(4764,1,'2010-12-23 11:56:38','2010-12-23 16:56:38','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3917\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/blu_grey_gradient_gallery/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3917\" title=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blu_grey_gradient_gallery-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nToday and tomorrow, folks - that\'s all the time you have to grab those final gifts to stuff under the tree or into those Christmas stockings.\r\n\r\nTo help you come up with those last-minute gifts, here\'s a wrap-up of the 2010 TDT Holiday Gift Guide. Enjoy!\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/okie-centric-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/\"><strong>Oklahoma Gifts</strong></a>\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\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/shop-handmade-gifts-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/\"><strong>Shop Handmade with make:Tulsa\'s Christine Sharp-Crowe</strong></a>\r\nDon\'t you just love that empty feeling you get when you\'re gifted an overpriced, mass-produced piece of plastic junk for Christmas? Yeah. I love it like I love an ugly Christmas sweater-induced heat rash.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/shop-books-tulsa-author-jeff-martin-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/\"><strong>Shop Books With Tulsa Author Jeff Martin</strong></a>\r\nWe all have a bookworm on our shopping lists this holiday season. Renowned local author and co-founder of Booksmart Tulsa Jeff Martin joins TDT with a few of his top picks of books with an Oklahoma connection.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/jack-frank-films-giveaway/\"><strong>Jack Frank Films</strong></a>\r\nIt\'s my personal belief that everyone new to Tulsa should be handed a copy of the show by local filmmaker Jack Frank, Tulsa A to Z. It\'s show, it\'s sweet, it\'s chock-full of fun and entertaining facts about Tulsa, and it was one of the hot gifts last holiday season. This year, though, Jack Frank fans can get three of his shows for the price of one in a volume.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/ugly-christmas-sweater-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/\"><strong>Shopping for the Perfect Ugly Christmas Sweater</strong></a>\r\nIt\'s not Christmas until you spot someone, somewhere in a Christmas sweater.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/food-tdt-gift-guide-2010/\"><strong>Okie Foodie Gifts</strong></a>\r\nHere at TDT, we shoot for at least a happy dance. A long, high-pitched \"Squee!\" is even better. We\'ve also been known to accept hyperventilation.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/shop-downtown-elote-libby-auld-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/\"><strong>Shopping Downtown With Elote Cafe\'s Libby Auld</strong></a>\r\nYou have four shopping days left. I\'m sure more than one of you is out there wondering where to find the highest concentration of local shopping that you can hit in the least amount of time. Do as the <a href=\"http://www.elotetulsa.com/\">uber-popular Elote Cafe chef and owner Libby Auld</a> does: Shop downtown.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/stocking-stuffers-for-the-kids-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/\"><strong>Stocking Stuffers for the Kids</strong></a>\r\nEveryone could use another stocking stuffer idea or two for the kids. Here\'s where in Tulsa to find them.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"18\"]</p>\r\n<strong>For even more ideas for last-minute gifts, check out <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/\">the 2009 TDT Holiday Gift Guide (scroll a bit to find the list)</a>.</strong>','TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010: A Wrap Up','To help you come up with those last-minute gifts, here\'s a wrap-up of the 2010 TDT Holiday Gift Guide. Enjoy! ','inherit','open','open','','4761-revision-2','','','2010-12-23 11:56:38','2010-12-23 16:56:38','',4761,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4761-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4766,1,'2010-12-23 12:09:47','2010-12-23 17:09:47','','Golden Driller','','inherit','open','open','','dsc09448','','','2010-12-23 12:09:47','2010-12-23 17:09:47','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09448.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4767,1,'2010-12-23 12:10:58','2010-12-23 17:10:58','<img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3937\" title=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/800px-Catoosa_Blue_Whale_2008_No._1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4766\" title=\"Golden Driller\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09448-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Driller\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\nI did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome the TDT communities on Facebook and Twitter really are.\n\nI put the Route 66 Blue Whale and Tulsa\'s Golden Driller in a ring and rang the bell.\n\nDozens of you weighed in on who would win, who would lose and why.\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4749\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4749\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-11.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"465\" height=\"204\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4750\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4750\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4750\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-21.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"142\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4751\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4751\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4751\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-4.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"464\" height=\"202\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4752\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4752\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4752\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"170\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4753\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4753\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4753\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-6.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"403\" height=\"163\" /></a>\n\nI decided that the winner of this both literal and figurative landmark smackdown should take on no other than the mammoth praying hands at Oral Roberts University:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4755\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4755\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4755\" title=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09455-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nI think Brenda on Facebook said it best:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4754\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4754\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4754\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-7.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"401\" height=\"60\" /></a>\n\nHa!\n\nPHOTO\n\nUltimately, the Blue Whale was declared the winner.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>','If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. Tulsa Golden Driller','','inherit','open','open','','4748-revision-5','','','2010-12-23 12:10:58','2010-12-23 17:10:58','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4748-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3826,1,'2010-11-19 09:57:02','2010-11-19 14:57:02','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3827\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1663-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3827\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16631-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact fully and safely with all it had to offer. One of the volunteers was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us the you-guys-are-the-bane-of-society look when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers repeatedly over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. Easy peasy. Easy as pie. Easy like Sunday morning. \r\n\r\nYou believe me, don\'t you?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m so glad everyone believes everything that comes out of my mouth.\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven for caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. 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And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3828\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" /></a>\n\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3829\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" /></a>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\n\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3830\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" /></a>\n\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV. \n\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact with all it had to offer fully and safely. She was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3831\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" /></a>\n\nShe didn\'t even give us look at us funny when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3832\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" /></a>\n\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people. \n\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college. \n\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.  \n\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3833\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" /></a>\n\nOh, the tenderness. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3834\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" /></a>\n\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3835\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" /></a>\n\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue. \n\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. I swear. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3836\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" /></a>\n\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3837\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" /></a>\n\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\" \n\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\" \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3838\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" /></a>\n\nSee how respected I am? \n\nEventually, we solved the puzzle. \n\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3839\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" /></a>\n\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\n\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again. \n\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.  \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3840\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" /></a>\n\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3833\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" title=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" /></a>\n\nEven caretakers in training. \n\n<b><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</b>\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. 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He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3828\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3829\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3830\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact with all it had to offer fully and safely. She was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3831\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us look at us funny when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3832\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3833\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3834\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3835\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. I swear.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3836\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3837\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3838\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee how respected I am?\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3839\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3840\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3833\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.','inherit','open','open','','3826-revision-2','','','2010-11-19 09:57:02','2010-11-19 14:57:02','',3826,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3826-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3843,1,'2010-11-19 10:02:48','2010-11-19 15:02:48','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3827\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1663-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3827\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16631-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThe other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\n\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact fully and safely with all it had to offer. One of the volunteers was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nShe didn\'t even give us the you-guys-are-the-bane-of-society look when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers repeatedly over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\n\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\n\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\n\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nOh, the tenderness.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\n\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. Easy peasy. Easy as pie. Easy like Sunday morning. \n\nYou believe me, don\'t you?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\n\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSee how respected I am?\n\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\n\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\n\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\n\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nEven caretakers in training.\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\nCall: (918) 712-9484\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.','inherit','open','open','','3826-autosave','','','2010-11-19 10:02:48','2010-11-19 15:02:48','',3826,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3826-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3844,1,'2010-11-19 09:57:02','2010-11-19 14:57:02','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3827\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1663-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3827\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16631-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact with all it had to offer fully and safely. She was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us look at us funny when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. I swear.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee how respected I am?\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. 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He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact fully and safely with all it had to offer. One of the volunteers was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us the you-guys-are-the-bane-of-society look when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. I swear.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee how respected I am?\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.','inherit','open','open','','3826-revision-4','','','2010-11-19 09:59:54','2010-11-19 14:59:54','',3826,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3826-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3846,1,'2010-11-19 09:59:54','2010-11-19 14:59:54','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3827\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1663-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3827\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16631-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact fully and safely with all it had to offer. One of the volunteers was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us the you-guys-are-the-bane-of-society look when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. I swear.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee how respected I am?\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.','inherit','open','open','','3826-revision-5','','','2010-11-19 09:59:54','2010-11-19 14:59:54','',3826,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3826-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3847,1,'2010-11-19 10:00:42','2010-11-19 15:00:42','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3827\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1663-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3827\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16631-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact fully and safely with all it had to offer. One of the volunteers was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us the you-guys-are-the-bane-of-society look when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers repeatedly over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. I swear.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee how respected I am?\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.','inherit','open','open','','3826-revision-6','','','2010-11-19 10:00:42','2010-11-19 15:00:42','',3826,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3826-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(3848,1,'2010-11-19 10:00:43','2010-11-19 15:00:43','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3827\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1663-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3827\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16631-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact fully and safely with all it had to offer. One of the volunteers was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us the you-guys-are-the-bane-of-society look when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers repeatedly over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. I swear.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee how respected I am?\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.','inherit','open','open','','3826-revision-7','','','2010-11-19 10:00:43','2010-11-19 15:00:43','',3826,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3826-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(3849,1,'2010-11-19 10:03:04','2010-11-19 15:03:04','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3827\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1663-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3827\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16631-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact fully and safely with all it had to offer. One of the volunteers was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us the you-guys-are-the-bane-of-society look when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers repeatedly over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. Easy peasy. Easy as pie. Easy like Sunday morning. \r\n\r\nYou believe me, don\'t you?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee how respected I am?\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.','inherit','open','open','','3826-revision-8','','','2010-11-19 10:03:04','2010-11-19 15:03:04','',3826,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3826-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(3850,1,'2010-11-19 10:03:04','2010-11-19 15:03:04','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3827\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1663-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3827\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16631-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact fully and safely with all it had to offer. One of the volunteers was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us the you-guys-are-the-bane-of-society look when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers repeatedly over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. Easy peasy. Easy as pie. Easy like Sunday morning. \r\n\r\nYou believe me, don\'t you?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee how respected I am?\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.','inherit','open','open','','3826-revision-9','','','2010-11-19 10:03:04','2010-11-19 15:03:04','',3826,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3826-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(3851,1,'2010-11-19 10:04:19','2010-11-19 15:04:19','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3827\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1663-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3827\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16631-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact fully and safely with all it had to offer. One of the volunteers was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us the you-guys-are-the-bane-of-society look when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers repeatedly over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. Easy peasy. Easy as pie. Easy like Sunday morning. \r\n\r\nYou believe me, don\'t you?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m so glad everyone believes everything that comes out of my mouth.\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.','inherit','open','open','','3826-revision-10','','','2010-11-19 10:04:19','2010-11-19 15:04:19','',3826,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3826-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(3852,1,'2010-11-19 10:04:19','2010-11-19 15:04:19','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3827\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1663-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3827\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16631-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact fully and safely with all it had to offer. One of the volunteers was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us the you-guys-are-the-bane-of-society look when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers repeatedly over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. Easy peasy. Easy as pie. Easy like Sunday morning. \r\n\r\nYou believe me, don\'t you?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m so glad everyone believes everything that comes out of my mouth.\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.','inherit','open','open','','3826-revision-11','','','2010-11-19 10:04:19','2010-11-19 15:04:19','',3826,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3826-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(3853,1,'2010-11-19 10:06:00','2010-11-19 15:06:00','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3827\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1663-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3827\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16631-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3828\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1668-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16681.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3829\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1680-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3829\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16801.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nHere\'s his secret: He went to <a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/programs/traveling-exhibits.html\">the Big Adventure, the third interactive, semi-permanent exhibit by Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>, our city\'s own kids\' museum without walls, at <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave. Like every other exhibit at THS, this one is absolutely, completely free to see.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3830\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1738/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3830\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1738-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe exhibit reminded me of field trips to what was formally known as the OmniPlex in Oklahoma City, only scaled down (the plus for moms: less chasing the kids around all over the danged place) and full of even more interactive components. Big Adventure challenges kids physically and mentally on what\'s essentially a three-dimensional game board, which is something they just can\'t get from an afternoon in front of the TV.\r\n\r\nWhen we popped in to see what the exhibit was all about the TCM volunteers took the time to walk us through the exhibit, explaining how to interact fully and safely with all it had to offer. One of the volunteers was so friendly and attentive, in fact, that by the end of our trip, she was calling my curly-headed sidekick by name.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3831\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1715/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3831\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1715.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nShe didn\'t even give us the you-guys-are-the-bane-of-society look when my son spent 45 minutes driving a kid-sized baby stroller over the bumpy Main Drag at Big Adventure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3832\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1721/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3832\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1721-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMaybe he thinks that driving strollers repeatedly over rough terrain is something that\'s done by all normal and law-abiding people.\r\n\r\nHe\'d have me to blame for that. I chose a jogging stroller for a reason - they can jump curbs almost as easily as the Jeep I drove in college.\r\n\r\nMoms, I want to tell you something: When we give birth to boys, we\'re raising the future fathers of America. If your little guy wants to drive a stroller and play with dolls, you should let him - his future spouse will thank you.\r\n\r\nPersonally? I know my little man will make a wonderful daddy someday.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOh, the tenderness.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3834\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1753/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1753.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhile my little guy definitely had fun herding the baby stroller over as many obstacles as possible, we had a lot of fun on the scavenger hunt, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3835\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1831/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3835\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1831-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt was pretty tough, I have to say. There are no gimmes in this game - the kids are challenged to find each and every clue.\r\n\r\nBut for me, the mom, it was easy. Easy peasy. Easy as pie. Easy like Sunday morning. \r\n\r\nYou believe me, don\'t you?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3836\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1840/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3836\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1840-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere are some tips for kids and parents alike: It\'s easier to find clues if you can get a bird\'s eye view.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3837\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1843/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3837\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1843-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Mamma? I no see dese clues.\"\r\n\r\n\"Well, son, if you want to have something besides bread and water for dinner, you\'re just gonna have to look harder.\"\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3838\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1851/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3838\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m so glad everyone believes everything that comes out of my mouth.\r\n\r\nEventually, we solved the puzzle.\r\n\r\n(SPOILER ALERT!)\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3839\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1866/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3839\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1866-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhoever made up this secret message is definitely, definitely cool in my book.\r\n\r\nThe Big Adventure is at THS until April 2011, but why wait? Check it out this weekend. Because odds are you\'ll want plenty of time to revisit it again and again.\r\n\r\nPlus, it\'s a great excuse to see what else is going on at Tulsa Historical Society. Look for exhibits on the Tulsa Race Riot (the largest in U.S. history) as well as installations on Tulsa in the 1940s, a history of baseball in Tulsa and a display in honor of the centennial of Camp Fire USA.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3840\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1808/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3840\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1808-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo say the least, there\'s a little bit of something for everyone going on at THS right now.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3833\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/the-big-adventure-tulsa-childrens-museum/dsc_1727/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3833\" title=\"Big Adventure\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1727-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Big Adventure\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEven for caretakers in training.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.tulsachildrensmuseum.org/\">Tulsa Children\'s Museum</a>: The Big Adventure</strong>\r\nWhen: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCall: (918) 712-9484\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.TulsaChildrensMuseum.org\">TulsaChildrensMuseum.org</a>, <a href=\"http://www.TulsaHistory.org\">TulsaHistory.org</a>','The Big Adventure: Something Free To Do In Tulsa','The other day my son climbed a spiderweb. And flew an airplane. And went hurtling down a speedway. And built a bridge over a treacherous river filled with alligators. He also went on a scavenger hunt to uncover a secret message. And he did it all without traveling to an exotic, far-away land. He also did it all without paying a single cent.','inherit','open','open','','3826-revision-12','','','2010-11-19 10:06:00','2010-11-19 15:06:00','',3826,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3826-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(3862,1,'2010-11-19 16:51:48','2010-11-19 21:51:48','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3855\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3855\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1690-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3855\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast week a couple of local bloggers and I met up at Fassler Hall. It\'s something we like to once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and to get our eat on. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3856\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave., which so kindly invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session. \r\n \r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3857\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places. \r\n\r\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered. \r\n\r\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life. \r\n\r\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3860\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3860\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1696-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3860\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer. \r\n\r\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3858\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\r\n\r\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?). \r\n\r\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener. \r\n\r\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little, my friend. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3859\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off. \r\n\r\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up. \r\n\r\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\r\n304 S. Elgin Ave. \r\n4pm-2am, seven days\r\n(918) 576-7898\r\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" style=\"border:none;width:130px;height:36px\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things.','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-2','','','2010-11-19 16:51:48','2010-11-19 21:51:48','',3854,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3854-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3863,1,'2010-11-19 16:51:48','2010-11-19 21:51:48','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3855\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3855\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1690-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3855\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast week a couple of local bloggers and I met up at Fassler Hall. It\'s something we like to once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and to get our eat on. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3856\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave., which so kindly invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session. \r\n \r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3857\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places. \r\n\r\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered. \r\n\r\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life. \r\n\r\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3860\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3860\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1696-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3860\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer. \r\n\r\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3858\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\r\n\r\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?). \r\n\r\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener. \r\n\r\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little, my friend. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3859\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off. \r\n\r\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up. \r\n\r\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\r\n304 S. Elgin Ave. \r\n4pm-2am, seven days\r\n(918) 576-7898\r\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" style=\"border:none;width:130px;height:36px\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things.','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-3','','','2010-11-19 16:51:48','2010-11-19 21:51:48','',3854,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3854-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3864,1,'2010-11-19 16:53:04','2010-11-19 21:53:04','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3855\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3855\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1690-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3855\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast week a couple of local bloggers and I met up at Fassler Hall. It\'s something we like to do once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and chow down on some good grub from a locally owned restaurant. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3856\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave., which so kindly invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session. \r\n \r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3857\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places. \r\n\r\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered. \r\n\r\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life. \r\n\r\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3860\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3860\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1696-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3860\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer. \r\n\r\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3858\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\r\n\r\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?). \r\n\r\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener. \r\n\r\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little, my friend. