(4699,1,'2010-12-21 18:01:47','2010-12-21 23:01:47','<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\nYou have four shopping days left.\r\n\r\nI\'m sure more than one of you is out there wondering where to find the highest concentration of local shopping that you can hit in the least amount of time. Do as the <a href=\"http://www.elotetulsa.com/\">uber-popular Elote Cafe chef and owner Libby Auld</a> does: Shop downtown.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere is her list of stops, along with some commentary on what she was and was not able to find in her attempt to keep her stops for Christmas gifts within the IDL. \r\n\r\nOr, if you\'re in a hurry, skip to the end of this post for <a href=\"#downtown shopping\">a robust listing of shopping available in our beautiful central business district</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2305\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/restaurateurs-expand-downtown/elote/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2305\" title=\"Elote Cafe\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/elote.jpg\" alt=\"Elote Cafe\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Dwelling Spaces</strong>\r\nWhere: 119 S. Detroit Ave.\r\nPhone: (918) 582-1033\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net\">dwellingspaces.net</a>\r\n<strong>Libby:</strong> The main thing I had a hard time with in trying to stay downtown to shop for Christmas this year was finding stuff for kids, but at Dwelling Spaces I found some cute hand-made art smocks by Tex Montana, each $24. Mary Beth (the store owner) gave me crayons and a pad of paper for each one I bought. She also stocks these cool Route 66 Christmas ornaments - there\'s this cool Golden Driller one that\'s pretty cool, too. I also picked up a cool pack of cards, this great plate that I found and several books on famous Oklahomans.\r\n<strong>TDT</strong>: I think we all know <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=dwelling+spaces\">how I feel about Dwelling Spaces</a>. The place rules.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Historical Society at Atlas Life</strong>\r\nWhere: 415 S. Boston Ave., ground floor\r\nPhone: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">tulsahistory.org</a>\r\nRegular hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-2pm\r\n<strong>Libby</strong>: I like all the historic Tulsa stuff that\'s available at this shop. The t-shirts there aren\'t like the groovy ones at Dwelling Spaces, but they did have a great Atlas Life one that I picked up. I also got two jars of Oklahoma organic jam and some Christmas and thank-you cards (some featured reproductions of original drawings of some of Tulsa\'s most famous buildings).\r\n<strong>TDT</strong>: Plus, it gives you another excuse to hang out at the Atlas Life Building.\r\n\r\n<strong>Black Gold Outfitters at ONEOK Field</strong>\r\nWhere: 201 N. Elgin Ave.\r\nPhone: (918) 744-5998 (press 3)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://drillers.milbstore.com/store.cfm?dept_id=729&amp;store_id=78&amp;parentID=729\">tulsadrillers.com</a>\r\nRegular (off-season) hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm\r\n<strong>Libby</strong>: Picked up some baseball cards for my son here. They were running pretty low on stuff - they were out of the kids\'-sized jerseys and some other things I wanted - but I was still pleased to see this place open for the winter.\r\n\r\n<strong>Elote Cafe &amp; Catering</strong>\r\nWhere: 514 S. Boston Ave.\r\nPhone: (918) 582-1403\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.elotetulsa.com/\">elotetulsa.com</a>\r\n<strong>Libby</strong>: Of course I picked up some luchador calendars for every member of my family - they\'re $15.\r\n<strong>TDT</strong>: The luchador t-shirts at Elote are pretty great, too. I\'m just sayin\'.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gadget Company</strong>\r\nWhere: 104 E. 15th Street (15th and Boston)\r\nPhone: (918) 749-9963\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thegadgetcompany.com/\">thegadgetcompany.com</a>\r\n<strong>Libby</strong>: Here\'s where I picked up my very favorite thing I found on my downtown shopping trip: An alarm clock that rolls away from the bed when the alarm comes on. You have to chase it down to press snooze - it\'ll be perfect for a member of my family who absolutely has to be on time for work. I also picked up a digital tire gauge that talks. I found a pickle grabber, too - it reaches into a pickle jar and a wire claw grabs the pickle so you can pull it out. It\'ll be perfect for my daughter - she loves pickles. I picked up a couple of books, too - <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Tent-Couples-Getting-Naughty/dp/0899974325\">some of them looked pretty interesting</a>.\r\n<h2>Swing and a Miss</h2>\r\n<strong>Brother\'s Hat Shop</strong>\r\nWhere: 108 N. Greenwood Ave.\r\nPhone: (918) 850-5949\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.brothershatshop.com/\">brothershatshop.com</a>\r\n<strong>Libby</strong>: This shop wasn\'t open on the day I went shopping (a Monday, one of the two days the shop isn\'t open), but this place is definitely on my list of gift stops.\r\n<strong>TDT</strong>: A little about Brothers: This family-owned retail hat and accessories shop is a new member of the Greenwood strip, offering shoppers fitted hats from size 6 7/8 to 8 and custom dress shirts at affordable prices. Chill.\r\n\r\n<strong>Soul Mates</strong>\r\nWhere: 116 N. Greenwood Ave.\r\n<strong>TDT</strong>: This shoe boutique opened at the beginning of this year, and after they helped me with <a href=\"http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs508.snc3/26668_406005709506_47730984506_4112816_6017835_n.jpg\">a couple of pairs of seriously, calamitously high heels for Wine, Women &amp; Shoes 2010</a>, I\'ve been in love ever since. And so has my husband. So to speak. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Say no more. Plus, the shoes were just $20 per - a steal considering I\'ve worn these shoes constantly since this summer and they\'re still fabulous.\r\n<strong>Libby</strong>: Soul Mates was closed the day I was shopping. Monday\'s not the best day to try to shop downtown, apparently.\r\n\r\n<strong>Glacier Confection</strong>\r\nWhere: 15 E. Brady Street\r\nPhone: (918) 938-6368\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.glacierconfection.com/\">glacierconfection.com</a>\r\n<strong>Libby</strong>: I wanted to stop here for some candy for my kids\' stockings, but they were closed and their hours are very limited. Call ahead to make sure they\'re open before you stop by.\r\n<strong>TDT</strong>: You\'re not going to get prettier chocolate in Tulsa, and the variety of flavors available is pretty spectacular, too. The trick is catching these folks when they\'re open.\r\n<h2>Downtown Shopping: A Wishlist</h2>\r\nHer downtown shopping concluded and having hit five of her intended eight stops, Libby found that, in addition to more unlocked doors, she still needed a big-box store for gifts like the Legos and the Easy Bake Oven on her kids\' Christmas wish lists.\r\n\r\n\"There\'s not really a kids\' toy store downtown, but we need one - and local toy stores like Kiddlestix don\'t offer Legos or Easy Bake Ovens - my kids had very specific requests,\" she laughed.\r\n\r\n\"If we had a big toy store downtown, parents who work downtown could go shopping on their lunch break. Plus, toy stores are just awesome.\"\r\n<a name=\"downtown shopping\"><h2>Other Ideas for Shopping in Downtown Tulsa</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Cigars at The Humidor, 6th and Main</li>\r\n	<li>Classes and gifts from <a href=\"http://tulsaglassblowing.org/\">Tulsa Glassblowing Studio</a></li>\r\n	<li>Tulsa- and Oklahoma-centric t-shirts at <a href=\"http://www.boomtowntees.com/\">Boomtown Tees</a></li>\r\n	<li>Wine from <a href=\"http://www.tulsawine.com/\">Girouard Vines</a></li>\r\n	<li>Jewelry from <a href=\"http://spexton.myshopify.com/index.html\">Spexton</a></li>\r\n	<li>Coffee from <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Joe Bots</a>, <a href=\"http://www.topecacoffee.com/\">Topeca</a> or <a href=\"http://www.doubleshotcoffee.com/DoubleShot.html\">Doubleshot</a></li>\r\n	<li>Biking gear from <a href=\"http://leesbikes.com/\">Lee\'s Bicycles</a></li>\r\n	<li>A musical instrument from <a href=\"http://www.tulsaviolin.com/\">Tulsa Violin Shop</a></li>\r\n	<li>Running gear from <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/\">Fleet Feet</a></li>\r\n	<li>Spa services at <a href=\"http://www.chrysalissalon.net/\">Chrysalis</a></li>\r\n	<li>Gift certificates to the giftee\'s favorite downtown restaurant</li>\r\n	<li>Tulsa and Oklahoma-centric stuff from Lyon\'s Indian Store and Tulsa Treasures, 11th and Elgin</li>\r\n	<li>Tickets from <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a>, the <a href=\"http://www.tulsapac.com/\">Tulsa Performing Arts Center</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bradytheater.com/\">Brady Theater</a> or <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Where do you like to shop downtown?</strong>','Shopping Downtown With Elote Cafe’s Libby Auld: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','You have four shopping days left. 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Odds are it\'s the internationally known cowboy and Shidler\'s own One-Arm Bandit, John Payne, and his path isn\'t one in which to dilly dally. \r\n\r\nRead the rest of this story in <a href=\"http://okmag.com/online/February11.html\">the Feb. 2011 issue of Oklahoma Magazine</a>. ','Oklahoma\'s Rowdiest Export: Shidler\'s One Arm Bandit & Co. takes cowboy ingenuity across the globe','If you\'re driving along on an Oklahoma highway and you see a big, red farm truck on your tail, and if it\'s pulling a fancy rig and sporting on its roof the most enormous set of longhorns you\'ve ever seen, then it\'s time to move over. 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While I in no way claim to be a professional photographer - I am far, far from it, in fact - I posted a few simple tips and tricks I\'ve picked up along the way on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-how-i-learned-photograph-my-kid\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. Who knows, they might help you as you document your own travels about town with your kids.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: How I Learned to Photograph My Kid','Learning to take illustrative, how-to-do-Tulsa photos with a toddler as a model has been a huge learning process for me, earned mostly through trial and error.','inherit','open','open','','6089-revision-3','','','2011-02-22 00:57:26','2011-02-22 05:57:26','',6089,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6089-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(6096,1,'2011-02-22 08:41:30','2011-02-22 13:41:30','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=6090\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6090\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18841.jpg\" alt=\"Woodward Park Tulsa\" title=\"Woodward Park Tulsa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6090\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLearning to take illustrative, how-to-do-Tulsa photos with a toddler as a model has been a huge learning process for me, earned mostly through trial and error. While I in no way claim to be a professional photographer - I am far, far from it, in fact - I posted a few simple tips and tricks I\'ve picked up along the way on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-how-i-learned-photograph-my-kid\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. 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While I in no way claim to be a professional photographer - I am far, far from it, in fact - I posted a few simple tips and tricks I\'ve picked up along the way on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-how-i-learned-photograph-my-kid\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. 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Sexy, magical things.\r\n\r\nAnd the size? It\'s enough to put you to sleep at your table.\r\n\r\nNot that that\'s a bad thing. I\'m just saying so that you\'ll know to bring a pillow along when you try Brady Tavern. Falling asleep on a bare table is just bad manners, no matter how good the burger is.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6045\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6045\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18372-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll admit, I had mixed feelings about this restaurant opening as it was happening, and it wasn\'t because I had doubts about what it could become. It\'s hard, after all, to argue with something that <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">the McNellie\'s Group</a> gets behind - it\'s pretty well documented in local lore that those people know a thing or two about food.\r\n\r\nBut the reason Brady Tavern opened where and when it did is because <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/dinner/downtown-tulsa-lolas-at-the-bowery\">Lola\'s at the Bowery</a> shut its doors just weeks before the folks at McNellie\'s flipped it. The fare went from Spanish-style tapas to gourmet, chef-driven pub food.\r\n\r\nHere\'s what I\'ll say about Lola\'s: I liked the food. It lacked consistency, but more often than not, I was happy. I especially enjoyed the cakes, which were made in-house by Lola (not her real name, but since everyone else does, let\'s go with it). I\'ll always remember the huge <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3837459927/\">orange-chocolate ganache cake</a> my pal <a href=\"http://twitter.com/hwall\">Holly Wall</a> and I once bought, split and ate until all that were left were crumbs in just a matter of a couple of days.\r\n\r\nAnd then there was the miniature wedding cake Lola brought to my husband and I at our table when we were in celebrating the baby we knew we\'d have the following week. We didn\'t even order it; we told her what why we\'d come in, and she brought it to us. I loved that.\r\n\r\nBut when I began to hear reports of slow and discourteous service, I worried. When I experienced it myself, I was downright sad.\r\n\r\nIf anyone could take that space and run with it, though, it\'d be Elliot Nelson and his group. The folks in charge there have come a long way since they opened the doors to McNellie\'s Public House, up the road in the Blue Dome District at 1st and Elgin. When <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district/\">I talked to Elliot late last year about how they drew up with the concept for Brady Tavern</a> and the excitements and challenges of moving into the Brady Arts District, he mentioned that since they\'d gone into the restaurant business, he and his partners had grown into their love for good food.\r\n\r\nI like to think of it like this: It\'s like McNellie\'s grew up, had a couple of kids, bought an SUV and a membership at a local CSA. Which, in the time since the opening of McNellie\'s in 2004 until now, is probably exactly what several of those folks did.\r\n\r\nSo, back to the burger. It\'s good. It\'s like the cousin of the burger at McNellie\'s - the cousin that went to Harvard and would drink a $20 glass of Cabernet with a Hot Pocket.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s this.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6046\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1841-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6046\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18411-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMac and cheese. Or, as I should say, mac cooked just al dente and a variety of classy cheeses. And perfectly toasted bread crumbs.\r\n\r\nAnd, again, enough to eat and then pack a to-go box. And then eat again in the car with your fingers on the way home so that no one suspects that you could ever eat that much in a million years.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1854/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6047\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18541-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was the image I was trying to portray when I visited Brady Tavern with a group of guys just as classy as my mac and cheese. I\'m really glad I played it safe, too, because as I found out later, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectID=274&articleID=20110127_457_WK9_CUTLIN983935\">someone was watching</a>.\r\n\r\nAfter all, it\'s not every day the far left side of a girl\'s face gets featured on the restaurant page in the Tulsa World. Or <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=274&amp;articleid=20110202_371_0_Natash189547\">her appetite for chain restaurant roast beef just a few days later</a> in the same paper.\r\n\r\nI feel so famous. I mean, parts of my face feel famous. And my snow-day jonesin\' for paper-thin beef isn\'t feeling too shabby, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1843-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6048\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18432-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther things I\'m digging about Brady Tavern:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>They kept the bar from Lola\'s, which is original to the Fox Hotel building in which Brady Tavern is now housed, and the bartender came up with pre-prohibition era-inspired cocktails. Cool.</li>\r\n	<li>Cooler: Brady Tavern offers seating at what\'s called a chef\'s table - basically, it\'s a chance to sit smack dab in the center of the craziness of a restaurant kitchen. These are getting to be pretty common along the coasts and in the bigger cities here in the U.S., but this is the first I\'ve heard of one in Tulsa. There are two at BT, and each sits 6-8. <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jvergara\">My friend Jenny</a> had the pleasure of dining at one recently and had nothing but good things to say - which means a lot, coming from her.</li>\r\n	<li>The chef at Brady Tavern is Grant Vespasian. I became a fan of his when he worked under <a href=\"http://palacetulsa.com/\">James Shrader at Palace Cafe</a>, another of my favorite Tulsa chefs. Plus, I like saying Vespasian. Vespasian, Vespasian, Vespasian. Yes.</li>\r\n	<li>The folks at Brady Tavern bring bangers over from <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a> to whip up some bangers and mash, with truffled potatoes and Irish whiskey gravy. I kid you not. And we all know that <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">I\'m a fan of Fassler Hall</a>. I mean, it\'s hard to argue with a good wiener.</li>\r\n	<li>Brady Tavern now offers a brunch service on Sundays from 10am-2pm. And I know how much you Tulsans love your brunch. We\'re a brunch-loving city if there ever was one.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Bacon popcorn is on the appetizers menu</a>. And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">a bacon-infused old-fashioned on the cocktails menu</a>. It\'s OK, I\'ll wait while you mop your brains off your keyboards. My mind exploded when I realized this, too.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nBut you might not want to bother until you comb through these:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Lunch_01_21_11.pdf\">Here\'s the lunch menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Here\'s the dinner menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">Here\'s the cocktail menu</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNo reason to dirty up two towels, after all.\r\n\r\nHave you been to Brady Tavern? What\'d you have? What\'d you like? What didn\'t you like? If you had the burger, let me know if you think it deserves a spot on the list of Tulsa\'s bests.\r\n\r\nIf you hated it, well, you can slide it on down the bar to me. As my grandma always said, a burger saved is a burger earned. \r\n\r\n<strong>Brady Tavern</strong>\r\n201 N. Main Street\r\nMonday-Wednesday, 11am-12pm; Thursday-Saturday, 11am-2am; Sunday, 11am-12am\r\n(918) 949-9801 (reservations for dinner recommended)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1567241/restaurant/Brady-Arts-District/Brady-Tavern-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1567241/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Brady Tavern on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Burger Love at Brady Tavern','It\'s not exactly top secret that I\'m a big fan of the burger. At Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests.','inherit','open','open','','5952-revision-19','','','2011-02-21 09:50:18','2011-02-21 14:50:18','',5952,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5952-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(6085,1,'2011-02-22 07:30:02','2011-02-22 12:30:02','<object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hHtg6_Yhox4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hHtg6_Yhox4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nIf you\'re driving along on an Oklahoma highway and you see a big, red farm truck on your tail, and if it\'s pulling a fancy rig and sporting on its roof the most enormous set of longhorns you\'ve ever seen, then it\'s time to move over. Odds are it\'s the internationally known cowboy and Shidler\'s own One-Arm Bandit, John Payne, and his path isn\'t one in which to dilly dally. \r\n\r\nRead the rest of this story in <a href=\"http://okmag.com/online/February11.html\">on page 14 in the Feb. 2011 issue of Oklahoma Magazine</a>. ','Oklahoma\'s Rowdiest Export: Shidler\'s One Arm Bandit & Co. takes cowboy ingenuity across the globe','If you\'re driving along on an Oklahoma highway and you see a big, red farm truck on your tail, and if it\'s pulling a fancy rig and sporting on its roof the most enormous set of longhorns you\'ve ever seen, then it\'s time to move over. ','publish','open','open','','one-arm-bandit-and-company-oklahoma-magazine','','','2011-02-23 17:24:27','2011-02-23 22:24:27','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=6085',0,'post','',0),(6086,1,'2011-02-21 23:33:05','2011-02-22 04:33:05','<object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hHtg6_Yhox4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hHtg6_Yhox4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"></embed></object>\n\nIf you\'re driving along on an Oklahoma highway and you see a big, red farm truck on your tail, and if it\'s pulling a fancy rig and sporting on its roof the most enormous set of longhorns you\'ve ever seen, then it\'s time to move over. Odds are it\'s the internationally known cowboy and Shidler\'s own One-Arm Bandit, John Payne, and his path isn\'t one in which to dilly dally. \n\nRead the rest of this story in <a href=\"http://okmag.com/online/February11.html\">the Feb. 2011 issue of Oklahoma Magazine</a>. ','Oklahoma\'s Rowdiest Export: Shidler\'s One Arm Bandit & Co. takes cowboy ingenuity across the globe','If you\'re driving along on an Oklahoma highway and you see a big, red farm truck on your tail, and if it\'s pulling a fancy rig and sporting on its roof the most enormous set of longhorns you\'ve ever seen, then it\'s time to move over. ','inherit','open','open','','6085-revision','','','2011-02-21 23:33:05','2011-02-22 04:33:05','',6085,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6085-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6087,1,'2011-02-23 15:08:37','2011-02-23 20:08:37','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5886\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/tulsa-bloggers-do-tulsa-opera/dong/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5886\" title=\"Tulsa Opera Don Giovanni\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dong-500x221.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Opera Don Giovanni\" width=\"500\" height=\"221\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast Thursday evening several Tulsa bloggers made their way to downtown to catch the dress rehearsal of <a href=\"http://www.tulsapac.com/calendar.asp?id=1394&amp;thedate=2/23/2011&amp;task=display\">Tulsa Opera\'s latest production, the classic Don Giovanni</a>.\r\n\r\nWe laughed. We cried. We blogged. Here are the links to the first batch of posts.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<strong>Don Giovanni: </strong><a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/don-giovanni/\"><strong>Fiddlepit</strong></a><strong>.</strong>\r\nGolden quote: \"Don Giovanni is a horrible, horrible dude. He’s a total womanizer and dishonest person. He reminds me of (Charlie Sheen) Gaston…except more rape-y and murder-ish.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>Fat Ass Goes to the Opera: </strong><a href=\"http://fat-ass-to-fit-ass.blogspot.com/2011/02/fat-ass-goes-to-opera.html\"><strong>Fat Ass to Fit Ass</strong></a><strong>.</strong>\r\nGolden quote: \"A mix of tragedy and comedy as we watch the ill behavior and poor decisions of Don Giovanni.  Women wailed and cried over his actions, he laughed and drank and tormented those around him. My date called it Jersey Shore the Opera.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>Don Giovanni: Jersey Shore Meets the Bachelor a la Mozart?: </strong><a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2011/02/don-giovanni-jersey-shore-meets.html\"><strong>Real Housewives of Oklahoma</strong></a>\r\nGolden Quote: \"In today\'s terms, it\'s a bit Jersey Shore and Bachelor, with a hint of Real House Wives of New Jersey.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>TulsaKids Goes to the Opera: </strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsakids-goes-opera\"><strong>Betty Casey, Editor of TulsaKids</strong></a>\r\nGolden quote: \"Often, it’s easier for teens to talk when the topic is something external to themselves. Use the opera to explore thoughts, feelings and values. That’s what art can do for all of us.\"\r\n\r\nDid you see Tulsa Opera\'s Don G. last Saturday? Are you going this weekend (<a href=\"http://www.tulsapac.com/calendar.asp?id=1394&amp;thedate=2/23/2011&amp;task=display\">the show\'s on Friday night</a>)? 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While I in no way claim to be a professional photographer - I am far, far from it, in fact - I posted a few simple tips and tricks I\'ve picked up along the way on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-how-i-learned-photograph-my-kid\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. Who knows, they might help you as you document your own travels about town with your kids.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: How I Learned to Photograph My Kid','Learning to take illustrative, how-to-do-Tulsa photos with a toddler as a model has been a huge learning process for me, earned mostly through trial and error.','private','open','open','','how-i-learned-to-photograph-my-kid','','','2011-07-10 11:27:38','2011-07-10 17:27:38','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=6089',0,'post','',0),(6090,1,'2011-02-22 00:56:07','2011-02-22 05:56:07','','Woodward Park Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1884-2','','','2011-02-22 00:56:07','2011-02-22 05:56:07','',6089,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18841.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(6091,1,'2011-02-22 00:57:07','2011-02-22 05:57:07','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=6090\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6090\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18841.jpg\" alt=\"Woodward Park Tulsa\" title=\"Woodward Park Tulsa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6090\" /></a>\n\nLearning to take illustrative, how-to-do-Tulsa photos with a toddler as a model has been a huge learning process for me, earned mostly through trial and error. While I in no way claim to be a professional photographer - I am far, far from it, in fact - I posted a few simple tips and tricks I\'ve picked up along the way on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-how-i-learned-photograph-my-kid\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. Who knows, they might help you as you document your own travels about town with your kids.\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: How I Learned to Photograph My Kid','Learning to take illustrative, how-to-do-Tulsa photos with a toddler as a model has been a huge learning process for me, earned mostly through trial and error.','inherit','open','open','','6089-revision','','','2011-02-22 00:57:07','2011-02-22 05:57:07','',6089,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6089-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6092,1,'2011-02-22 00:57:26','2011-02-22 05:57:26','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=6090\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6090\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18841.jpg\" alt=\"Woodward Park Tulsa\" title=\"Woodward Park Tulsa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6090\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLearning to take illustrative, how-to-do-Tulsa photos with a toddler as a model has been a huge learning process for me, earned mostly through trial and error. While I in no way claim to be a professional photographer - I am far, far from it, in fact - I posted a few simple tips and tricks I\'ve picked up along the way on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-how-i-learned-photograph-my-kid\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. Who knows, they might help you as you document your own travels about town with your kids.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: How I Learned to Photograph My Kid','Learning to take illustrative, how-to-do-Tulsa photos with a toddler as a model has been a huge learning process for me, earned mostly through trial and error.','inherit','open','open','','6089-revision-2','','','2011-02-22 00:57:26','2011-02-22 05:57:26','',6089,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6089-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(6077,1,'2011-02-21 22:33:58','2011-02-22 03:33:58','<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178112042232963&index=1\">Mustache party! The Max Retropub is hosting one this Saturday night</a>. And get this - best female mustache is a category in the mustache competition portion of the evening. Sexy!\n\n<object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZLYEbkykCI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZLYEbkykCI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"></embed></object>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127371867334807&index=1\">It\'s Midnight Movie weekend at Circle Cinema</a>, and you know what that means - an awesomely bad movie with a side of terrific popcorn and watching said movie in your jammies. It\'s perfect. If you\'ve never been, make plans to go. The film this weekend is the 1975 cult classic Death Race 2000. \n\nLive with a pint-sized shutterbug? <a href=\"http://tulsachildrensmuseum.org/news/calendar.html\">Check out the Tulsa Kids\' Photo Challenge</a>, hosted by <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>. Kids snap shots of what they think makes Tulsa an awesome place to live, selects their two favorites and submits them to a Playologist at the Big Adventure Exhibit now open at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>. The photos will be printed and professionally mounted at THS in the exhibit for everyone to see. Cool! 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Sexy!\r\n\r\n<object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZLYEbkykCI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZLYEbkykCI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127371867334807&index=1\">It\'s Midnight Movie weekend at Circle Cinema</a>, and you know what that means - an awesomely bad movie with a side of terrific popcorn and watching said movie in your jammies. It\'s perfect. If you\'ve never been, make plans to go. The film this weekend is the 1975 cult classic Death Race 2000. \r\n\r\nLive with a pint-sized shutterbug? <a href=\"http://tulsachildrensmuseum.org/news/calendar.html\">Check out the Tulsa Kids\' Photo Challenge</a>, hosted by <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>. Kids snap shots of what they think makes Tulsa an awesome place to live, selects their two favorites and submits them to a Playologist at the Big Adventure Exhibit now open at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>. The photos will be printed and professionally mounted at THS in the exhibit for everyone to see. Cool! ',':Some Local Links','','inherit','open','open','','6075-revision-3','','','2011-02-21 22:34:27','2011-02-22 03:34:27','',6075,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6075-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(6083,1,'2011-02-21 23:18:29','2011-02-22 04:18:29','','Duct Tape Crafts at Tulsa Library','','inherit','open','open','','ducttape','','','2011-02-21 23:18:29','2011-02-22 04:18:29','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ducttape.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8023,1,'2011-05-05 08:29:17','2011-05-05 14:29:17','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/cinco-de-mayo-in-tulsa-2011/picture-6-10/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7976\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-6-500x334.png\" alt=\"Luchapalooza from Elote Facebook Page\" title=\"Luchapalooza from Elote Facebook Page\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7976\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCinco de Mayo is quite the busy night here in Tulsa. Here\'s a list of parties, events and street festivals happening around town to help you celebrate this holiday to the fullest. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo Fiesta</strong>\r\nWhen: 11am-2am\r\nWhere: Fourth Street between Cheyenne and Boulder, in downtown Tulsa\r\nGet live music, tons of food and activities for all ages at this downtown, all-day street festival. Music performances will range from mariachi bands to Ballet Folkloricos; other entertainment includes free salsa dancing lessons, a traditional Mexican piñata, a kids\' area with face painting, a Jupiter Jump and an art show. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=223008867713928\">Here\'s more about this first-annual event, sponsored by Casa Laredo</a>, including a schedule of events. \r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo with Elote</strong>\r\nWhen: 5pm-midnight\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103726056383125\">Boston Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Street</a>\r\nSee luchador fights all Cinco de Mayo evening long at this downtown street festival (yes, we have luchador fighting here in Tulsa - in fact, <a href=\"http://elotetulsa.com/luchadores\">we have our very own luchador wrestling league</a>), as well as the wedding of luchadors La Princessa and Bar Fly. Congratulations, you two! Look also for kids\' activities, music, low riders, food and, of course, lots and lots of adult beverages.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo Street Party with El Guapo\'s</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 11am; Bands start at 8pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/elguapostulsa\">El Guapo\'s Mexican Cantina</a>, 1st and Elgin\r\nJoin the folks at El Guapo\'s for this year\'s Cinco de Mayo Street Party, starting today 11am. Look for the outdoor tent and a stage for live music starting at 8pm. I hear that if you rub the margarita machines, you\'ll have good luck all the way until the next Cinco de Mayo - give it a try and see for yourself. \r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo at The Max Retropub</strong>\r\nWhen: 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.themaxtulsa.com/\">The Max Retropub</a>, 114 S. Elgin Avenue\r\nLook for a rooftop tequila luge, Dos Equis specials and music from Mariachi of Tulsa at this Blue Dome District Cinco de Mayo party. A few doors down is a Taco Pizza special at Joe Momma\'s, in case all that partying makes you hungry. \r\n\r\nWhere will you celebrate Cinco de Mayo this year? \r\n\r\nIs your favorite event missing from this listing? <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact/\">Let me know by contacting me here</a>. \r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1456339304\">Photo from the Elote Cafe Facebook page</a></em>','Cinco de Mayo in Tulsa 2011','Cinco de Mayo is quite the busy night here in Tulsa. Here\'s a list of parties, events and street festivals happening around town to help you celebrate to the fullest. ','inherit','open','open','','7975-revision-13','','','2011-05-05 08:29:17','2011-05-05 14:29:17','',7975,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/7975-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(6389,1,'2011-02-28 23:23:47','2011-03-01 05:23:47','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4251\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom-kitchen-helper-tulsa-kids/img_0159/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4251\" title=\"Sage Culinary Studio Kitchen Helper\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0159-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Sage Culinary Studio Kitchen Helper\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere was a great article printed in an edition of <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/\">TulsaKids Magazine</a> a few months back about how a group of local moms decided whether to go back to work or stay home after their babies were born.\r\n\r\nI read that article as if it were a double bacon cheeseburger and I hadn\'t eaten in two weeks.\r\n\r\nI wrote about how I made this decision for my own family on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-work-or-stay-home-question\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a> today. Check it out, especially if you love stories that feature the gnashing of teeth.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-At-Home Mom: To Work Or Stay Home, That Is The Question','I wrote about how I made the decision work-or-stay-home for my own family on my blog at TulsaKids.com today. Check it out, especially if you love stories that feature the gnashing of teeth.','private','open','open','','work-or-stay-home-tulsa-kids','','','2011-07-10 11:20:28','2011-07-10 17:20:28','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=6389',0,'post','',0),(6075,1,'2011-02-23 14:38:47','2011-02-23 19:38:47','<a title=\"Visit of the Chancellor of the University of London, HRH Princess Anne to the School, 8 May 1986 by LSE Library, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/lselibrary/4416711547/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4416711547_91403f18ef.jpg\" alt=\"Visit of the Chancellor of the University of London, HRH Princess Anne to the School, 8 May 1986\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThose TPS reports can wait. Check out this local list-o-links first and improve your day by <a href=\"http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/southcrest/\">at least 94 percent</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178112042232963&amp;index=1\"><strong>Mustache party!</strong> The Max Retropub is hosting one this Saturday night</a>. And get this - best female mustache is a category in the mustache competition portion of the evening. It\'s nice to know that The Max cares enough to create avenues through which I can succeed.\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" 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/0ZLYEbkykCI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZLYEbkykCI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127371867334807&amp;index=1\"><strong>It\'s Midnight Movie weekend at Circle Cinema</strong></a>, and you know what that means - an awesomely bad movie with a side of terrific popcorn and watching said movie in your jammies. It\'s perfect. If you\'ve never been, make plans to go. The film this weekend is the 1975 cult classic Death Race 2000.\r\n\r\n<strong>Live with a pint-sized shutterbug?</strong> <a href=\"http://tulsachildrensmuseum.org/news/calendar.html\">Check out the Tulsa Kids\' Photo Challenge</a>, hosted by <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>. Kids snap shots of what they think makes Tulsa an awesome place to live, select their two favorites and submit them to a Playologist at the Big Adventure Exhibit now open at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>. The photos will be printed and professionally mounted at THS in the exhibit for everyone to see. Neat, right?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.fox23.com/mostpopular/story/East-Tulsa-Man-Injures-Face-in-Bizarre-Accident/oq6gby3ivUKkGiJ9uM8ekw.cspx\"><strong>Read this the next time your child puts Skittles up his/her nose</strong></a>. And feel better.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://reverieart.blogspot.com/2011/02/rabbits-roses.html\"><strong>Baby bunnies</strong></a><strong>! </strong><a href=\"http://livingonthisfarm.blogspot.com/2011/02/first-kids-of-season.html\"><strong>Baby goats</strong></a><strong>!</strong> I mean, what more do you need in this life?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/2011/02/mcklinky-monday-one-tank-road-trips.html\"><strong>A list of one-tank road trips</strong></a>...since it\'s getting all spring-like up in here and all.\r\n\r\nIn case you missed it: <a href=\"http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=14066725\"><strong>It was a naked kind of Sunday in downtown Tulsa</strong></a>. Which hurts worse: To be tased when you\'re fully clothed, or to be tased when you\'re naked? There\'s at least one young man who knows for sure.\r\n\r\nFile under <strong>surprising aspects of roadside attractions</strong>: Did you know that there\'s a small concrete-and-fiberglass mushroom forest behind the Blue Whale and the ARK building in Catoosa? Well, <a href=\"http://redforkhippie.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/a-weekend-well-spent/\">thanks to Red Fork Hippie Chick, you do now</a>.\r\n\r\nFacebook confusion: <strong>Ever get lost when trying to distinguish between Facebook groups and pages?</strong> <a href=\"http://saxum.com.s119930.gridserver.com/tips-and-tricks/facebook-pages-vs-groups/\">Saxum PR helps to sets the record straight</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/02/18/2011/no-phones-no-fools-no-frets-the-j-j-behind-j-j-’s-gourmet-burger-cafe/\">No Phones, No Fools, No Frets: <strong>The J.J. Behind J.J. Gourmet Burger Cafe</strong></a>, from Steve Gerkin of <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">This Land Press</a>. Which is why I feel even more special <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_0857.jpg\">that J.J. gave me this</a> (with a gift bow stuck on the side) during my most recent visit to his restaurant.\r\n\r\nAlso from This Land, <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/02/23/2011/go-fast-turn-left/\"><strong>check out this piece by roller derby gal Clara Nipper, a.k.a. Cat Owta Hell</strong></a>. It\'ll make you want to fight. Or work out, at least.\r\n\r\n<strong>The new </strong><a href=\"http://www.bluerosecafetulsa.com/\"><strong>Blue Rose Cafe</strong></a>: <a href=\"http://tulsagentleman.blogspot.com/2011/02/wordless-wednesday-new-blue-rose.html\">It\'s kinda popular</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa is a wrestling town</strong>. <a href=\"http://breakingtreyfabe.wordpress.com/\">Here\'s a new blog on the subject to prove it</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cage match fighting over Thin Mints</strong>: <a href=\"http://thechippermuse.blogspot.com/2011/02/devil-is-in-your-thin-mints.html\">I wouldn\'t lie to you</a>. Especially not during Girl Scout Cookie season.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.weatherandnoise.net/2011/02/tulsa-art-studio-tour.html\"><strong>Here comes the Tulsa Art Studio Tour</strong></a>, one of my favorite artsy-fartsy events in T-Town all year long. Make plans now to be there April 9 and 10.\r\n\r\nWhat have you been reading on the local Interwebs?','Mustache Party, Death Race 2000 and Downtown Naked Sunday: Some Local Links','Check out this local list-o-links first and improve your day by at least 94 percent.','publish','open','open','','mustache-party-death-race-2000-downtown-naked-sunday-local-links','','http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/southcrest/\nhttp://saxum.com.s119930.gridserver.com/tips-and-tricks/facebook-pages-vs-groups/\nhttp://thislandpress.com/02/23/2011/go-fast-turn-left/\nhttp://redforkhippie.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/a-weekend-well-spent/','2011-02-23 17:20:31','2011-02-23 22:20:31','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=6075',0,'post','',0),(6076,1,'2011-02-21 22:05:57','2011-02-22 03:05:57','Mustache party! The Max Retropub is hosting one this Saturday night. And get this - best female mustache is a category in the mustache competition portion of the evening. ',':Some Local Links','','inherit','open','open','','6075-revision','','','2011-02-21 22:05:57','2011-02-22 03:05:57','',6075,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6075-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5322,1,'2011-01-23 15:59:58','2011-01-23 20:59:58','Regular readers of this blog know that I have a thing for pie.\n\nI come by it honestly. I\'ve been eating pie since I could eat solid food, and I\'m pretty sure that most of you out there have, too. Pie is treasured here in the U.S. of A., and perhaps especially in the south and here in the midwest. Where any time you feel a whimper coming on, there\'s sure to be a grandmother within close proximity who can sense it and instinctually jumps up to slap some sweet filling between two flaky crusts.\n\nThanks to the American Pie Council (yes, there\'s an American Pie Council), today is National Pie Day. Here are a few posts from here at TDT that will serve as good reading as you nibble on your celebratory slice.