casino &amp; Hotel in Catoosa\r\nPhone: Midtown, (918) 742-8080; south Tulsa, (918) 388-8080; McGill\'s on 19 (Hard Rock), (918) 384-7500\r\nPricing: $$$$\r\nWhat to Order: Pasta Lobster, Coconut Beer Shrimp, Crab Cakes and, of course, the Filet\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: Very traditional, reminds me of a clubhouse that you would find at a country club. The wait staff is very attentive and professional, taking care of every need. Intimate setting with a warm, inviting feel. Great place to get a steak.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: McGill\'s is the plate to be for those of you who equate V-Day with a glorious steak dinner. If you\'re feeling really fancy, check out McGill\'s on 19 at Hard Rock Casino in Catoosa.\r\n\r\n<strong>KEO</strong>\r\nWhere: 3524 S. Peoria Avenue\r\nPhone: (918) 794-8200\r\nPricing: $$\r\nWhat to Order: Spring Rolls, KEO Sampler, Thai Green Curry, Pad Thai, Banana Won-Ton with Vanilla Bean Gelato, Anything from the sake menu\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: Very modern, sophisticated restaurant with a very classy, open feel. the two of the main walls are glass, so you are able to people-watch from inside the restaurant. The owners are fabulous. Chef Zahidah Hyman grew up in Asia and brought back many of her family\'s recipes to Tulsa. She and her husband Bill Hyman make a great team. The food is very unique and full of flavor...great place for cocktails or a nice date.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: KEO is home to some of the most artful and innovative dishes in Tulsa, not to mention the most attention to authentic Asian culinary traditions. If a swanky atmosphere is a must this V-Day, KEO is your spot.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Chalkboard</strong>\r\nWhere: 1324 S. Main Street\r\nPhone: (918) 582-1964\r\nPricing: $$$\r\nWhat to Order: Eggs Benedict, Mimosas, Atlantic Salmon, Chicken Kiev, Stuffed French Toast\r\n<strong>Tulsa Food</strong>: This place as some of the best brunch in Tulsa. It is located in the beautiful Ambassador Downtown. The European style goes right along with the food and creates a wonder place to spend the evening.\r\n<strong>TDT</strong>: The Chalkboard is a bonafide Tulsa tradition, especially when it comes to brunch. The lunch is good and dinner is great, but brunch is legendary. It tastes even better after a night\'s stay in the Hotel Ambassador, which houses this celebrated cafe.\r\n\r\n<strong>Yokozuna</strong>\r\nWhere: Downtown at 309 East 2nd Street\r\nPhone: (918) 508-7676\r\nPricing: $$$\r\nWhat to order:\r\n<strong>Tulsa Food</strong>: Yokozuna revived our faith in the Tulsa sushi scene. Don\'t believe us? <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/downtown/yokozuna-downtown-sushi\">Check this out</a>.\r\n<strong>TDT</strong>: Picture this: You\'re tearing into a bowl of pork belly ramen or a roll of expertly made sushi as the lights of downtown Tulsa wink through the huge windows in the dining room at Yokozuna. It\'s like dinner in the big city but without the traffic headaches, but with every bit of the quality of food that\'s prepared by expert chef Greg Bossler. Also? The fortune cookies are hilarious.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hey Mambo Italiano</strong>\r\nWhere: 114 N. Boston Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 508-7000\r\nPricing: $$\r\nWhat to order: Share the Center of the Universe pizza, or opt for a giant bowl of housemade pasta\r\n<strong>Tulsa Food</strong>: Too bad Enrico Caruso didn’t stop here on the way to the Brady. Instead of singing and catching cold, he’d have stayed here and lived forever. <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/italian/exciting-pasta-dishes-at-hey-mambo-downtown-tulsa\">Get the Tulsa Food review here</a>.\r\n<strong>TDT</strong>: Hey Mambo is the kind of place to hit up when you\'re looking for a casual chic spot to get a bite before heading to a downtown Valentine\'s Day party. The menu is short, sweet and sure to please even the most discerning fans of Italian cuisine, and the service is choice. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/hey-mambo-italiano-restaurant-review/\">Get the TDT review here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Piatto</strong>\r\nWhere: In Tulsa Hills at 7153 South Olympia Avenue\r\nPhone: (918) 770-0719\r\nPricing: $$$\r\nWhat to order: Peppardelle Primavera, Chicken Rollatini al Funghi, Vitello Marsala, Piccante Pizza\r\n<strong>Tulsa Food</strong>: Piatto is a celebration of tastes in Italian cuisine. The standard here, the owners say, is “to do as little as possible to the best possible ingredients, secured locally wherever possible, and pair wines with dishes to bring out the harmony of flavors.” When you go to Piatto, you get exactly that. <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/south-tulsa/piatto-italian-restaurant-tulsa-menu\">Here\'s our full review</a>.\r\n<strong>TDT</strong>: I\'ll just come right on out and say it: Piatto is serving up the best Italian food in Tulsa right now. The atmosphere is great and everything, but if you love food and it\'s what you look forward to most on the loviest, doviest day of the year, a table at Piatto should be the object of your desire. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/02/oh-angelo-piatto-opens-in-tulsa-hills/\">Here\'s more from TDT on why</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Michael V\'s Restaurant &amp; Bar</strong>\r\nWhere: In Bixby at 8222 East 103rd Street\r\nPhone: (918) 369-0310\r\nPricing: $$$$\r\nWhat to order: <a href=\"http://www.michaelvsrestaurant.com/menus.html\">Menu</a>\r\n<strong> Tulsa Food</strong>: <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/south-tulsa/michaelvs-tulsa-steakhosue\">One of our reviewers visited Michael V\'s</a>, and she gave it nothing but high marks.\r\n<strong> TDT</strong>: There are several bloggers based on the south side of town who rave about Michael V\'s, and you know how opinionated bloggers can be. The atmosphere is one of the most cozy, most romantic in the area, and it\'s the perfect excuse to dress in something a little fancy this Valentine\'s Day.\r\n<h2>New Restaurants to Try</h2>\r\nWill nothing but the newest restaurants make your short list of spots to consider for this year\'s Valentine\'s Day dinner? Here are some ideas:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/people/Treehouse-Tulsa/100001888150379\">The Treehouse</a>, downtown at 18th and Boston. <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/talk/new-tulsa-restaurant-treehouse-food-picture-from-dallaslds\">More from Tulsa Food</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1567072/restaurant/Brookside/Gemmas-Woodfire-Kitchen-Tulsa\">Gemma\'s Woodfire Kitchen</a>, on Brookside. <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/brookside/gemmas-woodfire-kitchen-with-veteran-chef-steven-howard\">More from Tulsa Food</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1572123/restaurant/Bixby/Dukes-Southern-Kitchen-Tulsa\">Duke\'s Southern Kitchen</a>, in Bixby in Regal Plaza at 105th and Memorial. <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/south-tulsa/dukes-southern-kitchen-restaurant-bixby\">More from Tulsa Food</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/BradyTavern\">Brady Tavern</a>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district/\">More from TDT</a>, <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/dinner/brady-tavern-downtown-tulsa\">more from Tulsa Food</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gowestrestaurant.com/\">Go West Restaurants &amp; Saloon</a>, in west Tulsa on New Sapulpa Road. <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/dessert/go-west-restaurant-tulsa\">More from Tulsa Food</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://thekitchentulsa.com/\">The Kitchen</a>, on Brookside. <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/dinner/the-kitchen-restaurant-brookside-tulsa\">More from Tulsa Food</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1567240/restaurant/Cherry-Street/Smoke-on-Cherry-Street-Tulsa\">Smoke</a>, on Cherry Street. <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/cherry-street/the-new-smoke-woodfire-grill-cigar-room-on-cherry-street\">More from Tulsa Food</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Valentine\'s Day specials at Tulsa restaurants this year</h2>\r\nIn cooperation with ShopTulsa, here\'s a list of Valentine\'s Day specials running at Tulsa restaurants. Know of more? <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">E-mail me with details</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Dinner for Two at <a href=\"www.joemommas.com\">Joe Momma\'s Pizza</a></strong>\r\nWhere: 112 S. Elgin\r\nHere are the details: Get a dinner for two at Joe Momma\'s this V-Day at $25 for couples under 21 years of age,\r\n$35 for over 21. Included is a 10-inch specialty pizza, two side salads and two drinks (or two glasses of wine for those who opt for the over-21 dinner). For dessert, it\'s chocolate-covered strawberries. Way to swank it up, JM!\r\n\r\n<strong>Kiss at </strong><strong><a href=\"http://www.qdoba.com/\">Qdoba</a></strong>\r\nWhere: Cherry Street; 51st and Yale; 71st and Lewis; 71st Street and Memorial\r\nGuests who kiss the person with whom they came can buy one entree and get one free. Plus, from Feb. 11-14, Qdoba will also offer free chips and queso to Facebook fans who post a photo of themselves kissing someone (or something) on Qdoba’s Facebook page (participants in the FB promotion must have a Qdoba card, which are available at any Tulsa location, and must post their card numbers with the entry - the offer will be uploaded to their Qdoba card 5-7 days after posting).