(1110,1,'2010-08-11 17:00:46','2010-08-11 22:00:46','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1109\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\n\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\n\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\n\nSadly, it gets worse.\n<ul>\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\n</ul>\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1109\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\n\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\n\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\n\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\n\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\n\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1097\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\n\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1098\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\n\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1102\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1100\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1099\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1103\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1104\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1105\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1106\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1107\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\n\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1108\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\n\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\n<ul>\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\n</ul>\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-2','','','2010-08-11 17:00:46','2010-08-11 22:00:46','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1111,1,'2010-08-11 17:01:01','2010-08-11 22:01:01','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1109\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\r\n\r\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n\r\nSadly, it gets worse.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\r\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\r\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1109\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\r\n\r\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1097\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\r\n\r\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1098\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\r\n\r\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1102\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1100\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1099\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1103\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1104\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1105\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1106\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1107\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\r\n\r\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1108\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\r\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\r\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\r\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-3','','','2010-08-11 17:01:01','2010-08-11 22:01:01','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1112,1,'2010-08-30 14:25:16','2010-08-30 19:25:16','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\n\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\n\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\n\n<!--more-->Sadly, it gets worse.\n<ul>\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\n</ul>\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\n\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\n\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\n\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\n\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\n\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0837/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\n\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0815/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\n\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0819/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0834/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0812/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0835-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0824/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0836/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0807/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\n\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0800-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\n\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\n<ul>\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\n</ul>\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Emergency Packathon at Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Wants You','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-autosave','','','2010-08-30 14:25:16','2010-08-30 19:25:16','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1113,1,'2010-08-11 17:01:01','2010-08-11 22:01:01','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\r\n\r\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n\r\nSadly, it gets worse.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\r\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\r\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\r\n\r\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0837/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\r\n\r\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0815/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\r\n\r\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0819/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0834/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0812/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0835-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0824/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0836/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0807/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\r\n\r\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0800-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\r\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\r\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\r\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-4','','','2010-08-11 17:01:01','2010-08-11 22:01:01','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(1114,1,'2010-08-11 17:02:41','2010-08-11 22:02:41','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\r\n\r\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n\r\nSadly, it gets worse.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\r\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\r\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\r\n\r\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0837/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\r\n\r\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0815/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\r\n\r\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0819/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0834/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0812/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0835-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0824/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0836/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0807/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\r\n\r\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0800-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\r\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\r\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\r\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Emergency Packathon at Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Wants You','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-5','','','2010-08-11 17:02:41','2010-08-11 22:02:41','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(1115,1,'2010-08-11 17:02:41','2010-08-11 22:02:41','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\r\n\r\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n\r\nSadly, it gets worse.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\r\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\r\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\r\n\r\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0837/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\r\n\r\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0815/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\r\n\r\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0819/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0834/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0812/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0835-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0824/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0836/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0807/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\r\n\r\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0800-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\r\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\r\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\r\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Emergency Packathon at Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Wants You','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-6','','','2010-08-11 17:02:41','2010-08-11 22:02:41','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1116,1,'2010-08-11 17:02:56','2010-08-11 22:02:56','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\r\n\r\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n\r\nSadly, it gets worse.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\r\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\r\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\r\n\r\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0837/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\r\n\r\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0815/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\r\n\r\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0819/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0834/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0812/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0835-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0824/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0836/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0807/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\r\n\r\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma/dsc_0800-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\r\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\r\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\r\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Emergency Packathon at Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Wants You','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-7','','','2010-08-11 17:02:56','2010-08-11 22:02:56','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(1117,1,'2010-08-11 17:02:56','2010-08-11 22:02:56','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\r\n\r\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n\r\nSadly, it gets worse.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\r\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\r\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\r\n\r\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0837/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\r\n\r\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0815/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\r\n\r\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0819/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0834/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0812/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0835-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0824/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0836/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0807/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\r\n\r\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0800-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\r\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\r\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\r\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Emergency Packathon at Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Wants You','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-8','','','2010-08-11 17:02:56','2010-08-11 22:02:56','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(1118,1,'2010-08-11 17:03:19','2010-08-11 22:03:19','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\r\n\r\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n\r\nSadly, it gets worse.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\r\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\r\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\r\n\r\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0837/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\r\n\r\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0815/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\r\n\r\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0819/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0834/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0812/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0835-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0824/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0836/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0807/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\r\n\r\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0800-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\r\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\r\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\r\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Emergency Packathon at Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Wants You','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-9','','','2010-08-11 17:03:19','2010-08-11 22:03:19','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(1119,1,'2010-08-11 17:03:19','2010-08-11 22:03:19','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\r\n\r\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n\r\nSadly, it gets worse.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\r\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\r\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\r\n\r\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0837/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\r\n\r\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0815/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\r\n\r\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0819/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0834/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0812/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0835-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0824/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0836/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0807/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\r\n\r\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0800-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\r\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\r\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\r\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Emergency Packathon at Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Wants You','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-10','','','2010-08-11 17:03:19','2010-08-11 22:03:19','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(1120,1,'2010-08-11 17:31:09','2010-08-11 22:31:09','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\r\n\r\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.<!--more-->Sadly, it gets worse.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\r\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\r\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\r\n\r\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0837/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\r\n\r\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0815/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\r\n\r\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0819/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0834/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0812/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0835-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0824/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0836/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0807/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\r\n\r\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0800-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\r\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\r\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\r\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Emergency Packathon at Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Wants You','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-11','','','2010-08-11 17:31:09','2010-08-11 22:31:09','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(1121,1,'2010-08-11 17:31:09','2010-08-11 22:31:09','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\r\n\r\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.<!--more-->Sadly, it gets worse.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\r\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\r\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\r\n\r\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0837/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\r\n\r\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0815/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\r\n\r\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0819/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0834/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0812/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0835-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0824/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0836/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0807/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\r\n\r\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0800-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\r\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\r\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\r\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Emergency Packathon at Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Wants You','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-12','','','2010-08-11 17:31:09','2010-08-11 22:31:09','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(1122,1,'2010-08-11 17:31:45','2010-08-11 22:31:45','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI talk a lot about food here at TashaDoesTulsa.com - <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/\">where in town to find the best of it</a>, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/11/shopping-ethically/\">why you should shop for it locally</a> and even <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/03/because-i-know-yall-love-your/\">a few ideas on how to prepare it</a>.\r\n\r\nSomething that\'s missing in a lot of today\'s conversations about food (and, in case you haven\'t been watching <a href=\"http://www.foodnetwork.com/\">Food Network</a> or <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/\">the New York Times Bestseller List</a>, you should know that we talk about food a lot) is that there\'s not a lot said about the fact that while we foodies munch on our arugula salads and pan-seared Atlantic sea bass, millions of our fellow citizens are forced to choose between paying the rent and a trip to the grocery store.\r\n\r\nThat food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma,  but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Sadly, it gets worse.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Oklahoma is one of the top 10 hungriest states in the nation. According to the USDA, we rank fourth in the nation in a category it calls \"very low food security,\" or what used to be referred to as \"food insecurity with hunger,\" and sixth in the U.S. in food insecurity.