\n<ul>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/sweet-potato-pie-eat-local-for-holidays/\">Eating Local for the Holidays: A Tulsa-Grown Sweet Potato Pie</a></li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/08/once-upon-pie-merritts-celebrates-30/\">Once Upon a Pie: Merritt\'s Bakery Celebrates 30 Years</a></li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/more-on-pie-merritts-bakery/\">More on Pie</a> (A behind-the-scenes video tour of the inner workings of Tulsa-based <a href=\"http://merrittsbakery.com/\">Merritt\'s Bakery</a>)</li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/oklahoma-pecans-foraging-haikey-creek-park/\">Oklahoma Pecans: Foraging, Family Style</a></li>\n</ul>\nEnjoy! And indulge.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/08/once-upon-pie-merritts-celebrates-30/\"></a>','Happy National Pie Day!','','inherit','open','open','','5319-revision','','','2011-01-23 15:59:58','2011-01-23 20:59:58','',5319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5319-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5324,1,'2011-01-23 16:10:33','2011-01-23 21:10:33','<a title=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market Pie Contest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3909529964/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2575/3909529964_d78508e775.jpg\" alt=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market Pie Contest 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRegular readers of this blog know that I have a thing for pie.\r\n\r\nI come by it honestly. I\'ve been eating pie since I could eat solid food, and I\'m pretty sure that most of you out there have, too. Pie is treasured here in the U.S. of A., and perhaps especially in the south and here in the midwest. Where any time you feel a whimper coming on, there\'s sure to be a grandmother within close proximity who can sense it and instinctually jumps up to slap some sweet filling between two flaky crusts.\r\n\r\nThanks to the American Pie Council (yes, there\'s an American Pie Council), today is National Pie Day. Here are a few posts from here at TDT that will serve as good reading as you nibble on your celebratory slice.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/sweet-potato-pie-eat-local-for-holidays/\">Eating Local for the Holidays: A Tulsa-Grown Sweet Potato Pie</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/more-on-pie-merritts-bakery/\">More on Pie</a> (A behind-the-scenes video tour of the inner workings of Tulsa-based <a href=\"http://merrittsbakery.com/\">Merritt\'s Bakery</a>, which was celebrating its 30th anniversary at the time)</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/oklahoma-pecans-foraging-haikey-creek-park/\">Oklahoma Pecans: Foraging, Family Style</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nEnjoy! And indulge.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/08/once-upon-pie-merritts-celebrates-30/\"></a>','Happy National Pie Day','Regular readers of this blog know that I have a thing for pie.','inherit','open','open','','5319-revision-3','','','2011-01-23 16:10:33','2011-01-23 21:10:33','',5319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5319-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5323,1,'2011-01-23 16:01:56','2011-01-23 21:01:56','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3909529964/\" title=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market Pie Contest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2575/3909529964_d78508e775.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market Pie Contest 2009\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRegular readers of this blog know that I have a thing for pie.\r\n\r\nI come by it honestly. I\'ve been eating pie since I could eat solid food, and I\'m pretty sure that most of you out there have, too. Pie is treasured here in the U.S. of A., and perhaps especially in the south and here in the midwest. Where any time you feel a whimper coming on, there\'s sure to be a grandmother within close proximity who can sense it and instinctually jumps up to slap some sweet filling between two flaky crusts.\r\n\r\nThanks to the American Pie Council (yes, there\'s an American Pie Council), today is National Pie Day. Here are a few posts from here at TDT that will serve as good reading as you nibble on your celebratory slice.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/sweet-potato-pie-eat-local-for-holidays/\">Eating Local for the Holidays: A Tulsa-Grown Sweet Potato Pie</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/08/once-upon-pie-merritts-celebrates-30/\">Once Upon a Pie: Merritt\'s Bakery Celebrates 30 Years</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/more-on-pie-merritts-bakery/\">More on Pie</a> (A behind-the-scenes video tour of the inner workings of Tulsa-based <a href=\"http://merrittsbakery.com/\">Merritt\'s Bakery</a>)</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/oklahoma-pecans-foraging-haikey-creek-park/\">Oklahoma Pecans: Foraging, Family Style</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nEnjoy! And indulge.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/08/once-upon-pie-merritts-celebrates-30/\"></a>','Happy National Pie Day','Regular readers of this blog know that I have a thing for pie.','inherit','open','open','','5319-revision-2','','','2011-01-23 16:01:56','2011-01-23 21:01:56','',5319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/5319-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4707,1,'2010-12-20 09:16:49','2010-12-20 14:16:49','<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 & 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&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<h2>For a Family-Friendly New Years Eve</h2>\r\n\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\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-12','','','2010-12-20 09:16:49','2010-12-20 14:16:49','',4166,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4166-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(5325,1,'2011-01-24 17:43:09','2011-01-24 22:43:09','<em>This post is by Tulsa designer and photographer Michael Champlin. <a href=\"http://mjchamplin.com/\">You can visit him here</a>, and don\'t forget to <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/mjchamplin\">follow him on Twitter</a>. Take it away, Michael! </em>\r\n\r\nImagine you\'ve signed up for <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/video.htm\">Living Arts\' annual 24-Hour Video Race</a>. Now, you’ve got 24 hours to make a five-minute film.\r\n\r\nLast year, I did exactly that.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nAt first, it seems pretty reasonable, right? But then you realize that a lot goes into making five minutes of decent film: There’s the writing, finding people to be in it, locations, shooting and (cringe) editing. That’s not to mention the fact that you’ll probably forget your battery at home, be accosted by homeless people, get kicked out of the St. John Parking Garage (hopefully <em>after</em> you get the shot) and generally freeze your butt off while you sit, before dawn, on the edge of a cliff at Chandler Park in order to film your crucial time-lapse sunrise scene. And then it might turn out to be cloudy.\r\n\r\nAll in a days work for a marathon amateur filmmaker.\r\n\r\nThe rules are simple: Each team has precisely 24 hours (midnight Friday night to midnight Saturday night) to produce a film no longer than 5 minutes in length. The film must incorporate:\r\n\r\nA chosen theme.\r\n\r\nA predetermined line of dialog.\r\n\r\nA prop.\r\n\r\nAll three of these requirements were announced at the kickoff party at the 2010 race Friday night at midnight.\r\n\r\nIn other words, regardless of how much advance planning a filmmaker does, s/he is going to be forced to think on the fly. And the themes/lines/props can be pretty tricky; last year’s theme, <em>The Year We Make Contact</em>, required the line “the pleasures of the evening” and the inclusion of an 8-Ball — though the results showed those criteria could be taken in any number of directions.\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" 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://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9569148&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9569148&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nFor the amateur filmmaker, the race is a great opportunity to jump into making movies. The event provides a neutral forum for newcomers to exhibit their work; most of the participants are new to the game, so there’s no reason to worry that your acting  won’t be up to snuff or your hand-held shots are too shaky. Contestants use whatever equipment they have available to them, and some of the best entries are often also the least “professional.”\r\n\r\nIt’s more about hard work and creativity than getting everything perfect.  The rawness of the end result is just part of the charm.\r\n\r\nMaking a video in 24 hours is an experience: A sleepless, caffeine-fueled attempt at doing the impossible. The very structure of the event breeds creativity; there’s no time to slow down and think things through, so you end up making lots of decisions (and learning lots of things) as you go. You’ll spend 24 hours brainstorming, filming, editing, picking out music and making runs for fast food and coffee.\r\n\r\nAnd at 11:15pm on Saturday when you finally finish and pop your newly-burned DVD into the player to watch your finished product before racing downtown to turn it in, there will be many energetic high fives, hugs and smiles. Regardless of winning or losing, everyone has a good time.\r\n\r\nAnd, if you’re like me, you might learn something, too.\r\n\r\n<em>Be sure to sign up for <a href=\"http://www.livingarts.org/video.htm\">the 2011 edition of the 24-Hour Video Race</a>, which kicks off at midnight on Friday, Feb. 4.</em>','Living Arts of Tulsa\'s 24-Hour Video Race (from someone who lived to tell the tale)','Imagine you\'ve signed up for Living Arts\' annual 24-Hour Video Race. Now, you’ve got 24 hours to make a five-minute film. Last year, I did exactly that. ','publish','open','open','','living-arts-tulsa-24-hour-video-race','','','2011-02-10 21:20:30','2011-02-11 02:20:30','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=5325',0,'post','',7),(6270,1,'2011-02-27 20:03:27','2011-02-28 01:03:27','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/oscar-okie-style/picture-2-11/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6209\" title=\"Oscars Oklahoma Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-22-500x361.png\" alt=\"Oscars Oklahoma Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGood evening, ladies and gentlemen - welcome to the night of the 83rd annual Academy Awards, <a href=\"http://www.oscar.com/\">otherwise known as the Oscars</a>.\r\n\r\nFolks from all over the world are gathering tonight to watch the show, and Oklahomans are no different. I\'ll be keeping track of what Okies are saying about the Oscars this evening with <a href=\"http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23okieoscar\">the hashtag #OkieOscar on Twitter</a> (think of it as a virtual Oscar watch party), and I\'ll repost my favorite observations here on this post throughout the evening.\r\n\r\nSo, check back. The Okie Oscar commentary is bound to enlighten you.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>7:02 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/leecarter77\">@leecarter77</a> Once you\'ve gone Black Swan, you don\'t go back...swan. #okieoscars #snl\r\n\r\n<strong>7:01 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/vickimaeisOK\">@vickimaeisOK</a> Poor Natalie P. looks super uncomfortable talking to Douchecrest- which, I would too if I were pregnant and wearing heels. #okieoscars\r\n\r\n<strong>7:00 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/crashtestmommy\">@CrashTestMommy</a> Hi Natalie, did you ever know that you\'re my girl crush? #okieoscar #okieoscars\r\n\r\n<strong>6:59 p.m.:</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kellyology\">@Kellyology</a> Love the purple, but it would have been even more fierce with the Black Swan crazy eye contacts Emily. #OkieOscars\r\n\r\n<strong>6:49 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/katespencer1\">@KateSpencer1</a> Valentino is a strange strange little man. #okieoscars\r\n\r\n<strong>6:46 p.m.</strong>:<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kellyology\">@Kellyology</a> Javier Bardem & Penelope Cruz...a couple with a little sumpin sumpin for everyone. #OkieOscars #OkieOscar\r\n\r\n<strong>6:41 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/shopstalker\">@ShopStalker</a> #Oklahoma girls are ticked that there\'s a big tornado warning box on the right corner of our TVs blocking views of red carpet shoes. #Oscars\r\n\r\n<strong>6:36 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/katespencer1\">@KateSpencer1</a>: I want Tim Gunn to be my gay uncle. #okieoscars\r\n\r\n<strong>6:34 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kellyology\">@Kellyology</a> <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/katespencer1\">@KateSpencer1</a> Seriously. Tornado Scnhormado. We\'re Okies. We know them when we hear them. Show t/red carpet! #OkieOscars\r\n\r\n<strong>6:33 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/crashtestmommy\">@CrashTestMommy</a> Methinks Penelope is breastfeeding. WOW. #okieoscars\r\n\r\n<strong>6:31 p.m. </strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jodaciousjody\">@jodaciousjody</a>: We don\'t need the Tulsa stations covering tornadoes in Kansas on Oscar night. #overkill\r\n\r\n<strong>6:29 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/joemommastulsa\">@JoeMommasTulsa</a> A fancy schmancy @ABroyles is here for the #Oscars Red Carpet pre-show! #mommasoscars http://ow.ly/i/8DeP\r\n\r\n<strong>6:28 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimaverill\">@kimaverill</a> If the stupid weather in any way messes up the Oscars in any way shape or form, I\'m moving! No tornadoes after Blizzard-zilla, please.\r\n\r\n<strong>6:26 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/grettakjordan\">@GrettaKJordan</a> Hilary Swank, can I borrow that dress for school this week? #okieoscars\r\n\r\n<strong>6:26 p.m. </strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/bethanymerrill\">@bethanymerrill</a> Oy vey! Why does every major tv event have to be interrupted by severe weather updates?? #okieoscars\r\n\r\n<strong>6:20 p.m. </strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/heartsnhawaii\">@HeartsnHawaii</a> What\'s up with the female version of an Elvis jumpsuit? #okieoscar\r\n\r\n<strong>6:14 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/colleenalmeida\">@colleenalmeida</a> so far for guys fashion: boring, boring, boring, boring, russell brand. #okieoscar\r\n\r\n<strong>6:05 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/okstyle\">@okstyle</a> Not loving Scarlett Johansson\'s lace dess. Maybe it\'s because this week I washed 12 lace curtain panels from my mother\'s house.\r\n\r\n<strong>6:03 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kellyology\">@Kellyology</a> The difference between #OkieOscar & #oscars? The y\'all.\r\n\r\n<strong>6:01 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/grettakjordan\">@GrettaKJordan</a>: Kate Blanchette\'s dress must look better in person #okieoscars\r\n\r\n<strong>5:58 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/laurenmckinney\">@laurenmckinney</a>: Okay, so confused- why is everyone SO dressed up to go visit a green guy who lives in a trash can? #okieoscars\r\n\r\n<strong>5:56 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/travelOK\">@TravelOK</a>: What other state can boast about a state song than won an #Oscar? #Oklahoma,1956 for Best Musical Score http://bit.ly/gWlEBv\r\n\r\n<strong>5:40 p.m. </strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/colleenalmeida\">@ColleenAlmeida</a>: michelle williams needs to fire her stylist. or hire one. great actress, but she is always a red carpet don\'t. #redcarpet #okieoscars\r\n\r\n<strong>5:15 p.m.</strong>:<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/katespencer1\">@KateSpencer1</a>: I like the cut of Melissa Leo\'s dress... not sure about the gold lame. Also I just saw Mila Kunis nipples. #okieoscar\r\n\r\n<strong>5:00 p.m.</strong>:<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/katespencer1\">@KateSpencer1</a>: I want to hold Giuliana down and force carbs down her throat. #okieoscar\r\n\r\n<strong>3:30 p.m.</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/thatsbaloney\">@thatsbaloney</a>: Anyone else watching E! this afternoon? I\'ve never paid this much attention to pre-Oscar red carpet time. <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/therhok\">@therhok</a> #OkieOscar','The Oscars, Okie Style','I\'ll be keeping track of what Okies are saying about the Oscars this evening with the hashtag #OkieOscar on Twitter, and I\'ll repost my favorite observations here on this post throughout the evening.','inherit','open','open','','6208-revision-60','','','2011-02-27 20:03:27','2011-02-28 01:03:27','',6208,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6208-revision-60/',0,'revision','',0),(4715,1,'2010-12-22 12:08:15','2010-12-22 17:08:15','<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\nThree shopping days to go, Tulsa - you\'re down to the wire. Hopefully you\'re at least almost done with your shopping.\r\n\r\nEven if you\'re not, though, everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<strong>Kiddlestix</strong>. It\'s the T-Town version of Toys \'R\' Us, only with better service, better quality of toys and a location that\'s comfortably far away from the traffic nightmare that\'s 71st Street this time of year. Find everything from the quirky to the environmentally friendly to the learning-friendly toys at this destination-o-fun. 38th and Harvard.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sweettoothtulsa.com/\"><strong>Sweet Tooth Candy and Gifts</strong></a>. Like the Walgreen\'s of the candy and gift world and all the delightful randomness that that association implies, but with the friendly, sunshiny faces of shop owners who love and are passionate about what they do. Plus, there\'s a candy buffet. And eight-pound chocolate Santas. In other words? It\'s practically a one-stop stocking stuffer shop (especially if you like your stockings well leaden). Plus, parents, <a href=\"http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs078/1103050552086/archive/1104108498954.html\">all ornaments are 25 percent off with this coupon</a>. 37th and Harvard.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ecobabyandkids.com/\"><strong>Eco Baby</strong></a>. Considering forgoing a stocking for the baby? Think s/he won\'t notice? Wrong (actually, you\'re probably right, but hear me out here). Prevent future therapy bills with a stop at Eco Baby on Brookside and find the perfect stocking stuffer for kids from babies to toddlers, all of which are earth friendly.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a></strong>. Look for gifts like the book <a href=\"http://www.tulsapeople.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=13705&amp;url=%2FTulsa-People%2FAugust-2010%2FWorth-reading-quotSide-quot-stories%2F&amp;mode=print\">Sidewords</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/305\">toy robots</a>, Tulsa-hip t-shirts, Ugly Dolls and Cuddle Monsters galore. All would help to fill out your little darlings\' stockings nicely.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\"><strong>Steve\'s Sundry Books &amp; Magazines</strong></a>. The kids\' books section at this locally owned book store is bound to have a volume that\'s absent from the library in the playroom - the store offers more than 50,000 titles, after all. Let\'s just say your odds are good.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\"><strong>Ida Red</strong></a>. Skip the candy isle at the mega stores and opt for the huge offering of nostalgic candy on display at Ida Red. Find Tulsa and Okie wear here, too, and in kids sizes.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"gardendeva.com/\"> Garden Deva</a></strong>. Mostly for the little cherub of yours who asked for <a href=\"http://www.gardendeva.com/asccustompages/products.asp?fav=0&amp;fpage=1&amp;page=1&amp;categoryID=3&amp;productID=66&amp;cartID=918606586\">a puppy for Christmas</a>. I know, I\'m bad. But look at it this way - you can tell your child that once s/he learns to feed and water and walk this dog, s/he can have a real, living-and-breathing model. It\'ll be fun for everyone involved! Plus, parents, you\'ll get lawn art by a local artist out of the deal. Now that\'s what I call a win-win situation.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sageculinarystudio.com/\"><strong>Sage Culinary Studio (Brookside and South)</strong></a>. Both of the Sage Culinary Studio locations are bursting with kid-sized cooking supplies and utensils that will make it easier for you and the kids to put dinner together as a family. If it\'s the food-loving caretaker that will be doing the shopping at Sage, you might want to make room in the trunk - it\'s not all kids\' stuff.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.snowgoosetulsa.com/\">The Snow Goose</a></strong>. The Snow Goose is such a weird, delightful little place. It\'s naughty cards. It\'s quirky, comfy clothing. It\'s gifts you won\'t find anywhere else in town (or anywhere else, period). It\'s also a kick-ass little toy store, and you can spend as much or as little as you want, the range of options is so wide. I wouldn\'t exactly call myself a shopping enthusiast, but I really enjoy shopping and just hanging out at The Snow Goose.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/\">Drysdales</a></strong>. Drysdales isn\'t just for when you need a Stetson or a beautiful pair of boots. You\'ll find quite the selection of kids\' clothes and toys there, too. Including <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Pajamas-Underwear/detail-647-Childrens-Long-Underwear.html\">these adorable Union suits</a> that I\'m sure Susie and Junior would just love (well, I\'d love them, anyway). And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Belts/detail-13666-Kids-Initial-Belt-Buckle.html\">the classic initial belt buckle</a>, which I would have knocked down the biggest, meanest kid in school just to wear for one day.\r\n\r\n<strong>Where are you shopping for stocking stuffers this Christmas?</strong>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"18\"]</p>','Stocking Stuffers for the Kids: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','Everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them. ','publish','open','open','','stocking-stuffers-for-the-kids-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010','','','2010-12-22 12:08:15','2010-12-22 17:08:15','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=4715',0,'post','',2),(4716,1,'2010-12-22 10:04:33','2010-12-22 15:04:33','Three shopping days to go, Tulsa - you\'re down to the wire. Hopefully you\'re at least almost done with your shopping. \n\nSweet Tooth Candy and Gifts\nEco Baby\nKiddlestix\n\n<img src=\"http://www.bracebooks.com/files/brace/sidewords.jpg\" width=\"348\"/>\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a></strong>. Look for gifts like the book <a href=\"http://www.tulsapeople.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=13705&url=%2FTulsa-People%2FAugust-2010%2FWorth-reading-quotSide-quot-stories%2F&mode=print\">Sidewords</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/305\">toy robots</a>, Tulsa-hip t-shirts, Ugly Dolls and Cuddle Monsters galore. All would help to fill out your little darlings\' stockings nicely. \n<a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\">Steve\'s Sundry Books & Magazines</a>. The kids\' books section at this locally owned book store is bound to have a volume that\'s absent from the library in the playroom - the store offers more than 50,000 titles, after all. Let\'s just say your odds are good.  \n<a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a>. Skip the candy isle at the mega stores and opt for the huge offering of nostalgic candy on display at Ida Red. Find Tulsa and Okie wear here, too, and in kids sizes. \nGarden Deva. Mostly for the little cherub of yours who asked for <a href=\"http://www.gardendeva.com/asccustompages/products.asp?fav=0&fpage=1&page=1&categoryID=3&productID=66&cartID=918606586\">a puppy for Christmas</a>. I know, I\'m bad. But look at it this way - you can tell your child that once s/he learns to feed and water and walk this dog, s/he can have a real, living-and-breathing model. It\'ll be fun for everyone involved! Plus, parents, you\'ll get lawn art by a local artist out of the deal. That\'s what I call a win-win situation. \n<a href=\"http://www.sageculinarystudio.com/\">Sage Culinary Studio (Brookside and South)</a>. Both of the Sage Culinary Studio locations are bursting with kid-sized cooking supplies and utensils that will make it easier for you and the kids to put dinner together as a family. If it\'s the food-loving caretaker that will be doing the shopping at Sage, you might want to make room in the trunk - it\'s not all kids\' stuff.  \nThe Snow Goose. The Snow Goose is such a weird, delightful little place. It\'s naughty cards. It\'s quirky clothing. It\'s gifts you won\'t find anywhere else in town (or anywhere else, period). It\'s also a kick-ass little toy store, and you can spend as much or as little as you want, the range of options is so wide. \nDrysdales\n\nThe Box Works\n','Stocking Stuffers for the Kids: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','','inherit','open','open','','4715-revision','','','2010-12-22 10:04:33','2010-12-22 15:04:33','',4715,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4715-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4717,1,'2010-12-22 12:00:27','2010-12-22 17:00:27','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/blu_grey_gradient_gallery/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3917\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blu_grey_gradient_gallery-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" title=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3917\" /></a>\n\nThree shopping days to go, Tulsa - you\'re down to the wire. Hopefully you\'re at least almost done with your shopping. \n\nEven if you\'re not, though, everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them. \n\n<!--more-->\n\n<strong>Kiddlestix</strong>. It\'s the T-Town version of Toys \'R\' Us, only with better service, better quality of toys and a location that\'s comfortably far away from the traffic nightmare that\'s 71st Street this time of year. Find everything from the quirky to the environmentally friendly to the learning-friendly toys at this destination-o-fun. 38th and Harvard.\n<a href=\"http://www.sweettoothtulsa.com/\">Sweet Tooth Candy and Gifts</a>. Like the Walgreen\'s of the candy and gift world and all the delightful randomness that that association implies, but with the friendly, sunshiny faces of shop owners who love and are passionate about what they do. Plus, there\'s a candy buffet. And eight-pound chocolate Santas. In other words? It\'s practically a one-stop stocking stuffer shop (especially if you like your stockings well leaden). Plus, parents, <a href=\"http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs078/1103050552086/archive/1104108498954.html\">all ornaments are 25 percent off with this coupon</a>. 37th and Harvard.\n<a href=\"http://www.ecobabyandkids.com/\"><strong>Eco Baby</strong></a>. Considering forgoing a stocking for the baby? Think s/he won\'t notice? Wrong (actually, you\'re probably right, but hear me out here). Prevent future therapy bills with a stop at Eco Baby on Brookside and find the perfect stocking stuffer for kids from babies to toddlers, all of which are earth friendly. \n<img src=\"http://www.bracebooks.com/files/brace/sidewords.jpg\" width=\"348\"/>\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a></strong>. Look for gifts like the book <a href=\"http://www.tulsapeople.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=13705&url=%2FTulsa-People%2FAugust-2010%2FWorth-reading-quotSide-quot-stories%2F&mode=print\">Sidewords</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/305\">toy robots</a>, Tulsa-hip t-shirts, Ugly Dolls and Cuddle Monsters galore. All would help to fill out your little darlings\' stockings nicely. \n<a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\">Steve\'s Sundry Books & Magazines</a>. The kids\' books section at this locally owned book store is bound to have a volume that\'s absent from the library in the playroom - the store offers more than 50,000 titles, after all. Let\'s just say your odds are good.  \n<a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a>. Skip the candy isle at the mega stores and opt for the huge offering of nostalgic candy on display at Ida Red. Find Tulsa and Okie wear here, too, and in kids sizes. \nGarden Deva. Mostly for the little cherub of yours who asked for <a href=\"http://www.gardendeva.com/asccustompages/products.asp?fav=0&fpage=1&page=1&categoryID=3&productID=66&cartID=918606586\">a puppy for Christmas</a>. I know, I\'m bad. But look at it this way - you can tell your child that once s/he learns to feed and water and walk this dog, s/he can have a real, living-and-breathing model. It\'ll be fun for everyone involved! Plus, parents, you\'ll get lawn art by a local artist out of the deal. That\'s what I call a win-win situation. \n<a href=\"http://www.sageculinarystudio.com/\">Sage Culinary Studio (Brookside and South)</a>. Both of the Sage Culinary Studio locations are bursting with kid-sized cooking supplies and utensils that will make it easier for you and the kids to put dinner together as a family. If it\'s the food-loving caretaker that will be doing the shopping at Sage, you might want to make room in the trunk - it\'s not all kids\' stuff.  \n<strong><a href=\"http://www.snowgoosetulsa.com/\">The Snow Goose</a></strong>. The Snow Goose is such a weird, delightful little place. It\'s naughty cards. It\'s quirky, comfy clothing. It\'s gifts you won\'t find anywhere else in town (or anywhere else, period). It\'s also a kick-ass little toy store, and you can spend as much or as little as you want, the range of options is so wide. I wouldn\'t exactly call myself a shopping enthusiast, but I really enjoy shopping and just hanging out at The Snow Goose. \n<strong><a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/\">Drysdales</a></strong>. Drysdales isn\'t just for when you need a Stetson or a beautiful pair of boots. You\'ll find quite the selection of kids\' clothes and toys there, too. Including <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Pajamas-Underwear/detail-647-Childrens-Long-Underwear.html\">these adorable Union suits</a> that I\'m sure Susie and Junior would just love (well, I\'d love them, anyway). And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Belts/detail-13666-Kids-Initial-Belt-Buckle.html\">the classic initial belt buckle</a>, which I would have knocked down the biggest, meanest kid in school just to wear for one day.','Stocking Stuffers for the Kids: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','','inherit','open','open','','4715-revision-2','','','2010-12-22 12:00:27','2010-12-22 17:00:27','',4715,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4715-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4718,1,'2010-12-22 12:01:08','2010-12-22 17:01:08','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/blu_grey_gradient_gallery/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3917\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blu_grey_gradient_gallery-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" title=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3917\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThree shopping days to go, Tulsa - you\'re down to the wire. Hopefully you\'re at least almost done with your shopping. \r\n\r\nEven if you\'re not, though, everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<strong>Kiddlestix</strong>. It\'s the T-Town version of Toys \'R\' Us, only with better service, better quality of toys and a location that\'s comfortably far away from the traffic nightmare that\'s 71st Street this time of year. Find everything from the quirky to the environmentally friendly to the learning-friendly toys at this destination-o-fun. 38th and Harvard.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sweettoothtulsa.com/\">Sweet Tooth Candy and Gifts</a>. Like the Walgreen\'s of the candy and gift world and all the delightful randomness that that association implies, but with the friendly, sunshiny faces of shop owners who love and are passionate about what they do. Plus, there\'s a candy buffet. And eight-pound chocolate Santas. In other words? It\'s practically a one-stop stocking stuffer shop (especially if you like your stockings well leaden). Plus, parents, <a href=\"http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs078/1103050552086/archive/1104108498954.html\">all ornaments are 25 percent off with this coupon</a>. 37th and Harvard.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ecobabyandkids.com/\"><strong>Eco Baby</strong></a>. Considering forgoing a stocking for the baby? Think s/he won\'t notice? Wrong (actually, you\'re probably right, but hear me out here). Prevent future therapy bills with a stop at Eco Baby on Brookside and find the perfect stocking stuffer for kids from babies to toddlers, all of which are earth friendly. \r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a></strong>. Look for gifts like the book <a href=\"http://www.tulsapeople.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=13705&url=%2FTulsa-People%2FAugust-2010%2FWorth-reading-quotSide-quot-stories%2F&mode=print\">Sidewords</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/305\">toy robots</a>, Tulsa-hip t-shirts, Ugly Dolls and Cuddle Monsters galore. All would help to fill out your little darlings\' stockings nicely. \r\n<a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\">Steve\'s Sundry Books & Magazines</a>. The kids\' books section at this locally owned book store is bound to have a volume that\'s absent from the library in the playroom - the store offers more than 50,000 titles, after all. Let\'s just say your odds are good.  \r\n<a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a>. Skip the candy isle at the mega stores and opt for the huge offering of nostalgic candy on display at Ida Red. Find Tulsa and Okie wear here, too, and in kids sizes. \r\nGarden Deva. Mostly for the little cherub of yours who asked for <a href=\"http://www.gardendeva.com/asccustompages/products.asp?fav=0&fpage=1&page=1&categoryID=3&productID=66&cartID=918606586\">a puppy for Christmas</a>. I know, I\'m bad. But look at it this way - you can tell your child that once s/he learns to feed and water and walk this dog, s/he can have a real, living-and-breathing model. It\'ll be fun for everyone involved! Plus, parents, you\'ll get lawn art by a local artist out of the deal. That\'s what I call a win-win situation. \r\n<a href=\"http://www.sageculinarystudio.com/\">Sage Culinary Studio (Brookside and South)</a>. Both of the Sage Culinary Studio locations are bursting with kid-sized cooking supplies and utensils that will make it easier for you and the kids to put dinner together as a family. If it\'s the food-loving caretaker that will be doing the shopping at Sage, you might want to make room in the trunk - it\'s not all kids\' stuff.  \r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.snowgoosetulsa.com/\">The Snow Goose</a></strong>. The Snow Goose is such a weird, delightful little place. It\'s naughty cards. It\'s quirky, comfy clothing. It\'s gifts you won\'t find anywhere else in town (or anywhere else, period). It\'s also a kick-ass little toy store, and you can spend as much or as little as you want, the range of options is so wide. I wouldn\'t exactly call myself a shopping enthusiast, but I really enjoy shopping and just hanging out at The Snow Goose. \r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/\">Drysdales</a></strong>. Drysdales isn\'t just for when you need a Stetson or a beautiful pair of boots. You\'ll find quite the selection of kids\' clothes and toys there, too. Including <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Pajamas-Underwear/detail-647-Childrens-Long-Underwear.html\">these adorable Union suits</a> that I\'m sure Susie and Junior would just love (well, I\'d love them, anyway). And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Belts/detail-13666-Kids-Initial-Belt-Buckle.html\">the classic initial belt buckle</a>, which I would have knocked down the biggest, meanest kid in school just to wear for one day.\r\n\r\n<strong>Where are you shopping for stocking stuffers this Christmas?</strong>','Stocking Stuffers for the Kids: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','Everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them. ','inherit','open','open','','4715-revision-3','','','2010-12-22 12:01:08','2010-12-22 17:01:08','',4715,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4715-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4719,1,'2010-12-22 12:05:13','2010-12-22 17:05:13','<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>\n\nThree shopping days to go, Tulsa - you\'re down to the wire. Hopefully you\'re at least almost done with your shopping.\n\nEven if you\'re not, though, everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them.\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<strong>Kiddlestix</strong>. It\'s the T-Town version of Toys \'R\' Us, only with better service, better quality of toys and a location that\'s comfortably far away from the traffic nightmare that\'s 71st Street this time of year. Find everything from the quirky to the environmentally friendly to the learning-friendly toys at this destination-o-fun. 38th and Harvard.\n<a href=\"http://www.sweettoothtulsa.com/\"><strong>Sweet Tooth Candy and Gifts</strong></a>. Like the Walgreen\'s of the candy and gift world and all the delightful randomness that that association implies, but with the friendly, sunshiny faces of shop owners who love and are passionate about what they do. Plus, there\'s a candy buffet. And eight-pound chocolate Santas. In other words? It\'s practically a one-stop stocking stuffer shop (especially if you like your stockings well leaden). Plus, parents, <a href=\"http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs078/1103050552086/archive/1104108498954.html\">all ornaments are 25 percent off with this coupon</a>. 37th and Harvard.\n<a href=\"http://www.ecobabyandkids.com/\"><strong>Eco Baby</strong></a>. Considering forgoing a stocking for the baby? Think s/he won\'t notice? Wrong (actually, you\'re probably right, but hear me out here). Prevent future therapy bills with a stop at Eco Baby on Brookside and find the perfect stocking stuffer for kids from babies to toddlers, all of which are earth friendly.\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a></strong>. Look for gifts like the book <a href=\"http://www.tulsapeople.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=13705&amp;url=%2FTulsa-People%2FAugust-2010%2FWorth-reading-quotSide-quot-stories%2F&amp;mode=print\">Sidewords</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/305\">toy robots</a>, Tulsa-hip t-shirts, Ugly Dolls and Cuddle Monsters galore. All would help to fill out your little darlings\' stockings nicely.\n<a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\"><strong>Steve\'s Sundry Books &amp; Magazines</strong></a>. The kids\' books section at this locally owned book store is bound to have a volume that\'s absent from the library in the playroom - the store offers more than 50,000 titles, after all. Let\'s just say your odds are good.\n<a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a>. Skip the candy isle at the mega stores and opt for the huge offering of nostalgic candy on display at Ida Red. Find Tulsa and Okie wear here, too, and in kids sizes.\nGarden Deva. Mostly for the little cherub of yours who asked for <a href=\"http://www.gardendeva.com/asccustompages/products.asp?fav=0&amp;fpage=1&amp;page=1&amp;categoryID=3&amp;productID=66&amp;cartID=918606586\">a puppy for Christmas</a>. I know, I\'m bad. But look at it this way - you can tell your child that once s/he learns to feed and water and walk this dog, s/he can have a real, living-and-breathing model. It\'ll be fun for everyone involved! Plus, parents, you\'ll get lawn art by a local artist out of the deal. That\'s what I call a win-win situation.\n<a href=\"http://www.sageculinarystudio.com/\">Sage Culinary Studio (Brookside and South)</a>. Both of the Sage Culinary Studio locations are bursting with kid-sized cooking supplies and utensils that will make it easier for you and the kids to put dinner together as a family. If it\'s the food-loving caretaker that will be doing the shopping at Sage, you might want to make room in the trunk - it\'s not all kids\' stuff.\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.snowgoosetulsa.com/\">The Snow Goose</a></strong>. The Snow Goose is such a weird, delightful little place. It\'s naughty cards. It\'s quirky, comfy clothing. It\'s gifts you won\'t find anywhere else in town (or anywhere else, period). It\'s also a kick-ass little toy store, and you can spend as much or as little as you want, the range of options is so wide. I wouldn\'t exactly call myself a shopping enthusiast, but I really enjoy shopping and just hanging out at The Snow Goose.\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/\">Drysdales</a></strong>. Drysdales isn\'t just for when you need a Stetson or a beautiful pair of boots. You\'ll find quite the selection of kids\' clothes and toys there, too. Including <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Pajamas-Underwear/detail-647-Childrens-Long-Underwear.html\">these adorable Union suits</a> that I\'m sure Susie and Junior would just love (well, I\'d love them, anyway). And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Belts/detail-13666-Kids-Initial-Belt-Buckle.html\">the classic initial belt buckle</a>, which I would have knocked down the biggest, meanest kid in school just to wear for one day.\n\n<strong>Where are you shopping for stocking stuffers this Christmas?</strong>','Stocking Stuffers for the Kids: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','Everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them. ','inherit','open','open','','4715-revision-4','','','2010-12-22 12:05:13','2010-12-22 17:05:13','',4715,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4715-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4720,1,'2010-12-22 12:06:00','2010-12-22 17:06:00','<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\nThree shopping days to go, Tulsa - you\'re down to the wire. Hopefully you\'re at least almost done with your shopping.\r\n\r\nEven if you\'re not, though, everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<strong>Kiddlestix</strong>. It\'s the T-Town version of Toys \'R\' Us, only with better service, better quality of toys and a location that\'s comfortably far away from the traffic nightmare that\'s 71st Street this time of year. Find everything from the quirky to the environmentally friendly to the learning-friendly toys at this destination-o-fun. 38th and Harvard.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sweettoothtulsa.com/\"><strong>Sweet Tooth Candy and Gifts</strong></a>. Like the Walgreen\'s of the candy and gift world and all the delightful randomness that that association implies, but with the friendly, sunshiny faces of shop owners who love and are passionate about what they do. Plus, there\'s a candy buffet. And eight-pound chocolate Santas. In other words? It\'s practically a one-stop stocking stuffer shop (especially if you like your stockings well leaden). Plus, parents, <a href=\"http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs078/1103050552086/archive/1104108498954.html\">all ornaments are 25 percent off with this coupon</a>. 37th and Harvard.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ecobabyandkids.com/\"><strong>Eco Baby</strong></a>. Considering forgoing a stocking for the baby? Think s/he won\'t notice? Wrong (actually, you\'re probably right, but hear me out here). Prevent future therapy bills with a stop at Eco Baby on Brookside and find the perfect stocking stuffer for kids from babies to toddlers, all of which are earth friendly.\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a></strong>. Look for gifts like the book <a href=\"http://www.tulsapeople.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=13705&amp;url=%2FTulsa-People%2FAugust-2010%2FWorth-reading-quotSide-quot-stories%2F&amp;mode=print\">Sidewords</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/305\">toy robots</a>, Tulsa-hip t-shirts, Ugly Dolls and Cuddle Monsters galore. All would help to fill out your little darlings\' stockings nicely.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\"><strong>Steve\'s Sundry Books &amp; Magazines</strong></a>. The kids\' books section at this locally owned book store is bound to have a volume that\'s absent from the library in the playroom - the store offers more than 50,000 titles, after all. Let\'s just say your odds are good.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\"><strong>Ida Red</strong></a>. Skip the candy isle at the mega stores and opt for the huge offering of nostalgic candy on display at Ida Red. Find Tulsa and Okie wear here, too, and in kids sizes.\r\n<strong><a href=\"gardendeva.com/\"> Garden Deva</a></strong>. Mostly for the little cherub of yours who asked for <a href=\"http://www.gardendeva.com/asccustompages/products.asp?fav=0&amp;fpage=1&amp;page=1&amp;categoryID=3&amp;productID=66&amp;cartID=918606586\">a puppy for Christmas</a>. I know, I\'m bad. But look at it this way - you can tell your child that once s/he learns to feed and water and walk this dog, s/he can have a real, living-and-breathing model. It\'ll be fun for everyone involved! Plus, parents, you\'ll get lawn art by a local artist out of the deal. That\'s what I call a win-win situation.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sageculinarystudio.com/\"><strong>Sage Culinary Studio (Brookside and South)</strong></a>. Both of the Sage Culinary Studio locations are bursting with kid-sized cooking supplies and utensils that will make it easier for you and the kids to put dinner together as a family. If it\'s the food-loving caretaker that will be doing the shopping at Sage, you might want to make room in the trunk - it\'s not all kids\' stuff.