\r\n\r\n<strong>Villa Ravenna &amp; Lovetts Gallery, Sitting In A Tree</strong>\r\nEvery purchase made at <a href=\"http://www.lovettsgallery.com/\">Lovetts Gallery</a> between now and Feb. 14 is a chance to win a $100 dinner for two at <a href=\"http://www.villaravenna.com/\">Villa Ravenna</a>, the Italian restaurant of much repute tucked into the northeast corner of The Farm Shopping Center at 51st and Sheridan.\r\n\r\n<strong>Making Cookies at Sage Culinary Studio</strong>\r\nHead to one of the Sage locations - there\'s one in Regal Plaza at 105th and Memorial now, as well as the original spot on Brookside - to decorate Valentine\'s Day cookies with your kiddos. <a href=\"http://www.sageculinarystudio.com/online_registration.html\">Pre-register here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Suite Deal</strong>\r\nGrab a weekend package at <a href=\"http://www.thecanebrake.com/\">The Canebrake in Wagoner</a> this weekend that includes champagne, sweets, a wine flight, brunch for two, a cheese plate and a pair of embroidered bath robes. The lovers\' menu options in the restaurant include shared plates of oysters, cold water lobster tails, venison chops, beef filet en croute, wild mushroom strudel and a prawn cocktail. Call (918) 485-1810 for reservations.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tuscan Valentine</strong>\r\nGuest speaker Paola Tealdi from Col D\'Orcia will speak at tis year\'s special Valentine\'s Day dinner at Biga Vino e Cucina on Brookside, and she\'ll talk about some of the best wines in Tuscany, including her brunello. The meal will be five courses created to match the wines. Cost is $60 (which, for five courses with wine and a guest speaker, is a bargain). Call (918) 743-2442 for reservations.\r\n\r\n<strong>Stir up Romance at The Melting Pot at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks</strong>\r\nAvailable from Feb. 11-14, the Valentine’s Day four-course dinner includes Tomato Basil Cheddar Cheese Fondue, a chef salad, filet mignon, garlic chili chicken, shrimp, pork tenderloin and Strawberry Mascarpone Chocolate Fondue. Feb. 14 guests receive a complimentary Champagne flute and a photo. Celebration packages (roses, chocolate-covered strawberries and other gift items) can be added to your reservation in advance. Cost for dinner is $130 per couple plus tax and 18 percent gratuity. A child’s plate (smaller portions of cheese fondue, an entrée and chocolate fondue) is available for $30. Call (918) 299-8000 for reservations.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mi Amore Valentine\'s Weekend at Stone Bluff Cellars</strong>\r\nChoose from dinner times from Friday night through Sunday brunch and into Valentine\'s Day proper, all the result of a partnership between Stone Bluff Cellars and Mondo\'s Italian. Depending on when you make it to the vineyard, get music by Trio Spiritoso and fudge from Stephanie\'s Fabulous Fudge. Call (918) 482-5655 for reservations. \r\n\r\nKnow of more restaurant deals? <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">E-mail me details</a>.\r\n<h2>Want even more options?</h2>\r\nCheck out the <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/food/\">Food</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">Restaurants</a> categories here at TDT, look over <a href=\"http://www.tulsafood.com/\">the massive amount of reviews at Tulsa Food </a>and keep an eye on <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/shoptulsaorg\">ShopTulsa\'s Twitter stream</a> for live updates on places to go and gifts to buy for a Tulsa-tastic Valentine\'s Day.\r\n<h2>Looking for something to do besides eat?</h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/valentines-day-tulsa-2011/\">Check out this Valentine\'s Day-flavored list of things to do this weekend</a>.','Where to Eat in Tulsa This Valentine\'s Day','','publish','open','open','','where-to-eat-in-tulsa-this-valentines-day-2011','','http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/02/oh-angelo-piatto-opens-in-tulsa-hills/\nhttp://tulsafood.com/brookside/gemmas-woodfire-kitchen-with-veteran-chef-steven-howard\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district/\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/valentines-day-tulsa-2011/\nhttp://tulsafood.com/south-tulsa/dukes-southern-kitchen-restaurant-bixby\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/hey-mambo-italiano-restaurant-review/\nhttp://tulsafood.com/downtown/yokozuna-downtown-sushi\nhttp://tulsafood.com/dinner/brady-tavern-downtown-tulsa','2012-02-08 14:19:45','2012-02-08 20:19:45','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=5789',0,'post','',6),(3117,1,'2010-10-13 17:14:45','2010-10-13 22:14:45','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Pumpkin Town by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4012382768/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/4012382768_f5e2f0e6ef.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Town\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nThere\'s so much going on in Tulsa this Halloween that I\'ve made three - <em>three!</em> - lists of activities and events so that you\'ll have the easiest and happiest time possible putting together your spooktacular itinerary for this year.\r\n\r\nI\'m going to kick things off with all the stuff the kids won\'t want to miss this Halloween season. From free, community events to more costly ways to get your scare on, here\'s the list among lists of ways to make the children happy, starting this very weekend.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween Out and About</strong></h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Sand Springs Soap Box Derby Race 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4011626007/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2505/4011626007_c07ff7cea9.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Springs Soap Box Derby Race 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Patches Galore</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Halloween\r\nWhere: All over Tulsa\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/pumpkin-patches-in-tulsa/\">Click here for a mega-list of the pumpkin patches in the Tulsa area</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Corn Maize</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Nov. 7; Wed-Fri, 5-10pm; Sat, 10am-10pm; Sun, 12-6pm; Closed Mondays; Fall Break Oct. 21-23, 10am-10pm; the Haunted Maize opens at dark and closes at 10pm Fri-Sat., Fall Break and Halloween\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsamaize.com/\">32506 E. 61st Street in Broken Arrow</a>\r\nThere\'s more to do at the Tulsa Corn Maize than just get lost. Let me count the ways: A paintball shooting range; campfires; a haunted maze; a cow train; hay rides; rubber ducky races; and a corn box (<a href=\"http://www.tulsamaize.com/photos/Tulsa%20Corn%20Maize%20036.jpg\">you have to see it to believe it</a>). Admission is $6 per youth aged 4-12, free for kids 3 and under and $8 for adults.\r\n\r\n<strong>Halloween Festival at The Castle of Muskogee</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 and Halloween; Hours 6-10pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://okcastle.com/Halloween.html\">The Castle at Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nFun for kids and the young at heart alike, The Castle delivers ten spooktacular things to do that range from not-so-scary to really-really-scary, all across a 60-acre Halloween-themed park. From the sinister, fog-shrounded forest to the carnival atmosphere of Halloween Land, everyone is sure to find performances and activities they\'ll never forget. Check out the ticket combos, which range $16-$26, <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://www.okcastle.com/halloween-2008.html</a>\"&gt; and are available from The Castle Web site.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tower Tots: Halloween Mobiles</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 19, 10am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://pricetower.org/\">Price Tower Arts Center</a>, 510 S. Dewey in Bartleville\r\nCheck out this morning story and activity hour for children ages 3 to 6 (with accompanying adult). The craft of the day? Halloween mobiles! There\'s no cost to attend, but registration is required. Call (918) 336.4949 to get set up.\r\n\r\n<strong>Costumes</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 21-23, 8pm; also, 4pm on Oct. 23\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagardencenter.com/htdocs/Special%20events/2010%20Costumes%20flyer.pdf\">Linnaeus Garden Barn</a> (PDF), southeast corner of Woodward Park\r\nRather celebrate the sweetly spooky side of Halloween than the ghastly and the goulish? Costumes, a Halloween musical by local actors and musicians, might just be the thing for you. The audience is encouraged to come in costume, and the garden with a lighted walkway will be open for exploration during intermission. Tickets are $10, which is donated to Tulsa Garden Center. Make reservations by calling (918) 746-5125.\r\n\r\n<strong>Camp Cute &amp; Spooky</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 23, 27, 28 and 30, 7-9pm\r\nWhere: Discoveryland!\r\nKids 10 and under can hit the trail to west Tulsa <a href=\"http://discoverylandusa.com/halloween.shtml\">for an evening of great Halloween fun at the Discoveryland! entertainment complex</a> (note: The dates on the website have not been updated, so be sure to copy the dates on this website into your calendar). Catch everything from a trick-or-treat trail through a lighted enchanted forest to a haystack jump to the \"Monster Mash\" dance stage to caramel apples and smores. Admission is $6 (but look what I found - <a href=\"http://dland.redrockcustomhomes.com/campcoupon.html\">a $1-off coupon</a>!) and includes all activities. Don\'t forget to don those costumes!