(1339,1,'2010-08-18 18:19:04','2010-08-18 23:19:04','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1320\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\r\n\r\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1321\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better is there to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\r\n\r\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1322\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\r\n\r\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\r\n\r\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1323\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\r\n\r\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\r\n\r\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1324\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat helps to makes that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1325\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd a donut shop...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1326\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\r\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1327\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1328\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\r\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie or Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\r\n\r\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1329\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\r\n\r\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1330\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\r\n\r\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1331\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1332\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1333\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1334\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1335\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\r\n\r\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\r\n\r\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\r\n\r\nMen can only hope.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1336\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\r\n\r\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1320\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\r\n\r\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nWhere: 5952 S. Lewis Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 742-4548\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/\">www.truetoyoubras.com</a>','True To You Bra Salon: This one\'s for the ladies','If it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.','inherit','open','open','','1319-revision-2','','','2010-08-18 18:19:04','2010-08-18 23:19:04','',1319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1319-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1342,1,'2010-10-14 16:25:43','2010-10-14 21:25:43','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\n\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\n\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\n\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00701/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\n\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\n\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00735/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\n\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\n\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00734/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nWhat helps to make that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\n<ul>\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\n</ul>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00695/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nAnd a donut shop...\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\n<ul>\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\n</ul>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00737/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\n<ul>\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\n</ul>\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie and Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\n\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00710/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\n\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00723/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\n\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00708/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\n\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00700/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00731/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00732/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\n\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\n\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\n\nMen can only hope.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00730/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\n\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\n\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\n\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\nWhere: 5952 S. Lewis Ave.\nCall: (918) 742-4548\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/\">www.truetoyoubras.com</a>','True To You Bra Salon: This one\'s for the ladies','If it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You Bra Salon is going to have it.','inherit','open','open','','1319-autosave','','','2010-10-14 16:25:43','2010-10-14 21:25:43','',1319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1319-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1340,1,'2010-08-18 18:19:04','2010-08-18 23:19:04','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\r\n\r\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better is there to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\r\n\r\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00701/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\r\n\r\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\r\n\r\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00735/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\r\n\r\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\r\n\r\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00734/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat helps to makes that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00695/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd a donut shop...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\r\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00737/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\r\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie or Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\r\n\r\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00710/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\r\n\r\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00723/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\r\n\r\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00708/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00700/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00731/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00732/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\r\n\r\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\r\n\r\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\r\n\r\nMen can only hope.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00730/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\r\n\r\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\r\n\r\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nWhere: 5952 S. Lewis Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 742-4548\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/\">www.truetoyoubras.com</a>','True To You Bra Salon: This one\'s for the ladies','If it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.','inherit','open','open','','1319-revision-3','','','2010-08-18 18:19:04','2010-08-18 23:19:04','',1319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1319-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1341,1,'2010-08-18 18:19:31','2010-08-18 23:19:31','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\r\n\r\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better is there to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\r\n\r\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00701/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\r\n\r\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\r\n\r\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00735/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\r\n\r\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\r\n\r\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00734/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat helps to makes that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00695/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd a donut shop...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\r\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00737/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\r\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie or Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\r\n\r\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00710/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\r\n\r\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00723/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\r\n\r\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00708/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00700/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00731/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00732/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\r\n\r\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\r\n\r\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\r\n\r\nMen can only hope.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00730/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\r\n\r\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-this-ones-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\r\n\r\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nWhere: 5952 S. Lewis Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 742-4548\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/\">www.truetoyoubras.com</a>','True To You Bra Salon: This one\'s for the ladies','If it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.','inherit','open','open','','1319-revision-4','','','2010-08-18 18:19:31','2010-08-18 23:19:31','',1319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1319-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(1343,1,'2010-08-18 18:19:31','2010-08-18 23:19:31','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\r\n\r\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better is there to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\r\n\r\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00701/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\r\n\r\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\r\n\r\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00735/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\r\n\r\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\r\n\r\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00734/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat helps to makes that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00695/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd a donut shop...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\r\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00737/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\r\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie or Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\r\n\r\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00710/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\r\n\r\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00723/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\r\n\r\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00708/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00700/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00731/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00732/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\r\n\r\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\r\n\r\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\r\n\r\nMen can only hope.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00730/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\r\n\r\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\r\n\r\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nWhere: 5952 S. Lewis Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 742-4548\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/\">www.truetoyoubras.com</a>','True To You Bra Salon: This one\'s for the ladies','If it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.','inherit','open','open','','1319-revision-5','','','2010-08-18 18:19:31','2010-08-18 23:19:31','',1319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1319-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(1344,1,'2010-08-18 18:28:02','2010-08-18 23:28:02','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\r\n\r\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better is there to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\r\n\r\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00701/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\r\n\r\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\r\n\r\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00735/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\r\n\r\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\r\n\r\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00734/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat helps to make that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00695/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd a donut shop...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\r\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00737/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\r\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie and Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\r\n\r\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00710/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\r\n\r\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00723/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\r\n\r\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00708/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00700/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00731/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00732/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\r\n\r\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\r\n\r\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\r\n\r\nMen can only hope.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00730/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\r\n\r\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\r\n\r\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nWhere: 5952 S. Lewis Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 742-4548\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/\">www.truetoyoubras.com</a>','True To You Bra Salon: This one\'s for the ladies','If it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.','inherit','open','open','','1319-revision-6','','','2010-08-18 18:28:02','2010-08-18 23:28:02','',1319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1319-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1345,1,'2010-08-18 18:28:02','2010-08-18 23:28:02','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\r\n\r\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better is there to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\r\n\r\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00701/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\r\n\r\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\r\n\r\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00735/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\r\n\r\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\r\n\r\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00734/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat helps to make that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00695/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd a donut shop...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\r\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00737/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\r\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie and Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\r\n\r\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00710/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\r\n\r\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00723/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\r\n\r\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00708/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00700/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00731/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00732/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\r\n\r\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\r\n\r\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\r\n\r\nMen can only hope.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00730/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\r\n\r\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\r\n\r\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nWhere: 5952 S. Lewis Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 742-4548\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/\">www.truetoyoubras.com</a>','True To You Bra Salon: This one\'s for the ladies','If it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.','inherit','open','open','','1319-revision-7','','','2010-08-18 18:28:02','2010-08-18 23:28:02','',1319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1319-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(1346,1,'2010-08-18 18:28:43','2010-08-18 23:28:43','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\r\n\r\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better is there to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\r\n\r\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00701/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\r\n\r\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\r\n\r\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00735/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\r\n\r\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\r\n\r\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00734/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat helps to make that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00695/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd a donut shop...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\r\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00737/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\r\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie and Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\r\n\r\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00710/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\r\n\r\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00723/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\r\n\r\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00708/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00700/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00731/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00732/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\r\n\r\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\r\n\r\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\r\n\r\nMen can only hope.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00730/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\r\n\r\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\r\n\r\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nWhere: 5952 S. Lewis Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 742-4548\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/\">www.truetoyoubras.com</a>','True To You Bra Salon: This one\'s for the ladies','If it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You Bra Salon is going to have it.','inherit','open','open','','1319-revision-8','','','2010-08-18 18:28:43','2010-08-18 23:28:43','',1319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1319-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(1347,1,'2010-08-18 18:28:43','2010-08-18 23:28:43','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\r\n\r\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better is there to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\r\n\r\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00701/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\r\n\r\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\r\n\r\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00735/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\r\n\r\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\r\n\r\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00734/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat helps to make that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00695/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd a donut shop...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\r\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00737/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\r\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie and Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\r\n\r\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00710/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\r\n\r\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00723/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\r\n\r\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00708/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00700/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00731/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00732/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\r\n\r\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\r\n\r\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\r\n\r\nMen can only hope.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00730/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\r\n\r\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\r\n\r\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nWhere: 5952 S. Lewis Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 742-4548\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/\">www.truetoyoubras.com</a>','True To You Bra Salon: This one\'s for the ladies','If it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You Bra Salon is going to have it.','inherit','open','open','','1319-revision-9','','','2010-08-18 18:28:43','2010-08-18 23:28:43','',1319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1319-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(1348,1,'2010-08-18 18:31:10','2010-08-18 23:31:10','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago I did something I\'ve never done before: A walked into a store to which I\'d never been, introduced myself to a woman I\'d never met, walked into a dressing room I\'d never seen and allowed said woman to measure my boobs.\r\n\r\nI\'m talking about my first trip to <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/index.php\">True to You Bra Salon</a>, in south Tulsa just north of 61st and Lewis.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1321\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00703/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1321\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00703.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEarlier this week I wrote about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">Clay\'s Barbershop</a>. Unless you\'re a woman who needs a little work done on your beard from time to time, your interest in that post was probably somewhat limited. What better to balance a mega-manly blog post than a post about naughty lingerie?\r\n\r\nI knew you\'d agree. And something tells me the guys might stick around for this one, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1322\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00701/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1322\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00701.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m a big, big fan of pretty underthings. Since I had my son, though, this love of cute undies has been the bane of my existence.\r\n\r\nOnce there was a time (read: the wonderful years of high school and college) when I could buy bras at Wal-Mart and Target that were not only made in eye-popping colors or covered in lace or some other girlie design, but that also could do the job they were made to do from the time I put them on until the time I took them off hours and hours later.\r\n\r\nThose days are, shall we say, gone forever. And ever.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1323\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00735/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00735.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, there\'s a time and a place for this sort of bra. But, not the times and places when you want to feel sexy. Or empowered. Or cuter than the mean girls from back in high school who just sauntered into your favorite bar and ordered a round of frozen tropical girlie drinks.\r\n\r\nYeah, we ladies who rank higher in the alphabet world need the support this kind of over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder can provide. But we also want to feel sexy. And empowered. And like we can walk right up to that bar, wink at those over-baked mean girls, shoot a shot of whiskey and pick up all their tabs.\r\n\r\nThe wonderful thing about a trip to True To You is that you don\'t have to spend hours sifting through what\'s on the racks, trying on dozens of styles in a sad attempt to find something sexy. And empowering. And something that works.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1324\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00734/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1324\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00734-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat helps to make that possible is the 30-minute bra makeover that\'s available at True To You. Here\'s how it works:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>You walk into the store, which is in the shopping center just north of 61st and Lewis (if you\'re traveling north, the center is on your left; if you\'re traveling south, the center is on your right). That it\'s next to a yarn shop...</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1325\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00695/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1325\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00695-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd a donut shop...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1326\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1326\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00697-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDefinitely helped me find the place. Because Lord knows yarn shops and Daylight Donuts are always on my radar.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Once you arrive, ask for Laurie or Sherry. Tell them that you saw this post about their shop on TashaDoesTulsa.com (I mean, you know, if you want to tell them that part) and that your bra wardrobe is in some serious need of a makeover.</li>\r\n	<li>You\'ll be escorted to the adorable fitting area.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1327\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00737/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1327\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00737-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1328\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1328\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00727.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? I told you. Adorable.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Laurie or Sherry will then bust out a bra fitting that could save your life. It\'s also a very, um, friendly time. Laurie helped me the day I was in, and while I normally would have been super-nervous to have some stranger running measuring tape all over an area normally reserved for traveling rock bands famous for their artful autographs (honey, if you\'re reading this, I\'m totally just kidding mostly), Laurie made me feel totally comfortable and at home. That they let you keep your old bra on the whole time helps, even if it looks like you pulled your old bra out of the Old Testament instead of your lingerie drawer that day. Not that I would know anything about this.</li>\r\n	<li>And ta-da! You\'re done. Odds are that you\'ll have a new bra size to memorize, especially if you\'ve never been fitted for a bra by a professional before. It\'s a liberating experience, I tell you. You\'ll want to shout your new bra size from the rooftops...of your mind.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nUnlike staff you might find at a big-box or mega-department store, Laurie and Shelly know what they carry in their salon. When they bring you a small, first-round selection of bras to try after your fitting, don\'t be surprised if they don\'t bring you bras in the new size they just made you commit to memory. They know exactly how each of the bras they carry fit, and since they just saw your boobs in almost all of their glory (you still had your old bra on, remember?), they have a pretty good idea of which bras will suit your build.\r\n\r\nThe bras Laurie brought me to try on were highly functional, yeah - I didn\'t know my girls could still do the things those bras made them do - but they were lovely, too. It was proof positive to me that the two can co-exist in the wonderful world of brassieres.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1329\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00710/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00710.