\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.snowgoosetulsa.com/\">The Snow Goose</a></strong>. The Snow Goose is such a weird, delightful little place. It\'s naughty cards. It\'s quirky, comfy clothing. It\'s gifts you won\'t find anywhere else in town (or anywhere else, period). It\'s also a kick-ass little toy store, and you can spend as much or as little as you want, the range of options is so wide. I wouldn\'t exactly call myself a shopping enthusiast, but I really enjoy shopping and just hanging out at The Snow Goose.\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/\">Drysdales</a></strong>. Drysdales isn\'t just for when you need a Stetson or a beautiful pair of boots. You\'ll find quite the selection of kids\' clothes and toys there, too. Including <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Pajamas-Underwear/detail-647-Childrens-Long-Underwear.html\">these adorable Union suits</a> that I\'m sure Susie and Junior would just love (well, I\'d love them, anyway). And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Belts/detail-13666-Kids-Initial-Belt-Buckle.html\">the classic initial belt buckle</a>, which I would have knocked down the biggest, meanest kid in school just to wear for one day.\r\n\r\n<strong>Where are you shopping for stocking stuffers this Christmas?</strong>','Stocking Stuffers for the Kids: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','Everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them. ','inherit','open','open','','4715-revision-5','','','2010-12-22 12:06:00','2010-12-22 17:06:00','',4715,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4715-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4721,1,'2010-12-22 12:07:48','2010-12-22 17:07:48','<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>\n\nThree shopping days to go, Tulsa - you\'re down to the wire. Hopefully you\'re at least almost done with your shopping.\n\nEven if you\'re not, though, everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n<strong>Kiddlestix</strong>. It\'s the T-Town version of Toys \'R\' Us, only with better service, better quality of toys and a location that\'s comfortably far away from the traffic nightmare that\'s 71st Street this time of year. Find everything from the quirky to the environmentally friendly to the learning-friendly toys at this destination-o-fun. 38th and Harvard.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.sweettoothtulsa.com/\"><strong>Sweet Tooth Candy and Gifts</strong></a>. Like the Walgreen\'s of the candy and gift world and all the delightful randomness that that association implies, but with the friendly, sunshiny faces of shop owners who love and are passionate about what they do. Plus, there\'s a candy buffet. And eight-pound chocolate Santas. In other words? It\'s practically a one-stop stocking stuffer shop (especially if you like your stockings well leaden). Plus, parents, <a href=\"http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs078/1103050552086/archive/1104108498954.html\">all ornaments are 25 percent off with this coupon</a>. 37th and Harvard.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.ecobabyandkids.com/\"><strong>Eco Baby</strong></a>. Considering forgoing a stocking for the baby? Think s/he won\'t notice? Wrong (actually, you\'re probably right, but hear me out here). Prevent future therapy bills with a stop at Eco Baby on Brookside and find the perfect stocking stuffer for kids from babies to toddlers, all of which are earth friendly.\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a></strong>. Look for gifts like the book <a href=\"http://www.tulsapeople.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=13705&amp;url=%2FTulsa-People%2FAugust-2010%2FWorth-reading-quotSide-quot-stories%2F&amp;mode=print\">Sidewords</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/305\">toy robots</a>, Tulsa-hip t-shirts, Ugly Dolls and Cuddle Monsters galore. All would help to fill out your little darlings\' stockings nicely.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\"><strong>Steve\'s Sundry Books &amp; Magazines</strong></a>. The kids\' books section at this locally owned book store is bound to have a volume that\'s absent from the library in the playroom - the store offers more than 50,000 titles, after all. Let\'s just say your odds are good.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\"><strong>Ida Red</strong></a>. Skip the candy isle at the mega stores and opt for the huge offering of nostalgic candy on display at Ida Red. Find Tulsa and Okie wear here, too, and in kids sizes.\n\n<strong><a href=\"gardendeva.com/\"> Garden Deva</a></strong>. Mostly for the little cherub of yours who asked for <a href=\"http://www.gardendeva.com/asccustompages/products.asp?fav=0&amp;fpage=1&amp;page=1&amp;categoryID=3&amp;productID=66&amp;cartID=918606586\">a puppy for Christmas</a>. I know, I\'m bad. But look at it this way - you can tell your child that once s/he learns to feed and water and walk this dog, s/he can have a real, living-and-breathing model. It\'ll be fun for everyone involved! Plus, parents, you\'ll get lawn art by a local artist out of the deal. That\'s what I call a win-win situation.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.sageculinarystudio.com/\"><strong>Sage Culinary Studio (Brookside and South)</strong></a>. Both of the Sage Culinary Studio locations are bursting with kid-sized cooking supplies and utensils that will make it easier for you and the kids to put dinner together as a family. If it\'s the food-loving caretaker that will be doing the shopping at Sage, you might want to make room in the trunk - it\'s not all kids\' stuff.\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.snowgoosetulsa.com/\">The Snow Goose</a></strong>. The Snow Goose is such a weird, delightful little place. It\'s naughty cards. It\'s quirky, comfy clothing. It\'s gifts you won\'t find anywhere else in town (or anywhere else, period). It\'s also a kick-ass little toy store, and you can spend as much or as little as you want, the range of options is so wide. I wouldn\'t exactly call myself a shopping enthusiast, but I really enjoy shopping and just hanging out at The Snow Goose.\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/\">Drysdales</a></strong>. Drysdales isn\'t just for when you need a Stetson or a beautiful pair of boots. You\'ll find quite the selection of kids\' clothes and toys there, too. Including <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Pajamas-Underwear/detail-647-Childrens-Long-Underwear.html\">these adorable Union suits</a> that I\'m sure Susie and Junior would just love (well, I\'d love them, anyway). And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Belts/detail-13666-Kids-Initial-Belt-Buckle.html\">the classic initial belt buckle</a>, which I would have knocked down the biggest, meanest kid in school just to wear for one day.\n\n<strong>Where are you shopping for stocking stuffers this Christmas?</strong>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"18\"]</p>','Stocking Stuffers for the Kids: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','Everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them. ','inherit','open','open','','4715-revision-6','','','2010-12-22 12:07:48','2010-12-22 17:07:48','',4715,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4715-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4722,1,'2010-12-22 12:08:15','2010-12-22 17:08:15','<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\nThree shopping days to go, Tulsa - you\'re down to the wire. Hopefully you\'re at least almost done with your shopping.\r\n\r\nEven if you\'re not, though, everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<strong>Kiddlestix</strong>. It\'s the T-Town version of Toys \'R\' Us, only with better service, better quality of toys and a location that\'s comfortably far away from the traffic nightmare that\'s 71st Street this time of year. Find everything from the quirky to the environmentally friendly to the learning-friendly toys at this destination-o-fun. 38th and Harvard.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sweettoothtulsa.com/\"><strong>Sweet Tooth Candy and Gifts</strong></a>. Like the Walgreen\'s of the candy and gift world and all the delightful randomness that that association implies, but with the friendly, sunshiny faces of shop owners who love and are passionate about what they do. Plus, there\'s a candy buffet. And eight-pound chocolate Santas. In other words? It\'s practically a one-stop stocking stuffer shop (especially if you like your stockings well leaden). Plus, parents, <a href=\"http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs078/1103050552086/archive/1104108498954.html\">all ornaments are 25 percent off with this coupon</a>. 37th and Harvard.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ecobabyandkids.com/\"><strong>Eco Baby</strong></a>. Considering forgoing a stocking for the baby? Think s/he won\'t notice? Wrong (actually, you\'re probably right, but hear me out here). Prevent future therapy bills with a stop at Eco Baby on Brookside and find the perfect stocking stuffer for kids from babies to toddlers, all of which are earth friendly.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a></strong>. Look for gifts like the book <a href=\"http://www.tulsapeople.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=13705&amp;url=%2FTulsa-People%2FAugust-2010%2FWorth-reading-quotSide-quot-stories%2F&amp;mode=print\">Sidewords</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/305\">toy robots</a>, Tulsa-hip t-shirts, Ugly Dolls and Cuddle Monsters galore. All would help to fill out your little darlings\' stockings nicely.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\"><strong>Steve\'s Sundry Books &amp; Magazines</strong></a>. The kids\' books section at this locally owned book store is bound to have a volume that\'s absent from the library in the playroom - the store offers more than 50,000 titles, after all. Let\'s just say your odds are good.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\"><strong>Ida Red</strong></a>. Skip the candy isle at the mega stores and opt for the huge offering of nostalgic candy on display at Ida Red. Find Tulsa and Okie wear here, too, and in kids sizes.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"gardendeva.com/\"> Garden Deva</a></strong>. Mostly for the little cherub of yours who asked for <a href=\"http://www.gardendeva.com/asccustompages/products.asp?fav=0&amp;fpage=1&amp;page=1&amp;categoryID=3&amp;productID=66&amp;cartID=918606586\">a puppy for Christmas</a>. I know, I\'m bad. But look at it this way - you can tell your child that once s/he learns to feed and water and walk this dog, s/he can have a real, living-and-breathing model. It\'ll be fun for everyone involved! Plus, parents, you\'ll get lawn art by a local artist out of the deal. Now that\'s what I call a win-win situation.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sageculinarystudio.com/\"><strong>Sage Culinary Studio (Brookside and South)</strong></a>. Both of the Sage Culinary Studio locations are bursting with kid-sized cooking supplies and utensils that will make it easier for you and the kids to put dinner together as a family. If it\'s the food-loving caretaker that will be doing the shopping at Sage, you might want to make room in the trunk - it\'s not all kids\' stuff.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.snowgoosetulsa.com/\">The Snow Goose</a></strong>. The Snow Goose is such a weird, delightful little place. It\'s naughty cards. It\'s quirky, comfy clothing. It\'s gifts you won\'t find anywhere else in town (or anywhere else, period). It\'s also a kick-ass little toy store, and you can spend as much or as little as you want, the range of options is so wide. I wouldn\'t exactly call myself a shopping enthusiast, but I really enjoy shopping and just hanging out at The Snow Goose.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/\">Drysdales</a></strong>. Drysdales isn\'t just for when you need a Stetson or a beautiful pair of boots. You\'ll find quite the selection of kids\' clothes and toys there, too. Including <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Pajamas-Underwear/detail-647-Childrens-Long-Underwear.html\">these adorable Union suits</a> that I\'m sure Susie and Junior would just love (well, I\'d love them, anyway). And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.drysdales.com/Boys/Boys-Accessories/Belts/detail-13666-Kids-Initial-Belt-Buckle.html\">the classic initial belt buckle</a>, which I would have knocked down the biggest, meanest kid in school just to wear for one day.\r\n\r\n<strong>Where are you shopping for stocking stuffers this Christmas?</strong>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"18\"]</p>','Stocking Stuffers for the Kids: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','Everyone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them. ','inherit','open','open','','4715-revision-7','','','2010-12-22 12:08:15','2010-12-22 17:08:15','',4715,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4715-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4778,1,'2010-12-23 13:40:05','2010-12-23 18:40:05','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4769\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/if-they-fought/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4769\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/if-they-fought.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.\r\n\r\nI put the Route 66 Blue Whale and Tulsa\'s Golden Driller in a ring. Then, I rang the bell.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nDozens of you weighed in on who would win, who would lose and why.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-1-11/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4749\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-11.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"465\" height=\"204\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4750\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-2-7/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4750\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-21.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"142\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4751\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-4-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4751\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-4.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"464\" height=\"202\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4752\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-5-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4752\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"170\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4753\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-6-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4753\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-6.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"403\" height=\"163\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided that the winner of this both literal and figurative landmark smackdown should take on no other than the mammoth praying hands at Oral Roberts University:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4755\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/dsc09455/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4755\" title=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09455-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI think Brenda on Facebook said it best:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4754\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-7-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4754\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-7.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"401\" height=\"60\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHa!\r\n\r\nUltimately, the Blue Whale was declared the winner and the one to take on the largest praying hands in the world.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo who do you think takes the cake this time? The blue whale or the praying hands?\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4770\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/recently-updated/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4770  aligncenter\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Recently-Updated.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nChoose well, my friends. Because the winner takes on <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">Taylor Hanson</a> (who, with his two brothers, hosts <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">a Christmas special at Hanson.net this Christmas Eve</a>) next week.\r\n\r\nLeave your pick in the comments below.','If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. Tulsa Golden Driller','I did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.','inherit','open','open','','4748-revision-14','','','2010-12-23 13:40:05','2010-12-23 18:40:05','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4748-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(4773,1,'2010-12-23 13:29:22','2010-12-23 18:29:22','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4769\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/if-they-fought/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4769\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/if-they-fought.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.\r\n\r\nI put the Route 66 Blue Whale and Tulsa\'s Golden Driller in a ring. Then, I rang the bell.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nDozens of you weighed in on who would win, who would lose and why.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-1-11/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4749\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-11.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"465\" height=\"204\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4750\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-2-7/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4750\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-21.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"142\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4751\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-4-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4751\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-4.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"464\" height=\"202\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4752\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-5-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4752\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"170\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4753\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-6-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4753\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-6.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"403\" height=\"163\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided that the winner of this both literal and figurative landmark smackdown should take on no other than the mammoth praying hands at Oral Roberts University:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4755\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/dsc09455/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4755\" title=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09455-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI think Brenda on Facebook said it best:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4754\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-7-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4754\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-7.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"401\" height=\"60\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHa!\r\n\r\nUltimately, the Blue Whale was declared the winner and the one to take on the largest praying hands in the world.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo who do you think takes the cake this time? The blue whale or the praying hands?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4770\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/recently-updated/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4770  aligncenter\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Recently-Updated.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- // Begin Snappoll.com Poll Code // --></p>\r\n\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" width=\"100\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><input name=\"poll_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"353999\" />\r\n<table class=\"pollcontent\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"500\"><form action=\"http://www.snappoll.com/act_vote.php\" method=\"post\"></form>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td width=\"171\">\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. ORU Praying Hands</span></div></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><input checked=\"checked\" name=\"chosenanswer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"1\" /> Route 66 Blue Whale\r\n<input name=\"chosenanswer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"2\" /> Oral Roberts Praying Hands\r\n</span></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td>\r\n<div><input id=\"Vote\" class=\"actionbutton\" name=\"Vote\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote!\" />\r\n<a class=\"indipolllink\" href=\"http://www.snappoll.com/view_results.php?poll_id=353999\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">view results</span></a></div></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td height=\"29\"><!--- This javascript is placed in banners/banner_pollinside.js\r\n<mce:script type=\"text/javascript\"><!  function get_referrer(lk){var dc=document;if(dc.location==\'\'){return true}var ru=escape(dc.location);var pu=\'\';var du;if(lk!=null){if(lk.href!=null){du=lk.href;}else if(lk.form!=null && lk.form.referrer_url!=null){lk.form.referrer_url.value=dc.location;return true}}else if(pu!=\'\'){du=pu}else{return true}if(du==null){return true}if(du.match(/\\?/)){du=du+\'&\'}else{du=du+\'?\'}du=du+\'referrer_url=\'+ru;if(lk!=null && lk.href!=null){lk.href=du}else{window.location=du;return false}return true} // -->\r\n---&gt;\r\n<script src=\"http://www.snappoll.com/banners/banner_pollinside.js\"></script></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<!-- // End Snappoll.com Poll Code // -->\r\n\r\nChoose well, my friends. Because the winner takes on <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">Taylor Hanson</a> (who, with his two brothers, hosts <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">a Christmas special at Hanson.net this Christmas Eve</a>) next week.','If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. Tulsa Golden Driller','I did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.','inherit','open','open','','4748-revision-9','','','2010-12-23 13:29:22','2010-12-23 18:29:22','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4748-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4776,1,'2010-12-23 13:38:49','2010-12-23 18:38:49','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4769\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/if-they-fought/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4769\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/if-they-fought.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.\r\n\r\nI put the Route 66 Blue Whale and Tulsa\'s Golden Driller in a ring. Then, I rang the bell.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nDozens of you weighed in on who would win, who would lose and why.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-1-11/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4749\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-11.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"465\" height=\"204\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4750\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-2-7/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4750\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-21.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"142\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4751\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-4-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4751\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-4.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"464\" height=\"202\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4752\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-5-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4752\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"170\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4753\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-6-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4753\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-6.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"403\" height=\"163\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided that the winner of this both literal and figurative landmark smackdown should take on no other than the mammoth praying hands at Oral Roberts University:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4755\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/dsc09455/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4755\" title=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09455-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI think Brenda on Facebook said it best:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4754\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-7-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4754\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-7.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"401\" height=\"60\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHa!\r\n\r\nUltimately, the Blue Whale was declared the winner and the one to take on the largest praying hands in the world.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo who do you think takes the cake this time? The blue whale or the praying hands?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4770\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/recently-updated/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4770  aligncenter\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Recently-Updated.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<!-- // Begin Snappoll.com Poll Code // -->\r\n      <LINK href=\"http://www.snappoll.com/main.css\" type=text/css rel=stylesheet><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=100 bgColor= border=0><TR><TD><TABLE class=pollcontent cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=0 border=0>        <FORM name=custompoll action=http://www.snappoll.com/act_vote.php method=post target=_blank><INPUT type=hidden value=354000 name=poll_id><TR bgColor=><TD width=\"171\"><DIV align=center><FONT color=></FONT></DIV><TR bgColor=><TD><FONT color=\"\"></FONT><TR bgColor=><TD><DIV align=center><INPUT class=actionbutton id=Vote type=submit value=\"\" name=Vote><BR><A class=indipolllink href=\"http://www.snappoll.com/view_results.php?poll_id=354000\" target=_blank><FONT color=\"\"></FONT></A></DIV><TR bgColor=><TD height=\"29\">   \r\n<!--- This javascript is placed in banners/banner_pollinside.js\r\n<script type=\"text/javascript\">\r\nfunction get_referrer(lk){var dc=document;if(dc.location==\'\'){return true}var ru=escape(dc.location);var pu=\'\';var du;if(lk!=null){if(lk.href!=null){du=lk.href;}else if(lk.form!=null && lk.form.referrer_url!=null){lk.form.referrer_url.value=dc.location;return true}}else if(pu!=\'\'){du=pu}else{return true}if(du==null){return true}if(du.match(/\\?/)){du=du+\'&\'}else{du=du+\'?\'}du=du+\'referrer_url=\'+ru;if(lk!=null && lk.href!=null){lk.href=du}else{window.location=du;return false}return true}\r\n</script> \r\n--->\r\n<center><script language=\"javascript\" src=\"http://www.snappoll.com/banners/banner_pollinside.js\"></script>\r\n</center>\r\n</td></FORM></TABLE>\r\n</TD></TR></TABLE>\r\n			\r\n<!-- // End Snappoll.com Poll Code // -->\r\n\r\nChoose well, my friends. Because the winner takes on <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">Taylor Hanson</a> (who, with his two brothers, hosts <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">a Christmas special at Hanson.net this Christmas Eve</a>) next week.','If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. Tulsa Golden Driller','I did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.','inherit','open','open','','4748-revision-12','','','2010-12-23 13:38:49','2010-12-23 18:38:49','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4748-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(4774,1,'2010-12-23 13:34:01','2010-12-23 18:34:01','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4769\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/if-they-fought/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4769\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/if-they-fought.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.\r\n\r\nI put the Route 66 Blue Whale and Tulsa\'s Golden Driller in a ring. Then, I rang the bell.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nDozens of you weighed in on who would win, who would lose and why.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-1-11/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4749\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-11.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"465\" height=\"204\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4750\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-2-7/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4750\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-21.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"142\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4751\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-4-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4751\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-4.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"464\" height=\"202\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4752\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-5-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4752\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"170\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4753\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-6-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4753\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-6.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"403\" height=\"163\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided that the winner of this both literal and figurative landmark smackdown should take on no other than the mammoth praying hands at Oral Roberts University:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4755\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/dsc09455/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4755\" title=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09455-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI think Brenda on Facebook said it best:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4754\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-7-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4754\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-7.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"401\" height=\"60\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHa!\r\n\r\nUltimately, the Blue Whale was declared the winner and the one to take on the largest praying hands in the world.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo who do you think takes the cake this time? The blue whale or the praying hands?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4770\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/recently-updated/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4770  aligncenter\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Recently-Updated.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- // Begin Snappoll.com Poll Code // --></p>\r\n\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" width=\"100\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><input name=\"poll_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"353999\" />\r\n<table class=\"pollcontent\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"500\"><form action=\"http://www.snappoll.com/act_vote.php\" method=\"post\"></form>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td width=\"171\">\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. ORU Praying Hands</span></div></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><input checked=\"checked\" name=\"chosenanswer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"1\" /> Route 66 Blue Whale\r\n<input name=\"chosenanswer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"2\" /> Oral Roberts Praying Hands\r\n</span></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td>\r\n<div><input id=\"Vote\" class=\"actionbutton\" name=\"Vote\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote!\" />\r\n<a class=\"indipolllink\" href=\"http://www.snappoll.com/view_results.php?poll_id=353999\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">view results</span></a></div></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td height=\"29\"><!--- This javascript is placed in banners/banner_pollinside.js\r\n<mce:script type=\"text/javascript\"><!  function get_referrer(lk){var dc=document;if(dc.location==\'\'){return true}var ru=escape(dc.location);var pu=\'\';var du;if(lk!=null){if(lk.href!=null){du=lk.href;}else if(lk.form!=null && lk.form.referrer_url!=null){lk.form.referrer_url.value=dc.location;return true}}else if(pu!=\'\'){du=pu}else{return true}if(du==null){return true}if(du.match(/\\?/)){du=du+\'&\'}else{du=du+\'?\'}du=du+\'referrer_url=\'+ru;if(lk!=null && lk.href!=null){lk.href=du}else{window.location=du;return false}return true} // -->\r\n---&gt;\r\n<script src=\"http://www.snappoll.com/banners/banner_pollinside.js\"></script></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<!-- // End Snappoll.com Poll Code // -->\r\n\r\nChoose well, my friends. Because the winner takes on <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">Taylor Hanson</a> (who, with his two brothers, hosts <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">a Christmas special at Hanson.net this Christmas Eve</a>) next week.','If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. Tulsa Golden Driller','I did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.','inherit','open','open','','4748-revision-10','','','2010-12-23 13:34:01','2010-12-23 18:34:01','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4748-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4775,1,'2010-12-23 13:34:01','2010-12-23 18:34:01','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4769\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/if-they-fought/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4769\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/if-they-fought.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.\r\n\r\nI put the Route 66 Blue Whale and Tulsa\'s Golden Driller in a ring. Then, I rang the bell.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nDozens of you weighed in on who would win, who would lose and why.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-1-11/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4749\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-11.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"465\" height=\"204\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4750\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-2-7/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4750\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-21.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"142\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4751\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-4-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4751\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-4.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"464\" height=\"202\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4752\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-5-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4752\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"170\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4753\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-6-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4753\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-6.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"403\" height=\"163\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided that the winner of this both literal and figurative landmark smackdown should take on no other than the mammoth praying hands at Oral Roberts University:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4755\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/dsc09455/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4755\" title=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09455-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI think Brenda on Facebook said it best:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4754\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-7-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4754\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-7.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"401\" height=\"60\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHa!\r\n\r\nUltimately, the Blue Whale was declared the winner and the one to take on the largest praying hands in the world.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo who do you think takes the cake this time? The blue whale or the praying hands?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4770\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/recently-updated/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4770  aligncenter\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Recently-Updated.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- // Begin Snappoll.com Poll Code // --></p>\r\n\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" width=\"100\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><input name=\"poll_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"353999\" />\r\n<table class=\"pollcontent\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"500\"><form action=\"http://www.snappoll.com/act_vote.php\" method=\"post\"></form>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td width=\"171\">\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. ORU Praying Hands</span></div></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><input checked=\"checked\" name=\"chosenanswer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"1\" /> Route 66 Blue Whale\r\n<input name=\"chosenanswer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"2\" /> Oral Roberts Praying Hands\r\n</span></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td>\r\n<div><input id=\"Vote\" class=\"actionbutton\" name=\"Vote\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote!\" />\r\n<a class=\"indipolllink\" href=\"http://www.snappoll.com/view_results.php?poll_id=353999\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">view results</span></a></div></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td height=\"29\"><!--- This javascript is placed in banners/banner_pollinside.js\r\n<mce:script type=\"text/javascript\"><!  function get_referrer(lk){var dc=document;if(dc.location==\'\'){return true}var ru=escape(dc.location);var pu=\'\';var du;if(lk!=null){if(lk.href!=null){du=lk.href;}else if(lk.form!=null && lk.form.referrer_url!=null){lk.form.referrer_url.value=dc.location;return true}}else if(pu!=\'\'){du=pu}else{return true}if(du==null){return true}if(du.match(/\\?/)){du=du+\'&\'}else{du=du+\'?\'}du=du+\'referrer_url=\'+ru;if(lk!=null && lk.href!=null){lk.href=du}else{window.location=du;return false}return true} // -->\r\n---&gt;\r\n<script src=\"http://www.snappoll.com/banners/banner_pollinside.js\"></script></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<!-- // End Snappoll.com Poll Code // -->\r\n\r\nChoose well, my friends. Because the winner takes on <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">Taylor Hanson</a> (who, with his two brothers, hosts <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">a Christmas special at Hanson.net this Christmas Eve</a>) next week.','If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. Tulsa Golden Driller','I did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.','inherit','open','open','','4748-revision-11','','','2010-12-23 13:34:01','2010-12-23 18:34:01','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4748-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(4777,1,'2010-12-23 13:38:49','2010-12-23 18:38:49','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4769\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/if-they-fought/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4769\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/if-they-fought.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.\r\n\r\nI put the Route 66 Blue Whale and Tulsa\'s Golden Driller in a ring. Then, I rang the bell.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nDozens of you weighed in on who would win, who would lose and why.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-1-11/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4749\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-11.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"465\" height=\"204\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4750\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-2-7/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4750\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-21.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"142\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4751\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-4-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4751\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-4.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"464\" height=\"202\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4752\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-5-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4752\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"170\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4753\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-6-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4753\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-6.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"403\" height=\"163\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided that the winner of this both literal and figurative landmark smackdown should take on no other than the mammoth praying hands at Oral Roberts University:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4755\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/dsc09455/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4755\" title=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09455-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI think Brenda on Facebook said it best:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4754\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/picture-7-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4754\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-7.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"401\" height=\"60\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHa!\r\n\r\nUltimately, the Blue Whale was declared the winner and the one to take on the largest praying hands in the world.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo who do you think takes the cake this time? The blue whale or the praying hands?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4770\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/if-they-fought-blue-whale-versus-golden-driller/recently-updated/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4770  aligncenter\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Recently-Updated.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<!-- // Begin Snappoll.com Poll Code // -->\r\n      <LINK href=\"http://www.snappoll.com/main.css\" type=text/css rel=stylesheet><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=100 bgColor= border=0><TR><TD><TABLE class=pollcontent cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=0 border=0>        <FORM name=custompoll action=http://www.snappoll.com/act_vote.php method=post target=_blank><INPUT type=hidden value=354000 name=poll_id><TR bgColor=><TD width=\"171\"><DIV align=center><FONT color=></FONT></DIV><TR bgColor=><TD><FONT color=\"\"></FONT><TR bgColor=><TD><DIV align=center><INPUT class=actionbutton id=Vote type=submit value=\"\" name=Vote><BR><A class=indipolllink href=\"http://www.snappoll.com/view_results.php?poll_id=354000\" target=_blank><FONT color=\"\"></FONT></A></DIV><TR bgColor=><TD height=\"29\">   \r\n<!--- This javascript is placed in banners/banner_pollinside.js\r\n<script type=\"text/javascript\">\r\nfunction get_referrer(lk){var dc=document;if(dc.location==\'\'){return true}var ru=escape(dc.location);var pu=\'\';var du;if(lk!=null){if(lk.href!=null){du=lk.href;}else if(lk.form!=null && lk.form.referrer_url!=null){lk.form.referrer_url.value=dc.location;return true}}else if(pu!=\'\'){du=pu}else{return true}if(du==null){return true}if(du.match(/\\?/)){du=du+\'&\'}else{du=du+\'?\'}du=du+\'referrer_url=\'+ru;if(lk!=null && lk.href!=null){lk.href=du}else{window.location=du;return false}return true}\r\n</script> \r\n--->\r\n<center><script language=\"javascript\" src=\"http://www.snappoll.com/banners/banner_pollinside.js\"></script>\r\n</center>\r\n</td></FORM></TABLE>\r\n</TD></TR></TABLE>\r\n			\r\n<!