\r\n\r\n<strong>Owasso Harvest Festival</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 23, 11am-9pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityofowasso.com/parks_dept/harvestfestival_poster2010.pdf\">Centennial Park in Owasso</a> (PDF), 15301 E. 86th Street North (my advice is to park at Owasso High School and ride the free shuttle to the festival)\r\nThis festival, held in conjunction with the <a href=\"http://www.fileden.com/files/2010/8/9/2937693//flyer.pdf\">Oklahoma State Chili Cook-Off</a> (PDF), packs an entire day of activities for the entire family. Look for hay rides, a costume contest, a scarecrow contest, pumpkin carving, face painting, balloon art, a car show and, of course, chili tasting. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Town with TYPros</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 23 , 3-5pm\r\nWhere: Pumpkin Town, 81st Street and Mingo\r\nBring the kiddos and enjoy pony, train and hayrides, face painting, a petting zoo and even a pumpkin launch, all while hanging out with your buds in <a href=\"http://www.typros.org/\">Tulsa\'s Young Professionals</a> at the same time. Plus, children can enter a costume contest to win prizes. The contest will be held at 4pm. \r\n\r\n<strong>HallowZOOeen</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 27-Halloween, 6:30-8:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"https://payment.iwsok.com/tulsazoo2009/OnlineStore/Tickets/productDetail.cfm?productID=11\">Tulsa Zoo &amp; Living Museum</a>, in Mohawk Park off of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Mingo\r\nGet wild this Halloween and <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://tulsazoo.org/</a>\"&gt;bring your boys and \"ghouls\" to trick-or-treat at the wildest neighborhood in town. A spooky (but not too scary) Halloween adventure is planned at this 21st annual HallowZOOeen. Get treats at Goblin Stops, play games and see zoo mascots as you roam the trick-or-treat trail. General admission is $7 (or $6 for members), and kids under 2 who are not trick-or-treating will be admitted free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hallowmarine</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 27-31, 10am-6pm (last paid admission is one hour prior to closing)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/events.php?subPageName=events\">Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks</a>\r\nGreat ready for Halloween on the high seas - <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/\">the Oklahoma Aquarium is spooky (and salty!)</a> with carnival games, a trick-or-treat trail, haunted feed shows and plenty of pirates handing out tricks and treats. Admission is $7 per youth, $10 per adult. Members get $1 off admission.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mummy and Son Halloween Dance</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Oct. 29, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bixby-Community-Center/111279292232877\">Bixby Community Center</a>, 211 N. Cabaniss Ave.\r\nAt this annual Mummy &amp; Son Halloween dance there will be dance competitions, and a costume contest for those who dare to dress up, too. Plenty of refreshments will be on hand. Cost is $5 per person.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Run</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, starting at 7am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/schedule.asp\">Downtown Tulsa</a>\r\nKids and adults alike can dress up and run in <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/\">Tulsa\'s favorite way to burn a few hundred calories, the annual Tulsa Run</a>. Register by Saturday, Oct. 23, to pay the regular $30 to race the 5K or 15K, or $15 for the 2K fun run. It all gets started bright and early (and chilly!) the morning before Halloween, with a finish line festival, including candy bars for the kids and warm coffee and cold beer for grown-ups, waiting at the end. <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/\">Check the Tulsa Run Web site for more details and to register</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>BooHaHa</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, starting at 7am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://brooksidetheplacetobe.com/index.php?/boo-haha.html\">Brookside, between 33rd and 49th Streets</a>\r\nStarting at 7am with a pancake breakfast at the Brookside Lion\'s Club, one of Tulsa\'s most beloved districts will be transformed into a Halloween treat for the 20th year in a row. The Kids\' Zone opens at 10am, and trick-or-treating gets into gear at noon. The children\'s costume contest will commence in the Food Pyramid parking lot at 1pm, followed by the pets\' costume contest. Stick around for the annual BooHaHa Parade at 2pm, from 33rd-49th Streets. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>K. Renee\'s Fall Family Carnival</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159604894064176&amp;index=1\">K. Renee\'s Uniform Closet</a>, 5557 E. 41st St.\r\nJoin K. Renee\'s as they spend the day in true carnival fashion. Look for clowns, bobbing for apples, face painting, cotton candy, pie-eating contest, a Jupiter Jump\", and more.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Festival with the Tulsa Oilers</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 11am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162773763749360&amp;index=1\">Oilers Ice Center</a>, 6413 S. Mingo Road\r\nEnjoy games, food, Jupiter Jump, slides and glow skate for only $10, skate rental included.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Carnival to Kick Off Fun and Games on Main</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 4-5:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/Index.aspx?page=13&amp;recordid=3661\">Central Park Community Center</a>, 1500 S. Main Street in Broken Arrow\r\nParents with children ages 3-10 are invited to participate in this carnival where each child gets 12 free tickets to try out the games of luck and skill. Then, at 5:45pm, set the kids off on the Annual Pumpkin Hunt at the Central Park Softball Fields, just west of the Community Center. Children ages 3-8 will get a chance to run and gather as many candy-filled, pumpkin-colored plastic eggs as they can. The age groups of 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8 will each have their own field to hunt for the eggs. A golden egg will be hidden in each field, which can be redeemed for a special prize. Fun!\r\n\r\n<strong>Fun and Games on Main</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 6-8pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/Index.aspx?page=13&amp;recordid=3370\">418 S. Main Street in Broken Arrow</a>\r\nIf fall\'s good for anything, it\'s a giant block party. Get it with Fun and Games on Main in Broken Arrow, where festival-goers get tons of free food from Reasor\'s, Ferguson Pontiac and Blue Bell Creameries, a rollover simulator, Broken Arrow Police Department\'s Special Ops team, Vince and Larry the Crash Dummies, McGruff the Crime Fighting Dog, a costume contest, a pumpkin-decorating contest and a petting zoo, all topped with enough candy to last you until Easter. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween at the Libraries</strong></h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Hardesty Regional Library by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3828084764/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3828084764_686cae2021_o.jpg\" alt=\"Hardesty Regional Library\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>After-School Halloween Crafts</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 20, 3pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Rudisill Regional Library</a>, 1520 N. Hartford Ave.\r\nListen to spooky stories, make crafts and more. This event is for ages 12 and younger.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Halloween Crafts</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 21, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Pratt Library</a>, 3219 S. 113th W. Ave.\r\nMake Halloween crafts with your little one at Pratt Library in Sand Springs this morning. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>Scary in Sperry!</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, Oct. 25, 5:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Judy Z. Kishner Library</a>, 10150 N. Cincinnati Ave.\r\nJoin the Kishner folks for food, games, prizes and lots of fun for the entire family! Costumes are welcome. This event is for ages 12 and younger.\r\n\r\n<strong>Spooky Tales and Ghost Stories</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Helmerich Library</a>, 5131 E. 91<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nJoin the Helmerich folks for classic Halloween stories and more. Wear a costume if you dare! Snacks are provided. This event is for ages 9-12.\r\n\r\n<strong>Get Ready for the Day of the Dead</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Broken Arrow Library</a>, 300 W. Broadway Ave.\r\nMake and decorate skeletons and skulls while finding out the history behind Dia de los Muertos. This event is for ages 9 and older.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Halloween Fun</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Zarrow Regional Library</a>, 2224 W. 51<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nHave some Halloween fun with your little one at Zarrow Regional Library this morning. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>Old Jack\'s Lantern: Pumpkin Decorating</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Nathan Hale Library</a>, 6038 E. 23<sup>rd</sup> St.\r\nKids, have you gotten around to decorating your pumpkin yet? If not, you\'d better get over to Nathan Hale Library tonight and get started! Pumpkins are provided. This event is for all ages.