<span>Are you down with T-Town?<br /><br />We are. In fact, that’s why we started this blog.<br /><br />And, who better than two girls whose families have made the Tulsa area home since, well, before Tulsa was even an official place, to pound the local pavement to help Tulsans learn about cool stuff to do in their town?<br /><br />Rest assured we're not going to write to you about stuff you already know about Tulsa. Also, we're not he</span><span>re to talk only about how wonderful Tulsa is. If something in this town sucks, we’ll be the first to tell you.<br /><br />We have invited some of the funniest, smartest, most well-connected local people we know to help us tour Tulsa and write this blog. We will take you to Tulsa in a way you only thought possible that one time you got dizzy as you stared </span><span> at the floor tile in the bathroom at McNellie’s, or when you swore to yourself you’d climb to the top of the Golden Driller someday, just because you wondered about the view.<br /><br />You f</span><span>olks have nothing to look forward to here except proof that there is tons to do in Tulsa.<br /><br />And now: the bloggers.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >Natasha.</span><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RjGM038kQGI/AAAAAAAAAAw/WrcmZOIeAt4/s1600-h/b%26wtashie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RjGM038kQGI/AAAAAAAAAAw/WrcmZOIeAt4/s320/b%26wtashie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057978696512847970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span>As a fifth-generation Tulsan, a new downtown resident, and a girl who</span><span> is willing to pay out-of-pocket to prove Tulsa is more than the sum of its histories, the “there’s nothing to do here” rhetoric, and art deco arch</span><span>itecture, </span><span>I figured I was the best person to coordinate this blog.<br />My favorite thing to do in life is debunk. That’s what I plan to do in </span><span>my posts on this blog: subvert the mainstream stuff-to-do circuits in this town to find the true essence of Tulsa, and have fun doing it. I wanna make you laugh, too.<br />Learn more about me <a href="http://www.myspace.com/natashaball">here</a>. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >Chester.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Re2-T8sJPfI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Gm-dEAxTWC0/s1600-h/Chester.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Re2-T8sJPfI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Gm-dEAxTWC0/s320/Chester.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038892808015527410" border="0" /></a>Hey, guys. I'm Chester. I'm Natasha's office fish.<br />When I'm not helping Tasha make phone calls, I like to swim upside down. My favorite Tulsa restaurant is Sushi Train, my favorite local band is Citizen Mundi, and I think about Party Brenda on long drives. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Party Brenda.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RjGOwH8kQHI/AAAAAAAAAA4/c3KEsvlGSc0/s1600-h/b%26wbrenda.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RjGOwH8kQHI/AAAAAAAAAA4/c3KEsvlGSc0/s320/b%26wbrenda.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057980813931724914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Party Brenda asks that you read the following interview transcript to get a taste of what she'll be telling you about Tulsa on the TDT blog.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: How long have you lived in Tulsa? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">PB:</span> Forever. Since the beginning of time.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: What's your favorite memory of Tulsa?</span><br />PB: Hm. Hmm…Are you typing when I say hmm?<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: Yes. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>Okay. I don't think I really went anywhere as a child. The fair? Bell's Amusement Park? Many memories there at the haunted house…what was that called?<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: The Phantasmagoria.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>Yeah! I made out with everyone there.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: What's your favorite thing to do in Tulsa?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB:</span> Wait…you said my favorite memory!<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: I know. I'm on a new question now.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB:</span> Oh. Well, one of them now is running at the river.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: What do you like about that?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>On a windy day, it's exhilarating to run across the pedestrian bridge. It's empowering. And, I like looking at the other joggers. Makes me run a little bit further when they're running toward me and I know they're thinking, "If I could just get past that one person, then I could stop around this corner."<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: Okay. What is your favorite restaurant in Tulsa? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>More Than Noodles. I am a pasta freak – a fan-o-pasta.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: What's your favorite thing to eat there? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>When I'm feeling sweet, it's the sesame lo mein. When I'm feeling – I don't know, not sweet – and any other time I don't want to eat the sesame lo mein, I eat the basil pesto pasta, which is what I have most of the time.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: What is your favorite bar in Tulsa? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>The Continental. It's dear to my heart because of my job I held there for a short period of time. It's what made me who I am today – Party Brenda, since Matt Leland gave me that name.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: Do you like Mayor Kathy Taylor?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB:</span> I don't know her.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: Is she doing a good job?  </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>Um…Sure? With a question mark. Party Brenda really doesn't care about that stuff.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: If you could change one thing about Tulsa, what would it be? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>The roads. They tear my car apart driving around here. Also, there are some unusual smells coming from the refineries. Other things Party Brenda wants to get political about are, I like the idea of urban revitalization rather than expanding into the disgusting river. But, you know, whatever.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: If you could keep one thing about Tulsa the same, what would it be? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>I like the idea that we have trees. That's nice. And that one day, I will have to go to museums to see trees. And pay $1.50.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: Pretty sure that's a Counting Crows song. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>Yeah. It is.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: Where is the best spot to party in Tulsa? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB:</span> Wherever I am. Which is, The Continental, McNellie's – and the Gray Snail is pretty fun, especially during the summer time. Oh, and then Jenks Riverwalk – that's pretty relaxing. I like to hang out there.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: Where is the best place to make out in Tulsa? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>The most popular one is probably Chandler Park, which is kinda gross. There's also that place downtown, where you can hear your own echo. The Center of the Universe.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: What is the weirdest thing to ever happen to you downtown? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB:</span> Oh, crap. I believe I ate Chinese buffet that day, and I opened my cookie. It read: "Don't go down any dark alleys."<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: Yeah? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB:</span> Yeah. And that night, I was going to Mayfest. I don't remember who I was with, but I really wanted some fried pickles. So, we had to go all the way back around the block to get back to where the line of food carts was. I said, "Hey, guys! Look! We can just go down this dark alley."<br />So we start to walk down to dark alley. As I was saying to the people walking with me, "Hey, this is funny, because my fortune cookie said not to go down any dark alleys," – before I could even finish what I was saying, I fell into a pothole that was about a foot deep. I busted my knee open, and it started bleeding. I'm sure it got some homeless people feces on it. And, I ruined my favorite pair of jeans.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: Oh. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB:</span> As I limped out of the alley and got my pickles, the whole time bleeding profusely from the knee, I decided I wouldn't go down dark alleys anymore.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: I see. What do you think Tulsa will be like in 10 years? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB:</span> I think it'll be – hopefully - nicer to look at. I think they are doing some good things with putting condos downtown, and planting things. That's all nice. What I hope they do is clean up that river. It's disgusting. Every time I run across the bridge, I'm like, God, it's brown. Then I try to imagine it's chocolate. That makes it all better.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">TDT: If you could offer Tulsa one piece of advice, what would that be?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">PB: </span>Stay up later. Seriously. Everyone goes to bed at, like, ten – nobody goes out during the week. Don't take life so seriously.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stay tuned...</span></span>