-- // End Snappoll.com Poll Code // -->\r\n\r\nChoose well, my friends. Because the winner takes on <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">Taylor Hanson</a> (who, with his two brothers, hosts <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">a Christmas special at Hanson.net this Christmas Eve</a>) next week.','If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. Tulsa Golden Driller','I did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.','inherit','open','open','','4748-revision-13','','','2010-12-23 13:38:49','2010-12-23 18:38:49','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4748-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(6072,1,'2011-02-21 09:50:18','2011-02-21 14:50:18','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1835/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6030\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18355-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6030\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not exactly top secret that <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/miss-tulsa-burger-pageant/\">I\'m a big fan of the burger</a>.\r\n\r\nAt Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests: The Tavern Burger.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nIt just goes to show that when you put a proprietary grind of short rib and brisket, Stilton and mushroom Cognac cream on a house-baked Challah bun, magical things happen. Sexy, magical things.\r\n\r\nAnd the size? It\'s enough to put you to sleep at your table.\r\n\r\nNot that that\'s a bad thing. I\'m just saying so that you\'ll know to bring a pillow along when you try Brady Tavern. Falling asleep on a bare table is just bad manners, no matter how good the burger is.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6045\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6045\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18372-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll admit, I had mixed feelings about this restaurant opening as it was happening, and it wasn\'t because I had doubts about what it could become. It\'s hard, after all, to argue with something that <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">the McNellie\'s Group</a> gets behind - it\'s pretty well documented in local lore that those people know a thing or two about food.\r\n\r\nBut the reason Brady Tavern opened where and when it did is because <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/dinner/downtown-tulsa-lolas-at-the-bowery\">Lola\'s at the Bowery</a> shut its doors just weeks before the folks at McNellie\'s flipped it. The fare went from Spanish-style tapas to gourmet, chef-driven pub food.\r\n\r\nHere\'s what I\'ll say about Lola\'s: I liked the food. It lacked consistency, but more often than not, I was happy. I especially enjoyed the cakes, which were made in-house by Lola (not her real name, but since everyone else does, let\'s go with it). I\'ll always remember the huge <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3837459927/\">orange-chocolate ganache cake</a> my pal <a href=\"http://twitter.com/hwall\">Holly Wall</a> and I once bought, split and ate until all that were left were crumbs in just a matter of a couple of days.\r\n\r\nAnd then there was the miniature wedding cake Lola brought to my husband and I at our table when we were in celebrating the baby we knew we\'d have the following week. We didn\'t even order it; we told her what why we\'d come in, and she brought it to us. I loved that.\r\n\r\nBut when I began to hear reports of slow and discourteous service, I worried. When I experienced it myself, I was downright sad.\r\n\r\nIf anyone could take that space and run with it, though, it\'d be Elliot Nelson and his group. The folks in charge there have come a long way since they opened the doors to McNellie\'s Public House, up the road in the Blue Dome District at 1st and Elgin. When <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district/\">I talked to Elliot late last year about how they drew up with the concept for Brady Tavern</a> and the excitements and challenges of moving into the Brady Arts District, he mentioned that since they\'d gone into the restaurant business, he and his partners had grown into their love for good food.\r\n\r\nI like to think of it like this: It\'s like McNellie\'s grew up, had a couple of kids, bought an SUV and a membership at a local CSA. Which, in the time since the opening of McNellie\'s in 2004 until now, is probably exactly what several of those folks did.\r\n\r\nSo, back to the burger. It\'s good. It\'s like the cousin of the burger at McNellie\'s - the cousin that went to Harvard and would drink a $20 glass of Cabernet with a Hot Pocket.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s this.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6046\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1841-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6046\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18411-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMac and cheese. Or, as I should say, mac cooked just al dente and a variety of classy cheeses. And perfectly toasted bread crumbs.\r\n\r\nAnd, again, enough to eat and then pack a to-go box. And then eat again in the car with your fingers on the way home so that no one suspects that you could ever eat that much in a million years.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1854/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6047\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18541-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was the image I was trying to portray when I visited Brady Tavern with a group of guys just as classy as my mac and cheese. I\'m really glad I played it safe, too, because as I found out later, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectID=274&articleID=20110127_457_WK9_CUTLIN983935\">someone was watching</a>.\r\n\r\nAfter all, it\'s not every day the far left side of a girl\'s face gets featured on the restaurant page in the Tulsa World. Or <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=274&amp;articleid=20110202_371_0_Natash189547\">her appetite for chain restaurant roast beef just a few days later</a> in the same paper.\r\n\r\nI feel so famous. I mean, parts of my face feel famous. And my snow-day jonesin\' for paper-thin beef isn\'t feeling too shabby, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1843-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6048\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18432-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther things I\'m digging about Brady Tavern:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>They kept the bar from Lola\'s, which is original to the Fox Hotel building in which Brady Tavern is now housed, and the bartender came up with pre-prohibition era-inspired cocktails. Cool.</li>\r\n	<li>Cooler: Brady Tavern offers seating at what\'s called a chef\'s table - basically, it\'s a chance to sit smack dab in the center of the craziness of a restaurant kitchen. These are getting to be pretty common along the coasts and in the bigger cities here in the U.S., but this is the first I\'ve heard of one in Tulsa. There are two at BT, and each sits 6-8. <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jvergara\">My friend Jenny</a> had the pleasure of dining at one recently and had nothing but good things to say - which means a lot, coming from her.</li>\r\n	<li>The chef at Brady Tavern is Grant Vespasian. I became a fan of his when he worked under <a href=\"http://palacetulsa.com/\">James Shrader at Palace Cafe</a>, another of my favorite Tulsa chefs. Plus, I like saying Vespasian. Vespasian, Vespasian, Vespasian. Yes.</li>\r\n	<li>The folks at Brady Tavern bring bangers over from <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a> to whip up some bangers and mash, with truffled potatoes and Irish whiskey gravy. I kid you not. And we all know that <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">I\'m a fan of Fassler Hall</a>. I mean, it\'s hard to argue with a good wiener.</li>\r\n	<li>Brady Tavern now offers a brunch service on Sundays from 10am-2pm. And I know how much you Tulsans love your brunch. We\'re a brunch-loving city if there ever was one.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Bacon popcorn is on the appetizers menu</a>. And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">a bacon-infused old-fashioned on the cocktails menu</a>. It\'s OK, I\'ll wait while you mop your brains off your keyboards. My mind exploded when I realized this, too.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nBut you might not want to bother until you comb through these:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Lunch_01_21_11.pdf\">Here\'s the lunch menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Here\'s the dinner menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">Here\'s the cocktail menu</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNo reason to dirty up two towels, after all.\r\n\r\nHave you been to Brady Tavern? What\'d you have? What\'d you like? What didn\'t you like? If you had the burger, let me know if you think it deserves a spot on the list of Tulsa\'s bests.\r\n\r\nIf you hated it, well, you can slide it on down the bar to me. As my grandma always said, a burger saved is a burger earned. \r\n\r\n<strong>Brady Tavern</strong>\r\n201 N. Main Street\r\nMonday-Wednesday, 11am-12pm; Thursday-Saturday, 11am-2am; Sunday, 11am-12am\r\n(918) 949-9801 (reservations for dinner recommended)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1567241/restaurant/Brady-Arts-District/Brady-Tavern-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1567241/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Brady Tavern on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Burger Love at Brady Tavern','It\'s not exactly top secret that I\'m a big fan of the burger. At Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests.','inherit','open','open','','5952-revision-18','','','2011-02-21 09:50:18','2011-02-21 14:50:18','',5952,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5952-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(6070,1,'2011-02-21 09:49:37','2011-02-21 14:49:37','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Circle Cinema by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3465014711/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3615/3465014711_eb410b0850.jpg\" alt=\"Circle Cinema\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nOff work for Presidents Day today? What better excuse are you going to have to make your way to the movies for a free movie in the middle of the afternoon?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIn celebration of Black History Month, free screenings of the documentaries The House With a Church In It and I Am A Man have been added to today\'s schedule at <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>.\r\n\r\nThe films will show every hour, on the hour in the Quad theater (find it on the south side of the building) beginning at 3pm. The last screening will show at 8pm. The total run time for the films is 37 minutes.\r\n\r\nThe films will show Tuesday, too, beginning at 11am with hourly screenings until 9pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>A synopsis of I Am A Man: </strong>\r\nIn 1968, Elmore Nickleberry stood among 1,300 other African-American men in Memphis who collectively asserted their right to be treated with dignity. Filmed on location in Memphis in late 2008, this 30 minute film offers a modern-day look at the legacy of Mr. Nickleberry and others like him. Their inspiring story is tied to character traits and principles just as valuable today as they were more than 40 years ago.  30 min.\r\n\r\n<strong>Synopsis of The House With A Church In It: </strong>\r\nThis Land Press Presents an intimate and beautifully shot story of Andrew Phillips an the Mt. Rose Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Produced and directed by Matt Leach and Sterlin Harjo.  7 min.\r\n\r\n<strong>Monday\'s schedule of films in the Circle 2 theater:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>9:30am Biutiful (Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Film and Best Actor)</li>\r\n	<li>Noon     Live Action Shorts (Oscar-nominated)</li>\r\n	<li>2:10pm The Illusionist (Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Feature)</li>\r\n	<li>3:50      Rabbit Hole (Oscar-nominated for Best Actress)</li>\r\n	<li>5:45       Animated Shorts (Oscar-nominated)</li>\r\n	<li>7:30       Seventh Seal (from the Essential Arthouse classic film series)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIt\'s a movie kind of day - skip the multiplex and check out Tulsa\'s own independent theater, at 12 S. Lewis Ave.','Free Black History Month Films at Circle Cinema Today','Off work for Presidents Day today? What better excuse are you going to have to make your way to the movies for a free movie in the middle of the afternoon?','inherit','open','open','','6066-revision-3','','','2011-02-21 09:49:37','2011-02-21 14:49:37','',6066,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6066-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(6071,1,'2011-02-21 02:11:40','2011-02-21 07:11:40','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1835/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6030\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18355-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6030\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not exactly top secret that <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/miss-tulsa-burger-pageant/\">I\'m a big fan of the burger</a>.\r\n\r\nAt Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests: The Tavern Burger.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nIt just goes to show that when you put a proprietary grind of short rib and brisket, Stilton and mushroom Cognac cream on a house-baked Challah bun, magical things happen. Sexy, magical things.\r\n\r\nAnd the size? It\'s enough to put you to sleep at your table.\r\n\r\nNot that that\'s a bad thing. I\'m just saying so that you\'ll know to bring a pillow along when you try Brady Tavern. Falling asleep on a bare table is just bad manners, no matter how good the burger is.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6045\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6045\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18372-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll admit, I had mixed feelings about this restaurant opening as it was happening, and it wasn\'t because I had doubts about what it could become. It\'s hard, after all, to argue with something that <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">the McNellie\'s Group</a> gets behind - it\'s pretty well documented in local lore that those people know a thing or two about food.\r\n\r\nBut the reason Brady Tavern opened where and when it did is because <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/dinner/downtown-tulsa-lolas-at-the-bowery\">Lola\'s at the Bowery</a> shut its doors just weeks before the folks at McNellie\'s flipped it. The fare went from Spanish-style tapas to gourmet, chef-driven pub food.\r\n\r\nHere\'s what I\'ll say about Lola\'s: I liked the food. It lacked consistency, but more often than not, I was happy. I especially enjoyed the cakes, which were made in-house by Lola (not her real name, but since everyone else does, let\'s go with it). I\'ll always remember the huge <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3837459927/\">orange-chocolate ganache cake</a> my pal <a href=\"http://twitter.com/hwall\">Holly Wall</a> and I once bought, split and ate until all that were left were crumbs in just a matter of a couple of days.\r\n\r\nAnd then there was the miniature wedding cake Lola brought to my husband and I at our table when we were in celebrating the baby we knew we\'d have the following week. We didn\'t even order it; we told her what why we\'d come in, and she brought it to us. I loved that.\r\n\r\nBut when I began to hear reports of slow and discourteous service, I worried. When I experienced it myself, I was downright sad.\r\n\r\nIf anyone could take that space and run with it, though, it\'d be Elliot Nelson and his group. The folks in charge there have come a long way since they opened the doors to McNellie\'s Public House, up the road in the Blue Dome District at 1st and Elgin. When <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district/\">I talked to Elliot late last year about how they drew up with the concept for Brady Tavern</a> and the excitements and challenges of moving into the Brady Arts District, he mentioned that since they\'d gone into the restaurant business, he and his partners had grown into their love for good food.\r\n\r\nI like to think of it like this: It\'s like McNellie\'s grew up, had a couple of kids, bought an SUV and a membership at a local CSA. Which, in the time since the opening of McNellie\'s in 2004 until now, is probably exactly what several of those folks did.\r\n\r\nSo, back to the burger. It\'s good. It\'s like the cousin of the burger at McNellie\'s - the cousin that went to Harvard and would drink a $20 glass of Cabernet with a Hot Pocket.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s this.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6046\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1841-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6046\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18411-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMac and cheese. Or, as I should say, mac cooked just al dente and a variety of classy cheeses. And perfectly toasted bread crumbs.\r\n\r\nAnd, again, enough to eat and then pack a to-go box. And then eat again in the car with your fingers on the way home so that no one suspects that you could ever eat that much in a million years.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1854/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6047\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18541-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was the image I was trying to portray when I visited Brady Tavern with a group of guys just as classy as my mac and cheese. I\'m really glad I played it safe, too, because as I found out later, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectID=274&articleID=20110127_457_WK9_CUTLIN983935\">someone was watching</a>.\r\n\r\nAfter all, it\'s not every day the far left side of a girl\'s face gets featured on the restaurant page in the Tulsa World. Or <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=274&amp;articleid=20110202_371_0_Natash189547\">her appetite for chain restaurant roast beef just a few days later</a> in the same paper.\r\n\r\nI feel so famous. I mean, parts of my face feel famous. And my snow-day jonesin\' for paper-thin beef isn\'t feeling too shabby, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1843-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6048\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18432-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther things I\'m digging about Brady Tavern:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>They kept the bar from Lola\'s, which is original to the Fox Hotel building in which Brady Tavern is now housed, and the bartender came up with pre-prohibition era-inspired cocktails. Cool.</li>\r\n	<li>Cooler: Brady Tavern offers seating at what\'s called a chef\'s table - basically, it\'s a chance to sit smack dab in the center of the craziness of a restaurant kitchen. These are getting to be pretty common along the coasts and in the bigger cities here in the U.S., but this is the first I\'ve heard of one in Tulsa. There are two at BT, and each sits 6-8. <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jvergara\">My friend Jenny</a> had the pleasure of dining at one recently and had nothing but good things to say - which means a lot, coming from her.</li>\r\n	<li>The chef at Brady Tavern is Grant Vespasian. I became a fan of his when he worked under <a href=\"http://palacetulsa.com/\">James Shrader at Palace Cafe</a>, another of my favorite Tulsa chefs. Plus, I like saying Vespasian. Vespasian, Vespasian, Vespasian. Yes.</li>\r\n	<li>The folks at Brady Tavern bring bangers over from <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a> to whip up some bangers and mash, with truffled potatoes and Irish whiskey gravy. I kid you not. And we all know that <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">I\'m a fan of Fassler Hall</a>. I mean, it\'s hard to argue with a good wiener.</li>\r\n	<li>Brady Tavern now offers a brunch service on Sundays from 10am-2pm. And I know how much you Tulsans love your brunch. We\'re a brunch-loving city if there ever was one.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Bacon popcorn is on the appetizers menu</a>. And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">a bacon-infused old-fashioned on the cocktails menu</a>. It\'s OK, I\'ll wait while you mop your brains off your keyboards. My mind exploded when I realized this, too.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nBut you might not want to bother until you comb through these:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Lunch_01_21_11.pdf\">Here\'s the lunch menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Here\'s the dinner menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">Here\'s the cocktail menu</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNo reason to dirty up two towels, after all.\r\n\r\nHave you been to Brady Tavern? What\'d you have? What\'d you like? What didn\'t you like? If you had the burger, let me know if you think it deserves a spot on the list of Tulsa\'s bests.\r\n\r\nIf you hated it, well, you can slide it on down the bar to me. As my grandma always said, a burger saved is a burger earned. \r\n\r\n<strong>Brady Tavern</strong>\r\n201 N. Main Street\r\nMonday-Wednesday, 11am-12pm; Thursday-Saturday, 11am-2am; Sunday, 11am-12am\r\n(918) 949-9801 (reservations for dinner recommended)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1567241/restaurant/Brady-Arts-District/Brady-Tavern-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1567241/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Brady Tavern on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Burger Love at Brady Tavern','It\'s not exactly top secret that I\'m a big fan of the burger. At Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests.','inherit','open','open','','5952-revision-17','','','2011-02-21 02:11:40','2011-02-21 07:11:40','',5952,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5952-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(6066,1,'2011-02-21 08:48:34','2011-02-21 13:48:34','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Circle Cinema by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3465014711/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3615/3465014711_eb410b0850.jpg\" alt=\"Circle Cinema\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nOff work for Presidents Day today? What better excuse are you going to have to make your way to the movies for a free movie in the middle of the afternoon?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIn celebration of Black History Month, free screenings of the documentaries The House With a Church In It and I Am A Man have been added to today\'s schedule at <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>.\r\n\r\nThe films will show every hour, on the hour in the Quad theater (find it on the south side of the building) beginning at 3pm. The last screening will show at 8pm. The total run time for the films is 37 minutes.\r\n\r\nThe films will show Tuesday, too, beginning at 11am with hourly screenings until 9pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>A synopsis of I Am A Man: </strong>\r\nIn 1968, Elmore Nickleberry stood among 1,300 other African-American men in Memphis who collectively asserted their right to be treated with dignity. Filmed on location in Memphis in late 2008, this 30 minute film offers a modern-day look at the legacy of Mr. Nickleberry and others like him. Their inspiring story is tied to character traits and principles just as valuable today as they were more than 40 years ago.  30 min.\r\n\r\n<strong>Synopsis of The House With A Church In It: </strong>\r\nThis Land Press Presents an intimate and beautifully shot story of Andrew Phillips an the Mt. Rose Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Produced and directed by Matt Leach and Sterlin Harjo.  7 min.\r\n\r\n<strong>Monday\'s schedule of films in the Circle 2 theater:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>9:30am Biutiful (Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Film and Best Actor)</li>\r\n	<li>Noon     Live Action Shorts (Oscar-nominated)</li>\r\n	<li>2:10pm The Illusionist (Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Feature)</li>\r\n	<li>3:50      Rabbit Hole (Oscar-nominated for Best Actress)</li>\r\n	<li>5:45       Animated Shorts (Oscar-nominated)</li>\r\n	<li>7:30       Seventh Seal (from the Essential Arthouse classic film series)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIt\'s a movie kind of day - skip the multiplex and check out Tulsa\'s own independent theater, at 12 S. Lewis Ave.','Free Black History Month Films at Circle Cinema Today','Off work for Presidents Day today? What better excuse are you going to have to make your way to the movies for a free movie in the middle of the afternoon?','publish','open','open','','free-black-history-day-films-circle-cinema','','','2011-02-21 09:49:54','2011-02-21 14:49:54','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=6066',0,'post','',1),(6067,1,'2011-02-21 09:46:22','2011-02-21 14:46:22','','Circle Cinema Kendall-Whittier Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','3465014711_eb410b0850_z','','','2011-02-21 09:46:22','2011-02-21 14:46:22','',6066,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/3465014711_eb410b0850_z.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(6068,1,'2011-02-21 09:47:37','2011-02-21 14:47:37','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Circle Cinema by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3465014711/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3615/3465014711_eb410b0850.jpg\" alt=\"Circle Cinema\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\nOff work for Presidents Day today? What better excuse are you going to have to make your way to the movies for a free movie in the middle of the afternoon?\n\n<!--more-->\n\nIn celebration of Black History Month, free screenings of the documentaries The House With a Church In It and I Am A Man have been added to today\'s schedule at <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>.\n\nThe films will show every hour, on the hour in the Quad theater (find it on the south side of the building) beginning at 3pm. The last screening will show at 8pm. The total run time for the films is 37 minutes.\n\nThe films will show Tuesday, too, beginning at 11am with hourly screenings until 9pm.\n\n<strong>A synopsis of I Am A Man: </strong>\nIn 1968, Elmore Nickleberry stood among 1,300 other African-American men in Memphis who collectively asserted their right to be treated with dignity. Filmed on location in Memphis in late 2008, this 30 minute film offers a modern-day look at the legacy of Mr. Nickleberry and others like him. Their inspiring story is tied to character traits and principles just as valuable today as they were more than 40 years ago.  30 min.\n\n<strong>Synopsis of The House With A Church In It: </strong>\nThis Land Press Presents an intimate and beautifully shot story of Andrew Phillips an the Mt. Rose Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Produced and directed by Matt Leach and Sterlin Harjo.  7 min.\n\n<strong>Monday\'s schedule of films in the Circle 2 theater:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>9:30am Biutiful (Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Film and Best Actor)</li>\n	<li>Noon     Live Action Shorts (Oscar-nominated)</li>\n	<li>2:10pm The Illusionist (Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Feature)</li>\n	<li>3:50      Rabbit Hole (Oscar-nominated for Best Actress)</li>\n	<li>5:45       Animated Shorts (Oscar-nominated)</li>\n	<li>7:30       Seventh Seal (from the Essential Arthouse classic film series)</li>\n</ul>\nIt\'s a movie kind of day - skip the multiplex and check out Tulsa\'s own independent theater, at 12 S. Lewis Ave.','Free Black History Month Films at Circle Cinema Today','Off work for Presidents Day today? What better excuse are you going to have to make your way to the movies for a free movie in the middle of the afternoon?','inherit','open','open','','6066-revision','','','2011-02-21 09:47:37','2011-02-21 14:47:37','',6066,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6066-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6069,1,'2011-02-21 09:48:34','2011-02-21 14:48:34','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Circle Cinema by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3465014711/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3615/3465014711_eb410b0850.jpg\" alt=\"Circle Cinema\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nOff work for Presidents Day today? What better excuse are you going to have to make your way to the movies for a free movie in the middle of the afternoon?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nIn celebration of Black History Month, free screenings of the documentaries The House With a Church In It and I Am A Man have been added to today\'s schedule at <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>.\r\n\r\nThe films will show every hour, on the hour in the Quad theater (find it on the south side of the building) beginning at 3pm. The last screening will show at 8pm. The total run time for the films is 37 minutes.\r\n\r\nThe films will show Tuesday, too, beginning at 11am with hourly screenings until 9pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>A synopsis of I Am A Man: </strong>\r\nIn 1968, Elmore Nickleberry stood among 1,300 other African-American men in Memphis who collectively asserted their right to be treated with dignity. Filmed on location in Memphis in late 2008, this 30 minute film offers a modern-day look at the legacy of Mr. Nickleberry and others like him. Their inspiring story is tied to character traits and principles just as valuable today as they were more than 40 years ago.  30 min.\r\n\r\n<strong>Synopsis of The House With A Church In It: </strong>\r\nThis Land Press Presents an intimate and beautifully shot story of Andrew Phillips an the Mt. Rose Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Produced and directed by Matt Leach and Sterlin Harjo.  7 min.\r\n\r\n<strong>Monday\'s schedule of films in the Circle 2 theater:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>9:30am Biutiful (Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Film and Best Actor)</li>\r\n	<li>Noon     Live Action Shorts (Oscar-nominated)</li>\r\n	<li>2:10pm The Illusionist (Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Feature)</li>\r\n	<li>3:50      Rabbit Hole (Oscar-nominated for Best Actress)</li>\r\n	<li>5:45       Animated Shorts (Oscar-nominated)</li>\r\n	<li>7:30       Seventh Seal (from the Essential Arthouse classic film series)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIt\'s a movie kind of day - skip the multiplex and check out Tulsa\'s own independent theater, at 12 S. Lewis Ave.','Free Black History Month Films at Circle Cinema Today','Off work for Presidents Day today? What better excuse are you going to have to make your way to the movies for a free movie in the middle of the afternoon?','inherit','open','open','','6066-revision-2','','','2011-02-21 09:48:34','2011-02-21 14:48:34','',6066,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6066-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(6065,1,'2011-02-20 22:04:49','2011-02-21 03:04:49','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Stonehorse Cafe by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3374851924/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3374851924_18573c01a7.jpg\" alt=\"Stonehorse Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" /></a></div>\r\nThe weather in Tulsa has been amazing lately. Where is the best patio in Tulsa to soak it all in and sample some of the best food this town has to offer at the same time?\r\n\r\nThanks to the help of <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tasha-Does-Tulsa/403568208507\">TDT fans and followers on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/\">Twitter</a>, here\'s a list of the best of the best patio restaurants in the area, categorized by region.\r\n\r\nBe sure to weigh in on which you think are the best in the comments. It\'s always fun to hear from you!\r\n<h2><strong>Best Downtown Patios</strong></h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Boston Avenue, Northbound by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3319905147/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3537/3319905147_af81b4c5e4.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Avenue, Northbound\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.elguaposcantina.net/\">El Guapo</a>, 332 E. First Street</strong>\r\nThe rooftop patio at El Guapo, the three-story Mexican restaurant in Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District, was by far the restaurant patio about which T-Town\'s social media world is most excited now that outdoor dining weather has officially arrived.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\"Great food, good view, no traffic and the servers have the best tattoos in Tulsa!\" was how local photographer and artist Marty Coleman described the rooftop patio at El Guapo on Facebook.</li>\r\n	<li>\"Forget patios, rooftops are where it\'s at,\" said Michael Champlin, a local designer. \"I double dog dare you to beat that view.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.bluerosecafetulsa.com/elwoods.html\">Elwood\'s Restaurant (f.k.a. River\'s Edge)</a>, 19th and Riverside Drive</strong>\r\nEveryone\'s got springtime twitterpation over Elwood\'s Restaurant, the reincarnation of The River\'s Edge, T-Town\'s lamented former riverfront cafe. Now that Elwood\'s is open, everyone from downtown\'s lunch crowd to the thousands of walkers, runners and bikers who use RiverParks each day can stop in for a sandwich, a hot dog and/or a cold beer.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\"My dog asked me to vote for River\'s Edge,\" Brian Elliott said on Facebook. \"He\'s happy it\'s back.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.arniesbar.com/\">Arnie\'s</a>, 318 E. Second Street</strong>\r\nArnie\'s is like Tulsa\'s version of that certain famous-on-TV bar - it\'s where everybody knows you name. That the patio is like a secluded, garden-like hideout is a bonus.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\"Arnie\'s has the best patio downtown,\" said <a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/search.asp?keyword=holly+wall&amp;searchSite.x=0&amp;searchSite.y=0\">Holly Wall, senior editor at Tulsa Business Journal and arts writer with Urban Tulsa Weekly</a>. \"No contest. End of story. It\'s quaint, and the trees and brush offer nice shade. Scratch that. It\'s the best patio in town.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.thehuntclubtulsa.com/\">The Hunt Club</a>, 224 N. Main Street</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\"The Hunt Club\'s new second-story patio is super-cool,\" said Jonathan Bolzle on Facebook. \"The vibe is urban and cosmopolitan.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://dillydelitulsa.com/\">Dilly Deli</a>, 402 E. Second Street</strong>.\r\nI wrote about the outdoor fabulousness that is the patio at Dilly Deli (and about how to light a cupcake on fire) <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/dilly-deli/\">in this post</a>, but don\'t just take my word for it.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Bocce ball and a little something called a Jon Michael, a sandwich packed with a pound and a half of pastrami and swiss cheese, served on rye.</li>\r\n	<li>\"You can\'t go wrong with Dilly Deli,\" said Kevin Pyle on Twitter.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.joemommas.com/\">Joe Momma\'s</a>, 112 S. Elgin</strong>\r\nNow that ONEOK Field is open downtown, this patio, right on the thoroughfare between Blue Dome District parking and the ballpark in Greenwood, is right in the middle of the action. Plus, there\'s cheeseburger pizza to be had. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/06/not-your-mothers-pizza.html\">It\'ll make you cry in a good way</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.elotetulsa.com/\">Elote Cafe</a>, 514 S. Boston Ave</strong>.\r\nIf you\'re looking for a big city feel (and maybe some luchador wrestling) the next time you feel like dining alfresco, Elote Cafe and its sidewalk patio on Boston is the place to be.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://thebouldergrill.com/\">The Boulder Grill</a>, 17 W. Seventh Street</strong>\r\nThree words: Homemade tater tots. Also, a fire pit. Enough said.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.cazschowhouse.com/\">Caz\'s Chowhouse</a>, 18 E. Brady Street</strong>\r\nGet chicken fried steak and other Oklahoma classics on a patio in the middle of Tulsa\'s arts district. Mmm, mmm, good.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-OK/Fat-Guys-Burger-Bar/107269035966212\">Fat Guy\'s Burger Bar</a>,</strong> <strong>140 N. Greenwood</strong>\r\nImagine: Eating a big, fat double burger, drinking a big, bitter Marshall IPA and then taking about 20 paces to the west to enjoy a Drillers game at ONEOK Field. The patio at Fat Guy\'s makes it all possible.\r\n\r\n<strong>Other downtown patios to try: </strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bluerosecafetulsa.com/\">Blue Rose Cafe</a>, at 1924 S. Riverside. New, improved and dreamy, with a side of blackened chicken and cheese fries.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, at 304 S. Elgin Ave. While Fassler doesn\'t have a patio per se, the entire street frontage side of the restaurants can be opened to the sidewalk, making it a sort of a giant, roofed patio in itself. Score.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Best Cherry Street Patios</h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"White Owl Pub by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4084627232/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2641/4084627232_2f5a82627d.jpg\" alt=\"White Owl Pub\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.eatfullmoon.com/\">Full Moon Cafe</a>, 1525 E. 15th Street </strong>\r\nGet pergola-style, roadside alfresco dining at this cafe that serves American classics and really, really cold beer - a necessity when sitting outside in Oklahoma\'s warm summer months.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tucci\'s, 1344 East 15th Street</strong>\r\nDine Cherry Street-side on some seriously yummy pizza and pasta.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://whiteowloncherry.com/\">White Owl</a>, 1325 E. 15th Street</strong>\r\nDine outside without being exposed to the elements in White Owl\'s south-facing covered patio, or choose a table in private, shaded the alley on the east side of the building. Order the loaded fries, the sliders and a few rounds of Marshall IPA. Or, if you\'re brunching, the eggs benedict. You won\'t be sorry.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/coffeehouseoncherrystreet\"><strong>Coffeehouse on Cherry Street</strong></a>, 1502 E. 15th Street\r\nThat patio at Coffeehouse on Cherry Street (known by locals as CHOCS) is my favorite place to spend a weekend morning. <a href=\"http://www.topecacoffee.com/\">Topeca coffee</a> and pastries and quiches, many of which are vegan or vegetarian, as well as some amazing sausage rolls, are what\'s for breakfast. The chiminea and incredible customer service top off the CHOCS patio experience.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cafe Cubana</strong>, 1340 East 15th Street\r\nNow that Cafe Cubana has moved out from behind Jason\'s and directly onto Cherry Street it\'s not only one of the best coffee and cigar shops and cafes in Tulsa, but it\'s also a great place to stop in for some patio dining and cigar smoking.\r\n<h2><strong>Best Utica Square Patios</strong></h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"More Queenies by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3374040833/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3374040833_87e6fa3de5.jpg\" alt=\"More Queenies\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.uticasquare.com/restaurants/restaurants_detail.asp?rID=9\">Stonehorse Cafe</a>, 1748 Utica Square</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\"Stonehorse Saturday brunches are THE BEST,\" said Jessica Judd on Facebook. Indeed, Jessica - check out the prettiest and some of the best-tasting quiche in town. Have only with champagne, or else I\'ll be a sad, sad Panda.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wildfork.com/\">The Wild Fork</a>, 1820 Utica Square</strong>\r\nThe Wild Fork is the place to see and be seen and get your outdoor dining on at the same time. Adjacent to the main courtyard in Tulsa\'s first upscale shopping center, it\'s like dining in a fancy garden, too.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.uticasquare.com/restaurants/restaurants_detail.asp?rID=6\">Queenie\'s</a>, 1834 Utica Square</strong>\r\nYou could dine inside at bustling Queenie\'s, or you could spend your lunch hour on a Utica Square sidewalk, people watching, which can get pretty fancy in that part of town.\r\n<h2><strong>Best Brookside Patios</strong></h2>\r\n<strong>Cafe Ole, 3512 S. Peoria Ave.</strong>\r\nThe patio at Cafe Ole is in the heart of Brookside, Tulsa\'s original cruising strip-turned-upscale shopping and dining district.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\"Great food, terrific atmosphere and the best margaritas,\" said Melanie Biskup of this Tulsa patio.</li>\r\n	<li>Here\'s a tip on what to order: \"I live for Cafe Ole queso,\" said Kate Spencer on Twitter. Believe me when I say, believe Kate Spencer.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.brookrestaurant.com/\">The Brook</a>, 3401 S. Peoria Ave.</strong>\r\nThe Brook offers yet another kid-friendly, street-side patio, and here\'s why: It\'s completely enclosed, but when all the windows are open, you\'re about 72 percent outside. At least, that\'s what my team of mathematicians tell me. Order the buffalo chicken sandwich with macaroni and cheese as your side if you want to live.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.crowcreektavern.com/\">Crow Creek Tavern</a>, 3534 S. Peoria Ave.</strong>\r\nGot a bike? As in, the kind of a motor in it (<a href=\"http://imcdb.org/i054661.jpg\">not this</a>)? If so, you\'ll fit right in at Crow Creek. With nightly live entertainment and frontage right alongside Brookside, this patio is choice for anyone looking for a post-dinner drink on a balmy evening.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.cosmo-cafe.com/\">Cosmo\'s Cafe and Bar</a>, 3334 S. Peoria Ave.</strong>\r\nIf you\'re a cosmo girl (or a cosmo guy - the folks at Cosmo are more than willing to serve their signature drinks in dude-friendly glassware), this enclosed patio that opens onto the sidewalk on the west side of Peoria is the place for you.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.thebrasserietulsa.com/\">The Brasserie</a>, 3509 S. Peoria Ave.</strong>\r\nThe Brasserie is one of my very favorite brunch places in Tulsa. Choose from the likes of a Belgian Waffle with Apple Pear Chutney and warm maple syrup, traditional eggs benedict and the breakfast tarte (with egg, bacon, gruyere, roasted tomato and creme fraiche), and don\'t forget to order a Bloody Mary or a Mimosa to top things off right.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://bluemoonbakerycafe.com/\">Blue Moon Bakery</a>, 3807 S. Peoria Ave.</strong>\r\nIt gets boisterous inside at Blue Moon Bakery, and seating can be hard to come by - the food there is just that good. Where better to go if you\'re looking for a somewhat quieter setting and extra seats than the Blue Moon patio?\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\"Plus, it opens early for breakfast,\" said Gary Black, owner of another Center 1 shop, Black Optical.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Other Brookside patios to try: </strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"www.leonstulsa.com\">Leon\'s on the Restless Ribbon</a>, at 3001 S. Peoria Ave.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.fujitulsa.com\">Fuji on Brookside</a>, at 3739 S. Peoria Ave.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"www.garlicrose-tulsa.com\">Garlic Rose</a>, at 3509 S. Peoria Ave.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">In the Raw</a>, at 3321 S. Peoria Ave.</li>\r\n	<li>Bru House Bar &amp; Grill, at 3421 S. Peoria Ave.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Best South Tulsa Patios</h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"RiverWalk Crossing, Jenks by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3320840553/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/3320840553_35383337ec.jpg\" alt=\"RiverWalk Crossing, Jenks\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/elmstpub\">Elm Street Pub</a>, 329 S. Elm Street in Jenks</strong>\r\nSouthtowners can\'t stop talking about this Jenks pub and grill. Don\'t feel like driving in to downtown, Brookside or Utica Square? Give Elm Street Pub a shot.\r\n\r\n<strong>Louie\'s Grill and Bar, 6310 East 101st Street in Jenks</strong>\r\nThe mommy bloggers of south Tulsa can\'t get enough of this place. Let me tell you, if anyone can gauge the worthiness of a patio at a bar, it\'s a mom. Trivia lovers like it, too.\r\n\r\n<strong>Red Rock Canyon Grill, 9916 Riverside Parkway in south Tulsa</strong>\r\nThe south Tulsa iteration of the Oklahoma City-based small chain of upscale restaurants serving up surf and turf, top-shelf steaks and a wine list as long as your arm comes complete with one of the best patios in town, overlooking the Arkansas River from the east bank. There\'s even a couple\'s swing - awww.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\"Red Rock is great when they open the doors and have live music,\" said Sandy Martin on Facebook.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>2 Brothers Bistro, 13330 South Memorial Drive in Bixby</strong>\r\nGet breakfast or lunch on this Bixby patio throughout the week. If it\'s dinnertime on Friday or Saturday night, 2 Brothers Bistro is ready to seat you outside.