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSorry, folks. I just didn\'t have the courage to model these for you. Guess I need to have a few more drinks before I head out on assignment next time.\r\n\r\nBy the way, that blue-and-flesh lacy thing up there? Totally pretty and feminine and surprisingly supportive. I was all, well, <em>hello</em>. Where have you ladies been my whole life? You\'re a little late, but thanks for finally showing up to the party. My husband sends his regards.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1330\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00723/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1330\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00723.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, this one isn\'t so pretty on the hanger (or flung over the back of a chair afternoon-delight style, as pictured), but it\'s gorgeous on.\r\n\r\nSo gorgeous, in fact, that I bought two. And I\'m gonna buy more.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00708/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00708.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI love that I\'m in my mid-twenties and that I still have full permission to wear little bows on my bras. Can I get a hear, hear?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00719/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00719.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdmittedly, you ladies who won all those perkiest breasts contests the boys in high school tried to keep secret but actually didn\'t really are going to have more choices in the sexy, less-is-more department. But still, the selection I found at True To You matched or beat the selection I\'ve found at any at big-box or department store. Plus, the service was unparalleled. The ladies there made me feel like I was the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\nAnd I love feeling like I\'m the only woman in the store.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00700/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00700.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue To You is a go-to place for bras, yeah, but that\'s not all they carry. Brides, you can grab your wedding day (and maybe even your wedding night) lingerie here.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00731/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1334\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00731-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMoms who find themselves in the eternal struggle to find a good nursing bra might want to stop in, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1335\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00732/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00732.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSound the trumpets! Spanx are in the hizouse!\r\n\r\nI love me some Spanx. They\'re comfy, they\'re durable and they make me look like a million bucks in what I like to call my TDT uniform (black I Heart Tulsa shirt with laceless Converse and jeans - <a href=\"http://andsosheblogs.com/tulsa/\">Carrisa over at And So She Blogs</a> doesn\'t recognize me unless I\'m wearing it).\r\n\r\nThey have their haters, but I\'m a big believer in shape wear, mostly because I\'m also a big believer in not walking around town with a wicked case of VPLS (Visible Panty Line Situation) or BFF (not Best Friends Forever, but instead Back Fat Fail). And yeah, Spanx are a little pricey, but they\'re 100-percent worth it. And who knows, maybe someday Sara Blakely will make Spanx for men.\r\n\r\nMen can only hope.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1336\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00730/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1336\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00730-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, moms-to-be. I order you to buy these right freaking now.\r\n\r\nAlong with my family, our dog and my hard drive, my pair of Power Mamas are on the list of things to grab in the event our house catches fire. I love them that much.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1320\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/true-to-you-bra-salon-for-the-ladies/dsc00702/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" title=\"True To You Bra Salon\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC00702.jpg\" alt=\"True To You Bra Salon\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, if it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You is going to have it.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re in the neighborhood, check it out. Just be sure to <a href=\"http://visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001uxu9h741ik3PkoVxEqmn2DFVsN_n3QGv\">sign up for the True To You e-mail newsletter</a> before you go. That way, if you see something you just can\'t live without, you can have it for $5 off.\r\n\r\n<strong>True To You Bra Salon</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm\r\nWhere: 5952 S. Lewis Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 742-4548\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.truetoyoubras.com/\">www.truetoyoubras.com</a>','True To You Bra Salon: This one\'s for the ladies','If it covers your ta-tas or your hiney, it\'s a pretty safe bet that True to You Bra Salon is going to have it.','inherit','open','open','','1319-revision-10','','','2010-08-18 18:31:10','2010-08-18 23:31:10','',1319,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1319-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(2180,1,'2010-09-21 00:02:47','2010-09-21 05:02:47','','3320749692_8c3dcd9961_b','','inherit','open','open','','3320749692_8c3dcd9961_b','','','2010-09-21 00:02:47','2010-09-21 05:02:47','',626,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/3320749692_8c3dcd9961_b.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2181,1,'2010-08-01 23:22:44','2010-08-02 04:22:44','<b>WE HAVE A WINNER!</b>//Your votes are in and Miss Tulsa Burger has been crowned, ladies and gentlemen. Let me tell you, she\'s a blushing beauty.<br /><br />Congrats, Miss Claud\'s! Wear the Miss Tulsa Burger crown proudly. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4651134411/\" title=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4651134411_b9fd893cbb.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Runners up include Miss Fat Guy\'s at 2nd and Miss Gatsby\'s at 3rd. You go, ladies!<br /><br />Thanks to everyone for voting, and be sure to <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">send in your photo nominations for the next Miss Tulsa Burger Pageant</a>!<br /><br />*cue music* There she is...Miss Tulsa Burger...<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3320749692/\" title=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3320749692_8c3dcd9961.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Did you know that <a href=\"http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/05/der-burger.html\">it\'s National Hamburger Day</a>? It\'s true.<br /><br />And did you know that one of the many areas in which Tulsans are experts is the world of burgers? That\'s true, too. In fact, <a href=\"http://www.joesburgersearch.com/Joes_Burger_Search/Blog/Blog.html\">there\'s a blog based right here in T-Town that\'s all about the burgers</a>. Plus, it\'s written by a guy named Joe. How could it not be awesome?<br /><br />To honor this most beefy of days, I thought it\'d be fun to dig through the TDT photo archives and host the first ever <b>Miss Tulsa Burger Pageant</b>, right here on TDT.<br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a>Swimsuit competition? We don\'t need no stinkin\' swimsuit competition. These burgers are au naturel, baby.<br /><br />Check out the contenders, then vote for your favorite at the bottom.<br /><br /><br /><b>Miss Claud\'s</b><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3320749692/\" title=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3320749692_8c3dcd9961.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Miss Arnold\'s</b><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4647740491/\" title=\"Arnold\'s Burger by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Arnold\'s Burger\" height=\"332\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4647740491_dbdf4688fd.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Miss Fat Guy\'s</b><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4508954656/\" title=\"Fat Guy\'s Burger Bar in Greenwood by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Fat Guy\'s Burger Bar in Greenwood\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2241/4508954656_65aae66f44.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Miss La Villa at Philbrook</b><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4648320982/\" title=\"La Villa Burger by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"La Villa Burger\" height=\"332\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4648320982_aacd0effdb.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Miss Gatsby\'s</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4180345748/\" title=\"Burger from Gatsby\'s Grill by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Burger from Gatsby\'s Grill\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/4180345748_9b94baf28e.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Miss Lola\'s</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4648377970/\" title=\"Lola\'s by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Lola\'s\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4648377970_23de6abcb1.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Miss Boulder Grill</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4438487382/\" title=\"The Boulder Grill by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Boulder Grill\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4438487382_cb84a9715f.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Miss Midtown Meats</b><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4443710727/\" title=\"MidTown Meats by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"MidTown Meats\" height=\"332\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/4443710727_06ef6f7864.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">So, who\'s the lucky lady? Vote here:&nbsp;</div></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: right; width: 170;\"><form action=\"http://www.free-website-polls.com/poll.php\" method=\"POST\"><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; width: 170px;\"><tbody><tr><td align=\"center\" colspan=\"2\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold;\">Who wins the first Miss Tulsa Burger Pageant?<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td><input id=\"answer234079\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234079\" /></td> <td width=\"100%\"><label for=\"answer234079\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">Miss Claud\'s</label></td></tr><tr><td><input id=\"answer234080\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234080\" /></td> <td width=\"100%\"><label for=\"answer234080\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">Miss Arnold\'s</label></td></tr><tr><td><input id=\"answer234081\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234081\" /></td> <td width=\"100%\"><label for=\"answer234081\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">Miss Fat Guy\'s</label></td></tr><tr><td><input id=\"answer234082\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234082\" /></td> <td width=\"100%\"><label for=\"answer234082\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">Miss La Villa</label></td></tr><tr><td><input id=\"answer234083\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234083\" /></td> <td width=\"100%\"><label for=\"answer234083\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">Miss Gatsby\'s</label></td></tr><tr><td><input id=\"answer234084\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234084\" /></td> <td width=\"100%\"><label for=\"answer234084\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">Miss Lola\'s</label></td></tr><tr><td><input id=\"answer234085\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234085\" /></td> <td width=\"100%\"><label for=\"answer234085\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">Miss Boulder Grill</label></td></tr><tr><td><input id=\"answer234086\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234086\" /></td> <td width=\"100%\"><label for=\"answer234086\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\">Miss Midtown Meats</label></td></tr><tr><td align=\"center\" colspan=\"2\"><br /><br /><input style=\"border: 1px #333333 solid;\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote\" /><br /><br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.free-website-polls.com/poll.php?show_poll=84363\" style=\"color: black; font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\">View Results</a><br /><input name=\"poll_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"84363\" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href=\"http://www.free-website-polls.com/\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 3px;\">Free poll from Free Website Polls</a></center></form></div><br />Don\'t see your favorite Miss Burger in the competition? While this contest isn\'t meant to be a comprehensive Tulsa burger smackdown, if a certain greasy lady has a special place in your heart, give her a shout out (or, better yet, a link to a hot profile pic) in the comments.','Miss Tulsa Burger Pageant','','inherit','open','open','','626-revision-2','','','2010-08-01 23:22:44','2010-08-02 04:22:44','',626,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/626-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3199,1,'2010-10-23 13:03:35','2010-10-23 18:03:35','','The Boston Deli Grill and Market','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1601-3','','','2010-10-23 13:03:35','2010-10-23 18:03:35','',3196,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16012.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3200,1,'2010-10-23 13:19:43','2010-10-23 18:19:43','','The Boston Grill and Market','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1627-3','','','2010-10-23 13:19:43','2010-10-23 18:19:43','',3196,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16272.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3197,1,'2010-10-23 12:55:01','2010-10-23 17:55:01','','The Boston Deli Grill and Market','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1652-2','','','2010-10-23 12:55:01','2010-10-23 17:55:01','',3196,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16521.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3198,1,'2010-10-23 13:01:12','2010-10-23 18:01:12','','The Boston Deli Grill and Market','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1598-2','','','2010-10-23 13:01:12','2010-10-23 18:01:12','',3196,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_15981.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4906,1,'2010-12-30 11:19:06','2010-12-30 16:19:06','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4908\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/black-eyed-peas-made-in-oklahoma/800px-black-eyed-pea/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4908\" title=\"Black Eyed Peas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/800px-Black-eyed-pea-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Black Eyed Peas\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou know what they say, don\'t you? That you\'re supposed to do everything you can to eat black eyed peas on New Years Day. It\'s supposed to bring good luck and good fortune in the coming year.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nI wouldn\'t know if this is true or not, mostly because I\'ve eaten my grandmother\'s black eye peas each and every year since I traded Enfamil for solid food.\r\n\r\nExcept for maybe the year I fell on my face on this playground in Missouri, broke my nose and bled all the way back to Tulsa. That was a bad year.\r\n\r\nGood thing for Missouri that it has a great craft beer scene. Otherwise I don\'t think I\'d be inclined to visit anymore.\r\n\r\nMake this year a lucky, face plant-free year. Make a pot of these Okie-tastic black-eyed peas, the recipe for which was floated to me from the nice folks over at the <a href=\"http://www.miocoalition.com/\">Made in Oklahoma Coalition</a>.\r\n\r\nBetween these and a rub of the jagged bridge of my nose that resulted from that fateful fall on a Missourian playground (no, really, if you see me around town, feel free to ask to touch my nose - it\'ll give you the gross-out shivers), you\'ll have good luck that\'s sure to last you until Jan. 1, 2011.\r\n<h2><strong>Bacon and Black Eyed Pea Soup</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>1 lb. JC Potter Hickory Smoked Bacon, diced</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped celery</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped onion</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped green pepper</li>\r\n	<li>2 cans (16 oz. each) black eyed peas, rinsed and drained</li>\r\n	<li>2 C low-sodium beef broth</li>\r\n	<li>1 can (14 ½ oz.) stewed tomatoes</li>\r\n	<li>1 can (14 ½ oz.) crushed tomatoes</li>\r\n	<li>1 t Worcestershire sauce</li>\r\n	<li>Freshly ground black pepper, to taste</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong> Instructions</strong>\r\nIn a large saucepan, cook bacon until crisp; using a slotted spoon, remove bacon and set aside. Remove all but 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings from pan; sauté celery, onion and green pepper until tender. Add all remaining ingredients, including bacon; heat through. Enjoy!\r\n\r\nServe with Shawnee Mills cornbread for a country soup feast. Yum, yum.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.wikipedia.com/\"><em>Image from Wikipedia</em></a>','Oklahoma Black Eyed Peas (with bacon, lots and lots of bacon)','Make this year a lucky year. Make a pot of these Okie-tastic black-eyed peas. ','publish','open','open','','black-eyed-peas-made-in-oklahoma','','','2010-12-30 11:21:24','2010-12-30 16:21:24','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=4906',0,'post','',4),(4907,1,'2010-12-30 11:14:27','2010-12-30 16:14:27','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4891\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-shootout-tulsa-kids-day-out/microcar/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4891\" title=\"Microcar\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/microcar.jpg\" alt=\"Microcar\" width=\"400\" height=\"260\" /></a>\n\nIs there a kid out there, even amongst the girliest of girlie girls, who doesn\'t enjoy a good race?\n\nI don\'t think so. That\'s why you, my dear parents, should grab a pen and your calendars and head to <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-tulsa-shootout\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a> for details on this week\'s Tulsa Kids Day Out event.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Kids Day Out: Tulsa Shootout','Is there a kid out there, even amongst the girliest of girlie girls, who doesn\'t enjoy a good race?','inherit','open','open','','4890-autosave','','','2010-12-30 11:14:27','2010-12-30 16:14:27','',4890,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4890-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4908,1,'2010-12-30 11:17:00','2010-12-30 16:17:00','','Black Eyed Peas','','inherit','open','open','','800px-black-eyed-pea','','','2010-12-30 11:17:00','2010-12-30 16:17:00','',4906,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/800px-Black-eyed-pea.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4909,1,'2010-12-30 11:18:52','2010-12-30 16:18:52','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4908\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4908\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4908\" title=\"Black Eyed Peas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/800px-Black-eyed-pea-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Black Eyed Peas\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\n\nYou know what they say, don\'t you? That you\'re supposed to do everything you can to eat black eyed peas on New Years Day. It\'s supposed to bring good luck and good fortune in the coming year.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\nI wouldn\'t know if this is true or not, mostly because I\'ve eaten my grandmother\'s black eye peas each and every year since I traded Enfamil for solid food.\n\nExcept for maybe the year I fell on my face on this playground in Missouri, broke my nose and bled all the way back to Tulsa. That was a bad year.\n\nGood thing for Missouri that it has a great craft beer scene. Otherwise I don\'t think I\'d be inclined to visit anymore.\n\nMake this year a lucky year. Make a pot of these Okie-tastic black-eyed peas, the recipe for which was floated to me from the nice folks over at the <a href=\"http://www.miocoalition.com/\">Made in Oklahoma Coalition</a>.\n\nBetween these and a rub of the jagged bridge of my nose that resulted from that fateful fall on a Missourian playground (no, really, if you see me around town, feel free to ask to touch my nose - it\'ll give you the gross-out shivers), you\'ll have good luck that\'s sure to last you until Jan. 1, 2011.\n<h2><strong>Bacon and Black Eyed Pea Soup</strong></h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>1 lb. 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','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision','','','2010-12-30 11:18:52','2010-12-30 16:18:52','',4906,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4906-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4910,1,'2010-12-30 11:19:06','2010-12-30 16:19:06','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4908\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4908\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4908\" title=\"Black Eyed Peas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/800px-Black-eyed-pea-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Black Eyed Peas\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou know what they say, don\'t you? That you\'re supposed to do everything you can to eat black eyed peas on New Years Day. 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Make a pot of these Okie-tastic black-eyed peas, the recipe for which was floated to me from the nice folks over at the <a href=\"http://www.miocoalition.com/\">Made in Oklahoma Coalition</a>.\r\n\r\nBetween these and a rub of the jagged bridge of my nose that resulted from that fateful fall on a Missourian playground (no, really, if you see me around town, feel free to ask to touch my nose - it\'ll give you the gross-out shivers), you\'ll have good luck that\'s sure to last you until Jan. 1, 2011.\r\n<h2><strong>Bacon and Black Eyed Pea Soup</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>1 lb. JC Potter Hickory Smoked Bacon, diced</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped celery</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped onion</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped green pepper</li>\r\n	<li>2 cans (16 oz. each) black eyed peas, rinsed and drained</li>\r\n	<li>2 C low-sodium beef broth</li>\r\n	<li>1 can (14 ½ oz.) stewed tomatoes</li>\r\n	<li>1 can (14 ½ oz.) crushed tomatoes</li>\r\n	<li>1 t Worcestershire sauce</li>\r\n	<li>Freshly ground black pepper, to taste</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong> Instructions</strong>\r\nIn a large saucepan, cook bacon until crisp; using a slotted spoon, remove bacon and set aside. Remove all but 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings from pan; sauté celery, onion and green pepper until tender. Add all remaining ingredients, including bacon; heat through. Enjoy!\r\n\r\nServe with Shawnee Mills cornbread for a country soup feast. 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Make a pot of these Okie-tastic black-eyed peas, the recipe for which was floated to me from the nice folks over at the <a href=\"http://www.miocoalition.com/\">Made in Oklahoma Coalition</a>.\r\n\r\nBetween these and a rub of the jagged bridge of my nose that resulted from that fateful fall on a Missourian playground (no, really, if you see me around town, feel free to ask to touch my nose - it\'ll give you the gross-out shivers), you\'ll have good luck that\'s sure to last you until Jan. 1, 2011.\r\n<h2><strong>Bacon and Black Eyed Pea Soup</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>1 lb. JC Potter Hickory Smoked Bacon, diced</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped celery</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped onion</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped green pepper</li>\r\n	<li>2 cans (16 oz. each) black eyed peas, rinsed and drained</li>\r\n	<li>2 C low-sodium beef broth</li>\r\n	<li>1 can (14 ½ oz.) stewed tomatoes</li>\r\n	<li>1 can (14 ½ oz.) crushed tomatoes</li>\r\n	<li>1 t Worcestershire sauce</li>\r\n	<li>Freshly ground black pepper, to taste</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong> Instructions</strong>\r\nIn a large saucepan, cook bacon until crisp; using a slotted spoon, remove bacon and set aside. Remove all but 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings from pan; sauté celery, onion and green pepper until tender. Add all remaining ingredients, including bacon; heat through. Enjoy!\r\n\r\nServe with Shawnee Mills cornbread for a country soup feast. 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','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision-3','','','2010-12-30 11:19:09','2010-12-30 16:19:09','',4906,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4906-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1356,1,'2010-08-19 10:58:17','2010-08-19 15:58:17','','DSC08136','','inherit','open','open','','dsc08136','','','2010-08-19 10:58:17','2010-08-19 15:58:17','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC08136.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2176,1,'2010-09-20 23:47:20','2010-09-21 04:47:20','','Harwelden Mansion','','inherit','open','open','','harwelden_mansion-_red-2','','','2010-09-20 23:47:20','2010-09-21 04:47:20','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Harwelden_Mansion-_red.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',2),(3196,1,'2010-10-23 14:43:40','2010-10-23 19:43:40','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3197\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1652-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3197\" title=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16521-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIdeas that come to mind when one thinks of a deli don\'t usually include chicken parmesan made in house, wine-braised beef brisket, pints of locally brewed beer or four-layer chocolate cake made from scratch.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3198\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1598-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3198\" title=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_15981-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut these dishes and drinks, along with the traditional soups and sandwiches that do come to mind at the mention of a deli, are exactly the ones you can expect at <a href=\"http://www.thebostondeli.com/\">The Boston Deli Grill and Market</a>, found on the northwest corner of 61st Street and Sheridan Road.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3199\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1601-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3199\" title=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16012-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEveryone knows that a girl\'s birthday isn\'t just a day. As a matter of course, I try to stretch my own birthday celebrations to last a week or more. And why not? It takes us an entire year to earn a birthday. Why not milk those suckers for all they\'re worth?\r\n\r\nThough I knew that later in the week I had waiting for me a birthday dinner with family, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/\">complete with a remake of the Barbie dress cake I had when I was four years old</a>, I still wanted to dine somewhere fancy on my actual birthday, which sadly fell in the middle of the week this year.\r\n\r\nThere\'s a buzz about The Boston Deli Grill in Tulsa\'s food circles as of late. The cafe hosted a <a href=\"http://www.marshallbrewingcompany.com/\">Marshall Brewing Company</a> beer dinner last month and according to some of the T-Town fooderati, it went over really, really well.\r\n\r\nThe chatter about how the deli served up unexpectedly gourmet fare grew louder. So when I was thinking of where I\'d like to have dinner with the two handsomest men I know on the evening I officially entered into my late twenties, one place came to mind.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3200\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1627-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3200\" title=\"The Boston Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16272-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3201\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1621-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3201\" title=\"The Boston Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16212.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Grill and Market\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3202\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1619-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3202\" title=\"The Boston Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16191-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3203\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1633-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3203\" title=\"The Boston Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16331-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt all started with a little cup of this: What the folks at The Boston Deli call white bean chili. Which is really more soup-like, actually, but warming and delightfully spicy nonetheless.\r\n\r\nThe soups are constantly different at The Boston Deli - the menu is, too, actually, and <a href=\"http://www.thebostondeli.com/MenuRegular.aspx\">it\'s reset at the beginning of each week</a> - but the white bean chili is a constant favorite.