</li>\r\n	<li>One in five Oklahoma children lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry. More than 40 percent of those seeking emergency food assistance in this area are children under 18.</li>\r\n	<li>Nearly half of those using emergency food programs report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities. 45 percent of seniors report having to choose between paying for food and paying for medical care or medicine.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThere are several organizations and groups in our state designed to ease the strain felt by these families. Today I want to talk about the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1109\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0804/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0804.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe CFBEO is a private, non-profit organization that distributes food to 450 partner programs in 24 counties in Eastern Oklahoma, including soup kitchens, emergency food pantries and shelters, low-income after-school programs and senior citizen centers.\r\n\r\nTogether they help to feed 60,000 people per week. That\'s the equivalent of 800,000 meals per month, or more than 13 million pounds of food annually. It\'s the largest, private, hunger-relief organization in eastern Oklahoma.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recently CFBEO received a $2 million grant to deliver food boxes to families</strong> that count on the free and reduced-cost meals their children receive during the school year but are faced with covering during the summer months. In layman\'s terms, <strong>that\'s enough cash to feed 58,000 in CFBEO\'s service area</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe boxes must be packed and distributed by Sept. 30. But <strong>without enough volunteers to package that food, the Food Bank could lose this grant</strong>.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month my husband was looking for ways to volunteer during the weeks between his summer classes and the beginning of the fall semester.\r\n\r\nThrough the most efficient of grapevines that are Twitter and Facebook, I\'d heard about this need. So I\'ll give you two guesses where I sent my husband to volunteer, but I think you\'ll only need one.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1097\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0837/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0837.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at CFBEO make it easy to get involved in this project. First, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">visit this page on their website for a list of available shifts</a>. Once you (and your friends - because it\'d be totally cool if you brought your friends and/or co-workers with you) work out what\'s going to fit into your schedule, send <a href=\"mailto:jsanders@cfbeo.org\">Stimulus Emergency Food Program Coordinator John Sanders</a> an e-mail. Or, call him at (918) 585-2800, ext. 145.\r\n\r\nWhen you arrive at the Food Bank for your shift, simply sign in. You\'ll get a nifty volunteer badge, and you\'ll swiftly be put to work.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1098\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0815/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1098\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0815-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHere\'s how this whole box-packing thing is going to go down. These boxes are folded and stacked and made ready to be packed, as seen above. Let\'s call it the Box Readiness Program.\r\n\r\nEither food or household items are packed into the boxes as they travel along an assembly line.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1102\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0819/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0819.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1100\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0834/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0834.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1099\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0812/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1099\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0812-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1103\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0835-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08351.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1104\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0824/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0824.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0836/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0836.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce the boxes make it to the end of the line packed and full, they\'re sealed and ready to go.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1106\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0807/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0807.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1107\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0841/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1107\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0841-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nEasy peasy, right? It\'s definitely something you could see yourself doing for a few hours, right? If you\'re still not sure, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/emergency.html\">check out these training videos on the Food Bank site</a>. They\'ll tell you even more about what volunteers on a shift for this project could find themselves doing.\r\n\r\nThis project, dubbed the Emergency Packathon by the Food Bank peeps, is about 60 percent complete, up from just shy of being 20 percent complete at the beginning of last month. Your help is sure to put the Food Bank over the top on its goal of 100 percent complete by the Sept. 30 deadline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1108\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/community-food-bank-of-eastern-oklahoma-packathon/dsc_0800-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1108\" title=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_08001-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s not as bad as it is in other parts of the country right now, but the unemployment rate in Oklahoma is still higher than it\'s been in years. So <strong>even if you can\'t donate your time to fulfill the requirements of this grant, <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/dfunds.html\">consider making a donation of non-perishable food items or cash to CFBEO</a></strong>. The slumping economy has more Tulsa families finding themselves in a spot in which they may have never imagined - having to visit the Food Bank to fill the gaps left by a lay off or prolonged job search.\r\n\r\nSome of my favorite ways to support the Food Bank:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Do <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/rw.html\">Restaurant Week</a> (the 2010 line-up has been posted, and I have just two words: Oh, yum.)</li>\r\n	<li>Make your reservations for the next <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">Recipe to End Hunger</a> event (A monthly cooking demo hosted by one of Tulsa\'s top chefs, along with a multi-course dinner and wine; <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/recipe.html\">the next one is Thursday, Aug. 26</a>)</li>\r\n	<li>Check with your employer to see if they match your gifts to the Food Bank</li>\r\n	<li>Hold a <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/vfdmain.html\">virtual food drive</a></li>\r\n	<li><a href=\"http://www.gardenwriters.org/gwa.php?p=par/index.html\">Plant a Row for the Hungry</a> (this is an easy way to get your kids in on volunteering, too)</li>\r\n	<li>Choose <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/04/buy-local-feed-hungry-kids/\">MIO Paper Towels</a> at your grocery store</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSee? There\'s a way for everyone, even punk college students like my husband and punk two-year-olds like my son and punk paper towel enthusiasts like me, to help. Pick a way, pick a row, pick a shift - however you decide to help, know that you\'re working to make Oklahoma the food-secure state it should be for our kids and families.','Emergency Packathon at Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Wants You','That food security can be a real problem in the richest, most powerful nation on earth confounds me. That food security can be a problem in a state considered to be one of the bread baskets of said nation (we grow a lot of food here in Oklahoma, but we beat out 44 other states in wheat production) - now, that is really something.\r\n','inherit','open','open','','1039-revision-13','','','2010-08-11 17:31:45','2010-08-11 22:31:45','',1039,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1039-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(2000,1,'2010-09-11 15:58:29','2010-09-11 20:58:29','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1990\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1138/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1990\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nJust in case you see me out and about today and you\'re wondering why I look so bloated and why my skin is slick with a sheen of grease and why I smell of fried cornbread batter, I\'ll just tell you.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script type=\"text/javascript\">// <![CDATA[\r\n           google_ad_client = \"pub-7797882973292277\"; /* 300x250, created 9/10/10 */ google_ad_slot = \"8986348969\"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250;\r\n// ]]></script>\r\n<script src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\" type=\"text/javascript\">\r\n</script>\r\n\r\nBecause last night, I ate this.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1992\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1141/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1992\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA foot-long, freshly battered and fried corndog. With lots of mustard.\r\n\r\nAnd a few slices of chocolate-covered cheesecake on a stick, covered in nuts. And hot wings. And beer. And funnel cake.\r\n\r\nAnd cheese on a stick, my favorite fair food of all time.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1980\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1078/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1980\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1078.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNo, the fair hasn\'t rolled into town yet. That doesn\'t happen until the 30th of this month.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1994\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1156/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1994\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1156-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast night was <a href=\"http://www.exposquare.com/index.cfm?id=19\">the 2010 Corn Dog Kick-Off</a>, a Friends of the Fairgrounds fundraising event at Expo Square. A big part of the annual event is a preview of the food that\'s going to be at the fair that year.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1982\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1092/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1982\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1092.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis is one way to do it: Dress people up to look like the food, hand them some balloons, put them on roller skates and send them for a few rounds around the Pavilion.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1987\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1106/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1987\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnother way is to offer the food for free to anyone willing to wait in line for it.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1986\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1104/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1986\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe line for corndogs was...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1983\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1093/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1983\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1093-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKinda long.\r\n\r\nIt is the most popular food at the fair, after all.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1988\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1129/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1988\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut, who can complain when this is at the end?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1990\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1138/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1990\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1989\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1132/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1989\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1132.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1991\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1140/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1991\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1984\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1097/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1984\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1097-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1993\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1150/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1993\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1150-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1992\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1141/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1992\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nDudes. I can\'t wait for the Tulsa State Fair.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1981\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/tulsa-state-fair-food-corn-dogs-funnel-cakes-and-fried-fun-on-a-stick/dsc_1080/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1981\" title=\"Corn Dog Kickoff 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC_1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOn what are you going to gorge yourself at the fair this year?','Tulsa State Fair Food: Corn Dogs, Funnel Cakes and Fried Fun On a Stick','Dudes. I can\'t wait for the Tulsa State Fair.','inherit','open','open','','1978-revision-6','','','2010-09-11 15:58:29','2010-09-11 20:58:29','',1978,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/1978-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1129,1,'2010-08-12 10:53:57','2010-08-12 15:53:57','','shorts','','inherit','open','open','','shorts','','','2010-08-12 10:53:57','2010-08-12 15:53:57','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/shorts.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1132,1,'2010-08-12 18:02:39','2010-08-12 23:02:39','<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4410038406/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2797/4410038406_cbb8b0c831.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nInspired by a recent conversation I had with one, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/06/not-your-mothers-pizza/\">Blake Ewing, owner of Joe Momma\'s in downtown Tulsa</a>, I decided it was time to share these images with you.\r\n\r\nThey\'re images of one of Tulsa\'s top treasures. And, according to Blake, a top tourist attraction, even by the world\'s standards.\r\n\r\nDo you have any idea what I\'m talking about? Any at all?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Route 66, baby. You may know it better as the Mother Road.\r\n\r\nTo be honest, I didn\'t even know where it began and eneded in Tulsa. I had driven Route 66 on the west side of the city but never on the east. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/03/tulsa-according-to-route-66/\">I was educated by TDT on the finer points of this gem</a>, this beautiful road that runs right through our town, so  off I went with my Polaroid in tow.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4410039546/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2758/4410039546_c72b71053f.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLike most everything else that captures my eye, Route 66 is full of color. Always color.\r\n\r\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4409271383/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4409271383_f69847a79c.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4410038406/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2797/4410038406_cbb8b0c831.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4409273629/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4409273629_6d7af4ff4c.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4409271009/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4409271009_3162dcb647.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4410038314/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4410038314_98aeecfe4c.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat\'s your favorite stop on Tulsa\'s stretch of Route 66?','The Mother Road: Erin Sees Tulsa','Like most everything else that captures my eye, Route 66 is full of color. Always color.','publish','open','open','','the-mother-road-erin-sees-tulsa','','http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/06/not-your-mothers-pizza/\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/03/tulsa-according-to-route-66/','2010-08-30 15:31:06','2010-08-30 20:31:06','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=1132',0,'post','',0),(1133,1,'2010-08-12 18:02:31','2010-08-12 23:02:31','<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4410038406/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2797/4410038406_cbb8b0c831.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nInspired by a recent conversation I had with one, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/06/not-your-mothers-pizza/\">Blake Ewing, owner of Joe Momma\'s in downtown Tulsa</a>, I decided it was time to share these images with you.\n\nThey\'re images of one of Tulsa\'s top treasures. And, according to Blake, a top tourist attraction, even by the world\'s standards.\n\nDo you have any idea what I\'m talking about? Any at all?<!--more-->\n\nRoute 66, baby. You may know it better as the Mother Road.\n\nTo be honest, I didn\'t even know where it began and eneded in Tulsa. I had driven Route 66 on the west side of the city but never on the east. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/03/tulsa-according-to-route-66/\">I was educated by TDT on the finer points of this gem</a>, this beautiful road that runs right through our town, so  off I went with my Polaroid in tow.\n\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4410039546/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2758/4410039546_c72b71053f.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nLike most everything else that captures my eye, Route 66 is full of color. Always color.\n\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4409271383/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4409271383_f69847a79c.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4410038406/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2797/4410038406_cbb8b0c831.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4409273629/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4409273629_6d7af4ff4c.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4409271009/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4409271009_3162dcb647.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\n<a title=\"route 66 polaroid by econ, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4410038314/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4410038314_98aeecfe4c.jpg\" alt=\"route 66 polaroid\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nWhat\'s your favorite stop on Tulsa\'s stretch of Route 66?','The Mother Road: Erin Sees Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','1132-revision','','','2010-08-12 18:02:31','2010-08-12 23:02:31','',1132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1132-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1136,1,'2010-08-13 04:11:00','2010-08-13 09:11:00','','In the Raw South','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0996','','','2010-08-13 04:11:00','2010-08-13 09:11:00','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0996.