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\"Covered patio surrounded by blooming trees and an awesome meal,\" said Robert Founds, noting also that he digs that 2 Brothers is right by the river.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Other southtown patios to try: </strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.loscabosok.com/\">Los Cabos</a>, both at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks at on Bass Pro Drive in Broken Arrow</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Which Tulsa restaurant has your favorite patio?</h2>\r\nTell us in the comments.\r\n\r\nWant to be quoted in a future TDT survey? <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">Like TashaDoesTulsa.com on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">follow along on Twitter</a>.\r\n\r\n<em>This post was updated from the original Best Patios in Tulsa post, created April 16, 2010.</em>','Best Patios in Tulsa','Where is the best patio in Tulsa? TDT Facebook and Twitter followers and lovers of food answer this burning question. ','inherit','open','open','','6023-revision-7','','','2011-02-20 22:04:49','2011-02-21 03:04:49','',6023,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/6023-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(6063,1,'2011-02-21 02:10:56','2011-02-21 07:10:56','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1835/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6030\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18355-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6030\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not exactly top secret that <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/miss-tulsa-burger-pageant/\">I\'m a big fan of the burger</a>.\r\n\r\nAt Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests: The Tavern Burger.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nIt just goes to show that when you put a proprietary grind of short rib and brisket, Stilton and mushroom Cognac cream on a house-baked Challah bun, magical things happen. Sexy, magical things.\r\n\r\nAnd the size? It\'s enough to put you to sleep at your table.\r\n\r\nNot that that\'s a bad thing. I\'m just saying so that you\'ll know to bring a pillow along when you try Brady Tavern. Falling asleep on a bare table is just bad manners, no matter how good the burger is.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6045\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6045\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18372-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll admit, I had mixed feelings about this restaurant opening as it was happening, and it wasn\'t because I had doubts about what it could become. It\'s hard, after all, to argue with something that <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">the McNellie\'s Group</a> gets behind - it\'s pretty well documented in local lore that those people know a thing or two about food.\r\n\r\nBut the reason Brady Tavern opened where and when it did is because <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/dinner/downtown-tulsa-lolas-at-the-bowery\">Lola\'s at the Bowery</a> shut its doors just weeks before the folks at McNellie\'s flipped it. The fare went from Spanish-style tapas to gourmet, chef-driven pub food.\r\n\r\nHere\'s what I\'ll say about Lola\'s: I liked the food. It lacked consistency, but more often than not, I was happy. I especially enjoyed the cakes, which were made in-house by Lola (not her real name, but since everyone else does, let\'s go with it). I\'ll always remember the huge <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3837459927/\">orange-chocolate ganache cake</a> my pal <a href=\"http://twitter.com/hwall\">Holly Wall</a> and I once bought, split and ate until all that were left were crumbs in just a matter of a couple of days.\r\n\r\nAnd then there was the miniature wedding cake Lola brought to my husband and I at our table when we were in celebrating the baby we knew we\'d have the following week. We didn\'t even order it; we told her what why we\'d come in, and she brought it to us. I loved that.\r\n\r\nBut when I began to hear reports of slow and discourteous service, I worried. When I experienced it myself, I was downright sad.\r\n\r\nIf anyone could take that space and run with it, though, it\'d be Elliot Nelson and his group. The folks in charge there have come a long way since they opened the doors to McNellie\'s Public House, up the road in the Blue Dome District at 1st and Elgin. When <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district/\">I talked to Elliot late last year about how they drew up with the concept for Brady Tavern</a> and the excitements and challenges of moving into the Brady Arts District, he mentioned that since they\'d gone into the restaurant business, he and his partners had grown into their love for good food.\r\n\r\nI like to think of it like this: It\'s like McNellie\'s grew up, had a couple of kids, bought an SUV and a membership at a local CSA. Which, in the time since the opening of McNellie\'s in 2004 until now, is probably exactly what several of those folks did.\r\n\r\nSo, back to the burger. It\'s good. It\'s like the cousin of the burger at McNellie\'s - the cousin that went to Harvard and would drink a $20 glass of Cabernet with a Hot Pocket.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s this.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6046\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1841-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6046\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18411-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMac and cheese. Or, as I should say, mac cooked just al dente and a variety of classy cheeses. And perfectly toasted bread crumbs.\r\n\r\nAnd, again, enough to eat and then pack a to-go box. And then eat again in the car with your fingers on the way home so that no one suspects that you could ever eat that much in a million years.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1854/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6047\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18541-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was the image I was trying to portray when I visited Brady Tavern with a group of guys just as classy as my mac and cheese. I\'m really glad I played it safe, too, because as I found out later, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectID=274&articleID=20110127_457_WK9_CUTLIN983935\">someone was watching</a>.\r\n\r\nAfter all, it\'s not every day the far left side of a girl\'s face gets featured on the restaurant page in the Tulsa World. Or <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=274&amp;articleid=20110202_371_0_Natash189547\">her appetite for chain restaurant roast beef just a few days later</a> in the same paper.\r\n\r\nI feel so famous. I mean, parts of my face feel famous. And my snow-day jonesin\' for paper-thin beef isn\'t feeling too shabby, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1843-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6048\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18432-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther things I\'m digging about Brady Tavern:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>They kept the bar from Lola\'s, which is original to the Fox Hotel building in which Brady Tavern is now housed, and the bartender came up with pre-prohibition era-inspired cocktails. Cool.</li>\r\n	<li>Cooler: Brady Tavern offers seating at what\'s called a chef\'s table - basically, it\'s a chance to sit smack dab in the center of the craziness of a restaurant kitchen. These are getting to be pretty common along the coasts and in the bigger cities here in the U.S., but this is the first I\'ve heard of one in Tulsa. There are two at BT, and each sits 6-8. <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jvergara\">My friend Jenny</a> had the pleasure of dining at one recently and had nothing but good things to say - which means a lot, coming from her.</li>\r\n	<li>The chef at Brady Tavern is Grant Vespasian. I became a fan of his when he worked under <a href=\"http://palacetulsa.com/\">James Shrader at Palace Cafe</a>, another of my favorite Tulsa chefs. Plus, I like saying Vespasian. Vespasian, Vespasian, Vespasian. Yes.</li>\r\n	<li>The folks at Brady Tavern bring bangers over from <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a> to whip up some bangers and mash, with truffled potatoes and Irish whiskey gravy. I kid you not. And we all know that <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">I\'m a fan of Fassler Hall</a>. I mean, it\'s hard to argue with a good wiener.</li>\r\n	<li>Brady Tavern now offers a brunch service on Sundays from 10am-2pm. And I know how much you Tulsans love your brunch. We\'re a brunch-loving city if there ever was one.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Bacon popcorn is on the appetizers menu</a>. And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">a bacon-infused old-fashioned on the cocktails menu</a>. It\'s OK, I\'ll wait while you mop your brains off your keyboards. My mind exploded when I realized this, too.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nBut you might not want to bother until you comb through these:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Lunch_01_21_11.pdf\">Here\'s the lunch menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Here\'s the dinner menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">Here\'s the cocktail menu</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNo reason to dirty up two towels, after all.\r\n\r\nHave you been to Brady Tavern? What\'d you have? What\'d you like? What didn\'t you like? If you had the burger, let me know if you think it deserves a spot on the list of Tulsa\'s bests.\r\n\r\nIf you hated it, well, you can slide it on down the bar to me. As my grandma always always said, a burger saved is a burger earned. I\'d like to think that goes double for the Tavern Burger.\r\n\r\n<strong>Brady Tavern</strong>\r\n201 N. Main Street\r\nMonday-Wednesday, 11am-12pm; Thursday-Saturday, 11am-2am; Sunday, 11am-12am\r\n(918) 949-9801 (reservations for dinner recommended)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1567241/restaurant/Brady-Arts-District/Brady-Tavern-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1567241/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Brady Tavern on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Burger Love at Brady Tavern','It\'s not exactly top secret that I\'m a big fan of the burger. At Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests.','inherit','open','open','','5952-revision-15','','','2011-02-21 02:10:56','2011-02-21 07:10:56','',5952,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5952-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(6064,1,'2011-02-21 02:11:40','2011-02-21 07:11:40','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1835/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6030\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18355-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6030\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not exactly top secret that <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/miss-tulsa-burger-pageant/\">I\'m a big fan of the burger</a>.\r\n\r\nAt Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests: The Tavern Burger.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nIt just goes to show that when you put a proprietary grind of short rib and brisket, Stilton and mushroom Cognac cream on a house-baked Challah bun, magical things happen. Sexy, magical things.\r\n\r\nAnd the size? It\'s enough to put you to sleep at your table.\r\n\r\nNot that that\'s a bad thing. I\'m just saying so that you\'ll know to bring a pillow along when you try Brady Tavern. Falling asleep on a bare table is just bad manners, no matter how good the burger is.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6045\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6045\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18372-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll admit, I had mixed feelings about this restaurant opening as it was happening, and it wasn\'t because I had doubts about what it could become. It\'s hard, after all, to argue with something that <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">the McNellie\'s Group</a> gets behind - it\'s pretty well documented in local lore that those people know a thing or two about food.\r\n\r\nBut the reason Brady Tavern opened where and when it did is because <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/dinner/downtown-tulsa-lolas-at-the-bowery\">Lola\'s at the Bowery</a> shut its doors just weeks before the folks at McNellie\'s flipped it. The fare went from Spanish-style tapas to gourmet, chef-driven pub food.\r\n\r\nHere\'s what I\'ll say about Lola\'s: I liked the food. It lacked consistency, but more often than not, I was happy. I especially enjoyed the cakes, which were made in-house by Lola (not her real name, but since everyone else does, let\'s go with it). I\'ll always remember the huge <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3837459927/\">orange-chocolate ganache cake</a> my pal <a href=\"http://twitter.com/hwall\">Holly Wall</a> and I once bought, split and ate until all that were left were crumbs in just a matter of a couple of days.\r\n\r\nAnd then there was the miniature wedding cake Lola brought to my husband and I at our table when we were in celebrating the baby we knew we\'d have the following week. We didn\'t even order it; we told her what why we\'d come in, and she brought it to us. I loved that.\r\n\r\nBut when I began to hear reports of slow and discourteous service, I worried. When I experienced it myself, I was downright sad.\r\n\r\nIf anyone could take that space and run with it, though, it\'d be Elliot Nelson and his group. The folks in charge there have come a long way since they opened the doors to McNellie\'s Public House, up the road in the Blue Dome District at 1st and Elgin. When <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district/\">I talked to Elliot late last year about how they drew up with the concept for Brady Tavern</a> and the excitements and challenges of moving into the Brady Arts District, he mentioned that since they\'d gone into the restaurant business, he and his partners had grown into their love for good food.\r\n\r\nI like to think of it like this: It\'s like McNellie\'s grew up, had a couple of kids, bought an SUV and a membership at a local CSA. Which, in the time since the opening of McNellie\'s in 2004 until now, is probably exactly what several of those folks did.\r\n\r\nSo, back to the burger. It\'s good. It\'s like the cousin of the burger at McNellie\'s - the cousin that went to Harvard and would drink a $20 glass of Cabernet with a Hot Pocket.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s this.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6046\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1841-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6046\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18411-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMac and cheese. Or, as I should say, mac cooked just al dente and a variety of classy cheeses. And perfectly toasted bread crumbs.\r\n\r\nAnd, again, enough to eat and then pack a to-go box. And then eat again in the car with your fingers on the way home so that no one suspects that you could ever eat that much in a million years.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1854/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6047\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18541-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was the image I was trying to portray when I visited Brady Tavern with a group of guys just as classy as my mac and cheese. I\'m really glad I played it safe, too, because as I found out later, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectID=274&articleID=20110127_457_WK9_CUTLIN983935\">someone was watching</a>.\r\n\r\nAfter all, it\'s not every day the far left side of a girl\'s face gets featured on the restaurant page in the Tulsa World. Or <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=274&amp;articleid=20110202_371_0_Natash189547\">her appetite for chain restaurant roast beef just a few days later</a> in the same paper.\r\n\r\nI feel so famous. I mean, parts of my face feel famous. And my snow-day jonesin\' for paper-thin beef isn\'t feeling too shabby, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1843-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6048\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18432-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther things I\'m digging about Brady Tavern:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>They kept the bar from Lola\'s, which is original to the Fox Hotel building in which Brady Tavern is now housed, and the bartender came up with pre-prohibition era-inspired cocktails. Cool.</li>\r\n	<li>Cooler: Brady Tavern offers seating at what\'s called a chef\'s table - basically, it\'s a chance to sit smack dab in the center of the craziness of a restaurant kitchen. These are getting to be pretty common along the coasts and in the bigger cities here in the U.S., but this is the first I\'ve heard of one in Tulsa. There are two at BT, and each sits 6-8. <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jvergara\">My friend Jenny</a> had the pleasure of dining at one recently and had nothing but good things to say - which means a lot, coming from her.</li>\r\n	<li>The chef at Brady Tavern is Grant Vespasian. I became a fan of his when he worked under <a href=\"http://palacetulsa.com/\">James Shrader at Palace Cafe</a>, another of my favorite Tulsa chefs. Plus, I like saying Vespasian. Vespasian, Vespasian, Vespasian. Yes.</li>\r\n	<li>The folks at Brady Tavern bring bangers over from <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a> to whip up some bangers and mash, with truffled potatoes and Irish whiskey gravy. I kid you not. And we all know that <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">I\'m a fan of Fassler Hall</a>. I mean, it\'s hard to argue with a good wiener.</li>\r\n	<li>Brady Tavern now offers a brunch service on Sundays from 10am-2pm. And I know how much you Tulsans love your brunch. We\'re a brunch-loving city if there ever was one.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Bacon popcorn is on the appetizers menu</a>. And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">a bacon-infused old-fashioned on the cocktails menu</a>. It\'s OK, I\'ll wait while you mop your brains off your keyboards. My mind exploded when I realized this, too.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nBut you might not want to bother until you comb through these:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Lunch_01_21_11.pdf\">Here\'s the lunch menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Here\'s the dinner menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">Here\'s the cocktail menu</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNo reason to dirty up two towels, after all.\r\n\r\nHave you been to Brady Tavern? What\'d you have? What\'d you like? What didn\'t you like? If you had the burger, let me know if you think it deserves a spot on the list of Tulsa\'s bests.\r\n\r\nIf you hated it, well, you can slide it on down the bar to me. As my grandma always said, a burger saved is a burger earned. \r\n\r\n<strong>Brady Tavern</strong>\r\n201 N. Main Street\r\nMonday-Wednesday, 11am-12pm; Thursday-Saturday, 11am-2am; Sunday, 11am-12am\r\n(918) 949-9801 (reservations for dinner recommended)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1567241/restaurant/Brady-Arts-District/Brady-Tavern-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1567241/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Brady Tavern on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Burger Love at Brady Tavern','It\'s not exactly top secret that I\'m a big fan of the burger. At Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests.','inherit','open','open','','5952-revision-16','','','2011-02-21 02:11:40','2011-02-21 07:11:40','',5952,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5952-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(6062,1,'2011-02-21 02:10:56','2011-02-21 07:10:56','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1835/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6030\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18355-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6030\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not exactly top secret that <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/miss-tulsa-burger-pageant/\">I\'m a big fan of the burger</a>.\r\n\r\nAt Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests: The Tavern Burger.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nIt just goes to show that when you put a proprietary grind of short rib and brisket, Stilton and mushroom Cognac cream on a house-baked Challah bun, magical things happen. Sexy, magical things.\r\n\r\nAnd the size? It\'s enough to put you to sleep at your table.\r\n\r\nNot that that\'s a bad thing. I\'m just saying so that you\'ll know to bring a pillow along when you try Brady Tavern. Falling asleep on a bare table is just bad manners, no matter how good the burger is.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6045\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6045\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18372-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll admit, I had mixed feelings about this restaurant opening as it was happening, and it wasn\'t because I had doubts about what it could become. It\'s hard, after all, to argue with something that <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">the McNellie\'s Group</a> gets behind - it\'s pretty well documented in local lore that those people know a thing or two about food.\r\n\r\nBut the reason Brady Tavern opened where and when it did is because <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/dinner/downtown-tulsa-lolas-at-the-bowery\">Lola\'s at the Bowery</a> shut its doors just weeks before the folks at McNellie\'s flipped it. The fare went from Spanish-style tapas to gourmet, chef-driven pub food.\r\n\r\nHere\'s what I\'ll say about Lola\'s: I liked the food. It lacked consistency, but more often than not, I was happy. I especially enjoyed the cakes, which were made in-house by Lola (not her real name, but since everyone else does, let\'s go with it). I\'ll always remember the huge <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3837459927/\">orange-chocolate ganache cake</a> my pal <a href=\"http://twitter.com/hwall\">Holly Wall</a> and I once bought, split and ate until all that were left were crumbs in just a matter of a couple of days.\r\n\r\nAnd then there was the miniature wedding cake Lola brought to my husband and I at our table when we were in celebrating the baby we knew we\'d have the following week. We didn\'t even order it; we told her what why we\'d come in, and she brought it to us. I loved that.\r\n\r\nBut when I began to hear reports of slow and discourteous service, I worried. When I experienced it myself, I was downright sad.\r\n\r\nIf anyone could take that space and run with it, though, it\'d be Elliot Nelson and his group. The folks in charge there have come a long way since they opened the doors to McNellie\'s Public House, up the road in the Blue Dome District at 1st and Elgin. When <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district/\">I talked to Elliot late last year about how they drew up with the concept for Brady Tavern</a> and the excitements and challenges of moving into the Brady Arts District, he mentioned that since they\'d gone into the restaurant business, he and his partners had grown into their love for good food.\r\n\r\nI like to think of it like this: It\'s like McNellie\'s grew up, had a couple of kids, bought an SUV and a membership at a local CSA. Which, in the time since the opening of McNellie\'s in 2004 until now, is probably exactly what several of those folks did.\r\n\r\nSo, back to the burger. It\'s good. It\'s like the cousin of the burger at McNellie\'s - the cousin that went to Harvard and would drink a $20 glass of Cabernet with a Hot Pocket.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s this.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6046\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1841-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6046\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18411-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMac and cheese. Or, as I should say, mac cooked just al dente and a variety of classy cheeses. And perfectly toasted bread crumbs.\r\n\r\nAnd, again, enough to eat and then pack a to-go box. And then eat again in the car with your fingers on the way home so that no one suspects that you could ever eat that much in a million years.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1854/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6047\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18541-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was the image I was trying to portray when I visited Brady Tavern with a group of guys just as classy as my mac and cheese. I\'m really glad I played it safe, too, because as I found out later, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectID=274&articleID=20110127_457_WK9_CUTLIN983935\">someone was watching</a>.\r\n\r\nAfter all, it\'s not every day the far left side of a girl\'s face gets featured on the restaurant page in the Tulsa World. Or <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=274&amp;articleid=20110202_371_0_Natash189547\">her appetite for chain restaurant roast beef just a few days later</a> in the same paper.\r\n\r\nI feel so famous. I mean, parts of my face feel famous. And my snow-day jonesin\' for paper-thin beef isn\'t feeling too shabby, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1843-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6048\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18432-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther things I\'m digging about Brady Tavern:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>They kept the bar from Lola\'s, which is original to the Fox Hotel building in which Brady Tavern is now housed, and the bartender came up with pre-prohibition era-inspired cocktails. Cool.</li>\r\n	<li>Cooler: Brady Tavern offers seating at what\'s called a chef\'s table - basically, it\'s a chance to sit smack dab in the center of the craziness of a restaurant kitchen. These are getting to be pretty common along the coasts and in the bigger cities here in the U.S., but this is the first I\'ve heard of one in Tulsa. There are two at BT, and each sits 6-8. <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jvergara\">My friend Jenny</a> had the pleasure of dining at one recently and had nothing but good things to say - which means a lot, coming from her.</li>\r\n	<li>The chef at Brady Tavern is Grant Vespasian. I became a fan of his when he worked under <a href=\"http://palacetulsa.com/\">James Shrader at Palace Cafe</a>, another of my favorite Tulsa chefs. Plus, I like saying Vespasian. Vespasian, Vespasian, Vespasian. Yes.</li>\r\n	<li>The folks at Brady Tavern bring bangers over from <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a> to whip up some bangers and mash, with truffled potatoes and Irish whiskey gravy. I kid you not. And we all know that <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">I\'m a fan of Fassler Hall</a>. I mean, it\'s hard to argue with a good wiener.</li>\r\n	<li>Brady Tavern now offers a brunch service on Sundays from 10am-2pm. And I know how much you Tulsans love your brunch. We\'re a brunch-loving city if there ever was one.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Bacon popcorn is on the appetizers menu</a>. And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">a bacon-infused old-fashioned on the cocktails menu</a>. It\'s OK, I\'ll wait while you mop your brains off your keyboards. My mind exploded when I realized this, too.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nBut you might not want to bother until you comb through these:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Lunch_01_21_11.pdf\">Here\'s the lunch menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Here\'s the dinner menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">Here\'s the cocktail menu</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNo reason to dirty up two towels, after all.\r\n\r\nHave you been to Brady Tavern? What\'d you have? What\'d you like? What didn\'t you like? If you had the burger, let me know if you think it deserves a spot on the list of Tulsa\'s bests.\r\n\r\nIf you hated it, well, you can slide it on down the bar to me. As my grandma always always said, a burger saved is a burger earned. I\'d like to think that goes double for the Tavern Burger.\r\n\r\n<strong>Brady Tavern</strong>\r\n201 N. Main Street\r\nMonday-Wednesday, 11am-12pm; Thursday-Saturday, 11am-2am; Sunday, 11am-12am\r\n(918) 949-9801 (reservations for dinner recommended)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1567241/restaurant/Brady-Arts-District/Brady-Tavern-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1567241/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Brady Tavern on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Burger Love at Brady Tavern','It\'s not exactly top secret that I\'m a big fan of the burger. At Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests.','inherit','open','open','','5952-revision-14','','','2011-02-21 02:10:56','2011-02-21 07:10:56','',5952,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5952-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(4790,1,'2010-12-24 10:10:15','2010-12-24 16:10:15','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/top-tulsa-christmas-lights-tulsa-kids/dsc08493/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4791\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC08493-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" title=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4791\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt happens every year - that moment when the family that\'s staying over for the holiday is all settled in and gathered in the living room. Everyone looks at each other as if to say, \"Now what?\"\r\n\r\nI\'ll tell you now what - a Tulsa Christmas lights tour! Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.\r\n\r\nGet my picks on <a href=\" http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-top-tulsa-christmas-lights-displays\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Top Tulsa Christmas Lights Displays','Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.','private','open','open','','top-tulsa-christmas-lights-tulsa-kids','','','2011-07-10 11:39:44','2011-07-10 17:39:44','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=4790',0,'post','',1),(4791,1,'2010-12-24 10:09:32','2010-12-24 15:09:32','','Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights','','inherit','open','open','','dsc08493','','','2010-12-24 10:09:32','2010-12-24 15:09:32','',4790,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC08493.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4792,1,'2010-12-24 10:10:10','2010-12-24 15:10:10','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4791\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4791\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC08493-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" title=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4791\" /></a>\n\nIt happens every year - that moment when the family that\'s staying over for the holiday is all settled in and gathered in the living room. Everyone looks at each other as if to say, \"Now what?\"\n\nI\'ll tell you now what - a Tulsa Christmas lights tour! Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.\n\nGet my picks on <a href=\" http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-top-tulsa-christmas-lights-displays\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\n\n','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Top Tulsa Christmas Lights Displays','Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.','inherit','open','open','','4790-revision','','','2010-12-24 10:10:10','2010-12-24 15:10:10','',4790,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4790-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4793,1,'2010-12-24 10:10:15','2010-12-24 15:10:15','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4791\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4791\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC08493-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" title=\"Rhema Bible College Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4791\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt happens every year - that moment when the family that\'s staying over for the holiday is all settled in and gathered in the living room. Everyone looks at each other as if to say, \"Now what?\"\r\n\r\nI\'ll tell you now what - a Tulsa Christmas lights tour! Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.\r\n\r\nGet my picks on <a href=\" http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-top-tulsa-christmas-lights-displays\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Top Tulsa Christmas Lights Displays','Fire up the SUV and pack some hot chocolate and gingerbread cookies, because here\'s a list of the area\'s top displays, each sure to please the kids and the adults alike.','inherit','open','open','','4790-revision-2','','','2010-12-24 10:10:15','2010-12-24 15:10:15','',4790,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4790-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4794,1,'2010-12-24 10:24:33','2010-12-24 15:24:33','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nHey, freaks. The TDT kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through.\r\n\r\nFamily has invaded your house. They\'re sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. It\'s 9:30 in the morning on Christmas Eve and your mom has already started in on the egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing probably just goes for me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma show you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1806/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the millions of dollars she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this goes just for me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1801/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1790-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1795/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1823-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1816/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1829/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. 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TDT\'s kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through. Family has invaded your house, sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. Your mom won\'t let you have any of her egg nog.\n\nActually, that last thing might be just me.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4796\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAnd imma gonna tell you how.\n\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4797\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the money she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\n\nWait. I think this is just me again.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4798\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4799\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\nThe red ones are my favorite.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4800\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4801\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4802\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4803\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4796\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\n\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4795\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\nSo there.\n\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. 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Your mom won\'t let you have any of her egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing might be just me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4796\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma gonna tell you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4797\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the money she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this is just me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4798\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4799\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4800\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4801\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4802\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4803\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4796\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4795\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. Make a batch of Christmas cookies.','inherit','open','open','','4794-revision-2','','','2010-12-24 10:24:33','2010-12-24 15:24:33','',4794,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4794-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4806,1,'2010-12-24 10:24:34','2010-12-24 15:24:34','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nHey, freaks. TDT\'s kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through. Family has invaded your house, sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. Your mom won\'t let you have any of her egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing might be just me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma gonna tell you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1806/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the money she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this is just me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1801/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1790-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1795/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1823-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1816/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1829/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. Make a batch of Christmas cookies.','inherit','open','open','','4794-revision-3','','','2010-12-24 10:24:34','2010-12-24 15:24:34','',4794,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4794-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4807,1,'2010-12-24 10:25:43','2010-12-24 15:25:43','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nHey, freaks. The TDT kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through.\r\n\r\nFamily has invaded your house. They\'re sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. Your mom won\'t let you have any of her egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing might be just me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma gonna tell you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1806/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the money she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this is just me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1801/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1790-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1795/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1823-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1816/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1829/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. Make a batch of Christmas cookies.','inherit','open','open','','4794-revision-4','','','2010-12-24 10:25:43','2010-12-24 15:25:43','',4794,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4794-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4808,1,'2010-12-24 10:25:43','2010-12-24 15:25:43','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nHey, freaks. The TDT kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through.\r\n\r\nFamily has invaded your house. They\'re sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. Your mom won\'t let you have any of her egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing might be just me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma gonna tell you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1806/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the money she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this is just me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1801/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1790-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1795/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1823-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1816/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1829/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. Make a batch of Christmas cookies.','inherit','open','open','','4794-revision-5','','','2010-12-24 10:25:43','2010-12-24 15:25:43','',4794,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4794-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0);