\r\n\r\nSpeaking of the menu, The Boston Deli Grill and Market is another Tulsa restaurant where several items available for order are made from ingredients procured from local sources. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/shop-eat-local-diagram/\">Which is so important to our health, our economy and our community</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3204\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1613-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3204\" title=\"The Boston Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16131-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOur little guy opted for this, which our waitress brought out before our meals.\r\n\r\nAnd as every parent knows, bringing kids\' meals out before the adults\' meals is almost always appreciated. Kids get pretty impatient when there\'s food around, you know, and toddlers are especially lacking in the ability to keep their feelings to themselves.\r\n\r\nIn other words? There is no such thing as an inside voice when a little belly is empty.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1625-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3205\" title=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16251-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"No, Dada - you get away from my grilled cheese now!\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3206\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1637-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3206\" title=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI, however, opted for this: Home made chicken parmesan, with house red sauce, angel hair pasta and just the right amount of cheese.\r\n\r\nIn a word? Yum. In three words? Yum, yum, yum. The sauce had a bright flavor and was full of texture, and the chicken was so tender that I didn\'t need a knife to eat it. The breading was light and crispy, too. This isn\'t the kind of chicken parmesan that will put you to sleep for 12 hours. It was filling, not overly so.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3207\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1641-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3207\" title=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16411.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy husband went with the wine-braised brisket with caramelized pearl onions and dried apricots, served on a bed of smashed potatoes and a side of roasted kale.\r\n\r\nAnd it\'s the only way I want to have brisket ever, ever again. It was one of the best meat-and-potatoes dishes I\'ve had. I loved the pairing of robust meatiness with the delicate, wine-soaked fruit, all on top of flaky potatoes, crisp potato skin and the bitter tenderness of slow-roasted kale.\r\n\r\nGolly.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3208\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1647-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3208\" title=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16471-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe had a hard time choosing what to have for dessert. But that\'s what happens when there are a dozen or more choices that range from cakes to tortes to pies.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/yet-more-about-pie/\">And you all know how I feel about pie</a>. But I felt that cake was more appropriate to cap off a birthday dinner.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1652-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3209\" title=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16522-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Chocolate Wall got the job done quite right.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3210\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1657-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3210\" title=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16571.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3211\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/boston-deli-grill-and-market/dsc_1658-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3211\" title=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16581-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Boston Deli Grill and Market\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe 61st and Sheridan intersection is an unsung foodie treasure here in Tulsa. There\'s The Boston Deli Grill and Market, <a href=\"http://www.gauchotulsa.com/\">Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tiamotulsa.com/\">Ti Amo</a> on the northwest corner, <a href=\"http://www.silverflamesteakhouse.com/\">Silver Flame Steakhouse</a> open again on the southwest corner, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/savoys-famous-cinnamon-rolls-boy-and/\">Savoy Restaurant</a> on the northeast corner and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/\">In the Raw on the Hill</a> on the southeast corner.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re hungry, this part of Tulsa offers quality and variety. And The Boston Deli Grill and Market is to thank for much of it.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Boston Deli Grill and Market</strong>\r\nWhere: 6231 E. 61st Street\r\nWhen: Monday, 11am-3pm; Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-3pm; 5-9pm\r\nCall: (918) 492-4745\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thebostondeli.com/\">TheBostonDeli.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/630153/restaurant/Woodland-Hills-71st-Street-Corridor/Boston-Deli-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/630153/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Boston Deli on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','The Boston Deli Grill and Market','Ideas that come to mind when one thinks of a deli don\'t usually include chicken parmesan made in house, wine-braised beef brisket or five-layer chocolate cake made from scratch. \r\n','publish','open','open','','boston-deli-grill-and-market','','http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/anns-bakery-barbie-dress-cake/\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/shop-eat-local-diagram/\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/yet-more-about-pie/\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/07/savoys-famous-cinnamon-rolls-boy-and/','2010-10-23 15:18:58','2010-10-23 20:18:58','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=3196',0,'post','',1),(2179,1,'2010-09-21 00:01:28','2010-09-21 05:01:28','<strong>WE HAVE A WINNER!</strong>//Your votes are in and Miss Tulsa Burger has been crowned, ladies and gentlemen. Let me tell you, she\'s a blushing beauty.\n\nCongrats, Miss Claud\'s! Wear the Miss Tulsa Burger crown proudly.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4651134411/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4651134411_b9fd893cbb.jpg\" alt=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nRunners up include Miss Fat Guy\'s at 2nd and Miss Gatsby\'s at 3rd. You go, ladies!\n\nThanks to everyone for voting, and be sure to <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">send in your photo nominations for the next Miss Tulsa Burger Pageant</a>!\n\n*cue music* There she is...Miss Tulsa Burger...\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3320749692/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3320749692_8c3dcd9961.jpg\" alt=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nDid you know that <a href=\"http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/05/der-burger.html\">it\'s National Hamburger Day</a>? It\'s true.\n\nAnd did you know that one of the many areas in which Tulsans are experts is the world of burgers? That\'s true, too. In fact, <a href=\"http://www.joesburgersearch.com/Joes_Burger_Search/Blog/Blog.html\">there\'s a blog based right here in T-Town that\'s all about the burgers</a>. Plus, it\'s written by a guy named Joe. How could it not be awesome?\n\nTo honor this most beefy of days, I thought it\'d be fun to dig through the TDT photo archives and host the first ever <strong>Miss Tulsa Burger Pageant</strong>, right here on TDT.\n\n<a name=\"more\"></a>Swimsuit competition? We don\'t need no stinkin\' swimsuit competition. These burgers are au naturel, baby.\n\nCheck out the contenders, then vote for your favorite at the bottom.\n\n<strong>Miss Claud\'s</strong>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3320749692/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3320749692_8c3dcd9961.jpg\" alt=\"Claud\'s Hamburgers\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n<strong>\n</strong>\n<strong>Miss Arnold\'s</strong>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Arnold\'s Burger by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4647740491/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4647740491_dbdf4688fd.jpg\" alt=\"Arnold\'s Burger\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a></div>\n<strong>\n</strong>\n<strong>Miss Fat Guy\'s</strong>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Fat Guy\'s Burger Bar in Greenwood by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4508954656/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2241/4508954656_65aae66f44.jpg\" alt=\"Fat Guy\'s Burger Bar in Greenwood\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n<strong>\n</strong>\n<strong>Miss La Villa at Philbrook</strong>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"La Villa Burger by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4648320982/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4648320982_aacd0effdb.jpg\" alt=\"La Villa Burger\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a></div>\n<strong>\n</strong>\n<strong>Miss Gatsby\'s</strong>\n<strong>\n</strong>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Burger from Gatsby\'s Grill by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4180345748/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/4180345748_9b94baf28e.jpg\" alt=\"Burger from Gatsby\'s Grill\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n<strong>\n</strong>\n<strong>Miss Lola\'s</strong>\n<strong>\n</strong>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Lola\'s by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4648377970/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4648377970_23de6abcb1.jpg\" alt=\"Lola\'s\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n<strong>\n</strong>\n<strong>Miss Boulder Grill</strong>\n<strong>\n</strong>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Boulder Grill by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4438487382/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4438487382_cb84a9715f.jpg\" alt=\"The Boulder Grill\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n<strong>\n</strong>\n<strong>Miss Midtown Meats</strong>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"MidTown Meats by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4443710727/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/4443710727_06ef6f7864.jpg\" alt=\"MidTown Meats\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">So, who\'s the lucky lady? Vote here:</div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right; width: 170;\"><form action=\"http://www.free-website-polls.com/poll.php\" method=\"POST\">\n<table style=\"width: 170px; border: 1px solid #333333;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold;\" colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\">Who wins the first Miss Tulsa Burger Pageant?</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input id=\"answer234079\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234079\" /></td>\n<td width=\"100%\"><label style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\" for=\"answer234079\">Miss Claud\'s</label></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input id=\"answer234080\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234080\" /></td>\n<td width=\"100%\"><label style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\" for=\"answer234080\">Miss Arnold\'s</label></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input id=\"answer234081\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234081\" /></td>\n<td width=\"100%\"><label style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\" for=\"answer234081\">Miss Fat Guy\'s</label></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input id=\"answer234082\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234082\" /></td>\n<td width=\"100%\"><label style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\" for=\"answer234082\">Miss La Villa</label></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input id=\"answer234083\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234083\" /></td>\n<td width=\"100%\"><label style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\" for=\"answer234083\">Miss Gatsby\'s</label></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input id=\"answer234084\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234084\" /></td>\n<td width=\"100%\"><label style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\" for=\"answer234084\">Miss Lola\'s</label></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input id=\"answer234085\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234085\" /></td>\n<td width=\"100%\"><label style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\" for=\"answer234085\">Miss Boulder Grill</label></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input id=\"answer234086\" name=\"answer[]\" type=\"radio\" value=\"234086\" /></td>\n<td width=\"100%\"><label style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana;\" for=\"answer234086\">Miss Midtown Meats</label></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><input style=\"border: 1px #333333 solid;\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote\" /><a style=\"color: black; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http://www.free-website-polls.com/poll.php?show_poll=84363\" target=\"_blank\">View Results</a>\n<input name=\"poll_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"84363\" /></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<a style=\"display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 3px;\" href=\"http://www.free-website-polls.com/\">Free poll from Free Website Polls</a></form></div>\nDon\'t see your favorite Miss Burger in the competition? While this contest isn\'t meant to be a comprehensive Tulsa burger smackdown, if a certain greasy lady has a special place in your heart, give her a shout out (or, better yet, a link to a hot profile pic) in the comments.','Miss Tulsa Burger Pageant','Did you know that one of the many areas in which Tulsans are experts is the world of burgers? It\'s true.','inherit','open','open','','626-autosave','','','2010-09-21 00:01:28','2010-09-21 05:01:28','',626,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/626-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1358,1,'2010-08-19 11:20:55','2010-08-19 16:20:55','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1359\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tallgrass-prairie-preserve-erin-sees-tulsa/4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1359\" title=\"Tallgrass Prairie Nature Preserve\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z-500x335.jpg\" alt=\"Woolaroc\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBuffalo?  Where in the world did you see buffalo?  And so many?  And how were you so close?\r\n\r\nThese are the questions that rain down on me anytime someone sees these photos.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969856/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh dear, sweet friends. All you have to do is get in your car and drive about an hour north of Tulsa to <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallgrass_Prairie_Preserve\">Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Osage County</a>.\r\n\r\nIt will be a mini-road trip of epic proportions. I guarantee it.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752971342/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4752971342_a1edfb363f.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"429\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou will be driving along, soaking in the scenery around you (or, as some might call it, heaven), when all of a sudden you will turn a curve and see this:\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329457/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4752329457_398e772ab1.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s all the buffalo your little heart can handle. I\'m fairly certain I shrieked.\r\n\r\nI invite you to go on this journey with me, right now, but my hope is that you too will explore this slice of wonderfulness that is only a car ride away.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752330059/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4752330059_ca97d4d19a_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329899/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4752329899_e4a3dc627d_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329457/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4752329457_398e772ab1.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752971000/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4752971000_fa636fba72_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752970534/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4752970534_c8cf0027b1_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329129/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4752329129_5f8c01daac_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969856/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752328639/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4752328639_55b22be943_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969234/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4752969234_fd6067a209_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"410\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4718931021/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4718931021_9fd0576561_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969406/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4752969406_39c2cef84d_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. You complete me.','Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: Erin Sees Tulsa','Oh, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. You complete me, and you\'re only a mini-road trip away from Tulsa.','publish','open','open','','tallgrass-prairie-preserve-erin-sees-tulsa','','','2010-08-19 11:20:55','2010-08-19 16:20:55','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=1358',0,'post','',5),(1359,1,'2010-08-19 11:06:13','2010-08-19 16:06:13','','Tallgrass Prairie Nature Preserve','','inherit','open','open','','4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z','','','2010-08-19 11:06:13','2010-08-19 16:06:13','',1358,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1360,1,'2010-08-19 11:20:49','2010-08-19 16:20:49','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1359\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1359\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1359\" title=\"Tallgrass Prairie Nature Preserve\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z-500x335.jpg\" alt=\"Woolaroc\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\n\nBuffalo?  Where in the world did you see buffalo?  And so many?  And how were you so close?\n\nThese are the questions that rain down on me anytime someone sees these photos.\n\n<!--more--><a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969856/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\nOh dear, sweet friends. All you have to do is get in your car and drive about an hour north of Tulsa to <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallgrass_Prairie_Preserve\">Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Osage County</a>.\n\nIt will be a mini-road trip of epic proportions. I guarantee it.\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752971342/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4752971342_a1edfb363f.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"429\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nYou will be driving along, soaking in the scenery around you (or, as some might call it, heaven), when all of a sudden you will turn a curve and see this:\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329457/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4752329457_398e772ab1.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\nIt\'s all the buffalo your little heart can handle. I\'m fairly certain I shrieked.\n\nI invite you to go on this journey with me, right now, but my hope is that you too will explore this slice of wonderfulness that is only a car ride away.\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752330059/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4752330059_ca97d4d19a_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329899/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4752329899_e4a3dc627d_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329457/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4752329457_398e772ab1.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752971000/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4752971000_fa636fba72_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752970534/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4752970534_c8cf0027b1_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329129/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4752329129_5f8c01daac_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969856/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752328639/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4752328639_55b22be943_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969234/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4752969234_fd6067a209_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"410\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"buffalo by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4718931021/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4718931021_9fd0576561_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969406/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4752969406_39c2cef84d_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\n\nOh, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. You complete me.','Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: Erin Sees Tulsa','Oh, Tallgrass Prairie Nature Preserve. You complete me, and you\'re only a mini-road trip away from Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','1358-revision','','','2010-08-19 11:20:49','2010-08-19 16:20:49','',1358,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1358-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1361,1,'2010-08-19 11:20:55','2010-08-19 16:20:55','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1359\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1359\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1359\" title=\"Tallgrass Prairie Nature Preserve\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z-500x335.jpg\" alt=\"Woolaroc\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBuffalo?  Where in the world did you see buffalo?  And so many?  And how were you so close?\r\n\r\nThese are the questions that rain down on me anytime someone sees these photos.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969856/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh dear, sweet friends. All you have to do is get in your car and drive about an hour north of Tulsa to <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallgrass_Prairie_Preserve\">Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Osage County</a>.\r\n\r\nIt will be a mini-road trip of epic proportions. I guarantee it.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752971342/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4752971342_a1edfb363f.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"429\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou will be driving along, soaking in the scenery around you (or, as some might call it, heaven), when all of a sudden you will turn a curve and see this:\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329457/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4752329457_398e772ab1.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s all the buffalo your little heart can handle. I\'m fairly certain I shrieked.\r\n\r\nI invite you to go on this journey with me, right now, but my hope is that you too will explore this slice of wonderfulness that is only a car ride away.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752330059/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4752330059_ca97d4d19a_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329899/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4752329899_e4a3dc627d_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329457/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4752329457_398e772ab1.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752971000/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4752971000_fa636fba72_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752970534/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4752970534_c8cf0027b1_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752329129/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4752329129_5f8c01daac_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969856/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4752969856_0006b6e2d9_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752328639/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4752328639_55b22be943_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969234/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4752969234_fd6067a209_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"410\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4718931021/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4718931021_9fd0576561_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"buffalo road trip by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4752969406/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4752969406_39c2cef84d_z.jpg\" alt=\"buffalo road trip\" width=\"512\" height=\"343\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. You complete me.','Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: Erin Sees Tulsa','Oh, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. You complete me, and you\'re only a mini-road trip away from Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','1358-revision-2','','','2010-08-19 11:20:55','2010-08-19 16:20:55','',1358,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1358-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1363,1,'2010-08-19 23:47:36','2010-08-20 04:47:36','Photography by Doug Jantz Photography.','Brookside Music Crawl','','inherit','open','open','','picture-1','','','2010-08-19 23:47:36','2010-08-20 04:47:36','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(1364,1,'2010-08-19 23:55:02','2010-08-20 04:55:02','','Full Moon Walk at Oxley Nature Center','','inherit','open','open','','24837_375541840892_87947990892_3701294_7246552_n','','','2010-08-19 23:55:02','2010-08-20 04:55:02','',6012,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/24837_375541840892_87947990892_3701294_7246552_n.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1367,1,'2010-08-20 00:01:57','2010-08-20 05:01:57','','Brewburger','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0612','','','2010-08-20 00:01:57','2010-08-20 05:01:57','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0612.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1377,1,'2010-08-21 10:00:40','2010-08-21 15:00:40','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1378\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-taco-stands/picture-1-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1378\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"489\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from Kate, a native Tulsan who took to the streets to find the answer to what we\'ve all been wondering: What are these taco stands all about, anyway? What should we order? And is the food as good as everyone says it is? Today, Kate tells all.</em>\r\n\r\nI\'m Kate, and I have an addiction to Mexican food. It started many years ago when I had my first plate of fajitas at <a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/631316/restaurant/East-Tulsa/Speedy-Gonzalez-Grill-Tulsa\">Speedy Gonzalez</a>. It is an addiction that I feed at least once a week.\r\n\r\nThis summer I decided to take my addiction a step further: I ate at as many taco stands around town as I could. Here are three of my faves.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->First up, I hit the taco stand at 21st and Garnett, in the parking lot of the TCC extension center. I spent a good 10 minutes staring at the menu, smelling the spices and hearing a classic George Strait song on the radio in the truck, just trying to decide what to get.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1378\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-taco-stands/picture-1-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1378\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"489\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIn the end I settled for chicken nachos, which I know are better known as ballpark food than Mexican food, but it jumped out at me on the menu so I got it.\r\n\r\nAnd it was delicious.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1379\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-taco-stands/picture-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1379\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-2-500x360.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe chips were the run-of-the-mill chips you get any place you order nachos, but the chicken was really well seasoned and grilled with jalapenos. All in all it was really good, and the size of the serving was so big I couldn\'t finish.\r\n\r\nNext up was the taco stand at 21st and Sheridan, right across from QuikTrip and next to a produce stand - a great one, by the way.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1380\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-taco-stands/picture-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1380\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-3-500x339.