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3859\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off. \r\n\r\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up. \r\n\r\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\r\n304 S. Elgin Ave. \r\n4pm-2am, seven days\r\n(918) 576-7898\r\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" style=\"border:none;width:130px;height:36px\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things.','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-4','','','2010-11-19 16:53:04','2010-11-19 21:53:04','',3854,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3854-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(3865,1,'2010-11-19 16:56:08','2010-11-19 21:56:08','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3855\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3855\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3855\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1690-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nLast week a couple of local bloggers and I met up at Fassler Hall. It\'s something we like to do once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and chow down on some good grub from a locally owned restaurant.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3856\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave. The folks there invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session.\n\nAnd we\'re never the types to turn down an invitation to eat, drink, be merry\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3857\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places.\n\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered.\n\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life.\n\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3860\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3860\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3860\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1696-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer.\n\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3858\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\n\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?).\n\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener.\n\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little, my friend.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3859\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off.\n\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up.\n\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\n304 S. Elgin Ave.\n4pm-2am, seven days\n(918) 576-7898\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things.','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-5','','','2010-11-19 16:56:08','2010-11-19 21:56:08','',3854,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3854-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(3868,1,'2010-11-19 16:58:56','2010-11-19 21:58:56','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3855\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3855\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3855\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1690-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast week a couple of local bloggers and I met up at Fassler Hall. It\'s something we like to do once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and chow down on some good grub from a locally owned restaurant.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3856\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave. The folks there invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session.\r\n\r\nAnd we\'re never the types to turn down an invitation to eat, drink, be merry and generally invade someplace.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3857\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places.\r\n\r\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered.\r\n\r\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life.\r\n\r\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman. Who takes cake from strangers? This girl.\r\n\r\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer.\r\n\r\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3858\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\r\n\r\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?).\r\n\r\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener.\r\n\r\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little, my friend.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3859\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off.\r\n\r\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\r\n304 S. Elgin Ave.\r\n4pm-2am, seven days\r\n(918) 576-7898\r\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things.','inherit','open','open','','3854-revision-8','','','2010-11-19 16:58:56','2010-11-19 21:58:56','',3854,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3854-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(3866,1,'2010-11-19 16:56:32','2010-11-19 21:56:32','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3855\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3855\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3855\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1690-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast week a couple of local bloggers and I met up at Fassler Hall. It\'s something we like to do once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and chow down on some good grub from a locally owned restaurant.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3856\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave. The folks there invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session.\r\n\r\nAnd we\'re never the types to turn down an invitation to eat, drink, be merry and generally invade someplace.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3857\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places.\r\n\r\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered.\r\n\r\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life.\r\n\r\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3860\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3860\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3860\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1696-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer.\r\n\r\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3858\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\r\n\r\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?).\r\n\r\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener.\r\n\r\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little, my friend.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3859\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off.\r\n\r\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\r\n304 S. Elgin Ave.\r\n4pm-2am, seven days\r\n(918) 576-7898\r\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. 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It\'s something we like to do once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and chow down on some good grub from a locally owned restaurant.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3856\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave. The folks there invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session.\n\nAnd we\'re never the types to turn down an invitation to eat, drink, be merry and generally invade someplace.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3857\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places.\n\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered.\n\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life.\n\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman. Who takes cake from strangers? This girl.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3860\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3860\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3860\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1696-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer.\n\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3858\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\n\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?).\n\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener.\n\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little, my friend.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3859\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off.\n\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up.\n\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\n304 S. Elgin Ave.\n4pm-2am, seven days\n(918) 576-7898\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. 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It\'s something we like to do once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and chow down on some good grub from a locally owned restaurant.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1666-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave. The folks there invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session.\r\n\r\nAnd we\'re never the types to turn down an invitation to eat, drink, be merry and generally invade someplace.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1683-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places.\r\n\r\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered.\r\n\r\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life.\r\n\r\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman. Who takes cake from strangers? This girl.\r\n\r\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer.\r\n\r\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1654-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\r\n\r\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?).\r\n\r\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener.\r\n\r\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little, my friend.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1666-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off.\r\n\r\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\r\n304 S. Elgin Ave.\r\n4pm-2am, seven days\r\n(918) 576-7898\r\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. 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It\'s something we like to do once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and chow down on some good grub from a locally owned restaurant.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1666-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave. The folks there invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session.\r\n\r\nAnd we\'re never the types to turn down an invitation to eat, drink, be merry and generally invade someplace.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1683-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places.\r\n\r\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered.\r\n\r\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life.\r\n\r\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman. Who takes cake from strangers? This girl.\r\n\r\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer.\r\n\r\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1654-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\r\n\r\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?).\r\n\r\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener.\r\n\r\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little meal, my friend.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1666-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off.\r\n\r\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\r\n304 S. 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It\'s something we like to do once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and chow down on some good grub from a locally owned restaurant.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1666-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave. The folks there invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session.\r\n\r\nAnd we\'re never the types to turn down an invitation to eat, drink, be merry and generally invade someplace.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1683-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places.\r\n\r\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered.\r\n\r\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life.\r\n\r\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman. Who takes cake from strangers? This girl.\r\n\r\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer.\r\n\r\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1654-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\r\n\r\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?).\r\n\r\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener.\r\n\r\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little meal, my friend.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1666-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off.\r\n\r\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\r\n304 S. Elgin Ave.\r\n4pm-2am, seven days\r\n(918) 576-7898\r\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. 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It\'s something we like to do once each month or so, get together to talk shop, throw back a few beers and chow down on some good grub from a locally owned restaurant.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3856\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1666-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3856\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1666-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd by \"a couple of local bloggers\" I really mean about 50 of them. We\'re like sorority girls - we travel in flocks.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nWe were pretty happy with where we flocked for this month\'s meetup: <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a>, the newest edition of the <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s</a> spin-off series that opened earlier this month in downtown\'s Blue Dome District at 304 S. Elgin Ave. The folks there invited our little meetup in for a visit and a fancy, schmancy sausage sampling session.\r\n\r\nAnd we\'re never the types to turn down an invitation to eat, drink, be merry and generally invade someplace.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3857\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1683-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3857\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1683-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFassler Hall is a pretty curious little spot, really. It\'s basically a giant, open space filled with super-sized picnic tables and a bar on one side. And rather than getting one of those fancy tables all to yourself, you share it with future friends - in other words, people you\'ve never met before. It\'s called communal seating, and apparently it\'s something that\'s done pretty often over in those Europe-y types of places.\r\n\r\nWhich made Fassler an ideal spot for our group to have one of our more casual meetings there. It\'s a mixer-and-mingler\'s dream. It also creates situations in which a random patron offers a certain blogger a bite of his birthday cake, over which he was exclaiming and gesticulating wildly and couldn\'t help but attract said blogger\'s comment along the lines of, well dang, if that cake is that good, then I want a bite. And she, not wanting to be rude, took that bite when it was so offered.\r\n\r\nAnd the blogger lived. She might have worried for a few days that she\'d eaten something caustic, but we all know what they say about worrying, and I\'ve yet to find out if it added a day to my - I mean, <em>this blogger\'s</em> - life.\r\n\r\nI know. I\'m a crazy, crazy, wild woman. Who takes cake from strangers? This girl.\r\n\r\nSometimes we try to have some kind of professional development component at our meetings, or even a blogger open mic so that everyone has a chance to take advantage of the captive audience and talk a little bit about his/her blog. There was none of that this time. Fassler Hall is a very loud, very crowded place. But there <em>was</em> lots of beer.\r\n\r\nAnd lots and lots of wieners, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3858\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1654-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3858\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1654-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe menu at Fassler is just like how I like my jeans in the hiney area - tight, and with no allowance for fluff. I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. I\'d rather a restaurant pick a few things that they\'re really good at and pimp the heck out of just those things. We don\'t need no stinkin\' watered down menus, and we certainly don\'t need anyone having to take 20 minutes of their lives to decide what they want off of a thesis-sized selection of plates.\r\n\r\nThere are all of three items on the Fassler Hall menu - Sausage, Frites and Pretzels. The sausage part of the menu offers six types from which to choose, not counting any special sausages on the chalkboard over the bar. While the Habanero Chicken ($5.50) and the Andouille ($5.50) were tempting, I opted for the Beef Frank ($5.50 - seeing a pricing trend here?).\r\n\r\nCheck out the photo above and you\'ll see that it\'s served Chicago-style with pickle, sport pepper, tomato, onion, yellow mustard and celery salt on a poppy seed bun. Except that I didn\'t get the poppy seeds on my bun, but whatever. It was still one choice wiener.\r\n\r\nPair one of the sausages I just mentioned with an order of the Frites ($4) - about two fists full of fries fried in delicious, flavorful, sinful duck fat - and a Marshall Pavilion Pilsner on draft ($6 for a 1/2 liter, $12 for the full) and you\'ve got yourself a pretty nice little meal, my friend.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3859\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1666-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3859\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16661-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAdded to the menu since the night we bloggers took over the place is an offering of live music on the weekends. Another member of the McNellies franchise is <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/\">The Colony</a>, which has become known as one of the very best places in this area of the state for top-shelf local music. My hope is that Fassler can start to build the same sort of reputation. I think that it\'s their hope, too. Fassler is in a choice location and weighs in at a size that could both allow for intimate concert experiences as well as attract some of the larger, more regional acts into the Blue Dome District. I can\'t wait to see if they can pull it off.\r\n\r\nThe next time you\'re trolling for a new bar or restaurant to try and you think you might like to hear some live tunes, swing by Fassler and see what\'s up. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/fassler-hall/dsc_1690-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3871\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_16901-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fassler Hall\" title=\"Fassler Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3871\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter all, more than four dozen bloggers can\'t be wrong.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fassler Hall</strong>\r\n304 S. Elgin Ave.\r\n4pm-2am, seven days\r\n(918) 576-7898\r\n<a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">FasslerHall.com</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1551975/restaurant/Downtown/Fassler-Hall-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1551975/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Fassler Hall on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Fassler Hall: So a group of bloggers walk into a bar...','I\'m not one of those people who prefers a 12-page menu. To me, that screams insecurity. 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Right. <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-wicked-thrifty-style-0\">Get the scoop on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Wicked, Thrifty Style','OK, Tulsa parents, I know you\'ve been inundated with information and advertising about Wicked\'s second stint in Tulsa that kicks off this weekend. But there\'s a reason why it\'s all over the place. The show really is that good. 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The show really is that good. To say that it\'s babysitter worthy might be in the running for the top 10 understatements of the year.\n\nBut, here\'s the deal. If you\'re like me and my family, $120 for a pair of seats in the nosebleed section is a bit rich, not to mention what the cost would be if you wanted to sit a bit closer to the show. Add to that the cost of hiring a babysitter for an entire evening. And of course you\'ll want to grab dinner before the show, or maybe stop for a quick cocktail on the way home. Pretty soon you\'re talking about a date night that\'s gonna cost you north of the $200 mark.\n\nYikes!\n\nGood thing I have a secret tip for making all this work then, right? Right. <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-wicked-thrifty-style-0\">Get the scoop on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Wicked, Thrifty Style','','inherit','open','open','','3874-revision','','','2010-11-19 17:22:44','2010-11-19 22:22:44','',3874,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3874-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3876,1,'2010-11-19 17:23:38','2010-11-19 22:23:38','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object id=\"video\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"415\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http://www.kjrh.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=6448\" /><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"&amp;skin=MP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf&amp;embed=true&amp;adSizeArray=1x1000,320x40,3x1000&amp;adSrc=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fpfadx%2Fssp%2Ekjrh%2Fentertainment%2Fdetail%3Bdcmt%3Dtext%2Fxml%3Bsz%3D%25size%25%3Bpos%3D%25pos%25%3Bloc%3D%25loc%25%3Bcomp%3D%25adid%25%3Btile%3D3%3Bfname%3D2news%2Dmeteorologist%2Djulie%2Dchin%2Dremembers%2Dher%2D%2522wicked%2522%2Dways%3Bord%3D763217657571658500%3Frand%3D%25rand%25&amp;flv=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2Ffeeds%2FoutboundFeed%3FobfType%3DVIDEO%5FPLAYER%5FSMIL%5FFEED%26componentId%3D186902080&amp;img=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2F%2Fphoto%2F2010%2F11%2F18%2FJulie%5FChin%5Fvisits%5Fthe%5F1a5cf3cf%2D459f%2D46eb%2Db133%2D9da430e920f20000%5F20101118100455%5F640%5F480%2EJPG&amp;story=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2Fdpp%2Fentertainment%2F2news%2Dmeteorologist%2Djulie%2Dchin%2Dremembers%2Dher%2D%22wicked%22%2Dways&amp;category=&amp;title=&amp;oacct=&amp;ovns=\" /><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"all\" /><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.kjrh.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=6448\" /><embed id=\"video\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"415\" src=\"http://www.kjrh.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=6448\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allownetworking=\"all\" flashvars=\"&amp;skin=MP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf&amp;embed=true&amp;adSizeArray=1x1000,320x40,3x1000&amp;adSrc=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fpfadx%2Fssp%2Ekjrh%2Fentertainment%2Fdetail%3Bdcmt%3Dtext%2Fxml%3Bsz%3D%25size%25%3Bpos%3D%25pos%25%3Bloc%3D%25loc%25%3Bcomp%3D%25adid%25%3Btile%3D3%3Bfname%3D2news%2Dmeteorologist%2Djulie%2Dchin%2Dremembers%2Dher%2D%2522wicked%2522%2Dways%3Bord%3D763217657571658500%3Frand%3D%25rand%25&amp;flv=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2Ffeeds%2FoutboundFeed%3FobfType%3DVIDEO%5FPLAYER%5FSMIL%5FFEED%26componentId%3D186902080&amp;img=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2F%2Fphoto%2F2010%2F11%2F18%2FJulie%5FChin%5Fvisits%5Fthe%5F1a5cf3cf%2D459f%2D46eb%2Db133%2D9da430e920f20000%5F20101118100455%5F640%5F480%2EJPG&amp;story=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ekjrh%2Ecom%2Fdpp%2Fentertainment%2F2news%2Dmeteorologist%2Djulie%2Dchin%2Dremembers%2Dher%2D%22wicked%22%2Dways&amp;category=&amp;title=&amp;oacct=&amp;ovns=\" data=\"http://www.kjrh.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=6448\"></embed></object></p>\r\n\r\nOK, Tulsa parents, I know you\'ve been inundated with information and advertising about Wicked\'s second stint in Tulsa that kicks off this weekend.\r\n\r\nBut there\'s a reason why it\'s all over the place. The show really is that good. To say that it\'s babysitter worthy might be in the running for the top 10 understatements of the year.\r\n\r\nBut, here\'s the deal. If you\'re like me and my family, $120 for a pair of seats in the nosebleed section is a bit rich, not to mention what the cost would be if you wanted to sit a bit closer to the show. Add to that the cost of hiring a babysitter for an entire evening. And of course you\'ll want to grab dinner before the show, or maybe stop for a quick cocktail on the way home. Pretty soon you\'re talking about a date night that\'s gonna cost you north of the $200 mark.\r\n\r\nYikes!\r\n\r\nGood thing I have a secret tip for making all this work then, right? Right. <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-wicked-thrifty-style-0\">Get the scoop on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>','Babysitter Worthy: Wicked, Thrifty Style','OK, Tulsa parents, I know you\'ve been inundated with information and advertising about Wicked\'s second stint in Tulsa that kicks off this weekend. But there\'s a reason why it\'s all over the place. The show really is that good. To say that it\'s babysitter worthy might be in the running for the top 10 understatements of the year.','inherit','open','open','','3874-revision-2','','','2010-11-19 17:23:38','2010-11-19 22:23:38','',3874,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3874-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4729,1,'2010-12-17 12:18:15','2010-12-17 17:18:15','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4599\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0614/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4599\" style=\"border: 1px solid gray;\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0614-500x460.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"500\" height=\"460\" /></a></p>\r\nSometimes you feel like a fried patty of beef between two buttered buns with a side of fried potatoes, all served up in the classic styrofoam packaging, double-sacked.\r\n\r\nAnd sometimes you feel like lugging around a clunky DSLR camera into a restaurant and not allowing anyone to take a bite or touch their food until you\'ve taken three dozen photos.\r\n\r\nAnd then sometimes, you don\'t.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nEnter <a href=\"http://www.sproutztulsa.com/\">Sproutz</a>, serving up a menu of breakfast, baked goodies, soups, salads and sandwiches and <a href=\"http://www.sproutztulsa.com/\">the cutest logo ever</a> at 29th and Harvard.\r\n\r\nEnter also my first attempt at iPhone photography.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4600\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0625/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4600  aligncenter\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0625.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nAnyone who was jonesing for a green, centrally located, family-friendly deli, lunch counter and market in Tulsa was stoked earlier this year when Sproutz opened its doors.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4601\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0633/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4601  aligncenter\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0633.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nBut while I appreciate when a restaurant chucks the styrofoam in favor of renewable packaging and utensils, I\'m not going back unless I\'m impressed by the food.\r\n\r\nGood thing Sproutz has a killer reuben sandwich. Here\'s the beef (literally): Baby swiss cheese, sauerkraut, 1000 Island dressing and corned beef on dark rye bread.\r\n\r\nOh, yeah. I live for reuben sandwiches.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4602\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0616/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4602\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0616-500x385.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLook at this thing. It\'s ain\'t your average wimpy reuben sandwich from Arby\'s with its thinly sliced beef and crooked-ass cheese and its insipid sauerkraut, that\'s for sure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4603\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0619/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4603\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0619.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"494\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s a monster.\r\n\r\nIt\'s...it\'s perfect.\r\n\r\n*sniff* Anyone have a Kleenex? I have a little something in my eye.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4602\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0616/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4602\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0616-500x385.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd what do you know - this iPhone photography stuff isn\'t as lame as it sounds.\r\n\r\nOther things I\'ve tried at Sproutz that are drool-worhty are the Neimann Marcus chicken salad ($7.50, roasted chicken, red sedless grapes, chopped celery and toasted almonds in a whipped cream dressing served with lettuce on honey wheat bread), the Pastrami sandwich ($8.50, eight ounces of house-smoked pastrami on rye bread with spicy mustard), and the Thai Cobb Salad ($7.50 - roasted chicken, romaine lettuce, water chestnuts, sesame sticks and sprouts with a spicy peanut dressing).\r\n\r\nYum. All of it. And I don\'t even like honey wheat bread. And I have this weird personal policy against ordering salad when dining out. Call it a vendetta against wimpy food reserved for when I\'m dining out and paying 400 percent of the at-cost price, but I\'m more than willing to make an exception for the Thai Cobb Salad at Spoutz.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4604\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0610/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4604\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0610.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"494\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI can always appreciate a family-friendly restaurant, especially those that don\'t involve a giant mouse, cold pizza, flashing lights and buzzers going off every five seconds.\r\n\r\nKids are more than welcome at Sproutz, and my kid seemed to like it pretty well. He doesn\'t usually have much to say about food except the word no (if I hadn\'t been conscious during his birth and if he didn\'t look so much like his dad, I\'d probably question whether or not this child is indeed of my loins), but he did eat his entire grilled cheese the day we visited.\r\n\r\nSo as much as one grilled cheese can differ from another, apparently Sproutz has it figured out.\r\n\r\nThey have something else figured out, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4605\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0630/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4605\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0630.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4606\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0628/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4606\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0628.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKids menu + large selection of fresh-baked cookies = Helpless parents.\r\n\r\nIn more ways than one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4606\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0628/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4606\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0628.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHappy kids are another result of this equation.\r\n\r\nThe buckets of crayons and coloring sheets and cozy, playful-chic atmosphere of the dining room strengthens the lure of Sproutz to kids even more.\r\n\r\nIt becomes Hulk-like, really. Just look at this face.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4607\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0623/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4607\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0623.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to deli/sandwich counter tradition, there\'s not much elbow room at Sproutz. When a clean, green breakfast or lunch made from top-shelf ingredients sounds like it\'d hit the spot, you might want to show up 15 or so minutes before the rush if you want a seat.\r\n\r\nYou don\'t have to get around early, though, for the <a href=\"http://www.sproutztulsa.com/index.php?id=21\">Sproutz green tip of the day</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4601\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0633/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4601\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0633.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMuch of what\'s available on the breakfast and lunch menu at Sproutz can also be purchased in crowd-friendly quantities from the market, but there\'s even more than that available there. We\'re talking breakfast casserole, lasagna, Allen Brothers rib eyes, Kosher whole chickens, tamales, knishes...the list goes on and on, and the variety is as impressive as the time my kid named every Thomas &amp; Friends character in the toy aisle at the grocery store.\r\n\r\nAnd then proceeded to offer to take his dear ol\' mom out and treat her to some beer and fried pickles.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4608\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0639/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4608\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0639-500x378.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" /></a>\r\n\r\nJust kidding about the beer.\r\n\r\nThe next time treading lightly on the earth makes you hungry, see what\'s on special at Sproutz. There\'s a new one daily, and the prospect of that your meal could include ingredients that are at once kosher, organic and artisan for under $10 a ticket is a thrill even those ambivalent about the word foodie (I am a foodie, but even I\'m still pretty grossed out by that word) could understand.\r\n\r\nAnd as for iPhone photography, if you have any tips on techniques or apps that could help me learn, leave \'em in the comments - help me! I think I\'ve found my newest hobby. \r\n\r\n<strong>Sproutz</strong>\r\nMonday-Saturday, 7am-7pm (closed Sunday)\r\n(918) 508-2122\r\n2602 S. Harvard Ave.\r\nApp used for photos: <a href=\"http://www.nevercenter.com/camerabag/\">CameraBag</a>','Sproutz: Get around early for earth-friendly fare','The next time treading lightly on the earth makes you hungry, see what\'s on special at Sproutz. There\'s a new one daily, and the prospect of that your meal could include ingredients that are at once kosher, organic and artisan for under $10 a ticket is a thrill even those ambivalent about the word foodie (I am one, but I\'m still pretty iffy about the word, to tell you the truth) could understand. ','inherit','open','open','','4472-revision-9','','','2010-12-17 12:18:15','2010-12-17 17:18:15','',4472,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4472-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4730,1,'2010-12-22 16:19:37','2010-12-22 21:19:37','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4599\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0614/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4599\" style=\"border: 1px solid gray;\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0614-500x460.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"500\" height=\"460\" /></a></p>\r\nSometimes you feel like a fried patty of beef between two buttered buns with a side of fried potatoes, all served up in the classic styrofoam packaging, double-sacked.\r\n\r\nAnd sometimes you feel like lugging around a clunky DSLR camera into a restaurant and not allowing anyone to take a bite or touch their food until you\'ve taken three dozen photos.\r\n\r\nAnd then sometimes, you don\'t.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nEnter <a href=\"http://www.sproutztulsa.com/\">Sproutz</a>, serving up a menu of breakfast, baked goodies, soups, salads and sandwiches and <a href=\"http://www.sproutztulsa.com/\">the cutest logo ever</a> at 29th and Harvard.\r\n\r\nEnter also my first attempt at iPhone photography.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4600\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0625/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4600  aligncenter\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0625.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nAnyone who was jonesing for a green, centrally located, family-friendly deli, lunch counter and market in Tulsa was stoked earlier this year when Sproutz opened its doors.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4601\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0633/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4601  aligncenter\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0633.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nBut while I appreciate when a restaurant chucks the styrofoam in favor of renewable packaging and utensils, I\'m not going back unless I\'m impressed by the food.\r\n\r\nGood thing Sproutz has a killer reuben sandwich. Here\'s the beef (literally): Baby swiss cheese, sauerkraut, 1000 Island dressing and corned beef on dark rye bread.\r\n\r\nOh, yeah. I live for reuben sandwiches.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4602\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0616/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4602\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0616-500x385.