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1137,1,'2010-08-13 04:11:54','2010-08-13 09:11:54','','Reggae on the Green','','inherit','open','open','','27953_122048627831904_122020174501416_112214_2332870_n','','','2010-08-13 04:11:54','2010-08-13 09:11:54','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/27953_122048627831904_122020174501416_112214_2332870_n.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1138,1,'2010-08-13 04:13:16','2010-08-13 09:13:16','','Lake Bixhoma Wake Boarding','','inherit','open','open','','34242_1532441357988_1443403543_31392822_3997343_n','','','2010-08-13 04:13:16','2010-08-13 09:13:16','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/34242_1532441357988_1443403543_31392822_3997343_n.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1139,1,'2010-08-13 04:27:39','2010-08-13 09:27:39','','Chandler Park Frisbee Golf','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0666','','','2010-08-13 04:27:39','2010-08-13 09:27:39','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0666.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5746,1,'2011-02-08 17:34:08','2011-02-08 23:34:08','<img src=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/sites/default/files/DSC_1926.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" />\r\n\r\nRemember those days at the end of summer, the ones during the few weeks before school was ready to start? The days after you\'d done pretty much all you could think to do in one summer? The ones you spent lying on the floor, staring up at the ceiling fan until its rotation appeared to reverse in what is one of the most exciting optical illusions ever, mostly because you discovered it on your own when you were bored to tears?\r\n\r\nAll of this is how Tulsa-area kids are starting to feel. If school is out tomorrow (and many speculate that, with another heavy blanket of snow on its way to Green Country, it will be), it\'ll be the seventh straight snow day for our students.\r\n\r\nWhen you\'re of school-going age (or a parent of a child who is), people, seven days might as well be an eternity.\r\n\r\nBreathe in, breathe out. Here\'s something to do as a family that could help take some of the edge off.\r\n\r\nGet the recipe for a squishy, squashy snow day craft on <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-snow-day-craft\">my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom: A Snow Day Craft','When you\'re of school-going age (or a parent of a child who is), people, seven snow days in a row might as well be an eternity.','private','open','open','','tulsa-snow-storm-craft-tulsa-kids','','','2011-07-10 11:28:26','2011-07-10 17:28:26','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=5746',0,'post','',0),(5747,1,'2011-02-08 17:30:47','2011-02-08 22:30:47','','Playdough','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1926','','','2011-02-08 17:30:47','2011-02-08 22:30:47','',5746,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1926.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4915,1,'2010-12-30 10:50:57','2010-12-30 15:50:57','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Paul Petrov of the Ballet Russe, backstage at the JC Williamson New Year\'s Eve party, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 31 December 1936 / Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/3612597734/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3612597734_a03c7f0fe0.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Petrov of the Ballet Russe, backstage at the JC Williamson New Year\'s Eve party, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 31 December 1936 / Sam Hood\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" /></a></p>\r\nChampagne, fireworks, swanky parties, stuff to do for the kids and those silly 2011 glasses - you want it all this New Year\'s Eve, and you\'ve got it right here in Tulsa.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Swanky Parties</h2>\r\n<strong>New Years Eve Gala at Crowne Plaza Hotel</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 4pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111159658950064&amp;index=1\">Crowne Plaza Hotel</a>, 100 E. Second Street\r\nFor one price, get every NYE party in the hotel. Here\'s the line-up: Imzadi in the Tulsa Ballroom; Mid Life Crisis in Promenade Ballroom; Brian Lee &amp; Friends in the Upper Lobby; a Texas Hold \'Em Tournament, 4pm-7pm; Access to Cigar &amp; Martini Lounge in Oklahoma Ballroom and Photos Now Photography in Lower Lobby. Call Crowne Plaza at (918) 560-2219 to reserve your spot, and if you plan on celebrating with a few glasses of champagne, be sure to ask about the room packages available.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve Salsa Party</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 5:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.thecanebrake.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/New-Years-Eve-2009.jpg\">The Canebrake in Wagoner</a>\r\nGet dinner, a champagne toast, live salsa music and even some salsa lessons at this New Years Eve party at the Tulsa area\'s greenest resort. For information or reservations call (918) 485-1810 or email <a href=\"mailto:info@thecanebrake.com\">info@thecanebrake.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Olive Drop New Year’s Party</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 7pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"/\">Price Tower Arts Center in Bartlesville</a>\r\nEnjoy a five-course meal prepared by Outlaws Gourmet Catering, drinks at Copper Bar, and a complimentary champagne toast at midnight, when a large olive will be lowered from the top of Price Tower - which is Frank Lloyd Wright\'s only realized skyscraper, by the way - into a martini glass. Dinner reservations are available with seatings at 7pm and 9pm. Call (918) 336-1000 for room reservations and for a spot at dinner.\r\n\r\n<strong>Velo Ball</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.jasonperryphoto.net/?p=133\">Hey Mambo</a>, 114 N. Boston Ave.\r\nIf you\'re looking for a cycle-centric NYE party, Hey Mambo is the place to be on the last night of 2010. The evening will include a Mustache Cup Goldsprints Roller Race Tournament from Superleggera Cycling and Multisport, a live DJ, hot food from the kitchen of Hey Mambo (which is really yum, if you ask me), Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap, plenty of prizes and photography of the evening by Jason Perry Photography. The restaurant bar (cash or charge) will be in full operation for the evening, too. <a href=\"http://www.jasonperryphoto.net/?p=133\">Individual passes are $35, couples are $60</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Crystal Ball: A New Years Eve Masquerade</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsacrystalball.com/\">Enso Bar, Electric Circus and IDL Ballroom, all at 1st and Detroit</a>\r\nGet gussied up in your finest black and white NYE attire and disguise and beguile fellow revelers as you masquerade between three of the hottest clubs in Tulsa into the wee hours of the night. Entertainment includes the beats of the Panic! Crew, Steve Club and DJ Dilation &amp; Jimm-A. <a href=\"http://www.ticketstorm.com/event/skyyvodkapresentscrystalball2011anewyearsevemasquerade/idlballroom/tulsa/5868/\">Tickets are $15 per person or $20 per couple, and VIP packages are $25 per person, $40 per couple</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve Speakeasy</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://cosmo-cafe.com/\">Cosmo Cafe &amp; Bar</a>, 3334 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nBe prepared to be transported back to the era of classy attire, sexy jazz and stiff drinks. While you’re partying like it’s 1929, check out free champagne toast at midnight, accompanied by what Cosmo called “fancy stuff on crackers.” Heck, yes.\r\n<h2>Performances</h2>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">EDIT//Take note: This event has been cancelled.</span></strong>\r\n<strong>Sylvia Browne</strong>\r\nWhen: 8pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.milliondollarelm.com/event-center\">Osage Event Center</a>, 951 W. 36 Street North\r\nAlways wanted to have your most pressing, personal questions answered by a psychic? This NYE is your chance. Tickets to see Sylvia are $30, or you can pay $100 and guarantee that you\'ll have your question answered. Stay tuned for the book signing after the lecture.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve Jazz Soiree</strong>\r\nWhen: 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.okjazz.org/\">Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame</a>, 111 E. First Street\r\nGet performances by Nicole Jackson &amp; the Soultry Sound Band along with a DJ and a midnight champagne toast at the New Years Eve celebration in the heart of downtown Tulsa in the historic Tulsa Depot. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Call (918) 281-8600 or <a href=\"http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=2762&amp;pid=6923907\">click here to reserve your tickets</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey</strong>\r\nWhen: 9:15pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cainsballroom.com/\">Cain\'s Ballroom</a>, 423 N. Main Street\r\nSpend New Years Eve in downtown Tulsa\'s historic Cain\'s Ballroom and see Tulsa\'s homegrown Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey as they play the music of Beyonce, Madonna and Lady Gaga at the same time. Tickets are $19 in advance, $25 in the day of. <a href=\"http://www.protixonline.com/View_Event.asp?id=404\">Get \'em here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Alex Ortiz</strong>\r\nWhen: 10pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.loonybincomedy.com/\">The Loony Bin</a>, 6808 S. Memorial Drive\r\nAlex has both headlined and featured at The Apollo, Funny Bones and The Improvs. He has rocked the stage as opener for Bernie Mac, Damon Wayans, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, and Bobcat Goldthwaite. And tonight, on New Years Eve, you can see him in Tulsa. <a href=\"https://www.standupmedia.com/securedReservation/loonybin/tulsa/Default.aspx?mp=&amp;member=&amp;club=BCA30415-8E4E-4EC5-817D-52222AC57427&amp;d=12%2f29%2f2010+8%3a00%3a00+PM&amp;s=s&amp;c=edd54cf4-9754-4f32-ac5d-b8b62df856a7\">Tickets are $25</a>.\r\n<h2>For a Family-Friendly New Years Eve</h2>\r\n<strong>Special Two-Hour, Open Bounce</strong>\r\nWhen: 11:30am-1pm\r\nWhere:  <a href=\"http://www.bounceu.com/\">Bounce U</a>, 8922 S. Memorial Drive\r\nRing in the New Year family style at Bounce U with this open bounce. Cost is $8.95 per child and includes poppers, noise makers, cookies and juice. Make reservations at (918) 249-0090.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Year\'s Eve Night Out at the Tulsa Zoo</strong>\r\nWhen: 6pm New Years Eve - 10am New Years Day\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsazoo.org/EducationConservation/ClassesWorkshops/\">Tulsa Zoo &amp; Living Museum</a>\r\nSend your kids for an exciting overnight at the zoo this NYE. Parents, you’ll be free to ring in the New Year any way you choose while your 2nd-5th graders will be hanging out with the animals on this night time adventure. The kiddos will also get a dinner, breakfast and light snack. Cost is $55 per child. Call (918) 669-6600 for reservations or more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve at Bounce U</strong>\r\nWhen: 7pm-1am\r\nWhere:  <a href=\"http://www.bounceu.com/\">Bounce U</a>, 8922 S. Memorial Drive\r\nDrop the kids off and enjoy your evening, parents. The kiddos will be fully supervised and they\'ll enjoy snacks, dinner, a late-night treat, midnight poppers and noisemakers, games and, of course, lots of bouncing. Cost is $40 per child. Make reservations at (918) 249-0090.\r\n\r\n<strong>THE Party! Hahn Appliance Warehouse New Year\'s Eve on Brookside</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 9pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"https://www.newyearsevetulsa.com/pages.aspx?pageid=1\">Brookside (Peoria Avenue) between 36th and 39th Streets</a>\r\nThis second-ever event brought the community together last year to share in the excitement of a Times Square-esque, free outdoor street party complete with a lighted ball drop, fireworks, bands and entertainment, and they\'re going to do it even bigger and better to ring in 2011. A choice of outdoor and indoor activities along Brookside guarantees participants of all ages to can comfortably enjoy the festivities, even if our Oklahoma weather rears its ugly head. Look for live entertainment from Eric and the Adams (one of my favorite Tulsa bands) on an outdoor stage and dancing in the VIP Party Tent (<a href=\"https://www.newyearsevetulsa.com/Purchase_Tickets.aspx\">tickets to which are $75 per</a>). All proceeds raised by THE Party will benefit the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Years Eve in the Blue Dome District</strong>\r\nWhen: 10pm-1am New Years Eve\r\nWhere: On Elgin Avenue between First and Second Streets\r\nPut a little bit of hip and historic into your New Years Eve celebration this year. Grab the kids (and feed them all manner of Pixie Stix and Fun Dip to keep them awake) and head to the Blue Dome District for some fireworks, as well as warm drinks for both the adults and the kids and beer for those 21 and over.\r\n<h2>The New Year in Motion</h2>\r\n<strong>Race Into the New Year</strong>\r\nWhen: 11:45pm New Years Eve\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tatur.org/RINY.html\">River Parks West Amphitheater</a>, 2100 W. Jackson Ave.\r\nRun from one year to the next with this sixth-annual 5K race along the Tulsa stretch of the Arkansas River. Look for a fun run, too - it\'ll start a bit earlier, at 11pm - as well as a live DJ, fireworks at the stroke of midnight, prizes and giveaways and champagne on the course. Don\'t miss out on the post-race plethora of food and drink, including black-eyed peas, cornbread, cookies and other treats. The race benefits the Tulsa Police Officers Memorial and supports <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the rebuilding of the Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The race fee is $25, or free for kids 5-11. <a href=\"https://secure.getmeregistered.com/get_information.php?event_id=3970\">Register here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Polar Bear Plunge</strong>\r\nWhen: 1:11pm New Years Day (Get it? 1/1/11 at 1:11?)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tatur.org/PolarPlunge.html\">River Parks West Amphitheater</a>, 2100 W. Jackson Ave.\r\nHow big a boy are ya? If you can complete this race - a two-mile run that sends you plunging into three swimming pools - you\'ll have me convinced that you are all that is man (or woman!) for now and forever. The entry fee is $25 for those who dress in costume and $30 to those who chicken out. Look for free pizza, cold beer and drinks at the race, and the first 300 to sign up for the race get finishers\' tees. Proceeds benefit the River Parks Trail Systems. If after <a href=\"http://runnersworldtulsa.zenfolio.com/p451670097#h10dad90a\">looking at these photos from last year\'s Polar Bear Plunge</a> you still think you\'ve got what it takes, <a href=\"http://tatur.org/polarplungeregister.html\">register here</a>.\r\n<h2>Movies</h2>\r\n<strong>Rocky Horror Picture Show</strong>\r\nWhen: 10pm and midnight showings\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Circle Cinema</a>, 12 S. Lewis Ave.\r\nIt’s the weird and wonderful as newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter a problem when they car halts in the rain...and we all know the rest of the story, but who cares? It\'s a classic! You have two chances to see it this New Years Eve at Tulsa\'s own Circle Cinema. While audience participation is encouraged as usual, please leave your water guns and items you\'d normally throw at the screen during this production at home. <a href=\"http://www.circlecinema.com/\">Tickets are $10</a>.\r\n<h2>Where to Find Live Music This NYE</h2>\r\n<strong>Brookside</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crowcreektavern.com/\"> Crow Creek</a>. Mister Pistol, 8pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.ciao-brookside.com/\"> The Primo Room at Ciao</a>. Olivia Duhon and the Frank Brown Trio, 9pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>Catoosa</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com/nightlife/calendar/Pages/CabinCreek.aspx\">Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino</a>. DeeJay Rog Mahal and DJ Ziploc, 8:30pm at Friction; Scott Ellison at 8pm in C:Note; Deuce Eleven at 9pm in Cabin Creek.\r\n\r\n<strong>Claremore</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cherokeestarrewards.com/casinos/willrogersdowns/nightlife/calendar/Pages/default.aspx\">Will Rogers Downs</a>. Nick Gibson and Beer &amp; Chicken Band at 7pm, Iron Dog Saloon.\r\n\r\n<strong>Downtown</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.club209tulsa.com/\">Club 209</a>. Arthouse with DJ Josh &amp; DJ Jitsu, 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.thehuntclubtulsa.com/\">Hunt Club</a>. Blackwood, 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.joemommas.com/\">Joe Momma\'s</a>. The Zuits, complete with a countdown and a toast at midnight. 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Junkie-Live/154298727944419\">Junkie Live</a>. P.D.A. is home and joins Brandon Davis. <a href=\"http://www.ticketstorm.com/\">A ticket</a> gets you into both Junkie and Pink. 9pm\r\n<a href=\"http://themaxretropub.com/\">The Max Retropub</a>. Glam-R-Us, plus a countdown and champagne toast. 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"www.myspace.com/mercury_lounge\">Mercury Lounge</a>. Electric Rag Band and RC Edwards, all for $5. 8pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://thesoundpony.com/\">Soundpony</a>. DJ Sweet Baby Jayzus, 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000328907311\">Woody\'s Corner Bar</a>. 2 Steps Back, 10pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>North Tulsa</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.milliondollarelm.com/nightlife/music-calendar\">Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino</a>. Ray D. Rowe, 9pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>South Tulsa</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bakers-Street-Pub-Grill/154274264588305\">Baker St. Pub</a>. Crossland for a $10 ticket. 8pm.\r\n<a href=\"www.myspace.com/harvardsportsba\">Harvard Sports Bar</a>. The Moving Company for a $5 cover. 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsamagoos.com/index.html\">Magoo\'s</a>. Admiral Twin, 9pm.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.riverspirittulsa.com/entertainment/mysticriver/Pages/Home.aspx\">River Spirit Casino, Mystic River Lounge</a>. Revelation: A Tribute to Journey. 10pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t see your favorite NYE party or band on this list?</strong> No big - we can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">E-mail me with the details</a>.','New Years Eve Tulsa 2010: Where to Celebrate','Champagne, fireworks, swanky parties, stuff to do for the kids and those silly 2011 glasses - here\'s where to get it all this New Years Eve in Tulsa.','inherit','open','open','','4166-revision-25','','','2010-12-30 10:50:57','2010-12-30 15:50:57','',4166,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4166-revision-25/',0,'revision','',0),(3083,1,'2010-10-18 14:39:28','2010-10-18 19:39:28','','OktoberFest Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','dsc07678','','','2010-10-18 14:39:28','2010-10-18 19:39:28','',324,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07678.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3084,1,'2010-10-18 14:40:27','2010-10-18 19:40:27','','OktoberFest Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','dsc07697','','','2010-10-18 14:40:27','2010-10-18 19:40:27','',324,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07697.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3085,1,'2010-08-15 22:14:59','2010-08-16 03:14:59','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs025.snc1/3116_1005921204428_1716858818_6590_104614_n.jpg\" /></div><br /><div><a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/index.html\">Oktoberfest 2009 is upon us</a>. It starts this Thursday at 5pm and runs through 6pm on Sunday, providing Tulsans with a weekend of fun, games, music, food and one other very important thing. </div><div><br /></div><div>Beer. What I\'m not-so-alluding to is lots and lots and lots of delicious, refreshing beer. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, that\'s at least one thing you know to do once you get to RiverWest Festival Park (that\'s at 2100 S. Jackson Avenue, for you Google Mappers) this weekend for Tulsa\'s Oktoberfest. As for how to get down with the rest of this festival, the one that makes the souls of the beer lovers of this town sing, here\'s a list of the top 10 ways to make the most of one of Tulsa\'s largest outdoor festivals, named by <i>USA Today</i> as one of 10 great places to toast Oktoberfest worldwide.</div><div><br /></div><div><ol><li><b>Pick a designated driver.</b> As if this actually needed to be said in a post about Tulsa\'s largest beer festival, but I like to play it safe and so should you. Not only is a DUI case a pain in the butt to deal with should you get caught breaking the law, but it\'s also a great way to take a chance on ruining the lives of some fellow community members. Causing the death of someone\'s family member, a parent or even a child - now that\'s what I call a buzzkill. So, as teacher says, have a good time, but don\'t think and drive.</li><li><b>Take the kids to Das Jugendzelt (the kids\' tent). </b>Musicians, storytellers and artists will be on tap to entertain the kiddos while they take part in lots of free arts and crafts projects. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/happenings.html\">Click here for the schedule of musicians in the kids\' tent at this year\'s Oktoberfest</a>.</li><li><b>Race a weiner dog.</b> Or, toss a pretzel. Maybe you\'re game is bier barrel racing. Whatever Oktoberfest sport suits your fancy, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/happenings.html\">you can get your fill at this year\'s festival right here in Tulsa</a>. Now you can tell your momma that all that time you spent honing your beer pong skills won\'t go to waste. Bier Barrel Race spectators should tune in Saturday, and weiner dog fans should be ready to go at 1pm Sunday. The other games take place throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday.</li><li><b>Learn the Polka.</b> Oktoberfest offers a wide variety of entertainment and music, ranging from local bands and performers to authentic German musicians. There\'s fun to be had and music to be heard in just about every tent at the festival and, thanks maybe to the beer, everyone dances. On my list of acts to see are the Polkameisters, GAST and Kinderdeutch and Hula Halau O\'Leilani. See? <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/happenings.html\">There\'s something for everyone</a>.</li><li><b>Ride the rides, take a chance. </b>The best deal on Oktoberfest rides happens Sunday, thanks to the EZ Ride Pass. For $15, festival goers looking for a thrill can enjoy an unlimited ride pass that works all over Oktoberfest. Sunday is a double-whammy for you lovers of all things surprise and chance out there, since the folks at Oklahoma Lottery will be handing out free scratchers tickets all day long. Better get around early, though, because those suckers will go fast.</li><li><b>Visit Das Sports Cafe.</b> I guess The Sports Cafe doesn\'t translate well to the German, but what goes on inside sure translates well to fun. Not only is this the best place to catch the weekend football games thanks to the big screen TVs, but it\'s also the home to a new aspect of the festival: The taps spewing local brew. Be sure to grab plenty of the Oktoberfest-style beer from Marshall Brewing Company, and say hi to the folks in Tulsa from Krebs at Choc Beer Company, too. </li><li><b>Do the chicken dance with the Biermeister.</b> Lovingly known as the main tent among long-time Oktoberfest Tulsa goers, Das Bier Garten is that place where everyone from Junior to Grandpa can flap their wings and do the chicken dance with the Biermeister, pictured above, on top of a picnic table. The required high-energy music will be provided by bands from Germany while you learn to polka and, if you don\'t already know it, that signature dance of Oktoberfest Tulsa.</li><li><b>Eat Kartoffelpuffer and Bavarian pretzels.</b> While you\'re at it, eat some knackwurst, bratwurst and sauerkraut. At the second-ever year of Oktoberfest Tulsa in 1980, the 100,000 patrons consumed 3,500 pounds - that\'s a ton and a half - of the stuff. Sissies! Surely the patrons of this year\'s festival can beat that. The yummy stuff is available throughout the festival grounds, but you can\'t turn around in Das Ess Zelt und Garten without refilling your plate with everything from Siegi\'s Sausage to strudel to schnitzel to Ludger\'s cheesecake (<a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/concessions.html\">click here for a full list of what\'s cookin\' at this year\'s Oktoberfest</a>). While you might put away more food than you have since the Tulsa State Fair, you won\'t have to eat much to understand why <i><a href=\"http://bonappetit.com/\">Bon Appetit</a></i> voted back in 2005 that Oktoberfest Tulsa is the place to get the best German food.</li><li><b>Shop \'til you drop.</b> Because the food prices aren\'t anything like what we all paid for a few bites at the fairgrounds earlier this month, you\'ll be able to boost the local economy by taking home some of the many arts and crafts available for purchase at Oktoberfest Tulsa. Don\'t forget the commemorative beer stein and an Oktoberfest Tulsa t-shirt. As my friend <a href=\"http://sindyintulsa.blogspot.com/\">Sindy in Tulsa</a> would so lovingly say, \"Tasha, that is so Bavarian.\"</li><li><b>Get in free.</b> There are at least three ways to get through the gate at Oktoberfest this year without paying a dime. First, admission is $0 on Friday until 4pm. Second, and thanks to the dudes at Geek Rescue, admission is free to anyone who presents <a href=\"http://www.geekrescue.com/oktoberfest.html\">this Oktoberfest coupon on opening night</a>. Third, anyone who hasn\'t yet celebrated his or her 13th birthday gets in free all weekend long. That doesn\'t mean that if you didn\'t celebrate your 13th birthday because no one liked you and couldn\'t be bothered with planning you a party that you get in free, though. Sorry on both counts. </li></ol></div><div><div><div><br /></div><div>As if you need more convincing to head to the west bank of the Arkansas this weekend, Oktoberfest Tulsa benefits <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">RiverParks</a>, one of Tulsa\'s most treasured locales and a top tourism attraction for the city, which has benefited from nearly $1 million worth of improvements and enhancements thanks to the festival. </div><div><br /></div><div>Admission to Oktoberfest is $5, and remember, kids aged 12 and under get in free. For details on how Festival Money works (don\'t worry, it\'s a breeze) and parking and any other detail not listed here, check out the <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/festival.html\">Oktoberfest Tulsa Web site</a>.</div></div></div>','Top 10 Things to Do at Oktoberfest 2009','','inherit','open','open','','324-revision-2','','','2010-08-15 22:14:59','2010-08-16 03:14:59','',324,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/324-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3142,4,'2010-10-21 16:45:11','2010-10-21 21:45:11','Halloween  is probably the quintessential rock-and-roll holiday. People dress up,  put on unusual make-up and go on “tour,” begging for food-- just like  REAL rockers. Now, replace drug overdoses with a case of sugar-crash,  exchange groupies for your mom waiting for you in her car, and you have  yourself Halloween. The two are practically interchangeable. (Not sure  where biting the heads off bats fits in. It kind of straddles both).\n<h3>Halloween Themed Playlist</h3>\nWhat  better way to celebrate the creepiest of holidays than with a batch of  thrill-themed “thracks?” (I’m not forcing alliteration, I just talk  funny with my vampire teeth in). Pop music loves all things dark &amp;  twisted so there’s an endless supply of songs from which to choose. This  week’s playlist includes songs about ghosts, zombies, werewolves and  skeletons. It also features a couple songs with vibraphones and pipe  organs, two instruments with killer sounds that are often forgotten  about when building the perfect goth-y group.\n\nSome  of these songs just have a spooky tone, while others literally produce  goose bumps and a sense of helplessness. (Thanks for feeding my  Illuminati fear, Jay Electronica). There are also tunes from bands with  roots right here in Oklahoma. (I marked them with “OK.” Scary clever,  right?)\n<ol>\n	<li>“Paddling Ghost” - Dan Deacon (listen here)</li>\n	<li>“Fright Night (Nevermore)” - Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti</li>\n	<li>“Werewolves” - Betty &amp; The Werewolves</li>\n	<li>“Zombie Killer” - Leslie Hall</li>\n	<li>“As You Wish” - Aquaduct (OK)</li>\n	<li>“Season of the Witch” - Donovan</li>\n	<li>“Cat People” - Brad Neely</li>\n	<li>“Skeleton Key” - The Coral</li>\n	<li>“My Boo” - Ghost Town DJs</li>\n	<li>“Creature Fear” - Bon Iver</li>\n	<li>“Organ Donor” - DJ Shadow</li>\n	<li>“Bad Dreams” - Lyrics Born</li>\n	<li>“333” - El Paso Hot Button (OK)</li>\n	<li>“Bombay” - El Guincho</li>\n	<li>“Ghosts” - Japan</li>\n	<li>“Earth People” - Dr. Octagon</li>\n	<li>“Friendly Ghost” - Harlem</li>\n	<li>“Skeleton Man” - Evangelicals (OK)</li>\n	<li>“All Wasted” - Jay Reatard</li>\n	<li>“Van Helsing Boombox” - Man Man</li>\n	<li>“Dead Souls” - Joy Division</li>\n	<li>“God Only Knows” - The Langly Schools Project</li>\n	<li>“Navajo” - The Black Lips</li>\n	<li>“The Pledge” - Jay Electronica</li>\n	<li>“Monsters” - Boy Least Likely To</li>\n	<li>“Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” - David Bowie</li>\n	<li>“Grim Reaper Blues” - Entrance</li>\n	<li>“The Vibes Ain’t Nothing but the Vibes” - Barry Adamson</li>\n	<li>“Dark Night of the Soul” - Danger Mouse/Sparklehourse/David Lynch</li>\n	<li>“Halloween on the Barbary Coast” - The Flaming Lips (OK)</li>\n</ol>\n<h3>All Dressed Up, But No Place To Go</h3>\nLooking  for more places to wear your Sid &amp; Nancy costume besides your  work’s dead rock-star party? (Don’t ALL businesses have those? H.R.  nightmare, by the way. The guy dressed like Ike Turner always takes the  roll-playing a bit too far.) Well, take your mohawk, your blood-stained  shirt and your punk-loving heart to The Soundpony on Friday, October  29th for APUNKALYPSE II.\n\nThe  showcase features 4 bands from Oklahoma’s recently budding punk scene--  <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/bearhugtulsa\">Bearhug</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">Lizard Police</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/operatordeadtulsa\">Operation Dead:Post Abandoned</a> (all from Tulsa)  and <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/devereauxlicious\">Blanche Devereaux</a> (from OKC). All of these bands pay great respect  to the roots of punk without really giving a crap about the roots of  punk. C’mon, you know what I mean. It’s a fine line. You think it’s punk  rock to “pay homage?” Geez, have I taught you nothing?! (Don’t answer  that.)\n\nSeriously  though, the bands at APUNKALYPSE II, along with other locals like  <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/bronchoband\">BRONCHO</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theprettyblackchains\">Pretty Black Chains</a> and more are making music that is top notch and  comparable to anything you’ll find nationally. Not only are their songs  terrific, but the energy and stage presence of many of these bands is  something that can only be experienced live. It’s no doubt these bands  will inspire others to follow. I’m telling you, we might be the re-birth  place of good old fashioned punk. And if you don’t agree with me, I’ll  totally fight you. (Not really, I cry easily).\n\nSoundpony  is a great place to see one of these punk shows because you can get  “intimate” with the bands (read: spitting distance), but it’s length  also allows for the music to be enjoyed at a “safe distance” (read: you  don’t want to stain your new Anthropologie dress, or see your boyfriend  beat-up).\n\nAPUNKALYPSE II starts at 10:00 p.m.\n<h3>The Only Thing Scarier Than Ghosts or Ghouls: Teenagers</h3>\nNPR’s  wonderful and wonderfully informative music show All Songs Considered  recently asked listeners to submit stories of music that saved them  during their teenage years. Hundreds of people entered stories, but only  a few got selected. Guess who has a caps lock button and was one of the  lucky few to make it to air? THIS GUY!!!\n\nI  spoke about being an ultra-odd kid in the middle of Oklahoma City (can I  mention that place on TDT without being struck by lightning . . . .  guess so). It was during the most awkward of years-- the time between  junior high and high school-- that I bought the Flaming Lips’ album Hit  to Death In The Future Head. The album did an amazing job reflecting all  the strangeness that I felt as a teen and to discover that it was made  in Oklahoma blew me away.\n\nI  featured one of the songs on this week’s playlist. Also, you can listen  to the NPR bit <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130654846\">here</a>. My segment starts around the 13:30 mark.\n\nI  know what I experienced wasn’t exclusive to me or to OKC. I’d love to  hear about the music that got you through your teens, or music aside,  the stuff about Tulsa that made you realize it was pretty damn cool  after all.\n\nShare  your stories in the section below. Also feel free to contact me on  Twitter if you ever have comments, questions or suggestions. I’d  especially loved it if you sent me pictures of yourself in a local mosh  pit while wearing your Chilean Miner costume. That would be rad.','TJ Rocks Tulsa: Let\'s Get Scared','','inherit','open','open','','3141-revision','','','2010-10-21 16:45:11','2010-10-21 21:45:11','',3141,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3141-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3143,4,'2010-10-21 16:54:23','2010-10-21 21:54:23','Halloween  is probably the quintessential rock-and-roll holiday. People dress up,  put on unusual make-up and go on “tour,” begging for food-- just like  REAL rockers. Now, replace drug overdoses with a case of sugar-crash,  exchange groupies for your mom waiting for you in her car, and you have  yourself Halloween. The two are practically interchangeable. (Not sure  where biting the heads off bats fits in. It kind of straddles both).\n<h3>Halloween Themed Playlist</h3>\nWhat  better way to celebrate the creepiest of holidays than with a batch of  thrill-themed “thracks?” (I’m not forcing alliteration, I just talk  funny with my vampire teeth in). Pop music loves all things dark &amp;  twisted so there’s an endless supply of songs from which to choose. This  week’s playlist includes songs about ghosts, zombies, werewolves and  skeletons. It also features a couple songs with vibraphones and pipe  organs, two instruments with killer sounds that are often forgotten  about when building the perfect goth-y group.\n\nSome  of these songs just have a spooky tone, while others literally produce  goose bumps and a sense of helplessness. (Thanks for feeding my  Illuminati fear, Jay Electronica). There are also tunes from bands with  roots right here in Oklahoma. (I marked them with “OK.” Scary clever,  right?)\n<ol>\n	<li>“Paddling Ghost” - Dan Deacon (listen here)</li>\n	<li>“Fright Night (Nevermore)” - Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti</li>\n	<li>“Werewolves” - Betty &amp; The Werewolves</li>\n	<li>“Zombie Killer” - Leslie Hall</li>\n	<li>“As You Wish” - Aquaduct (OK)</li>\n	<li>“Season of the Witch” - Donovan</li>\n	<li>“Cat People” - Brad Neely</li>\n	<li>“Skeleton Key” - The Coral</li>\n	<li>“My Boo” - Ghost Town DJs</li>\n	<li>“Creature Fear” - Bon Iver</li>\n	<li>“Organ Donor” - DJ Shadow</li>\n	<li>“Bad Dreams” - Lyrics Born</li>\n	<li>“333” - El Paso Hot Button (OK)</li>\n	<li>“Bombay” - El Guincho</li>\n	<li>“Ghosts” - Japan</li>\n	<li>“Earth People” - Dr. Octagon</li>\n	<li>“Friendly Ghost” - Harlem</li>\n	<li>“Skeleton Man” - Evangelicals (OK)</li>\n	<li>“All Wasted” - Jay Reatard</li>\n	<li>“Van Helsing Boombox” - Man Man</li>\n	<li>“Dead Souls” - Joy Division</li>\n	<li>“God Only Knows” - The Langly Schools Project</li>\n	<li>“Navajo” - The Black Lips</li>\n	<li>“The Pledge” - Jay Electronica</li>\n	<li>“Monsters” - Boy Least Likely To</li>\n	<li>“Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” - David Bowie</li>\n	<li>“Grim Reaper Blues” - Entrance</li>\n	<li>“The Vibes Ain’t Nothing but the Vibes” - Barry Adamson</li>\n	<li>“Dark Night of the Soul” - Danger Mouse/Sparklehourse/David Lynch</li>\n	<li>“Halloween on the Barbary Coast” - The Flaming Lips (OK)</li>\n</ol>\n<h3>All Dressed Up, But No Place To Go</h3>\nLooking  for more places to wear your Sid &amp; Nancy costume besides your  work’s dead rock-star party? (Don’t ALL businesses have those? H.R.  nightmare, by the way. The guy dressed like Ike Turner always takes the  roll-playing a bit too far.) Well, take your mohawk, your blood-stained  shirt and your punk-loving heart to The Soundpony on Friday, October  29th for APUNKALYPSE II.\n\nThe  showcase features 4 bands from Oklahoma’s recently budding punk scene--  <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/bearhugtulsa\">Bearhug</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">Lizard Police</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/operatordeadtulsa\">Operation Dead:Post Abandoned</a> (all from Tulsa)  and <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/devereauxlicious\">Blanche Devereaux</a> (from OKC). All of these bands pay great respect  to the roots of punk without really giving a crap about the roots of  punk. C’mon, you know what I mean. It’s a fine line. You think it’s punk  rock to “pay homage?” Geez, have I taught you nothing?! (Don’t answer  that.)\n\nSeriously  though, the bands at APUNKALYPSE II, along with other locals like  <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/bronchoband\">BRONCHO</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theprettyblackchains\">Pretty Black Chains</a> and more are making music that is top notch and  comparable to anything you’ll find nationally. Not only are their songs  terrific, but the energy and stage presence of many of these bands is  something that can only be experienced live. It’s no doubt these bands  will inspire others to follow. I’m telling you, we might be the re-birth  place of good old fashioned punk. And if you don’t agree with me, I’ll  totally fight you. (Not really, I cry easily).\n\nSoundpony  is a great place to see one of these punk shows because you can get  “intimate” with the bands (read: spitting distance), but it’s length  also allows for the music to be enjoyed at a “safe distance” (read: you  don’t want to stain your new Anthropologie dress, or see your boyfriend  beat-up).\n\nAPUNKALYPSE II starts at 10:00 p.m.\n<h3>The Only Thing Scarier Than Ghosts or Ghouls: Teenagers</h3>\nNPR’s  wonderful and wonderfully informative music show All Songs Considered  recently asked listeners to submit stories of music that saved them  during their teenage years. Hundreds of people entered stories, but only  a few got selected. Guess who has a caps lock button and was one of the  lucky few to make it to air? THIS GUY!!!\n\nI  spoke about being an ultra-odd kid in the middle of Oklahoma City (can I  mention that place on TDT without being struck by lightning . . . .  guess so). It was during the most awkward of years-- the time between  junior high and high school-- that I bought the Flaming Lips’ album Hit  to Death In The Future Head. The album did an amazing job reflecting all  the strangeness that I felt as a teen and to discover that it was made  in Oklahoma blew me away.\n\nI  featured one of the songs on this week’s playlist. Also, you can listen  to the NPR bit <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130654846\">here</a>. My segment starts around the 13:30 mark.\n\nI  know what I experienced wasn’t exclusive to me or to OKC. I’d love to  hear about the music that got you through your teens, or music aside,  the stuff about Tulsa that made you realize it was pretty damn cool  after all.\n\nShare  your stories in the section below. Also feel free to contact me on  Twitter if you ever have comments, questions or suggestions. I’d  especially loved it if you sent me pictures of yourself in a local mosh  pit while wearing your Chilean Miner costume. That would be rad.','TJ Rocks Tulsa: Let\'s Get Scared','','inherit','open','open','','3141-revision-2','','','2010-10-21 16:54:23','2010-10-21 21:54:23','',3141,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3141-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(3144,4,'2010-10-21 16:57:47','2010-10-21 21:57:47','Halloween  is probably the quintessential rock-and-roll holiday. People dress up,  put on unusual make-up and go on “tour,” begging for food-- just like  REAL rockers. Now, replace drug overdoses with a case of sugar-crash,  exchange groupies for your mom waiting for you in her car, and you have  yourself Halloween. The two are practically interchangeable. (Not sure  where biting the heads off bats fits in. It kind of straddles both).