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis time I opted for a chicken burrito, and they gave me one of the largest burritos I\'ve ever seen. Seriously, look at this thing:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1381\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-taco-stands/picture-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1381\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-4-500x320.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s full to the brim with seasoned grilled chicken, pico de gallo, lettuce and tomatoes. I immediately broke it open and went to town eating it. I\'m not a fan of pico de gallo, but I really liked the burrito. It was a little dry, but the flavors made up for that, and again, I couldn\'t finish the whole thing.\r\n\r\nNext was the taco stand at 11th and Garnett, in the parking lot of a gas station. I found it when I took a random detour down Garnett.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1382\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-taco-stands/picture-6/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1382\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-6.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis stand had a $6 special: Platos de pollo con arroz. Even in my limited Spanish I knew that was chicken and rice, with which you can never go wrong, and this time was no exception. I could smell the deliciousness as soon as I grabbed the to-go container. I opened it to see this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1383\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-taco-stands/picture-7/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1383\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-7-500x360.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s two whole seasoned and grilled chicken breasts, bones and all. I\'m really weird about eating meat off the bone, but I persevered. I grabbed a knife and fork, got busy pulling the meat off the bones and made some truly scrumptious fajitas.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1384\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-taco-stands/picture-8/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1384\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-8-500x336.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s spicy seasoned chicken with rice, beans and white corn tortillas. It was a little dry, which I solved by throwing on some of my favorite condiment, sour cream, from home. The fajitas were, seriously, as good as anything I\'ve had at a restaurant before.\r\n\r\nBut don\'t take my word for it. There are taco stands all over Tulsa. Grab some cash and your appetite and stop at the next one you see. You won\'t be disappointed.\r\n\r\n<em>Kate (<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/KateSpencer1\">@KateSpencer1</a>) is a journalist and native Tulsan. She is known for her sarcasm and spoiling her dogs, and she has a penchant for pop culture and a head full of useless knowledge.</em>','Tulsa Taco Stands','There are taco stands all over Tulsa. Grab some cash and your appetite and stop at the next one you see. 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What should we order? And is the food as good as everyone says it is? Today, Kate tells all.</em>\n\nI\'m Kate, and I have an addiction to Mexican food. It started many years ago when I had my first plate of fajitas at <a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/631316/restaurant/East-Tulsa/Speedy-Gonzalez-Grill-Tulsa\">Speedy Gonzalez</a>. It is an addiction that I feed at least once a week.\n\nThis summer I decided to take my addiction a step further: I ate at as many taco stands around town as I could. Here are three of my faves.\n\n<!--more-->First up, I hit the taco stand at 21st and Garnett, in the parking lot of the TCC extension center. I spent a good 10 minutes staring at the menu, smelling the spices and hearing a classic George Strait song on the radio in the truck, just trying to decide what to get.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1378\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1378\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1378\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"489\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nIn the end I settled for chicken nachos, which I know are better known as ballpark food than Mexican food, but it jumped out at me on the menu so I got it.\n\nAnd it was delicious.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1379\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1379\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1379\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-2-500x360.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" /></a>\n\nThe chips were the run-of-the-mill chips you get any place you order nachos, but the chicken was really well seasoned and grilled with jalapenos. All in all it was really good, and the size of the serving was so big I couldn\'t finish.\n\nNext up was the taco stand at 21st and Sheridan, right across from QuikTrip and next to a produce stand - a great one, by the way.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1380\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1380\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1380\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-3-500x339.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" /></a>\n\nThis time I opted for a chicken burrito, and they gave me one of the largest burritos I\'ve ever seen. Seriously, look at this thing:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1381\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1381\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1381\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-4-500x320.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" /></a>\n\nIt\'s full to the brim with seasoned grilled chicken, pico de gallo, lettuce and tomatoes. I immediately broke it open and went to town eating it. I\'m not a fan of pico de gallo, but I really liked the burrito. It was a little dry, but the flavors made up for that, and again, I couldn\'t finish the whole thing.\n\nNext was the taco stand at 11th and Garnett, in the parking lot of a gas station. I found it when I took a random detour down Garnett.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1382\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1382\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1382\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-6.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThis stand had a $6 special: Platos de pollo con arroz. Even in my limited Spanish I knew that was chicken and rice, with which you can never go wrong, and this time was no exception. I could smell the deliciousness as soon as I grabbed the to-go container. I opened it to see this:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1383\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1383\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1383\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-7-500x360.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" /></a>\n\nThat\'s two whole seasoned and grilled chicken breasts, bones and all. I\'m really weird about eating meat off the bone, but I persevered. I grabbed a knife and fork, got busy pulling the meat off the bones and made some truly scrumptious fajitas.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1384\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1384\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1384\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-8-500x336.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" /></a>\n\nThat\'s spicy seasoned chicken with rice, beans and white corn tortillas. It was a little dry, which I solved by throwing on some of my favorite condiment, sour cream, from home. The fajitas were, seriously, as good as anything I\'ve had at a restaurant before.\n\nBut don\'t take my word for it. There are taco stands all over Tulsa. Grab some cash and your appetite and stop at the next one you see. You won\'t be disappointed.\n\n<em>Kate (<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/KateSpencer1\">@KateSpencer1</a>) is a journalist and native Tulsan. She is known for her sarcasm and spoiling her dogs, and she has a penchant for pop culture and a head full of useless knowledge.</em>','Tulsa Taco Stands','There are taco stands all over Tulsa. Grab some cash and your appetite and stop at the next one you see. You won\'t be disappointed.','inherit','open','open','','1377-revision','','','2010-08-20 17:12:12','2010-08-20 22:12:12','',1377,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1377-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1386,1,'2010-08-20 17:13:01','2010-08-20 22:13:01','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1378\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1378\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1378\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"489\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from Kate, a native Tulsan who took to the streets to find the answer to what we\'ve all been wondering: What are these taco stands all about, anyway? What should we order? And is the food as good as everyone says it is? Today, Kate tells all.</em>\r\n\r\nI\'m Kate, and I have an addiction to Mexican food. It started many years ago when I had my first plate of fajitas at <a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/631316/restaurant/East-Tulsa/Speedy-Gonzalez-Grill-Tulsa\">Speedy Gonzalez</a>. It is an addiction that I feed at least once a week.\r\n\r\nThis summer I decided to take my addiction a step further: I ate at as many taco stands around town as I could. Here are three of my faves.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->First up, I hit the taco stand at 21st and Garnett, in the parking lot of the TCC extension center. I spent a good 10 minutes staring at the menu, smelling the spices and hearing a classic George Strait song on the radio in the truck, just trying to decide what to get.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1378\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1378\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1378\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"489\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIn the end I settled for chicken nachos, which I know are better known as ballpark food than Mexican food, but it jumped out at me on the menu so I got it.\r\n\r\nAnd it was delicious.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1379\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1379\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1379\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-2-500x360.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe chips were the run-of-the-mill chips you get any place you order nachos, but the chicken was really well seasoned and grilled with jalapenos. All in all it was really good, and the size of the serving was so big I couldn\'t finish.\r\n\r\nNext up was the taco stand at 21st and Sheridan, right across from QuikTrip and next to a produce stand - a great one, by the way.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1380\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1380\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1380\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-3-500x339.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis time I opted for a chicken burrito, and they gave me one of the largest burritos I\'ve ever seen. Seriously, look at this thing:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1381\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1381\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1381\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-4-500x320.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s full to the brim with seasoned grilled chicken, pico de gallo, lettuce and tomatoes. I immediately broke it open and went to town eating it. I\'m not a fan of pico de gallo, but I really liked the burrito. It was a little dry, but the flavors made up for that, and again, I couldn\'t finish the whole thing.\r\n\r\nNext was the taco stand at 11th and Garnett, in the parking lot of a gas station. I found it when I took a random detour down Garnett.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1382\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1382\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1382\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-6.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis stand had a $6 special: Platos de pollo con arroz. Even in my limited Spanish I knew that was chicken and rice, with which you can never go wrong, and this time was no exception. I could smell the deliciousness as soon as I grabbed the to-go container. I opened it to see this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1383\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1383\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1383\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-7-500x360.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s two whole seasoned and grilled chicken breasts, bones and all. I\'m really weird about eating meat off the bone, but I persevered. I grabbed a knife and fork, got busy pulling the meat off the bones and made some truly scrumptious fajitas.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1384\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1384\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1384\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-8-500x336.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s spicy seasoned chicken with rice, beans and white corn tortillas. It was a little dry, which I solved by throwing on some of my favorite condiment, sour cream, from home. The fajitas were, seriously, as good as anything I\'ve had at a restaurant before.\r\n\r\nBut don\'t take my word for it. There are taco stands all over Tulsa. Grab some cash and your appetite and stop at the next one you see. You won\'t be disappointed.\r\n\r\n<em>Kate (<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/KateSpencer1\">@KateSpencer1</a>) is a journalist and native Tulsan. She is known for her sarcasm and spoiling her dogs, and she has a penchant for pop culture and a head full of useless knowledge.</em>','Tulsa Taco Stands','There are taco stands all over Tulsa. Grab some cash and your appetite and stop at the next one you see. You won\'t be disappointed.','inherit','open','open','','1377-revision-2','','','2010-08-20 17:13:01','2010-08-20 22:13:01','',1377,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1377-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1387,1,'2010-08-20 17:13:01','2010-08-20 22:13:01','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1378\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1378\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1378\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"489\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from Kate, a native Tulsan who took to the streets to find the answer to what we\'ve all been wondering: What are these taco stands all about, anyway? What should we order? And is the food as good as everyone says it is? Today, Kate tells all.</em>\r\n\r\nI\'m Kate, and I have an addiction to Mexican food. It started many years ago when I had my first plate of fajitas at <a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/631316/restaurant/East-Tulsa/Speedy-Gonzalez-Grill-Tulsa\">Speedy Gonzalez</a>. It is an addiction that I feed at least once a week.\r\n\r\nThis summer I decided to take my addiction a step further: I ate at as many taco stands around town as I could. Here are three of my faves.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->First up, I hit the taco stand at 21st and Garnett, in the parking lot of the TCC extension center. I spent a good 10 minutes staring at the menu, smelling the spices and hearing a classic George Strait song on the radio in the truck, just trying to decide what to get.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1378\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1378\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1378\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"489\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIn the end I settled for chicken nachos, which I know are better known as ballpark food than Mexican food, but it jumped out at me on the menu so I got it.\r\n\r\nAnd it was delicious.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1379\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1379\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1379\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-2-500x360.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe chips were the run-of-the-mill chips you get any place you order nachos, but the chicken was really well seasoned and grilled with jalapenos. All in all it was really good, and the size of the serving was so big I couldn\'t finish.\r\n\r\nNext up was the taco stand at 21st and Sheridan, right across from QuikTrip and next to a produce stand - a great one, by the way.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1380\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1380\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1380\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-3-500x339.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis time I opted for a chicken burrito, and they gave me one of the largest burritos I\'ve ever seen. Seriously, look at this thing:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1381\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1381\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1381\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-4-500x320.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s full to the brim with seasoned grilled chicken, pico de gallo, lettuce and tomatoes. I immediately broke it open and went to town eating it. I\'m not a fan of pico de gallo, but I really liked the burrito. It was a little dry, but the flavors made up for that, and again, I couldn\'t finish the whole thing.\r\n\r\nNext was the taco stand at 11th and Garnett, in the parking lot of a gas station. I found it when I took a random detour down Garnett.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1382\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1382\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1382\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-6.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis stand had a $6 special: Platos de pollo con arroz. Even in my limited Spanish I knew that was chicken and rice, with which you can never go wrong, and this time was no exception. I could smell the deliciousness as soon as I grabbed the to-go container. I opened it to see this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1383\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1383\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1383\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-7-500x360.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s two whole seasoned and grilled chicken breasts, bones and all. I\'m really weird about eating meat off the bone, but I persevered. I grabbed a knife and fork, got busy pulling the meat off the bones and made some truly scrumptious fajitas.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1384\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1384\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1384\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-8-500x336.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s spicy seasoned chicken with rice, beans and white corn tortillas. It was a little dry, which I solved by throwing on some of my favorite condiment, sour cream, from home. The fajitas were, seriously, as good as anything I\'ve had at a restaurant before.\r\n\r\nBut don\'t take my word for it. There are taco stands all over Tulsa. Grab some cash and your appetite and stop at the next one you see. You won\'t be disappointed.\r\n\r\n<em>Kate (<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/KateSpencer1\">@KateSpencer1</a>) is a journalist and native Tulsan. She is known for her sarcasm and spoiling her dogs, and she has a penchant for pop culture and a head full of useless knowledge.</em>','Tulsa Taco Stands','There are taco stands all over Tulsa. Grab some cash and your appetite and stop at the next one you see. You won\'t be disappointed.','inherit','open','open','','1377-revision-3','','','2010-08-20 17:13:01','2010-08-20 22:13:01','',1377,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1377-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1388,1,'2010-08-21 11:09:30','2010-08-21 16:09:30','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1378\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1378\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1378\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"489\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from Kate, a native Tulsan who took to the streets to find the answer to what we\'ve all been wondering: What are these taco stands all about, anyway? What should we order? And is the food as good as everyone says it is? Today, Kate tells all.</em>\r\n\r\nI\'m Kate, and I have an addiction to Mexican food. It started many years ago when I had my first plate of fajitas at <a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/631316/restaurant/East-Tulsa/Speedy-Gonzalez-Grill-Tulsa\">Speedy Gonzalez</a>. It is an addiction that I feed at least once a week.\r\n\r\nThis summer I decided to take my addiction a step further: I ate at as many taco stands around town as I could. Here are three of my faves.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->First up, I hit the taco stand at 21st and Garnett, in the parking lot of the TCC extension center. I spent a good 10 minutes staring at the menu, smelling the spices and hearing a classic George Strait song on the radio in the truck, just trying to decide what to get.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1378\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1378\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1378\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"489\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIn the end I settled for chicken nachos, which I know are better known as ballpark food than Mexican food, but it jumped out at me on the menu so I got it.\r\n\r\nAnd it was delicious.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1379\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1379\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1379\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-2-500x360.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe chips were the run-of-the-mill chips you get any place you order nachos, but the chicken was really well seasoned and grilled with jalapenos. All in all it was really good, and the size of the serving was so big I couldn\'t finish.\r\n\r\nNext up was the taco stand at 21st and Sheridan, right across from QuikTrip and next to a produce stand - a great one, by the way.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1380\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1380\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1380\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-3-500x339.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis time I opted for a chicken burrito, and they gave me one of the largest burritos I\'ve ever seen. Seriously, look at this thing:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1381\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1381\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1381\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-4-500x320.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s full to the brim with seasoned grilled chicken, pico de gallo, lettuce and tomatoes. I immediately broke it open and went to town eating it. I\'m not a fan of pico de gallo, but I really liked the burrito. It was a little dry, but the flavors made up for that, and again, I couldn\'t finish the whole thing.\r\n\r\nNext was the taco stand at 11th and Garnett, in the parking lot of a gas station. I found it when I took a random detour down Garnett.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1382\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1382\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1382\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-6.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis stand had a $6 special: Platos de pollo con arroz. Even in my limited Spanish I knew that was chicken and rice, with which you can never go wrong, and this time was no exception. I could smell the deliciousness as soon as I grabbed the to-go container. I opened it to see this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1383\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1383\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1383\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-7-500x360.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s two whole seasoned and grilled chicken breasts, bones and all. I\'m really weird about eating meat off the bone, but I persevered. I grabbed a knife and fork, got busy pulling the meat off the bones and made some truly scrumptious fajitas.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1384\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1384\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1384\" title=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Picture-8-500x336.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Taco Stands by Kate\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s spicy seasoned chicken with rice, beans and white corn tortillas. It was a little dry, which I solved by throwing on some of my favorite condiment, sour cream, from home. The fajitas were, seriously, as good as anything I\'ve had at a restaurant before.\r\n\r\nBut don\'t take my word for it. There are taco stands all over Tulsa. Grab some cash and your appetite and stop at the next one you see. You won\'t be disappointed.\r\n\r\n<em>Kate (<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/KateSpencer1\">@KateSpencer1</a>) is a journalist and native Tulsan. She is known for her sarcasm and spoiling her dogs, and she has a penchant for pop culture and a head full of useless knowledge.</em>','Tulsa Taco Stands','There are taco stands all over Tulsa. Grab some cash and your appetite and stop at the next one you see. You won\'t be disappointed.','inherit','open','open','','1377-revision-4','','','2010-08-21 11:09:30','2010-08-21 16:09:30','',1377,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1377-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(2237,1,'2010-09-23 12:31:02','2010-09-23 17:31:02','The date you\'ve been waiting for, Tulsa bloggers, has now been set: The next <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/01/calling-all-tulsa-bloggers/\">Tulsa Blogger Meetup</a> is officially scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 6:30pm.\r\n\r\nOur meeting place this go-\'round? <a href=\"http://www.compadresgrill.com/\">Compadres Mexican Grill</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/compadres-taco-eating-contest/45161_437668842912_85786297912_5060862_3781698_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1828\" title=\"Compadres Taco Eating Contest from Compadres Facebook\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/45161_437668842912_85786297912_5060862_3781698_n.jpg\" alt=\"Compadres Taco Eating Contest from Compadres Facebook\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhere I promise not to <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/compadres-taco-eating-contest/\">attempt to eat ten tacos in five minutes again</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/compadres-taco-eating-contest/46684_437668912912_85786297912_5060870_2114167_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1831\" title=\"Compadres Taco Eating Contest from Compadres Facebook\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/46684_437668912912_85786297912_5060870_2114167_n-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Compadres Taco Eating Contest from Compadres Facebook\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat is unless, of course, someone challenges me to a taco-eating duel. Then I\'ll have no choice but to fight.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be excited to talk blogging with you all. Instead of scheduling a speaker this time, I thought that I\'d facilitate one, big Q&amp;A session about any questions or problems you might have about blogging, life as a blogger, the future of blogging or how blogging would taste if it was a pizza topping or Kool-Aid flavor. The cool thing about Tulsa Blogger Meetup is that it attracts dozens of bloggers with a range of expertise - some of us are clued in to how to promote your blog via social media, others are experts in the tech and design sides of things, and still more are proficient in building blogs for businesses. No matter what your question, odds are someone at the Meetup will know the answer and/or how to help.\r\n\r\nAll questions will be fair game, but I\'d like to jump-start the conversation here on this post. <strong>What\'s that big question mark over your head all about, dear blogger?</strong> Do you need tips for establishing a consistent posting schedule? Do you need post ideas? Confused about how to get more readers besides your mom and your cat? Leave it in the comments. All are invited - no, encouraged - to offer their tips and tricks to anyone and everyone who posts his/her burning questions.\r\n\r\nAfter you do that, copy this info into your calendar:\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Sept. 2010 Edition</strong>\r\n<strong>When:</strong> Wednesday, Sept. 29, 6:30pm\r\n<strong>Where:</strong> <a href=\"http://www.compadresgrill.com/\">Compadres Mexican Grill</a>, 61st Street and Sheridan Road (west of Reasor\'s)\r\n<strong>For dinner:</strong> An enchilada dinner of your choice (Beef, cheese, chicken, etc.) with sides of rice and beans for $4.99 (50 percent off the normal price - bonus!). Note: You can get a margarita and still come in well under $10. Just sayin\'.