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Annual Halloween Parade</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Pratt Library</a>, 3219 S. 113<sup>th</sup> W. Ave.\r\nWear costumes and bring treats to this annual Halloween parade at Pratt Library. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>All Things Zombies</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 3pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">South Broken Arrow Library</a>, 3600 S. Chestnut\r\nGet prepared for Halloween! Learn zombie history and survival plus makeup techniques for bruises and wounds. This event is for teens and tweens.\r\n\r\n<strong>Zombiefest</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Zarrow Regional Library</a>, 2224 W. 51<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nIt\'s a zombie-eat-human world out there! Get ready for Halloween by watching \"Night of the Living Dead,\" getting a zombie makeover and eating delicious brain cupcakes. This event is for teens.\r\n\r\n<strong>A Hardesty Hallo\"Wii\"n</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Oct. 29, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Hardesty Regional Library</a>, 8316 E. 93<sup>rd</sup> St.\r\nPlay spooky Wii games and dress as your favorite video game character for a chance to win a treat. Refreshments will be provided. This event is for ages 9-12.\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween at the Parks</strong></h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Pumpkin Town by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4011636243/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2435/4011636243_23daa69f39.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Town\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Kiddie Park Spook-A-Rama</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 15-16, 6-10pm\r\nWhere: Kiddie Park in Bartlesville (<a href=\"http://www.kiddiepark.net/\">click here for directions</a>)\r\nIf you haven\'t loaded up the kids in the van and trucked them to Bartlesville for an afternoon at the Kiddie Park in Bartlesville, you\'re all sorely missing out. <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://www.kiddiepark.net/spookarama09.htm\"&gt;Head there this weekend</a> to put your carving skills to the test in the Great Pumpkin Contest, held both nights of the festival for kids 12 and under. Then, hit the costume parade, and don\'t forget to squeeze in some trick-or-treating for candy and prizes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gross Goodies</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, Oct. 25, 1pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nHey, kids - want to freak out your friends or family? Serve a meal with worms, vampire veins and monster eggs! Learn these gross but good-tasting recipes in the Gross Goodies cooking class at Whiteside Community Center. It\'s just the right recipe for a Halloween dinner. Ages 6 to 12. Cost is $10.\r\n\r\n<strong>Carnival Spooktacular</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Reed Park</a>, 4233 S. Yukon Ave.\r\nJoin other ghosts and goblins for this spooky, kooky carnival. Play fun games in a safe, indoor environment. Games are 25 cents each. Ages 2 to 11. Free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Party &amp; Parade</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 9am and 10:15am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nYou are officially invited to this special Halloween party! Look for a parade, games and even a few snacks. For ages 2 1/2-5 years. All participants must be pre-enrolled - call (918) 746-5040. Cost is $7.\r\n\r\n<strong>Halloween Carnival</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nJoin the ghosts and goblins at Whiteside for fun, safe Halloween experience. $5 admission for kids ages 2-8, which includes unlimited games. Adults and kids under 2 are free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Flashlight Candy Scramble</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 7:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Lacy Park</a>, 2134 N. Madison Place\r\nKids will have fun hunting for wrapped candy in the dark! Please bring a flashlight and container for your goodies! Ages 12 and under. Please bring a canned good donation to a local food pantry. Prizes. Ages 1 to 12. Free\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Furry Scurry</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Hicks Park</a>, 3443 S. Mingo Road\r\nJoin the folks at Hicks for a fun-filled morning of canine cavorting. This year\'s Fall Furry Scurry will consist of a fun run for dogs and their owners. Look for a 1/2-mile fun walk and a 1-mile fun run. A few local pet-related businesses will be on hand to showcase their products and services. Stick around after the run for dog-related games and door prizes. Fun-run participants <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org\">must pre-register by October 15th</a>. Registration for the fun run is $15 and includes an event t-shirt. Please call (918) 669-6355 if you have any questions or to register.','Halloween 2010 in Tulsa: For the Kids','There\'s so much going on in Tulsa this Halloween that I\'ve made three - three! - lists of activities and events so that you\'ll have the easiest and happiest time possible putting together your spooktacular itinerary for this year. I\'m going to kick things off with all the stuff the kids won\'t want to miss this Halloween season.','inherit','open','open','','2918-revision-16','','','2010-10-13 17:14:45','2010-10-13 22:14:45','',2918,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2918-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(3118,1,'2010-10-19 22:23:11','2010-10-20 03:23:11','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Pumpkin Town by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4012382768/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/4012382768_f5e2f0e6ef.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Town\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nThere\'s so much going on in Tulsa this Halloween that I\'ve made three - <em>three!</em> - lists of activities and events so that you\'ll have the easiest and happiest time possible putting together your spooktacular itinerary for this year.\r\n\r\nI\'m going to kick things off with all the stuff the kids won\'t want to miss this Halloween season. From free, community events to more costly ways to get your scare on, here\'s the list among lists of ways to make the children happy, starting this very weekend.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween Out and About</strong></h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Sand Springs Soap Box Derby Race 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4011626007/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2505/4011626007_c07ff7cea9.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Springs Soap Box Derby Race 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Patches Galore</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Halloween\r\nWhere: All over Tulsa\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/pumpkin-patches-in-tulsa/\">Click here for a mega-list of the pumpkin patches in the Tulsa area</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Corn Maize</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Nov. 7; Wed-Fri, 5-10pm; Sat, 10am-10pm; Sun, 12-6pm; Closed Mondays; Fall Break Oct. 21-23, 10am-10pm; the Haunted Maize opens at dark and closes at 10pm Fri-Sat., Fall Break and Halloween\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsamaize.com/\">32506 E. 61st Street in Broken Arrow</a>\r\nThere\'s more to do at the Tulsa Corn Maize than just get lost. Let me count the ways: A paintball shooting range; campfires; a haunted maze; a cow train; hay rides; rubber ducky races; and a corn box (<a href=\"http://www.tulsamaize.com/photos/Tulsa%20Corn%20Maize%20036.jpg\">you have to see it to believe it</a>). Admission is $6 per youth aged 4-12, free for kids 3 and under and $8 for adults.\r\n\r\n<strong>Halloween Festival at The Castle of Muskogee</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 and Halloween; Hours 6-10pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://okcastle.com/Halloween.html\">The Castle at Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nFun for kids and the young at heart alike, The Castle delivers ten spooktacular things to do that range from not-so-scary to really-really-scary, all across a 60-acre Halloween-themed park. From the sinister, fog-shrounded forest to the carnival atmosphere of Halloween Land, everyone is sure to find performances and activities they\'ll never forget. Check out the ticket combos, which range $16-$26, <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://www.okcastle.com/halloween-2008.html</a>\"&gt; and are available from The Castle Web site.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tower Tots: Halloween Mobiles</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 19, 10am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://pricetower.org/\">Price Tower Arts Center</a>, 510 S. Dewey in Bartleville\r\nCheck out this morning story and activity hour for children ages 3 to 6 (with accompanying adult). The craft of the day? Halloween mobiles! There\'s no cost to attend, but registration is required. Call (918) 336.4949 to get set up.\r\n\r\n<strong>Costumes</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 21-23, 8pm; also, 4pm on Oct. 23\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagardencenter.com/htdocs/Special%20events/2010%20Costumes%20flyer.pdf\">Linnaeus Garden Barn</a> (PDF), southeast corner of Woodward Park\r\nRather celebrate the sweetly spooky side of Halloween than the ghastly and the goulish? Costumes, a Halloween musical by local actors and musicians, might just be the thing for you. The audience is encouraged to come in costume, and the garden with a lighted walkway will be open for exploration during intermission. Tickets are $10, which is donated to Tulsa Garden Center. Make reservations by calling (918) 746-5125.