INSERT INTO `wptdt_posts` VALUES (4809,1,'2010-12-24 10:26:50','2010-12-24 15:26:50','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nHey, freaks. The TDT kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through.\r\n\r\nFamily has invaded your house. They\'re sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. It\'s 9:30 in the morning on Christmas Eve and your mom has already started in on the egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing probably just goes for me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma gonna tell you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1806/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the money she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this is just me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1801/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1790-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1795/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1823-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1816/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1829/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. Make a batch of Christmas cookies.','inherit','open','open','','4794-revision-6','','','2010-12-24 10:26:50','2010-12-24 15:26:50','',4794,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4794-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4810,1,'2010-12-24 10:26:50','2010-12-24 15:26:50','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nHey, freaks. The TDT kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through.\r\n\r\nFamily has invaded your house. They\'re sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. It\'s 9:30 in the morning on Christmas Eve and your mom has already started in on the egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing probably just goes for me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma gonna tell you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1806/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the money she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this is just me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1801/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1790-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1795/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1823-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1816/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1829/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. Make a batch of Christmas cookies.','inherit','open','open','','4794-revision-7','','','2010-12-24 10:26:50','2010-12-24 15:26:50','',4794,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4794-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4811,1,'2010-12-24 10:27:27','2010-12-24 15:27:27','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nHey, freaks. The TDT kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through.\r\n\r\nFamily has invaded your house. They\'re sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. It\'s 9:30 in the morning on Christmas Eve and your mom has already started in on the egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing probably just goes for me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma show you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1806/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the money she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this is just me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1801/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1790-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1795/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1823-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1816/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1829/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. Make a batch of Christmas cookies.','inherit','open','open','','4794-revision-8','','','2010-12-24 10:27:27','2010-12-24 15:27:27','',4794,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4794-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4812,1,'2010-12-24 10:27:27','2010-12-24 15:27:27','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nHey, freaks. The TDT kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through.\r\n\r\nFamily has invaded your house. They\'re sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. It\'s 9:30 in the morning on Christmas Eve and your mom has already started in on the egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing probably just goes for me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma show you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1806/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the money she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this is just me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1801/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1790-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1795/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1823-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1816/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1829/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. Make a batch of Christmas cookies.','inherit','open','open','','4794-revision-9','','','2010-12-24 10:27:27','2010-12-24 15:27:27','',4794,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4794-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4813,1,'2010-12-24 10:28:44','2010-12-24 15:28:44','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nHey, freaks. The TDT kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through.\r\n\r\nFamily has invaded your house. They\'re sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. It\'s 9:30 in the morning on Christmas Eve and your mom has already started in on the egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing probably just goes for me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma show you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1806/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the money she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this goes just for me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1801/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1790-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1795/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1823-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1816/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1829/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. Make a batch of Christmas cookies.','inherit','open','open','','4794-revision-10','','','2010-12-24 10:28:44','2010-12-24 15:28:44','',4794,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4794-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4814,1,'2010-12-24 10:28:44','2010-12-24 15:28:44','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nHey, freaks. The TDT kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through.\r\n\r\nFamily has invaded your house. They\'re sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. It\'s 9:30 in the morning on Christmas Eve and your mom has already started in on the egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing probably just goes for me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma show you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1806/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the money she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this goes just for me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1801/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1790-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1795/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1823-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1816/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1829/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. Make a batch of Christmas cookies.','inherit','open','open','','4794-revision-11','','','2010-12-24 10:28:44','2010-12-24 15:28:44','',4794,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4794-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(4815,1,'2010-12-24 14:06:14','2010-12-24 19:06:14','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nHey, freaks. The TDT kid here, and I just want you to know, I know what you\'re going through.\r\n\r\nFamily has invaded your house. They\'re sleeping in your bed and eating your food. You\'re still not done with your Christmas shopping. It\'s 9:30 in the morning on Christmas Eve and your mom has already started in on the egg nog.\r\n\r\nActually, that last thing probably just goes for me.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nAt any rate, it\'s all a little much, isn\'t it? So here\'s what you do - you say to hell with it. Then you make a batch of Christmas cookies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd imma show you how.\r\n\r\nStep one: Con your Meme into popping some cookies in the oven.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4797\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1806/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4797    aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1806.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nActually, even before that you need to be sure to put on an apron. You wouldn\'t want to stain the clothes your mom bought you with the millions of dollars she earns from exploiting you on her blog, would you?\r\n\r\nWait. I think this goes just for me again.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4798\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1801/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4798  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1801.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep two: Grab your sprinkles.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4799\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1790-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4799  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1790.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nThe red ones are my favorite.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4800\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1795/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4800  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1795.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nStep three: Sprinkle a little here, a little there.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4801\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1823-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4801  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18231.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4802\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1816/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4802  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1816.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nLook! I don\'t even have to watch what I\'m doing anymore, I\'m so good at this.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4803\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1829/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4803  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1829.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo, that\'s pretty much it. Christmas cookies are easy. They don\'t have to be beautiful - they just have to be colorful.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4796\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1787/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4796\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_1787-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda like Aunt Sue. Except maybe without the bright red lipstick she smears all over the lower half of her face. That\'s a little much, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nAnd since you\'re reading this, you kind of are, in a way.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4795\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/christmas-cookies-how-to/dsc_1818-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4795  aligncenter\" title=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_18181.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Kid\'s Christmas Cookies\" width=\"340\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>\r\nSo there.\r\n\r\nAnd Merry Christmas from everyone here at TDT!','A Christmas Cookie How-To','To hell with it. Make a batch of Christmas cookies.','inherit','open','open','','4794-revision-12','','','2010-12-24 14:06:14','2010-12-24 19:06:14','',4794,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4794-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(8220,1,'2011-05-19 12:49:54','2011-05-19 18:49:54','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8183\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/mayfest-2011-plus-a-giveaway/picture-5-12/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8183\" title=\"Mayfest Photo from Mayfest Facebook\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-52-500x332.png\" alt=\"Mayfest Photo from Mayfest Facebook\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>UPDATE//</strong>Congrats, Jessica! You won the Mayfest prize package. Thanks to everyone for playing, and enjoy the festival! \r\n\r\nWhat do 120 artists, a mobile art bus, professional cloggers, a geological dig, 75 performers, something called a nacholupa and downtown Tulsa have in common?\r\n\r\nAnswer: The 39th annual <a href=\"http://www.tulsamayfest.org/\">Tulsa International Mayfest</a>. And it\'s going on in downtown Tulsa this weekend.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nGoogle Tulsa\'s Mayfest and you\'ll soon figure out that a lot has been written about this mainstay springtime festival that has taken over the heart of downtown Tulsa each and every year since the early \'70s. So rather than belabor what has already been said, I thought I\'d give you all a quick tour of some of the things going on at Mayfest 2011 that have me chomping at the bit for the festival to open tomorrow morning.\r\n\r\nAnd then <b>I\'m going to give some cool Mayfest stuff away to one lucky TDT reader</b>.\r\n\r\nBut first, how about that tour?\r\n\r\n<h3>Mayfest Cool No. 1: Bike Valet with Tulsa Hub</h3>\r\nUseful trivia: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahub.org/\">Tulsa Hub</a> is a local non-profit bicycle resource and bicycling advocacy organization promoting action transportation and human-power initiatives. This year at Mayfest Tulsa Hub will offer a no-charge secure bicycle valet, and they\'ll showcase bicycle art and engineering projects, too. Look also for info on local bicycling activities, educational opportunities and vehicular-cycling consciousness. Steer those handlebars to 3rd &amp; Main to secure your bike at Mayfest.\r\n\r\n<h3>Mayfest Cool No. 2: Youth Art Gallery</h3>\r\nThe Youth Art Gallery, which can be found in the Tulsa Performing Arts Center (at 3rd and Cincinnati), will display art from over 500 talented students of Tulsa County at this year\'s Mayfest. That\'s a lot of youth art, y\'all. The YAG will be open Thursday-Saturday 11am-6pm and Sunday 11am-3pm.\r\n\r\n<h3>Mayfest Cool No. 3: Local Food Talk in the Invitational Gallery</h3>\r\nThanks to <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreendrinks.blogspot.com/\">Tulsa Green Drinks</a>, the Invitational Gallery will host <i>Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food</i>, a panel discussion with Green Country farmers on Saturday at 6pm. Look also for vendors from the Cherry Street Farmers Market, who will take questions about the importance of sourcing food locally. It\'s all free and open to the public. You might want to pick up some wine from <a href=\"http://www.bluecoyotewinery.com/\">Blue Coyote Winery</a>, based in Adair, Okla., afterward - they\'re providing the 2011 Mayfest private label wines this year, and they\'re available by the bottle or by the taste. \r\n\r\n<h3>Mayfest Cool No. 4: Green Gallery, PaperView</h3>\r\nTulsa continues to go green (Mayfest does, too), and this year\'s Mayfest specialty gallery will showcase art created in the spirit of our future as good citizens of the Earth. More than 20 Tulsa artists have created works made with reused, repurposed or recycled paper, and they\'ll be featured at this year’s Green Gallery. The opening reception of this show is Thursday night, from 5-7pm, and it\'s is free and open to the public - be sure to stop by and check out the work of Tulsa blogger and artist <a href=\"http://www.napkindad.com/\">Marty Coleman, the creator of The Napkin Dad</a>. Find it in the Park Centre Building, at 525 S. Main Street. The gallery will be open and available Thursday 11am-7pm, Friday – Saturday 11am-6pm and Sunday 11am-3pm.\r\n\r\n<h3>Mayfest Cool No. 5: Live Music, Performing Arts</h3>\r\n75 performances. Three stages. A host of local and regional bands and acts, ranging from alternative rock to troupes of professional cloggers. How can you lose?\r\n\r\n<h3>Mayfest Cool No. 6: KidZone</h3>\r\nWe\'ve all seen the Mayfest KidZone before, but this year, it\'s built to be bigger and beefier. Kids can create art projects, chase bubbles, draw with sidewalk chalk, play catch in the park and listen live music on the KidZone Stage. Plus, there\'s a fossil dig tent this year. No, really. A <em>fossil dig</em>. And kids can take home what they find there. Win. Find it all at 6th and Main.\r\n\r\n<h3>Mayfest Cool No. 7: Art in Motion. Literally.</h3>\r\nThe Mayfest KidZone will feature a live painting of a 35-foot Tulsa Transit bus by students of the <a href=\"http://tulsagirlsartschool.org/\">Tulsa Girls’ Art School</a> on Saturday. Find this piece of moveable art at the H.A. Chapman Centennial Green; it all begins Saturday beginning at 11am.\r\n\r\n<h3>Mayfest Cool No. 8: The Mayfest Mural</h3>\r\nWhen you\'re new in town, it\'s probably not a good first gesture of goodwill to paint over a four-year progressive mural. But unfortunately, when the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Second Street became the Hyatt Regency, that\'s what happened. The mural has been headed toward reinstallation since earlier this month, though, thanks to muralist William Franklin.\r\n\r\n<h3>And Now: Win some Mayfest stuff.</h3>\r\n\r\nHere\'s what\'s up for grabs, a package that\'s sure to help you celebrate Mayfest to the fullest this year:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>A $50 gift card toward the purchase of art to be used during the festival;</li>\r\n	<li>Two Mayfest t-shirts ($30 value);</li>\r\n	<li>A signed Mayfest poster ($25 value).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\nTo enter the giveaway, leave a comment on this post about <b>the first thing you like to cross off your list of stuff to do when you get to Mayfest</b>. If you\'ve never been, and after having read some in this post about what\'s going on this year, tell us what you think you\'ll tackle and use to start a tradition on this, your maiden voyage.\r\n\r\n<strong>I\'ll accept entries until tomorrow (Thursday) at 11am</strong>, when the festival will officially open, and I\'ll announce the winner shortly after. Random.org will separate the really lucky from the not lucky enough.\r\n\r\nMay the force (and wishes for rain-free skies) be with you.\r\n\r\n<strong>39th Annual Mayfest</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday-Saturday, 11am-11pm; Sunday, 11am-6pm\r\nWhere: On Main Street from 3rd past 6th\r\nCost: Free. Free! \r\n\r\n<strong>MORE</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/ask-tulsa-celebrity-whats-your-favorite/\">Ask a Tulsa Celebrity: What\'s your favorite Mayfest food</a> (answered by Dewey Bartlett, Eric Himan, Chera Kimiko and Rick Couri, Julie Chin and Okie the Bull Shark at Oklahoma Aquarium).\r\n\r\n<em>Mayfest photo from <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tulsainternationalmayfest\">Mayfest on Facebook</a>. This post is sponsored by Tulsa International Mayfest.</em>','Mayfest 2011. (Plus, a giveaway.)','What do 120 artists, a mobile art bus, professional cloggers, a geological dig, 75 performers, something called a nacholupa and downtown Tulsa have in common? Mayfest, that\'s what.','inherit','open','open','','8181-revision-29','','','2011-05-19 12:49:54','2011-05-19 18:49:54','',8181,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8181-revision-29/',0,'revision','',0),(4827,1,'2010-12-21 09:49:53','2010-12-21 14:49:53','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4585\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-17/dsc09535/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4585\" title=\"Snow Daphne\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09535-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Snow Daphne\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWinter Break 2010-11 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\r\n\r\nAnd thanks to all the holiday shopping (<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/gift-guide/\">hopefully locally!</a>) you\'ve been doing lately, the pocketbook is wanting for bulk.\r\n\r\nUh-oh. Now what?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nTDT to the rescue! Check out these (cheap or free!) things to do around town over the next couple of weeks.\r\n<h2>Camps</h2>\r\n<strong>Christmas Break Camp at Chandler Park	Chandler Park</strong>\r\nWhen: 7am-6pm\r\nWhere: Chandler Park Community Center, 6500 W. 21st Street.\r\nFix that Christmas Break cabin fever and get the kids to Chandler Park Community Center for camp from now until Wednesday and next week Monday-Wednesday. Campers can look for arts and crafts, games, sports, movies, a field trip and even more. For kids ages 6-12. Call (918) 591-6053 for more info or to register. Cost is $45.\r\n\r\n<strong>Winter Break at Oklahoma Aquarium</strong>\r\nWhen: 9am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okaquarium.org/\">Oklahoma Aquarium</a>, 300 Aquarium Drive\r\nCan you think of a better way to occupy your kids while you wrap up those last minute holiday errands this holiday break? The Sea Camps at Oklahoma Aquarium are designed for children in grades K-5th. Each camp day is from 9 am to 4 pm. Cost is $50 per child. <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/events.php?subPageName=events\">Get more info or register here</a>.\r\n<h2>Stuff Around Town</h2>\r\n<strong>Make &amp; Take Holiday Workshops</strong>\r\nWhen: 9am and 1pm Dec. 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.gilcrease.org/\">Gilcrease Museum</a>, 1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road\r\nDon\'t miss this opportunity to create beautiful, traditional crafts inspired by the Gilcrease collection and their special exhibition, America: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Nation. For families with children, ages 5-11, who must be accompanied by an adult (maximum 15 children per session). Choose between two sessions per day, one at 9am and one at 1pm. Advanced registration is required. To register, call (918) 596-2737, or e-mail <a href=\"mailto:lanette-coppage@utulsa.edu\">lanette-coppage@utulsa.edu</a>. Here\'s the line-up of workshops:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dec. 21, Recycled Nature Decorations</li>\r\n	<li>Dec. 22, Glittery Angel</li>\r\n	<li>Dec. 23, Recycled Card Art</li>\r\n	<li>Dec. 28, Fabric Swatch Wreath</li>\r\n	<li>Dec. 29, Scented Stacked Candles</li>\r\n	<li>Dec. 30, Helping Hand Wreath</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Winterfest</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at noon\r\nWhere: 3rd and Frisco in downtown Tulsa\r\nWinterfest is the only place in town you can get ice skating, amusement park rides, visits from Segway Santa, horse-drawn carriage rides, an Oklahoma-made holiday market, free concerts and as much hot chocolate as your belly can handle from now until after the first of the year, all in one place. <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/winterfest\">Visit Winterfest online for even more info and daily schedules</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Scuba Santa</strong>\r\nWhen: 3:30pm Monday, Dec. 20-Friday, Dec. 24\r\nWhere: Oklahoma Aquarium, 300 Aquarium Drive\r\nEven Santa likes to go for a swim in the tropics, and the Coral Reef is as close as you get in Oklahoma to diving in the Caribbean. Watch Scuba Santa find out who’s naughty or nice among the fish in the 65,000 gallon saltwater tank. Then get your camera ready to have your child pose for the most unique Santa picture ever, without even getting wet! Awesome. This is truly a top Christmastime event here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Big Adventure at Tulsa Historical Society</strong>\r\nWhen: 10am-4pm Tuesdays-Saturdays, closed on holidays\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria\r\nTulsa Children’s Museum has this interactive, semi-permanent exhibit at THS right now that puts kids in the middle of a physically and mentally challenging 3-dimensional game board. Each adventure in the exhibit encourages kids’ to explore and investigate as well as to climb, crawl and balance. It’s like a playground without the skinned knees and dirty hands, and with an educational component to boot. Plus, I hear Santa and Mrs. Claus are hosting a pajama breakfast Tuesday, Dec. 21, starting at 10am and that everyone is invited.\r\n\r\n<strong>Open Bounce and Winter Bounce Camp at Bounce U</strong>\r\nGet open bounces at Bounce U at 8922 S. Memorial every day this Winter Break (except on holidays, of course) starting at 1:30pm. The Winter Break camp is Wednesday, Dec. 29 and Thursday, Dec. 30 from 9:30am-12:30pm each day. All bounces are about $7 per kid, and be sure your kiddos wear socks. You might want to call for reservations, too - (918) 249-0900.\r\n\r\n<strong>Kaleidoscope Children’s Museum</strong>. Kids get to learn about arts and sciences without ever realizing they’re learning in this hands-on, interactive children’s museum. There’s a pint-sized kid city, two giant rock walls and 13,000 square feet of fun. Plus, I hear there\'s free pizza involved. KCM is open special hours this Winter Break: Monday, Dec. 2 through Jan. 2, Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, Saturday, 10am-7pm, Sunday, 1-6pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>Purple Glaze</strong>. It’s always fun to make a mess and make some art at Purple Glaze, especially since parents know they don’t have to bother with the clean-up. The bonus is that there’s no studio fee on Mondays and you can make a craft for as little as $6, so put PG on your calendar for the beginning of the upcoming weeks. Locations are at 33rd and Peoria and 91st and Sheridan.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times plus free stuff to do for the older kids, not to mention all the books and movies and CDs and Internet and all the other media available. It’s all free and open to the public and who knows, your kid might even read a book during these days out of school. <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Check tulsalibrary.org for holiday hours and closings</a>.\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite Winter Break activities on this list? No problem - we can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Send me an e-mail with event details</a>.','It\'s Winter Break in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Winter Break 2010-11 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. ','inherit','open','open','','4649-revision-5','','','2010-12-21 09:49:53','2010-12-21 14:49:53','',4649,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4649-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4828,1,'2010-12-27 13:40:26','2010-12-27 18:40:26','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4585\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-17/dsc09535/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4585\" title=\"Snow Daphne\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09535-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Snow Daphne\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWinter Break 2010-11 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\r\n\r\nAnd thanks to all the holiday shopping (<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/gift-guide/\">hopefully locally!</a>) you\'ve been doing lately, the pocketbook is wanting for bulk.\r\n\r\nUh-oh. Now what?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nTDT to the rescue! Check out these (cheap or free!) things to do around town over the next couple of weeks.\r\n<h2>Camps</h2>\r\n<strong>Christmas Break Camp at Chandler Park</strong>\r\nWhen: 7am-6pm\r\nWhere: Chandler Park Community Center, 6500 W. 21st Street.\r\nFix that Christmas Break cabin fever and get the kids to Chandler Park Community Center for camp from now until Wednesday. Campers can look for arts and crafts, games, sports, movies, a field trip and even more. For kids ages 6-12. Call (918) 591-6053 for more info or to register.\r\n<h2>Stuff Around Town</h2>\r\n<strong>Make &amp; Take Holiday Workshops</strong>\r\nWhen: 9am and 1pm Dec. 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.gilcrease.org/\">Gilcrease Museum</a>, 1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road\r\nDon\'t miss this opportunity to create beautiful, traditional crafts inspired by the Gilcrease collection and their special exhibition, America: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Nation. For families with children, ages 5-11, who must be accompanied by an adult (maximum 15 children per session). Choose between two sessions per day, one at 9am and one at 1pm. Advanced registration is required. To register, call (918) 596-2737, or e-mail <a href=\"mailto:lanette-coppage@utulsa.edu\">lanette-coppage@utulsa.edu</a>. Here\'s the line-up of workshops:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dec. 21, Recycled Nature Decorations</li>\r\n	<li>Dec. 22, Glittery Angel</li>\r\n	<li>Dec. 23, Recycled Card Art</li>\r\n	<li>Dec. 28, Fabric Swatch Wreath</li>\r\n	<li>Dec. 29, Scented Stacked Candles</li>\r\n	<li>Dec. 30, Helping Hand Wreath</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Get loads of story times for a variety of ages and at a variety of times plus free stuff to do for the older kids, not to mention all the books and movies and CDs and Internet and all the other media available. It’s all free and open to the public and who knows, your kid might even read a book during these days out of school. Here are a few of the things going on at local library branches this week:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dec. 27, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Let\'s All Play Games!</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 27, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Celebrate the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 28, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Holiday Film Break: The Snow Queen</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 28, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">A New Year\'s Mystery Is Lurking In The Library! </a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 28, <a href=\"http://http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Game Day: Puzzle Palooza and More</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 28, <a href=\"http://http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Ecocrafting Workshop</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 28, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Teen Time</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 29, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Holiday Film Break: The Tales of Beatrix Potter</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 29, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Paper Airplanes Galore</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 29, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Craft, Chat and Card Making</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 29, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Wii Wednesday</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 30, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Beginning Origami</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 30, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Advanced Origami</a></li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 31, <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/eventguide/index.aspx\">Hats Off to the New Year!</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul></ul>\r\n<strong>Winterfest</strong>\r\nWhen: Changes daily; see below\r\nWhere: 3rd and Frisco in downtown Tulsa\r\nWinterfest is the only place in town you can get ice skating, amusement park rides, visits from Segway Santa, horse-drawn carriage rides, an Oklahoma-made holiday market, free concerts and as much hot chocolate as your belly can handle from now until after the first of the year, all in one place.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li> Dec. 27, Half-Price Mondays: Get discounted ice skating with the donation of can of non-perishable food. Ice rink and rides open at noon, carriage rides start at 6pm.</li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 28, Books on Tuesdays: Bring a new or used book (in good condition) for children or young adults and skate for $4 (half price). Ice rink and rides open at noon, carriage rides start at 6pm.</li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 29, Warmth Wednesdays: Visitors can enjoy ice skating for $4 when they bring a new or gently used blanket, coat, scarf, or pair of gloves. Ice rink and rides open at noon.</li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 30, Ice rink and rides open at noon - don\'t forget that the Oilers play Mississippi at the BOK Center tonight at 7:35pm.</li>\r\n	<li> Dec. 31, New Years Eve: Get live entertainment starting at 1pm by Bill &amp; Marsha Clinton, John &amp; Catheryn Brock and Maria Morris/Street School. Ice rink and rides open at noon.</li>\r\n	<li> Jan. 1, New Years Day: Get live entertainment starting at 4pm from Sarah Louco and Theater Arts/Ragan Fletcher. Ice rink and rides open at noon and carriage rides start at 6pm.</li>\r\n	<li> Jan. 2, Skate with the Oilers/Last Day of Winterfest 2010: Skate with the Tulsa Oilers after the 4:05pm game. Ice rink and rides open at noon and carriage rides start at 6pm.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>The Big Adventure at Tulsa Historical Society</strong>\r\nWhen: 10am-4pm Tuesdays-Saturdays, closed on holidays\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria\r\nTulsa Children’s Museum has this interactive, semi-permanent exhibit at THS right now that puts kids in the middle of a physically and mentally challenging 3-dimensional game board. Each adventure in the exhibit encourages kids’ to explore and investigate as well as to climb, crawl and balance. It’s like a playground without the skinned knees and dirty hands, and with an educational component to boot. Plus, I hear Santa and Mrs. Claus are hosting a pajama breakfast Tuesday, Dec. 21, starting at 10am and that everyone is invited.\r\n\r\n<strong>Open Bounce and Winter Bounce Camp at Bounce U</strong>\r\nGet open bounces at Bounce U at 8922 S. Memorial every day this Winter Break (except on holidays, of course) starting at 1:30pm. The Winter Break camp is Wednesday, Dec. 29 and Thursday, Dec. 30 from 9:30am-12:30pm each day. All bounces are about $7 per kid, and be sure your kiddos wear socks. You might want to call for reservations, too - (918) 249-0900.\r\n\r\n<strong>Kaleidoscope Children’s Museum</strong>. Kids get to learn about arts and sciences without ever realizing they’re learning in this hands-on, interactive children’s museum. There’s a pint-sized kid city, two giant rock walls and 13,000 square feet of fun. Plus, I hear there\'s free pizza involved. KCM is open special hours this Winter Break: Monday, Dec. 2 through Jan. 2, Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, Saturday, 10am-7pm, Sunday, 1-6pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>Purple Glaze</strong>. It’s always fun to make a mess and make some art at Purple Glaze, especially since parents know they don’t have to bother with the clean-up. The bonus is that there’s no studio fee on Mondays and you can make a craft for as little as $6, so put PG on your calendar for the beginning of the upcoming weeks. Locations are at 33rd and Peoria and 91st and Sheridan.\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite Winter Break activities on this list? No problem - we can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Send me an e-mail with event details</a>.','It\'s Winter Break in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Winter Break 2010-11 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. ','inherit','open','open','','4649-revision-6','','','2010-12-27 13:40:26','2010-12-27 18:40:26','',4649,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4649-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4829,1,'2010-12-27 08:47:36','2010-12-27 13:47:36','<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-14','','','2010-12-27 08:47:36','2010-12-27 13:47:36','',4166,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4166-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(4830,1,'2010-12-27 17:44:28','2010-12-27 23:44:28','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/2960116125/\" title=\"Ice cased Adelie penguins after a blizzard at Cape Denison / photograph by Frank Hurley by State Library of New South Wales collection, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2960116125_28d15fdf39.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" alt=\"Ice cased Adelie penguins after a blizzard at Cape Denison / photograph by Frank Hurley\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere\'s only a few days left of 2010, and you know what that means - time to make short-lived, unrealistic promises to ourselves! \r\n\r\nGet my set of work-at-home mom resolutions for the year to come on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-i-hereby-resolve\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: I Hereby Resolve','There\'s only a few days left of 2010 and you know what that means - time to make short-lived, unrealistic promises to ourselves! 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I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong></h2>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\n\r\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tulsa\'s own independent movie house</a> and watch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan/\">an independent movie that was made right here in T-Town</a>.\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/u0fuhyx-uyU?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/u0fuhyx-uyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYes! We get a private screening of the award-winning film <a href=\"http://www.duncanchristopherthemovie.com/\">The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher</a>! All to our freaking selves! For free!\r\n\r\nThis movie sold out so fast at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/tulsa-united-film-festival-2010-rundown/\">Tulsa United Film Festival this summer</a> that it wouldn\'t surprise me if you missed out. But everything\'s OK now. Because you\'re going to get to see this film in its full glory, all in the Quad at Circle Cinema, which is, in my humble opinion, one of the coolest places in Tulsa, even when it\'s not full of bloggers and screening a movie about Tulsa\'s underground, super-competitive karaoke scene.\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Duncan Christopher star Jack Roberts will talk to us a bit about the movie, and the team over at the Tulsa-based public relations firm <a href=\"http://engineroompr.com/\">The Engine Room Creative Communications</a> will tell us about the grassroots social media and PR campaign they\'re building to take this movie to college campuses across the nation.\r\n\r\nAnd there may or may not be an appearance from a certain famous character from the movie:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" 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/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYeah. Word\'s on the street. I also hear there will be Duncan swag a-plenty.\r\n\r\nLike I mentioned above, <strong>admission to this event is free</strong>, but I probably won\'t let you in unless you have <strong>a donation, however small, of nonperishable food to contribute to the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a></strong>. I\'ll have a karaoke superstar to bounce you if you try to sneak in, so if I were you, I wouldn\'t chance it.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Only the first 45 folks to show up at this event get a seat. So get there strong, get there early, because these blogger meetups have been running at a, uh, somewhat larger capacity than just 45 heads.\r\n\r\nSee y\'all there!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','Calling all Tulsa bloggers! 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I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars:\n\n<strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong>\nWhen: Jan. 5, 6pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\n\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in Tulsa\'s own independent movie house and watch an independent movie made right here in T-Town.','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','','inherit','open','open','','4839-revision-2','','','2010-12-28 12:00:51','2010-12-28 17:00:51','',4839,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4839-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4846,1,'2010-12-28 17:39:09','2010-12-28 22:39:09','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4844\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4844\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4844\" title=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/duncanchristopher.jpg\" alt=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" width=\"417\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCalling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\n\r\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tulsa\'s own independent movie house</a> and watch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan/\">an independent movie that was made right here in T-Town</a>.\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/u0fuhyx-uyU?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/u0fuhyx-uyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYes! We get a private screening of <a href=\"http://www.duncanchristopherthemovie.com/\">The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher</a>! All to our freaking selves! For free!\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Duncan Christopher star Jack Roberts will talk to us a bit about the movie, and the team over at the Tulsa-based public relations firm <a href=\"http://engineroompr.com/\">The Engine Room Creative Communications</a> will tell us about the grassroots social media and PR campaign they\'re building to take this movie to college campuses across the nation.\r\n\r\nAnd there may or may not be an appearance from a certain famous character from the movie:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" 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/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYeah. Word\'s on the street. I also hear there will be Duncan swag a-plenty.\r\n\r\nLike I mentioned above, <strong>admission to this event is free</strong>, but I probably won\'t let you in unless you have <strong>a donation, however small, of nonperishable food to contribute to the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a></strong>. I\'ll have a karaoke superstar to bounce you if you try to sneak in, so if I were you, I wouldn\'t chance it.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Only the first 45 folks to show up at this event get a seat. So get there strong, get there early, because these blogger meetups have been running at a, uh, somewhat larger capacity than just 45 heads.\r\n\r\nSee y\'all there!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','Calling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.','inherit','open','open','','4839-revision-4','','','2010-12-28 17:39:09','2010-12-28 22:39:09','',4839,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4839-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4847,1,'2010-12-28 17:39:09','2010-12-28 22:39:09','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4844\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-blogger-meetup-movie-night-edition/duncanchristopher/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4844\" title=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/duncanchristopher.jpg\" alt=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" width=\"417\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCalling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\n\r\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tulsa\'s own independent movie house</a> and watch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan/\">an independent movie that was made right here in T-Town</a>.\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/u0fuhyx-uyU?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/u0fuhyx-uyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYes! We get a private screening of <a href=\"http://www.duncanchristopherthemovie.com/\">The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher</a>! All to our freaking selves! For free!\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Duncan Christopher star Jack Roberts will talk to us a bit about the movie, and the team over at the Tulsa-based public relations firm <a href=\"http://engineroompr.com/\">The Engine Room Creative Communications</a> will tell us about the grassroots social media and PR campaign they\'re building to take this movie to college campuses across the nation.\r\n\r\nAnd there may or may not be an appearance from a certain famous character from the movie:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" 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/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYeah. Word\'s on the street. I also hear there will be Duncan swag a-plenty.\r\n\r\nLike I mentioned above, <strong>admission to this event is free</strong>, but I probably won\'t let you in unless you have <strong>a donation, however small, of nonperishable food to contribute to the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a></strong>. I\'ll have a karaoke superstar to bounce you if you try to sneak in, so if I were you, I wouldn\'t chance it.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Only the first 45 folks to show up at this event get a seat. So get there strong, get there early, because these blogger meetups have been running at a, uh, somewhat larger capacity than just 45 heads.\r\n\r\nSee y\'all there!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','Calling all Tulsa bloggers! 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I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\n\r\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tulsa\'s own independent movie house</a> and watch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan/\">an independent movie that was made right here in T-Town</a>.\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/u0fuhyx-uyU?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/u0fuhyx-uyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYes! We get a private screening of the award-winning film <a href=\"http://www.duncanchristopherthemovie.com/\">The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher</a>! All to our freaking selves! For free!\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Duncan Christopher star Jack Roberts will talk to us a bit about the movie, and the team over at the Tulsa-based public relations firm <a href=\"http://engineroompr.com/\">The Engine Room Creative Communications</a> will tell us about the grassroots social media and PR campaign they\'re building to take this movie to college campuses across the nation.\r\n\r\nAnd there may or may not be an appearance from a certain famous character from the movie:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" 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/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYeah. Word\'s on the street. I also hear there will be Duncan swag a-plenty.\r\n\r\nLike I mentioned above, <strong>admission to this event is free</strong>, but I probably won\'t let you in unless you have <strong>a donation, however small, of nonperishable food to contribute to the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a></strong>. I\'ll have a karaoke superstar to bounce you if you try to sneak in, so if I were you, I wouldn\'t chance it.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Only the first 45 folks to show up at this event get a seat. So get there strong, get there early, because these blogger meetups have been running at a, uh, somewhat larger capacity than just 45 heads.\r\n\r\nSee y\'all there!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','Calling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.','inherit','open','open','','4839-revision-6','','','2010-12-28 17:42:13','2010-12-28 22:42:13','',4839,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4839-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4849,1,'2010-12-28 17:42:13','2010-12-28 22:42:13','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4844\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-blogger-meetup-movie-night-edition/duncanchristopher/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4844\" title=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/duncanchristopher.jpg\" alt=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" width=\"417\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCalling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\n\r\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tulsa\'s own independent movie house</a> and watch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan/\">an independent movie that was made right here in T-Town</a>.\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/u0fuhyx-uyU?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/u0fuhyx-uyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYes! We get a private screening of the award-winning film <a href=\"http://www.duncanchristopherthemovie.com/\">The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher</a>! All to our freaking selves! For free!\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Duncan Christopher star Jack Roberts will talk to us a bit about the movie, and the team over at the Tulsa-based public relations firm <a href=\"http://engineroompr.com/\">The Engine Room Creative Communications</a> will tell us about the grassroots social media and PR campaign they\'re building to take this movie to college campuses across the nation.