\r\n<strong>Notes: </strong>No need to order dinner now, but be ready with your choice on the evening of the meetup. Children are absolutely welcome at these meetups so long as they don\'t light the place on fire and/or swing from the ceiling fans and/or put bugs in my hair - you get my drift.\r\n\r\nCheck here if you have no idea what the heck I\'m talking about with all this Tulsa Blogger Meetup gobbledy-gook, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/01/calling-all-tulsa-bloggers/\">click here to be enlightened</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Another thing</strong>: Stay tuned for news about a TBM to celebrate <a href=\"http://blogging4jobs.com/featured/oklahoma-blogging-week-oct-3-9th\">the first-ever Oklahoma Blogging Week, Oct. 3-9</a>. It\'s gonna be rad, y\'all, that\'s for sure. \r\n\r\nOkay, that\'s all. See you Wednesday!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Sept. 2010 Edition','The date you\'ve been waiting for, Tulsa bloggers, has now been set: The next Tulsa Blogger Meetup is officially scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 6:30pm. ','inherit','open','open','','2231-revision-5','','','2010-09-23 12:31:02','2010-09-23 17:31:02','',2231,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2231-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(2238,1,'2010-09-23 16:03:13','2010-09-23 21:03:13','The date you\'ve been waiting for, Tulsa bloggers, has now been set: The next <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/01/calling-all-tulsa-bloggers/\">Tulsa Blogger Meetup</a> is officially scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 6:30pm.\r\n\r\nOur meeting place this go-\'round? <a href=\"http://www.compadresgrill.com/\">Compadres Mexican Grill</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/compadres-taco-eating-contest/45161_437668842912_85786297912_5060862_3781698_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1828\" title=\"Compadres Taco Eating Contest from Compadres Facebook\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/45161_437668842912_85786297912_5060862_3781698_n.jpg\" alt=\"Compadres Taco Eating Contest from Compadres Facebook\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhere I promise not to <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/compadres-taco-eating-contest/\">attempt to eat ten tacos in five minutes again</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/compadres-taco-eating-contest/46684_437668912912_85786297912_5060870_2114167_n/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1831\" title=\"Compadres Taco Eating Contest from Compadres Facebook\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/46684_437668912912_85786297912_5060870_2114167_n-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Compadres Taco Eating Contest from Compadres Facebook\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat is unless, of course, someone challenges me to a taco-eating duel. Then I\'ll have no choice but to fight.\r\n\r\nEither way, I\'ll be excited to talk blogging with you all. Instead of scheduling a speaker this time, I thought that I\'d facilitate one, big Q&amp;A session about any questions or problems you might have about blogging, life as a blogger, the future of blogging or how blogging would taste if it was a pizza topping or Kool-Aid flavor. The cool thing about Tulsa Blogger Meetup is that it attracts dozens of bloggers with a range of expertise - some of us are clued in to how to promote your blog via social media, others are experts in the tech and design sides of things, and still more are proficient in building blogs for businesses. No matter what your question, odds are someone at the Meetup will know the answer and/or how to help.\r\n\r\nAll questions will be fair game, but I\'d like to jump-start the conversation here on this post. <strong>What\'s that big question mark over your head all about, dear blogger?</strong> Do you need tips for establishing a consistent posting schedule? Do you need post ideas? Confused about how to get more readers besides your mom and your cat? Leave it in the comments. All are invited - no, encouraged - to offer their tips and tricks to anyone and everyone who posts his/her burning questions.\r\n\r\nAfter you do that, copy this info into your calendar:\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Sept. 2010 Edition</strong>\r\n<strong>When:</strong> Wednesday, Sept. 29, 6:30pm\r\n<strong>Where:</strong> <a href=\"http://www.compadresgrill.com/\">Compadres Mexican Grill</a>, 71st Street and Sheridan Road (west of Reasor\'s)\r\n<strong>For dinner:</strong> An enchilada dinner of your choice (Beef, cheese, chicken, etc.) with sides of rice and beans for $4.99 (50 percent off the normal price - bonus!). Note: You can get a margarita and still come in well under $10. Just sayin\'.\r\n<strong>Notes: </strong>No need to order dinner now, but be ready with your choice on the evening of the meetup. Children are absolutely welcome at these meetups so long as they don\'t light the place on fire and/or swing from the ceiling fans and/or put bugs in my hair - you get my drift.\r\n\r\nCheck here if you have no idea what the heck I\'m talking about with all this Tulsa Blogger Meetup gobbledy-gook, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/01/calling-all-tulsa-bloggers/\">click here to be enlightened</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Another thing</strong>: Stay tuned for news about a TBM to celebrate <a href=\"http://blogging4jobs.com/featured/oklahoma-blogging-week-oct-3-9th\">the first-ever Oklahoma Blogging Week, Oct. 3-9</a>. It\'s gonna be rad, y\'all, that\'s for sure. \r\n\r\nOkay, that\'s all. See you Wednesday!','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Sept. 2010 Edition','The date you\'ve been waiting for, Tulsa bloggers, has now been set: The next Tulsa Blogger Meetup is officially scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 6:30pm. 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INSERT INTO `wptdt_posts` VALUES (1392,1,'2010-08-23 08:17:11','2010-08-23 13:17:11','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1398\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/elote-mods-crepes-the-southie/dscn3542/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1398\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3542-500x421.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTwo Bucks on Boston night turned out to be the perfect time for me to leave my Southie lair and head to downtown to not only try a couple restaurants for the first time, but also take my maiden voyage with a certain chocolate spread.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->So last week I, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=the+southie\">The Southie</a> (a phrase coined by all of my midtown Tulsa friends and my pen name here at TDT), ventured to downtown to have some puffy tacos at <a href=\"http://www.elotetulsa.com/\">Elote Cafe</a>, the first half of the Two Bucks on Boston affair, with my friend <a href=\"http://www.andsosheblogs.com\">Carrisa</a> and her lovely sister. The $2 puffy taco meal was delicious, and I was thrilled to hear their emphasis on using local farmers and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1401\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/elote-mods-crepes-the-southie/dscn3538/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1401\" title=\"Elote Cafe by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3538-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Elote Cafe by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI especially loved the Vegetarian Puffy Taco, which was filled with beans and sweet potatoes.\r\n\r\nBut I was on a mission.\r\n\r\nYou see, amongst my Twitter pals lately I\'ve noticed a slight obsession with <a href=\"http://www.nutellausa.com/\">Nutella</a>. I\'d never had Nutella before, and honestly, just looking at the jars of it in the grocery stores, it didn\'t look appealing. But when perusing the menu at <a href=\"http://modscrepes.com/\">Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes</a> (across the street from Elote and the other half of Two Bucks on Boston) I noticed that they offer a crepe stuffed with Nutella and bananas.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1399\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/elote-mods-crepes-the-southie/dscn3548/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1399\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3548-500x495.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"495\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo across the street I trotted to check out what all the fuss was about.\r\n\r\nNow, when I first got my Nutella-and-banana-stuffed crepe, it looked like any other crepe.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1400\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/elote-mods-crepes-the-southie/dscn3540/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1400\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3540-500x651.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"651\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen I opened it up, and it looked exactly like I had imagined it...bananas covered in poo.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1402\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/elote-mods-crepes-the-southie/dscn3541/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1402\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3541-500x443.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"443\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNo, really. Doesn\'t it just look like I opened up a baby\'s diaper and took a picture?\r\n\r\nBut I bravely moved on and decided to try it anyway. I was a little hesitant.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1398\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/elote-mods-crepes-the-southie/dscn3542/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1398\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3542-500x421.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut I was assured that indeed, I would not be disappointed.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1403\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/elote-mods-crepes-the-southie/dscn3543/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1403\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3543-500x489.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"489\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1404\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/elote-mods-crepes-the-southie/dscn3544/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1404\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3544-500x498.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAHHHHH! THE HORROR!\r\n\r\nJust kidding. It was good.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1405\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/elote-mods-crepes-the-southie/dscn3546/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1405\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3546-500x432.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"432\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThough I\'m not quite sure what the fuss is about. I mean, it\'s melted chocolate on top of bananas wrapped up in a crepe. The nature of melted chocolate on top of bananas is appealing enough. And crepes speak for themselves.\r\n\r\nSo...why the Nutella? Is it because it\'s already melty? Is it melty chocolate for the lazy consumer?\r\n\r\nI don\'t know.\r\n\r\nBut it was yummy.\r\n\r\nAnd it is on sale this week at my local grocery store.\r\n\r\n<em>Kelly writes </em><a href=\"http://www.kellyology.net/\"><em>Kellyology.net</em></a><em>, a blog about life in Oklahoma, motherhood and the general stuff of life, and she’s a founding member of </em><a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/\"><em>The Real Housewives of Oklahoma</em></a><em>. She joins us here at TDT as The Southie, covering all the event news that’s fit to blog from south of 71st Street.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>A note from Kelly: This review is NOT sponsored by Nutella. It was sponsored by my curiosity after hearing all the gushing on Twitter about Nutella. 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The $2 puffy taco meal was delicious, and I was thrilled to hear their emphasis on using local farmers and vendors.\n\nPUFFY TACOS PHOTO\n\nI especially loved the Vegetarian Puffy Taco, which was filled with beans and sweet potatoes.\n\nBut I was on a mission.\n\nYou see, amongst my Twitter pals lately I\'ve noticed a slight obsession with <a href=\"http://www.nutellausa.com/\">Nutella</a>. I\'d never had Nutella before, and honestly, just looking at the jars of it in the grocery stores, it didn\'t look appealing. But when perusing the menu at <a href=\"http://modscrepes.com/\">Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes</a> (across the street from Elote and the other half of Two Bucks on Boston) I noticed that they offer a crepe stuffed with Nutella and bananas.\n\nMODS PHOTO\n\nSo across the street I trotted to check out what all the fuss was about.\n\nNow, when I first got my Nutella-and-banana-stuffed crepe, it looked like any other crepe.\n\nFIRST CREPE PHOTO\n\nThen I opened it up, and it looked exactly like I had imagined it...bananas covered in poo.\n\nSECOND CREPE PHOTO\n\nNo, really. Doesn\'t it just look like I opened up a baby\'s diaper and took a picture?\n\nBut I bravely moved on and decided to try it anyway. I was a little hesitant.\n\nFIRST KELLY PHOTO\n\nBut I was assured that indeed, I would not be disappointed.\n\nSECOND KELLY PHOTO\n\nTHIRD KELLY PHOTO\n\nAHHHHH!!!!! THE HORROR!!!!!!!!\n\nJust kidding. It was good.\n\nFOURTH KELLY PHOTO\n\nThough I\'m not quite sure what the fuss is about. I mean, it\'s melted chocolate on top of bananas wrapped up in a crepe. The nature of melted chocolate on top of bananas is appealing enough. And crepes speak for themselves.\n\nSo...why the Nutella? Is it because it\'s already melty? Is it melty chocolate for the lazy consumer?\n\nI don\'t know.\n\nBut it was yummy.\n\nAnd it is on sale this week at my local grocery store.\n\n<em>Kelly writes </em><a href=\"http://www.kellyology.net/\"><em>Kellyology.net</em></a><em>, a blog about life in Oklahoma, motherhood and the general stuff of life, and she’s a founding member of </em><a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/\"><em>The Real Housewives of Oklahoma</em></a><em>. She joins us here at TDT as The Southie, covering all the event news that’s fit to blog from south of 71st Street.</em>\n\n<em>A note from Kelly: This review is NOT sponsored by Nutella. It was sponsored by my curiosity after hearing all of the gushing on Twitter about Nutella. It was also sponsored by my stomach who talks to me regularly about getting her new, delicious options to try.</em>','Adventures in Downtown Land: The Southie','Two Bucks on Boston night turned out to be the perfect time for me to leave my Southie lair and head to downtown to not only try a couple restaurants for the first time, but also take my maiden voyage with a certain chocolate spread.\n\n','inherit','open','open','','1392-revision','','','2010-08-22 22:49:42','2010-08-23 03:49:42','',1392,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1392-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1398,1,'2010-08-23 08:00:08','2010-08-23 13:00:08','','Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology','','inherit','open','open','','dscn3542','','','2010-08-23 08:00:08','2010-08-23 13:00:08','',1392,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3542.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1394,1,'2010-08-23 07:42:45','2010-08-23 12:42:45','','Just Between Friends Sale Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','dsc06630','','','2010-08-23 07:42:45','2010-08-23 12:42:45','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06630.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2248,1,'2010-09-23 22:48:19','2010-09-24 03:48:19','','Mini Horse','','inherit','open','open','','dsc06392','','','2010-09-23 22:48:19','2010-09-24 03:48:19','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC06392.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4358,1,'2010-12-09 14:20:22','2010-12-09 19:20:22','<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\nTulsa\'s pretty rad, and the rest of the state isn\'t too shabby, either. Wouldn\'t it be cool if you could give the essence of Oklahoma as a gift this Christmas? \r\n\r\nGood news - you can. Here are my picks of the top heartland gifts - the serious, the silly and the hip as hell - that\'s sure to offer something that\'ll please the Okie-proud on your list this year.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/images/AOK-0314Vb.jpg\" width=\"500\"/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Bombs Away Warrior Crew T-Shirt</strong>. Bombs Away is owned and operated by the Oklahoma City artist, Dustin Oswald, is this is just one of the bad-ass t-shirts that he\'s come up with. \r\nPrice: $22\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/itemDetail.aspx?itemId=AOK-0314V&mainCat=2\">OkieBoutique</a>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/images/AOK-0001b.jpg\" width=\"500\"/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Oklahoma Travel Journal</strong>\r\nEver wish you had a way to record all of your Oklahoma experiences? Look no further. This journal is here to help. Plus, it\'s cute as all get out. \r\nPrice: $15.99\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/itemDetail.aspx?itemId=AOK-0001&mainCat=23\">OkieBoutique</a>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.mockbros.com/images/chaps/100-08.jpg\" width=\"500\"/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mock Brothers Saddlery Rodeo Gear Chaps</strong>\r\nAround since 1941, Mock Brothers Saddlery is an Oklahoma institution. While I absolutely wouldn\'t mind if any of you guys out there want to purchase a paid of these chaps and wear them in my general vicinity, you might want to check out Mock Brothers for yourself and see if you can\'t find something for your Okie wardrobe that\'s less...flashy. Find it off of Highway 412 at 177th W. Ave., west of Sand Springs.\r\nPrice: Starting at $325\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://www.mockbros.com/rodeogr.htm#chaps\">Mock Brothers Saddlery</a>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/images/AOK-0021b.jpg\" width=\"500\"/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Driller Charm</strong>\r\nIt\'s one of the quirkiest landmarks in the country, and you can wear a charm-sized replica of it on a necklace, on a bracelet, in your nose - you know, wherever you like to wear your charms.\r\nPrice: $8\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/itemDetail.aspx?itemId=AOK-0021&mainCat=7\">OkieBoutique</a>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/30466_105883572796042_100001231986457_35162_3339370_n-500x375.jpg\" width=\"500\"/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Luchador Calendar</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/\">Did you know that Tulsa has its own luchador wrestling league</a>? It\'s true. Now you can give the gift of the bad-ass T-Town luchadors in calendar form, just in time to put the smack down on the other gifts under the tree this holiday season. \r\nPrice: $15\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://elotetulsa.com/luchadores\">Elote Cafe</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Colors of Oklahoma Music</strong>\r\nThere are at least three great selling points to this book: First, it\'s written by John Wooley, a venerable expert on Oklahoma music. Second, it\'s about, well, Oklahoma music. Third, it\'s available at Ida Red, one of my favorite stores for all things, Tulsa, Oklahoma and kick-ass local music (and TOMS). You might enjoy giving this gift more than the recipient enjoys receiving it, but I don\'t know - you\'ll just have to rock-paper-scissors for it and let me know how it turns out. \r\nPrice: $17.95\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://idaredboutique.com/store/colors-of-oklahoma-music-by-john-wooley/\">Ida Red</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4349\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4349\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0565.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa&#039;s Haunted Memories\" title=\"Tulsa&#039;s Haunted Memories\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4349\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Haunted Memories</strong>\r\nTulsa has its own ghosts of Christmas past, and you can add the gift of their stories, gathered and researched by the founder of Tulsa Spirit Tours and a member of the <a href=\"http://www.pittok.com/\">Paranormal Investigation Team of Tulsa</a>, to your loved ones\' stockings this season. \r\nPrice: $24.99\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/photo_gallery.htm\">Steve\'s Sundry</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>A Studio Concert Posters</strong>\r\nWant a poster to commemorate the time you saw your favorite band at Cain\'s Ballroom? Or the show at Brady Theater where you reconnected with a long-lost friend? Check out these posters at Dwelling Spaces, designed by the ultra-hip and nice guys behind Tulsa\'s own A Studio. All the cool kids are doing it. \r\nPrice: $10-25\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/section/72\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.tulsametrofirefighterscalendar.com/images/0-Cover.jpg\"/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Metro Hottest Firefighters Calendar</strong>\r\nThe thought that the average Tulsan could just bump into any of the gorgeous, highly chiseled guys featured in this calendar totally blows my mind. Hello, dusty, hunky fireman at the gas pump next to mine. Howdy, group of guys from the station who stopped in at Reasor\'s for dinner fixin\'s. Hi there, Mr. Firefighter who showed up at my house because I may or may not have called 911 just to see if I could land a tall, dark and handsome first responder. But rather than risk legal action by intentionally sounding a false alarm, you could just buy the calendar. Or five. \r\nPrice: $15\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\">Steve\'s Sundry Books & Magazines</a> \r\n\r\n<strong>Bigfoot Sticker</strong>\r\nHe exists! At least, that\'s what we all want to believe, isn\'t it? Everyone on your shopping list is going to want to show their support of the Great Hairy One with this decal for their ride. Look for Bigfoot t-shirts, too. \r\nPrice: $4\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/551\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Pickles</strong>\r\nThere\'s not much that\'s more thoroughly Oklahoma than a fried pickle, and there aren\'t many Okies who\'d be too proud to accept them as gifts. Spring for these, made right here in Oklahoma in a little town called LaHoma. LaHoma, Oklahoma - say that three times fast.  \r\nPrice: $12\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.ladonnasonline.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=73_116&products_id=429\">LaDonna\'s Fancy Foods</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Blue Whale T-Shirt</strong>\r\nThe t-shirt addict on your list is bound to love this tee, emblazoned with the image of everyone\'s favorite Route 66 landmark, the Blue Whale of Catoosa. \r\nPrice: $25\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/561\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1199.snc4/155117_466873272103_145235792103_5803589_4575394_n.jpg\" width=\"500\"/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Golden Driller Throw Pillow</strong>\r\nEveryone on your guest list already has the <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=186866&id=145235792103\">Golden Driller Shirt</a> (and if they don\'t, what the heck are you good for??) - now it\'s time to put the Golden Driller where the heart is. \r\nPrice: $30\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0043/1452/products/AdmiralTwin_web_large.jpg?1288355117\" width=\"500\"/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Autographed Ballet Slippers</strong>\r\nThe little girl in me jumped around and did a happy dance when I first stumbled upon these autographed ballerina shoes at the Tulsa Ballet\'s Leaps & Grounds Cafe & Boutique. The ones pictured were danced in and signed by soloist <a href=\"http://tulsaballet.org/staff.asp?id=90&task=staffdisplay&staffid=59\">Soo Youn Cho</a>, who was featured as Jordan in The Great Gatsby, and she also plays a role in Marcello Angelini\'s The Nutcracker. This is the only time you\'re going to be able to give used shoes as a gift for Christmas and not only be able to get away with it, but to also secure the biggest neck hug of your life from your favorite Tulsa Ballet fan. Don\'t forget that the <a href=\"http://www.tulsaballet.org/general.asp?id=235\">2011 Tulsa Ballet calendar</a> ($15) would make a great stocking stuffer - I\'ve seen it and the photography and design that went into this project are just stunning. \r\nPrice: $9\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tulsaballet.org/general.asp?id=96\">Tulsa Ballet Leaps & Grounds Cafe & Boutique</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Admiral Twin T-Shirt</strong>\r\nGot a friend who\'s mourning Tulsa\'s loss of the Admiral Twin Drive-In? Of course you do - who isn\'t? Every Tulsan has fond (and funky) memories of this mid-century landmark. Help the folks on your shopping list show their pride, support and love of our fallen twin screens. \r\nPrice: $20\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://boomtowntees.com/products/admiral-twin\">Boomtown Tees</a> (the online listing shows the shirt is unavailable, but it is - I got on the cans and string and checked to be sure for yas!)\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.mayabrenner.com/store/pc/catalog/s_neck_states_ok_big.jpg\" width=\"500\"/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Oklahoma Necklace</strong>\r\nYou saw it first on ThePioneerWoman.com, and I loved it so much that I couldn\'t resist showcasing here at TashaDoesTulsa.com, too. For the fancy lady in your life who deserves a gift that\'s a cut above. \r\nPrice: $130-300 (price = bling factor)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.mayabrenner.com/store/pc/Oklahoma-5p144.htm\">MayaBrenner.com</a>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/wp/wp-content/gallery/photographic-repoductions/1980.63.182C.jpg\"/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Historic Tulsa Photographs</strong>\r\nFor the person on your nice list who has everything, there\'s nothing like a print of historic Tulsa images that stops visitors to a home or office in their tracks. I should know. I\'m knows as The Gawker in some circles. \r\nPrice: Varies\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/learn/collections-and-research/photographs-for-sale/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>The New Tulsa Sound</strong>\r\nEveryone could use a break from the same old Christmas songs this holiday season. Gift that gift this year, plus one that keeps on giving the gift of local music by the likes of Paul Benjamin Band, Gogo Plumbay, The Panda Resistance, Jesse Aycock, Sage Flower, Vandevander, Dead Sea Choir and Travis Fite with only one purchase - a copy of The New Tulsa Sound lets you do it. <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/#456/soundcloud\">Get a free preview of every track on the album here</a>.\r\nPrice: $9.99\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ColonyPresents\">Online</a>, <a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-OK/Shades-of-Brown/133998289971491\">Shades of Brown</a>, Cherry Street Coffeehouse, Starship Records, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/getcolonized\">The Colony</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/fasslerhall\">Fassler Hall</a> and <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellies</a> (you\'ve got options, baby)\r\n\r\n<strong>Oklahoma Films</strong>\r\nDVDs make some of the best stocking stuffers, but don\'t settle for the $5 bin at Wal-Mart. Check out these movies instead, each filmed in Oklahoma. I have my eyes on The Outsiders set myself.  \r\nPrice: $10-$26.98\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.reddirtemporium.com/filmedinok.php\">Red Dirt Emporium</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Your Favorite Oklahoma Place, Puzzle Style</strong>\r\nJust think - your pick of your favorite 24 square miles of our state, in print, on a 400-piece puzzle. It\'s based on an extract from the US Geological Survey mapping centered on your address of choice. The completed puzzle measures 12.25 X 18.5 inches and covers an area 6 miles east-to-west and 4 miles north-to-south with your given address at the center.\r\nPrice: $39.95\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.maps.com/map.aspx?cid=1478&pid=17513\">Maps.com</a>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.earthstores.com/gilcreasemuseumshop/images/zuniturq5.jpg\">\r\n\r\n<strong>Zuni Turquoise Jewelry</strong>\r\nI love this ring. I want this ring. My guess is that any lady on your gift list would, too. There\'s lots of jewelry available at the Gilcrease Museum gift shop, a rich source of Native American art, bronze statues, jewelry in turquoise, coral and silver, clothes and accessories, and there\'s bound to be something that\'ll put sparkles in the eyes of that special Okie someone. \r\nPrice: Ranges\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.earthstores.com/gilcreasemuseumshop/\">Gilcrease Museum</a>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://blueridgeblog.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/13/alpaca_kisses.jpg\" width=\"500\"/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Alpacas</strong>\r\nNicole Kidman has them, so why shouldn\'t you? Besides, this is the cutest darned thing you could put under the Christmas tree, I\'m pretty sure. Photo from <a href=\"http://blueridgeblog.blogs.com/\">Blue Ridge Blog</a>.\r\nPrice: $15,000\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowalpacas.com/ForSale.htm\">Broken Arrow Alpacas</a>','Oklahoma Gifts: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','','inherit','open','open','','4235-revision-9','','','2010-12-09 14:20:22','2010-12-09 19:20:22','',4235,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4235-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(3326,3,'2010-10-28 13:23:05','2010-10-28 18:23:05','<a title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122779804/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5122779804_f518b75e48_z.jpg\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIn less than two days, most of this city will find itself gathered for a Tulsa tradition - the Tulsa Run.