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLook at this thing. It\'s ain\'t your average wimpy reuben sandwich from Arby\'s with its thinly sliced beef and crooked-ass cheese and its insipid sauerkraut, that\'s for sure.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4603\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0619/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4603\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0619.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"494\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s a monster.\r\n\r\nIt\'s...it\'s perfect.\r\n\r\n*sniff* Anyone have a Kleenex? I have a little something in my eye.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4602\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0616/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4602\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0616-500x385.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd what do you know - this iPhone photography stuff isn\'t as lame as it sounds.\r\n\r\nOther things I\'ve tried at Sproutz that are drool-worhty are the Neimann Marcus chicken salad ($7.50, roasted chicken, red sedless grapes, chopped celery and toasted almonds in a whipped cream dressing served with lettuce on honey wheat bread), the Pastrami sandwich ($8.50, eight ounces of house-smoked pastrami on rye bread with spicy mustard), and the Thai Cobb Salad ($7.50 - roasted chicken, romaine lettuce, water chestnuts, sesame sticks and sprouts with a spicy peanut dressing).\r\n\r\nYum. All of it. And I don\'t even like honey wheat bread. And I have this weird personal policy against ordering salad when dining out. Call it a vendetta against wimpy food reserved for when I\'m dining out and paying 400 percent of the at-cost price, but I\'m more than willing to make an exception for the Thai Cobb Salad at Spoutz.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4604\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0610/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4604\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0610.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"494\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI can always appreciate a family-friendly restaurant, especially those that don\'t involve a giant mouse, cold pizza, flashing lights and buzzers going off every five seconds.\r\n\r\nKids are more than welcome at Sproutz, and my kid seemed to like it pretty well. He doesn\'t usually have much to say about food except the word no (if I hadn\'t been conscious during his birth and if he didn\'t look so much like his dad, I\'d probably question whether or not this child is indeed of my loins), but he did eat his entire grilled cheese the day we visited.\r\n\r\nSo as much as one grilled cheese can differ from another, apparently Sproutz has it figured out.\r\n\r\nThey have something else figured out, too.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4605\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0630/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4605\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0630.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4606\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0628/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4606\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0628.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKids menu + large selection of fresh-baked cookies = Helpless parents.\r\n\r\nIn more ways than one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4606\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0628/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4606\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0628.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHappy kids are another result of this equation.\r\n\r\nThe buckets of crayons and coloring sheets and cozy, playful-chic atmosphere of the dining room strengthens the lure of Sproutz to kids even more.\r\n\r\nIt becomes Hulk-like, really. Just look at this face.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4607\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0623/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4607\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0623.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTrue to deli/sandwich counter tradition, there\'s not much elbow room at Sproutz. When a clean, green breakfast or lunch made from top-shelf ingredients sounds like it\'d hit the spot, you might want to show up 15 or so minutes before the rush if you want a seat.\r\n\r\nYou don\'t have to get around early, though, for the <a href=\"http://www.sproutztulsa.com/index.php?id=21\">Sproutz green tip of the day</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4601\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0633/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4601\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0633.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMuch of what\'s available on the breakfast and lunch menu at Sproutz can also be purchased in crowd-friendly quantities from the market, but there\'s even more than that available there. We\'re talking breakfast casserole, lasagna, Allen Brothers rib eyes, Kosher whole chickens, tamales, knishes...the list goes on and on, and the variety is as impressive as the time my kid named every Thomas &amp; Friends character in the toy aisle at the grocery store.\r\n\r\nAnd then proceeded to offer to take his dear ol\' mom out and treat her to some beer and fried pickles.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4608\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/sproutz-restaurant-review/img_0639/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4608\" title=\"Sproutz\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0639-500x378.jpg\" alt=\"Sproutz\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" /></a>\r\n\r\nJust kidding about the beer.\r\n\r\nThe next time treading lightly on the earth makes you hungry, see what\'s on special at Sproutz. There\'s a new one daily, and the prospect of that your meal could include ingredients that are at once kosher, organic and artisan for under $10 a ticket is a thrill even those ambivalent about the word foodie (I am a foodie, but even I\'m still pretty grossed out by that word) could understand.\r\n\r\nAnd as for iPhone photography, if you have any tips on techniques or apps that could help me learn, leave \'em in the comments - help me! I think I\'ve found my newest hobby. \r\n\r\n<strong>Sproutz</strong>\r\nMonday-Saturday, 7am-7pm (closed Sunday)\r\n(918) 508-2122\r\n2602 S. Harvard Ave.\r\nApp used for photos: <a href=\"http://www.nevercenter.com/camerabag/\">CameraBag</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1519755/restaurant/Midtown/Sproutz-Tulsa\"><img alt=\"Sproutz on Urbanspoon\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1519755/minilink.gif\" style=\"border:none;width:130px;height:36px\" /></a>','Sproutz: Get around early for earth-friendly fare','The next time treading lightly on the earth makes you hungry, see what\'s on special at Sproutz. There\'s a new one daily, and the prospect of that your meal could include ingredients that are at once kosher, organic and artisan for under $10 a ticket is a thrill even those ambivalent about the word foodie (I am one, but I\'m still pretty iffy about the word, to tell you the truth) could understand. ','inherit','open','open','','4472-revision-10','','','2010-12-22 16:19:37','2010-12-22 21:19:37','',4472,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4472-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(3883,1,'2010-11-21 19:45:13','2010-11-22 00:45:13','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/ScouNWkNF4I/AAAAAAAAA0w/7em8WlKCbRU/s400/DSC04037-1.JPG\" /></div>\n\nI love how every time I pop in at <a href=\"http://www.bluejackalope.com/\">Blue Jackalope, a community grocery store in the shadow of the BOK Center at 306 S. Phoenix</a>, I learn about something refreshing and new that\'s going on in Tulsa.\n\nWe\'re about to gain another farmers\' market, for one. The Crosbie Heights Farmers\' Market will kick off Sunday starting at 1pm, right across from Blue Jackalope and the community garden bearing the same neighborhood name. Plenty of traditional fall produce will be on hand, and everyone is invited to swing by and check it out. \n\nI love the idea of a Sunday afternoon farmers\' market. Often I can\'t get my son and I together early enough to hit the Saturday or Wednesday Cherry Street Farmers Markets to get our shopping done before the days\' plans begin. The thought of being able to do my produce shopping at a farmers market in the light of a Sunday sunset makes me want to make pie.\n\nThose of you who have stumbled across this blog more than once or twice that pie, or even feelings or thoughts about pie, make me very happy indeed. The market will be open through October and is slated to reopen next April.\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/ScouB4Ny8jI/AAAAAAAAA0o/bpUm259fNxI/s400/DSC04036-1.JPG\" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Item No. 2: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129805168594\">Here\'s a little somethin\'-somethin\' to put on your weekend calendar</a>. \n\nThe moon will be full the night of Oct. 4, and the folks at the Crosbie Heights Community Garden are throwing a party to celebrate. At about 2pm will start a farm potluck and music festival at the garden, and every walk of life - even dogs on leashes - are invited. Bring your favorite homemade dish, and be sure to check out the Kids\' Zone and the bicycle-powered blender, courtesy of Bike Soup, yet another 3rd-and-Phoenix community-oriented operation that aims to put bike building and repair in the hands of their owners. \n\nMusical guests include Travis Fite, Joe Mack, Jesse Aycock, Sapien and Scales of Motion. The first band is scheduled for 3pm. \n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Scos4YQ4ghI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/rMZ-IQwjCI4/s400/DSC04029-1.JPG\" /></div>\n\nCool, huh? Now you can never say grocery stores aren\'t a cool place to hang out and learn about all the hip stuff happening in your city.','Found Along Charles Page Boulevard: Blue Jackalope Grocery & Coffee','I love how every time I pop in at Blue Jackalope, a community grocery store in the shadow of the BOK Center at 306 S. Phoenix, I learn about something refreshing and new that\'s going on in Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','297-autosave','','','2010-11-21 19:45:13','2010-11-22 00:45:13','',297,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/297-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3884,1,'2009-09-30 00:30:00','2009-09-30 00:30:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/ScouNWkNF4I/AAAAAAAAA0w/7em8WlKCbRU/s400/DSC04037-1.JPG\" /></div><div><br /></div>I love how every time I pop in at <a href=\"http://www.bluejackalope.com/\">Blue Jackalope, a community grocery store in the shadow of the BOK Center at 306 S. Phoenix</a>, I learn about something refreshing and new that\'s going on in Tulsa.<div><br /></div><div>We\'re about to gain another farmers\' market, for one. The Crosbie Heights Farmers\' Market will kick off Sunday starting at 1pm, right across from Blue Jackalope and the community garden bearing the same neighborhood name. Plenty of traditional fall produce will be on hand, and everyone is invited to swing by and check it out. </div><div><br /></div><div>I love the idea of a Sunday afternoon farmers\' market. Often I can\'t get my son and I together early enough to hit the Saturday or Wednesday Cherry Street Farmers Markets to get our shopping done before the days\' plans begin. The thought of being able to do my produce shopping at a farmers market in the light of a Sunday sunset makes me want to make pie. </div><div><br /></div><div>Those of you who have stumbled across this blog more than once or twice that pie, or even feelings or thoughts about pie, make me very happy indeed. The market will be open through October and is slated to reopen next April.</div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/ScouB4Ny8jI/AAAAAAAAA0o/bpUm259fNxI/s400/DSC04036-1.JPG\" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Item No. 2: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129805168594\">Here\'s a little somethin\'-somethin\' to put on your weekend calendar</a>. The moon will be full the night of Oct. 4, and the folks at the Crosbie Heights Community Garden are throwing a party to celebrate. At about 2pm will start a farm potluck and music festival at the garden, and every walk of life - even dogs on leashes - are invited. Bring your favorite homemade dish, and be sure to check out the Kids\' Zone and the bicycle-powered blender, courtesy of Bike Soup, yet another 3rd-and-Phoenix community-oriented operation that aims to put bike building and repair in the hands of their owners. </div><div><br /></div><div>Musical guests include Travis Fite, Joe Mack, Jesse Aycock, Sapien and Scales of Motion. The first band is scheduled for 3pm. </div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/Scos4YQ4ghI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/rMZ-IQwjCI4/s400/DSC04029-1.JPG\" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Cool, huh? Now you can never say grocery stores aren\'t a cool place to hang out and learn about all the hip stuff happening in your city.</div>','Found Along Charles Page Boulevard','','inherit','open','open','','297-revision','','','2009-09-30 00:30:00','2009-09-30 00:30:00','',297,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/09/297-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4769,1,'2010-12-23 12:37:11','2010-12-23 17:37:11','','If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller','','inherit','open','open','','if-they-fought','','','2010-12-23 12:37:11','2010-12-23 17:37:11','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/if-they-fought.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4768,1,'2010-12-23 12:12:05','2010-12-23 17:12:05','<img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3937\" title=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/800px-Catoosa_Blue_Whale_2008_No._1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4766\" title=\"Golden Driller\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09448-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Driller\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\r\n\r\nI did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome the TDT communities on Facebook and Twitter really are.\r\n\r\nI put the Route 66 Blue Whale and Tulsa\'s Golden Driller in a ring and rang the bell.\r\n\r\nDozens of you weighed in on who would win, who would lose and why.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4749\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4749\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-11.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"465\" height=\"204\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4750\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4750\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4750\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-21.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"142\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4751\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4751\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4751\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-4.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"464\" height=\"202\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4752\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4752\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4752\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"170\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4753\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4753\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4753\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-6.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"403\" height=\"163\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided that the winner of this both literal and figurative landmark smackdown should take on no other than the mammoth praying hands at Oral Roberts University:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4755\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4755\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4755\" title=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09455-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI think Brenda on Facebook said it best:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4754\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4754\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4754\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-7.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"401\" height=\"60\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHa!\r\n\r\nPHOTO\r\n\r\nUltimately, the Blue Whale was declared the winner.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>','If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. Tulsa Golden Driller','','inherit','open','open','','4748-revision-6','','','2010-12-23 12:12:05','2010-12-23 17:12:05','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4748-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4770,1,'2010-12-23 13:10:16','2010-12-23 18:10:16','','If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands','','inherit','open','open','','recently-updated','','','2010-12-23 13:10:16','2010-12-23 18:10:16','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Recently-Updated.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4771,1,'2010-12-23 13:28:24','2010-12-23 18:28:24','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4769\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4769\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4769\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/if-they-fought.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Golden Driller\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a>\n\nI did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.\n\nI put the Route 66 Blue Whale and Tulsa\'s Golden Driller in a ring rang the bell.\n\nDozens of you weighed in on who would win, who would lose and why.\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4749\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4749\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-11.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"465\" height=\"204\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4750\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4750\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4750\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-21.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"142\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4751\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4751\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4751\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-4.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"464\" height=\"202\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4752\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4752\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4752\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"462\" height=\"170\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4753\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4753\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4753\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-6.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"403\" height=\"163\" /></a>\n\nI decided that the winner of this both literal and figurative landmark smackdown should take on no other than the mammoth praying hands at Oral Roberts University:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4755\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4755\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4755\" title=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/DSC09455-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Oral Roberts Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nI think Brenda on Facebook said it best:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4754\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4754\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4754\" title=\"Blue Whale Fight\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-7.png\" alt=\"Blue Whale Fight\" width=\"401\" height=\"60\" /></a>\n\nHa!\n\nUltimately, the Blue Whale was declared the winner and the one to take on the largest praying hands in the world.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nSo who do you think takes the cake this time? The blue whale or the praying hands?\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4770\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4770\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4770  aligncenter\" title=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Recently-Updated.jpg\" alt=\"If They Fought Blue Whale Praying Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- // Begin Snappoll.com Poll Code // --></p>\n\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" width=\"100\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><input name=\"poll_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"353999\" />\n<table class=\"pollcontent\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"500\"><form action=\"http://www.snappoll.com/act_vote.php\" method=\"post\"></form>\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\n<td width=\"171\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. ORU Praying Hands</span></div></td>\n</tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><input checked=\"checked\" name=\"chosenanswer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"1\" /> Route 66 Blue Whale\n<input name=\"chosenanswer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"2\" /> Oral Roberts Praying Hands\n</span></td>\n</tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\n<td>\n<div><input id=\"Vote\" class=\"actionbutton\" name=\"Vote\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote!\" />\n<a class=\"indipolllink\" href=\"http://www.snappoll.com/view_results.php?poll_id=353999\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">view results</span></a></div></td>\n</tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\n<td height=\"29\"><!--- This javascript is placed in banners/banner_pollinside.js\n<mce:script type=\"text/javascript\"><!  function get_referrer(lk){var dc=document;if(dc.location==\'\'){return true}var ru=escape(dc.location);var pu=\'\';var du;if(lk!=null){if(lk.href!=null){du=lk.href;}else if(lk.form!=null && lk.form.referrer_url!=null){lk.form.referrer_url.value=dc.location;return true}}else if(pu!=\'\'){du=pu}else{return true}if(du==null){return true}if(du.match(/\\?/)){du=du+\'&\'}else{du=du+\'?\'}du=du+\'referrer_url=\'+ru;if(lk!=null && lk.href!=null){lk.href=du}else{window.location=du;return false}return true} // -->\n---&gt;\n<script src=\"http://www.snappoll.com/banners/banner_pollinside.js\"></script></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<!-- // End Snappoll.com Poll Code // -->\n\nChoose well, my friends. Because the winner takes on <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">Taylor Hanson</a> (who, with his two brothers, hosts <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">a Christmas special at Hanson.net this Christmas Eve</a>) next week.','If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. Tulsa Golden Driller','','inherit','open','open','','4748-revision-7','','','2010-12-23 13:28:24','2010-12-23 18:28:24','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4748-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4723,1,'2010-10-15 06:57:22','2010-10-15 11:57:22','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/wolfgang-puck-bistro-brookside/dsc_0813/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3039\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0813.jpg\" alt=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro\" title=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3039\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI have a confession to make: Last Wednesday night, I went to dinner with another man. \r\n\r\nAnd that man was Wolfgang Puck. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://okmag.com/index.cfm?id=13&homepageID=118\">Here\'s the Web exclusive I put together for Oklahoma Magazine</a> from our conversation at the new Wolfgang Puck Bistro, right here in Tulsa on Brookside. And don\'t miss the killer photos of Puck by <a href=\"http://www.jeremycharles.com/\">Tulsa photographer Jeremy Charles</a>. ','Dinner with Puck','I have a confession to make: Last Wednesday night, I went to dinner with another man. And that man was Wolfgang Puck. ','inherit','open','open','','3038-revision-7','','','2010-10-15 06:57:22','2010-10-15 11:57:22','',3038,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3038-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4724,1,'2010-12-22 16:16:08','2010-12-22 21:16:08','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3039\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/wolfgang-puck-bistro-brookside/dsc_0813/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3039\" title=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0813.jpg\" alt=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI have a confession to make: Last Wednesday night, I went to dinner with another man.\r\n\r\nAnd that man was Wolfgang Puck.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://okmag.com/index.cfm?id=13&amp;homepageID=118\">Here\'s the Web exclusive I put together for Oklahoma Magazine</a> from our conversation at the new Wolfgang Puck Bistro, right here in Tulsa on Brookside. And don\'t miss the killer photos of Puck by <a href=\"http://www.jeremycharles.com/\">Tulsa photographer Jeremy Charles</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Wolfgang Puck Bistro</strong>\r\n3330 S. Peoria Ave.\r\n(918) 292-8585\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1537336/restaurant/Brookside/Wolfgang-Puck-Bistro-Tulsa-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1537336/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro - Tulsa on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Dinner with Puck','I have a confession to make: Last Wednesday night, I went to dinner with another man. And that man was Wolfgang Puck. ','inherit','open','open','','3038-revision-8','','','2010-12-22 16:16:08','2010-12-22 21:16:08','',3038,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/3038-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4725,1,'2010-08-18 11:23:21','2010-08-18 16:23:21','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1314\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/wolfgang-puck-bistro-concept-lured-to-brookside-tulsa/dsc_0817/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1314\" title=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0817-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Wolfgang Puck Bistro\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanks to the restaurateur whose projects include <a href=\"http://www.eatfullmoon.com/\">Full Moon Cafe</a>, Jewel Lounge and <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">In the Raw On the Hill</a> in Tulsa and <a href=\"http://www.skkybar.com/\">SkkyBar Ultra Lounge</a> and <a href=\"http://www.buddhatao.com/\">Buddha Tao Asian Bistro</a> in Oklahoma City, the Brookside corner that formerly housed a Delta Cafe is now home to the newest concept out of Wolfgang Puck Worldwide Inc.: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-OK/Wolfgang-Puck-Bistro-Tulsa/134072373272601\">Wolfgang Puck Bistro</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/industry_article.asp?cID=i&amp;aID=92679756.7382907.669929.8509659.1295786.881&amp;aID2=51524\">Get the full scoop from the in the latest edition of the Food Page in this week\'s Tulsa Business Journal</a>.','Celebrity chef\'s prototype concept lured to Brookside','Wolfgang Puck Bistro quietly opened for its first dinner service at 3330 S. Peoria Ave. on July 16, 2010.','inherit','open','open','','1313-revision-3','','','2010-08-18 11:23:21','2010-08-18 16:23:21','',1313,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1313-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(6100,1,'2011-02-22 08:47:08','2011-02-22 13:47:08','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1835/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6030\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18355-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6030\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not exactly top secret that <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/miss-tulsa-burger-pageant/\">I\'m a big fan of the burger</a>.\r\n\r\nAt Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests: The Tavern Burger.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nIt just goes to show that when you put a proprietary grind of short rib and brisket, Stilton and mushroom Cognac cream on a house-baked Challah bun, magical things happen. Sexy, magical things.\r\n\r\nAnd the size? It\'s enough to put you to sleep at your table.\r\n\r\nNot that that\'s a bad thing. I\'m just saying so that you\'ll know to bring a pillow along when you try Brady Tavern. Falling asleep on a bare table is just bad manners, no matter how good the burger is.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6045\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1837-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6045\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18372-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'ll admit, I had mixed feelings about this restaurant opening as it was happening, and it wasn\'t because I had doubts about what it could become. It\'s hard, after all, to argue with something that <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">the McNellie\'s Group</a> gets behind - it\'s pretty well documented in local lore that those people know a thing or two about food.\r\n\r\nBut the reason Brady Tavern opened where and when it did is because <a href=\"http://tulsafood.com/dinner/downtown-tulsa-lolas-at-the-bowery\">Lola\'s at the Bowery</a> shut its doors just weeks before the folks at McNellie\'s flipped it. The fare went from Spanish-style tapas to gourmet, chef-driven pub food.\r\n\r\nHere\'s what I\'ll say about Lola\'s: I liked the food. It lacked consistency, but more often than not, I was happy. I especially enjoyed the cakes, which were made in-house by Lola (not her real name, but since everyone else does, let\'s go with it). I\'ll always remember the huge <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3837459927/\">orange-chocolate ganache cake</a> my pal <a href=\"http://twitter.com/hwall\">Holly Wall</a> and I once bought, split and ate until all that were left were crumbs in just a matter of a couple of days.\r\n\r\nAnd then there was the miniature wedding cake Lola brought to my husband and I at our table when we were in celebrating the baby we knew we\'d have the following week. We didn\'t even order it; we told her what why we\'d come in, and she brought it to us. I loved that.\r\n\r\nBut when I began to hear reports of slow and discourteous service, I worried. When I experienced it myself, I was downright sad.\r\n\r\nIf anyone could take that space and run with it, though, it\'d be Elliot Nelson and his group. The folks in charge there have come a long way since they opened the doors to McNellie\'s Public House, up the road in the Blue Dome District at 1st and Elgin. When <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/mcnellies-group-moves-into-brady-district/\">I talked to Elliot late last year about how they drew up with the concept for Brady Tavern</a> and the excitements and challenges of moving into the Brady Arts District, he mentioned that since they\'d gone into the restaurant business, he and his partners had grown into their love for good food.\r\n\r\nI like to think of it like this: It\'s like McNellie\'s grew up, had a couple of kids, bought an SUV and a membership at a local CSA. Which, in the time since the opening of McNellie\'s in 2004 until now, is probably exactly what several of those folks did.\r\n\r\nSo, back to the burger. It\'s good. It\'s like the cousin of the burger at McNellie\'s - the cousin that went to Harvard and would drink a $20 glass of Cabernet with a Hot Pocket.\r\n\r\nAnd then there\'s this.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6046\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1841-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6046\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18411-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMac and cheese. Or, as I should say, mac cooked just al dente and a variety of classy cheeses. And perfectly toasted bread crumbs.\r\n\r\nAnd, again, enough to eat and then pack a to-go box. And then eat again in the car with your fingers on the way home so that no one suspects that you could ever eat that much in a million years.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6047\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1854/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6047\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18541-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhich was the image I was trying to portray when I visited Brady Tavern with a group of guys just as classy as my mac and cheese. I\'m really glad I played it safe, too, because as I found out later, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectID=274&articleID=20110127_457_WK9_CUTLIN983935\">someone was watching</a>.\r\n\r\nAfter all, it\'s not every day the far left side of a girl\'s face gets featured on the restaurant page in the Tulsa World. Or <a href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=274&amp;articleid=20110202_371_0_Natash189547\">her appetite for chain restaurant roast beef just a few days later</a> in the same paper.\r\n\r\nI feel so famous. I mean, parts of my face feel famous. And my snow-day jonesin\' for paper-thin beef isn\'t feeling too shabby, either.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6048\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/brady-tavern-burger-love/dsc_1843-3/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6048\" title=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_18432-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOther things I\'m digging about Brady Tavern:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>They kept the bar from Lola\'s, which is original to the Fox Hotel building in which Brady Tavern is now housed, and the bartender came up with pre-prohibition era-inspired cocktails. Cool.</li>\r\n	<li>Cooler: Brady Tavern offers seating at what\'s called a chef\'s table - basically, it\'s a chance to sit smack dab in the center of the craziness of a restaurant kitchen. These are getting to be pretty common along the coasts and in the bigger cities here in the U.S., but this is the first I\'ve heard of one in Tulsa. There are two at BT, and each sits 6-8. <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jvergara\">My friend Jenny</a> had the pleasure of dining at one recently and had nothing but good things to say - which means a lot, coming from her.</li>\r\n	<li>The chef at Brady Tavern is Grant Vespasian. I became a fan of his when he worked under <a href=\"http://palacetulsa.com/\">James Shrader at Palace Cafe</a>, another of my favorite Tulsa chefs. Plus, I like saying Vespasian. Vespasian, Vespasian, Vespasian. Yes.</li>\r\n	<li>The folks at Brady Tavern bring bangers over from <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">Fassler Hall</a> to whip up some bangers and mash, with truffled potatoes and Irish whiskey gravy. I kid you not. And we all know that <a href=\"http://www.fasslerhall.com/\">I\'m a fan of Fassler Hall</a>. I mean, it\'s hard to argue with a good wiener.</li>\r\n	<li>Brady Tavern now offers a brunch service on Sundays from 10am-2pm. And I know how much you Tulsans love your brunch. We\'re a brunch-loving city if there ever was one.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Bacon popcorn is on the appetizers menu</a>. And then there\'s <a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">a bacon-infused old-fashioned on the cocktails menu</a>. It\'s OK, I\'ll wait while you mop your brains off your keyboards. My mind exploded when I realized this, too.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nBut you might not want to bother until you comb through these:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Lunch_01_21_11.pdf\">Here\'s the lunch menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Tavern_Dinner_02-18-113.pdf\">Here\'s the dinner menu</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.bradytavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brady_cocktailwine.pdf\">Here\'s the cocktail menu</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNo reason to dirty up two towels, after all.\r\n\r\nHave you been to Brady Tavern? What\'d you have? What\'d you like? What didn\'t you like? If you had the burger, let me know if you think it deserves a spot on the list of Tulsa\'s bests.