\r\n\r\nAnd there may or may not be an appearance from a certain famous character from the movie:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" 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/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYeah. Word\'s on the street. I also hear there will be Duncan swag a-plenty.\r\n\r\nLike I mentioned above, <strong>admission to this event is free</strong>, but I probably won\'t let you in unless you have <strong>a donation, however small, of nonperishable food to contribute to the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a></strong>. I\'ll have a karaoke superstar to bounce you if you try to sneak in, so if I were you, I wouldn\'t chance it.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Only the first 45 folks to show up at this event get a seat. So get there strong, get there early, because these blogger meetups have been running at a, uh, somewhat larger capacity than just 45 heads.\r\n\r\nSee y\'all there!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','Calling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.','inherit','open','open','','4839-revision-7','','','2010-12-28 17:42:13','2010-12-28 22:42:13','',4839,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4839-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4850,1,'2010-12-28 17:45:07','2010-12-28 22:45:07','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4844\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-blogger-meetup-movie-night-edition/duncanchristopher/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4844\" title=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/duncanchristopher.jpg\" alt=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" width=\"417\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCalling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong></h2>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\n\r\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tulsa\'s own independent movie house</a> and watch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan/\">an independent movie that was made right here in T-Town</a>.\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/u0fuhyx-uyU?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/u0fuhyx-uyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYes! We get a private screening of the award-winning film <a href=\"http://www.duncanchristopherthemovie.com/\">The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher</a>! All to our freaking selves! For free!\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Duncan Christopher star Jack Roberts will talk to us a bit about the movie, and the team over at the Tulsa-based public relations firm <a href=\"http://engineroompr.com/\">The Engine Room Creative Communications</a> will tell us about the grassroots social media and PR campaign they\'re building to take this movie to college campuses across the nation.\r\n\r\nAnd there may or may not be an appearance from a certain famous character from the movie:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" 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/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYeah. Word\'s on the street. I also hear there will be Duncan swag a-plenty.\r\n\r\nLike I mentioned above, <strong>admission to this event is free</strong>, but I probably won\'t let you in unless you have <strong>a donation, however small, of nonperishable food to contribute to the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a></strong>. I\'ll have a karaoke superstar to bounce you if you try to sneak in, so if I were you, I wouldn\'t chance it.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Only the first 45 folks to show up at this event get a seat. So get there strong, get there early, because these blogger meetups have been running at a, uh, somewhat larger capacity than just 45 heads.\r\n\r\nSee y\'all there!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','Calling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.','inherit','open','open','','4839-revision-8','','','2010-12-28 17:45:07','2010-12-28 22:45:07','',4839,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4839-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4851,1,'2010-12-28 17:51:24','2010-12-28 22:51:24','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4844\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-blogger-meetup-movie-night-edition/duncanchristopher/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4844\" title=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/duncanchristopher.jpg\" alt=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" width=\"417\" height=\"604\" /></a>\n\nCalling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\n<h2><strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong></h2>\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 6:30pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\n\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tulsa\'s own independent movie house</a> and watch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan/\">an independent movie that was made right here in T-Town</a>.\n\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/u0fuhyx-uyU?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/u0fuhyx-uyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\n\nYes! We get a private screening of the award-winning film <a href=\"http://www.duncanchristopherthemovie.com/\">The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher</a>! All to our freaking selves! For free!\n\nThis movie sold out so fast at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/tulsa-united-film-festival-2010-rundown/\">Tulsa United Film Festival this summer</a> that it wouldn\'t surprise me if you missed out. But everything\'s OK now. Because you\'re going to get to see this film in its full glory, all in the Quad at Circle Cinema, which is, in my humble opinion, one of the coolest places in Tulsa, even when it\'s not full of bloggers and screening .\n\nOh, and another thing? Duncan Christopher star Jack Roberts will talk to us a bit about the movie, and the team over at the Tulsa-based public relations firm <a href=\"http://engineroompr.com/\">The Engine Room Creative Communications</a> will tell us about the grassroots social media and PR campaign they\'re building to take this movie to college campuses across the nation.\n\nAnd there may or may not be an appearance from a certain famous character from the movie:\n\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" 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/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\n\nYeah. Word\'s on the street. I also hear there will be Duncan swag a-plenty.\n\nLike I mentioned above, <strong>admission to this event is free</strong>, but I probably won\'t let you in unless you have <strong>a donation, however small, of nonperishable food to contribute to the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a></strong>. I\'ll have a karaoke superstar to bounce you if you try to sneak in, so if I were you, I wouldn\'t chance it.\n\nAnother thing? Only the first 45 folks to show up at this event get a seat. So get there strong, get there early, because these blogger meetups have been running at a, uh, somewhat larger capacity than just 45 heads.\n\nSee y\'all there!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','Calling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.','inherit','open','open','','4839-autosave','','','2010-12-28 17:51:24','2010-12-28 22:51:24','',4839,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4839-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4852,1,'2010-12-28 17:45:07','2010-12-28 22:45:07','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4844\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-blogger-meetup-movie-night-edition/duncanchristopher/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4844\" title=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/duncanchristopher.jpg\" alt=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" width=\"417\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCalling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong></h2>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\n\r\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tulsa\'s own independent movie house</a> and watch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan/\">an independent movie that was made right here in T-Town</a>.\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/u0fuhyx-uyU?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/u0fuhyx-uyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYes! We get a private screening of the award-winning film <a href=\"http://www.duncanchristopherthemovie.com/\">The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher</a>! All to our freaking selves! For free!\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Duncan Christopher star Jack Roberts will talk to us a bit about the movie, and the team over at the Tulsa-based public relations firm <a href=\"http://engineroompr.com/\">The Engine Room Creative Communications</a> will tell us about the grassroots social media and PR campaign they\'re building to take this movie to college campuses across the nation.\r\n\r\nAnd there may or may not be an appearance from a certain famous character from the movie:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" 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/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYeah. Word\'s on the street. I also hear there will be Duncan swag a-plenty.\r\n\r\nLike I mentioned above, <strong>admission to this event is free</strong>, but I probably won\'t let you in unless you have <strong>a donation, however small, of nonperishable food to contribute to the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a></strong>. I\'ll have a karaoke superstar to bounce you if you try to sneak in, so if I were you, I wouldn\'t chance it.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Only the first 45 folks to show up at this event get a seat. So get there strong, get there early, because these blogger meetups have been running at a, uh, somewhat larger capacity than just 45 heads.\r\n\r\nSee y\'all there!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','Calling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.','inherit','open','open','','4839-revision-9','','','2010-12-28 17:45:07','2010-12-28 22:45:07','',4839,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4839-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4853,1,'2010-12-28 17:51:49','2010-12-28 22:51:49','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4844\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-blogger-meetup-movie-night-edition/duncanchristopher/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4844\" title=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/duncanchristopher.jpg\" alt=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" width=\"417\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCalling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong></h2>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\n\r\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tulsa\'s own independent movie house</a> and watch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan/\">an independent movie that was made right here in T-Town</a>.\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/u0fuhyx-uyU?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/u0fuhyx-uyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYes! We get a private screening of the award-winning film <a href=\"http://www.duncanchristopherthemovie.com/\">The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher</a>! All to our freaking selves! For free!\r\n\r\nThis movie sold out so fast at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/tulsa-united-film-festival-2010-rundown/\">Tulsa United Film Festival this summer</a> that it wouldn\'t surprise me if you missed out. But everything\'s OK now. Because you\'re going to get to see this film in its full glory, all in the Quad at Circle Cinema, which is, in my humble opinion, one of the coolest places in Tulsa, even when it\'s not full of bloggers and screening a movie about Tulsa\'s underground karaoke scene.\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Duncan Christopher star Jack Roberts will talk to us a bit about the movie, and the team over at the Tulsa-based public relations firm <a href=\"http://engineroompr.com/\">The Engine Room Creative Communications</a> will tell us about the grassroots social media and PR campaign they\'re building to take this movie to college campuses across the nation.\r\n\r\nAnd there may or may not be an appearance from a certain famous character from the movie:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" 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/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYeah. Word\'s on the street. I also hear there will be Duncan swag a-plenty.\r\n\r\nLike I mentioned above, <strong>admission to this event is free</strong>, but I probably won\'t let you in unless you have <strong>a donation, however small, of nonperishable food to contribute to the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a></strong>. I\'ll have a karaoke superstar to bounce you if you try to sneak in, so if I were you, I wouldn\'t chance it.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Only the first 45 folks to show up at this event get a seat. So get there strong, get there early, because these blogger meetups have been running at a, uh, somewhat larger capacity than just 45 heads.\r\n\r\nSee y\'all there!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','Calling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.','inherit','open','open','','4839-revision-10','','','2010-12-28 17:51:49','2010-12-28 22:51:49','',4839,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4839-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4854,1,'2010-12-28 17:51:49','2010-12-28 22:51:49','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4844\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-blogger-meetup-movie-night-edition/duncanchristopher/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4844\" title=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/duncanchristopher.jpg\" alt=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" width=\"417\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCalling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong></h2>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\n\r\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tulsa\'s own independent movie house</a> and watch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan/\">an independent movie that was made right here in T-Town</a>.\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/u0fuhyx-uyU?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/u0fuhyx-uyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYes! We get a private screening of the award-winning film <a href=\"http://www.duncanchristopherthemovie.com/\">The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher</a>! All to our freaking selves! For free!\r\n\r\nThis movie sold out so fast at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/tulsa-united-film-festival-2010-rundown/\">Tulsa United Film Festival this summer</a> that it wouldn\'t surprise me if you missed out. But everything\'s OK now. Because you\'re going to get to see this film in its full glory, all in the Quad at Circle Cinema, which is, in my humble opinion, one of the coolest places in Tulsa, even when it\'s not full of bloggers and screening a movie about Tulsa\'s underground karaoke scene.\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Duncan Christopher star Jack Roberts will talk to us a bit about the movie, and the team over at the Tulsa-based public relations firm <a href=\"http://engineroompr.com/\">The Engine Room Creative Communications</a> will tell us about the grassroots social media and PR campaign they\'re building to take this movie to college campuses across the nation.\r\n\r\nAnd there may or may not be an appearance from a certain famous character from the movie:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" 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/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYeah. Word\'s on the street. I also hear there will be Duncan swag a-plenty.\r\n\r\nLike I mentioned above, <strong>admission to this event is free</strong>, but I probably won\'t let you in unless you have <strong>a donation, however small, of nonperishable food to contribute to the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a></strong>. I\'ll have a karaoke superstar to bounce you if you try to sneak in, so if I were you, I wouldn\'t chance it.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Only the first 45 folks to show up at this event get a seat. So get there strong, get there early, because these blogger meetups have been running at a, uh, somewhat larger capacity than just 45 heads.\r\n\r\nSee y\'all there!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','Calling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.','inherit','open','open','','4839-revision-11','','','2010-12-28 17:51:49','2010-12-28 22:51:49','',4839,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4839-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(4855,1,'2010-12-28 17:52:07','2010-12-28 22:52:07','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4844\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-blogger-meetup-movie-night-edition/duncanchristopher/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4844\" title=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/duncanchristopher.jpg\" alt=\"Duncan Christopher Movie\" width=\"417\" height=\"604\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCalling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition</strong></h2>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\n\r\nFor our first meetup of 2011 we\'ll cuddle up in <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tulsa\'s own independent movie house</a> and watch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/rock-n-roll-dreams-of-duncan/\">an independent movie that was made right here in T-Town</a>.\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/u0fuhyx-uyU?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/u0fuhyx-uyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYes! We get a private screening of the award-winning film <a href=\"http://www.duncanchristopherthemovie.com/\">The Rock \'n\' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher</a>! All to our freaking selves! For free!\r\n\r\nThis movie sold out so fast at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/tulsa-united-film-festival-2010-rundown/\">Tulsa United Film Festival this summer</a> that it wouldn\'t surprise me if you missed out. But everything\'s OK now. Because you\'re going to get to see this film in its full glory, all in the Quad at Circle Cinema, which is, in my humble opinion, one of the coolest places in Tulsa, even when it\'s not full of bloggers and screening a movie about Tulsa\'s underground, super-competitive karaoke scene.\r\n\r\nOh, and another thing? Duncan Christopher star Jack Roberts will talk to us a bit about the movie, and the team over at the Tulsa-based public relations firm <a href=\"http://engineroompr.com/\">The Engine Room Creative Communications</a> will tell us about the grassroots social media and PR campaign they\'re building to take this movie to college campuses across the nation.\r\n\r\nAnd there may or may not be an appearance from a certain famous character from the movie:\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" 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/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GKc3p5Fmkkw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nYeah. Word\'s on the street. I also hear there will be Duncan swag a-plenty.\r\n\r\nLike I mentioned above, <strong>admission to this event is free</strong>, but I probably won\'t let you in unless you have <strong>a donation, however small, of nonperishable food to contribute to the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a></strong>. I\'ll have a karaoke superstar to bounce you if you try to sneak in, so if I were you, I wouldn\'t chance it.\r\n\r\nAnother thing? Only the first 45 folks to show up at this event get a seat. So get there strong, get there early, because these blogger meetups have been running at a, uh, somewhat larger capacity than just 45 heads.\r\n\r\nSee y\'all there!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Movie Night Edition','Calling all Tulsa bloggers! I have a little somethin-somethin for you to put into your calendars.','inherit','open','open','','4839-revision-12','','','2010-12-28 17:52:07','2010-12-28 22:52:07','',4839,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4839-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(5474,1,'2011-01-28 15:07:48','2011-01-28 20:07:48','','Dim sum','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1870','','','2011-01-28 15:07:48','2011-01-28 20:07:48','',5460,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1870.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5475,1,'2011-01-28 15:10:14','2011-01-28 20:10:14','','Dim sum','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1866-4','','','2011-01-28 15:10:14','2011-01-28 20:10:14','',5460,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1866.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5476,1,'2011-01-28 15:10:39','2011-01-28 20:10:39','','Dim sum','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1858-3','','','2011-01-28 15:10:39','2011-01-28 20:10:39','',5460,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1858.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5477,1,'2011-01-28 15:11:10','2011-01-28 20:11:10','','Dim sum','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1864-2','','','2011-01-28 15:11:10','2011-01-28 20:11:10','',5460,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC_1864.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(6061,1,'2011-02-21 02:07:33','2011-02-21 07:07:33','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1835/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6030\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18355-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6030\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not exactly top secret that <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/miss-tulsa-burger-pageant/\">I\'m a big fan of the burger</a>.\r\n\r\nAt Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests: The Tavern Burger.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nIt just goes to show that when you put a proprietary grind of short rib and brisket, Stilton and mushroom Cognac cream on a house-baked Challah bun, magical things happen. Sexy, magical things.\r\n\r\nAnd the size? It\'s enough to put you to sleep at your table.\r\n\r\nNot that that\'s a bad thing. I\'m just saying so that you\'ll know to bring a pillow along when you try Brady Tavern. Falling asleep on a bare table is just bad manners, no matter how good the burger is.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6045\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6045\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18372-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll admit, I had mixed feelings about this restaurant opening as it was happening, and it wasn\'t because I had doubts about what it could become. It\'s hard, after all, to argue with something that <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">the McNellie\'s Group</a> gets behind - it\'s pretty well documented in local lore that those people know a thing or two about food.\r\n\r\nBut the reason Brady Tavern opened where and when it did is because <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/dinner/downtown-tulsa-lolas-at-the-bowery\">Lola\'s at the Bowery</a> shut its doors just weeks before the folks at McNellie\'s flipped it. The fare went from Spanish-style tapas to gourmet, chef-driven pub food.\r\n\r\nHere\'s what I\'ll say about Lola\'s: I liked the food. It lacked consistency, but more often than not, I was happy. I especially enjoyed the cakes, which were made in-house by Lola (not her real name, but since everyone else does, let\'s go with it). I\'ll always remember the huge <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3837459927/\">orange-chocolate ganache cake</a> my pal <a href=\"http://twitter.com/hwall\">Holly Wall</a> and I once bought, split and ate until all that were left were crumbs in just a matter of a couple of days.\r\n\r\nAnd then there was the miniature wedding cake Lola brought to my husband and I at our table when we were in celebrating the baby we knew we\'d have the following week. We didn\'t even order it; we told her what why we\'d come in, and she brought it to us. I loved that.\r\n\r\nBut when I began to hear reports of slow and discourteous service, I worried. When I experienced it myself, I was downright sad.\r\n\r\nIf anyone could take that space and run with it, though, it\'d be Elliot Nelson and his group. The folks in charge there have come a long way since they opened the doors to McNellie\'s Public House, up the road in the Blue Dome District at 1st and Elgin. When <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district/\">I talked to Elliot late last year about how they drew up with the concept for Brady Tavern</a> and the excitements and challenges of moving into the Brady Arts District, he mentioned that since they\'d gone into the restaurant business, he and his partners had grown into their love for good food.\r\n\r\nI like to think of it like this: It\'s like McNellie\'s grew up, had a couple of kids, bought an SUV and a membership at a local CSA. Which, in the time since the opening of McNellie\'s in 2004 until now, is probably exactly what several of those folks did.\r\n\r\nSo, back to the burger. It\'s good. It\'s like the cousin of the burger at McNellie\'s - the cousin that went to Harvard and would drink a $20 glass of Cabernet with a Hot Pocket.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s this.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6046\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1841-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6046\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18411-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMac and cheese. Or, as I should say, mac cooked just al dente and a variety of classy cheeses. And perfectly toasted bread crumbs.\r\n\r\nAnd, again, enough to eat and then pack a to-go box. And then eat again in the car with your fingers on the way home so that no one suspects that you could ever eat that much in a million years.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1854/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6047\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18541-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was the image I was trying to portray when I visited Brady Tavern with a group of guys just as classy as my mac and cheese. I\'m really glad I played it safe, too, because as I found out later, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectID=274&articleID=20110127_457_WK9_CUTLIN983935\">someone was watching</a>.\r\n\r\nAfter all, it\'s not every day the far left side of a girl\'s face gets featured on the restaurant page in the Tulsa World. Or <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=274&amp;articleid=20110202_371_0_Natash189547\">her appetite for chain restaurant roast beef just a few days later</a> in the same paper.\r\n\r\nI feel so famous. I mean, parts of my face feel famous. And my snow-day jonesin\' for paper-thin beef isn\'t feeling too shabby, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1843-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6048\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18432-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther things I\'m digging about Brady Tavern:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>They kept the bar from Lola\'s, which is original to the Fox Hotel building in which Brady Tavern is now housed, and the bartender came up with pre-prohibition era-inspired cocktails. Cool.</li>\r\n	<li>Cooler: Brady Tavern offers seating at what\'s called a chef\'s table - basically, it\'s a chance to sit smack dab in the center of the craziness of a restaurant kitchen. These are getting to be pretty common along the coasts and in the bigger cities here in the U.S., but this is the first I\'ve heard of one in Tulsa. There are two at BT, and each sits 6-8. <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jvergara\">My friend Jenny</a> had the pleasure of dining at one recently and had nothing but good things to say - which means a lot, coming from her.</li>\r\n	<li>The chef at Brady Tavern is Grant Vespasian. I became a fan of his when he worked under <a href=\"http://palacetulsa.com/\">James Shrader at Palace Cafe</a>, another of my favorite Tulsa chefs. Plus, I like saying Vespasian. Vespasian, Vespasian, Vespasian. Yes.</li>\r\n	<li>The folks at Brady Tavern bring bangers over from <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a> to whip up some bangers and mash, with truffled potatoes and Irish whiskey gravy. I kid you not. And we all know that <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">I\'m a fan of Fassler Hall</a>. I mean, it\'s hard to argue with a good wiener.</li>\r\n	<li>Brady Tavern now offers a brunch service on Sundays from 10am-2pm. And I know how much you Tulsans love your brunch. We\'re a brunch-loving city if there ever was one.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Bacon popcorn is on the appetizers menu</a>. And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">a bacon-infused old-fashioned on the cocktails menu</a>. It\'s OK, I\'ll wait while you mop your brains off your keyboards. My mind exploded when I realized this, too.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nBut you might not want to bother until you comb through these:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Lunch_01_21_11.pdf\">Here\'s the lunch menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Here\'s the dinner menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">Here\'s the cocktail menu</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nHave you been to Brady Tavern? What\'d you have? What\'d you like? What didn\'t you like? If you had the burger, let me know if you think it deserves a spot on the list of Tulsa\'s bests.\r\n\r\nIf you hated it, well, you can slide it on down the bar to me. As my grandma always always said, a burger saved is a burger earned. I\'d like to think that goes double for the Tavern Burger.\r\n\r\n<strong>Brady Tavern</strong>\r\n201 N. Main Street\r\nMonday-Wednesday, 11am-12pm; Thursday-Saturday, 11am-2am; Sunday, 11am-12am\r\n(918) 949-9801 (reservations for dinner recommended)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1567241/restaurant/Brady-Arts-District/Brady-Tavern-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1567241/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Brady Tavern on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Burger Love at Brady Tavern','It\'s not exactly top secret that I\'m a big fan of the burger. At Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests.','inherit','open','open','','5952-revision-13','','','2011-02-21 02:07:33','2011-02-21 07:07:33','',5952,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5952-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(5731,1,'2011-02-07 23:14:10','2011-02-08 04:14:10','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0741/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5719\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0741.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks\" title=\"River Parks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5719\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFlipping through my Twitter stream this evening I saw this little tidbit from <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/juliechin\">a local meteorologist</a>: If we get another three inches in the snow storm that\'s scheduled to pummel Tulsa tomorrow afternoon with the third frosty fist in less than a week, February 2011 will go down in history as Tulsa\'s snowiest month ever.\r\n\r\nIf we get just a shade under five inches, we\'ll have the snowiest season ever on record here in our city.\r\n\r\nThis is the same city, by the way, that gives us just a few weeks of spring before scorching us with 95-degree high temps in the beginning of June - you know, to match the percentage point of the humidity that hangs over us like a stinky, sweaty cloud for months on end.\r\n\r\nBut still, as several inches of snow still hide my frozen lawn from view, stinky and sweaty doesn\'t sound half bad right about now.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0741/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5719\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0741.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks\" title=\"River Parks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5719\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe lazy mornings spent splashing around at River Parks. My bright, mango-polished toenails peeking up at me from a pair of strappy sandals. Kids walking by with snocones of every color in the rainbow.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc00414/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5720\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC00414.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Parks\" title=\"Tulsa Parks\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5720\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSpending the time between dinner and bedtime at one of Tulsa\'s many public playgrounds.\r\n\r\nBecause yes, there\'s actually daylight between those two times here in Tulsa during the summer. Daylight, yes - 4 o\'clock sunsets, no.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0693/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" title=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPicnics.\r\n\r\nOh, the picnics.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/x2_1e60d94/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5722\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/x2_1e60d94.jpeg\" alt=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market\" title=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5722\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOrange chipotle cream Cosmic Cones from the <a href=\"http://www.cherrystreetfarmersmarket.com/\">Cherry Street Farmers Market</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0702/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5723\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0702.jpg\" alt=\"Linnaeus Garden\" title=\"Linnaeus Garden\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5723\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVisits to Tulsa\'s many magazine-cover worthy gardens.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0684-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5724\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" title=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5724\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe skies.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0132/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5725\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0132-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"ONEOK Field\" title=\"ONEOK Field\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5725\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNights spent sprawled on a homemade quilt on the lawn at ONEOK Field, the sound of cracking bats reporting from the field.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0651/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5726\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0651-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Summer&#039;s Fifth Night Utica Square\" title=\"Summer&#039;s Fifth Night Utica Square\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5726\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSummer\'s Fifth Night at <a href=\"http://www.uticasquare.com/\">Utica Square</a>.\r\n\r\n<code><a title=\"Stonehorse Cafe by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3374851924/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3374851924_18573c01a7.jpg\" alt=\"Stonehorse Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" /></a></code>\r\n\r\nDining alfresco - perhaps the signature way to take a meal in Tulsa, Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc04941/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5727\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC04941.jpg\" alt=\"Woodward Park\" title=\"Woodward Park\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5727\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe squirrels that get to live the good life at Woodward Park.\r\n\r\n<code><a title=\"DSC_0597 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4663335101/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4663335101_2038134bbe.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0597\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a></code>\r\n\r\nSwimming.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/picture-1-12/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5728\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-1.png\" alt=\"QuikTrip\" title=\"QuikTrip\" width=\"477\" height=\"634\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5728\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe 49-cent fountain drink from QuikTrip.\r\n\r\nOh, my stars.\r\n\r\nKnowing that yet more (according to the latest models, perhaps much more) snow lies just on the other side of tomorrow, it\'s almost overwhelming to think of all the things that summer brings.\r\n\r\nBut now, at least we\'re all thinking about it together.','Summer On My Mind','As several inches of snow still hide my frozen lawn from view, stinky and sweaty doesn\'t sound half bad right about now.','inherit','open','open','','5718-revision-3','','','2011-02-07 23:14:10','2011-02-08 04:14:10','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5718-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4919,1,'2010-12-30 15:08:04','2010-12-30 20:08:04','<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 2011 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. For information or reservations call (918) 485-1810 or email <a href=\"mailto:info@thecanebrake.com\">info@thecanebrake.com</a>.\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>Clean and Sober New Years Eve Party</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 8pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okeq.org/\">Dennis R. Neill Equality Center</a>, 621 E. Fourth Street\r\nBoard the S.S. Sensation at the Dennis R. Neill Equality for a clean and sober journey into a high energy dance party with DJ Hot Stick, sumptuous food, vexing games, karaoke, live entertainment and warm conversations. Look also for hors d’ouveres from Chili’s, TGIF, Flemming’s and Swan and non-alcohol punch and smoothies. Ring in the New Year - and remember it! A novel idea. Free admission, but cash donations will be accepted.\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: 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.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve Wiggin\' Out Party</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187182407965172\">Lee\'s Bikes</a>, 420 E. Second Street\r\nSee the fireworks in the Blue Dome District at midnight (get more information about that event below) from underneath, but what else, a wig. If it\'s good enough for the folks at Lee\'s, it\'s totally good enough for y\'all. Look for food and drink, and if the weather permits and everyone feels like it, you can also expect a townie ride. Oh, and good company, too. \r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve Heaven &amp; Hell Party</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: Bruhouse Bar &amp; Grill, 3421 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nWear your best angel or devil costume - all the cool kids are doing it. Look also for a live DJ at this Brookside New Years Eve event - might be fun to stop by after watching the ball drop at THE Party on Brookside (see below).\r\n<h2>Performances</h2>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">EDIT//Take note: This event has been cancelled.</span></strong>\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 (918) 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>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. Call (918) 669-6600 for reservations or more information.\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>\r\nWhen: 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<h2>Where to Find Live Music This NYE</h2>\r\n<strong>Brookside</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crowcreektavern.com/\"> Crow Creek</a>. Mister Pistol, 8pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ciao-brookside.com/\"> The Primo Room at Ciao</a>. Olivia Duhon and the Frank Brown Trio, 9pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>Catoosa</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com/nightlife/calendar/Pages/CabinCreek.aspx\">Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino</a>. DeeJay Rog Mahal and DJ Ziploc, 8:30pm at Friction; Scott Ellison at 8pm in C:Note; Deuce Eleven at 9pm in Cabin Creek.\r\n\r\n<strong>Claremore</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cherokeestarrewards.com/casinos/willrogersdowns/nightlife/calendar/Pages/default.aspx\">Will Rogers Downs</a>. Nick Gibson and Beer &amp; Chicken Band at 7pm, Iron Dog Saloon.\r\n\r\n<strong>Downtown</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.club209tulsa.com/\">Club 209</a>. Arthouse with DJ Josh &amp; DJ Jitsu, 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.thehuntclubtulsa.com/\">Hunt Club</a>. Blackwood, 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.joemommas.com/\">Joe Momma\'s</a>. The Zuits, complete with a countdown and a toast at midnight. 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Junkie-Live/154298727944419\">Junkie Live</a>. P.D.A. is home and joins Brandon Davis. <a href=\"http://www.ticketstorm.com/\">A ticket</a> gets you into both Junkie and Pink. 9pm\r\n<a href=\"http://themaxretropub.com/\">The Max Retropub</a>. Glam-R-Us, plus a countdown and champagne toast. 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"www.myspace.com/mercury_lounge\">Mercury Lounge</a>. Electric Rag Band and RC Edwards, all for $5. 8pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://thesoundpony.com/\">Soundpony</a>. DJ Sweet Baby Jayzus, 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000328907311\">Woody\'s Corner Bar</a>. 2 Steps Back, 10pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>North Tulsa</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.milliondollarelm.com/nightlife/music-calendar\">Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino</a>. Ray D. Rowe, 9pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>South Tulsa</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bakers-Street-Pub-Grill/154274264588305\">Baker St. Pub</a>. Crossland for a $10 ticket. 8pm.\r\n<a href=\"www.myspace.com/harvardsportsba\">Harvard Sports Bar</a>. The Moving Company for a $5 cover. 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsamagoos.com/index.html\">Magoo\'s</a>. Admiral Twin, 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.riverspirittulsa.com/entertainment/mysticriver/Pages/Home.aspx\">River Spirit Casino, Mystic River Lounge</a>. Revelation: A Tribute to Journey. 10pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t see your favorite NYE party or band 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-27','','','2010-12-30 15:08:04','2010-12-30 20:08:04','',4166,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4166-revision-27/',0,'revision','',0),(4920,1,'2010-12-30 21:15:31','2010-12-31 02:15:31','','Downtown Balloon','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_2012','','','2010-12-30 21:15:31','2010-12-31 02:15:31','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_2012.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4921,1,'2010-12-30 21:34:49','2010-12-31 02:34:49','','Atlas Life Building Downtown Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_2020','','','2010-12-30 21:34:49','2010-12-31 02:34:49','',6761,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC_2020.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5730,1,'2011-02-07 23:14:05','2011-02-08 04:14:05','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5719\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5719\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0741.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks\" title=\"River Parks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5719\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFlipping through my Twitter stream this evening I saw this little tidbit from <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/juliechin\">a local meteorologist</a>: If we get another three inches in the snow storm that\'s scheduled to pummel Tulsa tomorrow afternoon with the third frosty fist in less than a week, February 2011 will go down in history as Tulsa\'s snowiest month ever.\r\n\r\nIf we get just a shade under five inches, we\'ll have the snowiest season ever on record here in our city.\r\n\r\nThis is the same city, by the way, that gives us just a few weeks of spring before scorching us with 95-degree high temps in the beginning of June - you know, to match the percentage point of the humidity that hangs over us like a stinky, sweaty cloud for months on end.\r\n\r\nBut still, as several inches of snow still hide my frozen lawn from view, stinky and sweaty doesn\'t sound half bad right about now.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5719\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5719\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0741.