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Some come to cheer on the runners, others to contribute by passing out water and most to sweat it out on a crisp, cool day, following a course through our beautiful city.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122176751/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/5122176751_2f4578254a_z.jpg\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRegardless of your reason, I hope this year\'s run has you falling in love with Tulsa and our community just that much more.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122779804/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5122779804_f518b75e48_z.jpg\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWell, that and I hope you kick some butt while you\'re at it.','Some Encouragement With Your Carbo-Loading: Erin Sees Tulsa','In less than two days, most of this city will find itself gathered for a Tulsa tradition - the Tulsa Run. ','publish','open','open','','some-encouragement-with-your-carbo-loading-erin-sees-tulsa','','','2010-10-28 13:23:05','2010-10-28 18:23:05','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=3326',0,'post','',0),(3327,3,'2010-10-28 01:35:10','2010-10-28 06:35:10','In less than two days, most of this city will find itself gathered for one Tulsa tradition - the Tulsa Run. \n\nSome come to cheer on the runners, others to contribute by passing out water and most to sweat it out on a crisp, cool day following a course through our beautiful city. Regardless of your reason, I hope this year\'s run has you falling in love with Tulsa and our community just that much more.','','','inherit','open','open','','3326-revision','','','2010-10-28 01:35:10','2010-10-28 06:35:10','',3326,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3326-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3328,3,'2010-10-28 01:36:09','2010-10-28 06:36:09','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122779804/\" title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5122779804_f518b75e48_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" /></a>\n\nIn less than two days, most of this city will find itself gathered for one Tulsa tradition - the Tulsa Run. \n\nSome come to cheer on the runners, others to contribute by passing out water and most to sweat it out on a crisp, cool day following a course through our beautiful city. Regardless of your reason, I hope this year\'s run has you falling in love with Tulsa and our community just that much more.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122176751/\" title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/5122176751_2f4578254a_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122779804/\" title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5122779804_f518b75e48_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" /></a>','','','inherit','open','open','','3326-revision-2','','','2010-10-28 01:36:09','2010-10-28 06:36:09','',3326,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3326-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3329,3,'2010-10-28 01:37:48','2010-10-28 06:37:48','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122779804/\" title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5122779804_f518b75e48_z.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIn less than two days, most of this city will find itself gathered for one Tulsa tradition - the Tulsa Run. \r\n\r\nSome come to cheer on the runners, others to contribute by passing out water and most to sweat it out on a crisp, cool day following a course through our beautiful city. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122176751/\" title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/5122176751_2f4578254a_z.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122779804/\" title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5122779804_f518b75e48_z.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRegardless of your reason, I hope this year\'s run has you falling in love with Tulsa and our community just that much more. \r\n\r\nWell, that and I hope you kick some butt while you\'re at it.','','','inherit','open','open','','3326-revision-3','','','2010-10-28 01:37:48','2010-10-28 06:37:48','',3326,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3326-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3330,3,'2010-10-28 01:38:42','2010-10-28 06:38:42','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122779804/\" title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5122779804_f518b75e48_z.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIn less than two days, most of this city will find itself gathered for one Tulsa tradition - the Tulsa Run. \r\n\r\nSome come to cheer on the runners, others to contribute by passing out water and most to sweat it out on a crisp, cool day following a course through our beautiful city. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122176751/\" title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/5122176751_2f4578254a_z.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRegardless of your reason, I hope this year\'s run has you falling in love with Tulsa and our community just that much more. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5122779804/\" title=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run by econ, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5122779804_f518b75e48_z.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" alt=\"erin sees tulsa: tulsa run\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWell, that and I hope you kick some butt while you\'re at it.','','','inherit','open','open','','3326-revision-4','','','2010-10-28 01:38:42','2010-10-28 06:38:42','',3326,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3326-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3331,1,'2010-10-19 22:29:17','2010-10-20 03:29:17','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Pumpkin Town by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4012382768/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/4012382768_f5e2f0e6ef.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Town\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\nThere\'s so much going on in Tulsa this Halloween that I\'ve made three - <em>three!</em> - lists of activities and events so that you\'ll have the easiest and happiest time possible putting together your spooktacular itinerary for this year.\r\n\r\nI\'m going to kick things off with all the stuff the kids won\'t want to miss this Halloween season. From free, community events to more costly ways to get your scare on, here\'s the list among lists of ways to make the children happy, starting this very weekend.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween Out and About</strong></h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Sand Springs Soap Box Derby Race 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4011626007/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2505/4011626007_c07ff7cea9.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Springs Soap Box Derby Race 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Patches Galore</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Halloween\r\nWhere: All over Tulsa\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/pumpkin-patches-in-tulsa/\">Click here for a mega-list of the pumpkin patches in the Tulsa area</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Corn Maize</strong>\r\nWhen: Now-Nov. 7; Wed-Fri, 5-10pm; Sat, 10am-10pm; Sun, 12-6pm; Closed Mondays; Fall Break Oct. 21-23, 10am-10pm; the Haunted Maize opens at dark and closes at 10pm Fri-Sat., Fall Break and Halloween\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsamaize.com/\">32506 E. 61st Street in Broken Arrow</a>\r\nThere\'s more to do at the Tulsa Corn Maize than just get lost. Let me count the ways: A paintball shooting range; campfires; a haunted maze; a cow train; hay rides; rubber ducky races; and a corn box (<a href=\"http://www.tulsamaize.com/photos/Tulsa%20Corn%20Maize%20036.jpg\">you have to see it to believe it</a>). Admission is $6 per youth aged 4-12, free for kids 3 and under and $8 for adults.\r\n\r\n<strong>Halloween Festival at The Castle of Muskogee</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 and Halloween; Hours 6-10pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://okcastle.com/Halloween.html\">The Castle at Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nFun for kids and the young at heart alike, The Castle delivers ten spooktacular things to do that range from not-so-scary to really-really-scary, all across a 60-acre Halloween-themed park. From the sinister, fog-shrounded forest to the carnival atmosphere of Halloween Land, everyone is sure to find performances and activities they\'ll never forget. Check out the ticket combos, which range $16-$26, <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://www.okcastle.com/halloween-2008.html</a>\"&gt; and are available from The Castle Web site.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tower Tots: Halloween Mobiles</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 19, 10am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://pricetower.org/\">Price Tower Arts Center</a>, 510 S. Dewey in Bartleville\r\nCheck out this morning story and activity hour for children ages 3 to 6 (with accompanying adult). The craft of the day? Halloween mobiles! There\'s no cost to attend, but registration is required. Call (918) 336.4949 to get set up.\r\n\r\n<strong>Costumes</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 21-23, 8pm; also, 4pm on Oct. 23\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagardencenter.com/htdocs/Special%20events/2010%20Costumes%20flyer.pdf\">Linnaeus Garden Barn</a> (PDF), southeast corner of Woodward Park\r\nRather celebrate the sweetly spooky side of Halloween than the ghastly and the goulish? Costumes, a Halloween musical by local actors and musicians, might just be the thing for you. The audience is encouraged to come in costume, and the garden with a lighted walkway will be open for exploration during intermission. Tickets are $10, which is donated to Tulsa Garden Center. Make reservations by calling (918) 746-5125.\r\n\r\n<strong>Camp Cute &amp; Spooky</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 23, 27, 28 and 30, 7-9pm\r\nWhere: Discoveryland!\r\nKids 10 and under can hit the trail to west Tulsa <a href=\"http://discoverylandusa.com/halloween.shtml\">for an evening of great Halloween fun at the Discoveryland! entertainment complex</a> (note: The dates on the website have not been updated, so be sure to copy the dates on this website into your calendar). Catch everything from a trick-or-treat trail through a lighted enchanted forest to a haystack jump to the \"Monster Mash\" dance stage to caramel apples and smores. Admission is $6 (but look what I found - <a href=\"http://dland.redrockcustomhomes.com/campcoupon.html\">a $1-off coupon</a>!) and includes all activities. Don\'t forget to don those costumes!\r\n\r\n<strong>Owasso Harvest Festival</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 23, 11am-9pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityofowasso.com/parks_dept/harvestfestival_poster2010.pdf\">Centennial Park in Owasso</a> (PDF), 15301 E. 86th Street North (my advice is to park at Owasso High School and ride the free shuttle to the festival)\r\nThis festival, held in conjunction with the <a href=\"http://www.fileden.com/files/2010/8/9/2937693//flyer.pdf\">Oklahoma State Chili Cook-Off</a> (PDF), packs an entire day of activities for the entire family. Look for hay rides, a costume contest, a scarecrow contest, pumpkin carving, face painting, balloon art, a car show and, of course, chili tasting. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Town with TYPros</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 23 , 3-5pm\r\nWhere: Pumpkin Town, 81st Street and Mingo\r\nBring the kiddos and enjoy pony, train and hayrides, face painting, a petting zoo and even a pumpkin launch, all while hanging out with your buds in <a href=\"http://www.typros.org/\">Tulsa\'s Young Professionals</a> at the same time. Plus, children can enter a costume contest to win prizes. The contest will be held at 4pm. \r\n\r\n<strong>HallowZOOeen</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 27-Halloween, 6:30-8:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"https://payment.iwsok.com/tulsazoo2009/OnlineStore/Tickets/productDetail.cfm?productID=11\">Tulsa Zoo &amp; Living Museum</a>, in Mohawk Park off of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Mingo\r\nGet wild this Halloween and <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://tulsazoo.org/</a>\"&gt;bring your boys and \"ghouls\" to trick-or-treat at the wildest neighborhood in town. A spooky (but not too scary) Halloween adventure is planned at this 21st annual HallowZOOeen. Get treats at Goblin Stops, play games and see zoo mascots as you roam the trick-or-treat trail. General admission is $7 (or $6 for members), and kids under 2 who are not trick-or-treating will be admitted free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hallowmarine</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 27-31, 10am-6pm (last paid admission is one hour prior to closing)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/events.php?subPageName=events\">Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks</a>\r\nGreat ready for Halloween on the high seas - <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/\">the Oklahoma Aquarium is spooky (and salty!)</a> with carnival games, a trick-or-treat trail, haunted feed shows and plenty of pirates handing out tricks and treats. Admission is $7 per youth, $10 per adult. Members get $1 off admission.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mummy and Son Halloween Dance</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Oct. 29, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bixby-Community-Center/111279292232877\">Bixby Community Center</a>, 211 N. Cabaniss Ave.\r\nAt this annual Mummy &amp; Son Halloween dance there will be dance competitions, and a costume contest for those who dare to dress up, too. Plenty of refreshments will be on hand. Cost is $5 per person.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Run</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, starting at 7am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/schedule.asp\">Downtown Tulsa</a>\r\nKids and adults alike can dress up and run in <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/\">Tulsa\'s favorite way to burn a few hundred calories, the annual Tulsa Run</a>. Register by Saturday, Oct. 23, to pay the regular $30 to race the 5K or 15K, or $15 for the 2K fun run. It all gets started bright and early (and chilly!) the morning before Halloween, with a finish line festival, including candy bars for the kids and warm coffee and cold beer for grown-ups, waiting at the end. <a href=\"http://tulsarun.com/\">Check the Tulsa Run Web site for more details and to register</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>BooHaHa</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, starting at 7am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://brooksidetheplacetobe.com/index.php?/boo-haha.html\">Brookside, between 33rd and 49th Streets</a>\r\nStarting at 7am with a pancake breakfast at the Brookside Lion\'s Club, one of Tulsa\'s most beloved districts will be transformed into a Halloween treat for the 20th year in a row. The Kids\' Zone opens at 10am, and trick-or-treating gets into gear at noon. The children\'s costume contest will commence in the Food Pyramid parking lot at 1pm, followed by the pets\' costume contest. Stick around for the annual BooHaHa Parade at 2pm, from 33rd-49th Streets. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>K. Renee\'s Fall Family Carnival</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159604894064176&amp;index=1\">K. Renee\'s Uniform Closet</a>, 5557 E. 41st St.\r\nJoin K. Renee\'s as they spend the day in true carnival fashion. Look for clowns, bobbing for apples, face painting, cotton candy, pie-eating contest, a Jupiter Jump\", and more.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Festival with the Tulsa Oilers</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 11am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162773763749360&amp;index=1\">Oilers Ice Center</a>, 6413 S. Mingo Road\r\nEnjoy games, food, Jupiter Jump, slides and glow skate for only $10, skate rental included.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Carnival to Kick Off Fun and Games on Main</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 4-5:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/Index.aspx?page=13&amp;recordid=3661\">Central Park Community Center</a>, 1500 S. Main Street in Broken Arrow\r\nParents with children ages 3-10 are invited to participate in this carnival where each child gets 12 free tickets to try out the games of luck and skill. Then, at 5:45pm, set the kids off on the Annual Pumpkin Hunt at the Central Park Softball Fields, just west of the Community Center. Children ages 3-8 will get a chance to run and gather as many candy-filled, pumpkin-colored plastic eggs as they can. The age groups of 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8 will each have their own field to hunt for the eggs. A golden egg will be hidden in each field, which can be redeemed for a special prize. Fun!\r\n\r\n<strong>Fun and Games on Main</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 6-8pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/Index.aspx?page=13&amp;recordid=3370\">418 S. Main Street in Broken Arrow</a>\r\nIf fall\'s good for anything, it\'s a giant block party. Get it with Fun and Games on Main in Broken Arrow, where festival-goers get tons of free food from Reasor\'s, Ferguson Pontiac and Blue Bell Creameries, a rollover simulator, Broken Arrow Police Department\'s Special Ops team, Vince and Larry the Crash Dummies, McGruff the Crime Fighting Dog, a costume contest, a pumpkin-decorating contest and a petting zoo, all topped with enough candy to last you until Easter. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>SOUTHNight</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 31, starting at 4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.spiritbankeventcenter.com/events.asp?id=2&pid=139&task=display&pcatid=&seldate=10/1/2010\">SpiritBank Event Center</a>, 105th and Memorial\r\nGet free (yes, free) games, fun and trick or treating for the whole family at this event, where there will also be a $5 concert featuring Seventh Day Slumber with special guest KJ-52. This event is hosted by <a href=\"http://scctulsa.com/#/whats-coming/south-night\">South Community Church</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Halloween Hysteria</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 30, 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.spiritbankeventcenter.com/\">SpiritBank Event Center</a>, 105th and Memorial (<a href=\"http://www.ticketstorm.com/event/rcokstarsocialcirclepresentshalloweenhysteria/spiritbankeventcenter/tulsa/5500/\">click here to purchase tickets</a>)\r\nRcokstar Social Circle is back with Halloween Hysteria, an ultra-hip dance party for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. Come in costume or come in street clothes and get your dance on with DJ ECCO, emcee MIKEY B & the rcokstar entertainers. Look also for beat boy battles, dance-offs, a fashion show and, of course, more. \r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween at the Libraries</strong></h2>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Hardesty Regional Library by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3828084764/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3828084764_686cae2021_o.jpg\" alt=\"Hardesty Regional Library\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>After-School Halloween Crafts</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 20, 3pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Rudisill Regional Library</a>, 1520 N. Hartford Ave.\r\nListen to spooky stories, make crafts and more. This event is for ages 12 and younger.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Halloween Crafts</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 21, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Pratt Library</a>, 3219 S. 113th W. Ave.\r\nMake Halloween crafts with your little one at Pratt Library in Sand Springs this morning. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>Scary in Sperry!</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, Oct. 25, 5:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Judy Z. Kishner Library</a>, 10150 N. Cincinnati Ave.\r\nJoin the Kishner folks for food, games, prizes and lots of fun for the entire family! Costumes are welcome. This event is for ages 12 and younger.\r\n\r\n<strong>Spooky Tales and Ghost Stories</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Helmerich Library</a>, 5131 E. 91<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nJoin the Helmerich folks for classic Halloween stories and more. Wear a costume if you dare! Snacks are provided. This event is for ages 9-12.\r\n\r\n<strong>Get Ready for the Day of the Dead</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Broken Arrow Library</a>, 300 W. Broadway Ave.\r\nMake and decorate skeletons and skulls while finding out the history behind Dia de los Muertos. This event is for ages 9 and older.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Halloween Fun</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Zarrow Regional Library</a>, 2224 W. 51<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nHave some Halloween fun with your little one at Zarrow Regional Library this morning. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>Old Jack\'s Lantern: Pumpkin Decorating</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Nathan Hale Library</a>, 6038 E. 23<sup>rd</sup> St.\r\nKids, have you gotten around to decorating your pumpkin yet? If not, you\'d better get over to Nathan Hale Library tonight and get started! Pumpkins are provided. This event is for all ages.\r\n\r\n<strong>Preschool Storytime: Annual Halloween Parade</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Pratt Library</a>, 3219 S. 113<sup>th</sup> W. Ave.\r\nWear costumes and bring treats to this annual Halloween parade at Pratt Library. This event is for ages 5 and younger and their caregivers.\r\n\r\n<strong>All Things Zombies</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 3pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">South Broken Arrow Library</a>, 3600 S. Chestnut\r\nGet prepared for Halloween! Learn zombie history and survival plus makeup techniques for bruises and wounds. This event is for teens and tweens.\r\n\r\n<strong>Zombiefest</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Zarrow Regional Library</a>, 2224 W. 51<sup>st</sup> St.\r\nIt\'s a zombie-eat-human world out there! Get ready for Halloween by watching \"Night of the Living Dead,\" getting a zombie makeover and eating delicious brain cupcakes. This event is for teens.\r\n\r\n<strong>A Hardesty Hallo\"Wii\"n</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Oct. 29, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Hardesty Regional Library</a>, 8316 E. 93<sup>rd</sup> St.\r\nPlay spooky Wii games and dress as your favorite video game character for a chance to win a treat. Refreshments will be provided. This event is for ages 9-12.\r\n<h2><strong>Halloween at the Parks</strong></h2>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Pumpkin Town by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4011636243/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2435/4011636243_23daa69f39.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Town\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong>Kiddie Park Spook-A-Rama</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 15-16, 6-10pm\r\nWhere: Kiddie Park in Bartlesville (<a href=\"http://www.kiddiepark.net/\">click here for directions</a>)\r\nIf you haven\'t loaded up the kids in the van and trucked them to Bartlesville for an afternoon at the Kiddie Park in Bartlesville, you\'re all sorely missing out. <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">http://www.kiddiepark.net/spookarama09.htm\"&gt;Head there this weekend</a> to put your carving skills to the test in the Great Pumpkin Contest, held both nights of the festival for kids 12 and under. Then, hit the costume parade, and don\'t forget to squeeze in some trick-or-treating for candy and prizes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Gross Goodies</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, Oct. 25, 1pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nHey, kids - want to freak out your friends or family? Serve a meal with worms, vampire veins and monster eggs! Learn these gross but good-tasting recipes in the Gross Goodies cooking class at Whiteside Community Center. It\'s just the right recipe for a Halloween dinner. Ages 6 to 12. Cost is $10.\r\n\r\n<strong>Carnival Spooktacular</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Reed Park</a>, 4233 S. Yukon Ave.\r\nJoin other ghosts and goblins for this spooky, kooky carnival. Play fun games in a safe, indoor environment. Games are 25 cents each. Ages 2 to 11. Free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Pumpkin Party &amp; Parade</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 9am and 10:15am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nYou are officially invited to this special Halloween party! Look for a parade, games and even a few snacks. For ages 2 1/2-5 years. All participants must be pre-enrolled - call (918) 746-5040. Cost is $7.\r\n\r\n<strong>Halloween Carnival</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Whiteside Community Center</a>, 4009 S. Pittsburgh Ave.\r\nJoin the ghosts and goblins at Whiteside for fun, safe Halloween experience. $5 admission for kids ages 2-8, which includes unlimited games. Adults and kids under 2 are free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Flashlight Candy Scramble</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Oct. 28, 7:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Lacy Park</a>, 2134 N. Madison Place\r\nKids will have fun hunting for wrapped candy in the dark! Please bring a flashlight and container for your goodies! Ages 12 and under. Please bring a canned good donation to a local food pantry. Prizes. Ages 1 to 12. Free\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Furry Scurry</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 10:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityoftulsa.org/culture--recreation/tulsa-parks/fun-guide/holiday-and-special-events.aspx\">Hicks Park</a>, 3443 S. Mingo Road\r\nJoin the folks at Hicks for a fun-filled morning of canine cavorting. This year\'s Fall Furry Scurry will consist of a fun run for dogs and their owners. Look for a 1/2-mile fun walk and a 1-mile fun run. A few local pet-related businesses will be on hand to showcase their products and services. Stick around after the run for dog-related games and door prizes. Fun-run participants <a href=\"http://www.tulsaparks.org\">must pre-register by October 15th</a>. Registration for the fun run is $15 and includes an event t-shirt. Please call (918) 669-6355 if you have any questions or to register.','Halloween 2010 in Tulsa: For the Kids','There\'s so much going on in Tulsa this Halloween that I\'ve made three - three! - lists of activities and events so that you\'ll have the easiest and happiest time possible putting together your spooktacular itinerary for this year. I\'m going to kick things off with all the stuff the kids won\'t want to miss this Halloween season.','inherit','open','open','','2918-revision-19','','','2010-10-19 22:29:17','2010-10-20 03:29:17','',2918,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/2918-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(2247,1,'2010-09-23 22:30:20','2010-09-24 03:30:20','','BBQ by Kelly Kinkaid','','inherit','open','open','','dscn0688','','','2010-09-23 22:30:20','2010-09-24 03:30:20','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSCN0688.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1399,1,'2010-08-23 08:08:47','2010-08-23 13:08:47','','Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology','','inherit','open','open','','dscn3548','','','2010-08-23 08:08:47','2010-08-23 13:08:47','',1392,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3548.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1400,1,'2010-08-23 08:10:34','2010-08-23 13:10:34','','Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology','','inherit','open','open','','dscn3540','','','2010-08-23 08:10:34','2010-08-23 13:10:34','',1392,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3540.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1401,1,'2010-08-23 08:11:39','2010-08-23 13:11:39','','Elote Cafe by Kellyology','','inherit','open','open','','dscn3538','','','2010-08-23 08:11:39','2010-08-23 13:11:39','',1392,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3538.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1402,1,'2010-08-23 08:12:39','2010-08-23 13:12:39','','Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology','','inherit','open','open','','dscn3541','','','2010-08-23 08:12:39','2010-08-23 13:12:39','',1392,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3541.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1403,1,'2010-08-23 08:13:54','2010-08-23 13:13:54','','Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology','','inherit','open','open','','dscn3543','','','2010-08-23 08:13:54','2010-08-23 13:13:54','',1392,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3543.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1404,1,'2010-08-23 08:14:38','2010-08-23 13:14:38','','Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology','','inherit','open','open','','dscn3544','','','2010-08-23 08:14:38','2010-08-23 13:14:38','',1392,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3544.