\r\n<h3>Halloween Themed Playlist</h3>\r\nWhat  better way to celebrate the creepiest of holidays than with a batch of  thrill-themed “thracks?” (I’m not forcing alliteration, I just talk  funny with my vampire teeth in). Pop music loves all things dark &amp;  twisted so there’s an endless supply of songs from which to choose. This  week’s playlist includes songs about ghosts, zombies, werewolves and  skeletons. It also features a couple songs with vibraphones and pipe  organs, two instruments with killer sounds that are often forgotten  about when building the perfect goth-y group.\r\n\r\nSome  of these songs just have a spooky tone, while others literally produce  goose bumps and a sense of helplessness. (Thanks for feeding my  Illuminati fear, Jay Electronica). There are also tunes from bands with  roots right here in Oklahoma. (I marked them with “OK.” Scary clever,  right?)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>“Paddling Ghost” - Dan Deacon (listen here)</li>\r\n	<li>“Fright Night (Nevermore)” - Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti</li>\r\n	<li>“Werewolves” - Betty &amp; The Werewolves</li>\r\n	<li>“Zombie Killer” - Leslie Hall</li>\r\n	<li>“As You Wish” - Aquaduct (OK)</li>\r\n	<li>“Season of the Witch” - Donovan</li>\r\n	<li>“Cat People” - Brad Neely</li>\r\n	<li>“Skeleton Key” - The Coral</li>\r\n	<li>“My Boo” - Ghost Town DJs</li>\r\n	<li>“Creature Fear” - Bon Iver</li>\r\n	<li>“Organ Donor” - DJ Shadow</li>\r\n	<li>“Bad Dreams” - Lyrics Born</li>\r\n	<li>“333” - El Paso Hot Button (OK)</li>\r\n	<li>“Bombay” - El Guincho</li>\r\n	<li>“Ghosts” - Japan</li>\r\n	<li>“Earth People” - Dr. Octagon</li>\r\n	<li>“Friendly Ghost” - Harlem</li>\r\n	<li>“Skeleton Man” - Evangelicals (OK)</li>\r\n	<li>“All Wasted” - Jay Reatard</li>\r\n	<li>“Van Helsing Boombox” - Man Man</li>\r\n	<li>“Dead Souls” - Joy Division</li>\r\n	<li>“God Only Knows” - The Langly Schools Project</li>\r\n	<li>“Navajo” - The Black Lips</li>\r\n	<li>“The Pledge” - Jay Electronica</li>\r\n	<li>“Monsters” - Boy Least Likely To</li>\r\n	<li>“Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” - David Bowie</li>\r\n	<li>“Grim Reaper Blues” - Entrance</li>\r\n	<li>“The Vibes Ain’t Nothing but the Vibes” - Barry Adamson</li>\r\n	<li>“Dark Night of the Soul” - Danger Mouse/Sparklehourse/David Lynch</li>\r\n	<li>“Halloween on the Barbary Coast” - The Flaming Lips (OK)</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<h3>All Dressed Up, But No Place To Go</h3>\r\nLooking  for more places to wear your Sid &amp; Nancy costume besides your  work’s dead rock-star party? (Don’t ALL businesses have those? H.R.  nightmare, by the way. The guy dressed like Ike Turner always takes the  roll-playing a bit too far.) Well, take your mohawk, your blood-stained  shirt and your punk-loving heart to The Soundpony on Friday, October  29th for APUNKALYPSE II.\r\n\r\nThe  showcase features 4 bands from Oklahoma’s recently budding punk scene--  <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/bearhugtulsa\">Bearhug</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">Lizard Police</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/operatordeadtulsa\">Operation Dead:Post Abandoned</a> (all from Tulsa)  and <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/devereauxlicious\">Blanche Devereaux</a> (from OKC). All of these bands pay great respect  to the roots of punk without really giving a crap about the roots of  punk. C’mon, you know what I mean. It’s a fine line. You think it’s punk  rock to “pay homage?” Geez, have I taught you nothing?! (Don’t answer  that.)\r\n\r\nSeriously  though, the bands at APUNKALYPSE II, along with other locals like  <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/bronchoband\">BRONCHO</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theprettyblackchains\">Pretty Black Chains</a> and more are making music that is top notch and  comparable to anything you’ll find nationally. Not only are their songs  terrific, but the energy and stage presence of many of these bands is  something that can only be experienced live. It’s no doubt these bands  will inspire others to follow. I’m telling you, we might be the re-birth  place of good old fashioned punk. And if you don’t agree with me, I’ll  totally fight you. (Not really, I cry easily).\r\n\r\nSoundpony  is a great place to see one of these punk shows because you can get  “intimate” with the bands (read: spitting distance), but it’s length  also allows for the music to be enjoyed at a “safe distance” (read: you  don’t want to stain your new Anthropologie dress, or see your boyfriend  beat-up).\r\n\r\nAPUNKALYPSE II starts at 10:00 p.m.\r\n<h3>The Only Thing Scarier Than Ghosts or Ghouls: Teenagers</h3>\r\nNPR’s  wonderful and wonderfully informative music show All Songs Considered  recently asked listeners to submit stories of music that saved them  during their teenage years. Hundreds of people entered stories, but only  a few got selected. Guess who has a caps lock button and was one of the  lucky few to make it to air? THIS GUY!!!\r\n\r\nI  spoke about being an ultra-odd kid in the middle of Oklahoma City (can I  mention that place on TDT without being struck by lightning . . . .  guess so). It was during the most awkward of years-- the time between  junior high and high school-- that I bought the Flaming Lips’ album Hit  to Death In The Future Head. The album did an amazing job reflecting all  the strangeness that I felt as a teen and to discover that it was made  in Oklahoma blew me away.\r\n\r\nI  featured one of the songs on this week’s playlist. Also, you can listen  to the NPR bit <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130654846\">here</a>. My segment starts around the 13:30 mark.\r\n\r\nI  know what I experienced wasn’t exclusive to me or to OKC. I’d love to  hear about the music that got you through your teens, or music aside,  the stuff about Tulsa that made you realize it was pretty damn cool  after all.\r\n\r\nShare  your stories in the section below. Also feel free to contact me on  Twitter if you ever have comments, questions or suggestions. I’d  especially loved it if you sent me pictures of yourself in a local mosh  pit while wearing your Chilean Miner costume. That would be rad.','TJ Rocks Tulsa: Let\'s Get Scared','','inherit','open','open','','3141-revision-3','','','2010-10-21 16:57:47','2010-10-21 21:57:47','',3141,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3141-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3145,1,'2010-10-22 15:11:25','2010-10-22 20:11:25','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3188\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3188\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/paddlingghost.jpg\" alt=\"Paddling Ghost\" title=\"Paddling Ghost\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3188\" /></a>\n\nHalloween is probably the quintessential rock-and-roll holiday. People dress up, put on unusual make-up and go on “tour,” begging for food-- just like <em>real</em> rockers. \n\n<!--more-->Now, replace drug overdoses with a case of sugar-crash,  exchange groupies for your mom waiting for you at the curb in her minivan and you have yourself Halloween. The two are practically interchangeable, especially the part about biting the heads off bats.\n\n<h3>Halloween Themed Playlist</h3>\n\nWhat better way to celebrate the creepiest of holidays than with a batch of thrill-themed “thracks?” (I’m not forcing alliteration, I just talk funny with my vampire teeth in). \n\nPop music loves all things dark and twisted so there’s an endless supply of songs from which to choose. This  week’s playlist includes songs about ghosts, zombies, werewolves and skeletons. It also features a couple songs with vibraphones and pipe organs, two instruments with killer sounds that are often forgotten about when building the perfect goth-y vibe.\n\nSome of these songs just have a spooky tone, while others literally produce goose bumps and a sense of helplessness (thanks for feeding my Illuminati fear, Jay Electronica). There are also tunes from bands with roots right here in Oklahoma.\n\n<ol>\n	<li>“Paddling Ghost” - Dan Deacon (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xq3b1\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Fright Night (Nevermore)” - Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti (<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMNPWT6WDJQ\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Werewolf” - Cat Power (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqcuw\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Zombie Killer” - Leslie Hall (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xq3l2\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“As You Wish” - Aqueduct (OK) (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xq3ua\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Season of the Witch” - Donovan (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xq3x3\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Cat People” - Brad Neely (<a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Brad+Neely/_/Cat+People\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Skeleton Key” - The Coral (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xq45h\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“My Boo” - Ghost Town DJs (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xq4db\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Creature Fear” - Bon Iver (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xq4fk\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Organ Donor” - DJ Shadow (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xq4g9\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Bad Dreams” - Lyrics Born (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xq4hw\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Bombay” - El Guincho (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqcx8\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Ghosts” - Japan (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqd1n\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Earth People” - Dr. Octagon (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqejo\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Friendly Ghost” - Harlem (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqd2m\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Skeleton Man” - Evangelicals (OK) (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqd3k\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“All Wasted” - Jay Reatard (<a href=\"http://www.ilike.com/artist/Jay+Reatard/track/All+Wasted\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Van Helsing Boombox” - Man Man (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqdcv\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Dead Souls” - Joy Division (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqddp\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“God Only Knows” - The Langly Schools Project (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqdhx\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Navajo” - The Black Lips (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqdim\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“The Pledge” - Jay Electronica (<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTo-TBIUn_M\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Monsters” - Boy Least Likely To (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqdr2\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” - David Bowie (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqds3\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Grim Reaper Blues” - Entrance (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqdt9\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“The Vibes Ain’t Nothing but the Vibes” - Barry Adamson (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqdw3\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Dark Night of the Soul” - Danger Mouse/Sparklehourse/David Lynch (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqdy1\">listen here</a>)</li>\n	<li>“Halloween on the Barbary Coast” - The Flaming Lips (OK) (<a href=\"http://blip.fm/~xqdz9\">listen here</a>)</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3>All Dressed Up, But No Place To Go</h3>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3189\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3189\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Bearhug-500x336.jpg\" alt=\"Bearhug\" title=\"Bearhug\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3189\" /></a>\n\nLooking for more places to wear your Sid & Nancy costume besides your work’s dead rock-star party? (Don’t ALL businesses have those? H.R. nightmare, by the way. The guy dressed like Ike Turner always takes the role-playing a bit too far.) \n\nTake your mohawk, your blood-stained shirt and your punk-loving heart to The Soundpony on Friday, October  29th for APUNKALYPSE II. The showcase features four bands from Oklahoma’s recently budding punk scene - <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/bearhugtulsa\">Bearhug</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/lizardpolice\">Lizard Police</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/operatordeadtulsa\">Operation Dead: Post Abandoned</a> (all from Tulsa) and <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/devereauxlicious\">Blanche Devereaux</a> (from OKC). All of these bands pay great respect to the roots of punk without really giving a crap about the roots of punk. C’mon, you know what I mean. It’s a fine line. You think it’s punk rock to “pay homage?” Geez, have I taught you nothing?! \n\nDon’t answer that.\n\nSeriously though, the bands at APUNKALYPSE II, along with other locals like  <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/bronchoband\">BRONCHO</a>, <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/theprettyblackchains\">Pretty Black Chains</a> and more are making music that is top notch and comparable to anything you’ll find nationally. Not only are their songs terrific, but the energy and stage presence of many of these bands is something that can only be experienced live. It’s no doubt these bands  will inspire others to follow. I’m telling you, we might be the re-birth place of good old fashioned punk. And if you don’t agree with me, I’ll totally fight you. \n\nNot really, I cry easily.\n\nSoundpony is a great place to see one of these punk shows because you can get “intimate” with the bands (read: spitting distance), but it’s length also allows for the music to be enjoyed at a “safe distance” (read: you hipsters don’t want to stain your new Anthropologie dress, or see your boyfriend get all beat up). \n\nAPUNKALYPSE II starts at 10pm. \n\n<h3>The Only Thing Scarier Than Ghosts or Ghouls: Teenagers</h3>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=3190\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3190\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TJhighschool.jpg\" alt=\"TJ in High School\" title=\"TJ in High School\" width=\"429\" height=\"603\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3190\" /></a>\n\nNPR’s wonderfully informative music show All Songs Considered recently asked listeners to submit stories of music that saved them during their teenage years. \n\nHundreds of people entered stories, but only a few got selected. Guess who has a caps lock button and was one of the lucky few to make it to air? \n\nTHIS GUY!\n\nI spoke about being an ultra-odd kid in Oklahoma City (can I mention the name of that city on TDT without being struck by lightning?). It was during the most awkward of years - the time between junior high and high school - that I bought the Flaming Lips’ album Hit to Death In The Future Head. \n\nThe album did an amazing job of reflecting all the strangeness that I felt as a teen. When I discovered that it was made in Oklahoma, I was blown away.\n\nI featured one of the songs on this week’s playlist. <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130654846\">You can listen to the NPR bit here</a>. My segment starts at around the 13:30 mark.\n\nI know what I experienced wasn’t exclusive to me or to OKC. I’d love to hear about the music that got you through your teens - or, music aside, the stuff about Tulsa that made you realize it was pretty damn cool place after all. Feel free to share your stories in the comments section on this post. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tjclark\">Feel free to contact me on Twitter</a>, too, if you ever have comments, questions or suggestions for me. \n\nI’d especially love it if you sent me pictures of yourself in a local mosh pit while wearing your Chilean Miner costume. That would be rad.\n\nAlso? You can say Oklahoma City here on TashaDoesTulsa.com after all. I\'m still here! \n\nRock with you guy.','TJ Rocks Tulsa: Let\'s Get Scared','Halloween is probably the quintessential rock-and-roll holiday. People dress up, put on unusual make-up and go on “tour,” begging for food-- just like REAL rockers. \n','inherit','open','open','','3141-autosave','','','2010-10-22 15:11:25','2010-10-22 20:11:25','',3141,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/3141-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(3396,1,'2010-10-29 09:53:13','2010-10-29 14:53:13','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2993\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/stuff-to-do-at-tulsa-pumpkin-patches/dsc_1600/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2993\" title=\"Pumpkin Town\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_1600-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Town\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere aren\'t many among us who wouldn\'t say that the ol\' pocketbook could just as easily be one of those magazine ad models that gets bashed for being too skinny as the holder of your money. But you know what? This Halloween, it\'s no big deal. There\'s lots to do in Tulsa to celebrate this spooky holiday for exactly zero dollars.\r\n\r\nHere\'s the list.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Scary Sage</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 29, starting at 11:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?&amp;q=3131+S.+Sheridan+Road,Tulsa,US\">Clary Sage</a>, 3131 S. Sheridan Road.\r\nLooking for a haunted house-style event with a C.S.I. theme? Check out this event at Clary Sage, which shows off the skills of the cosmetology, esthetics and nail technician students there. Think you can find the murderer? If you can, you get a prize. Look also for a kids’ room with games, candy, face painting and nail art. Everyone who attends the event is encouraged to bring a canned food donation, too. Until 2:30pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>A Hardesty Hallo\"Wii\"n</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, Oct. 29, 4:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Hardesty Regional Library</a>, 8316 E. 93<sup>rd</sup> St.\r\nPlay spooky Wii games and dress as your favorite video game character for a chance to win a treat. Refreshments will be provided. This event is for ages 9-12.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sand Springs Fright Night</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 29 and 30, 7pm\r\nWhere: Prattville, 41st Street and Highway 97, in Sand Springs\r\nIf you’re in the Sand Springs neck of the Tulsa-area woods this weekend, fet two frightful nights of fun in Prattville, where you can check out a haunted house, games, prizes, Jupiter Jumps and free candy, all in a free, safe, indoor environment. Score!\r\n\r\n<strong>Luchaween 2010</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 29, 8pm\r\nWhere: Elote Cafe, 514 S. Boston Ave.\r\nDon’t miss the first exhibition match of the off season of the Elote Luchador Wrestling Federation tonight, <a href=\"http://elotetulsa.com/luchadores\">guaranteed to be the best costume party in town this Halloween weekend</a>. Look for luchador matches starting at 8pm and going strong until 11:30pm. By the way, the matches will be kid friendly from 8-10pm. Look also for costume contests throughout the night, along with cash prizes and beer merchandise from the beer sponsors at the event. Let the ELWF help you to create a Halloween to remember this year.