\r\n\r\n<strong>Camp Cute &amp; Spooky</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 23, 27, 28 and 30, 7-9pm\r\nWhere: Discoveryland!\r\nKids 10 and under can hit the trail to west Tulsa <a href=\"http://discoverylandusa.com/halloween.shtml\">for an evening of great Halloween fun at the Discoveryland! entertainment complex</a> (note: The dates on the website have not been updated, so be sure to copy the dates on this website into your calendar). Catch everything from a trick-or-treat trail through a lighted enchanted forest to a haystack jump to the \"Monster Mash\" dance stage to caramel apples and smores. Admission is $6 (but look what I found - <a href=\"http://dland.redrockcustomhomes.com/campcoupon.html\">a $1-off coupon</a>!) and includes all activities. Don\'t forget to don those costumes!\r\n\r\n<strong>Owasso Harvest Festival</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 23, 11am-9pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityofowasso.com/parks_dept/harvestfestival_poster2010.pdf\">Centennial Park in Owasso</a> (PDF), 15301 E. 86th Street North (my advice is to park at Owasso High School and ride the free shuttle to the festival)\r\nThis festival, held in conjunction with the <a href=\"http://www.fileden.com/files/2010/8/9/2937693//flyer.pdf\">Oklahoma State Chili Cook-Off</a> (PDF), packs an entire day of activities for the entire family. Look for hay rides, a costume contest, a scarecrow contest, pumpkin carving, face painting, balloon art, a car show and, of course, chili tasting. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Town with TYPros</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 23 , 3-5pm\r\nWhere: Pumpkin Town, 81st Street and Mingo\r\nBring the kiddos and enjoy pony, train and hayrides, face painting, a petting zoo and even a pumpkin launch, all while hanging out with your buds in <a href=\"http://www.typros.org/\">Tulsa\'s Young Professionals</a> at the same time. Plus, children can enter a costume contest to win prizes. The contest will be held at 4pm. \r\n\r\n<strong>HallowZOOeen</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 27-Halloween, 6:30-8:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"https://payment.iwsok.com/tulsazoo2009/OnlineStore/Tickets/productDetail.cfm?productID=11\">Tulsa Zoo &amp; Living Museum</a>, in Mohawk Park off of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Mingo\r\nGet wild this Halloween and <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://tulsazoo.org/</a>\"&gt;bring your boys and \"ghouls\" to trick-or-treat at the wildest neighborhood in town. A spooky (but not too scary) Halloween adventure is planned at this 21st annual HallowZOOeen. Get treats at Goblin Stops, play games and see zoo mascots as you roam the trick-or-treat trail. General admission is $7 (or $6 for members), and kids under 2 who are not trick-or-treating will be admitted free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hallowmarine</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 27-31, 10am-6pm (last paid admission is one hour prior to closing)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/events.php?subPageName=events\">Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks</a>\r\nGreat ready for Halloween on the high seas - <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/\">the Oklahoma Aquarium is spooky (and salty!)</a> with carnival games, a trick-or-treat trail, haunted feed shows and plenty of pirates handing out tricks and treats. Admission is $7 per youth, $10 per adult. Members get $1 off admission.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mummy and Son Halloween Dance</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Oct. 29, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bixby-Community-Center/111279292232877\">Bixby Community Center</a>, 211 N. Cabaniss Ave.\r\nAt this annual Mummy &amp; Son Halloween dance there will be dance competitions, and a costume contest for those who dare to dress up, too. Plenty of refreshments will be on hand. Cost is $5 per person.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Run</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, starting at 7am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/schedule.asp\">Downtown Tulsa</a>\r\nKids and adults alike can dress up and run in <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/\">Tulsa\'s favorite way to burn a few hundred calories, the annual Tulsa Run</a>. Register by Saturday, Oct. 23, to pay the regular $30 to race the 5K or 15K, or $15 for the 2K fun run. It all gets started bright and early (and chilly!) the morning before Halloween, with a finish line festival, including candy bars for the kids and warm coffee and cold beer for grown-ups, waiting at the end. <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/\">Check the Tulsa Run Web site for more details and to register</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>BooHaHa</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, starting at 7am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://brooksidetheplacetobe.com/index.php?/boo-haha.html\">Brookside, between 33rd and 49th Streets</a>\r\nStarting at 7am with a pancake breakfast at the Brookside Lion\'s Club, one of Tulsa\'s most beloved districts will be transformed into a Halloween treat for the 20th year in a row. The Kids\' Zone opens at 10am, and trick-or-treating gets into gear at noon. The children\'s costume contest will commence in the Food Pyramid parking lot at 1pm, followed by the pets\' costume contest. Stick around for the annual BooHaHa Parade at 2pm, from 33rd-49th Streets. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>K. Renee\'s Fall Family Carnival</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159604894064176&amp;index=1\">K. Renee\'s Uniform Closet</a>, 5557 E. 41st St.\r\nJoin K. Renee\'s as they spend the day in true carnival fashion. Look for clowns, bobbing for apples, face painting, cotton candy, pie-eating contest, a Jupiter Jump\", and more.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Festival with the Tulsa Oilers</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 11am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162773763749360&amp;index=1\">Oilers Ice Center</a>, 6413 S. Mingo Road\r\nEnjoy games, food, Jupiter Jump, slides and glow skate for only $10, skate rental included.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Carnival to Kick Off Fun and Games on Main</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 4-5:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/Index.aspx?page=13&amp;recordid=3661\">Central Park Community Center</a>, 1500 S. Main Street in Broken Arrow\r\nParents with children ages 3-10 are invited to participate in this carnival where each child gets 12 free tickets to try out the games of luck and skill. Then, at 5:45pm, set the kids off on the Annual Pumpkin Hunt at the Central Park Softball Fields, just west of the Community Center. Children ages 3-8 will get a chance to run and gather as many candy-filled, pumpkin-colored plastic eggs as they can. The age groups of 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8 will each have their own field to hunt for the eggs. A golden egg will be hidden in each field, which can be redeemed for a special prize. Fun!\r\n\r\n<strong>Fun and Games on Main</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 6-8pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/Index.aspx?page=13&amp;recordid=3370\">418 S. Main Street in Broken Arrow</a>\r\nIf fall\'s good for anything, it\'s a giant block party. Get it with Fun and Games on Main in Broken Arrow, where festival-goers get tons of free food from Reasor\'s, Ferguson Pontiac and Blue Bell Creameries, a rollover simulator, Broken Arrow Police Department\'s Special Ops team, Vince and Larry the Crash Dummies, McGruff the Crime Fighting Dog, a costume contest, a pumpkin-decorating contest and a petting zoo, all topped with enough candy to last you until Easter. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Halloween Hysteria</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 30, 7pm\r\nWhere: SpiritBank Event Center, 105th and Memorial (<a href=\"http://www.ticketstorm.com/event/rcokstarsocialcirclepresentshalloweenhysteria/spiritbankeventcenter/tulsa/5500/\">click here to purchase tickets</a>)\r\nRcokstar Social Circle is back with Halloween Hysteria, an ultra-hip dance party for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. Come in costume or come in street clothes and get your dance on with DJ ECCO, emcee MIKEY B & the rcokstar entertainers. Look also for beat boy battles, dance-offs, a fashion show and, of course, more. \r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween at the Libraries</strong></h2>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Hardesty Regional Library by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3828084764/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3828084764_686cae2021_o.jpg\" alt=\"Hardesty Regional Library\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>After-School Halloween Crafts</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 20, 3pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Rudisill Regional Library</a>, 1520 N. Hartford Ave.\r\nListen to spooky stories, make crafts and more. This event is for ages 12 and younger.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Halloween Crafts</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 21, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Pratt Library</a>, 3219 S. 113th W. Ave.\r\nMake Halloween crafts with your little one at Pratt Library in Sand Springs this morning. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>Scary in Sperry!</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, Oct. 25, 5:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Judy Z. Kishner Library</a>, 10150 N. Cincinnati Ave.\r\nJoin the Kishner folks for food, games, prizes and lots of fun for the entire family! Costumes are welcome. This event is for ages 12 and younger.\r\n\r\n<strong>Spooky Tales and Ghost Stories</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Helmerich Library</a>, 5131 E. 91<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nJoin the Helmerich folks for classic Halloween stories and more. Wear a costume if you dare! Snacks are provided. This event is for ages 9-12.\r\n\r\n<strong>Get Ready for the Day of the Dead</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Broken Arrow Library</a>, 300 W. Broadway Ave.\r\nMake and decorate skeletons and skulls while finding out the history behind Dia de los Muertos. This event is for ages 9 and older.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Halloween Fun</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Zarrow Regional Library</a>, 2224 W. 51<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nHave some Halloween fun with your little one at Zarrow Regional Library this morning. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>Old Jack\'s Lantern: Pumpkin Decorating</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Nathan Hale Library</a>, 6038 E. 23<sup>rd</sup> St.\r\nKids, have you gotten around to decorating your pumpkin yet? If not, you\'d better get over to Nathan Hale Library tonight and get started! Pumpkins are provided. This event is for all ages.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Annual Halloween Parade</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Pratt Library</a>, 3219 S. 113<sup>th</sup> W. Ave.\r\nWear costumes and bring treats to this annual Halloween parade at Pratt Library. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>All Things Zombies</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 3pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">South Broken Arrow Library</a>, 3600 S. Chestnut\r\nGet prepared for Halloween! Learn zombie history and survival plus makeup techniques for bruises and wounds. This event is for teens and tweens.\r\n\r\n<strong>Zombiefest</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Zarrow Regional Library</a>, 2224 W. 51<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nIt\'s a zombie-eat-human world out there! Get ready for Halloween by watching \"Night of the Living Dead,\" getting a zombie makeover and eating delicious brain cupcakes. This event is for teens.\r\n\r\n<strong>A Hardesty Hallo\"Wii\"n</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Oct. 29, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Hardesty Regional Library</a>, 8316 E. 93<sup>rd</sup> St.\r\nPlay spooky Wii games and dress as your favorite video game character for a chance to win a treat. Refreshments will be provided. This event is for ages 9-12.\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween at the Parks</strong></h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Pumpkin Town by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4011636243/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2435/4011636243_23daa69f39.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Town\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Kiddie Park Spook-A-Rama</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 15-16, 6-10pm\r\nWhere: Kiddie Park in Bartlesville (<a href=\"http://www.kiddiepark.net/\">click here for directions</a>)\r\nIf you haven\'t loaded up the kids in the van and trucked them to Bartlesville for an afternoon at the Kiddie Park in Bartlesville, you\'re all sorely missing out. <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://www.kiddiepark.net/spookarama09.htm\"&gt;Head there this weekend</a> to put your carving skills to the test in the Great Pumpkin Contest, held both nights of the festival for kids 12 and under. Then, hit the costume parade, and don\'t forget to squeeze in some trick-or-treating for candy and prizes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gross Goodies</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, Oct. 25, 1pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nHey, kids - want to freak out your friends or family? Serve a meal with worms, vampire veins and monster eggs! Learn these gross but good-tasting recipes in the Gross Goodies cooking class at Whiteside Community Center. It\'s just the right recipe for a Halloween dinner. Ages 6 to 12. Cost is $10.\r\n\r\n<strong>Carnival Spooktacular</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Reed Park</a>, 4233 S. Yukon Ave.\r\nJoin other ghosts and goblins for this spooky, kooky carnival. Play fun games in a safe, indoor environment. Games are 25 cents each. Ages 2 to 11. Free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Party &amp; Parade</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 9am and 10:15am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nYou are officially invited to this special Halloween party! Look for a parade, games and even a few snacks. For ages 2 1/2-5 years. All participants must be pre-enrolled - call (918) 746-5040. Cost is $7.\r\n\r\n<strong>Halloween Carnival</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nJoin the ghosts and goblins at Whiteside for fun, safe Halloween experience. $5 admission for kids ages 2-8, which includes unlimited games. Adults and kids under 2 are free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Flashlight Candy Scramble</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 7:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Lacy Park</a>, 2134 N. Madison Place\r\nKids will have fun hunting for wrapped candy in the dark! Please bring a flashlight and container for your goodies! Ages 12 and under. Please bring a canned good donation to a local food pantry. Prizes. Ages 1 to 12. Free\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Furry Scurry</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Hicks Park</a>, 3443 S. Mingo Road\r\nJoin the folks at Hicks for a fun-filled morning of canine cavorting. This year\'s Fall Furry Scurry will consist of a fun run for dogs and their owners. Look for a 1/2-mile fun walk and a 1-mile fun run. A few local pet-related businesses will be on hand to showcase their products and services. Stick around after the run for dog-related games and door prizes. Fun-run participants <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org\">must pre-register by October 15th</a>. Registration for the fun run is $15 and includes an event t-shirt. Please call (918) 669-6355 if you have any questions or to register.','Halloween 2010 in Tulsa: For the Kids','There\'s so much going on in Tulsa this Halloween that I\'ve made three - three! - lists of activities and events so that you\'ll have the easiest and happiest time possible putting together your spooktacular itinerary for this year. I\'m going to kick things off with all the stuff the kids won\'t want to miss this Halloween season.','inherit','open','open','','2918-revision-17','','','2010-10-19 22:23:11','2010-10-20 03:23:11','',2918,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2918-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(3119,1,'2010-10-19 22:26:41','2010-10-20 03:26:41','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Pumpkin Town by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4012382768/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/4012382768_f5e2f0e6ef.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Town\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nThere\'s so much going on in Tulsa this Halloween that I\'ve made three - <em>three!</em> - lists of activities and events so that you\'ll have the easiest and happiest time possible putting together your spooktacular itinerary for this year.\r\n\r\nI\'m going to kick things off with all the stuff the kids won\'t want to miss this Halloween season. From free, community events to more costly ways to get your scare on, here\'s the list among lists of ways to make the children happy, starting this very weekend.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween Out and About</strong></h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Sand Springs Soap Box Derby Race 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4011626007/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2505/4011626007_c07ff7cea9.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Springs Soap Box Derby Race 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Patches Galore</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Halloween\r\nWhere: All over Tulsa\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/pumpkin-patches-in-tulsa/\">Click here for a mega-list of the pumpkin patches in the Tulsa area</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Corn Maize</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Nov. 7; Wed-Fri, 5-10pm; Sat, 10am-10pm; Sun, 12-6pm; Closed Mondays; Fall Break Oct. 21-23, 10am-10pm; the Haunted Maize opens at dark and closes at 10pm Fri-Sat., Fall Break and Halloween\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsamaize.com/\">32506 E. 61st Street in Broken Arrow</a>\r\nThere\'s more to do at the Tulsa Corn Maize than just get lost. Let me count the ways: A paintball shooting range; campfires; a haunted maze; a cow train; hay rides; rubber ducky races; and a corn box (<a href=\"http://www.tulsamaize.com/photos/Tulsa%20Corn%20Maize%20036.jpg\">you have to see it to believe it</a>). Admission is $6 per youth aged 4-12, free for kids 3 and under and $8 for adults.