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1405,1,'2010-08-23 08:15:27','2010-08-23 13:15:27','','Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology','','inherit','open','open','','dscn3546','','','2010-08-23 08:15:27','2010-08-23 13:15:27','',1392,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3546.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1406,1,'2010-08-23 08:17:01','2010-08-23 13:17:01','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1398\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1398\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1398\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3542-500x421.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" /></a>\n\nTwo Bucks on Boston night turned out to be the perfect time for me to leave my Southie lair and head to downtown to not only try a couple restaurants for the first time, but also take my maiden voyage with a certain chocolate spread.\n\n<!--more-->So last week I, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=the+southie\">The Southie</a> (a phrase coined by all of my midtown Tulsa friends and my pen name here at TDT), ventured to downtown to have some puffy tacos at <a href=\"http://www.elotetulsa.com/\">Elote Cafe</a>, the first half of the Two Bucks on Boston affair, with my friend <a href=\"http://www.andsosheblogs.com\">Carrisa</a> and her lovely sister. The $2 puffy taco meal was delicious, and I was thrilled to hear their emphasis on using local farmers and vendors.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1401\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1401\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1401\" title=\"Elote Cafe by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3538-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Elote Cafe by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nI especially loved the Vegetarian Puffy Taco, which was filled with beans and sweet potatoes.\n\nBut I was on a mission.\n\nYou see, amongst my Twitter pals lately I\'ve noticed a slight obsession with <a href=\"http://www.nutellausa.com/\">Nutella</a>. I\'d never had Nutella before, and honestly, just looking at the jars of it in the grocery stores, it didn\'t look appealing. But when perusing the menu at <a href=\"http://modscrepes.com/\">Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes</a> (across the street from Elote and the other half of Two Bucks on Boston) I noticed that they offer a crepe stuffed with Nutella and bananas.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1399\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1399\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1399\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3548-500x495.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"495\" /></a>\n\nSo across the street I trotted to check out what all the fuss was about.\n\nNow, when I first got my Nutella-and-banana-stuffed crepe, it looked like any other crepe.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1400\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1400\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1400\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3540-500x651.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"651\" /></a>\n\nThen I opened it up, and it looked exactly like I had imagined it...bananas covered in poo.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1402\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1402\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1402\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3541-500x443.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"443\" /></a>\n\nNo, really. Doesn\'t it just look like I opened up a baby\'s diaper and took a picture?\n\nBut I bravely moved on and decided to try it anyway. I was a little hesitant.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1398\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1398\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1398\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3542-500x421.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" /></a>\n\nBut I was assured that indeed, I would not be disappointed.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1403\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1403\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1403\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3543-500x489.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"489\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1404\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1404\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1404\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3544-500x498.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" /></a>\n\nAHHHHH! THE HORROR!\n\nJust kidding. It was good.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1405\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1405\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1405\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3546-500x432.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"432\" /></a>\n\nThough I\'m not quite sure what the fuss is about. I mean, it\'s melted chocolate on top of bananas wrapped up in a crepe. The nature of melted chocolate on top of bananas is appealing enough. And crepes speak for themselves.\n\nSo...why the Nutella? Is it because it\'s already melty? Is it melty chocolate for the lazy consumer?\n\nI don\'t know.\n\nBut it was yummy.\n\nAnd it is on sale this week at my local grocery store.\n\n<em>Kelly writes </em><a href=\"http://www.kellyology.net/\"><em>Kellyology.net</em></a><em>, a blog about life in Oklahoma, motherhood and the general stuff of life, and she’s a founding member of </em><a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/\"><em>The Real Housewives of Oklahoma</em></a><em>. She joins us here at TDT as The Southie, covering all the event news that’s fit to blog from south of 71st Street.</em>\n\n<em>A note from Kelly: This review is NOT sponsored by Nutella. It was sponsored by my curiosity after hearing all the gushing on Twitter about Nutella. It was also sponsored by my stomach, which talks to me regularly about wanting new, delicious food to try.</em>','Adventures in Downtown Land: The Southie','Two Bucks on Boston night turned out to be the perfect time for me to leave my Southie lair and head to downtown to not only try a couple restaurants for the first time, but also take my maiden voyage with a certain chocolate spread.\n\n','inherit','open','open','','1392-revision-2','','','2010-08-23 08:17:01','2010-08-23 13:17:01','',1392,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1392-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1407,1,'2010-08-23 08:17:11','2010-08-23 13:17:11','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1398\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1398\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1398\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3542-500x421.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTwo Bucks on Boston night turned out to be the perfect time for me to leave my Southie lair and head to downtown to not only try a couple restaurants for the first time, but also take my maiden voyage with a certain chocolate spread.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->So last week I, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=the+southie\">The Southie</a> (a phrase coined by all of my midtown Tulsa friends and my pen name here at TDT), ventured to downtown to have some puffy tacos at <a href=\"http://www.elotetulsa.com/\">Elote Cafe</a>, the first half of the Two Bucks on Boston affair, with my friend <a href=\"http://www.andsosheblogs.com\">Carrisa</a> and her lovely sister. The $2 puffy taco meal was delicious, and I was thrilled to hear their emphasis on using local farmers and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1401\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1401\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1401\" title=\"Elote Cafe by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3538-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Elote Cafe by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI especially loved the Vegetarian Puffy Taco, which was filled with beans and sweet potatoes.\r\n\r\nBut I was on a mission.\r\n\r\nYou see, amongst my Twitter pals lately I\'ve noticed a slight obsession with <a href=\"http://www.nutellausa.com/\">Nutella</a>. I\'d never had Nutella before, and honestly, just looking at the jars of it in the grocery stores, it didn\'t look appealing. But when perusing the menu at <a href=\"http://modscrepes.com/\">Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes</a> (across the street from Elote and the other half of Two Bucks on Boston) I noticed that they offer a crepe stuffed with Nutella and bananas.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1399\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1399\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1399\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3548-500x495.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"495\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo across the street I trotted to check out what all the fuss was about.\r\n\r\nNow, when I first got my Nutella-and-banana-stuffed crepe, it looked like any other crepe.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1400\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1400\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1400\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3540-500x651.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"651\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThen I opened it up, and it looked exactly like I had imagined it...bananas covered in poo.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1402\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1402\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1402\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3541-500x443.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"443\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNo, really. Doesn\'t it just look like I opened up a baby\'s diaper and took a picture?\r\n\r\nBut I bravely moved on and decided to try it anyway. I was a little hesitant.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1398\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1398\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1398\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3542-500x421.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut I was assured that indeed, I would not be disappointed.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1403\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1403\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1403\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3543-500x489.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"489\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1404\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1404\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1404\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3544-500x498.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAHHHHH! THE HORROR!\r\n\r\nJust kidding. It was good.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1405\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1405\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1405\" title=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSCN3546-500x432.jpg\" alt=\"Mod\'s Coffee and Crepes by Kellyology\" width=\"500\" height=\"432\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThough I\'m not quite sure what the fuss is about. I mean, it\'s melted chocolate on top of bananas wrapped up in a crepe. The nature of melted chocolate on top of bananas is appealing enough. And crepes speak for themselves.\r\n\r\nSo...why the Nutella? Is it because it\'s already melty? Is it melty chocolate for the lazy consumer?\r\n\r\nI don\'t know.\r\n\r\nBut it was yummy.\r\n\r\nAnd it is on sale this week at my local grocery store.\r\n\r\n<em>Kelly writes </em><a href=\"http://www.kellyology.net/\"><em>Kellyology.net</em></a><em>, a blog about life in Oklahoma, motherhood and the general stuff of life, and she’s a founding member of </em><a href=\"http://www.therhok.com/\"><em>The Real Housewives of Oklahoma</em></a><em>. She joins us here at TDT as The Southie, covering all the event news that’s fit to blog from south of 71st Street.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>A note from Kelly: This review is NOT sponsored by Nutella. It was sponsored by my curiosity after hearing all the gushing on Twitter about Nutella. It was also sponsored by my stomach, which talks to me regularly about wanting new, delicious food to try.</em>','Adventures in Downtown Land: The Southie','Two Bucks on Boston night turned out to be the perfect time for me to leave my Southie lair and head to downtown to not only try a couple restaurants for the first time, but also take my maiden voyage with a certain chocolate spread.\r\n\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1392-revision-3','','','2010-08-23 08:17:11','2010-08-23 13:17:11','',1392,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1392-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4215,1,'2009-11-26 16:06:00','2009-11-26 16:06:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4136345068/\" title=\"The Art of Manliness by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Art of Manliness\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2599/4136345068_8912445a08.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div>For several months now I\'ve been walking in on my husband at the computer, poring over a certain Web site. Many a chore has gone undone. Many a meal has gone cold. <br /><div><br /><a name=\'more\'></a><br /></div><div>But, you know what? I don\'t mind. In fact, I\'m hooked on the site myself. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I\'m talking about <a href=\"http://www.theartofmanliness.com/\">the blog, <b>The Art of Manliness</b></a>. Chock full of how-tos, from how to shave with a straight razor to how to make a bed so tight it could bounce a quarter, as well as tips for the proper dressing and grooming of men and general random, manly advice, it\'s easy to get caught up at the site for hours at a time. Lord knows we\'ve done it. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>That\'s why, when <b>Brett McKay</b>, one of the authors of the blog, contacted me and shared that not only is the blog based in Tulsa but that he and his wife/blogging partner, <b>Kate</b>, just published a book based on the blog, my husband and I did a happy dance so obnoxious, so loud, so vile that we scared our toddler into crying for half an hour. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We\'re sorry, son. But, we couldn\'t contain ourselves. One day, thanks, we\'re sure, to advice from The Art of Manliness book and blog, you\'ll be able to get through this life without needing too much therapy.<br /></div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4135585105/\" title=\"The Art of Manliness by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Art of Manliness\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2487/4135585105_389b018a7a.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">While it would behoove men (and the women who love them) everywhere to purchase copies of this book for themselves, I\'m proud to present this little volume as the gift du jour in <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/search/label/Gift%20Guide\">the Tasha Does Tulsa Holiday Gift Guide</a>. With <b>The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man</b>, a full-bodied outgrowth of The Art of Manliness blog, is a wealth of information that ranges from survival skills to advice on how to improve your character, whether you\'re braving the wilds with your buds, courting your girlfriend or raising a family. <br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">The book features such guides as:  <br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><ul><li>Shave like your grandpa</li><li>Be a perfect houseguest</li><li>Fight like a gentleman using the art of bartitsu</li><li>How to fold a paper airplane</li><li>Give a man a hug</li><li>Perform a fireman\'s carry</li><li>Ask for a woman\'s hand in marriage</li><li>Raise resilient kids</li><li>Predict the weather like a frontiersman</li><li>Start a fire without matches</li><li>Give a dynamic speech</li><li>How to identify and choose from among the types of men\'s hats</li><li>Modern technology and the new rules of etiquette</li></ul><div>What man who aspires to all things virile, I ask, is not in sore need of this book? That it\'s homegrown is a bonus, sure, but everything on each of the 274 pages of this book is pure gold, from the glossary of manly nineteenth-century vernacular to the ready-to-use Theodore Roosevelt\'s list of insults. At $16.99 at local bookstores (or, as of today, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600614620?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=stucosuccess-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1600614620\">$11.55 on Amazon.com</a>), it\'s a gift that\'s sure to please on the cheap. <br /></div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4136345218/\" title=\"The Art of Manliness by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Art of Manliness\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2755/4136345218_e1213cbe9e.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Know what\'d be extra cool? Winning the Expert Gifter of the Year award from you favorite dude, whether that\'s your best friend, your boss, your partner in crime or your significant other. In pursuit of this possibility, I\'m going to try my own hand at writing a how-to, in the style of manliness experts and bloggers/authors Brett and Kate McKay:<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>How To Win an Autographed Copy of The Art of Manliness, for the Gifter</b><br /></div><div><b><br /></b><br /></div><div><b>Find the comments section of this post</b>. Proceed to the field at the bottom of this page. Key in your name, your e-mail address and other pertinent Web information. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Add a comment</b>. Share one of your personal tips for cultivating manliness, whether you\'re a man or someone who chooses to grace them with your presence.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Press \"comment.\" </b>Then, sit back and wait - at least, for a few minutes. If you feel compelled to share more than one of your personal tips for maximum manliness, leave another comment. In fact, you\'re free to leave as many comments as you like. Each one will count as an entry when I use Random.org to select a winner of a signed copy of The Art of Manliness this Friday night (Nov. 27) at 8pm.  <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ta-Da! </b>You\'ve just entered the contest for a free copy of this manual to end all manuals on manliness. You\'re well on your way to winning that Expert Gifter of the Year award. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Good luck, everyone. In the words of Brett and Kate McKay, stay manly this holiday season.<br /></div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4136345550/\" title=\"The Art of Manliness by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Art of Manliness\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2616/4136345550_e557bb75c4.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man</b><br /></div><div>by Brett and Kate McKay<br /></div><div>Paperback, 274 pages<br /></div><div>$16.99<br /></div></div></div><div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/4df440f1-e136-48bb-a2f2-fcceb16545de/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"><img alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=4df440f1-e136-48bb-a2f2-fcceb16545de\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" /></a><script defer=\"defer\" src=\"http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script><br /></div>','TDT Holiday Gift Guide: The Art of Manliness','','inherit','open','open','','365-revision','','','2009-11-26 16:06:00','2009-11-26 16:06:00','',365,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/365-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4012,1,'2010-11-26 10:03:21','2010-11-26 15:03:21','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4006\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4006\" title=\"Billy\'s at the BOK\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1759-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Billy\'s at the BOK\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m not usually a fan of dinner in a styrofoam box.\r\n\r\nBut when I\'m busy watching a fast-paced sporting event at <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa</a>, I\'m always willing to make an exception.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4005\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4005\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4005\" title=\"Tulsa Oilers\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1682-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Oilers\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy husband and son and I were treated to our first <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoilers.com/\">Tulsa Oilers</a> game of the season earlier this week (more about this soon), and it wasn\'t until we made it downtown that we realized we hadn\'t had dinner. We\'d spent the afternoon at <a href=\"http://www.parks.tulsacounty.org/HaikeyCreek.aspx\">Haikey Creek Park in Broken Arrow</a> foraging for what ended up being a three-pound haul of native pecans (it\'s a good crop this year, y\'all - go getcha some!) and you\'d better believe that when the hunger hit, it was fierce.\r\n\r\nThe best thing about realizing you\'re hungry at the BOK Center is that you know you have options beyond the standard nachos with the weird rubbery melty cheese and the stale hot dogs that are grayer than your grandpa that constitute the limited menu available at most event venues. In fact, <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/default.asp?bok=228&amp;urlkeyword=Arena\">several of Tulsa\'s hoomegrown eateries have counters in the newest jewel of the downtown skyline</a>. There\'s pizza from Mazzio\'s, sushi from In the Raw and gourmet hot dogs from The Dog House.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4007\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4007\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4007\" title=\"Billy\'s at the BOK\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_17381-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Billy\'s at the BOK\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.billysonthesquare.com/\">Billy\'s at the BOK</a>, the only outgrowth of one of my all-time favorite Tulsa restaurants, Billy\'s On the Square.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4006\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4006\" title=\"Billy\'s at the BOK\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1759-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Billy\'s at the BOK\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen I worked downtown I practically lived on the mushroom burger at Billy\'s. With a side of onion rings - which are famously delish, by the way - and a cup of ranch dressing (or Oklahoma ketchup, as I like to call it), it was a meal fit for a king.\r\n\r\nOr a fledgling, hungry reporter, as it were.\r\n\r\nMy beloved mushroom burger isn\'t on the menu at Billy\'s at the BOK, but the landmark Theta and Hickory burgers ($6 each) are. And then there\'s the kid-approved standard Billy\'s burger, complete with cheese and all of your classic burger fixin\'s, also $6.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4008\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4008\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4008\" title=\"Billy\'s at the BOK\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1752-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Billy\'s at the BOK\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMmm - om, nom, nom.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4005\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4005\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4005\" title=\"Tulsa Oilers\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1682-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Oilers\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMmm - om, nom, nom.\r\n\r\nOops - Did I just say that out loud?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4009\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4009\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4009\" title=\"BOK Center Tulsa Oilers\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1761-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"BOK Center Tulsa Oilers\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe good news? The burgers at Billy\'s at the BOK are just as juicy and flavorful as the ones at the Billy\'s at 5th and Main. And at $6, they\'re a bargain both in terms of venue food and of the world of burgers in general.\r\n\r\nPair a Billy\'s burger with a drink and an order of fries or onion rings for each member of the entire family and you\'re not really in value meal land anymore (even on Tuesday night Oilers games when beer and soda are $2), but who wants to eat that stuff anyway?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4010\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4010\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4010\" title=\"Tulsa Oilers\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1814-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Oilers\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEspecially if you want to be an Oilers Ice Girl someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4006\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4006\" title=\"Billy\'s at the BOK\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1759-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Billy\'s at the BOK\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou definitely don\'t want to be the guy without a Billy\'s burger sitting next to the guy who has a Billy\'s burger at the BOK. So be sure you get one, OK? Because those burgers have tractor beams, man. And the last time I checked, burger theft and assault in the name of burgers are both still prosecutable crimes in the state of Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Billy\'s at the BOK</strong>\r\nWhere: BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave.\r\nWhen: During BOK Center events\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://BillysOnTheSquare.com/\">BillysOnTheSquare.com</a>','Billy\'s at the BOK','You definitely don\'t want to be the guy without a Billy\'s burger sitting next to the guy who has a Billy\'s burger at the BOK. So be sure you get one, OK? Because those burgers have tractor beams, man.','inherit','open','open','','4004-revision-2','','','2010-11-26 10:03:21','2010-11-26 15:03:21','',4004,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4004-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3474,1,'2010-11-03 17:02:50','2010-11-03 22:02:50','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3472\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3472\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3472\" title=\"Tulsa Zoo\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_0238-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Zoo\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSurprise! I\'m a mom. If you read TDT on a regular basis, that\'s something you probably know by now.\r\n\r\nThe fact that I spend my days with my two-year-old son is something I\'ll mention from time to time here at TDT, but it\'s not something that I\'ve wanted to dominate the site. I decided a long time ago that I wanted TDT to be a place where anyone, parent or not, could come to find things to do in Tulsa that s/he would find exciting and worth that oh-so-precious space in his/her personal calendar.\r\n\r\nAnd yet.\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/kids-and-families/\">See that Kids and Families category over there in the Insider\'s Guide to Tulsa</a>? It and the posts that belong there have always been some of the most popular features of this site. In fact, I hear often from readers who think that I could feature even more family-friendly content here at TDT and that it wouldn\'t be any skin off their nose.\r\n\r\nOne of the most oft-said things about Tulsa is that it\'s a family-friendly city, and boy, is that true. There\'s tons going on that\'s just for parents and families here in the area, and sadly, in an effort to balance coverage here at TDT, features of some of those things simply fall off the plate.\r\n\r\nBut, no longer! Because I have a big announcement. Ready?\r\n\r\nI\'m the new blogger at TulsaKids.com. Yay! I know, right? I can\'t believe that I get to blog for a magazine that I\'ve been reading since I was a kid myself.\r\n\r\nIn fact, the first story I ever published was one I wrote for Tulsa Kids through <a href=\"http://www.resonancetulsa.org/\">the Girls Unlimited summer camp program at Resonance Center for Women for girls interested in journalism careers</a>. You know, back in <em>the nineties</em>. When I\'d show up for camp wearing a ponytail on the side of my head and two pairs of socks, one teal and one purple. And when I\'d return home from camp to watch shows like Rugrats and Doug on Nickelodeon.\r\n\r\nAh, the nineties.\r\n\r\nWhat I\'m trying to say here is, it\'s sort of surreal to have the chance to write for this magazine as one of its new bloggers.\r\n\r\nThis new blog about all things family-friendly to do in Tulsa will have three parts:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>First up will be a pick of the most exciting event for kids in town that week.</li>\r\n	<li>Second will be an event that\'s guaranteed to be worth the dollars in your babysitting budget - basically, romantic ideas for date nights, news about thrilling concerts and the hippest, coolest events for parents who could use a night out on the town without the threat of surprise projectile vomit or incredibly inconvenient bathroom stop requests hanging over their heads. (That is, assuming your date isn\'t ill and that s/he doesn\'t have a bladder the size of a pea. In those cases, you\'re on your own.)