\r\n\r\nIf you hated it, well, you can slide it on down the bar to me. As my grandma always said, a burger saved is a burger earned. \r\n\r\n<strong>Brady Tavern</strong>\r\n201 N. Main Street\r\nMonday-Wednesday, 11am-12pm; Thursday-Saturday, 11am-2am; Sunday, 11am-12am\r\n(918) 949-9801 (reservations for dinner recommended)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/58/1567241/restaurant/Brady-Arts-District/Brady-Tavern-Tulsa\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 130px; height: 36px;\" src=\"http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1567241/minilink.gif\" alt=\"Brady Tavern on Urbanspoon\" /></a>','Burger Love at Brady Tavern','It\'s not exactly top secret that I\'m a big fan of the burger. At Brady and Main, I found another to add to my list of Tulsa\'s bests.','inherit','open','open','','5952-revision-20','','','2011-02-22 08:47:08','2011-02-22 13:47:08','',5952,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/5952-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(3895,1,'2010-11-22 10:43:48','2010-11-22 15:43:48','','Utica Square Christmas Lights','','inherit','open','open','','lg_img_9758','','','2010-11-22 10:43:48','2010-11-22 15:43:48','',3812,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lg_IMG_9758.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3896,1,'2010-11-22 10:58:11','2010-11-22 15:58:11','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3895\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3895\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lg_IMG_9758-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" title=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3895\" /></a>\n\nThanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after this biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\n\nSo, yeah, that Thanksgiving is coming right up means all of those things. But it also means that several of our city\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. Here\'s where to find \'em.\n\n<strong>Lights On at Rhema</strong>\nWhen: Wednesday, Nov. 24, 6pm\nWhere: <strong>Rhema Bible College</strong>,\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up millions of lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but I don\'t know - you\'ll just have to find out for yourself. Definitely bring the kids for this one. Admission is free and open to the public. \n\n<strong>Lights On! at Utica Square</strong>\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving Day), 6:30pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\nPut away the turkey, bundle up the kids, and head over to Utica Square this Thanksgiving for Tulsa\'s 40-year lights on tradition. Sip on some hot chocolate as you sing your favorite holiday carols, and don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus after he lights the more than 700,000 lights adorning 175 trees at Utica Square each season. If you\'re looking to start a new family tradition this year, consider this event your top pick. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to get around early because parking can be, on a scale of un-crazy to absolutely insane, downright institutional.\n\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public.\n\n<h3>Other places to see Christmas lights in Tulsa</h3>\n\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\n\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, at dusk\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\n\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, 6pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables, along with thousands of lights, in this fourth annual, free event. Check out the horse carriage rides starting at 6pm, and don’t miss Christmas in the Garden Room, cookies and hot chocolate (nightly from 6-10pm), tractor-drawn hay rides and a visit with Father Christmas (Fridays and Saturdays, 6-9pm). Check out the full calendar of events at OKCastle.com.\n\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, dusk\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Just, whatever you do, don’t tip Rudolph. Admission is $8 for guests aged 12-64 and $6 for seniors. Children 11 and under get in free.\n\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 6pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\n\nStay tuned, y\'all - the annual map of where to find Christmas lights in Tulsa is coming. Too bad there\'s no Santa Tracker-like system for this thing. That\'d be pretty cool. \n\nWhere do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.\n\n<em><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/\">Image from UticaSquare.com</a>.</em>','Lights On Events in Tulsa','Thanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.','inherit','open','open','','3812-revision','','','2010-11-22 10:58:11','2010-11-22 15:58:11','',3812,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3812-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3897,1,'2010-11-22 10:58:24','2010-11-22 15:58:24','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3895\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3895\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lg_IMG_9758-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" title=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3895\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after this biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\r\n\r\nSo, yeah, that Thanksgiving is coming right up means all of those things. But it also means that several of our city\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. Here\'s where to find \'em.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights On at Rhema</strong>\r\nWhen: Wednesday, Nov. 24, 6pm\r\nWhere: <strong>Rhema Bible College</strong>,\r\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up millions of lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but I don\'t know - you\'ll just have to find out for yourself. Definitely bring the kids for this one. Admission is free and open to the public. \r\n\r\n<strong>Lights On! at Utica Square</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving Day), 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\r\nPut away the turkey, bundle up the kids, and head over to Utica Square this Thanksgiving for Tulsa\'s 40-year lights on tradition. Sip on some hot chocolate as you sing your favorite holiday carols, and don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus after he lights the more than 700,000 lights adorning 175 trees at Utica Square each season. If you\'re looking to start a new family tradition this year, consider this event your top pick. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to get around early because parking can be, on a scale of un-crazy to absolutely insane, downright institutional.\r\n\r\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<h3>Other places to see Christmas lights in Tulsa</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\r\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\r\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\r\n\r\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\r\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, at dusk\r\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\r\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\r\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\r\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables, along with thousands of lights, in this fourth annual, free event. Check out the horse carriage rides starting at 6pm, and don’t miss Christmas in the Garden Room, cookies and hot chocolate (nightly from 6-10pm), tractor-drawn hay rides and a visit with Father Christmas (Fridays and Saturdays, 6-9pm). Check out the full calendar of events at OKCastle.com.\r\n\r\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, dusk\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\r\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Just, whatever you do, don’t tip Rudolph. Admission is $8 for guests aged 12-64 and $6 for seniors. Children 11 and under get in free.\r\n\r\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\r\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\nStay tuned, y\'all - the annual map of where to find Christmas lights in Tulsa is coming. Too bad there\'s no Santa Tracker-like system for this thing. That\'d be pretty cool. \r\n\r\nWhere do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/\">Image from UticaSquare.com</a>.</em>','Lights On Events in Tulsa','Thanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.','inherit','open','open','','3812-revision-2','','','2010-11-22 10:58:24','2010-11-22 15:58:24','',3812,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3812-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3898,1,'2010-11-23 23:31:01','2010-11-24 04:31:01','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3895\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/christmas-lights-on-events-in-tulsa/lg_img_9758/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3895\" title=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lg_IMG_9758-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Utica Square Christmas Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\n\nThanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\nActually, it means lots of things. It means frantic trips to grocery stores-turned-mine fields. It means the gathering of Black Friday ads in anticipation of putting some smack down in the name of low prices and hot deals. It means an afternoon on the couch after this biggest dinner you\'ll eat all year.\n\nSo, yeah, that Thanksgiving is coming right up means all of those things. But it also means that several of our city\'s lights-on events are ready and raring to go. Here\'s where to find \'em.\n\n<strong>Lights On at Rhema</strong>\nWhen: Wednesday, Nov. 24, 6pm\nWhere: <strong>Rhema Bible College</strong>,\nWant to see the biggest display of Christmas lights in our part of the state come on all at once? Head out to Broken Arrow for the lights on event at Rhema Bible College. My bet is that the earth shudders when enough electricity to fire up millions of lights across an entire college campus is used at once, but I don\'t know - you\'ll just have to find out for yourself. Definitely bring the kids for this one. Admission is free and open to the public.\n\n<strong>Lights On! at Utica Square</strong>\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving Day), 6:30pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/now_showing_lights.asp\">Utica Square</a>, east of 21st Street between Utica and Yorktown\nPut away the turkey, bundle up the kids, and head over to Utica Square this Thanksgiving for Tulsa\'s 40-year lights on tradition. Sip on some hot chocolate as you sing your favorite holiday carols, and don\'t forget to stop by and see Santa Claus after he lights the more than 700,000 lights adorning 175 trees at Utica Square each season. If you\'re looking to start a new family tradition this year, consider this event your top pick. Admission is free and open to the public, but you might want to get around early because parking can be, on a scale of un-crazy to absolutely insane, downright institutional.\n\n<strong>Lights On at The Blue Whale</strong>\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 5pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/bluewhalek2c66\">The Blue Whale in Catoosa</a>, just off old Route 66\nEver wonder what our beloved, historic Blue Whale would look like decked out in lights? Good news - you get to find out this year! When you stop in for this lights-on event, be on the look-out for Christmas music, too, as well as a lighted snack shack and ark. \n\nLights On in the Blue Dome District\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 7pm\nWhere: Downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District, centered on 2nd and Elgin Ave. \nI\'ll give you three tries to guess what color the Christmas lights are going to be in the Blue Dome District for this lights-on event, but my bet is that you\'re only gonna need one. Don\'t miss this first-\n\n<strong>Holiday on the Hill</strong>\nWhen: Tuesday, Nov. 30, 5pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rsu.edu/\">Rogers State University in Claremore</a>, in front of Preparatory Hall, the gold-domed building at the campus main entrance\nDon\'t miss Claremore\'s RSU campus go up in more than 24,000 lights while Dr. David Blakely performs a reading of the holiday classic, \"T\'was the Night Before Christmas.\" Look also for performances by the RSU Choir and preschoolers from the RSU Child Development Center. All are encouraged to bring cameras and be ready for photo ops with Santa and Hunter the Hillcat. Free hot chocolate and hot apple cider will be served. It\'s all free and open to the public. \n\n<strong>River Lights at River Parks</strong>\nWhen: Dec. 4, 4-6pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">41st Street Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\nMark your calendars now for the second-annual River Parks River Lights, a holiday lights-on celebration that lines the banks of our Arkansas River. Featured performers at the event include the Spotlight Children’s Theater Group and Team Galaxy. Admission is free and open to the public.\n\n<h3>Other places to see Christmas lights in Tulsa</h3>\n\n<strong>Garden Glow @ Philbrook</strong>\nWhen: Started Saturday, Nov. 20, 5pm; Continues each evening until Dec. 31\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum or Art</a>, 2727 S. Rockford Ave.\nThis third-annual, free event at one of Tulsa’s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at dusk to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden.\n\n<strong>Garden of Lights</strong>\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, at dusk\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\nCount ‘em – one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\n\n<strong>Christmas Kingdom </strong>\nStarting date: Thursday, Nov. 25, 6pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/ChristmasKingdom.html\">The Castle of Muskogee</a>, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\nThere’s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables, along with thousands of lights, in this fourth annual, free event. Check out the horse carriage rides starting at 6pm, and don’t miss Christmas in the Garden Room, cookies and hot chocolate (nightly from 6-10pm), tractor-drawn hay rides and a visit with Father Christmas (Fridays and Saturdays, 6-9pm). Check out the full calendar of events at OKCastle.com.\n\n<strong>Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights</strong>\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, dusk\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve</a>, southwest of Bartlesville\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma’s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Just, whatever you do, don’t tip Rudolph. Admission is $8 for guests aged 12-64 and $6 for seniors. Children 11 and under get in free.\n\n<strong>Lights on the Hill</strong>\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 6pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144648058916499&amp;index=1\">Chandler Park</a>, 6500 W. 21st Street\nChandler Park will be ablaze with the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit during November and December with their annual Lights on the Hill display. The best part? You don\'t even have to get out of your car. Take a take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays in celebration of Christmas. If in the event you do feel like braving winter temperatures and climbing out of your car, the folks at Chandler Park will offer horse-drawn carriage rides and hot chocolate. Admission is free and open to the public.\n\nStay tuned, y\'all - the annual map of where to find Christmas lights in Tulsa is coming. Too bad there\'s no Santa Tracker-like system for this thing. That\'d be pretty cool.\n\nWhere do you go to find lights-on events in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn’t help myself) in the comments.\n\n<em><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/\">Image from UticaSquare.com</a>.</em>','Lights On Events in Tulsa','Thanksgiving is upon us, Tulsa, and that can only mean one thing.','inherit','open','open','','3812-autosave','','','2010-11-23 23:31:01','2010-11-24 04:31:01','',3812,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3812-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3899,1,'2010-11-28 23:26:04','2010-11-29 04:26:04','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"></div>\n<small>View <a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left;\" href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;source=embed&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=105378962711484041717.0004791cb42ccd6dbdac1&amp;ll=36.180008,-95.836487&amp;spn=1.219311,1.647949&amp;z=9\">Get Your Lights On</a> in a larger map</small>\n\nThis week isn\'t just about stuffing yourself with pound after pound of nap-inducing poultry or shopping the Black Friday doorbusters in your chain mail. As any former kid knows, Thanksgiving Day and the days that follow are for decking the halls and trimming the Christmas tree.\n\nAfter everyone understands each other about the \"strange words\" you were shouting as you attempted to detangle yourself from a mammoth ball of Christmas lights not even Clark Griswold could muster, it\'ll be time to brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings with the lighting of hundreds of thousands of little twinkling lights.\n\nGood thing there are plenty of ways to see the first of this year\'s Christmas lights in the Tulsa area, and more than one of them includes cookies and hot chocolate. Check \'em out:\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/dscott28604/317609206/\"><img src=\"http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/317609206_e0b00758e9.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" /></a></div>\n<strong>Rhema Lights On</strong>\nWhen: Wednesday, Nov. 25, 6pm\nWhere: Rhema Bible College, 1025 W. Kenosha Street\nTake a break from cooking and join Rhema\'s Hagin family as they flip the switch on one of the most anticipated Christmas lights display of the year in this neck of the woods. Making Tulsa visible from space for the 27th year in a row, Rhema expects to draw more than 200,000 from all over Oklahoma and our surrounding states to show off their 1.8 million lights. The kicker? Once you fight the traffic and find parking, there isn\'t one. It\'s all free and open to the public.\n\n</div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/gallery_lo.asp\"><img src=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/gallery/lightson/lg_IMG_9758.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></a></div>\n<strong>Utica Square Lights On</strong>\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 26, 6:30pm\nWhere: Utica Square, 21st Street and Utica Avenue\nPut away the turkey, bundle up the kiddos and head to Utica Square this Thanksgiving Day to bear witness to one of the most well-attended, longest-running (40 years!) lights on events in the state. Santa Claus will make an appearance, and he\'ll stick around long enough to count down the lighting of over 700,000 bright-and-twinklies in nearly 200 trees all over Tulsa\'s most upscale, historic shopping center.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.cityofmuskogee.com/images/uploads/dept_012/GardenOfLights.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></div>\n</div>\n<div><strong>Garden of Lights</strong></div>\n<div>\n\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 26\nWhere: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee\nCount \'em - one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee\'s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.\n\n<strong>\n\n</strong>\n\n<strong>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a title=\"Arvest Winterfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4130150970/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/4130150970_b5c5f14fe2_o.png\" alt=\"Arvest Winterfest 2009\" width=\"385\" height=\"395\" /></a></span></div>\n</strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n</span>\n\n</div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Arvest Winterfest</span></div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> </span>When: Friday, Nov. 27, 4pm\nWhere: On Third Street, between Denver and Frisco Avenues in downtown Tulsa\nWanna see the largest Christmas tree in the entire state of Oklahoma? Then you\'ve gotta check out the new and improved, second annual Arvest Winterfest celebration. Relish the chance to ice skate outdoors (not always a sure thing when it comes to winter in Oklahoma) on a 60-by-150-foot rink, yummy food, live entertainment, photo ops with the Segway Santa and a carriage ride through the streets of downtown Tulsa. If you miss it this weekend, don\'t worry - it continues through Jan. 4. <a href=\"http://bokcenter.com/upload/file/Arvest%20Winterfest%20Calendar%202009(1).pdf\">Get a listing of a full months\' worth of Winterfest goodness here</a>.</div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.travelok.com/graphics/siebel_photos/Events/1-3LADR_A.JPG\" alt=\"\" /></div>\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong> </strong><strong>Wonderland of Lights</strong>\nWhen: Fridays-Sundays, starting Friday-Dec. 20, 5-9pm\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/category.php?cat=1016\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve, southwest of Barlesville</a>\nEver seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights</a>. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma\'s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Just, whatever you do, don\'t tip Rudolph. Admission is $8 for guests aged 12-64 and $6 for seniors. Children 11 and under get in free.\n\n</div>\n<div><strong>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a title=\"Christmas Kingdom at The Castle of Muskogee by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4130282204/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2770/4130282204_944a8963a2_o.png\" alt=\"Christmas Kingdom at The Castle of Muskogee\" width=\"565\" height=\"347\" /></a></span></div>\n</strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n</span>\n\n</div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Christmas Kingdom</span></div>\n<div>\n\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 27\nWhere: The Castle of Muskogee, 3400 Fern Mountain Road\nThere\'s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables, along with thousands of lights, in this fourth annual, free event. Check out the horse carriage rides starting at 6pm, and don\'t miss Christmas in the Garden Room, cookies and hot chocolate (nightly from 6-10pm), tractor-drawn hay rides and a visit with Father Christmas (Fridays and Saturdays, 6-9pm). <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/christmas-kingdom.html\">Check out the full calendar of events at OKCastle.com</a>.\n\n<strong>Lights on the Hill at Chandler Park</strong>\nWhen: Fridays-Sundays, starting Nov. 27 thru Dec. 27, 6-9pm\nWhere: Chandler Park, 6500 W. 21st Street\nWhen it comes to aerial views of neighborhood Christmas lights (not to mention the view of the skyline), it\'s tough to beat the top of the hill at Chandler Park. Throughout the rest of this month and into the next, take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays, catch live performances by local high schools, churches and more. Plus, snag a scenic horse-and-carriage ride. Be sure to stay tuned until Dec. 5 from 4-6pm, when you and the kiddos can have your photo snapped with Santa. Don\'t forget to bring enough cookies and milk to share.\n\n</div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs115.snc3/16264_185304623633_25282913633_3112871_7808549_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></div>\n</div>\n<div><strong>\n</strong></div>\n<div><strong>Garden Glow</strong></div>\n<div>When: Saturday, Nov. 28, 4-8pm</div>\n<div>Where: <a href=\"http://philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum of Art</a>, 2424 S. Rockford Ave.</div>\n<div>Don\'t use all your Christmas light-gawking energy before Saturday, folks, because this second-annual, free event at one of Tulsa\'s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at 6pm to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden. The entire museum will be open to all, and music, food, hot chocolate and kids\' activities will be in good supply.</div>\n<div>Hey. Where do you go to find Christmas lights in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn\'t help myself) in the comments.</div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/dscott28604/317609206/\">Rhema photo by dsjeffries on Flickr</a></span></div>\n<div><a href=\"http://www.travelok.com/toDo/eventsDetail.asp?id=1-3LADR\">Wonderland of Lights photo from TravelOK.com</a></div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/fd45dd5c-9864-49cc-8ac0-af4920c9dea3/\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=fd45dd5c-9864-49cc-8ac0-af4920c9dea3\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" /></a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script></span></div>','Get Your Lights On 2009: Christmas Lights in Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','360-autosave','','','2010-11-28 23:26:04','2010-11-29 04:26:04','',360,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/360-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4047,1,'2010-11-28 23:34:13','2010-11-29 04:34:13','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/billys-at-the-bok/dsc_1759/\"><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>\n\nI\'m not usually a fan of dinner in a styrofoam box.\n\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.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4005\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/billys-at-the-bok/dsc_1682/\"><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>\n\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.\n\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.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4007\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/billys-at-the-bok/dsc_1738-2/\"><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>\n\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.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/billys-at-the-bok/dsc_1759/\"><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>\n\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.\n\nOr a fledgling, hungry reporter, as it were.\n\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.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4008\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/billys-at-the-bok/dsc_1752/\"><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>\n\nMmm - om, nom, nom.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4005\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/billys-at-the-bok/dsc_1682/\"><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>\n\nMmm - om, nom, nom.\n\nOops - Did I just say that out loud?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4009\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/billys-at-the-bok/dsc_1761/\"><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>\n\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.\n\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?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4010\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/billys-at-the-bok/dsc_1814/\"><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>\n\nEspecially if you want to be an Oilers Ice Girl someday.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4006\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/billys-at-the-bok/dsc_1759/\"><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>\n\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.\n\n<strong>Billy\'s at the BOK</strong>\nWhere: BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave.\nWhen: During BOK Center events\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-autosave','','','2010-11-28 23:34:13','2010-11-29 04:34:13','',4004,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/4004-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3900,1,'2009-11-24 05:30:00','2009-11-24 05:30:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"600\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;source=embed&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=105378962711484041717.0004791cb42ccd6dbdac1&amp;ll=36.180008,-95.836487&amp;spn=1.219311,1.647949&amp;z=9&amp;output=embed\"></iframe></div><small>View <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;source=embed&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=105378962711484041717.0004791cb42ccd6dbdac1&amp;ll=36.180008,-95.836487&amp;spn=1.219311,1.647949&amp;z=9\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">Get Your Lights On</a> in a larger map</small><br /><br />This week isn\'t just about stuffing yourself with pound after pound of nap-inducing poultry or shopping the Black Friday doorbusters in your chain mail. As any former kid knows, Thanksgiving Day and the days that follow are for decking the halls and trimming the Christmas tree.<br /><br />After everyone understands each other about the \"strange words\" you were shouting as you attempted to detangle yourself from a mammoth ball of Christmas lights not even Clark Griswold could muster, it\'ll be time to brighten these wintry, early-occurring evenings with the lighting of hundreds of thousands of little twinkling lights.<br /><br />Good thing there are plenty of ways to see the first of this year\'s Christmas lights in the Tulsa area, and more than one of them includes cookies and hot chocolate. Check \'em out: <div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/dscott28604/317609206/\"><img src=\"http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/317609206_e0b00758e9.jpg?v=0\" /></a></div><br /><b>Rhema Lights On</b><br />When: Wednesday, Nov. 25, 6pm<br />Where: Rhema Bible College, 1025 W. Kenosha Street<br />Take a break from cooking and join Rhema\'s Hagin family as they flip the switch on one of the most anticipated Christmas lights display of the year in this neck of the woods. Making Tulsa visible from space for the 27th year in a row, Rhema expects to draw more than 200,000 from all over Oklahoma and our surrounding states to show off their 1.8 million lights. The kicker? Once you fight the traffic and find parking, there isn\'t one. It\'s all free and open to the public. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/gallery_lo.asp\"><img src=\"http://uticasquare.com/now_showing/gallery/lightson/lg_IMG_9758.jpg\" /></a></div><br /><b>Utica Square Lights On</b><br />When: Thursday, Nov. 26, 6:30pm<br />Where: Utica Square, 21st Street and Utica Avenue<br />Put away the turkey, bundle up the kiddos and head to Utica Square this Thanksgiving Day to bear witness to one of the most well-attended, longest-running (40 years!) lights on events in the state. Santa Claus will make an appearance, and he\'ll stick around long enough to count down the lighting of over 700,000 bright-and-twinklies in nearly 200 trees all over Tulsa\'s most upscale, historic shopping center.<br /><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.cityofmuskogee.com/images/uploads/dept_012/GardenOfLights.jpg\" /></div><br /></div><div><b>Garden of Lights</b></div><div>When: Thursday, Nov. 26<br />Where: Honor Heights Park in Muskogee<br />Count \'em - one million lights, baby. It takes 120 acres to contain all that Christmas cheer at Muskogee\'s Honor Heights Park. The fun continues through Dec. 31.<br /><br /><b><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal; \"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4130150970/\" title=\"Arvest Winterfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/4130150970_b5c5f14fe2_o.png\" width=\"385\" height=\"395\" alt=\"Arvest Winterfest 2009\" /></a></span></div></b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: bold; \"><br /></span></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: bold; \">Arvest Winterfest</span></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: bold; \"></span>When: Friday, Nov. 27, 4pm<br />Where: On Third Street, between Denver and Frisco Avenues in downtown Tulsa<br />Wanna see the largest Christmas tree in the entire state of Oklahoma? Then you\'ve gotta check out the new and improved, second annual Arvest Winterfest celebration. Relish the chance to ice skate outdoors (not always a sure thing when it comes to winter in Oklahoma) on a 60-by-150-foot rink, yummy food, live entertainment, photo ops with the Segway Santa and a carriage ride through the streets of downtown Tulsa. If you miss it this weekend, don\'t worry - it continues through Jan. 4. <a href=\"http://bokcenter.com/upload/file/Arvest%20Winterfest%20Calendar%202009(1).pdf\">Get a listing of a full months\' worth of Winterfest goodness here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.travelok.com/graphics/siebel_photos/Events/1-3LADR_A.JPG\" /></div><b><div><br /></div>Wonderland of Lights</b><br />When: Fridays-Sundays, starting Friday-Dec. 20, 5-9pm<br />Where: <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/category.php?cat=1016\">Woolaroc Museum &amp; Wildlife Preserve, southwest of Barlesville</a><br />Ever seen a buffalo with a red, glowing nose? You just might if you head to <a href=\"http://www.woolaroc.org/\">Woolaroc for its Wonderland of Lights</a>. See 650,000 lights, sing carols, sit back for a wagon ride and a cup of cider, see Santa and sneak a peek at the Holiday Horseman, all on Oklahoma\'s own 3,700-acre wildlife preserve. Just, whatever you do, don\'t tip Rudolph. Admission is $8 for guests aged 12-64 and $6 for seniors. Children 11 and under get in free. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal; \"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4130282204/\" title=\"Christmas Kingdom at The Castle of Muskogee by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2770/4130282204_944a8963a2_o.png\" width=\"565\" height=\"347\" alt=\"Christmas Kingdom at The Castle of Muskogee\" /></a></span></div></b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: bold; \"><br /></span></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: bold; \">Christmas Kingdom</span></div><div>When: Friday, Nov. 27<br />Where: The Castle of Muskogee, 3400 Fern Mountain Road<br />There\'s nothing like a 20-foot inflatable to get a person into the holiday spirit. Get that and 999 other Christmas Inflatables, along with thousands of lights, in this fourth annual, free event. Check out the horse carriage rides starting at 6pm, and don\'t miss Christmas in the Garden Room, cookies and hot chocolate (nightly from 6-10pm), tractor-drawn hay rides and a visit with Father Christmas (Fridays and Saturdays, 6-9pm). <a href=\"http://www.okcastle.com/christmas-kingdom.html\">Check out the full calendar of events at OKCastle.com</a>.<br /><br /><b>Lights on the Hill at Chandler Park</b><br />When: Fridays-Sundays, starting Nov. 27 thru Dec. 27, 6-9pm<br />Where: Chandler Park, 6500 W. 21st Street<br />When it comes to aerial views of neighborhood Christmas lights (not to mention the view of the skyline), it\'s tough to beat the top of the hill at Chandler Park. Throughout the rest of this month and into the next, take a drive through three miles of bright lights and whimsical displays, catch live performances by local high schools, churches and more. Plus, snag a scenic horse-and-carriage ride. Be sure to stay tuned until Dec. 5 from 4-6pm, when you and the kiddos can have your photo snapped with Santa. Don\'t forget to bring enough cookies and milk to share.</div><div><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs115.snc3/16264_185304623633_25282913633_3112871_7808549_n.jpg\" /></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Garden Glow</b></div><div>When: Saturday, Nov. 28, 4-8pm</div><div>Where: <a href=\"http://philbrook.org/\">Philbrook Museum of Art</a>, 2424 S. Rockford Ave. </div><div>Don\'t use all your Christmas light-gawking energy before Saturday, folks, because this second-annual, free event at one of Tulsa\'s cherished landmarks is not to be missed. Spend some time perusing the exhibits at Philbrook and then head outside at 6pm to see thousands of lights come to life in the garden. The entire museum will be open to all, and music, food, hot chocolate and kids\' activities will be in good supply. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Hey. Where do you go to find Christmas lights in Tulsa? Enlighten us (sorry, I couldn\'t help myself) in the comments. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-size:small;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/dscott28604/317609206/\">Rhema photo by dsjeffries on Flickr</a></span><br /></div><div><a href=\"http://www.travelok.com/toDo/eventsDetail.asp?id=1-3LADR\">Wonderland of Lights photo from TravelOK.com</a></div>    <div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top:10px;height:15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/fd45dd5c-9864-49cc-8ac0-af4920c9dea3/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=fd45dd5c-9864-49cc-8ac0-af4920c9dea3\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" style=\"border:none;float:right\" /></a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js\" defer=\"defer\"></script></span></div>','Get Your Lights On: Christmas Lights in Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','360-revision','','','2009-11-24 05:30:00','2009-11-24 05:30:00','',360,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/360-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3902,1,'2010-11-22 11:48:30','2010-11-22 16:48:30','','turbaconducken','','inherit','open','open','','turbaconducken','','','2010-11-22 11:48:30','2010-11-22 16:48:30','',3901,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turbaconducken.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3903,1,'2010-11-22 11:58:34','2010-11-22 16:58:34','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3902\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3902\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turbaconducken-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"turbaconducken\" title=\"turbaconducken\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3902\" /></a>\n\nDisturbing fact time! According to the American Council on Exercise, <a href=\"http://www.livestrong.com/article/297375-how-many-calories-does-the-average-american-consume-on-thanksgiving/\">the average adult consumes 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat in one Thanksgiving meal</a>. A 160-pound person would have to run at a moderate pace for four hours, swim for five hours or walk 30 miles to burn off a meal packing that kind of caloric wallop. \n\n<!