\r\n\r\n<strong>Halloween Festival at The Castle of Muskogee</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 and Halloween; Hours 6-10pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://okcastle.com/Halloween.html\">The Castle at Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nFun for kids and the young at heart alike, The Castle delivers ten spooktacular things to do that range from not-so-scary to really-really-scary, all across a 60-acre Halloween-themed park. From the sinister, fog-shrounded forest to the carnival atmosphere of Halloween Land, everyone is sure to find performances and activities they\'ll never forget. Check out the ticket combos, which range $16-$26, <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://www.okcastle.com/halloween-2008.html</a>\"&gt; and are available from The Castle Web site.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tower Tots: Halloween Mobiles</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 19, 10am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://pricetower.org/\">Price Tower Arts Center</a>, 510 S. Dewey in Bartleville\r\nCheck out this morning story and activity hour for children ages 3 to 6 (with accompanying adult). The craft of the day? Halloween mobiles! There\'s no cost to attend, but registration is required. Call (918) 336.4949 to get set up.\r\n\r\n<strong>Costumes</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 21-23, 8pm; also, 4pm on Oct. 23\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagardencenter.com/htdocs/Special%20events/2010%20Costumes%20flyer.pdf\">Linnaeus Garden Barn</a> (PDF), southeast corner of Woodward Park\r\nRather celebrate the sweetly spooky side of Halloween than the ghastly and the goulish? Costumes, a Halloween musical by local actors and musicians, might just be the thing for you. The audience is encouraged to come in costume, and the garden with a lighted walkway will be open for exploration during intermission. Tickets are $10, which is donated to Tulsa Garden Center. Make reservations by calling (918) 746-5125.\r\n\r\n<strong>Camp Cute &amp; Spooky</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 23, 27, 28 and 30, 7-9pm\r\nWhere: Discoveryland!\r\nKids 10 and under can hit the trail to west Tulsa <a href=\"http://discoverylandusa.com/halloween.shtml\">for an evening of great Halloween fun at the Discoveryland! entertainment complex</a> (note: The dates on the website have not been updated, so be sure to copy the dates on this website into your calendar). Catch everything from a trick-or-treat trail through a lighted enchanted forest to a haystack jump to the \"Monster Mash\" dance stage to caramel apples and smores. Admission is $6 (but look what I found - <a href=\"http://dland.redrockcustomhomes.com/campcoupon.html\">a $1-off coupon</a>!) and includes all activities. Don\'t forget to don those costumes!\r\n\r\n<strong>Owasso Harvest Festival</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 23, 11am-9pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityofowasso.com/parks_dept/harvestfestival_poster2010.pdf\">Centennial Park in Owasso</a> (PDF), 15301 E. 86th Street North (my advice is to park at Owasso High School and ride the free shuttle to the festival)\r\nThis festival, held in conjunction with the <a href=\"http://www.fileden.com/files/2010/8/9/2937693//flyer.pdf\">Oklahoma State Chili Cook-Off</a> (PDF), packs an entire day of activities for the entire family. Look for hay rides, a costume contest, a scarecrow contest, pumpkin carving, face painting, balloon art, a car show and, of course, chili tasting. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Town with TYPros</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 23 , 3-5pm\r\nWhere: Pumpkin Town, 81st Street and Mingo\r\nBring the kiddos and enjoy pony, train and hayrides, face painting, a petting zoo and even a pumpkin launch, all while hanging out with your buds in <a href=\"http://www.typros.org/\">Tulsa\'s Young Professionals</a> at the same time. Plus, children can enter a costume contest to win prizes. The contest will be held at 4pm. \r\n\r\n<strong>HallowZOOeen</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 27-Halloween, 6:30-8:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"https://payment.iwsok.com/tulsazoo2009/OnlineStore/Tickets/productDetail.cfm?productID=11\">Tulsa Zoo &amp; Living Museum</a>, in Mohawk Park off of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Mingo\r\nGet wild this Halloween and <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://tulsazoo.org/</a>\"&gt;bring your boys and \"ghouls\" to trick-or-treat at the wildest neighborhood in town. A spooky (but not too scary) Halloween adventure is planned at this 21st annual HallowZOOeen. Get treats at Goblin Stops, play games and see zoo mascots as you roam the trick-or-treat trail. General admission is $7 (or $6 for members), and kids under 2 who are not trick-or-treating will be admitted free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hallowmarine</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 27-31, 10am-6pm (last paid admission is one hour prior to closing)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/events.php?subPageName=events\">Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks</a>\r\nGreat ready for Halloween on the high seas - <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/\">the Oklahoma Aquarium is spooky (and salty!)</a> with carnival games, a trick-or-treat trail, haunted feed shows and plenty of pirates handing out tricks and treats. Admission is $7 per youth, $10 per adult. Members get $1 off admission.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mummy and Son Halloween Dance</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Oct. 29, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bixby-Community-Center/111279292232877\">Bixby Community Center</a>, 211 N. Cabaniss Ave.\r\nAt this annual Mummy &amp; Son Halloween dance there will be dance competitions, and a costume contest for those who dare to dress up, too. Plenty of refreshments will be on hand. Cost is $5 per person.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Run</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, starting at 7am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/schedule.asp\">Downtown Tulsa</a>\r\nKids and adults alike can dress up and run in <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/\">Tulsa\'s favorite way to burn a few hundred calories, the annual Tulsa Run</a>. Register by Saturday, Oct. 23, to pay the regular $30 to race the 5K or 15K, or $15 for the 2K fun run. It all gets started bright and early (and chilly!) the morning before Halloween, with a finish line festival, including candy bars for the kids and warm coffee and cold beer for grown-ups, waiting at the end. <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/\">Check the Tulsa Run Web site for more details and to register</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>BooHaHa</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, starting at 7am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://brooksidetheplacetobe.com/index.php?/boo-haha.html\">Brookside, between 33rd and 49th Streets</a>\r\nStarting at 7am with a pancake breakfast at the Brookside Lion\'s Club, one of Tulsa\'s most beloved districts will be transformed into a Halloween treat for the 20th year in a row. The Kids\' Zone opens at 10am, and trick-or-treating gets into gear at noon. The children\'s costume contest will commence in the Food Pyramid parking lot at 1pm, followed by the pets\' costume contest. Stick around for the annual BooHaHa Parade at 2pm, from 33rd-49th Streets. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>K. Renee\'s Fall Family Carnival</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159604894064176&amp;index=1\">K. Renee\'s Uniform Closet</a>, 5557 E. 41st St.\r\nJoin K. Renee\'s as they spend the day in true carnival fashion. Look for clowns, bobbing for apples, face painting, cotton candy, pie-eating contest, a Jupiter Jump\", and more.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Festival with the Tulsa Oilers</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 11am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162773763749360&amp;index=1\">Oilers Ice Center</a>, 6413 S. Mingo Road\r\nEnjoy games, food, Jupiter Jump, slides and glow skate for only $10, skate rental included.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Carnival to Kick Off Fun and Games on Main</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 4-5:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/Index.aspx?page=13&amp;recordid=3661\">Central Park Community Center</a>, 1500 S. Main Street in Broken Arrow\r\nParents with children ages 3-10 are invited to participate in this carnival where each child gets 12 free tickets to try out the games of luck and skill. Then, at 5:45pm, set the kids off on the Annual Pumpkin Hunt at the Central Park Softball Fields, just west of the Community Center. Children ages 3-8 will get a chance to run and gather as many candy-filled, pumpkin-colored plastic eggs as they can. The age groups of 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8 will each have their own field to hunt for the eggs. A golden egg will be hidden in each field, which can be redeemed for a special prize. Fun!\r\n\r\n<strong>Fun and Games on Main</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 6-8pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/Index.aspx?page=13&amp;recordid=3370\">418 S. Main Street in Broken Arrow</a>\r\nIf fall\'s good for anything, it\'s a giant block party. Get it with Fun and Games on Main in Broken Arrow, where festival-goers get tons of free food from Reasor\'s, Ferguson Pontiac and Blue Bell Creameries, a rollover simulator, Broken Arrow Police Department\'s Special Ops team, Vince and Larry the Crash Dummies, McGruff the Crime Fighting Dog, a costume contest, a pumpkin-decorating contest and a petting zoo, all topped with enough candy to last you until Easter. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>SOUTHNight</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 31, starting at 4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.spiritbankeventcenter.com/events.asp?id=2&pid=139&task=display&pcatid=&seldate=10/1/2010\">SpiritBank Event Center</a>, 105th and Memorial\r\nGet free (yes, free) games, fun and trick or treating for the whole family at this event, where there will also be a $5 concert featuring Seventh Day Slumber with special guest KJ-52. This event is hosted by <a href=\"http://scctulsa.com/#/whats-coming/south-night\">South Community Church</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Halloween Hysteria</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 30, 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.spiritbankeventcenter.com/\">SpiritBank Event Center</a>, 105th and Memorial (<a href=\"http://www.ticketstorm.com/event/rcokstarsocialcirclepresentshalloweenhysteria/spiritbankeventcenter/tulsa/5500/\">click here to purchase tickets</a>)\r\nRcokstar Social Circle is back with Halloween Hysteria, an ultra-hip dance party for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. Come in costume or come in street clothes and get your dance on with DJ ECCO, emcee MIKEY B & the rcokstar entertainers. Look also for beat boy battles, dance-offs, a fashion show and, of course, more. \r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween at the Libraries</strong></h2>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Hardesty Regional Library by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3828084764/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3828084764_686cae2021_o.jpg\" alt=\"Hardesty Regional Library\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>After-School Halloween Crafts</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 20, 3pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Rudisill Regional Library</a>, 1520 N. Hartford Ave.\r\nListen to spooky stories, make crafts and more. This event is for ages 12 and younger.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Halloween Crafts</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 21, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Pratt Library</a>, 3219 S. 113th W. Ave.\r\nMake Halloween crafts with your little one at Pratt Library in Sand Springs this morning. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>Scary in Sperry!</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, Oct. 25, 5:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Judy Z. Kishner Library</a>, 10150 N. Cincinnati Ave.\r\nJoin the Kishner folks for food, games, prizes and lots of fun for the entire family! Costumes are welcome. This event is for ages 12 and younger.\r\n\r\n<strong>Spooky Tales and Ghost Stories</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Helmerich Library</a>, 5131 E. 91<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nJoin the Helmerich folks for classic Halloween stories and more. Wear a costume if you dare! Snacks are provided. This event is for ages 9-12.\r\n\r\n<strong>Get Ready for the Day of the Dead</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Broken Arrow Library</a>, 300 W. Broadway Ave.\r\nMake and decorate skeletons and skulls while finding out the history behind Dia de los Muertos. This event is for ages 9 and older.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Halloween Fun</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Zarrow Regional Library</a>, 2224 W. 51<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nHave some Halloween fun with your little one at Zarrow Regional Library this morning. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>Old Jack\'s Lantern: Pumpkin Decorating</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Nathan Hale Library</a>, 6038 E. 23<sup>rd</sup> St.\r\nKids, have you gotten around to decorating your pumpkin yet? If not, you\'d better get over to Nathan Hale Library tonight and get started! Pumpkins are provided. This event is for all ages.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Annual Halloween Parade</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Pratt Library</a>, 3219 S. 113<sup>th</sup> W. Ave.\r\nWear costumes and bring treats to this annual Halloween parade at Pratt Library. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>All Things Zombies</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 3pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">South Broken Arrow Library</a>, 3600 S. Chestnut\r\nGet prepared for Halloween! Learn zombie history and survival plus makeup techniques for bruises and wounds. This event is for teens and tweens.\r\n\r\n<strong>Zombiefest</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Zarrow Regional Library</a>, 2224 W. 51<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nIt\'s a zombie-eat-human world out there! Get ready for Halloween by watching \"Night of the Living Dead,\" getting a zombie makeover and eating delicious brain cupcakes. This event is for teens.\r\n\r\n<strong>A Hardesty Hallo\"Wii\"n</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Oct. 29, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Hardesty Regional Library</a>, 8316 E. 93<sup>rd</sup> St.\r\nPlay spooky Wii games and dress as your favorite video game character for a chance to win a treat. Refreshments will be provided. This event is for ages 9-12.\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween at the Parks</strong></h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Pumpkin Town by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4011636243/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2435/4011636243_23daa69f39.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Town\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Kiddie Park Spook-A-Rama</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 15-16, 6-10pm\r\nWhere: Kiddie Park in Bartlesville (<a href=\"http://www.kiddiepark.net/\">click here for directions</a>)\r\nIf you haven\'t loaded up the kids in the van and trucked them to Bartlesville for an afternoon at the Kiddie Park in Bartlesville, you\'re all sorely missing out. <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://www.kiddiepark.net/spookarama09.htm\"&gt;Head there this weekend</a> to put your carving skills to the test in the Great Pumpkin Contest, held both nights of the festival for kids 12 and under. Then, hit the costume parade, and don\'t forget to squeeze in some trick-or-treating for candy and prizes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gross Goodies</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, Oct. 25, 1pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nHey, kids - want to freak out your friends or family? Serve a meal with worms, vampire veins and monster eggs! Learn these gross but good-tasting recipes in the Gross Goodies cooking class at Whiteside Community Center. It\'s just the right recipe for a Halloween dinner. Ages 6 to 12. Cost is $10.\r\n\r\n<strong>Carnival Spooktacular</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Reed Park</a>, 4233 S. Yukon Ave.\r\nJoin other ghosts and goblins for this spooky, kooky carnival. Play fun games in a safe, indoor environment. Games are 25 cents each. Ages 2 to 11. Free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Party &amp; Parade</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 9am and 10:15am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nYou are officially invited to this special Halloween party! Look for a parade, games and even a few snacks. For ages 2 1/2-5 years. All participants must be pre-enrolled - call (918) 746-5040. Cost is $7.\r\n\r\n<strong>Halloween Carnival</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nJoin the ghosts and goblins at Whiteside for fun, safe Halloween experience. $5 admission for kids ages 2-8, which includes unlimited games. Adults and kids under 2 are free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Flashlight Candy Scramble</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 7:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Lacy Park</a>, 2134 N. Madison Place\r\nKids will have fun hunting for wrapped candy in the dark! Please bring a flashlight and container for your goodies! Ages 12 and under. Please bring a canned good donation to a local food pantry. Prizes. Ages 1 to 12. Free\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Furry Scurry</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Hicks Park</a>, 3443 S. Mingo Road\r\nJoin the folks at Hicks for a fun-filled morning of canine cavorting. This year\'s Fall Furry Scurry will consist of a fun run for dogs and their owners. Look for a 1/2-mile fun walk and a 1-mile fun run. A few local pet-related businesses will be on hand to showcase their products and services. Stick around after the run for dog-related games and door prizes. Fun-run participants <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org\">must pre-register by October 15th</a>. Registration for the fun run is $15 and includes an event t-shirt. Please call (918) 669-6355 if you have any questions or to register.','Halloween 2010 in Tulsa: For the Kids','There\'s so much going on in Tulsa this Halloween that I\'ve made three - three! - lists of activities and events so that you\'ll have the easiest and happiest time possible putting together your spooktacular itinerary for this year. I\'m going to kick things off with all the stuff the kids won\'t want to miss this Halloween season.','inherit','open','open','','2918-revision-18','','','2010-10-19 22:26:41','2010-10-20 03:26:41','',2918,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2918-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),