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks\" title=\"River Parks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5719\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe lazy mornings spent splashing around at River Parks. My bright, mango-polished toenails peeking up at me from a pair of strappy sandals. Kids walking by with snocones of every color in the rainbow.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5720\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5720\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC00414.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Parks\" title=\"Tulsa Parks\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5720\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSpending the time between dinner and bedtime at one of Tulsa\'s many public playgrounds.\r\n\r\nBecause yes, there\'s actually daylight between those two times here in Tulsa during the summer. Daylight, yes - 4 o\'clock sunsets, no.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0693/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" title=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPicnics.\r\n\r\nOh, the picnics.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5722\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5722\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/x2_1e60d94.jpeg\" alt=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market\" title=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5722\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOrange chipotle cream Cosmic Cones from the <a href=\"http://www.cherrystreetfarmersmarket.com/\">Cherry Street Farmers Market</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5723\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5723\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0702.jpg\" alt=\"Linnaeus Garden\" title=\"Linnaeus Garden\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5723\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVisits to Tulsa\'s many magazine-cover worthy gardens.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5724\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5724\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" title=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5724\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe skies.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5725\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5725\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0132-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"ONEOK Field\" title=\"ONEOK Field\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5725\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNights spent sprawled on a homemade quilt on the lawn at ONEOK Field, the sound of cracking bats reporting from the field.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5726\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5726\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0651-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Summer&#039;s Fifth Night Utica Square\" title=\"Summer&#039;s Fifth Night Utica Square\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5726\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSummer\'s Fifth Night at <a href=\"http://www.uticasquare.com/\">Utica Square</a>.\r\n\r\n<code><a title=\"Stonehorse Cafe by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3374851924/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3374851924_18573c01a7.jpg\" alt=\"Stonehorse Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" /></a></code>\r\n\r\nDining alfresco - perhaps the signature way to take a meal in Tulsa, Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5727\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5727\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC04941.jpg\" alt=\"Woodward Park\" title=\"Woodward Park\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5727\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe squirrels that get to live the good life at Woodward Park.\r\n\r\n<code><a title=\"DSC_0597 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4663335101/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4663335101_2038134bbe.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0597\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a></code>\r\n\r\nSwimming.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5728\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5728\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-1.png\" alt=\"QuikTrip\" title=\"QuikTrip\" width=\"477\" height=\"634\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5728\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe 49-cent fountain drink from QuikTrip.\r\n\r\nOh, my stars.\r\n\r\nKnowing that yet more (according to the latest models, perhaps much more) snow lies just on the other side of tomorrow, it\'s almost overwhelming to think of all the things that summer brings.\r\n\r\nBut now, at least we\'re all thinking about it together.','Summer On My Mind','As several inches of snow still hide my frozen lawn from view, stinky and sweaty doesn\'t sound half bad right about now.','inherit','open','open','','5718-revision-2','','','2011-02-07 23:14:05','2011-02-08 04:14:05','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5718-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5722,1,'2011-02-07 23:07:31','2011-02-08 04:07:31','','Cherry Street Farmers Market','','inherit','open','open','','x2_1e60d94','','','2011-02-07 23:07:31','2011-02-08 04:07:31','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/x2_1e60d94.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5723,1,'2011-02-07 23:08:42','2011-02-08 04:08:42','','Linnaeus Garden Tulsa Garden Center Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0702','','','2011-02-07 23:08:42','2011-02-08 04:08:42','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0702.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5724,1,'2011-02-07 23:09:33','2011-02-08 04:09:33','','Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0684-2','','','2011-02-07 23:09:33','2011-02-08 04:09:33','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0684.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5725,1,'2011-02-07 23:10:24','2011-02-08 04:10:24','','ONEOK Field Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0132','','','2011-02-07 23:10:24','2011-02-08 04:10:24','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0132.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5726,1,'2011-02-07 23:11:16','2011-02-08 04:11:16','','Summer\'s Fifth Night Utica Square Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0651','','','2011-02-07 23:11:16','2011-02-08 04:11:16','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0651.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5727,1,'2011-02-07 23:12:00','2011-02-08 04:12:00','','Woodward Park Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc04941','','','2011-02-07 23:12:00','2011-02-08 04:12:00','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC04941.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5728,1,'2011-02-07 23:12:35','2011-02-08 04:12:35','','QuikTrip','','inherit','open','open','','picture-1-12','','','2011-02-07 23:12:35','2011-02-08 04:12:35','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(5729,1,'2011-02-07 23:13:16','2011-02-08 04:13:16','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5719\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5719\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0741.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks\" title=\"River Parks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5719\" /></a>\n\nFlipping through my Twitter stream this evening I saw this little tidbit from <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/juliechin\">a local meteorologist</a>: If we get another three inches in the snow storm that\'s scheduled to pummel Tulsa tomorrow afternoon with the third frosty fist in less than a week, February 2011 will go down in history as Tulsa\'s snowiest month ever.\n\nIf we get just a shade under five inches, we\'ll have the snowiest season ever on record here in our city.\n\nThis is the same city, by the way, that gives us just a few weeks of spring before scorching us with 95-degree high temps in the beginning of June - you know, to match the percentage point of the humidity that hangs over us like a stinky, sweaty cloud for months on end.\n\nBut still, as several inches of snow still hide my frozen lawn from view, stinky and sweaty doesn\'t sound half bad right about now.\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5719\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5719\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0741.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks\" title=\"River Parks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5719\" /></a>\n\nThe lazy mornings spent splashing around at River Parks. My bright, mango-polished toenails peeking up at me from a pair of strappy sandals. Kids walking by with snocones of every color in the rainbow.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5720\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5720\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC00414.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Parks\" title=\"Tulsa Parks\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5720\" /></a>\n\nSpending the time between dinner and bedtime at one of Tulsa\'s many public playgrounds.\n\nBecause yes, there\'s actually daylight between those two times here in Tulsa during the summer. Daylight, yes - 4 o\'clock sunsets, no.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0693/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" title=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1725\" /></a>\n\nPicnics.\n\nOh, the picnics.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5722\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5722\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/x2_1e60d94.jpeg\" alt=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market\" title=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5722\" /></a>\n\nOrange chipotle cream Cosmic Cones from the <a href=\"http://www.cherrystreetfarmersmarket.com/\">Cherry Street Farmers Market</a>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5723\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5723\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0702.jpg\" alt=\"Linnaeus Garden\" title=\"Linnaeus Garden\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5723\" /></a>\n\nVisits to Tulsa\'s many magazine-cover worthy gardens.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5724\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5724\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" title=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5724\" /></a>\n\nThe skies.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5725\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5725\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0132-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"ONEOK Field\" title=\"ONEOK Field\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5725\" /></a>\n\nNights spent sprawled on a homemade quilt on the lawn at ONEOK Field, the sound of cracking bats reporting from the field.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5726\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5726\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0651-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Summer&#039;s Fifth Night Utica Square\" title=\"Summer&#039;s Fifth Night Utica Square\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5726\" /></a>\n\nSummer\'s Fifth Night at <a href=\"http://www.uticasquare.com/\">Utica Square</a>.\n\n<code><a title=\"Stonehorse Cafe by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3374851924/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3374851924_18573c01a7.jpg\" alt=\"Stonehorse Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" /></a></code>\n\nDining alfresco - perhaps the signature way to take a meal in Tulsa, Oklahoma.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5727\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5727\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC04941.jpg\" alt=\"Woodward Park\" title=\"Woodward Park\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5727\" /></a>\n\nThe squirrels that get to live the good life at Woodward Park.\n\n<code><a title=\"DSC_0597 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4663335101/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4663335101_2038134bbe.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0597\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a></code>\n\nSwimming.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5728\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5728\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-1.png\" alt=\"QuikTrip\" title=\"QuikTrip\" width=\"477\" height=\"634\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5728\" /></a>\n\nThe 49-cent fountain drink from QuikTrip.\n\nOh, my stars.\n\nKnowing that yet more (according to the latest models, perhaps much more) snow lies just on the other side of tomorrow, it\'s almost overwhelming to think of all the things that summer brings.\n\nBut now, at least we\'re all thinking about it together.','Summer On My Mind','as several inches of snow still hide my frozen lawn from view, stinky and sweaty doesn\'t sound half bad right about now.','inherit','open','open','','5718-revision','','','2011-02-07 23:13:16','2011-02-08 04:13:16','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5718-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5718,1,'2011-02-07 23:14:05','2011-02-08 04:14:05','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5719\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0741/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5719  aligncenter\" title=\"River Parks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0741.jpg\" alt=\"River Parks\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\nFlipping through my Twitter stream this evening I saw this little tidbit from <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/juliechin\">a local meteorologist</a>: If we get another three inches in the snow storm that\'s scheduled to pummel Tulsa tomorrow afternoon with the third frosty fist in the space of a week, February 2011 will go down in history as Tulsa\'s snowiest month ever.\r\n\r\nIf we get just a shade under five inches, we\'ll have the snowiest season ever on record here in our city.\r\n\r\nThis is the same city, by the way, that gives us just a few weeks of spring before scorching us with 95-degree high temps in the beginning of June - 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My bright, mango-polished toenails peeking up at me from a pair of strappy sandals. Kids walking by with snocones of every color in the rainbow.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5720\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc00414/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5720  aligncenter\" title=\"Tulsa Parks\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC00414.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Parks\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\nSpending the time between dinner and bedtime at one of Tulsa\'s many public playgrounds.\r\n\r\nBecause yes, there\'s actually daylight between those two times here in Tulsa during the summer. Daylight, yes - 4 o\'clock sunsets, no.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/chandler-park/dsc_0693/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1725  aligncenter\" title=\"Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0693.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Park\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\nPicnics.\r\n\r\nOh, the picnics.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5722\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/x2_1e60d94/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5722  aligncenter\" title=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/x2_1e60d94.jpeg\" alt=\"Cherry Street Farmers Market\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\nOrange chipotle cream Cosmic Cones from the <a href=\"http://www.cherrystreetfarmersmarket.com/\">Cherry Street Farmers Market</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5723\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0702/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5723  aligncenter\" title=\"Linnaeus Garden\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0702.jpg\" alt=\"Linnaeus Garden\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\nVisits to Tulsa\'s many magazine-cover worthy gardens.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5724\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0684-2/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5724  aligncenter\" title=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\nThe skies.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5725\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0132/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5725\" title=\"ONEOK Field\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0132-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"ONEOK Field\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNights spent sprawled on a homemade quilt on the lawn at ONEOK Field, the sound of cracking bats reporting from the field.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5726\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0651/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5726\" title=\"Summer\'s Fifth Night Utica Square\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0651-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Summer\'s Fifth Night Utica Square\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSummer\'s Fifth Night at <a href=\"http://www.uticasquare.com/\">Utica Square</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><a title=\"Stonehorse Cafe by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3374851924/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3374851924_18573c01a7.jpg\" alt=\"Stonehorse Cafe\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" /></a></code></p>\r\nDining alfresco - perhaps the signature way to take a meal in Tulsa, Oklahoma.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5727\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc04941/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5727  aligncenter\" title=\"Woodward Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC04941.jpg\" alt=\"Woodward Park\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\nThe squirrels that get to live the good life at Woodward Park.\r\n\r\n<code><a title=\"DSC_0597 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4663335101/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4663335101_2038134bbe.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0597\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a></code>\r\n\r\nSwimming.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5728\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/picture-1-12/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-5728  aligncenter\" title=\"QuikTrip\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-1.png\" alt=\"QuikTrip\" width=\"477\" height=\"634\" /></a></p>\r\nThe 49-cent fountain drink from <a href=\"http://quiktrip.com/\">QuikTrip</a>.\r\n\r\nOh, my stars.\r\n\r\nKnowing that yet more (according to the latest models, perhaps much more) snow lies just on the other side of tomorrow, it\'s almost overwhelming to think of all the things that summer brings.\r\n\r\nBut now, at least we\'re all thinking about it together.','Summer On My Mind','As several inches of snow still hide my frozen lawn from view, stinky and sweaty doesn\'t sound half bad right about now.','publish','open','open','','summer-on-my-mind','','','2011-02-07 23:17:41','2011-02-08 04:17:41','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=5718',0,'post','',5),(5719,1,'2011-02-07 23:04:32','2011-02-08 04:04:32','','River Parks','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0741','','','2011-02-07 23:04:32','2011-02-08 04:04:32','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0741.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5720,1,'2011-02-07 23:05:54','2011-02-08 04:05:54','','Tulsa Parks','','inherit','open','open','','dsc00414','','','2011-02-07 23:05:54','2011-02-08 04:05:54','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC00414.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5721,1,'2011-02-07 23:06:31','2011-02-08 04:06:31','','DSC_0693','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0693-2','','','2011-02-07 23:06:31','2011-02-08 04:06:31','',5718,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0693.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5717,1,'2011-02-07 18:25:02','2011-02-07 23:25:02','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5709\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1862-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5709\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1862-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe parents already know that reading to our kids is important. But what if you could take something that\'s already hugely beneficial to your children one step further, <em>and</em> cover your bases for a gift for Valentine\'s Day at the same time?\r\n\r\nWith <a href=\"http://annelliobooks.com/annelliobooks.com/Home.html\">Sidewords</a>, a book that was written, published and illustrated right here in Tulsa, not only can you build your kids\' reading, listening and language skills, but you can also support Tulsa\'s literary scene, local art and the diversity of Tulsa\'s independent, locally owned business landscape.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a little something I like to call a win, win, win situation.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nAuthor Susan Dornblaser gave me a copy of Sidewords last summer, and my son and I were hooked right away. First, we appreciated that the book was actually three smaller stories, which are perfectly bite-sized and suited for reading a little here, a little there (one of our oft-employed strategies as the parents of a two-year-old).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5707\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1848-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5707\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1848-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? Toggling between two activities as we speak.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5710\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1870-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5710\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1870-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe stories themselves, a sort of behind-the-scenes peek into the lives of different types of animals, are whimsical and fun. The art, by Tulsa\'s own Gil Adams, is gorgeous - the full-bleed illustrations are dynamic, the color is impossibly rich and the detail is, well, amusing. How many frogs do you know that wear gloves, I ask you? Or penguins that wear Hawaiian shirts? Or buffalo that wear white sunglasses?\r\n\r\nIt\'s the sort of world I wouldn\'t mind living in.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5711\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1877/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5711\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1877-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFor those of you still looking for the perfect Valentine\'s Day gift for the sweet, special, pint-sized person in your life, give Sidewords some consideration. Since Susan and Gil are dedicated to the local business scene of which they are a part, the book can be found at <a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\">Steve\'s Sundry</a>, the <a href=\"http://www.tulsazoo.org/\">Tulsa Zoo gift shop</a>, and the <a href=\"http://www.lollygarden.com/\">The Lolly Garden</a>, <a href=\"http://annelliobooks.com/annelliobooks.com/Buy_From_Stores.html\">just to name a few</a>.\r\n\r\nPlus, <strong>Susan has a few copies of Sidewords she\'d like to give to some luckier-than-most TDT readers</strong>. If you\'d like to win one, here\'s what you\'ve gotta do:\r\n\r\n<strong>Head to the comments section and tell us: What was your favorite thing to read when you were a kid?</strong>\r\n\r\nI still get pangs of guilt when I think about how many Tiger Beat magazines I read as a kid, but I also gave myself heavy doses of The Babysitters Club and Goosebumps. To, you know, round things out. At least I read wholesome things when I was younger, right? Things like <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Out-Water-Helen-Palmer/dp/0394800230\">Fish Out of Water</a>, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Little-House-Virginia-Lee-Burton/dp/039525938X\">The Little House</a> and <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Shelbys-ABZ-Book-Primer/dp/067121148X\">Uncle Shelby\'s ABZ book</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd now you know why I am the way I am.\r\n\r\nBut enough about me. Let\'s talk about you! I\'ll let Random.org pick winners from all entries that come in before Wednesday afternoon at 4pm, and I\'ll announce which of you are the lucky ducks are shortly after.\r\n\r\nGood luck, and happy reminiscing!','Valentine\'s Day Gift Idea/Giveaway: Sidewords','We parents already know that reading to our kids is important. But what if you could take something that\'s already hugely beneficial to your children one step further?','inherit','open','open','','5682-revision-4','','','2011-02-07 18:25:02','2011-02-07 23:25:02','',5682,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5682-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5715,1,'2011-02-10 11:32:32','2011-02-10 16:32:32','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5709\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1862-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5709\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1862-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<strong>WINNERS!//Congrats, Kristin P., Jennifer Wedemeyer and Morgan!</strong> Each of you has won a copy of Sidewords for your favorite pint-sized valentine. E-mail me with where to send your books and you\'ll get them in a jiff! \n\nThanks to everyone for playing and sharing about your favorite childhood books. It was a trip down memory lane, for sure. And may or may not have reserved a few copies of The Babysitters Club and old Little House on the Prairie videos at the library. Heh. \n\nWe parents already know that reading to our kids is important. But what if you could take something that\'s already hugely beneficial to your children one step further, <em>and</em> cover your bases for a gift for Valentine\'s Day at the same time?\n\nWith <a href=\"http://annelliobooks.com/annelliobooks.com/Home.html\">Sidewords</a>, a book that was written, published and illustrated right here in Tulsa, not only can you build your kids\' reading, listening and language skills, but you can also support Tulsa\'s literary scene, local art and the diversity of Tulsa\'s independent, locally owned business landscape.\n\nIt\'s a little something I like to call a win, win, win situation.\n\n<!--more-->\n\nAuthor Susan Dornblaser gave me a copy of Sidewords last summer, and my son and I were hooked right away. First, we appreciated that the book was actually three smaller stories, which are perfectly bite-sized and suited for reading a little here, a little there (one of our oft-employed strategies as the parents of a two-year-old).\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5707\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1848-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5707\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1848-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSee? Toggling between two activities as we speak.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5710\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1870-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5710\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1870-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThe stories themselves, a sort of behind-the-scenes peek into the lives of different types of animals, are whimsical and fun. The art, by Tulsa\'s own Gil Adams, is gorgeous - the full-bleed illustrations are dynamic, the color is impossibly rich and the detail is, well, amusing. How many frogs do you know that wear gloves, I ask you? Or penguins that wear Hawaiian shirts? Or buffalo that wear white sunglasses?\n\nIt\'s the sort of world I wouldn\'t mind living in.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5711\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1877/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5711\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1877-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nFor those of you still looking for the perfect Valentine\'s Day gift for the sweet, special, pint-sized person in your life, give Sidewords some consideration. Since Susan and Gil are dedicated to the local business scene of which they are a part, the book can be found at <a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\">Steve\'s Sundry</a>, the <a href=\"http://www.tulsazoo.org/\">Tulsa Zoo gift shop</a>, and the <a href=\"http://www.lollygarden.com/\">The Lolly Garden</a>, <a href=\"http://annelliobooks.com/annelliobooks.com/Buy_From_Stores.html\">just to name a few</a>.\n\nPlus, <strong>Susan has a few copies of Sidewords she\'d like to give to some luckier-than-most TDT readers</strong>. If you\'d like to win one, here\'s what you\'ve gotta do:\n\n<strong>Head to the comments section and tell us: What was your favorite thing to read when you were a kid?</strong>\n\nI still get pangs of guilt when I think about how many Tiger Beat magazines I read as a kid, but I also gave myself heavy doses of The Babysitters Club and Goosebumps. To, you know, round things out. At least I read wholesome things when I was younger, right? Things like <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Out-Water-Helen-Palmer/dp/0394800230\">Fish Out of Water</a>, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Little-House-Virginia-Lee-Burton/dp/039525938X\">The Little House</a> and <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Shelbys-ABZ-Book-Primer/dp/067121148X\">Uncle Shelby\'s ABZ book</a>.\n\nAnd now you know why I am the way I am.\n\nBut enough about me. Let\'s talk about you! I\'ll let Random.org pick winners from all entries that come in before Wednesday afternoon at 4pm, and I\'ll announce which of you are the lucky ducks are shortly after.\n\nGood luck, and happy reminiscing!','Valentine\'s Day Gift Idea/Giveaway: Sidewords','We parents already know that reading to our kids is important. But what if you could take something that\'s already hugely beneficial to your children one step further?','inherit','open','open','','5682-autosave','','','2011-02-10 11:32:32','2011-02-10 16:32:32','',5682,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5682-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5716,1,'2011-02-07 18:20:06','2011-02-07 23:20:06','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5709\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1862-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5709\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1862-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe parents already know that reading to our kids is important. But what if you could take something that\'s already hugely beneficial to your children one step further, <em>and</em> cover your bases for a gift for Valentine\'s Day at the same time?\r\n\r\nWith <a href=\"http://annelliobooks.com/annelliobooks.com/Home.html\">Sidewords</a>, a book that was written, published and illustrated right here in Tulsa, not only can you build your kids\' reading, listening and language skills, but you can also support Tulsa\'s literary scene, local art and the diversity of Tulsa\'s independent, locally owned business landscape.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a little something I like to call a win, win, win situation.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nAuthor Susan Dornblaser gave me a copy of Sidewords last summer, and my son and I were hooked right away. First, we appreciated that the book was actually three smaller stories, which are perfectly bite-sized and suited for reading a little here, a little there (one of our oft-employed strategies as the parents of a two-year-old).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5707\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1848-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5707\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1848-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? Toggling between two activities as we speak.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5710\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1870-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5710\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1870-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe stories themselves, a sort of behind-the-scenes peek into the lives of different types of animals, are whimsical and fun. The art, by Tulsa\'s own Gil Adams, is gorgeous - the full-bleed illustrations are dynamic, the color is impossibly rich and the detail is, well, amusing. How many frogs do you know that wear gloves, I ask you? Or penguins that wear Hawaiian shirts? Or buffalo that wear white sunglasses?\r\n\r\nIt\'s the sort of world I wouldn\'t mind living in.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5711\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/sidewords-giveaway/dsc_1877/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5711\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1877-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFor those of you still looking for the perfect Valentine\'s Day gift for the sweet, special, pint-sized person in your life, give Sidewords some consideration. Since Susan and Gil are dedicated to the local business scene of which they are a part, the book can be found at <a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\">Steve\'s Sundry</a>, the <a href=\"http://www.tulsazoo.org/\">Tulsa Zoo gift shop</a>, <a href=\"http://www.lollygarden.com/\">The Lolly Garden</a>, <a href=\"http://annelliobooks.com/annelliobooks.com/Buy_From_Stores.html\">just to name a few</a>.\r\n\r\nPlus, <strong>Susan has a few copies of Sidewords she\'d like to give to some luckier-than-most TDT readers</strong>. If you\'d like to win one, here\'s what you\'ve gotta do:\r\n\r\n<strong>Head to the comments section and tell us: What was your favorite thing to read when you were a kid?</strong>\r\n\r\nI still get pangs of guilt when I think about how many Tiger Beat magazines I read as a kid, but I also gave myself heavy doses of The Babysitters Club and Goosebumps. To, you know, round things out. At least I read wholesome things when I was younger, right? Things like <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Out-Water-Helen-Palmer/dp/0394800230\">Fish Out of Water</a>, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Little-House-Virginia-Lee-Burton/dp/039525938X\">The Little House</a> and <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Shelbys-ABZ-Book-Primer/dp/067121148X\">Uncle Shelby\'s ABZ book</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd now you know why I am the way I am.\r\n\r\nBut enough about me. Let\'s talk about you! I\'ll let Random.org pick winners from all entries that come in before Wednesday afternoon at 4pm, and I\'ll announce which of you are the lucky ducks are shortly after.\r\n\r\nGood luck, and happy reminiscing!','Valentine\'s Day Gift Idea/Giveaway: Sidewords','We parents already know that reading to our kids is important. But what if you could take something that\'s already hugely beneficial to your children one step further?','inherit','open','open','','5682-revision-3','','','2011-02-07 18:20:06','2011-02-07 23:20:06','',5682,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5682-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5713,1,'2011-02-07 18:20:02','2011-02-07 23:20:02','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5709\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5709\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5709\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1862-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nWe parents already know that reading to our kids is important. But what if you could take something that\'s already hugely beneficial to your children one step further, <em>and</em> cover your bases for a gift for Valentine\'s Day at the same time?\n\nWith <a href=\"http://annelliobooks.com/annelliobooks.com/Home.html\">Sidewords</a>, a book that was written, published and illustrated right here in Tulsa, not only can you build your kids\' reading, listening and language skills, but you can also support Tulsa\'s literary scene, local art and the diversity of Tulsa\'s independent, locally owned business landscape.\n\nIt\'s a little something I like to call a win, win, win situation.\n\n<!--more-->\n\nAuthor Susan Dornblaser gave me a copy of Sidewords last summer, and my son and I were hooked right away. First, we appreciated that the book was actually three smaller stories, which are perfectly bite-sized and suited for reading a little here, a little there (one of our oft-employed strategies as the parents of a two-year-old).\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5707\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5707\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5707\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1848-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSee? Toggling between two activities as we speak.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5710\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5710\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5710\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1870-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThe stories themselves, a sort of behind-the-scenes peek into the lives of different types of animals, are whimsical and fun. The art, by Tulsa\'s own Gil Adams, is gorgeous - the full-bleed illustrations are dynamic, the color is impossibly rich and the detail is, well, amusing. How many frogs do you know that wear gloves, I ask you? Or penguins that wear Hawaiian shirts? Or buffalo that wear white sunglasses?\n\nIt\'s the sort of world I wouldn\'t mind living in.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5711\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5711\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5711\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1877-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nFor those of you still looking for the perfect Valentine\'s Day gift for the sweet, special, pint-sized person in your life, give Sidewords some consideration. Since Susan and Gil are dedicated to the local business scene of which they are a part, the book can be found at <a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\">Steve\'s Sundry</a>, the <a href=\"http://www.tulsazoo.org/\">Tulsa Zoo gift shop</a>, <a href=\"http://www.lollygarden.com/\">The Lolly Garden</a>, <a href=\"http://annelliobooks.com/annelliobooks.com/Buy_From_Stores.html\">just to name a few</a>.\n\nPlus, <strong>Susan has a few copies of Sidewords she\'d like to give to some luckier-than-most TDT readers</strong>. If you\'d like to win one, here\'s what you\'ve gotta do:\n\n<strong>Head to the comments section and tell us: What was your favorite thing to read when you were a kid?</strong>\n\nI still get pangs of guilt when I think about how many Tiger Beat magazines I read as a kid, but I also gave myself heavy doses of The Babysitters Club and Goosebumps. To, you know, round things out. At least I read wholesome things when I was younger, right? Things like <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Out-Water-Helen-Palmer/dp/0394800230\">Fish Out of Water</a>, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Little-House-Virginia-Lee-Burton/dp/039525938X\">The Little House</a> and <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Shelbys-ABZ-Book-Primer/dp/067121148X\">Uncle Shelby\'s ABZ book</a>.\n\nAnd now you know why I am the way I am.\n\nBut enough about me. Let\'s talk about you! I\'ll let Random.org pick winners from all entries that come in before Wednesday afternoon at 4pm, and I\'ll announce which of you are the lucky ducks are shortly after.\n\nGood luck, and happy reminiscing!','Valentine\'s Day Gift Idea/Giveaway: Sidewords','We parents already know that reading to our kids is important. But what if you could take something that\'s already hugely beneficial to your children one step further?','inherit','open','open','','5682-revision','','','2011-02-07 18:20:02','2011-02-07 23:20:02','',5682,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5682-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5714,1,'2011-02-07 18:20:06','2011-02-07 23:20:06','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5709\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5709\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5709\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1862-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe parents already know that reading to our kids is important. But what if you could take something that\'s already hugely beneficial to your children one step further, <em>and</em> cover your bases for a gift for Valentine\'s Day at the same time?\r\n\r\nWith <a href=\"http://annelliobooks.com/annelliobooks.com/Home.html\">Sidewords</a>, a book that was written, published and illustrated right here in Tulsa, not only can you build your kids\' reading, listening and language skills, but you can also support Tulsa\'s literary scene, local art and the diversity of Tulsa\'s independent, locally owned business landscape.\r\n\r\nIt\'s a little something I like to call a win, win, win situation.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nAuthor Susan Dornblaser gave me a copy of Sidewords last summer, and my son and I were hooked right away. First, we appreciated that the book was actually three smaller stories, which are perfectly bite-sized and suited for reading a little here, a little there (one of our oft-employed strategies as the parents of a two-year-old).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5707\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5707\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5707\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1848-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? Toggling between two activities as we speak.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5710\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5710\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5710\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1870-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe stories themselves, a sort of behind-the-scenes peek into the lives of different types of animals, are whimsical and fun. The art, by Tulsa\'s own Gil Adams, is gorgeous - the full-bleed illustrations are dynamic, the color is impossibly rich and the detail is, well, amusing. How many frogs do you know that wear gloves, I ask you? Or penguins that wear Hawaiian shirts? Or buffalo that wear white sunglasses?\r\n\r\nIt\'s the sort of world I wouldn\'t mind living in.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5711\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=5711\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5711\" title=\"Sidewords\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1877-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewords\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFor those of you still looking for the perfect Valentine\'s Day gift for the sweet, special, pint-sized person in your life, give Sidewords some consideration. Since Susan and Gil are dedicated to the local business scene of which they are a part, the book can be found at <a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\">Steve\'s Sundry</a>, the <a href=\"http://www.tulsazoo.org/\">Tulsa Zoo gift shop</a>, <a href=\"http://www.lollygarden.com/\">The Lolly Garden</a>, <a href=\"http://annelliobooks.com/annelliobooks.com/Buy_From_Stores.html\">just to name a few</a>.\r\n\r\nPlus, <strong>Susan has a few copies of Sidewords she\'d like to give to some luckier-than-most TDT readers</strong>. If you\'d like to win one, here\'s what you\'ve gotta do:\r\n\r\n<strong>Head to the comments section and tell us: What was your favorite thing to read when you were a kid?</strong>\r\n\r\nI still get pangs of guilt when I think about how many Tiger Beat magazines I read as a kid, but I also gave myself heavy doses of The Babysitters Club and Goosebumps. To, you know, round things out. At least I read wholesome things when I was younger, right? Things like <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Out-Water-Helen-Palmer/dp/0394800230\">Fish Out of Water</a>, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Little-House-Virginia-Lee-Burton/dp/039525938X\">The Little House</a> and <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Shelbys-ABZ-Book-Primer/dp/067121148X\">Uncle Shelby\'s ABZ book</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd now you know why I am the way I am.\r\n\r\nBut enough about me. Let\'s talk about you! I\'ll let Random.org pick winners from all entries that come in before Wednesday afternoon at 4pm, and I\'ll announce which of you are the lucky ducks are shortly after.\r\n\r\nGood luck, and happy reminiscing!','Valentine\'s Day Gift Idea/Giveaway: Sidewords','We parents already know that reading to our kids is important. 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