--more-->\n\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\n\nIf you thought 3,000 calories was plenty, that figure swells to a sky-high 4,500 calories when the entire day\'s feasting is considered.\n\nFour hours is a long time for a run, but there\'s nothing saying you have to do it all at once. Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. \n\n<strong>Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk</strong>\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9am\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsarunningclub.com/\">31st and Riverside Pedestrian Bridge</a>\nJoin the Tulsa Running Club for the annual Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk benefiting the Salvation Army. This 4.3-mile fun run starts and finishes at the Pedestrian Bridge and is a family-friendly run and walk for all ages. Strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome. Bring bags of non-perishable foods to help fill a Salvation Army truck. Food and warm beverages will be served, and door prizes will be given away at the end. Don\'t forget your cold-weather running gear for this one, folks - <a href=\"http://krmg.com/weather\">it\'s gonna be a tad chilly</a>. \n\n<strong>Hog Jog 2010</strong>\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9:15am\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/locations/owasso-family\">Owasso Family YMCA</a>, 8300 N. Owasso Expy.\nCost: $22 per individual, $72 for a family of four (early registration for 5k), and first 400 5k registrations get a Hog Jog long-sleeved t-shirt; free with the donation of two canned goods each for participants in the fun run\nRegistration: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/pdf/events/2010%20Hog%20Jog%20Registration%20form%20-%20WITH%20SPONSOR.doc\">Until Nov. 24 for early registration prices (.doc)</a>\nThe Owasso Family YMCA will host the ninth-annual Holiday Hog Jog/Walk just in time for you to keep those three extra helpings of grandma\'s stuffing from going to your thighs. Whether you choose the 5k or the fun run, you\'re guaranteed to have a fun, turkey-burning time at this family-friendly race. \n\n<strong>Turkey Trot 2010</strong>\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\nWhere: Winterfest, 3rd and Denver in downtown Tulsa\nCourse map: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/files/Course%20Map%202010%20Turkey%20Trot.pdf\">Click here (PDF)</a>\nCost: $25 for the 5k, $10 for the fun run, pre-registered\nRegister: <a href=\"http://getmeregistered.com/TulsaTurkeyTrot\">Through Wednesday, Nov. 24</a>\nYou wouldn\'t want to miss the kick-off event of this year\'s annual Winterfest event, would you? Lace up your sneaks (that is, if you can bend over that far after what you ate on Thursday - you might have to have a friend or significant other help you out on this front) and run off those Thanksgiving calories in a 5k. There\'s a one-mile fun run for those of you who ate salad for dinner but then couldn\'t restrain yourselves at the dessert table. Stick around after the races for some ice skating and even more tasty holiday treats. \n\n<strong>Turkey Burn</strong>\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106272986109679&index=1\">Lee\'s Bicycles</a>, 402 E. Second Street in downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District\nIt\'s not a run, but it\'ll still get your legs and hiney a-burnin\'. Bike 54 miles up Cincinnati Hill to Lake Skiatook and back through Sperry via the Osage Prairie Trail. This is an unsupported ride and registration is free. As the folks at Lee\'s say, no sag, no whining -  just come and ride. Because you need to.\n\n<em><a href=\"http://troglopundit.wordpress.com/\">Image from Troglopundit</a>.</em>','Thanksgiving Running in Tulsa: Because turbaconducken isn\'t on anyone\'s diet foods list.','Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. ','inherit','open','open','','3901-revision','','','2010-11-22 11:58:34','2010-11-22 16:58:34','',3901,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3901-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3904,1,'2010-11-22 11:58:44','2010-11-22 16:58:44','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3902\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3902\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turbaconducken-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"turbaconducken\" title=\"turbaconducken\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3902\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDisturbing fact time! According to the American Council on Exercise, <a href=\"http://www.livestrong.com/article/297375-how-many-calories-does-the-average-american-consume-on-thanksgiving/\">the average adult consumes 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat in one Thanksgiving meal</a>. A 160-pound person would have to run at a moderate pace for four hours, swim for five hours or walk 30 miles to burn off a meal packing that kind of caloric wallop. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nIf you thought 3,000 calories was plenty, that figure swells to a sky-high 4,500 calories when the entire day\'s feasting is considered.\r\n\r\nFour hours is a long time for a run, but there\'s nothing saying you have to do it all at once. Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. \r\n\r\n<strong>Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsarunningclub.com/\">31st and Riverside Pedestrian Bridge</a>\r\nJoin the Tulsa Running Club for the annual Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk benefiting the Salvation Army. This 4.3-mile fun run starts and finishes at the Pedestrian Bridge and is a family-friendly run and walk for all ages. Strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome. Bring bags of non-perishable foods to help fill a Salvation Army truck. Food and warm beverages will be served, and door prizes will be given away at the end. Don\'t forget your cold-weather running gear for this one, folks - <a href=\"http://krmg.com/weather\">it\'s gonna be a tad chilly</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Hog Jog 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9:15am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/locations/owasso-family\">Owasso Family YMCA</a>, 8300 N. Owasso Expy.\r\nCost: $22 per individual, $72 for a family of four (early registration for 5k), and first 400 5k registrations get a Hog Jog long-sleeved t-shirt; free with the donation of two canned goods each for participants in the fun run\r\nRegistration: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/pdf/events/2010%20Hog%20Jog%20Registration%20form%20-%20WITH%20SPONSOR.doc\">Until Nov. 24 for early registration prices (.doc)</a>\r\nThe Owasso Family YMCA will host the ninth-annual Holiday Hog Jog/Walk just in time for you to keep those three extra helpings of grandma\'s stuffing from going to your thighs. Whether you choose the 5k or the fun run, you\'re guaranteed to have a fun, turkey-burning time at this family-friendly race. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Trot 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\r\nWhere: Winterfest, 3rd and Denver in downtown Tulsa\r\nCourse map: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/files/Course%20Map%202010%20Turkey%20Trot.pdf\">Click here (PDF)</a>\r\nCost: $25 for the 5k, $10 for the fun run, pre-registered\r\nRegister: <a href=\"http://getmeregistered.com/TulsaTurkeyTrot\">Through Wednesday, Nov. 24</a>\r\nYou wouldn\'t want to miss the kick-off event of this year\'s annual Winterfest event, would you? Lace up your sneaks (that is, if you can bend over that far after what you ate on Thursday - you might have to have a friend or significant other help you out on this front) and run off those Thanksgiving calories in a 5k. There\'s a one-mile fun run for those of you who ate salad for dinner but then couldn\'t restrain yourselves at the dessert table. Stick around after the races for some ice skating and even more tasty holiday treats. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Burn</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106272986109679&index=1\">Lee\'s Bicycles</a>, 402 E. Second Street in downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District\r\nIt\'s not a run, but it\'ll still get your legs and hiney a-burnin\'. Bike 54 miles up Cincinnati Hill to Lake Skiatook and back through Sperry via the Osage Prairie Trail. This is an unsupported ride and registration is free. As the folks at Lee\'s say, no sag, no whining -  just come and ride. Because you need to.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://troglopundit.wordpress.com/\">Image from Troglopundit</a>.</em>','Thanksgiving Running in Tulsa: Because turbaconducken isn\'t on anyone\'s diet foods list.','Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. ','inherit','open','open','','3901-revision-2','','','2010-11-22 11:58:44','2010-11-22 16:58:44','',3901,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3901-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3905,1,'2010-11-22 11:58:45','2010-11-22 16:58:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-running-tulsa/turbaconducken/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3902\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turbaconducken-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"turbaconducken\" title=\"turbaconducken\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3902\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDisturbing fact time! According to the American Council on Exercise, <a href=\"http://www.livestrong.com/article/297375-how-many-calories-does-the-average-american-consume-on-thanksgiving/\">the average adult consumes 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat in one Thanksgiving meal</a>. A 160-pound person would have to run at a moderate pace for four hours, swim for five hours or walk 30 miles to burn off a meal packing that kind of caloric wallop. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nIf you thought 3,000 calories was plenty, that figure swells to a sky-high 4,500 calories when the entire day\'s feasting is considered.\r\n\r\nFour hours is a long time for a run, but there\'s nothing saying you have to do it all at once. Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. \r\n\r\n<strong>Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsarunningclub.com/\">31st and Riverside Pedestrian Bridge</a>\r\nJoin the Tulsa Running Club for the annual Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk benefiting the Salvation Army. This 4.3-mile fun run starts and finishes at the Pedestrian Bridge and is a family-friendly run and walk for all ages. Strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome. Bring bags of non-perishable foods to help fill a Salvation Army truck. Food and warm beverages will be served, and door prizes will be given away at the end. Don\'t forget your cold-weather running gear for this one, folks - <a href=\"http://krmg.com/weather\">it\'s gonna be a tad chilly</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Hog Jog 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9:15am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/locations/owasso-family\">Owasso Family YMCA</a>, 8300 N. Owasso Expy.\r\nCost: $22 per individual, $72 for a family of four (early registration for 5k), and first 400 5k registrations get a Hog Jog long-sleeved t-shirt; free with the donation of two canned goods each for participants in the fun run\r\nRegistration: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/pdf/events/2010%20Hog%20Jog%20Registration%20form%20-%20WITH%20SPONSOR.doc\">Until Nov. 24 for early registration prices (.doc)</a>\r\nThe Owasso Family YMCA will host the ninth-annual Holiday Hog Jog/Walk just in time for you to keep those three extra helpings of grandma\'s stuffing from going to your thighs. Whether you choose the 5k or the fun run, you\'re guaranteed to have a fun, turkey-burning time at this family-friendly race. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Trot 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\r\nWhere: Winterfest, 3rd and Denver in downtown Tulsa\r\nCourse map: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/files/Course%20Map%202010%20Turkey%20Trot.pdf\">Click here (PDF)</a>\r\nCost: $25 for the 5k, $10 for the fun run, pre-registered\r\nRegister: <a href=\"http://getmeregistered.com/TulsaTurkeyTrot\">Through Wednesday, Nov. 24</a>\r\nYou wouldn\'t want to miss the kick-off event of this year\'s annual Winterfest event, would you? Lace up your sneaks (that is, if you can bend over that far after what you ate on Thursday - you might have to have a friend or significant other help you out on this front) and run off those Thanksgiving calories in a 5k. There\'s a one-mile fun run for those of you who ate salad for dinner but then couldn\'t restrain yourselves at the dessert table. Stick around after the races for some ice skating and even more tasty holiday treats. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Burn</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106272986109679&index=1\">Lee\'s Bicycles</a>, 402 E. Second Street in downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District\r\nIt\'s not a run, but it\'ll still get your legs and hiney a-burnin\'. Bike 54 miles up Cincinnati Hill to Lake Skiatook and back through Sperry via the Osage Prairie Trail. This is an unsupported ride and registration is free. As the folks at Lee\'s say, no sag, no whining -  just come and ride. Because you need to.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://troglopundit.wordpress.com/\">Image from Troglopundit</a>.</em>','Thanksgiving Running in Tulsa: Because turbaconducken isn\'t on anyone\'s diet foods list.','Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. ','inherit','open','open','','3901-revision-3','','','2010-11-22 11:58:45','2010-11-22 16:58:45','',3901,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3901-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3906,1,'2010-11-22 12:02:28','2010-11-22 17:02:28','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-running-tulsa/turbaconducken/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3902\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turbaconducken-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"turbaconducken\" title=\"turbaconducken\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3902\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDisturbing fact time! According to the American Council on Exercise, <a href=\"http://www.livestrong.com/article/297375-how-many-calories-does-the-average-american-consume-on-thanksgiving/\">the average adult consumes 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat in one Thanksgiving meal</a>. A 160-pound person would have to run at a moderate pace for four hours, swim for five hours or walk 30 miles to burn off a meal packing that kind of caloric wallop. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nIf you thought 3,000 calories was plenty, that figure swells to a sky-high 4,500 calories when the entire day\'s feasting is considered.\r\n\r\nFour hours is a long time for a run, but there\'s nothing saying you have to do it all at once. Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. \r\n\r\n<strong>Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsarunningclub.com/\">31st and Riverside Pedestrian Bridge</a>\r\nJoin the Tulsa Running Club for the annual Von Franken Family Food Run and Walk benefiting the Salvation Army. This 4.3-mile fun run starts and finishes at the Pedestrian Bridge and is a family-friendly run and walk for all ages. Strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome. Bring bags of non-perishable foods to help fill a Salvation Army truck. Food and warm beverages will be served, and door prizes will be given away at the end. Don\'t forget your cold-weather running gear for this one, folks - <a href=\"http://krmg.com/weather\">it\'s gonna be a tad chilly</a>. \r\n\r\n<strong>Hog Jog 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, Nov. 25, 9:15am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/locations/owasso-family\">Owasso Family YMCA</a>, 8300 N. Owasso Expy.\r\nCost: $22 per individual, $72 for a family of four (early registration for 5k), and first 400 5k registrations get a Hog Jog long-sleeved t-shirt; free with the donation of two canned goods each for participants in the fun run\r\nRegistration: <a href=\"http://www.ymcatulsa.org/pdf/events/2010%20Hog%20Jog%20Registration%20form%20-%20WITH%20SPONSOR.doc\">Until Nov. 24 for early registration prices (.doc)</a>\r\nThe Owasso Family YMCA will host the ninth-annual Holiday Hog Jog/Walk just in time for you to keep those three extra helpings of grandma\'s stuffing from going to your thighs. Whether you choose the 5k or the fun run, you\'re guaranteed to have a fun, turkey-burning time at this family-friendly race. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Trot 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\r\nWhere: Winterfest, 3rd and Denver in downtown Tulsa\r\nCourse map: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/files/Course%20Map%202010%20Turkey%20Trot.pdf\">Click here (PDF)</a>\r\nCost: $25 for the 5k, $10 for the fun run, pre-registered\r\nRegister: <a href=\"http://getmeregistered.com/TulsaTurkeyTrot\">Through Wednesday, Nov. 24</a>\r\nYou wouldn\'t want to miss the kick-off event of this year\'s annual Winterfest event, would you? Lace up your sneaks (that is, if you can bend over that far after what you ate on Thursday - you might have to have a friend or significant other help you out on this front) and run off those Thanksgiving calories in a 5k. There\'s a one-mile fun run for those of you who ate salad for dinner but then couldn\'t restrain yourselves at the dessert table. Stick around after the races for some ice skating and even more tasty holiday treats. \r\n\r\n<strong>Turkey Burn</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Nov. 26, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106272986109679&index=1\">Lee\'s Bicycles</a>, 402 E. Second Street in downtown Tulsa\'s Blue Dome District\r\nIt\'s not a run, but it\'ll still get your legs and hiney a-burnin\'. Bike 54 miles up Cincinnati Hill to Lake Skiatook and back through Sperry via the Osage Prairie Trail. This is an unsupported ride and registration is free. As the folks at Lee\'s say, no sag, no whining -  just come and ride. Because you need to.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://troglopundit.wordpress.com/\">Image from Troglopundit</a>.</em>','Thanksgiving Running in Tulsa: Because turbaconducken isn\'t on anyone\'s diet foods list.','Here are some races that\'ll start you down the path of burning the Thanksgiving fat, right here in Tulsa. ','inherit','open','open','','3901-revision-4','','','2010-11-22 12:02:28','2010-11-22 17:02:28','',3901,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/3901-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4109,1,'2009-12-05 20:15:00','2009-12-05 20:15:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3465009785/\" title=\"DSC04355-1 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"DSC04355-1\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3465009785_c661069fde.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />Once when I was gushing about my family\'s <a href=\"http://www.tulsazoo.org/\">Tulsa Zoo</a> membership to a fellow stay-at-home mom, she said something eye-opening:<br /><br />\"The only reason we get to go to the zoo and the museums as often as we do is because our family gives us memberships every year for Christmas.\"<br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a>What a brilliant idea for a gift. What present can top the gift of education? And history with a sense of place? And the chance for a family to have a time and place to get together and spend some quality time, make some lifetime memories?<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3464958311/\" title=\"Here, Kitty Kitty by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Here, Kitty Kitty\" height=\"370\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3464958311_4e010725a3.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />For the price of 10 or fewer&nbsp;<a href=\"http://zhuzhupets.com/\">Zhu Zhu Pets</a>&nbsp;(that is, the $8 version of the little buggers) and, in some cases, much, much less, a family of four can be gifted a year\'s worth of fun at museums like <a href=\"http://www.tulsaairandspacemuseum.com/membership.php?nav=involved\">Tulsa Air and Space Museum</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.gilcrease.org/membership_levels.aspx\">Gilcrease Museum</a>, the <a href=\"http://www.tulsazoo.org/OnlineStore/GiftMembershipSignup/\">Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum</a>, <a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/member_app.htm\">Oxley Nature Center</a>, <a href=\"http://www.jewishmuseum.net/join/membership.html\">The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.okaquarium.org/membership.php?subPageName=membership\">Oklahoma Aquarium</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/support/joining/\">Philbrook Museum</a>.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4109884404/\" title=\"Philbrook Museum Gardens by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Philbrook Museum Gardens\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4109884404_291e7acc9c.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br />Got some folks on your shopping list who\'d on any day rather see a movie than go to a museum? Check this out:<br /><br /><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/gift%20card.PNG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"205\" src=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/gift%20card.PNG\" width=\"320\" /></a><br /></div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema Movie Money gift cards</a> are available in any denomination. Pick one up at 12 S. Lewis Ave. or call (918) 592-FILM to snag one over the phone. Voila, problem solved, shopping list crossed off.<br /></div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">Like the Jelly of the Month Club, these memberships and gift cards are the gifts that keep on giving. Only, exploring collections of art that formed the framework of this city, gazing at pieces that have helped to define modern art just minutes from home and exploring a rainforest in one\'s own backyard are way better than twelve jars of sugary mush that couldn\'t beat Smucker\'s in a taste test if they tried.<br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/3465769422/\" title=\"Tropical American Rainforest by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Tropical American Rainforest\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3465769422_9284bb3715.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Way better indeed.<br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://www.tulsaairandspacemuseum.com/membership.php?nav=involved\">Tulsa Air and Space Museum</a><br />3624 N. 74th E. Ave.<br />(918) 834-9900<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.tulsaairandspacemuseum.com/membership.php?nav=involved\"></a><a href=\"http://www.gilcrease.org/membership_levels.aspx\">Gilcrease Museum</a><br />1400 Gilcrease Museum Road<br />(918) 596-2700<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.gilcrease.org/membership_levels.aspx\"></a><a href=\"http://www.tulsazoo.org/OnlineStore/GiftMembershipSignup/\">Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum</a><br />6421 E. 36th Street North<br />(918) 669-6600<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.tulsazoo.org/OnlineStore/GiftMembershipSignup/\"></a><a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/member_app.htm\">Oxley Nature Center</a><br />6700 Mohawk Boulevard<br />(918) 669-6644<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/member_app.htm\"></a><a href=\"http://www.jewishmuseum.net/join/membership.html\">The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art</a><br />2021 E. 71st Street<br />(918) 492-1818<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.jewishmuseum.net/join/membership.html\"></a><a href=\"http://www.okaquarium.org/membership.php?subPageName=membership\">Oklahoma Aquarium</a><br />300 Aquarium Drive in Jenks<br />(918) 296-FISH<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.okaquarium.org/membership.php?subPageName=membership\"></a><a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/support/joining/\">Philbrook Museum</a><br />2727 S. Rockford Road<br />(918) 749-7941<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a><br />12 S. Lewis Ave.<br />(918) 592-FILM<br /></div></div><div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/14d89dac-8793-4a52-a226-fa6c283db0d0/\" 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=14d89dac-8793-4a52-a226-fa6c283db0d0\" 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: Best Tulsa Memberships','','inherit','open','open','','381-revision','','','2009-12-05 20:15:00','2009-12-05 20:15:00','',381,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/381-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4112,1,'2009-12-02 20:00:00','2009-12-02 20:00:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4152942591/\" title=\"Breast Impressions Calendar by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Breast Impressions Calendar\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4152942591_6a1a69eb63.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />\"Oh, yeah? Well, at least my mom doesn\'t have only one boob.\"<br /><br />Ouch. Children can be cruel. It\'s tough to be the kid on the playground whose mother, just a few days after her 37th birthday, found a lump in her breast.<br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a><br />I know because I was that kid. Less than a month after my dad, my then-seven-year-old sister and I got the news, my mom was on the operating table. For three months after that, she practically lived on our bathroom floor, weakened by chemotherapy. Then it was daily radiation treatments for a full six weeks.<br /><br />I was on the brink of my teen years then, and to say that I had started early on the era of self-absorption kids that age have been making infamous for, well, ever, would be the understatement of the century. I remember being more concerned that&nbsp;my dad would cook dinner for those three months than I was about my mom\'s illness, her hair loss or the chances that her cancer might have spread before she saw the doctor.<br /><br />Actually, I don\'t remember much about the time when my mom was sick. I was young. So was my mom. In writing all of this, that\'s my point.<br /><br />Ladies, you\'re never too young to defend yourself against breast cancer. Just because your kids are in elementary school, like my sister and I were when our mom was diagnosed, or are even younger, doesn\'t exempt you. A monthly reminder to do your self-exam is your first and most powerful weapon against this sickness.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4153703062/\" title=\"Breast Impressions Calendar by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Breast Impressions Calendar\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/4153703062_a078e41577.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br />In case you managed to not hear of <a href=\"http://www.breastimpressions.com/\">Breast Impressions</a> over the course of the last several months, the time when the organization was touting its fundraising auction with a set of local celebrity breast castings as the main prize, here\'s their deal: The group, headed by the delightful and witty Judi Grove, offers casting kits of women recently diagnosed with breast cancer. The cast serves as a woman\'s memory of her body before breast surgery. Since Breast Impressions got off the ground in 2007, more than 180 casting kits have been sent free of charge to women around the world.<br /><br />Part of how Breast Impressions gets money to distribute these casting kits it through the sales of its annual calendar, showcasing breast cancer survivors who tell their stories.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4152942519/\" title=\"Breast Impressions Calendar by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Breast Impressions Calendar\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2759/4152942519_55ae030064.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4153703108/\" title=\"Breast Impressions Calendar by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Breast Impressions Calendar\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4153703108_46902e9a58.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />This pretty lady on <a href=\"http://www.saintfrancis.com/news/default.aspx?articleId=2731\">the pink Tulsa Townie</a> is Carrie. Carrie is two years older than me. When she was 24, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. At first, doctors told her the mass she felt inside her breast was nothing to worry about, given her age.<br /><br />Breast cancer doesn\'t give a rip how old you are, girls. Whether you\'re 28 or 68, you should feel your boobies, and often. Then, trust in your instincts.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4152942571/\" title=\"Breast Impressions Calendar by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Breast Impressions Calendar\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4152942571_965ecc65ea.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />Each month of the calendar features a different survivor and her story, along with a monthly reminder to do a breast self-exam. The photos, by <a href=\"http://www.studio-curry.com/\">photographer Carol Curry</a>, are stunning. The calendar design, by Shawn Brett of Blue Bottle Designs, ain\'t half bad, either. <br /><br />Ladies, in less than a month, you\'ll need a new calendar anyway. Why not choose one that might save your life? I don\'t know about you all, but I\'d trade calendars full of puppies and kittens and babies in vegetable costumes for a few extra days here on earth terrorizing you fine people any day. Plus, at $10 a pop, they\'re a bargain. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4152942591/\" title=\"Breast Impressions Calendar by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Breast Impressions Calendar\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4152942591_6a1a69eb63.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a><br /></div><br />To get yours and to stock up for Christmas, visit <a href=\"http://www.breastimpressionscalendar.com/\">breastimpressionscalendar.com</a>.<br /><br />Mom, I guess I just spilled the beans about one of your Christmas gifts, huh? At least now you won\'t have to shake as many boxes when you\'re here babysitting. (My mom, she\'s always been a box-shaker - even the year we could have seen ourselves opening presents in the reflection off her head.)<br /><br /><b>Breast Impressions, Inc.</b><br />4645 S. Vandalia Ave.<br />Tulsa, OK  74135<br /><a href=\"http://www.breastimpressionscalendar.com/\">http://www.breastimpressionscalendar.com/</a><br />(918) 691-3874<br /><a href=\"mailto:breastimpressions@cox.net\">breastimpressions@cox.net</a><br />$10, plus $1.75 for shipping (contact Judi for shipping on quantities greater than one)<br /><div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/4761bf93-65b2-4cd8-ae81-44973cf83604/\" 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=4761bf93-65b2-4cd8-ae81-44973cf83604\" 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: Breast Impressions Calendar','','inherit','open','open','','376-revision','','','2009-12-02 20:00:00','2009-12-02 20:00:00','',376,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/376-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4217,1,'2009-11-25 18:30:00','2009-11-25 18:30:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133290565/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/4133290565_4a7b0a6d10_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a><br /></div><br />Since the little gift shop at 119 S. Detroit Ave. is first in the minds of Tulsa\'s most savvy local shoppers, it might as well be first in the inaugural Tasha Does Tulsa Holiday Gift Guide, too. <br /><div><br /><a name=\'more\'></a><br /></div><div>In case there\'s anyone out there who hasn\'t yet managed to stop by, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces is a one-stop shop for anyone looking to stock up on T-Town gear</a>, along with hundreds of gifts available no where else in town. Stocked there is everything from the famous <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/97\">Louis &amp; Cluck</a> and <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/157?link_id=156&amp;link_section_id=23\">Okie Grown t-shirt and clothing lines</a> to the latest releases by Tulsa\'s best bands to books by local (or locally grown) authors like <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/491\">Jeff Martin</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/273\">artist Joe Andoe</a> and <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/283\">Libby Bender</a>. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Just like Green Country music fans and local art lovers, champions of the handmade movement aren\'t left out in the cold at Dwelling Spaces, either. Thanks to the shop\'s collection of wares by local crafters like <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/381?link_id=161&amp;link_section_id=22\">Felix &amp; Jayne</a> and <a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/shop/cuddlemonstre\">Cuddle Monsters</a>, everyone has the opportunity to own something that\'s one-of-a-kind. It\'s nearly impossible to find something in the crafty sections that aren\'t cute as all get out.  <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While any of these goodies would make fantabulous gifts, these types of things are available at Dwelling Spaces all year round. This shop is just that cool. Just imagine what owner Mary Beth Babcock is able to come up with for the most wonderful time of the year. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Actually, you don\'t have to imagine. I got the goods for yas right here:<br /></div><div><br /><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133290691/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"480\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2648/4133290691_4166cf482f_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Check out these snazzy little gift boxes. Each one is chock full of Tulsa-centric gifty goodness, no gift wrap required. The only work you have to do is pick one up and carry it to the cash register a mere six feet away. <br /></div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4134051946/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4134051946_ab17973dd9_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Here\'s an example of the <b>Deck the Walls With Mugs and Coffee</b> variety of gift package, each containing a 12-ounce bag of beans from <b>Topeca Coffee</b> and a pair of mugs emblazoned with the <b>Okie Grown</b> logo. The price? A mere $33. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>These smiles-waiting-to-happen in box form are no-nonsense, grab-and-go deals, people. Simply purchase, place under the tree and, voila. You\'re done. <br /></div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133290947/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/4133290947_09031ed82a_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Containing an Okie Grown vanity plate, an Okie Grown key chain and a copy of <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Route-66-Mother-Road-Anniversary/dp/0312281617/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1259170651&amp;sr=8-1\">the Michael Wallis book, <b>Route 66: The Mother Road</b></a> is the <b>Sled Down Route 66</b> package. Each is filled to the brim with the best in road-worthy stuff for $36 each. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Or, grab a pre-wrapped copy of a book that is so beautiful that a certain someone couldn\'t help but keep it from the library even though it was two months overdue.<br /></div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133394941/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"480\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/4133394941_30e93962f1_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" /></a><br /></div><br /></div><div>For $49.95, this 351-page photo book, <b>Oklahoma: A Portrait of America</b>, by Libby Bender, Carl Brune and Scott Raffe, will be in your family for generations to come. Plus, buying it is better than stealing it from the library. Because that\'s what you\'ll want to do when you try to check out this book \"just to see if you\'d want to go ahead and buy it.\" Hey, it\'s the holidays. Save yourself a few steps and snag it sooner rather than later. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Certainly my family isn\'t the only one in Tulsa with an ornament tradition. Each year we strike out in search of the perfect ornament to add to the Christmas tree that year. The year my hubs returned home from Afghanistan, we hung an ornament in the shape of the state seal, gifted to the soldiers by Gov. Henry practically as the boys deplaned. The year we were expecting our son, we found an ornament in the shape of a snowman family, complete with a baby Frosty. Aww.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This year, we have to have this:<br /></div><div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133290465/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/4133290465_be7c151e21_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">You might recognize this little fella as <a href=\"http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=blue%20whale%20catoosa%2C%20OK&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;hl=en&amp;tab=wi\">the Blue Whale of Catoosa</a>. Great idea for a Christmas ornament, no? I thought so, too. I may or may not have squealed when I first saw it.