\r\n\r\n<strong>Trunk or Treat with Tulsa Police Department</strong>\r\nWhere: Riverside Division of Tulsa Police Department, 7515 Riverside Parkway\r\nWhen: Oct. 29, 5-7pm\r\nLooking for a safe place on Halloween? Join the TPD tonight for games, candy and a Halloween safety briefing. Until 7pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>BooHaHa</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, starting at 7am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://brooksidetheplacetobe.com/index.php?/boo-haha.html\">Brookside, between 33rd and 49th Streets</a>\r\nStarting at 7am with a pancake breakfast at the Brookside Lion\'s Club, one of Tulsa\'s most beloved districts will be transformed into a Halloween treat for the 20th year in a row. The Kids\' Zone opens at 10am, and trick-or-treating gets into gear at noon. The children\'s costume contest will commence in the Food Pyramid parking lot at 1pm, followed by the pets\' costume contest. Stick around for the annual BooHaHa Parade at 2pm, from 33rd-49th Streets. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>K. Renee\'s Fall Family Carnival</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 9am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159604894064176&amp;index=1\">K. Renee\'s Uniform Closet</a>, 5557 E. 41st St.\r\nJoin K. Renee\'s as they spend the day in true carnival fashion. Look for clowns, bobbing for apples, face painting, cotton candy, pie-eating contest, a Jupiter Jump\", and more.\r\n\r\n<strong>Thriller Dance Class</strong>\r\nWhen: 1pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.idaredboutique.com/\">Ida Red Boutique</a>, 3336 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nHeather Hall from Studio One will be teaching the Dance from the classic Michael Jackson Thriller video. This class was quite a hit last year, so you might wanna show up early to make sure to get a spot.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fall Carnival to Kick Off Fun and Games on Main</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 4-5:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/Index.aspx?page=13&amp;recordid=3661\">Central Park Community Center</a>, 1500 S. Main Street in Broken Arrow\r\nParents with children ages 3-10 are invited to participate in this carnival where each child gets 12 free tickets to try out the games of luck and skill. Then, at 5:45pm, set the kids off on the Annual Pumpkin Hunt at the Central Park Softball Fields, just west of the Community Center. Children ages 3-8 will get a chance to run and gather as many candy-filled, pumpkin-colored plastic eggs as they can. The age groups of 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8 will each have their own field to hunt for the eggs. A golden egg will be hidden in each field, which can be redeemed for a special prize. Fun!\r\n\r\n<strong>RiverParks Spooky Spoke CX Race and Ride</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 30, 4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">71st Street and Riverside Drive</a>\r\nFeeling like a bike ride this Halloween weekend? Check out this race and family free fun ride. Watch out for spooks and goblins along the way! Costumes are encouraged. Come as you are NOT. Registration opens at 4:00pm and closes 30 minutes prior to start of each race. One-day and annual USAC licenses will be on sale. Races will be held rain, sleet, or snow. Races will be run in low light conditions and lights are not required but are recommended. Parking is available near Helmerich Park near the volleyball area. Overflow parking will be at the parking lot north of 71st street. Registration will be located at the volleyball courts. Races start at 6pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fun and Games on Main</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, Oct. 30, 6-8pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/Index.aspx?page=13&amp;recordid=3370\">418 S. Main Street in Broken Arrow</a>\r\nIf fall\'s good for anything, it\'s a giant block party. Get it with Fun and Games on Main in Broken Arrow, where festival-goers get tons of free food from Reasor\'s, Ferguson Pontiac and Blue Bell Creameries, a rollover simulator, Broken Arrow Police Department\'s Special Ops team, Vince and Larry the Crash Dummies, McGruff the Crime Fighting Dog, a costume contest, a pumpkin-decorating contest and a petting zoo, all topped with enough candy to last you until Easter. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Scary Okie Karaoke</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 30, 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?&amp;q=311+S.+Madison+Ave.,Tulsa,US\">The Coffee House at Youth Services of Tulsa</a>, 311 S. Madison Ave.\r\nGet free coffee, tea, wi-fi, cappuccino, hot chocolate, ping pong and, most important, karaoke and a costume contest at the Coffee House at Youth Services of Tulsa this Halloween weekend. Perfect for kids age 12-18. Until 11pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>Trick or Treating at RiverWalk Crossing</strong>\r\nWhen: 8:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.riverwalkcrossingjenks.com/\">Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks</a>\r\nGo trick-or-treating (and maybe sneak in a little shopping, too) at RiverWalk Crossing tonight. Be sure not to miss the Hurricane Mason concert at the Amphitheater, either.\r\n\r\n<strong>SOUTHNight</strong>\r\nWhen: Oct. 31, starting at 4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.spiritbankeventcenter.com/events.asp?id=2&amp;pid=139&amp;task=display&amp;pcatid=&amp;seldate=10/1/2010\">SpiritBank Event Center</a>, 105th and Memorial\r\nGet free (yes, free) games, fun and trick or treating for the whole family at this event, where there will also be a $5 concert featuring Seventh Day Slumber with special guest KJ-52. This event is hosted by <a href=\"http://scctulsa.com/#/whats-coming/south-night\">South Community Church</a>.','Halloween 2010 in Tulsa: For Free','There aren\'t many among us who wouldn\'t say that the ol\' pocketbook could just as easily be one of those magazine ad models that gets bashed for being too skinny as the holder of your money. But you know what? This Halloween, it\'s no big deal. There\'s lots to do in Tulsa to celebrate this spooky holiday for exactly zero dollars.','publish','open','open','','halloween-2010-in-tulsa-for-free','','\nhttp://elotetulsa.com/luchadores','2010-10-29 09:53:13','2010-10-29 14:53:13','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=3396',0,'post','',6),(4912,1,'2010-12-30 11:21:24','2010-12-30 16:21:24','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4908\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/black-eyed-peas-made-in-oklahoma/800px-black-eyed-pea/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4908\" title=\"Black Eyed Peas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/800px-Black-eyed-pea-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"Black Eyed Peas\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou know what they say, don\'t you? That you\'re supposed to do everything you can to eat black eyed peas on New Years Day. It\'s supposed to bring good luck and good fortune in the coming year.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nI wouldn\'t know if this is true or not, mostly because I\'ve eaten my grandmother\'s black eye peas each and every year since I traded Enfamil for solid food.\r\n\r\nExcept for maybe the year I fell on my face on this playground in Missouri, broke my nose and bled all the way back to Tulsa. That was a bad year.\r\n\r\nGood thing for Missouri that it has a great craft beer scene. Otherwise I don\'t think I\'d be inclined to visit anymore.\r\n\r\nMake this year a lucky, face plant-free year. Make a pot of these Okie-tastic black-eyed peas, the recipe for which was floated to me from the nice folks over at the <a href=\"http://www.miocoalition.com/\">Made in Oklahoma Coalition</a>.\r\n\r\nBetween these and a rub of the jagged bridge of my nose that resulted from that fateful fall on a Missourian playground (no, really, if you see me around town, feel free to ask to touch my nose - it\'ll give you the gross-out shivers), you\'ll have good luck that\'s sure to last you until Jan. 1, 2011.\r\n<h2><strong>Bacon and Black Eyed Pea Soup</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>1 lb. JC Potter Hickory Smoked Bacon, diced</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped celery</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped onion</li>\r\n	<li>1 C chopped green pepper</li>\r\n	<li>2 cans (16 oz. each) black eyed peas, rinsed and drained</li>\r\n	<li>2 C low-sodium beef broth</li>\r\n	<li>1 can (14 ½ oz.) stewed tomatoes</li>\r\n	<li>1 can (14 ½ oz.) crushed tomatoes</li>\r\n	<li>1 t Worcestershire sauce</li>\r\n	<li>Freshly ground black pepper, to taste</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong> Instructions</strong>\r\nIn a large saucepan, cook bacon until crisp; using a slotted spoon, remove bacon and set aside. Remove all but 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings from pan; sauté celery, onion and green pepper until tender. Add all remaining ingredients, including bacon; heat through. Enjoy!\r\n\r\nServe with Shawnee Mills cornbread for a country soup feast. Yum, yum.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.wikipedia.com/\"><em>Image from Wikipedia</em></a>','Oklahoma Black Eyed Peas (with bacon, lots and lots of bacon)','Make this year a lucky year. Make a pot of these Okie-tastic black-eyed peas. ','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision-4','','','2010-12-30 11:21:24','2010-12-30 16:21:24','',4906,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4906-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0);
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So beautiful. And look, it\'s the <a href=\"http://www.bluerosecafetulsa.com/\">Blue Rose Cafe</a>! I heard they had a snow day grand opening during our last storm. \r\n\r\nAnd I heard it rocked. And I heard <a href=\"http://twitter.com/jvergara\">from a reliable source</a> that you should try the blackened chicken and cheese fries when you try it yourself. \r\n\r\nMmm...cheese fries.\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" /><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/lvD3SjaMEqI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/lvD3SjaMEqI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nGotta love the ecstatic dog at the end.\r\n\r\nThe next one is my favorite, mostly because it makes me feel like a snow-spying ninja: \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/ZGcS4MDBAv0?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" /><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" /><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"496\" height=\"304\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ZGcS4MDBAv0?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nDo you plan to shoot any time-lapse video of our next snow storm?\r\n\r\n<strong>PLUS:</strong> Need to shake the winter blues? <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/\">Let these photos take you to the summer version of Tulsa</a>.','Time Lapse Videos of Tulsa Snow Storm 2011','Hypnotize yourself with these time-lapse videos of Tulsa\'s historic 2011 snow storm, all shot by Tulsa-area folks on YouTube. 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Their stomachs.\r\n\r\nGet <em>your</em> stomach growling with the rest of this story on <a href=\"http://tulsabusiness.com/industry_article.asp?cID=i&aID=92929196.6866519.672139.6863023.3323095.896&aID2=51694\">the Food Page in the latest edition of Tulsa Business Journal</a>.','Fall Festival Food Big Business in Tulsa','Two of Tulsa’s top festivals come to town this month: Greek Holiday starts Sept. 16, and the Tulsa State Fair kicks off Sept. 30.','inherit','open','open','','2099-revision-4','','','2010-09-15 11:48:11','2010-09-15 16:48:11','',2099,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2099-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(2091,1,'2010-09-15 07:09:14','2010-09-15 12:09:14','','McNellies Public House','','inherit','open','open','','3320759598_f96a806689_o','','','2010-09-15 07:09:14','2010-09-15 12:09:14','',2078,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/3320759598_f96a806689_o.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2092,1,'2010-09-15 07:30:45','2010-09-15 12:30:45','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2091\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2091\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2091\" title=\"McNellies Public House\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/3320759598_f96a806689_o-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"McNellies Public House\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a>\n\nSome men grow mustaches. And some men grow <em>mustaches</em>.\n\nIf you\'re a man of the latter type, then the newest competition at Tulsa\'s <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie\'s Public House</a>, home of the most diverse on-tap beer selection in Tulsa and a perennial choice for T-Towners looking for a burger and a drink, is for you.\n\n<!--more-->From McNellie\'s owner Elliot Nelson in the most recent McNellie\'s e-mail newsletter:\n<blockquote>Hall &amp; Oates, the rockingest soft rockers ever, just announced that they\'ll be playing in Tulsa on Friday, October 22nd [<a href=\"http://www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com/thejoint/Pages/DarylHallJohnOates.aspx\">at Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino\'s The Joint</a>]. Therefore, it\'s time to start our long-awaited John Oates mustache-growing-look-a-like-competition.</blockquote>\nHere are the rules of the game:\n\nOne. Head to McNellies, at 409 E. First Street, this Thursday, Sept. 16th, between 6-9pm, to have your \"before \'stache\" mug photographed.\nTwo. Return to McNellie\'s on Thurs., Oct. 14th, between 6-9pm, to have your \"after\" mug photographed.\n\nThat\'s practically a month for you to grow the most beautiful \'stache you can muster.\n\nThe judges at McNellies will review all of the before/after pictures and announce four winners via the e-mail newsletter on Friday, October 15th.\n\nThe winners will be based on seven factors that Nelson said are \"essential to an Oates-esque mustache:\"\n<blockquote>1.) Ability to retain Guinness foam\n2.) Fullness\n3.) Amazingness\n4.) Awesomeness\n5.) \'Stacheability\n6.) Tone\n7.) Luster</blockquote>\nNelson said each of the four winners will receive:\n\n1.) Two tickets to the Hall &amp; Oates concert;\n2.) A limo ride from McNellies to the concert and back;\n3.) A $50 gift card to McNellie\'s;\n4.) Bragging rights.\n5.) Most important of these enviable prizes, an incredible new look that your wife/girlfriend/mom/mother-in-law is sure to love.\n\nHere are Nelson\'s competition rules:\n\n<strong>One</strong>. Absolutely no pre-growth (all competitors must start the competition <em>without</em> a mustache)\n<strong> Two</strong>. You can\'t shave the \'stache until after the concert (meaning you need to be willing to go toe-to-toe with The \'Stache of Oates in person)\n<strong> Three</strong>. Respect the \'stache.\n\nFinally, here\'s how to get involved in this \'stachy \'stachyness: Send an email to <a href=\"mailto:oatesmustachecontest@mcnellies.com\">oatesmustachecontest@mcnellies.com</a>. Put \"I want to look like John Oates\" in the subject line.\n\nHeh. Heh heh.\n\nAfter that? \"Grow \'em long. Grow \'em strong,\" Nelson said.\n\nIf you want to send your photos here to TDT as you progress in your journey from a face that\'s smooth as a baby\'s bottom to a mustache that could send a chill of fear and intimidation up the spine of the likes of John Oates, I totally wouldn\'t be mad. In fact, I would be glad. <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">And I\'d probably tweet it</a>.\n\nAfter you win the contest and you\'re looking for someone to do a little \'stache elimination (or, if you\'ve seen the light, a little \'stache maintenance), check out this post here at TDT about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">the awesomeness of a trip to a real barber shop</a>.','McNellie\'s Mustache Contest','Some men grow mustaches. 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Most important of these enviable prizes, an incredible new look that your wife/girlfriend/mom/mother-in-law is sure to love.\r\n\r\nHere are Nelson\'s competition rules:\r\n\r\n<strong>One</strong>. Absolutely no pre-growth (all competitors must start the competition <em>without</em> a mustache)\r\n<strong> Two</strong>. You can\'t shave the \'stache until after the concert (meaning you need to be willing to go toe-to-toe with The \'Stache of Oates in person)\r\n<strong> Three</strong>. Respect the \'stache.\r\n\r\nFinally, here\'s how to get involved in this \'stachy \'stachyness: Send an email to <a href=\"mailto:oatesmustachecontest@mcnellies.com\">oatesmustachecontest@mcnellies.com</a>. Put \"I want to look like John Oates\" in the subject line.\r\n\r\nHeh. Heh heh.\r\n\r\nAfter that? \"Grow \'em long. Grow \'em strong,\" Nelson said.\r\n\r\nIf you want to send your photos here to TDT as you progress in your journey from a face that\'s smooth as a baby\'s bottom to a mustache that could send a chill of fear and intimidation up the spine of the likes of John Oates, I totally wouldn\'t be mad. In fact, I would be glad. <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">And I\'d probably tweet it</a>.\r\n\r\nAfter you win the contest and you\'re looking for someone to do a little \'stache elimination (or, if you\'ve seen the light, a little \'stache maintenance), check out this post here at TDT about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/clays-barbershop-for-the-guys/\">the awesomeness of a trip to a real barber shop</a>.','McNellie\'s Mustache Contest','Some men grow mustaches. And some men grow <em>mustaches</em>.','inherit','open','open','','2078-revision-3','','','2010-09-15 07:30:48','2010-09-15 12:30:48','',2078,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2078-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(3079,1,'2010-10-18 14:33:41','2010-10-18 19:33:41','','Tulsa OktoberFest','','inherit','open','open','','dsc07660','','','2010-10-18 14:33:41','2010-10-18 19:33:41','',324,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07660.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3080,1,'2010-10-18 14:35:19','2010-10-18 19:35:19','','Tulsa OktoberFest','','inherit','open','open','','dsc07707','','','2010-10-18 14:35:19','2010-10-18 19:35:19','',324,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07707.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3081,1,'2010-10-18 14:35:56','2010-10-18 19:35:56','','Tulsa OktoberFest','','inherit','open','open','','dsc07686','','','2010-10-18 14:35:56','2010-10-18 19:35:56','',324,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07686.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3082,1,'2010-10-18 14:37:22','2010-10-18 19:37:22','','OktoberFest Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','dsc07709','','','2010-10-18 14:37:22','2010-10-18 19:37:22','',324,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07709.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2096,1,'2010-09-15 11:29:49','2010-09-15 16:29:49','<strong>UPDATE//</strong>Winner, winner, chicken dinner!\n\nCongrats, Stephanie - the lucky number was two this time, and you\'re the holder of the 2nd entry. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">E-mail me</a> ASAP to claim your prize.\n\nThanks to all for playing - see you at Ignite Tulsa 3!\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069018757_3c275c47d2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069018757_3c275c47d2.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\n\nIf you\'re the kind of person who turns to a blog to find out what\'s going on in Tulsa, then odds are you probably know all about <a href=\"http://ignitetulsa.org/\">Ignite Tulsa</a>, or you\'ve at least heard of it.\n\nIn case you haven\'t, though, here\'s the scoop: <strong>Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks</strong>.\n\n<!--more-->To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. And the members of the audience are the ones that benefit, having the opportunity to soak up the varied (and sometimes quite strange) expertise of nearly 20 individuals in one evening.\n\nIt\'s also the best networking event in the city right now, but you know what? I hate the term \"networking event.\" So I won\'t say that. Let\'s just say that it\'s a huge party with a microphone, some bright lights and a camera in the middle, and that all the cool kids - including you, TDT readers - are invited.