</li>\r\n	<li>The third leg of the blog will offer a look into my own misadventures as a work-at-home mom whose purpose and occupation in life is to do Tulsa. When you\'re on the go with a two-year-old in a town like this, things are always bound to get...interesting. And sometimes sticky. And every once in awhile, poopy.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsakids.com/?q=big-hello-and-first-tulsa-kids-day-out-kids-world-2010\">The first post, which is all about the Kids\' World 2010 event going on at Expo Square this weekend, is already up at TulsaKids.com</a>. Check it out and let me know what you think, because the babysitter-worthy event is coming up next.\r\n\r\nAnd trust me, you\'re not going to want to miss out on news about that event. Whew, baby.\r\n\r\nAnd as always, thanks for making TDT part of your daily procrastination plan. I\'d have to be in the laundry room much more often if it weren\'t for you guys, which is great because I hate that place. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.\r\n\r\nAnd from my chair-flattened, blogger butt.','TDT Does Tulsa Kids','I have a big announcement. It involves you and your kids. Are you ready for it? Are you sure you can take it?','inherit','open','open','','3471-revision-2','','','2010-11-03 17:02:50','2010-11-03 22:02:50','',3471,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3471-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(2217,3,'2010-09-23 11:49:54','2010-09-23 16:49:54','<a title=\"TheMax by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016371153/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5016371153_70b9065933.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVintage arcade games. Skee ball. Power ballads belting from the juke box.\r\n\r\nAs a child of the 80\'s, those things alone make my little heart want to burst.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->But what was that you say? You think <a href=\"http://themaxretropub.com/\">The Max - downtown Tulsa\'s hot, new retro pub</a> - should also have a phone booth straight from a Superman movie?\r\n\r\nOh, yeah. They got that, too.\r\n\r\nOn the night of the grand opening last week, the street was not only lined with the masses, but I also caught glimpses of some Ghostbusters, a Delorean and a talking car.\r\n\r\nDon\'t believe me? The proof in the pictures.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"TheMax-1 by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016977262/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5016977262_e636ddcd6b.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"TheMax-2 by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016977282/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5016977282_9ce471eec7.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax-2\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"TheMax-3 by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016371041/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5016371041_323f474e18.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax-3\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"TheMax-4 by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016371185/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5016371185_f760786ecd.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax-4\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"TheMax-5 by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016977126/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5016977126_16cb0d21ea.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax-5\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"TheMax-6 by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016371139/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5016371139_0e73d9283a.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax-6\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"TheMax-7 by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016977100/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5016977100_63e0de6ffc.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax-7\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"TheMax-8 by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016977168/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5016977168_d7eb6bd945.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax-8\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"TheMax-9 by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016977146/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5016977146_ae38f2709c.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax-9\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"TheMax-10 by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016371117/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/5016371117_a68b92483a.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax-10\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"TheMax by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016371153/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5016371153_70b9065933.jpg\" alt=\"TheMax\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Tasha\'s Note</strong>: The Max Retropub is a bar, sure, but also available is a selection of what\'s being called gourmet junk food. Here\'s a sampling:\r\n\r\n<strong>The Perfect Stranger</strong>: A classic Chicago Dog with diced onion, tomato, sport peppers, celery salt and a pickle;\r\n<strong>The Tony Micelli</strong>: Italian sausage link with red sauce, mozzarella, black olives and mozzarella shred;\r\n<strong>Who Shot J.R.?</strong>: A beef frank, bacon crumbles, BBQ sauce, chopped onions and jalapeno peppers;\r\n<strong>The Hoff</strong>: Bratwurst, green apple kraut and German mustard on a poppyseed bun.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s just a small part of the hot dog portion of the menu. Also on tap are nachos, popcorn, pretzels and Frito chili pie.\r\n\r\nIn other words, it\'s what we \'80s kids always hoped for in our cafeteria lunch selections. You know, back in that place we made - with the help of John Hughes, of course - into an American institution: Junior high school.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Max Retropub</strong>\r\nWhere: 114 S. Elgin Ave.\r\nWhen: 2:00pm - 2:00am, seven days\r\nCall: (918) 895-6200\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.themaxretropub.com/\">TheMaxRetroPub.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1548182/restaurant/Downtown/The-Max-Retropub-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1548182/minilink.gif\" alt=\"The Max Retropub on Urbanspoon\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.erinconrad.com/\">Tulsa photographer Erin Conrad</a> photoblogs weekly at Tasha Does Tulsa as Erin Sees Tulsa. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/tag/erin-sees-tulsa/\">Check out her recent posts here</a>.','\'80s Kids, Get Ready to Just Die: Erin Sees Tulsa','Vintage arcade games. Skee ball. Power ballads belting from the juke box. As a child of the 80\'s, those things alone make my little heart want to burst.','publish','open','open','','the-max-retropub','','','2010-09-23 11:53:56','2010-09-23 16:53:56','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=2217',0,'post','',2),(2218,3,'2010-09-23 01:01:31','2010-09-23 06:01:31','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/5016371153/\" title=\"TheMax by econ, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5016371153_70b9065933.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"TheMax\" /></a>\n\nVintage arcade games.  Skee ball.  Power ballads belting from the juke box.  As a child of the 80\'s those things alone make my little heart want to burst.\n\nBut what was that you say?  You think The Max - downtown Tulsa\'s hot, new retro pub - should also have a phone booth fresh from a Superman movie?  Oh yeah, they got that too.\n\nAnd on the night of the grand opening last week, the street was not only lined with the masses but I also caught glimpses of some Ghostbusters, a Delorean and a talking car.  Don\'t believe me?  I\'ve got the proof in the pictures.\n\n\n\n','','','inherit','open','open','','2217-revision','','','2010-09-23 01:01:31','2010-09-23 06:01:31','',2217,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2217-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1419,1,'2010-08-24 09:12:07','2010-08-24 14:12:07','','Sheryl Crow','','inherit','open','open','','sheryl-crow','','','2010-08-24 09:12:07','2010-08-24 14:12:07','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Sheryl-Crow.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1422,1,'2010-08-24 14:32:54','2010-08-24 19:32:54','','The Spa','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0831','','','2010-08-24 14:32:54','2010-08-24 19:32:54','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1423,1,'2010-08-24 14:42:49','2010-08-24 19:42:49','','The Spa','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0832','','','2010-08-24 14:42:49','2010-08-24 19:42:49','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1424,1,'2010-08-24 15:08:08','2010-08-24 20:08:08','','The Spa','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0826','','','2010-08-24 15:08:08','2010-08-24 20:08:08','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1425,1,'2010-08-24 15:51:07','2010-08-24 20:51:07','','Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0583','','','2010-08-24 15:51:07','2010-08-24 20:51:07','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1426,1,'2010-08-24 15:54:19','2010-08-24 20:54:19','','Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0586','','','2010-08-24 15:54:19','2010-08-24 20:54:19','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1429,1,'2010-08-24 16:45:48','2010-08-24 21:45:48','','The Spa','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0837-2','','','2010-08-24 16:45:48','2010-08-24 21:45:48','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1427,1,'2010-08-24 16:22:45','2010-08-24 21:22:45','','Spa Lux','','inherit','open','open','','dsc06517','','','2010-08-24 16:22:45','2010-08-24 21:22:45','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06517.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1428,1,'2010-08-24 16:27:59','2010-08-24 21:27:59','','Spa Lux','','inherit','open','open','','dsc06528','','','2010-08-24 16:27:59','2010-08-24 21:27:59','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1430,1,'2010-08-24 17:03:58','2010-08-24 22:03:58','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds are likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1422\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\n\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\n\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\n\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1423\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign.\n\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe. I\'ve been to both of the spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1428\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\n\nSee?\n\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\n\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1424\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\n\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1422\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\n\nGreat fear!\n\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\n\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\n\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\n\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1423\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\n\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\n\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1429\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThanks, Heather.\n\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\n\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\n\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\n\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1425\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nLike a, um...\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1426\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\n\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\n\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\n\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\n\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\n\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\nCall: (918) 249-1772\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: Max and Relax in Tul','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds are likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision','','','2010-08-24 17:03:58','2010-08-24 22:03:58','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1431,1,'2010-08-24 17:04:40','2010-08-24 22:04:40','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds are likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1422\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1423\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe. I\'ve been to both of the spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1428\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1424\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1422\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear!\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1423\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1429\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1425\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1426\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds are likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-2','','','2010-08-24 17:04:40','2010-08-24 22:04:40','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1432,1,'2010-08-24 17:04:41','2010-08-24 22:04:41','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds are likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe. I\'ve been to both of the spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear!\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds are likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-3','','','2010-08-24 17:04:41','2010-08-24 22:04:41','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1433,1,'2010-08-24 17:05:22','2010-08-24 22:05:22','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe. I\'ve been to both of the spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear!\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds are likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-4','','','2010-08-24 17:05:22','2010-08-24 22:05:22','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(1434,1,'2010-08-24 17:05:22','2010-08-24 22:05:22','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe. I\'ve been to both of the spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear!\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds are likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-5','','','2010-08-24 17:05:22','2010-08-24 22:05:22','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(1435,1,'2010-08-24 17:05:44','2010-08-24 22:05:44','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe. I\'ve been to both of the spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear!\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-6','','','2010-08-24 17:05:44','2010-08-24 22:05:44','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1436,1,'2010-08-24 17:05:44','2010-08-24 22:05:44','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe. I\'ve been to both of the spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear!\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-7','','','2010-08-24 17:05:44','2010-08-24 22:05:44','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(1437,1,'2010-08-24 17:07:34','2010-08-24 22:07:34','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nI\'ve been to both of these spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear!\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-8','','','2010-08-24 17:07:34','2010-08-24 22:07:34','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(1438,1,'2010-08-24 17:07:34','2010-08-24 22:07:34','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nI\'ve been to both of these spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear!\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-9','','','2010-08-24 17:07:34','2010-08-24 22:07:34','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(1439,1,'2010-08-24 17:08:44','2010-08-24 22:08:44','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign. Which would be a very, very good thing.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nI\'ve been to both of these spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear!\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-10','','','2010-08-24 17:08:44','2010-08-24 22:08:44','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(1440,1,'2010-08-24 17:13:11','2010-08-24 22:13:11','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\n\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\n\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\n\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign. Which would be a very, very good thing.\n\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\n\nSee?\n\nI\'ve been to both of these spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\n\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\n\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\n\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two give me a facial and draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory makes me feel...\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\n\nGreat fear.\n\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\n\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\n\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\n\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\n\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\n\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThanks, Heather.\n\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\n\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\n\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\n\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nLike a, um...\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\n\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\n\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\n\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\n\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\n\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\nCall: (918) 249-1772\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-autosave','','','2010-08-24 17:13:11','2010-08-24 22:13:11','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1441,1,'2010-08-24 17:08:44','2010-08-24 22:08:44','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign. Which would be a very, very good thing.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nI\'ve been to both of these spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear!\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What it the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits? What if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-11','','','2010-08-24 17:08:44','2010-08-24 22:08:44','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(1442,1,'2010-08-24 17:13:24','2010-08-24 22:13:24','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign. Which would be a very, very good thing.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nI\'ve been to both of these spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two give me a facial and draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory makes me feel...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear.\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What if the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits?\r\n\r\nWhat if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-12','','','2010-08-24 17:13:24','2010-08-24 22:13:24','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(1443,1,'2010-08-24 17:13:24','2010-08-24 22:13:24','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign. Which would be a very, very good thing.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nI\'ve been to both of these spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two give me a facial and draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory makes me feel...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear.\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What if the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits?\r\n\r\nWhat if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-13','','','2010-08-24 17:13:24','2010-08-24 22:13:24','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(1444,1,'2010-08-24 17:15:28','2010-08-24 22:15:28','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign. Which would be a very, very good thing.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nI\'ve been to both of these spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two give me a facial and draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory makes me feel...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear.\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What if the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits?\r\n\r\nWhat if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow that\'s a phrase I could get used to hearing.\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-14','','','2010-08-24 17:15:28','2010-08-24 22:15:28','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(1445,1,'2010-08-24 17:15:28','2010-08-24 22:15:28','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut if you\'re like me (read: You\'ve been to the spa fewer times in your life than you\'ve flown in an airplane, and considering you can count the times you\'ve opted for air travel on one hand, this is really saying something...or, not much, as it were), all you want in a spa is a place where, though someone you\'ve never met will ask you to strip naked, hide your naughty bits under some towels and lie face down on a table in the dark so s/he can massage your body with scented oils to moody music for at least a half hour, your space won\'t be invaded. Also, a place where no one will make you feel like a rube for not being a spa fly.\r\n\r\nA tall order, yes. But I found it recently at <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com/\">The Spa, at 8518 E. 71st Street in Suite C here in Tulsa</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more--><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow, don\'t get me wrong. As I mentioned, I know that there are several spas in Tulsa that could meet my strange requirements. There\'s <a href=\"http://www.ihloffspa.com/\">Ihloff Salon and Day Spa</a>, where you can emerge from your spa treatment smelling like the Aveda gods just crowned you their sovereign. Which would be a very, very good thing.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s <a href=\"http://www.spalux.org/intro\">Spa Lux</a>, where outside you feel like you\'re in Oklahoma but once you\'re inside, you could swear you\'re in Europe.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1428\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc06528/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428\" title=\"Spa Lux\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC06528-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Spa Lux\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee?\r\n\r\nI\'ve been to both of these spas before for nail and/or hair treatments, and I experienced excellent customer service at each.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the spas where, since I\'m pretty sure I couldn\'t afford to have my pinkie nail filed and buffed at those places, let alone finance a 30-minute massage, are probably pretty awesome places to go. And last but not least, Tulsa has its share of spas where you can sign in for a facial and get a half-price breast augmentation while you wait.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the problem. I get about as nervous about a trip to the spa as I do about an appointment with the dentist.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0826/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0826-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI mean, at the dentist your mouth is wide open and your gums are vulnerable and there\'s a doctor in a white coat coming at you with sharp metal objects, but at least you get to keep your clothes on.\r\n\r\nI\'m not a hugger. I\'m not a big hand-holder, either, much to my husband\'s chagrin. I can\'t even pull off a decent high five. Which is why letting someone I\'ve known only from an e-mail or two give me a facial and draw impurities from that place on my chin where sometimes this one pesky black hair grows and I can never know it\'s there until I check in the rear-view mirror of my car because that\'s the only place I can see it and sometimes it\'s like it grows overnight and there I am in a business meeting or something and I graze my chin with my hand and holy mackerel there\'s that freaking chin hair again and there\'s nothing I can do about it at this moment in time except let it burn me in my soul while I pretend everything\'s hunky-dory makes me feel...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1422\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1422\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0831-500x627.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGreat fear.\r\n\r\nInstead of visions of relaxation and calm, this is what runs through my mind while I\'m waiting for services at a spa. What if the therapist thinks my clothes are stupid? What if the therapist thinks to herself that she was just sure I\'d be skinnier? What if the therapist notices that I\'m sweating profusely under my armpits?\r\n\r\nWhat if the therapist takes one look at me, points and begins to laugh hysterically?\r\n\r\nBut Heather, who runs things at The Spa, didn\'t laugh when I told her the only facial I\'d ever had was this one time at a beauty college. She didn\'t even let a smirk slip and then try to hide it.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all she pretty much did was tell me, you just get ready - this is gonna rock. But not in a space-invading way.\r\n\r\nOh, and here\'s your super-soft robe and your princess slippers for the afternoon.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1423\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0832/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0832.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNow that\'s a phrase I could get used to hearing.\r\n\r\nBy the end of my hour-long facial, I wasn\'t thinking about chin hair. In fact, I wasn\'t thinking about too much at all. I was sort of floating over myself, like how I imagine happens when you\'ve knocked over a giant display at the grocery store. But, without the overwhelming feeling of angst and guilt and that feeling we all get when we\'re forced to suppress laughter.\r\n\r\nThat\'s another thing - I giggle at the spa. In a nervous, dweeby sort of way. It\'s a most unbecoming reflex, but Heather just giggled right along with me.\r\n\r\nBecause no one should ever suffer through a case of the nervous giggles alone.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1429\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1429\" title=\"The Spa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08371-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Spa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks, Heather.\r\n\r\nNext up was my hour-long massage. What I learned: Did you know that there are tight little wads of nasty hiding in the muscles in your back? And that, given the right touch and a precise amount of pressure, they can be squeezed out and stars will explode on the insides of your eyelids?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. At least, it was for me. It was so supremely cathartic.\r\n\r\nI never even knew a massage could be like that. The only other massage I\'ve ever had was at <a href=\"http://www.palacehotelbathhouse.com/\">Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs</a>.\r\n\r\nYou know, the place with the sign that looks like...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0583/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0583.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike a, um...\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/dsc_0586/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1426\" title=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0586.jpg\" alt=\"Palace Hotel and Bath House in Eureka Springs\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLet\'s just put it this way: If you have to ask, you\'ll never know.\r\n\r\nWhen I went to Palace I might have been 15 years old and mad that I even had to go to stupid Eureka Springs on family vacation because I could have stayed home to hang out with my boyfriend instead or something. At any rate, what was memorable was that I got to hang out with my mom at the spa and that we still laugh about the phallic neon sign. That was pretty much it.\r\n\r\nBut those little pods of anxiety and worry breaking open in my back and then melting down my arms and out my fingertips? I\'m probably gonna remember that for awhile.\r\n\r\nThen I headed to the back for my hour-long pedicure, where I learned a secret that made the next person to give me a pedicure gush and blush and exclaim to my friends how soft my feet are.\r\n\r\nBut I\'m not going to tell you what that secret is. I guess you\'ll have to visit The Spa to find out.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Spa</strong>\r\nWhere: 8518-C E. 71st Street\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6:30pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm\r\nCall: (918) 249-1772\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.thespatulsa.com\">thespatulsa.com</a>','The Spa: For when you\'re naked and have the nervous giggles.','Everyone seems to have a favorite spa. Here in Tulsa, where sometimes it seems like there\'s a spa or salon on every corner, each of your buds is likely to pipe up with a different or new place you should try.','inherit','open','open','','1421-revision-15','','','2010-08-24 17:15:28','2010-08-24 22:15:28','',1421,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1421-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),