<br /></div></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133290359/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"480\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/4133290359_07ab2c9332_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" /></a><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">What better for that person on your list who has everything but Route 66 Christmas tree ornaments? Check \'em out: There\'s one to make you thirsty for a beverage from <a href=\"http://www.pops66.com/\">Pops, the Arcadia, Okla., restaurant and soda stand and tourist attraction in its own right</a>, plus an ornament made to look like a Route 66 road sign. What\'s not to love? These hand-blown glass ornaments are $26 each. <br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Then there\'s the uber-festive Cain\'s Ballroom ornament. It\'s $7. A steal, I tell you.<br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">To get a load of these gifts and (a lot, lot) more, shop at Dwelling Spaces this holiday season. I dare you to try to come out of that place with less than an armload of goodies. Go ahead, try. I\'d like to know if it\'s even possible.<br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Dwelling Spaces</b><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=dwelling+spaces&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=60.288153,107.226563&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=36.160607,-95.988321&amp;spn=0.06105,0.104713&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A\">119 S. Detroit</a><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">(918) 582-1033<br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"mailto:info@dwellingspaces.net\">info@dwellingspaces.net</a><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Monday-Saturday, 10:30am-7:30pm<br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">Sunday-Monday, 11am-4pm<br /></div><div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/0e908fb7-fad9-4bf9-9a39-28e5e300d6c0/\" 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=0e908fb7-fad9-4bf9-9a39-28e5e300d6c0\" 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: All That Is Dwelling Spaces','','inherit','open','open','','363-revision','','','2009-11-25 18:30:00','2009-11-25 18:30:00','',363,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/363-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4219,1,'2010-12-03 16:59:42','2010-12-03 21:59:42','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133290565/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/4133290565_4a7b0a6d10_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nSince the little gift shop at 119 S. Detroit Ave. is first in the minds of Tulsa\'s most savvy local shoppers, it might as well be first in the inaugural Tasha Does Tulsa Holiday Gift Guide, too. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIn case there\'s anyone out there who hasn\'t yet managed to stop by, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces is a one-stop shop for anyone looking to stock up on T-Town and Oklahoma gear</a>, along with hundreds of gifts available no where else in town. Stocked there is everything from the famous <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/97\">Louis & Cluck</a> and <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/157?link_id=156&amp;link_section_id=23\">Okie Grown t-shirt and clothing lines</a> to the latest releases by Tulsa\'s best bands to books by local (or locally grown) authors like <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/491\">Jeff Martin</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/273\">artist Joe Andoe</a> and <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/283\">Libby Bender</a>. \r\n\r\nJust like Green Country music fans and local art lovers, champions of the handmade movement aren\'t left out in the cold at Dwelling Spaces, either. Thanks to the shop\'s collection of wares by local crafters like <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/381?link_id=161&amp;link_section_id=22\">Felix & Jayne</a> and <a href=\"http://www.etsy.com/shop/cuddlemonstre\">Cuddle Monsters</a>, everyone has the opportunity to own something that\'s one-of-a-kind. It\'s nearly impossible to find something in the crafty sections that aren\'t cute as all get out. \r\n\r\nWhile any of these goodies would make fantabulous gifts, these types of things are available at Dwelling Spaces all year round. This shop is just that cool. Just imagine what owner Mary Beth Babcock is able to come up with for the most wonderful time of the year. \r\n\r\nActually, you don\'t have to imagine. I got the goods for you right here.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133290691/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"480\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2648/4133290691_4166cf482f_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" /></a></div></p>\r\n\r\nCheck out these snazzy little gift boxes. Each one is chock full of Tulsa-centric gifty goodness, no gift wrap required. The only work you have to do is pick one up and carry it to the cash register a mere six feet away. \r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4134051946/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4134051946_ab17973dd9_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nHere\'s an example of the <b>Deck the Walls With Mugs and Coffee</b> variety of gift package, each containing a 12-ounce bag of beans from <b>Topeca Coffee</b> and a pair of mugs emblazoned with the <b>Okie Grown</b> logo. The price? A mere $33. \r\n\r\nThese smiles-waiting-to-happen in box form are no-nonsense, grab-and-go deals, people. Simply purchase, place under the tree and, voila. You\'re done. \r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133290947/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/4133290947_09031ed82a_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nContaining an Okie Grown vanity plate, an Okie Grown key chain and a copy of <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Route-66-Mother-Road-Anniversary/dp/0312281617/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1259170651&amp;sr=8-1\">the Michael Wallis book, <b>Route 66: The Mother Road</b></a> is the <b>Sled Down Route 66</b> package. Each is filled to the brim with the best in road-worthy stuff for $36 each.\r\n\r\nOr, grab a pre-wrapped copy of a book that is so beautiful that a certain someone couldn\'t help but keep it from the library even though it was two months overdue.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133394941/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"480\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/4133394941_30e93962f1_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nFor $49.95, this 351-page photo book, <b>Oklahoma: A Portrait of America</b>, by Libby Bender, Carl Brune and Scott Raffe, will be in your family for generations to come. Plus, buying it is better than stealing it from the library. Because that\'s what you\'ll want to do when you try to check out this book \"just to see if you\'d want to go ahead and buy it.\" Hey, it\'s the holidays. Save yourself a few steps and snag it sooner rather than later. \r\n\r\nCertainly my family isn\'t the only one in Tulsa with an ornament tradition. Each year we strike out in search of the perfect ornament to add to the Christmas tree that year. The year my hubs returned home from Afghanistan, we hung an ornament in the shape of the state seal, gifted to the soldiers by Gov. Henry practically as the boys deplaned. The year we were expecting our son, we found an ornament in the shape of a snowman family, complete with a baby Frosty. \r\n\r\nSay it with me now: Awww!\r\n\r\nThis year, we have to have this:\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133290465/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"640\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/4133290465_be7c151e21_o.jpg\" width=\"480\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nYou might recognize this little fella as <a href=\"http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=blue%20whale%20catoosa%2C%20OK&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;hl=en&amp;tab=wi\">the Blue Whale of Catoosa</a>. Great idea for a Christmas ornament, no? I thought so, too. \r\n\r\nI may or may not have squealed when I first saw it.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133290359/\" title=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Dwelling Spaces\" height=\"480\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/4133290359_07ab2c9332_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nWhat better for that person on your list who has everything but Route 66 Christmas tree ornaments? Check \'em out: There\'s one to make you thirsty for a beverage from <a href=\"http://www.pops66.com/\">Pops, the Arcadia, Okla., restaurant and soda stand and tourist attraction in its own right</a>, plus an ornament made to look like a Route 66 road sign. What\'s not to love? These hand-blown glass ornaments are $26 each. \r\n\r\nThen there\'s the uber-festive Cain\'s Ballroom ornament. It\'s $7. A steal, I tell you.\r\n\r\nTo get a load of these gifts and (a lot, lot) more, shop at Dwelling Spaces this holiday season. I dare you to try to come out of that place with less than an armload of goodies. Go ahead, try. I\'d like to know if it\'s even possible. \r\n\r\nBecause no on eI know has managed to do it yet. \r\n\r\n<b>Dwelling Spaces</b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=dwelling+spaces&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=60.288153,107.226563&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=36.160607,-95.988321&amp;spn=0.06105,0.104713&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A\">119 S. Detroit</a>\r\n(918) 582-1033\r\n<a href=\"mailto:info@dwellingspaces.net\">info@dwellingspaces.net</a>\r\nMonday-Saturday, 10:30am-7:30pm\r\nSunday-Monday, 11am-4pm','TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2009: All That Is Dwelling Spaces','Since the little gift shop at 119 S. Detroit Ave. is first in the minds of Tulsa\'s most savvy local shoppers, it might as well be first in the inaugural Tasha Does Tulsa Holiday Gift Guide, too. ','inherit','open','open','','363-revision-3','','','2010-12-03 16:59:42','2010-12-03 21:59:42','',363,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/363-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4220,1,'2010-12-03 17:05:03','2010-12-03 22:05:03','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Lights On @ Utica Square by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133109372/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/4133109372_f5847e4749.jpg\" alt=\"Lights On @ Utica Square\" width=\"500\" height=\"308\" /></a></div>\n\nThe latest whispers from Washington say that we\'re starting to pull out of this whopper of an economic crisis. As the holiday season and the demand on the pocketbook it brings with it looms before us, I think we can all agree that this is good news.\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\nWe\'ve all made sacrifices since our economy lurched to a standstill a few years ago. Some of us have turned to couponing to feed our families, others have given up their cable TV and still more were forced to downsize, or were downsized themselves.\n\nThat we\'re seeing a light at the end of the tunnel is like stumbling upon an oasis in a sprawling desert. It seems we can\'t wait to get back to life as usual.\n\nHere\'s an idea. Rather than shop as we once did by heading to the malls or the monolithic, big-box mega-stores, check out what local shops, restaurants and other service providers have to offer instead.\n\nAfter all, your dad doesn\'t need another bottle of Old Spice (unless you\'re my dad - in that case, you probably do), the kids don\'t need yet more plastic toys and Mom doesn\'t want yet another gift basket from the store that rhymes with Bath & Body Schworks.\n\nShe\'ll only re-gift it as a Secret Santa gift at church next Christmas. Trust me. I know.\n\nHere\'s some more food for thought: For every $100 spent at a chain store, just $14 stays in the local community, according to <a href=\"http://www.buylocaltulsa.com/\">the Tulsa Area Independent Business Alliance</a>. Spend that same Benjamin at a locally owned store and $45 - more than 320 percent more - stays here in town.\n\nI\'m sure that folks employed by local businesses that have been forced to scale back on pay and benefits could appreciate the value of a three-fold impact on the community in which they operate.\n\nThinking along these lines, I\'ve decided to put together the first-ever Tasha Does Tulsa holiday gift guide. Each day from now until Christmas Eve I\'ll post about a product or service sold or produced here in the Tulsa area that\'d look totally rad under (or, on) the Christmas tree.\n\nOr, in a Christmas stocking. Or, on the Christmas dinner table. Or, out in the driveway (or, in the bike rack). You get the idea.\n\nAll entries in the TDT Gift Guide can be accessed by clicking the bright, shiny banner in the right sidebar. Check back often, folks, as there\'s bound to be something new and wish list-worthy waiting for you there.\n\nYou might even find a chance to win free stuff - stuff to use as holiday gifts for loved ones, for yourself, or ways to live life to the fullest in Tulsa this holiday season. Just about anything goes, so man your mouses and get ready to enter some contests and giveways.\n\nWhile the line-up in this parade of local gifts is pretty much set, I\'m still open to learning about gifts that might have escaped my attention. If you come across a find that\'s too good not to share, <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">e-mail me</a>. We\'ll spread Christmas cheer together, perhaps over a cup of eggnog.\n\nBecause I\'m always available for a cup of eggnog.\n\nLook for the first featured gift to show up at the top of this page at some point tomorrow. Until then, happy pre-Thanksgiving cooking (or, in my case, bite-sneakin\' and beater-lickin\' and putting out fires with the help of this <a href=\"http://www.ttownmoms.com/?page=blogs/view&amp;BLID=6594\">Thanksgiving dinner survival guide at Ttownmoms.com</a>).</div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/33e29024-20a8-4ae3-939b-0f7a7bd02b3e/\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=33e29024-20a8-4ae3-939b-0f7a7bd02b3e\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" /></a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script></span></div>','Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2009','','inherit','open','open','','361-autosave','','','2010-12-03 17:05:03','2010-12-03 22:05:03','',361,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/361-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4221,1,'2010-08-15 22:08:43','2010-08-16 03:08:43','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Lights On @ Utica Square by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4133109372/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/4133109372_f5847e4749.jpg\" alt=\"Lights On @ Utica Square\" width=\"500\" height=\"308\" /></a></div>\r\nThe latest whispers from Washington say that we\'re starting to pull out of this whopper of an economic crisis. As the holiday season and the demand on the pocketbook it brings with it looms before us, I think we can all agree that this is good news.\r\n<div>We\'ve all made sacrifices since our economy lurched to a standstill a few years ago. Some of us have turned to couponing to feed our families, others have given up their cable TV and still more were forced to downsize, or were downsized themselves.</div>\r\n<div>That we\'re seeing a light at the end of the tunnel is like stumbling upon an oasis in a sprawling desert. It seems we can\'t wait to get back to life as usual.</div>\r\n<div>Here\'s an idea. Rather than shop as we once did by heading to the malls or the monolithic, big-box mega-stores, check out what local shops, restaurants and other service providers have to offer instead.</div>\r\n<div>After all, your dad doesn\'t need another bottle of Old Spice (unless you\'re my dad - in that case, you probably do), the kids don\'t need yet more plastic toys and Mom doesn\'t want yet another gift basket from the store that rhymes with Bath &amp; Body Schworks.</div>\r\n<div>She\'ll only re-gift it as a Secret Santa gift at church next Christmas. Trust me. I know these things.</div>\r\n<div>Here\'s some more food for thought: For every $100 spent at a chain store, just $14 stays in the local community, according to <a href=\"http://www.buylocaltulsa.com/\">the Tulsa Area Independent Business Alliance</a>. Spend that same Benjamin at a locally owned store and $45 - more than 320 percent more - stays here in town.</div>\r\n<div>I\'m sure that folks employed by local businesses that have been forced to scale back on pay and benefits could appreciate the value of a three-fold impact on the community in which they operate.</div>\r\n<div>Thinking along these lines, I\'ve decided to put together the first-ever Tasha Does Tulsa holiday gift guide. Each day from now until Christmas Eve I\'ll post about a product or service sold or produced here in the Tulsa area that\'d look totally rad under (or, on) the Christmas tree.</div>\r\n<div>Or, in a Christmas stocking. Or, on the Christmas dinner table. Or, out in the driveway (or, in the bike rack). You get the idea.</div>\r\n<div>All entries in the TDT Gift Guide can be accessed by clicking a bright, shiny button that I\'ll make for the top of the right sidebar. Check back often, folks, as there\'s bound to be something new and wish list-worthy waiting for you there.</div>\r\n<div>You might even find a chance to win free stuff - stuff to use as holiday gifts for loved ones, for yourself, or ways to live life to the fullest in Tulsa this holiday season. Just about anything goes, so man your mouses and get ready to enter some contests and giveways.</div>\r\n<div>While the line-up in this parade of local gifts is pretty much set, I\'m still open to learning about gifts that might have escaped my attention. If you come across a find that\'s too good not to share, <a href=\"mailto:tashadoestulsa@gmail.com\">e-mail me</a>. We\'ll spread Christmas cheer together, perhaps over a cup of eggnog.</div>\r\n<div>Because I\'m always available for a cup of eggnog.</div>\r\n<div>Look for the first featured gift to show up at the top of this page at some point tomorrow. Until then, happy pre-Thanksgiving cooking (or, in my case, bite-sneakin\' and beater-lickin\' and putting out fires with the help of this <a href=\"http://www.ttownmoms.com/?page=blogs/view&amp;BLID=6594\">Thanksgiving dinner survival guide at Ttownmoms.com</a>).</div>\r\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/33e29024-20a8-4ae3-939b-0f7a7bd02b3e/\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=33e29024-20a8-4ae3-939b-0f7a7bd02b3e\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" /></a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script></span></div>','Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2009','','inherit','open','open','','361-revision-2','','','2010-08-15 22:08:43','2010-08-16 03:08:43','',361,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/361-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4222,1,'2010-11-17 15:05:16','2010-11-17 20:05:16','<a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4189340838/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2491/4189340838_0ff993fce8.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIn the world of thoughtless Christmas gifts, second only to a smelly bottle of lotion from a certain store in the mall that rhymes with rath rand rody rooks is the ho-hum smelly candle.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nI love candles as much as the next girl. But, to me, they\'re like shoes - one buys candles and footwear for oneself, not for others, unless a very specific and detailed request has been made. I don\'t want anyone else deciding how my home or my office or my armpits will smell but me, just like I wouldn\'t want anyone else deciding what\'s going to pinch and blister my feet. I prefer to inflict my foot pain and artificial smellyness all on my own, thank you very much.\r\n\r\nEvery now and then, though, comes an exception to this cardinal rule of gift giving.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188579345/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2798/4188579345_4b99577674.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nThese, my friends, are candles by <a href=\"http://www.originalmancandle.com/\"><strong>Original Man Candle</strong>, a Broken Arrow-based candle company that specializes in the quintessential manly scents of our time</a>. \r\n\r\nI found them at <a href=\"http://www.thegadgetcompany.com/\">The Gadget Company</a>, a Tulsa retailer specializing in all things manly, from custom knives to optics to outdoor cooking supplies, for more than 20 years.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188579233/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/4188579233_2fd99fd6ae.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nThe Original Man Candle comes in 12 scents: Pot Roast, Cup O\' Joe, French Fry, Draft Beer, Golf Course, Garage, Fishing Dock, Football, Freedom (Apple Pie), Sawdust, Bacon and Fart.\r\n\r\nYes, Fart. A fart-scented candle. It exists. It\'s out there. You can stop wondering about it now.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188579561/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/4188579561_6b61a57ae9.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n\"Ever had three egg burritos and then hit the treadmill?\" I couldn\'t have described the smell of the Fart candle any more perfectly than that, a blurb I found on <a href=\"http://originalmancandle.com/\">the Original Man Candle Web site</a>.\r\n\r\nThis candle, it has The Power, folks. The odor of that expertly blended fart hung in my nose for a good half-hour after I shoved it back onto the shelf. Even my two-year-old was revolted: \"Shoo-wee!\"\r\n\r\nExcellent work, OMC. I can\'t imagine what your dedication to the perfection of this candle must have cost you, both in terms of olfactory functionality and emotional well-being. \r\n\r\nTulsans, if you\'re looking for a gift that packs some serious punch (as in, a serious punch right to the schnoz), this most definitely is it.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188579233/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/4188579233_2fd99fd6ae.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nThe Pot Roast scent is what put OMC on the map according to its Web site. After all, \"what other candle can you think of that melts its own gravy?\"\r\n\r\nWhile several of these candles are clearly meant as novelty items, some of them smelled good enough to please both males and us females. The Freedom (Apple Pie) candle smells like my grandma\'s kitchen when she\'s got a Granny Smith pie in the oven. The Draft Beer candle smells rich and sweet, almost like vanilla. The Sawdust candle caused me to consider breaking out the pencil sharpener at home and getting my husband\'s pencils ready for next semester to, you know, help him out, do him a favor. \r\n\r\nThe Fishing Dock OMC smells like the fall morning my husband drove me and my six-month-pregnant belly to Keystone Lake for my first shot at fishing. The Garage candle smells like the garage in the house where I grew up, when my dad was working to restore a 1948 GMC pickup. I don\'t know if the Golf Course candle actually smells like a golf course - please don\'t hurt me, I\'m not a golfer - but it does smell rich and sweet like mowed grass.\r\n\r\nAt $10.95 these smelly suckers not only support two local businesses with one purchase, but they\'re also sure to be the talk of the party come this Christmas. Everyone will oooh and aaaah about what a thoughtful and clever shopper you are, how funny you are, how pretty and/or handsome you are, how everyone should strive to be more like you.\r\n\r\nThat\'s a far cry from what everyone will think when they open yet another jelly-of-the-month membership card from you this year. Or, worse, another smelly lotion gift set. \r\n\r\nHere\'s some other cool stuff available for your gifting pleasure at The Gadget Company:\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4189341938/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2565/4189341938_d134a7468a_o.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4189341738/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2644/4189341738_e8dc02e28c.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4189341400/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2593/4189341400_e5d6aeefa9.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nThose babies can keep ice from melting FOR FIVE DAYS. For reals.\r\n\r\nHere\'s yet another affordable gift idea:\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4189341150/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2630/4189341150_35607f7be6.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188579697/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2588/4188579697_371fbbf9d7.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nThese even come with an extra strip of Duct tape in case you get too Xtreme and open a gnarly gash in your billfold. Dude.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188578891/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2609/4188578891_8f2b8e9585.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4189340394/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4189340394_caae17d113.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nShield the eyes of the young for this one:\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4189341596/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4189341596_2d47d4ea02.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nThe Gadget Company is, needless to say, my husband\'s favorite place to go to buy rugged, manly, guy stuff, including extracurricular reading material. It\'s a fun place to stop in and chat, too - the sales staff is always friendly.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Gadget Company by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4188578775/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2499/4188578775_55693a4b75.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Company\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\nLadies, it\'s okay if you sneak off to The Gadget Company without a dude to accompany you, or even without one in mind. I won\'t tell anyone. \r\n\r\nBecause If I did, I\'d be outing myself, too.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Gadget Company</strong>\r\n104 E. 15th Street\r\n(918) 749-9963\r\nMonday-Friday, 10am-5:30pm; Saturday, 10am-3pm\r\n<a href=\"http://www.thegadgetcompany.com/\">http://www.thegadgetcompany.com/</a>','TDT Holiday Gift Guide: The Original Man Candle','The Original Man Candle comes in 12 scents: Pot Roast, Cup O\' Joe, French Fry, Draft Beer, Golf Course, Garage, Fishing Dock, Football, Freedom (Apple Pie), Sawdust, Bacon and Fart. Yes, Fart. A fart-scented candle. It exists. It\'s out there. You can stop wondering about it now.','inherit','open','open','','394-revision-2','','','2010-11-17 15:05:16','2010-11-17 20:05:16','',394,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/394-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4223,1,'2010-12-03 17:42:07','2010-12-03 22:42:07','','You Buy We Fly','','inherit','open','open','','ybwf-green','','','2010-12-03 17:42:07','2010-12-03 22:42:07','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4224,1,'2010-12-03 17:52:51','2010-12-03 22:52:51','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3917\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3917\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blu_grey_gradient_gallery-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" title=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3917\" /></a>\n\n\"Great,\" you\'re saying under your breath. \"Another *insert expletive here* holiday gift guide - I need another one of these like I need a hole in my head.\" \n\nYeah, I know. The gift guides, they\'re everywhere, especially if you receive mail and have access to the Internet. And hopefully, here in the year 2010, most of us fall into at least one of two categories. \n\nBut no where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. \n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\nIt\'s been so tough not to leak any details of this year\'s gift guide. As you\'re about to find out, they are oh-so-juicy. I\'ve somehow managed to keep it all under wraps. \n\nThat is, until right now, at this moment.\n\nFirst I want to tell you about the <strong>celebrity-curated portions of the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong>. I\'ve invited a select few Tulsa people of note and coolness to share with us their picks for the top local gifts this holiday season. A few of these folks have already turned in their lists and let me tell you, you\'re gonna need to get your awesome goggles and your billfolds ready. \n\n<strong>You\'ll also be hearing from me this year, too</strong>. I\'ll have my picks of top Tulsa gifts in categories like best picks for guys, the tastiest treats for the locavore on your list and presents for your loved ones that also give back to the community. \n\nThat <strong>you\'ll have a few chances to win some of the gifts featured here on the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong> is an added bonus that I think we can all appreciate. Because who doesn\'t love getting free stuff in exchange for shopping local? It\'s a pretty great deal, if you ask me. \n\nBut wait! There\'s more. \n\nA reason I hear pretty often from folks who grimace when I start in on <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">my whole shop local rant</a> is that compared to shopping online, shopping local is inconvenient. It involves driving a car, walking around a store and, most uncomfortable, wearing pants. Online shopping requires none of these things. \n\nAnd I think anyone in his/her right mind could admit that being able to shop for anything one could imagine while wearing nothing but the suit the man upstairs sent with us into this world is pretty rad. \n\n<strong>But what if you could both shop local <em>and</em> never leave your house?</strong> Then you could have what you love about shopping online and shopping local all at the same time, without any of the bullcrap that decreases the awesomeness of either experience. \n\nThanks to a new partnership between <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>, you can. <strong>And you can save 10 percent doing it.</strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4223\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"You Buy We Fly\" title=\"You Buy We Fly\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4223\" /></a>\n\nAll you have to have to do this is an idea of what you want, the YBWF phone number and the code that\'s available no where else but here at TDT to get the 10 percent discount with the folks at You Buy We Fly. \n\nThe number: (918) 906-0063\nThe code: LOVERS SHOP LOCAL\n\nThat\'s it! Now you can look like a shop local hero without lifting a finger. Everyone\'s going to want to be more like you. You might want to start looking for an agent, actually. \n\nStay tuned for the first installments of the TDT Gift Guide 2010, one from me and one from one of our guest celebrity curators. \n\nIn the meantime, feel free to check out last year\'s gift guide. The items mentioned there are still available and would look just as good clad in gift wrap this year as they did in 2009. \n\n<strong>TDT Gift Guide 2009</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/dwelling-spaces-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/art-of-manliness-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Art of Manliness</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/sage-culinary-studio-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/fresh-blend-handmade-boutique-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Fresh Blend Handmade Boutique</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/abc-in-tulsa-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">ABC in Tulsa</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/philbrook-gift-shop-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Philbrook Gift Shop</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-snow-globe-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Snow Globe</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/breast-impressions-calendar-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Breast Impressions Calendar</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/best-tulsa-memberships-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Best Tulsa Memberships</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-tshirt-tdt-holiday-gift-guide/\">The Tulsa T-Shirt</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-ballet-the-nutcracker-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/gardners-used-books-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Gardner\'s Used Books & Comics</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/original-man-candle-gadget-company-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Original Man Candle</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/holiday-gift-guide-cigar-box/\">The Cigar Box</a>.\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/last-minute-local-holiday-gift-ideas/\">Last-Minute Local Holiday Gift Ideas</a>\n\nHave fun shopping, y\'all - more in a bit! ','The Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2010','','inherit','open','open','','4016-revision-3','','','2010-12-03 17:52:51','2010-12-03 22:52:51','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4016-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4225,1,'2010-12-03 17:53:12','2010-12-03 22:53:12','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3917\" 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\n\"Great,\" you\'re saying under your breath. \"Another *insert expletive here* holiday gift guide - I need another one of these like I need a hole in my head.\" \r\n\r\nYeah, I know. The gift guides, they\'re everywhere, especially if you receive mail and have access to the Internet. And hopefully, here in the year 2010, most of us fall into at least one of two categories. \r\n\r\nBut no where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIt\'s been so tough not to leak any details of this year\'s gift guide. As you\'re about to find out, they are oh-so-juicy. I\'ve somehow managed to keep it all under wraps. \r\n\r\nThat is, until right now, at this moment.\r\n\r\nFirst I want to tell you about the <strong>celebrity-curated portions of the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong>. I\'ve invited a select few Tulsa people of note and coolness to share with us their picks for the top local gifts this holiday season. A few of these folks have already turned in their lists and let me tell you, you\'re gonna need to get your awesome goggles and your billfolds ready. \r\n\r\n<strong>You\'ll also be hearing from me this year, too</strong>. I\'ll have my picks of top Tulsa gifts in categories like best picks for guys, the tastiest treats for the locavore on your list and presents for your loved ones that also give back to the community. \r\n\r\nThat <strong>you\'ll have a few chances to win some of the gifts featured here on the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong> is an added bonus that I think we can all appreciate. Because who doesn\'t love getting free stuff in exchange for shopping local? It\'s a pretty great deal, if you ask me. \r\n\r\nBut wait! There\'s more. \r\n\r\nA reason I hear pretty often from folks who grimace when I start in on <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">my whole shop local rant</a> is that compared to shopping online, shopping local is inconvenient. It involves driving a car, walking around a store and, most uncomfortable, wearing pants. Online shopping requires none of these things. \r\n\r\nAnd I think anyone in his/her right mind could admit that being able to shop for anything one could imagine while wearing nothing but the suit the man upstairs sent with us into this world is pretty rad. \r\n\r\n<strong>But what if you could both shop local <em>and</em> never leave your house?</strong> Then you could have what you love about shopping online and shopping local all at the same time, without any of the bullcrap that decreases the awesomeness of either experience. \r\n\r\nThanks to a new partnership between <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>, you can. <strong>And you can save 10 percent doing it.</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=4223\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"You Buy We Fly\" title=\"You Buy We Fly\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4223\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll you have to have to do this is an idea of what you want, the YBWF phone number and the code that\'s available no where else but here at TDT to get the 10 percent discount with the folks at You Buy We Fly. \r\n\r\nThe number: (918) 906-0063\r\nThe code: LOVERS SHOP LOCAL\r\n\r\nThat\'s it! Now you can look like a shop local hero without lifting a finger. Everyone\'s going to want to be more like you. You might want to start looking for an agent, actually. \r\n\r\nStay tuned for the first installments of the TDT Gift Guide 2010, one from me and one from one of our guest celebrity curators. \r\n\r\nIn the meantime, feel free to check out last year\'s gift guide. The items mentioned there are still available and would look just as good clad in gift wrap this year as they did in 2009. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT Gift Guide 2009</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/dwelling-spaces-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/art-of-manliness-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Art of Manliness</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/sage-culinary-studio-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/fresh-blend-handmade-boutique-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Fresh Blend Handmade Boutique</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/abc-in-tulsa-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">ABC in Tulsa</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/philbrook-gift-shop-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Philbrook Gift Shop</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-snow-globe-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Snow Globe</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/breast-impressions-calendar-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Breast Impressions Calendar</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/best-tulsa-memberships-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Best Tulsa Memberships</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-tshirt-tdt-holiday-gift-guide/\">The Tulsa T-Shirt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-ballet-the-nutcracker-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/gardners-used-books-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Gardner\'s Used Books & Comics</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/original-man-candle-gadget-company-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Original Man Candle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/holiday-gift-guide-cigar-box/\">The Cigar Box</a>.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/last-minute-local-holiday-gift-ideas/\">Last-Minute Local Holiday Gift Ideas</a>\r\n\r\nHave fun shopping, y\'all - more in a bit! ','The Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2010','No where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. ','inherit','open','open','','4016-revision-4','','','2010-12-03 17:53:12','2010-12-03 22:53:12','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4016-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4226,1,'2010-12-03 17:53:12','2010-12-03 22:53:12','<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\n\"Great,\" you\'re saying under your breath. \"Another *insert expletive here* holiday gift guide - I need another one of these like I need a hole in my head.\" \r\n\r\nYeah, I know. The gift guides, they\'re everywhere, especially if you receive mail and have access to the Internet. And hopefully, here in the year 2010, most of us fall into at least one of two categories. \r\n\r\nBut no where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIt\'s been so tough not to leak any details of this year\'s gift guide. As you\'re about to find out, they are oh-so-juicy. I\'ve somehow managed to keep it all under wraps. \r\n\r\nThat is, until right now, at this moment.\r\n\r\nFirst I want to tell you about the <strong>celebrity-curated portions of the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong>. I\'ve invited a select few Tulsa people of note and coolness to share with us their picks for the top local gifts this holiday season. A few of these folks have already turned in their lists and let me tell you, you\'re gonna need to get your awesome goggles and your billfolds ready. \r\n\r\n<strong>You\'ll also be hearing from me this year, too</strong>. I\'ll have my picks of top Tulsa gifts in categories like best picks for guys, the tastiest treats for the locavore on your list and presents for your loved ones that also give back to the community. \r\n\r\nThat <strong>you\'ll have a few chances to win some of the gifts featured here on the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong> is an added bonus that I think we can all appreciate. Because who doesn\'t love getting free stuff in exchange for shopping local? It\'s a pretty great deal, if you ask me. \r\n\r\nBut wait! There\'s more. \r\n\r\nA reason I hear pretty often from folks who grimace when I start in on <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">my whole shop local rant</a> is that compared to shopping online, shopping local is inconvenient. It involves driving a car, walking around a store and, most uncomfortable, wearing pants. Online shopping requires none of these things. \r\n\r\nAnd I think anyone in his/her right mind could admit that being able to shop for anything one could imagine while wearing nothing but the suit the man upstairs sent with us into this world is pretty rad. \r\n\r\n<strong>But what if you could both shop local <em>and</em> never leave your house?</strong> Then you could have what you love about shopping online and shopping local all at the same time, without any of the bullcrap that decreases the awesomeness of either experience. \r\n\r\nThanks to a new partnership between <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>, you can. <strong>And you can save 10 percent doing it.</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/ybwf-green/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"You Buy We Fly\" title=\"You Buy We Fly\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4223\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll you have to have to do this is an idea of what you want, the YBWF phone number and the code that\'s available no where else but here at TDT to get the 10 percent discount with the folks at You Buy We Fly. \r\n\r\nThe number: (918) 906-0063\r\nThe code: LOVERS SHOP LOCAL\r\n\r\nThat\'s it! Now you can look like a shop local hero without lifting a finger. Everyone\'s going to want to be more like you. You might want to start looking for an agent, actually. \r\n\r\nStay tuned for the first installments of the TDT Gift Guide 2010, one from me and one from one of our guest celebrity curators. \r\n\r\nIn the meantime, feel free to check out last year\'s gift guide. The items mentioned there are still available and would look just as good clad in gift wrap this year as they did in 2009. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT Gift Guide 2009</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/dwelling-spaces-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/art-of-manliness-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Art of Manliness</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/sage-culinary-studio-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/fresh-blend-handmade-boutique-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Fresh Blend Handmade Boutique</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/abc-in-tulsa-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">ABC in Tulsa</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/philbrook-gift-shop-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Philbrook Gift Shop</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-snow-globe-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Snow Globe</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/breast-impressions-calendar-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Breast Impressions Calendar</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/best-tulsa-memberships-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Best Tulsa Memberships</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-tshirt-tdt-holiday-gift-guide/\">The Tulsa T-Shirt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-ballet-the-nutcracker-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/gardners-used-books-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Gardner\'s Used Books & Comics</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/original-man-candle-gadget-company-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Original Man Candle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/holiday-gift-guide-cigar-box/\">The Cigar Box</a>.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/last-minute-local-holiday-gift-ideas/\">Last-Minute Local Holiday Gift Ideas</a>\r\n\r\nHave fun shopping, y\'all - more in a bit! ','The Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2010','No where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. ','inherit','open','open','','4016-revision-5','','','2010-12-03 17:53:12','2010-12-03 22:53:12','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4016-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4227,1,'2010-12-03 17:56:37','2010-12-03 22:56:37','<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\n\"Great,\" you\'re saying under your breath. \"Another *insert expletive here* holiday gift guide - I need another one of these like I need a hole in my head.\" \r\n\r\nYeah, I know. The gift guides, they\'re everywhere, especially if you receive mail and have access to the Internet. And hopefully, here in the year 2010, most of us fall into at least one of those two categories. \r\n\r\nBut no where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIt\'s been so tough not to leak any details of this year\'s gift guide. As you\'re about to find out, they are oh-so-juicy. I\'ve somehow managed to keep it all under wraps. \r\n\r\nThat is, until right now, at this moment.\r\n\r\nFirst I want to tell you about the <strong>celebrity-curated portions of the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong>. I\'ve invited a select few Tulsa people of note and coolness to share with us their picks for the top local gifts this holiday season. A few of these folks have already turned in their lists and let me tell you, you\'re gonna need to get your awesome goggles and your billfolds ready. \r\n\r\n<strong>You\'ll also be hearing from me this year, too</strong>. I\'ll have my picks of top Tulsa gifts in categories like best picks for guys, the tastiest treats for the locavore on your list and presents for your loved ones that also give back to the community. \r\n\r\nThat <strong>you\'ll have a few chances to win some of the gifts featured here on the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong> is an added bonus that I think we can all appreciate. Because who doesn\'t love getting free stuff in exchange for shopping local? It\'s a pretty great deal, if you ask me. \r\n\r\nBut wait! There\'s more. \r\n\r\nA reason I hear pretty often from folks who grimace when I start in on <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">my whole shop local rant</a> is that compared to shopping online, shopping local is inconvenient. It involves driving a car, walking around a store and, most uncomfortable, wearing pants. Online shopping requires none of these things. \r\n\r\nAnd I think anyone in his/her right mind could admit that being able to shop for anything one could imagine while wearing nothing but the suit the man upstairs sent with us into this world is pretty rad. \r\n\r\n<strong>But what if you could both shop local <em>and</em> never leave your house?</strong> Then you could have what you love about shopping online and shopping local all at the same time, without any of the bullcrap that decreases the awesomeness of either experience. \r\n\r\nThanks to a new partnership between <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>, you can. <strong>And you can save 10 percent doing it.</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/ybwf-green/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"You Buy We Fly\" title=\"You Buy We Fly\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4223\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll you have to have to do this is an idea of what you want, the YBWF phone number and the code that\'s available no where else but here at TDT to get the 10 percent discount with the folks at You Buy We Fly. \r\n\r\nThe number: (918) 906-0063\r\nThe code: LOVERS SHOP LOCAL\r\n\r\nThat\'s it! Now you can look like a shop local hero without lifting a finger. Everyone\'s going to want to be more like you. You might want to start looking for an agent, actually. \r\n\r\nStay tuned for the first installments of the TDT Gift Guide 2010, one from me and one from one of our guest celebrity curators. \r\n\r\nIn the meantime, feel free to check out last year\'s gift guide. The items mentioned there are still available and would look just as good clad in gift wrap this year as they did in 2009. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT Gift Guide 2009</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/dwelling-spaces-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/art-of-manliness-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Art of Manliness</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/sage-culinary-studio-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/fresh-blend-handmade-boutique-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Fresh Blend Handmade Boutique</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/abc-in-tulsa-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">ABC in Tulsa</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/philbrook-gift-shop-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Philbrook Gift Shop</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-snow-globe-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Snow Globe</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/breast-impressions-calendar-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Breast Impressions Calendar</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/best-tulsa-memberships-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Best Tulsa Memberships</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-tshirt-tdt-holiday-gift-guide/\">The Tulsa T-Shirt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-ballet-the-nutcracker-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/gardners-used-books-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Gardner\'s Used Books & Comics</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/original-man-candle-gadget-company-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Original Man Candle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/holiday-gift-guide-cigar-box/\">The Cigar Box</a>.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/last-minute-local-holiday-gift-ideas/\">Last-Minute Local Holiday Gift Ideas</a>\r\n\r\nHave fun shopping, y\'all - more in a bit! ','The Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2010','No where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. ','inherit','open','open','','4016-revision-6','','','2010-12-03 17:56:37','2010-12-03 22:56:37','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4016-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4228,1,'2010-12-03 17:56:37','2010-12-03 22:56:37','<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\n\"Great,\" you\'re saying under your breath. \"Another *insert expletive here* holiday gift guide - I need another one of these like I need a hole in my head.\" \r\n\r\nYeah, I know. The gift guides, they\'re everywhere, especially if you receive mail and have access to the Internet. And hopefully, here in the year 2010, most of us fall into at least one of those two categories. \r\n\r\nBut no where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIt\'s been so tough not to leak any details of this year\'s gift guide. As you\'re about to find out, they are oh-so-juicy. I\'ve somehow managed to keep it all under wraps. \r\n\r\nThat is, until right now, at this moment.\r\n\r\nFirst I want to tell you about the <strong>celebrity-curated portions of the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong>. I\'ve invited a select few Tulsa people of note and coolness to share with us their picks for the top local gifts this holiday season. A few of these folks have already turned in their lists and let me tell you, you\'re gonna need to get your awesome goggles and your billfolds ready. \r\n\r\n<strong>You\'ll also be hearing from me this year, too</strong>. I\'ll have my picks of top Tulsa gifts in categories like best picks for guys, the tastiest treats for the locavore on your list and presents for your loved ones that also give back to the community. \r\n\r\nThat <strong>you\'ll have a few chances to win some of the gifts featured here on the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong> is an added bonus that I think we can all appreciate. Because who doesn\'t love getting free stuff in exchange for shopping local? It\'s a pretty great deal, if you ask me. \r\n\r\nBut wait! There\'s more. \r\n\r\nA reason I hear pretty often from folks who grimace when I start in on <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">my whole shop local rant</a> is that compared to shopping online, shopping local is inconvenient. It involves driving a car, walking around a store and, most uncomfortable, wearing pants. Online shopping requires none of these things. \r\n\r\nAnd I think anyone in his/her right mind could admit that being able to shop for anything one could imagine while wearing nothing but the suit the man upstairs sent with us into this world is pretty rad. \r\n\r\n<strong>But what if you could both shop local <em>and</em> never leave your house?</strong> Then you could have what you love about shopping online and shopping local all at the same time, without any of the bullcrap that decreases the awesomeness of either experience. \r\n\r\nThanks to a new partnership between <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>, you can. <strong>And you can save 10 percent doing it.</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/ybwf-green/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"You Buy We Fly\" title=\"You Buy We Fly\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4223\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll you have to have to do this is an idea of what you want, the YBWF phone number and the code that\'s available no where else but here at TDT to get the 10 percent discount with the folks at You Buy We Fly. \r\n\r\nThe number: (918) 906-0063\r\nThe code: LOVERS SHOP LOCAL\r\n\r\nThat\'s it! Now you can look like a shop local hero without lifting a finger. Everyone\'s going to want to be more like you. You might want to start looking for an agent, actually. \r\n\r\nStay tuned for the first installments of the TDT Gift Guide 2010, one from me and one from one of our guest celebrity curators. \r\n\r\nIn the meantime, feel free to check out last year\'s gift guide. The items mentioned there are still available and would look just as good clad in gift wrap this year as they did in 2009. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT Gift Guide 2009</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/dwelling-spaces-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/art-of-manliness-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Art of Manliness</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/sage-culinary-studio-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/fresh-blend-handmade-boutique-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Fresh Blend Handmade Boutique</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/abc-in-tulsa-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">ABC in Tulsa</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/philbrook-gift-shop-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Philbrook Gift Shop</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-snow-globe-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Snow Globe</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/breast-impressions-calendar-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Breast Impressions Calendar</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/best-tulsa-memberships-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Best Tulsa Memberships</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-tshirt-tdt-holiday-gift-guide/\">The Tulsa T-Shirt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-ballet-the-nutcracker-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/gardners-used-books-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Gardner\'s Used Books & Comics</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/original-man-candle-gadget-company-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Original Man Candle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/holiday-gift-guide-cigar-box/\">The Cigar Box</a>.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/last-minute-local-holiday-gift-ideas/\">Last-Minute Local Holiday Gift Ideas</a>\r\n\r\nHave fun shopping, y\'all - more in a bit! ','The Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2010','No where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. ','inherit','open','open','','4016-revision-7','','','2010-12-03 17:56:37','2010-12-03 22:56:37','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4016-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4229,1,'2010-12-03 17:57:52','2010-12-03 22:57:52','<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\n\"Great,\" you\'re saying under your breath. \"Another *insert expletive here* holiday gift guide - I need another one of these like I need a hole in my head.\" \r\n\r\nYeah, I know. The gift guides, they\'re everywhere, especially if you receive mail and have access to the Internet. And hopefully, here in the year 2010, most of us fall into at least one of those two categories. \r\n\r\nBut no where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIt\'s been so tough not to leak any details of this year\'s gift guide. As you\'re about to find out, they are oh-so-juicy. I\'ve somehow managed to keep it all under wraps. \r\n\r\nThat is, until right now, at this moment.\r\n\r\nFirst I want to tell you about the <strong>celebrity-curated portions of the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong>. I\'ve invited a select few Tulsa people of note and coolness to share with us their picks for the top local gifts this holiday season. A few of these folks have already turned in their lists and let me tell you, you\'re gonna need to get your awesome goggles and your billfolds ready. \r\n\r\n<strong>You\'ll be hearing from me this year, too</strong>. I\'ll have my picks of top Tulsa gifts in categories like best for guys, the tastiest treats for the locavore on your list and presents for your loved ones that also give back to the community. \r\n\r\nThat <strong>you\'ll have a few chances to win some of the gifts featured here on the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong> is an added bonus that I think we can all appreciate. Because who doesn\'t love getting free stuff in exchange for shopping local? It\'s a pretty great deal, if you ask me. \r\n\r\nBut wait! There\'s more. \r\n\r\nA reason I hear pretty often from folks who grimace when I start in on <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">my whole shop local rant</a> is that compared to shopping online, shopping local is inconvenient. It involves driving a car, walking around a store and, most uncomfortable, wearing pants. Online shopping requires none of these things. \r\n\r\nAnd I think anyone in his/her right mind could admit that being able to shop for anything one could imagine while wearing nothing but the suit the man upstairs sent with us into this world is pretty rad. \r\n\r\n<strong>But what if you could both shop local <em>and</em> never leave your house?</strong> Then you could have what you love about shopping online and shopping local all at the same time, without any of the bullcrap that decreases the awesomeness of either experience. \r\n\r\nThanks to a new partnership between <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>, you can. <strong>And you can save 10 percent doing it.</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/ybwf-green/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"You Buy We Fly\" title=\"You Buy We Fly\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4223\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll you have to have to do this is an idea of what you want, the YBWF phone number and the code that\'s available no where else but here at TDT to get the 10 percent discount with the folks at You Buy We Fly. \r\n\r\nThe number: (918) 906-0063\r\nThe code: LOVERS SHOP LOCAL\r\n\r\nThat\'s it! Now you can look like a shop local hero without lifting a finger. Everyone\'s going to want to be more like you. You might want to start looking for an agent, actually. \r\n\r\nStay tuned for the first installments of the TDT Gift Guide 2010, one from me and one from one of our guest celebrity curators. \r\n\r\nIn the meantime, feel free to check out last year\'s gift guide. The items mentioned there are still available and would look just as good clad in gift wrap this year as they did in 2009. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT Gift Guide 2009</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/dwelling-spaces-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/art-of-manliness-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Art of Manliness</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/sage-culinary-studio-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/fresh-blend-handmade-boutique-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Fresh Blend Handmade Boutique</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/abc-in-tulsa-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">ABC in Tulsa</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/philbrook-gift-shop-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Philbrook Gift Shop</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-snow-globe-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Snow Globe</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/breast-impressions-calendar-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Breast Impressions Calendar</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/best-tulsa-memberships-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Best Tulsa Memberships</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-tshirt-tdt-holiday-gift-guide/\">The Tulsa T-Shirt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-ballet-the-nutcracker-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/gardners-used-books-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Gardner\'s Used Books & Comics</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/original-man-candle-gadget-company-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Original Man Candle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/holiday-gift-guide-cigar-box/\">The Cigar Box</a>.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/last-minute-local-holiday-gift-ideas/\">Last-Minute Local Holiday Gift Ideas</a>\r\n\r\nHave fun shopping, y\'all - more in a bit! ','The Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2010','No where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. ','inherit','open','open','','4016-revision-8','','','2010-12-03 17:57:52','2010-12-03 22:57:52','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4016-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4230,1,'2010-12-03 18:00:16','2010-12-03 23:00:16','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/blu_grey_gradient_gallery/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3917\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blu_grey_gradient_gallery-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" title=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3917\" /></a>\n\n\"Great,\" you\'re saying under your breath. \"Another *insert expletive here* holiday gift guide - I need another one of these like I need a hole in my head.\" \n\nYeah, I know. The gift guides, they\'re everywhere, especially if you receive mail and have access to the Internet. And hopefully, here in the year 2010, most of us fall into at least one of those two categories. \n\nBut no where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. \n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\nIt\'s been so tough not to leak any details of this year\'s gift guide. As you\'re about to find out, they are oh-so-juicy. I\'ve somehow managed to keep it all under wraps. \n\nThat is, until right now, at this moment.\n\nFirst I want to tell you about the <strong>celebrity-curated portions of the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong>. I\'ve invited a select few Tulsa people of note and coolness to share with us their picks for the top local gifts this holiday season. A few of these folks have already turned in their lists and let me tell you, you\'re gonna need to get your awesome goggles and your billfolds ready. \n\n<strong>You\'ll be hearing from me this year, too</strong>. I\'ll have my picks of top Tulsa gifts in categories like best for guys, the tastiest treats for the locavore on your list and presents for your loved ones that also give back to the community. \n\nThat <strong>you\'ll have a few chances to win some of the gifts featured here on the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong> is an added bonus that I think we can all appreciate. Because who doesn\'t love getting free stuff in exchange for shopping local? It\'s a pretty great deal, if you ask me. \n\nBut wait! There\'s more. \n\nA reason I hear pretty often from folks who grimace when I start in on <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">my whole shop local rant</a> is that compared to shopping online, shopping local is inconvenient. It involves driving a car, walking around a store and, most uncomfortable, wearing pants. Online shopping requires none of these things. \n\nAnd I think anyone in his/her right mind could admit that being able to shop for anything one could imagine while wearing nothing but the suit the man upstairs sent with us into this world is pretty rad. \n\n<strong>But what if you could both shop local <em>and</em> never leave your house?</strong> Then you could have what you love about shopping online and shopping local all at the same time, without any of the bullcrap that decreases the awesomeness of either experience. \n\nThanks to a new partnership between <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>, you can. <strong>And you can save 10 percent doing it.</strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/ybwf-green/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"You Buy We Fly\" title=\"You Buy We Fly\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4223\" /></a>\n\nAll you have to have to do this is an idea of what you want from a Tulsa-based vendor, the YBWF phone number and the code that\'s available no where else but here at TDT to get the 10 percent discount with the folks at You Buy We Fly. \n\nThe number: (918) 906-0063\nThe code: LOVERS SHOP LOCAL\n\nThat\'s it! Now you can look like a shop local hero without lifting a finger - all of your local-tastic gifts will be delivered right to your door. Everyone\'s going to want to be more like you. You might want to start looking for an agent, actually. \n\nStay tuned for the first installments of the TDT Gift Guide 2010, one from me and one from one of our guest celebrity curators. \n\nIn the meantime, feel free to check out last year\'s gift guide. The items mentioned there are still available and would look just as good clad in gift wrap this year as they did in 2009. \n\n<strong>TDT Gift Guide 2009</strong>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/dwelling-spaces-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/art-of-manliness-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Art of Manliness</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/sage-culinary-studio-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/fresh-blend-handmade-boutique-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Fresh Blend Handmade Boutique</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/abc-in-tulsa-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">ABC in Tulsa</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/philbrook-gift-shop-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Philbrook Gift Shop</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-snow-globe-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Snow Globe</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/breast-impressions-calendar-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Breast Impressions Calendar</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/best-tulsa-memberships-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Best Tulsa Memberships</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-tshirt-tdt-holiday-gift-guide/\">The Tulsa T-Shirt</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-ballet-the-nutcracker-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/gardners-used-books-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Gardner\'s Used Books & Comics</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/original-man-candle-gadget-company-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Original Man Candle</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/holiday-gift-guide-cigar-box/\">The Cigar Box</a>.\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/last-minute-local-holiday-gift-ideas/\">Last-Minute Local Holiday Gift Ideas</a>\n\nHave fun shopping, y\'all - more in a bit! ','The Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2010','No where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. ','inherit','open','open','','4016-autosave','','','2010-12-03 18:00:16','2010-12-03 23:00:16','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4016-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4231,1,'2010-12-03 17:57:52','2010-12-03 22:57:52','<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\n\"Great,\" you\'re saying under your breath. \"Another *insert expletive here* holiday gift guide - I need another one of these like I need a hole in my head.\" \r\n\r\nYeah, I know. The gift guides, they\'re everywhere, especially if you receive mail and have access to the Internet. And hopefully, here in the year 2010, most of us fall into at least one of those two categories. \r\n\r\nBut no where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIt\'s been so tough not to leak any details of this year\'s gift guide. As you\'re about to find out, they are oh-so-juicy. I\'ve somehow managed to keep it all under wraps. \r\n\r\nThat is, until right now, at this moment.\r\n\r\nFirst I want to tell you about the <strong>celebrity-curated portions of the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong>. I\'ve invited a select few Tulsa people of note and coolness to share with us their picks for the top local gifts this holiday season. A few of these folks have already turned in their lists and let me tell you, you\'re gonna need to get your awesome goggles and your billfolds ready. \r\n\r\n<strong>You\'ll be hearing from me this year, too</strong>. I\'ll have my picks of top Tulsa gifts in categories like best for guys, the tastiest treats for the locavore on your list and presents for your loved ones that also give back to the community. \r\n\r\nThat <strong>you\'ll have a few chances to win some of the gifts featured here on the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong> is an added bonus that I think we can all appreciate. Because who doesn\'t love getting free stuff in exchange for shopping local? It\'s a pretty great deal, if you ask me. \r\n\r\nBut wait! There\'s more. \r\n\r\nA reason I hear pretty often from folks who grimace when I start in on <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">my whole shop local rant</a> is that compared to shopping online, shopping local is inconvenient. It involves driving a car, walking around a store and, most uncomfortable, wearing pants. Online shopping requires none of these things. \r\n\r\nAnd I think anyone in his/her right mind could admit that being able to shop for anything one could imagine while wearing nothing but the suit the man upstairs sent with us into this world is pretty rad. \r\n\r\n<strong>But what if you could both shop local <em>and</em> never leave your house?</strong> Then you could have what you love about shopping online and shopping local all at the same time, without any of the bullcrap that decreases the awesomeness of either experience. \r\n\r\nThanks to a new partnership between <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>, you can. <strong>And you can save 10 percent doing it.</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/ybwf-green/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"You Buy We Fly\" title=\"You Buy We Fly\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4223\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll you have to have to do this is an idea of what you want, the YBWF phone number and the code that\'s available no where else but here at TDT to get the 10 percent discount with the folks at You Buy We Fly. \r\n\r\nThe number: (918) 906-0063\r\nThe code: LOVERS SHOP LOCAL\r\n\r\nThat\'s it! Now you can look like a shop local hero without lifting a finger. Everyone\'s going to want to be more like you. You might want to start looking for an agent, actually. \r\n\r\nStay tuned for the first installments of the TDT Gift Guide 2010, one from me and one from one of our guest celebrity curators. \r\n\r\nIn the meantime, feel free to check out last year\'s gift guide. The items mentioned there are still available and would look just as good clad in gift wrap this year as they did in 2009. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT Gift Guide 2009</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/dwelling-spaces-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/art-of-manliness-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Art of Manliness</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/sage-culinary-studio-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/fresh-blend-handmade-boutique-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Fresh Blend Handmade Boutique</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/abc-in-tulsa-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">ABC in Tulsa</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/philbrook-gift-shop-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Philbrook Gift Shop</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-snow-globe-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Snow Globe</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/breast-impressions-calendar-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Breast Impressions Calendar</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/best-tulsa-memberships-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Best Tulsa Memberships</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-tshirt-tdt-holiday-gift-guide/\">The Tulsa T-Shirt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-ballet-the-nutcracker-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/gardners-used-books-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Gardner\'s Used Books & Comics</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/original-man-candle-gadget-company-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Original Man Candle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/holiday-gift-guide-cigar-box/\">The Cigar Box</a>.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/last-minute-local-holiday-gift-ideas/\">Last-Minute Local Holiday Gift Ideas</a>\r\n\r\nHave fun shopping, y\'all - more in a bit! ','The Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2010','No where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. ','inherit','open','open','','4016-revision-9','','','2010-12-03 17:57:52','2010-12-03 22:57:52','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4016-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4232,1,'2010-12-03 18:01:10','2010-12-03 23:01:10','<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\n\"Great,\" you\'re saying under your breath. \"Another *insert expletive here* holiday gift guide - I need another one of these like I need a hole in my head.\" \r\n\r\nYeah, I know. The gift guides, they\'re everywhere, especially if you receive mail and have access to the Internet. And hopefully, here in the year 2010, most of us fall into at least one of those two categories. \r\n\r\nBut no where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIt\'s been so tough not to leak any details of this year\'s gift guide. As you\'re about to find out, they are oh-so-juicy. I\'ve somehow managed to keep it all under wraps. \r\n\r\nThat is, until right now, at this moment.\r\n\r\nFirst I want to tell you about the <strong>celebrity-curated portions of the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong>. I\'ve invited a select few Tulsa people of note and coolness to share with us their picks for the top local gifts this holiday season. A few of these folks have already turned in their lists and let me tell you, you\'re gonna need to get your awesome goggles and your billfolds ready. \r\n\r\n<strong>You\'ll be hearing from me this year, too</strong>. I\'ll have my picks of top Tulsa gifts in categories like best for guys, the tastiest treats for the locavore on your list and presents for your loved ones that also give back to the community. \r\n\r\nThat <strong>you\'ll have a few chances to win some of the gifts featured here on the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong> is an added bonus that I think we can all appreciate. Because who doesn\'t love getting free stuff in exchange for shopping local? It\'s a pretty great deal, if you ask me. \r\n\r\nBut wait! There\'s more. \r\n\r\nA reason I hear pretty often from folks who grimace when I start in on <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">my whole shop local rant</a> is that compared to shopping online, shopping local is inconvenient. It involves driving a car, walking around a store and, most uncomfortable, wearing pants. Online shopping requires none of these things. \r\n\r\nAnd I think anyone in his/her right mind could admit that being able to shop for anything one could imagine while wearing nothing but the suit the man upstairs sent with us into this world is pretty rad. \r\n\r\n<strong>But what if you could both shop local <em>and</em> never leave your house?</strong> Then you could have what you love about shopping online and shopping local all at the same time, without any of the bullcrap that decreases the awesomeness of either experience. \r\n\r\nThanks to a new partnership between <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>, you can. <strong>And you can save 10 percent doing it.</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/ybwf-green/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"You Buy We Fly\" title=\"You Buy We Fly\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4223\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll you have to have to do to get the 10 percent discount with the folks at You Buy We Fly is get an idea of what it is you want from a Tulsa-based vendor, the YBWF phone number and the code that\'s available no where else but here at TDT. \r\n\r\n<strong>The You Buy We Fly number:</strong> (918) 906-0063\r\n<strong>The code</strong>: LOVERS SHOP LOCAL\r\n\r\nThat\'s it! Now you can look like a shop local hero without lifting a finger - all of your local-tastic gifts will be delivered right to your door. Everyone\'s going to want to be more like you. You might want to start looking for an agent, actually. \r\n\r\nStay tuned for the first installments of the TDT Gift Guide 2010, one from me and one from one of our guest celebrity curators. \r\n\r\nIn the meantime, feel free to check out last year\'s gift guide. The items mentioned there are still available and would look just as good clad in gift wrap this year as they did in 2009. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT Gift Guide 2009</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/dwelling-spaces-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/art-of-manliness-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Art of Manliness</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/sage-culinary-studio-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/fresh-blend-handmade-boutique-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Fresh Blend Handmade Boutique</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/abc-in-tulsa-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">ABC in Tulsa</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/philbrook-gift-shop-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Philbrook Gift Shop</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-snow-globe-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Snow Globe</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/breast-impressions-calendar-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Breast Impressions Calendar</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/best-tulsa-memberships-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Best Tulsa Memberships</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-tshirt-tdt-holiday-gift-guide/\">The Tulsa T-Shirt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-ballet-the-nutcracker-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/gardners-used-books-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Gardner\'s Used Books & Comics</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/original-man-candle-gadget-company-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Original Man Candle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/holiday-gift-guide-cigar-box/\">The Cigar Box</a>.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/last-minute-local-holiday-gift-ideas/\">Last-Minute Local Holiday Gift Ideas</a>\r\n\r\nHave fun shopping, y\'all - more in a bit! ','The Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2010','No where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. ','inherit','open','open','','4016-revision-10','','','2010-12-03 18:01:10','2010-12-03 23:01:10','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4016-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4233,1,'2010-12-03 18:01:10','2010-12-03 23:01:10','<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\n\"Great,\" you\'re saying under your breath. \"Another *insert expletive here* holiday gift guide - I need another one of these like I need a hole in my head.\" \r\n\r\nYeah, I know. The gift guides, they\'re everywhere, especially if you receive mail and have access to the Internet. And hopefully, here in the year 2010, most of us fall into at least one of those two categories. \r\n\r\nBut no where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIt\'s been so tough not to leak any details of this year\'s gift guide. As you\'re about to find out, they are oh-so-juicy. I\'ve somehow managed to keep it all under wraps. \r\n\r\nThat is, until right now, at this moment.\r\n\r\nFirst I want to tell you about the <strong>celebrity-curated portions of the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong>. I\'ve invited a select few Tulsa people of note and coolness to share with us their picks for the top local gifts this holiday season. A few of these folks have already turned in their lists and let me tell you, you\'re gonna need to get your awesome goggles and your billfolds ready. \r\n\r\n<strong>You\'ll be hearing from me this year, too</strong>. I\'ll have my picks of top Tulsa gifts in categories like best for guys, the tastiest treats for the locavore on your list and presents for your loved ones that also give back to the community. \r\n\r\nThat <strong>you\'ll have a few chances to win some of the gifts featured here on the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong> is an added bonus that I think we can all appreciate. Because who doesn\'t love getting free stuff in exchange for shopping local? It\'s a pretty great deal, if you ask me. \r\n\r\nBut wait! There\'s more. \r\n\r\nA reason I hear pretty often from folks who grimace when I start in on <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">my whole shop local rant</a> is that compared to shopping online, shopping local is inconvenient. It involves driving a car, walking around a store and, most uncomfortable, wearing pants. Online shopping requires none of these things. \r\n\r\nAnd I think anyone in his/her right mind could admit that being able to shop for anything one could imagine while wearing nothing but the suit the man upstairs sent with us into this world is pretty rad. \r\n\r\n<strong>But what if you could both shop local <em>and</em> never leave your house?</strong> Then you could have what you love about shopping online and shopping local all at the same time, without any of the bullcrap that decreases the awesomeness of either experience. \r\n\r\nThanks to a new partnership between <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>, you can. <strong>And you can save 10 percent doing it.</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/ybwf-green/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"You Buy We Fly\" title=\"You Buy We Fly\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4223\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll you have to have to do to get the 10 percent discount with the folks at You Buy We Fly is get an idea of what it is you want from a Tulsa-based vendor, the YBWF phone number and the code that\'s available no where else but here at TDT. \r\n\r\n<strong>The You Buy We Fly number:</strong> (918) 906-0063\r\n<strong>The code</strong>: LOVERS SHOP LOCAL\r\n\r\nThat\'s it! Now you can look like a shop local hero without lifting a finger - all of your local-tastic gifts will be delivered right to your door. Everyone\'s going to want to be more like you. You might want to start looking for an agent, actually. \r\n\r\nStay tuned for the first installments of the TDT Gift Guide 2010, one from me and one from one of our guest celebrity curators. \r\n\r\nIn the meantime, feel free to check out last year\'s gift guide. The items mentioned there are still available and would look just as good clad in gift wrap this year as they did in 2009. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT Gift Guide 2009</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/dwelling-spaces-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/art-of-manliness-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Art of Manliness</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/sage-culinary-studio-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/fresh-blend-handmade-boutique-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Fresh Blend Handmade Boutique</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/abc-in-tulsa-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">ABC in Tulsa</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/philbrook-gift-shop-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Philbrook Gift Shop</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-snow-globe-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Snow Globe</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/breast-impressions-calendar-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Breast Impressions Calendar</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/best-tulsa-memberships-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Best Tulsa Memberships</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-tshirt-tdt-holiday-gift-guide/\">The Tulsa T-Shirt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-ballet-the-nutcracker-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/gardners-used-books-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Gardner\'s Used Books & Comics</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/original-man-candle-gadget-company-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Original Man Candle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/holiday-gift-guide-cigar-box/\">The Cigar Box</a>.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/last-minute-local-holiday-gift-ideas/\">Last-Minute Local Holiday Gift Ideas</a>\r\n\r\nHave fun shopping, y\'all - more in a bit! ','The Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2010','No where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. ','inherit','open','open','','4016-revision-11','','','2010-12-03 18:01:10','2010-12-03 23:01:10','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4016-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(4234,1,'2010-12-03 18:05:43','2010-12-03 23:05:43','<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\n\"Great,\" you\'re saying under your breath. \"Another *insert expletive here* holiday gift guide - I need another one of these like I need a hole in my head.\" \r\n\r\nYeah, I know. The gift guides, they\'re everywhere, especially if you receive mail and have access to the Internet. And hopefully, here in the year 2010, most of us fall into at least one of those two categories. \r\n\r\nBut no where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\nIt\'s been so tough not to leak any details of this year\'s gift guide. As you\'re about to find out, they are oh-so-juicy. I\'ve somehow managed to keep it all under wraps. \r\n\r\nThat is, until right now, at this moment.\r\n\r\nFirst I want to tell you about the <strong>celebrity-curated portions of the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong>. I\'ve invited a select few Tulsa people of note and coolness to share with us their picks for the top local gifts this holiday season. A few of these folks have already turned in their lists and let me tell you, you\'re gonna need to get your awesome goggles and your billfolds ready. \r\n\r\n<strong>You\'ll be hearing from me this year, too</strong>. I\'ll have my picks of top Tulsa gifts in categories like best for guys, the tastiest treats for the locavore on your list and presents for your loved ones that also give back to the community. \r\n\r\nThat <strong>you\'ll have a few chances to win some of the gifts featured here on the 2010 TDT Gift Guide</strong> is an added bonus that I think we can all appreciate. Because who doesn\'t love getting free stuff in exchange for shopping local? It\'s a pretty great deal, if you ask me. \r\n\r\nBut wait! There\'s more. \r\n\r\nA reason I hear pretty often from folks who grimace when I start in on <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/this-holiday-season-shop-tulsa/\">my whole shop local rant</a> is that compared to shopping online, shopping local is inconvenient. It involves driving a car, walking around a store and, most uncomfortable, wearing pants. Online shopping requires none of these things. \r\n\r\nAnd I think anyone in his/her right mind could admit that being able to shop for anything one could imagine while wearing nothing but the suit the man upstairs sent with us into this world is pretty rad. \r\n\r\n<strong>But what if you could both shop local <em>and</em> never leave your house?</strong> Then you could have what you love about shopping online and shopping local all at the same time, without any of the bullcrap that decreases the awesomeness of either experience. \r\n\r\nThanks to a new partnership between <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a> and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/\">TashaDoesTulsa.com</a>, you can. <strong>And you can save 10 percent doing it.</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/ybwf-green/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/YBWF-green-500x282.jpg\" alt=\"You Buy We Fly\" title=\"You Buy We Fly\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4223\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAll you have to have to do to get the 10 percent discount with the folks at You Buy We Fly is get an idea of what it is you want from a Tulsa-based vendor, the YBWF phone number and the code that\'s available no where else but here at TDT. \r\n\r\n<strong>The You Buy We Fly number:</strong> (918) 906-0063\r\n<strong>The code</strong>: LOVERS SHOP LOCAL\r\n\r\nThat\'s it! Now you can look like a shop local hero without lifting a finger - all of your local-tastic gifts will be delivered right to your door. Everyone\'s going to want to be more like you. You might want to start looking for an agent, actually. \r\n\r\nStay tuned for the first installments of the TDT Gift Guide 2010, one from me and one from one of our guest celebrity curators. \r\n\r\nIn the meantime, feel free to check out last year\'s gift guide. The items mentioned there are still available and would look just as good clad in gift wrap this year as they did in 2009. \r\n\r\n<strong>TDT Gift Guide 2009</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/dwelling-spaces-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/art-of-manliness-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Art of Manliness</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/sage-culinary-studio-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Sage Culinary Studio</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/fresh-blend-handmade-boutique-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Fresh Blend Handmade Boutique</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/abc-in-tulsa-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">ABC in Tulsa</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/philbrook-gift-shop-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Philbrook Gift Shop</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-snow-globe-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Snow Globe</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/breast-impressions-calendar-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Breast Impressions Calendar</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/best-tulsa-memberships-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Best Tulsa Memberships</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-tshirt-tdt-holiday-gift-guide/\">The Tulsa T-Shirt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/tulsa-ballet-the-nutcracker-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Tulsa Ballet\'s The Nutcracker</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/gardners-used-books-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">Gardner\'s Used Books & Comics</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/original-man-candle-gadget-company-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2009/\">The Original Man Candle</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/holiday-gift-guide-cigar-box/\">The Cigar Box</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/12/last-minute-local-holiday-gift-ideas/\">Last-Minute Local Holiday Gift Ideas</a>\r\n\r\nHave fun shopping, y\'all - more in a bit! ','The Tasha Does Tulsa Gift Guide 2010','No where else you\'ll find a gift guide as beefy, as star-studded, as Tulsa-centric as this. ','inherit','open','open','','4016-revision-12','','','2010-12-03 18:05:43','2010-12-03 23:05:43','',4016,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4016-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(4235,1,'2010-12-09 13:30:00','2010-12-09 18:30:00','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3917\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/blu_grey_gradient_gallery/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3917\" title=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blu_grey_gradient_gallery-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"TDT Gift Guide 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTulsa\'s pretty rad, and the rest of the state isn\'t too shabby, either. So wouldn\'t it be cool if you could give what makes Oklahoma so great as a gift this Christmas?\r\n\r\nGood news - you can. Here are my picks of the top heartland gifts - the serious, the silly and the hip as hell - that\'s sure to offer something that\'ll please the Okie-proud on your list this year.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wait!</span></strong> Before you dive into the gift guide, remember that you can get any gifts listed here that are available in the Tulsa area delivered straight to your door by <a href=\"http://www.youbuywefly918.com/\">You Buy We Fly 918</a>. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tasha-does-tulsa-gift-guide-2010/\">Click here to get the special 10-percent delivery discount for TDT readers</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/images/AOK-0314Vb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Bombs Away Warrior Crew T-Shirt</strong>.\r\nBombs Away is owned and operated by the Oklahoma City artist, Dustin Oswald, is this is just one of the bad-ass t-shirts that he\'s come up with.\r\nPrice: $22\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/itemDetail.aspx?itemId=AOK-0314V&amp;mainCat=2\">OkieBoutique</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"https://www.mockbros.com/images/chaps/100-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Mock Brothers Saddlery Rodeo Gear Chaps</strong>\r\nAround since 1941, Mock Brothers Saddlery is an Oklahoma institution. While I absolutely wouldn\'t mind if any of you guys out there want to purchase a pair of these chaps and wear them around in my general vicinity, you might want to check out Mock Brothers for yourself and see if you can\'t find something for your Okie wardrobe that\'s less...awesome and dream-inducing. Find it off of Highway 412 at 177th W. Ave., west of Sand Springs.\r\nPrice: Starting at $325\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://www.mockbros.com/rodeogr.htm#chaps\">Mock Brothers Saddlery</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/images/AOK-0021b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Tulsa Driller Charm</strong>\r\nIt\'s one of the quirkiest landmarks in the country, and you can wear a charm-sized replica of it on a necklace, on a bracelet, in your nose - you know, wherever you like to wear your charms.\r\nPrice: $8\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/itemDetail.aspx?itemId=AOK-0021&amp;mainCat=7\">OkieBoutique</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/images/AOK-0001b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Oklahoma Travel Journal</strong>\r\nEver wish you had a way to record all of your Oklahoma experiences? Look no further. This journal is here to help. Plus, it\'s cute as all get out.\r\nPrice: $15.99\r\nGet it: <a href=\"https://aok.ok.gov/b2c/itemDetail.aspx?itemId=AOK-0001&amp;mainCat=23\">OkieBoutique</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/30466_105883572796042_100001231986457_35162_3339370_n-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Luchador Calendar</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/interview-with-a-luchador/\">Did you know that Tulsa has its own luchador wrestling league</a>? It\'s true. Now you can give the gift of the bad-ass T-Town luchadors in calendar form, just in time to put the smack down on the other gifts under the tree this holiday season.\r\nPrice: $15\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://elotetulsa.com/luchadores\">Elote Cafe</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Colors of Oklahoma Music</strong>\r\nThere are at least three great selling points to this book: First, it\'s written by Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame inductee John Wooley, a venerable expert on Oklahoma music. Second, it\'s about, well, Oklahoma music. Third, it\'s available at Ida Red, one of my favorite stores for all things Tulsa, Oklahoma, and kick-ass local music (oh, and TOMS). You might enjoy giving this gift more than the recipient enjoys receiving it, but I don\'t know - you\'ll just have to rock-paper-scissors for it and let me know how it turns out.\r\nPrice: $17.95\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://idaredboutique.com/store/colors-of-oklahoma-music-by-john-wooley/\">Ida Red</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4349\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/okie-centric-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/img_0565/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4349\" title=\"Tulsa\'s Haunted Memories\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0565.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa\'s Haunted Memories\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\n<strong>Tulsa Haunted Memories</strong>\r\nTulsa has its own ghosts of Christmas past, and you can add the gift of their stories, gathered and researched by the founder of Tulsa Spirit Tours and a member of the <a href=\"http://www.pittok.com/\">Paranormal Investigation Team of Tulsa</a>, to your loved ones\' stockings this season.\r\nPrice: $24.99\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/photo_gallery.htm\">Steve\'s Sundry</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4360\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/okie-centric-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/picture-2-5/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4360\" title=\"A Studio\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-2.png\" alt=\"A Studio\" width=\"454\" height=\"438\" /></a></p>\r\n<strong>A Studio Concert Posters</strong>\r\nWant a poster to commemorate the time you saw your favorite band at Cain\'s Ballroom? Or the show at Brady Theater where you reconnected with a long-lost friend? Check out these posters at Dwelling Spaces, designed by the ultra-hip and nice guys behind Tulsa\'s own A Studio. All the cool kids are doing it.\r\nPrice: $10-25\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/section/72\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.tulsametrofirefighterscalendar.com/images/0-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Tulsa Metro Hottest Firefighters Calendar</strong>\r\nThe thought that the average Tulsan could just bump into any of the gorgeous, highly chiseled guys featured in this calendar totally blows my mind. Hello, dusty, hunky fireman at the gas pump next to mine. Howdy, group of guys from the station who stopped in at Reasor\'s for dinner fixin\'s and are flexing their biceps as they sack their own groceries in the check-out next to me. Hi there, Mr. Firefighter who showed up at my house because I may or may not have called 911 just to see if I could land a tall, dark and handsome first responder. But rather than risk legal action by intentionally sounding a false alarm, you could just buy this calendar. (Don\'t be like me.)\r\nPrice: $15\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/\">Steve\'s Sundry Books &amp; Magazines</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/images/data/products/551_lg_img.jpg.mxw600.mxh600.jpg?1275249253\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Bigfoot Sticker</strong>\r\nHe exists! At least, that\'s what we all want to believe, isn\'t it? Everyone on your shopping list is going to want to show their support of the Great Hairy One with this decal for their ride. Look for Bigfoot t-shirts, too.\r\nPrice: $4\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/551\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5071039442_d588259ac2_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Pickles</strong>\r\nThere\'s not much that\'s more thoroughly Oklahoma than a fried pickle, and there aren\'t many Okies who\'d be too proud to accept them as gifts. Spring for these, made right here in Oklahoma in a little town called LaHoma. LaHoma, Oklahoma - say that three times fast. Photo from <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/boonecountydemocrats/\">BooneCoDems on Flickr</a>.\r\nPrice: $12\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.ladonnasonline.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=73_116&amp;products_id=429\">LaDonna\'s Fancy Foods</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/images/data/products/561_lg_img.jpg.mxw600.mxh600.jpg?1280683511\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Blue Whale T-Shirt</strong>\r\nThe t-shirt addict on your list is bound to love this tee, emblazoned with the image of everyone\'s favorite Route 66 landmark, the Blue Whale of Catoosa.\r\nPrice: $25\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/product/561\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1199.snc4/155117_466873272103_145235792103_5803589_4575394_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Golden Driller Throw Pillow</strong>\r\nEveryone on your guest list already has the <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=186866&amp;id=145235792103\">Golden Driller Shirt</a> (and if they don\'t, what the heck are you good for??) - now it\'s time to put the Golden Driller where the heart is.\r\nPrice: $30\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4361\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/okie-centric-tdt-holiday-gift-guide-2010/img_0553/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4361\" title=\"Tulsa Ballet\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_0553.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Ballet\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Autographed Ballet Slippers</strong>\r\nThe little girl in me jumped around and did a happy dance when I first stumbled upon these autographed ballerina shoes at the Tulsa Ballet\'s Leaps &amp; Grounds Cafe &amp; Boutique. The ones pictured were danced in and signed by soloist <a href=\"http://tulsaballet.org/staff.asp?id=90&amp;task=staffdisplay&amp;staffid=59\">Soo Youn Cho</a>, who was featured as Jordan in The Great Gatsby, and she also plays a role in Marcello Angelini\'s The Nutcracker. This is the only time you\'re going to be able to give used shoes as a gift for Christmas and not only be able to get away with it, but to also secure the biggest neck hug of your life from your favorite Tulsa Ballet fan. Don\'t forget that the <a href=\"http://www.tulsaballet.org/general.asp?id=235\">2011 Tulsa Ballet calendar</a> ($15) would make a great stocking stuffer - I\'ve seen it and the photography and design that went into this project are just stunning.\r\nPrice: $9\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tulsaballet.org/general.asp?id=96\">Tulsa Ballet Leaps &amp; Grounds Cafe &amp; Boutique</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0043/1452/products/AdmiralTwin_web_large.jpg?1288355117\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Admiral Twin T-Shirt</strong>\r\nGot a friend who\'s mourning Tulsa\'s loss of the Admiral Twin Drive-In? Of course you do - who isn\'t? Every Tulsan has fond (and funky) memories of this mid-century landmark. Help the folks on your shopping list show their pride, support and love of our fallen twin screens.\r\nPrice: $20\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://boomtowntees.com/products/admiral-twin\">Boomtown Tees</a> (the online listing shows the shirt as unavailable, but it is, in fact, available - I double-checked)\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.mayabrenner.com/store/pc/catalog/s_neck_states_ok_big.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Oklahoma Necklace</strong>\r\nYou saw it first on <a href=\"http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/\">ThePioneerWoman.com</a>, and I loved it so much that I couldn\'t resist showcasing here at TashaDoesTulsa.com, too. For the fancy lady in your life who deserves a gift that\'s a cut above.\r\nPrice: $130-300 (price = bling factor)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.mayabrenner.com/store/pc/Oklahoma-5p144.htm\">MayaBrenner.com</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/wp/wp-content/gallery/photographic-repoductions/1980.63.182C.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Historic Tulsa Photographs</strong>\r\nFor the person on your nice list who has everything, there\'s nothing like a print of historic Tulsa images that stops visitors to a home or office in their tracks. I should know. I\'m known as The Gawker in some circles.\r\nPrice: Varies\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsahistory.org/learn/collections-and-research/photographs-for-sale/\">Tulsa Historical Society</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.oklahomarock.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/newtulsasound.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<strong>The New Tulsa Sound</strong>\r\nEveryone could use a break from the same old Christmas songs this holiday season. Gift that gift this year, plus one that keeps on giving the gift of local music by the likes of Paul Benjamin Band, Gogo Plumbay, The Panda Resistance, Jesse Aycock, Sage Flower, Vandevander, Dead Sea Choir and Travis Fite with only one purchase - a copy of The New Tulsa Sound lets you do it. <a href=\"http://www.thecolonytulsa.com/#456/soundcloud\">Get a free preview of every track on the album here</a>.\r\nPrice: $9.99\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ColonyPresents\">Online</a>, <a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red</a>, <a href=\"http://www.dwellingspaces.net/\">Dwelling Spaces</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-OK/Shades-of-Brown/133998289971491\">Shades of Brown</a>, Cherry Street Coffeehouse, Starship Records, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/getcolonized\">The Colony</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/fasslerhall\">Fassler Hall</a> and <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellies</a> (yeah, you\'ve got options, baby)\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/q0-YZ2pLuMM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/q0-YZ2pLuMM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\n<strong>Oklahoma Films</strong>\r\nDVDs make some of the best stocking stuffers, but don\'t settle for the $5 bin at Wal-Mart. Check out these movies instead, each filmed in Oklahoma. I have my eyes on The Outsiders set myself.\r\nPrice: $10-$26.98\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.reddirtemporium.com/filmedinok.php\">Red Dirt Emporium</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.simplypersonalized.com/images/products/hp-your-town-satellite-jigsaw.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Your Favorite Oklahoma Place, Puzzle Style</strong>\r\nJust think - your pick of your favorite 24 square miles of our state, in print, on a 400-piece puzzle. It\'s based on an extract from the US Geological Survey mapping centered on your address of choice. The completed puzzle measures 12.25 X 18.5 inches and covers an area 6 miles east-to-west and 4 miles north-to-south with your given address at the center.\r\nPrice: $39.95\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.maps.com/map.aspx?cid=1478&amp;pid=17513\">Maps.com</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.earthstores.com/gilcreasemuseumshop/images/zuniturq5.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Zuni Turquoise Jewelry</strong>\r\nI love this ring. I want this ring. My guess is that any lady on your gift list would, too. There\'s lots of jewelry available at the Gilcrease Museum gift shop, a rich source of Native American art, bronze statues, jewelry in turquoise, coral and silver, clothes and accessories, and there\'s bound to be something that\'ll put sparkles in the eyes of that special Okie someone.\r\nPrice: Ranges\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.earthstores.com/gilcreasemuseumshop/\">Gilcrease Museum</a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://blueridgeblog.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/13/alpaca_kisses.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n<strong>Alpacas</strong>\r\nNicole Kidman has them, so why shouldn\'t you? Besides, this is the cutest darned thing you could put under the Christmas tree, I\'m pretty sure - that is, if you can fit an alpaca under a Christmas tree. Photo from <a href=\"http://blueridgeblog.blogs.com/\">Blue Ridge Blog</a>.\r\nPrice: $15,000\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowalpacas.com/ForSale.htm\">Broken Arrow Alpacas</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>What Okie-centric gifts will you be giving this Christmas? </strong> Don\'t forget to check out <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/gift-guide/\">the Gift Guide category</a> here at TDT for even more Tulsa and Oklahoma gift ideas.','Oklahoma Gifts: TDT Holiday Gift Guide 2010','Tulsa\'s pretty rad, and the rest of the state isn\'t too shabby, either. Wouldn\'t it be cool if you could give the essence of Oklahoma as a gift this Christmas? 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