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2060\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" /></a>\n\nAt the center of the event are the speakers as they do their best to get through their five-minute talks without falling behind the automagic slide advancer, which does its thing every 15 seconds. At the top of the heap of talks is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jackfrank1\">local filmmaker Jack Frank</a> with his talk, <em>Stuff That\'s Gone: Lost Tulsa Icons</em>. I have it on good authority that he\'ll talk a great deal about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the late Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The award-winning <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/talkradiojoe\">Joe Kelley of the KRMG Morning News</a> will lead the event as its emcee.\n\nTopics of other speakers\' talks range from genetic mutations to yo-yos to kicking ass to robots to the importance of small adventures. My talk will be about hacking into the best of what your city has to offer, whether it\'s Tulsa or not.\n\nBut it should be Tulsa. Because, well, read this blog.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2061\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069721836_ec247f67b1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2061\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069721836_ec247f67b1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\n\nWe also do arts and crafts with common office supplies at Ignite Tulsa.\n\nThat\'s how we roll. Arts and crafts and a total aversion to long, drawn-out, over-inflated Powerpoint presentations.\n\n<strong>General admission tickets are sold out at this point, but VIP tickets are still available.</strong>\n\nFr $14.97, VIP ticket holders get the following:\n\n<strong>Prime seating</strong>. You\'ll be able to see the whites of my eyes and whether or not <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/\">my pesky ninja chin hair</a> makes a surprise appearance during my talk from where you\'ll be sitting. And if I choke, you\'ll be the first to know that I\'m a sweaty nervous person. That\'s close, baby - real close.\n\n<strong>Extra beer tickets</strong>. Ignite attendees get two beer tickets, but you\'ll have more. Which automatically makes you cooler and mightier than everyone else there. You could carry a jewel-encrusted staff and subjugate your fellow Ignite attendees accordingly.\n\n<strong>Recognition at the event</strong>. Here\'s your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Actually, it might be more like 15 seconds, but still. It\'ll count.\n\n<strong>Good karma</strong>. All proceeds of VIP ticket sales benefit the Admiral Twin rebuilding effort.\n\nSo what are you waiting for? Grab your VIP tickets to Ignite 3. All of your wildest dreams will come true.\n\nExcept the one about the three-story Thundercats birthday cake topped with glitter and 150,000 slap bracelets. You know - the one that you\'ve wanted since you were five? That\'s never going to happen. Not on my watch. Because this is a <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie-doll-cake/Detail.aspx\">Barbie dress cake</a> kind of universe, man. Barbie dress cakes for the win!\n\nIf you want to help in the rebuilding effort and score tickets to this sold out Ignite event at the same time, spend $14.97 - you know, roughly what you spent at the bar on two measly drinks and a tip Saturday night - and get a ticket to the top.\n\nOr, if you\'re lucky, <strong>you can win a pair of tickets, right here at TDT</strong>.\n\nHow? <strong>Head to the comments section of this post and tell me about your favorite birthday cake ever.</strong> Don\'t ask why, especially when it comes to birthday cake. It\'s just to just go with the flow when it comes to these kinds of matters.\n\nYou have until tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 15) at 11am to enter. I\'ll pick a winner Wednesday afternoon.\n\nGood luck! And starting thinking about what you could speak about at Ignite Tulsa 4. Submissions will be due before you can say \"I want a that-floozy-Midge-needs-to-keep-her-hands-off-of-Ken cake for my birthday.\"','Ignite Tulsa 3: Get a ring-side seat.','Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks. To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. Wanna come?','inherit','open','open','','2044-autosave','','','2010-09-15 11:29:49','2010-09-15 16:29:49','',2044,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2044-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(2074,1,'2010-09-14 16:13:19','2010-09-14 21:13:19','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069018757_3c275c47d2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069018757_3c275c47d2.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you\'re the kind of person who turns to a blog to find out what\'s going on in Tulsa, then odds are you probably know all about <a href=\"http://ignitetulsa.org/\">Ignite Tulsa</a>, or you\'ve at least heard of it.\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t, though, here\'s the scoop: <strong>Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks</strong>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. And ones in the audience are the ones that benefit, having the opportunity to soak up the varied (and sometimes quite strange) expertise of nearly 20 individuals in one evening.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also the best networking event in the city right now, but you know what? I hate the term \"networking event.\" So I won\'t say that. Let\'s just say that it\'s a huge party with a microphone, some bright lights and a camera in the middle, and that all the cool kids - including you, TDT readers - are invited.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2060\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt the center of the event are the speakers as they do their best to get through their five-minute talks without falling behind the automagic slide advancer, which does its thing every 15 seconds. At the top of the heap of talks is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jackfrank1\">local filmmaker Jack Frank</a> with his talk, <em>Stuff That\'s Gone: Lost Tulsa Icons</em>. I have it on good authority that he\'ll talk a great deal about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the late Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The award-winning <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/talkradiojoe\">Joe Kelley of the KRMG Morning News</a> will lead the event as its emcee.\r\n\r\nTopics of other speakers\' talks range from genetic mutations to yo-yos to kicking ass to robots to the importance of small adventures. My talk will be about hacking into the best of what your city has to offer, whether it\'s Tulsa or not.\r\n\r\nBut it should be Tulsa. Because, well, read this blog.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2061\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069721836_ec247f67b1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2061\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069721836_ec247f67b1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe also do arts and crafts with common office supplies at Ignite Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThat\'s how we roll.\r\n\r\n<strong>General admission tickets are sold out at this point, but VIP tickets are still available.</strong>\r\n\r\nFr $14.97, VIP ticket holders get the following:\r\n\r\n<strong>Prime seating</strong>. You\'ll be able to see the whites of my eyes and whether or not <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/\">my pesky ninja chin hair</a> makes a surprise appearance during my talk from where you\'ll be sitting. And if I choke, you\'ll be the first to know that I\'m a sweaty nervous person. That\'s close, baby - real close.\r\n\r\n<strong>Extra beer tickets</strong>. Ignite attendees get two beer tickets, but you\'ll have more. Which automatically makes you cooler and mightier than everyone else there. You could carry a jewel-encrusted staff and subjugate your fellow Ignite attendees accordingly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recognition at the event</strong>. Here\'s your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Actually, it might be more like 15 seconds, but still. It\'ll count.\r\n\r\n<strong>Good karma</strong>. All proceeds of VIP ticket sales benefit the Admiral Twin rebuilding effort.\r\n\r\nSo what are you waiting for? Grab your VIP tickets to Ignite 3. All of your wildest dreams will come true.\r\n\r\nExcept the one about the three-story Thundercats birthday cake topped with glitter and 150,000 slap bracelets. You know - the one that you\'ve wanted since you were five? That\'s never going to happen. Not on my watch. Because this is a <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie-doll-cake/Detail.aspx\">Barbie dress cake</a> kind of universe, man. Barbie dress cakes for the win!\r\n\r\nIf you want to help in the rebuilding effort and score tickets to this sold out Ignite event at the same time, spend $14.97 - you know, roughly what you spent at the bar on two measly drinks and a tip Saturday night - and get a ticket to the top.\r\n\r\nOr, if you\'re lucky, <strong>you can win a pair of tickets, right here at TDT</strong>.\r\n\r\nHow? <strong>Head to the comments section of this post and tell me about your favorite birthday cake ever.</strong> Don\'t ask why, especially when it comes to birthday cake. It\'s just to just go with the flow when it comes to these kinds of matters.\r\n\r\nYou have until tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 15) at 11am to enter. I\'ll pick a winner Wednesday afternoon.\r\n\r\nGood luck! And starting thinking about what you could speak about at Ignite Tulsa 4. Submissions will be due before you can say \"I want a that-floozy-Midge-needs-to-keep-her-hands-off-of-Ken cake for my birthday.\"','Ignite Tulsa 3: Get a ring-side seat.','Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks. To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. Wanna come?','inherit','open','open','','2044-revision-14','','','2010-09-14 16:13:19','2010-09-14 21:13:19','',2044,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2044-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(2075,1,'2010-09-14 16:17:25','2010-09-14 21:17:25','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069018757_3c275c47d2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069018757_3c275c47d2.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you\'re the kind of person who turns to a blog to find out what\'s going on in Tulsa, then odds are you probably know all about <a href=\"http://ignitetulsa.org/\">Ignite Tulsa</a>, or you\'ve at least heard of it.\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t, though, here\'s the scoop: <strong>Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks</strong>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. And the members of the audience are the ones that benefit, having the opportunity to soak up the varied (and sometimes quite strange) expertise of nearly 20 individuals in one evening.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also the best networking event in the city right now, but you know what? I hate the term \"networking event.\" So I won\'t say that. Let\'s just say that it\'s a huge party with a microphone, some bright lights and a camera in the middle, and that all the cool kids - including you, TDT readers - are invited.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2060\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt the center of the event are the speakers as they do their best to get through their five-minute talks without falling behind the automagic slide advancer, which does its thing every 15 seconds. At the top of the heap of talks is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jackfrank1\">local filmmaker Jack Frank</a> with his talk, <em>Stuff That\'s Gone: Lost Tulsa Icons</em>. I have it on good authority that he\'ll talk a great deal about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the late Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The award-winning <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/talkradiojoe\">Joe Kelley of the KRMG Morning News</a> will lead the event as its emcee.\r\n\r\nTopics of other speakers\' talks range from genetic mutations to yo-yos to kicking ass to robots to the importance of small adventures. My talk will be about hacking into the best of what your city has to offer, whether it\'s Tulsa or not.\r\n\r\nBut it should be Tulsa. Because, well, read this blog.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2061\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069721836_ec247f67b1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2061\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069721836_ec247f67b1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe also do arts and crafts with common office supplies at Ignite Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThat\'s how we roll.\r\n\r\n<strong>General admission tickets are sold out at this point, but VIP tickets are still available.</strong>\r\n\r\nFr $14.97, VIP ticket holders get the following:\r\n\r\n<strong>Prime seating</strong>. You\'ll be able to see the whites of my eyes and whether or not <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/\">my pesky ninja chin hair</a> makes a surprise appearance during my talk from where you\'ll be sitting. And if I choke, you\'ll be the first to know that I\'m a sweaty nervous person. That\'s close, baby - real close.\r\n\r\n<strong>Extra beer tickets</strong>. Ignite attendees get two beer tickets, but you\'ll have more. Which automatically makes you cooler and mightier than everyone else there. You could carry a jewel-encrusted staff and subjugate your fellow Ignite attendees accordingly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recognition at the event</strong>. Here\'s your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Actually, it might be more like 15 seconds, but still. It\'ll count.\r\n\r\n<strong>Good karma</strong>. All proceeds of VIP ticket sales benefit the Admiral Twin rebuilding effort.\r\n\r\nSo what are you waiting for? Grab your VIP tickets to Ignite 3. All of your wildest dreams will come true.\r\n\r\nExcept the one about the three-story Thundercats birthday cake topped with glitter and 150,000 slap bracelets. You know - the one that you\'ve wanted since you were five? That\'s never going to happen. Not on my watch. Because this is a <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie-doll-cake/Detail.aspx\">Barbie dress cake</a> kind of universe, man. Barbie dress cakes for the win!\r\n\r\nIf you want to help in the rebuilding effort and score tickets to this sold out Ignite event at the same time, spend $14.97 - you know, roughly what you spent at the bar on two measly drinks and a tip Saturday night - and get a ticket to the top.\r\n\r\nOr, if you\'re lucky, <strong>you can win a pair of tickets, right here at TDT</strong>.\r\n\r\nHow? <strong>Head to the comments section of this post and tell me about your favorite birthday cake ever.</strong> Don\'t ask why, especially when it comes to birthday cake. It\'s just to just go with the flow when it comes to these kinds of matters.\r\n\r\nYou have until tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 15) at 11am to enter. I\'ll pick a winner Wednesday afternoon.\r\n\r\nGood luck! And starting thinking about what you could speak about at Ignite Tulsa 4. Submissions will be due before you can say \"I want a that-floozy-Midge-needs-to-keep-her-hands-off-of-Ken cake for my birthday.\"','Ignite Tulsa 3: Get a ring-side seat.','Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks. To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. Wanna come?','inherit','open','open','','2044-revision-15','','','2010-09-14 16:17:25','2010-09-14 21:17:25','',2044,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2044-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(2076,1,'2010-09-14 16:17:25','2010-09-14 21:17:25','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069018757_3c275c47d2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069018757_3c275c47d2.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you\'re the kind of person who turns to a blog to find out what\'s going on in Tulsa, then odds are you probably know all about <a href=\"http://ignitetulsa.org/\">Ignite Tulsa</a>, or you\'ve at least heard of it.\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t, though, here\'s the scoop: <strong>Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks</strong>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. And the members of the audience are the ones that benefit, having the opportunity to soak up the varied (and sometimes quite strange) expertise of nearly 20 individuals in one evening.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also the best networking event in the city right now, but you know what? I hate the term \"networking event.\" So I won\'t say that. Let\'s just say that it\'s a huge party with a microphone, some bright lights and a camera in the middle, and that all the cool kids - including you, TDT readers - are invited.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2060\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt the center of the event are the speakers as they do their best to get through their five-minute talks without falling behind the automagic slide advancer, which does its thing every 15 seconds. At the top of the heap of talks is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jackfrank1\">local filmmaker Jack Frank</a> with his talk, <em>Stuff That\'s Gone: Lost Tulsa Icons</em>. I have it on good authority that he\'ll talk a great deal about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the late Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The award-winning <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/talkradiojoe\">Joe Kelley of the KRMG Morning News</a> will lead the event as its emcee.\r\n\r\nTopics of other speakers\' talks range from genetic mutations to yo-yos to kicking ass to robots to the importance of small adventures. My talk will be about hacking into the best of what your city has to offer, whether it\'s Tulsa or not.\r\n\r\nBut it should be Tulsa. Because, well, read this blog.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2061\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069721836_ec247f67b1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2061\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069721836_ec247f67b1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe also do arts and crafts with common office supplies at Ignite Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThat\'s how we roll.\r\n\r\n<strong>General admission tickets are sold out at this point, but VIP tickets are still available.</strong>\r\n\r\nFr $14.97, VIP ticket holders get the following:\r\n\r\n<strong>Prime seating</strong>. You\'ll be able to see the whites of my eyes and whether or not <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/\">my pesky ninja chin hair</a> makes a surprise appearance during my talk from where you\'ll be sitting. And if I choke, you\'ll be the first to know that I\'m a sweaty nervous person. That\'s close, baby - real close.\r\n\r\n<strong>Extra beer tickets</strong>. Ignite attendees get two beer tickets, but you\'ll have more. Which automatically makes you cooler and mightier than everyone else there. You could carry a jewel-encrusted staff and subjugate your fellow Ignite attendees accordingly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recognition at the event</strong>. Here\'s your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Actually, it might be more like 15 seconds, but still. It\'ll count.\r\n\r\n<strong>Good karma</strong>. All proceeds of VIP ticket sales benefit the Admiral Twin rebuilding effort.\r\n\r\nSo what are you waiting for? Grab your VIP tickets to Ignite 3. All of your wildest dreams will come true.\r\n\r\nExcept the one about the three-story Thundercats birthday cake topped with glitter and 150,000 slap bracelets. You know - the one that you\'ve wanted since you were five? That\'s never going to happen. Not on my watch. Because this is a <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie-doll-cake/Detail.aspx\">Barbie dress cake</a> kind of universe, man. Barbie dress cakes for the win!\r\n\r\nIf you want to help in the rebuilding effort and score tickets to this sold out Ignite event at the same time, spend $14.97 - you know, roughly what you spent at the bar on two measly drinks and a tip Saturday night - and get a ticket to the top.\r\n\r\nOr, if you\'re lucky, <strong>you can win a pair of tickets, right here at TDT</strong>.\r\n\r\nHow? <strong>Head to the comments section of this post and tell me about your favorite birthday cake ever.</strong> Don\'t ask why, especially when it comes to birthday cake. It\'s just to just go with the flow when it comes to these kinds of matters.\r\n\r\nYou have until tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 15) at 11am to enter. I\'ll pick a winner Wednesday afternoon.\r\n\r\nGood luck! And starting thinking about what you could speak about at Ignite Tulsa 4. Submissions will be due before you can say \"I want a that-floozy-Midge-needs-to-keep-her-hands-off-of-Ken cake for my birthday.\"','Ignite Tulsa 3: Get a ring-side seat.','Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks. To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. Wanna come?','inherit','open','open','','2044-revision-16','','','2010-09-14 16:17:25','2010-09-14 21:17:25','',2044,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2044-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(2069,1,'2010-09-14 16:10:43','2010-09-14 21:10:43','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2059\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069018757_3c275c47d2.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you\'re the kind of person who turns to a blog to find out what\'s going on in Tulsa, then odds are you probably know all about <a href=\"http://ignitetulsa.org/\">Ignite Tulsa</a>, or you\'ve at least heard of it.\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t, though, here\'s the scoop: <strong>Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks</strong>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also the best networking event in the city right now, but you know what? I hate the term \"networking event.\" So I won\'t say that. Let\'s just say that it\'s a huge party with a microphone, some bright lights and a camera in the middle, and that all the cool kids - including you, TDT readers - are invited.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2060\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2060\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt the center of the event are nearly 20 speakers as they do their best to get through their five-minute talks without falling behind the automagic slide advancer, which does its thing every 15 seconds. At the top of the heap is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jackfrank1\">local filmmaker Jack Frank</a> with his talk, <em>Stuff That\'s Gone: Lost Tulsa Icons</em>. I have it on good authority that he\'ll talk a great deal about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the late Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The award-winning <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/talkradiojoe\">Joe Kelley of the KRMG Morning News</a> will lead the event as its emcee.\r\n\r\nTopics of other speakers\' talks range from genetic mutations to yo-yos to kicking ass to robots to the importance of small adventures. My talk will be about hacking into the best of what your city has to offer, whether it\'s Tulsa or not.\r\n\r\nBut it should be Tulsa. Because, well, read this blog.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2061\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2061\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2061\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069721836_ec247f67b1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe also do arts and crafts with common office supplies at Ignite Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThat\'s how we roll.\r\n\r\n<strong>General admission tickets are sold out at this point, but VIP tickets are still available.</strong>\r\n\r\nFr $14.97, VIP ticket holders get the following:\r\n\r\n<strong>Prime seating</strong>. You\'ll be able to see the whites of my eyes and whether or not <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/\">my pesky ninja chin hair</a> makes a surprise appearance during my talk from where you\'ll be sitting. And if I choke, you\'ll be the first to know that I\'m a sweaty nervous person. That\'s close, baby - real close.\r\n\r\n<strong>Extra beer tickets</strong>. Ignite attendees get two beer tickets, but you\'ll have more. Which automatically makes you cooler and mightier than everyone else there. You could carry a jewel-encrusted staff and subjugate your fellow Ignite attendees accordingly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recognition at the event</strong>. Here\'s your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Actually, it might be more like 15 seconds, but still. It\'ll count.\r\n\r\n<strong>Good karma</strong>. All proceeds of VIP ticket sales benefit the Admiral Twin rebuilding effort.\r\n\r\nSo what are you waiting for? Grab your VIP tickets to Ignite 3. All of your wildest dreams will come true.\r\n\r\nExcept the one about the three-story Thundercats birthday cake topped with glitter and 150,000 slap bracelets. You know - the one that you\'ve wanted since you were five? That\'s never going to happen. Not on my watch. Because this is a <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie-doll-cake/Detail.aspx\">Barbie dress cake</a> kind of universe, man. Barbie dress cakes for the win!\r\n\r\nIf you want to help in the rebuilding effort and score tickets to this sold out Ignite event at the same time, spend $14.97 - you know, roughly what you spent at the bar on two measly drinks and a tip Saturday night - and get a ticket to the top.\r\n\r\nOr, if you\'re lucky, <strong>you can win a pair of tickets, right here at TDT</strong>.\r\n\r\nHow? <strong>Head to the comments section of this post and tell me about your favorite birthday cake ever.</strong> Don\'t ask why, especially when it comes to birthday cake. It\'s just to just go with the flow when it comes to these kinds of matters.\r\n\r\nYou have until tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 15) at 11am to enter. I\'ll pick a winner Wednesday afternoon.\r\n\r\nGood luck! And starting thinking about what you could speak about at Ignite Tulsa 4. Submissions will be due before you can say \"I want a that-floozy-Midge-needs-to-keep-her-hands-off-of-Ken cake for my birthday.\"','Ignite Tulsa 3: Get a ring-side seat.','Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks. To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. Wanna come?','inherit','open','open','','2044-revision-9','','','2010-09-14 16:10:43','2010-09-14 21:10:43','',2044,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2044-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(2070,1,'2010-09-14 16:10:43','2010-09-14 21:10:43','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2059\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069018757_3c275c47d2.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you\'re the kind of person who turns to a blog to find out what\'s going on in Tulsa, then odds are you probably know all about <a href=\"http://ignitetulsa.org/\">Ignite Tulsa</a>, or you\'ve at least heard of it.\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t, though, here\'s the scoop: <strong>Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks</strong>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also the best networking event in the city right now, but you know what? I hate the term \"networking event.\" So I won\'t say that. Let\'s just say that it\'s a huge party with a microphone, some bright lights and a camera in the middle, and that all the cool kids - including you, TDT readers - are invited.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2060\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2060\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt the center of the event are nearly 20 speakers as they do their best to get through their five-minute talks without falling behind the automagic slide advancer, which does its thing every 15 seconds. At the top of the heap is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jackfrank1\">local filmmaker Jack Frank</a> with his talk, <em>Stuff That\'s Gone: Lost Tulsa Icons</em>. I have it on good authority that he\'ll talk a great deal about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the late Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The award-winning <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/talkradiojoe\">Joe Kelley of the KRMG Morning News</a> will lead the event as its emcee.\r\n\r\nTopics of other speakers\' talks range from genetic mutations to yo-yos to kicking ass to robots to the importance of small adventures. My talk will be about hacking into the best of what your city has to offer, whether it\'s Tulsa or not.\r\n\r\nBut it should be Tulsa. Because, well, read this blog.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2061\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2061\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2061\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069721836_ec247f67b1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe also do arts and crafts with common office supplies at Ignite Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThat\'s how we roll.\r\n\r\n<strong>General admission tickets are sold out at this point, but VIP tickets are still available.</strong>\r\n\r\nFr $14.97, VIP ticket holders get the following:\r\n\r\n<strong>Prime seating</strong>. You\'ll be able to see the whites of my eyes and whether or not <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/\">my pesky ninja chin hair</a> makes a surprise appearance during my talk from where you\'ll be sitting. And if I choke, you\'ll be the first to know that I\'m a sweaty nervous person. That\'s close, baby - real close.\r\n\r\n<strong>Extra beer tickets</strong>. Ignite attendees get two beer tickets, but you\'ll have more. Which automatically makes you cooler and mightier than everyone else there. You could carry a jewel-encrusted staff and subjugate your fellow Ignite attendees accordingly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recognition at the event</strong>. Here\'s your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Actually, it might be more like 15 seconds, but still. It\'ll count.\r\n\r\n<strong>Good karma</strong>. All proceeds of VIP ticket sales benefit the Admiral Twin rebuilding effort.\r\n\r\nSo what are you waiting for? Grab your VIP tickets to Ignite 3. All of your wildest dreams will come true.\r\n\r\nExcept the one about the three-story Thundercats birthday cake topped with glitter and 150,000 slap bracelets. You know - the one that you\'ve wanted since you were five? That\'s never going to happen. Not on my watch. Because this is a <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie-doll-cake/Detail.aspx\">Barbie dress cake</a> kind of universe, man. Barbie dress cakes for the win!\r\n\r\nIf you want to help in the rebuilding effort and score tickets to this sold out Ignite event at the same time, spend $14.97 - you know, roughly what you spent at the bar on two measly drinks and a tip Saturday night - and get a ticket to the top.\r\n\r\nOr, if you\'re lucky, <strong>you can win a pair of tickets, right here at TDT</strong>.\r\n\r\nHow? <strong>Head to the comments section of this post and tell me about your favorite birthday cake ever.</strong> Don\'t ask why, especially when it comes to birthday cake. It\'s just to just go with the flow when it comes to these kinds of matters.\r\n\r\nYou have until tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 15) at 11am to enter. I\'ll pick a winner Wednesday afternoon.\r\n\r\nGood luck! And starting thinking about what you could speak about at Ignite Tulsa 4. Submissions will be due before you can say \"I want a that-floozy-Midge-needs-to-keep-her-hands-off-of-Ken cake for my birthday.\"','Ignite Tulsa 3: Get a ring-side seat.','Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks. To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. Wanna come?','inherit','open','open','','2044-revision-10','','','2010-09-14 16:10:43','2010-09-14 21:10:43','',2044,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2044-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(2071,1,'2010-09-14 16:10:48','2010-09-14 21:10:48','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2059\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069018757_3c275c47d2.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you\'re the kind of person who turns to a blog to find out what\'s going on in Tulsa, then odds are you probably know all about <a href=\"http://ignitetulsa.org/\">Ignite Tulsa</a>, or you\'ve at least heard of it.\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t, though, here\'s the scoop: <strong>Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks</strong>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also the best networking event in the city right now, but you know what? I hate the term \"networking event.\" So I won\'t say that. Let\'s just say that it\'s a huge party with a microphone, some bright lights and a camera in the middle, and that all the cool kids - including you, TDT readers - are invited.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2060\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2060\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt the center of the event are nearly 20 speakers as they do their best to get through their five-minute talks without falling behind the automagic slide advancer, which does its thing every 15 seconds. At the top of the heap is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jackfrank1\">local filmmaker Jack Frank</a> with his talk, <em>Stuff That\'s Gone: Lost Tulsa Icons</em>. I have it on good authority that he\'ll talk a great deal about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the late Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The award-winning <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/talkradiojoe\">Joe Kelley of the KRMG Morning News</a> will lead the event as its emcee.\r\n\r\nTopics of other speakers\' talks range from genetic mutations to yo-yos to kicking ass to robots to the importance of small adventures. My talk will be about hacking into the best of what your city has to offer, whether it\'s Tulsa or not.\r\n\r\nBut it should be Tulsa. Because, well, read this blog.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2061\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2061\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2061\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069721836_ec247f67b1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe also do arts and crafts with common office supplies at Ignite Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThat\'s how we roll.\r\n\r\n<strong>General admission tickets are sold out at this point, but VIP tickets are still available.</strong>\r\n\r\nFr $14.97, VIP ticket holders get the following:\r\n\r\n<strong>Prime seating</strong>. You\'ll be able to see the whites of my eyes and whether or not <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/\">my pesky ninja chin hair</a> makes a surprise appearance during my talk from where you\'ll be sitting. And if I choke, you\'ll be the first to know that I\'m a sweaty nervous person. That\'s close, baby - real close.\r\n\r\n<strong>Extra beer tickets</strong>. Ignite attendees get two beer tickets, but you\'ll have more. Which automatically makes you cooler and mightier than everyone else there. You could carry a jewel-encrusted staff and subjugate your fellow Ignite attendees accordingly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recognition at the event</strong>. Here\'s your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Actually, it might be more like 15 seconds, but still. It\'ll count.\r\n\r\n<strong>Good karma</strong>. All proceeds of VIP ticket sales benefit the Admiral Twin rebuilding effort.\r\n\r\nSo what are you waiting for? Grab your VIP tickets to Ignite 3. All of your wildest dreams will come true.\r\n\r\nExcept the one about the three-story Thundercats birthday cake topped with glitter and 150,000 slap bracelets. You know - the one that you\'ve wanted since you were five? That\'s never going to happen. Not on my watch. Because this is a <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie-doll-cake/Detail.aspx\">Barbie dress cake</a> kind of universe, man. Barbie dress cakes for the win!\r\n\r\nIf you want to help in the rebuilding effort and score tickets to this sold out Ignite event at the same time, spend $14.97 - you know, roughly what you spent at the bar on two measly drinks and a tip Saturday night - and get a ticket to the top.\r\n\r\nOr, if you\'re lucky, <strong>you can win a pair of tickets, right here at TDT</strong>.\r\n\r\nHow? <strong>Head to the comments section of this post and tell me about your favorite birthday cake ever.</strong> Don\'t ask why, especially when it comes to birthday cake. It\'s just to just go with the flow when it comes to these kinds of matters.\r\n\r\nYou have until tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 15) at 11am to enter. I\'ll pick a winner Wednesday afternoon.\r\n\r\nGood luck! And starting thinking about what you could speak about at Ignite Tulsa 4. Submissions will be due before you can say \"I want a that-floozy-Midge-needs-to-keep-her-hands-off-of-Ken cake for my birthday.\"','Ignite Tulsa 3: Get a ring-side seat.','Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks. To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. Wanna come?','inherit','open','open','','2044-revision-11','','','2010-09-14 16:10:48','2010-09-14 21:10:48','',2044,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2044-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(2064,1,'2010-09-14 16:09:02','2010-09-14 21:09:02','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2059\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069018757_3c275c47d2.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you\'re the kind of person who reads blogs about what\'s going on in Tulsa, then odds are you probably know all about <a href=\"http://ignitetulsa.org/\">Ignite Tulsa</a>, or you\'ve at least heard of it.\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t, though, here\'s the scoop: <strong>Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks</strong>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->To me, it\'s like a blog written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also the best networking event in the city right now, but you know what? I hate the term \"networking event.\" So I won\'t say that. Let\'s just say that it\'s a huge party with a microphone, some bright lights and a camera in the middle, and that all the cool kids - including you, TDT readers - are invited.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2060\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2060\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt the center of the event are nearly 20 speakers as they do their best to get through their five-minute talks without falling behind the automagic slide advancer, which does its thing every 15 seconds. At the top of the heap is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jackfrank1\">local filmmaker Jack Frank</a> with his talk, <em>Stuff That\'s Gone: Lost Tulsa Icons</em>. I have it on good authority that he\'ll talk a great deal about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the late Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The award-winning <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/talkradiojoe\">Joe Kelley of the KRMG Morning News</a> will lead the event as its emcee.\r\n\r\nTopics of other speakers\' talks range from genetic mutations to yo-yos to kicking ass to robots to the importance of small adventures. My talk will be about hacking into the best of what your city has to offer, whether it\'s Tulsa or not.\r\n\r\nBut it should be Tulsa. Because, well, read this blog.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2061\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2061\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2061\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069721836_ec247f67b1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe also do arts and crafts with common office supplies at Ignite Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThat\'s how we roll.\r\n\r\n<strong>General admission tickets are sold out at this point, but VIP tickets are still available.</strong>\r\n\r\nFr $14.97, VIP ticket holders get the following:\r\n\r\n<strong>Prime seating</strong>. You\'ll be able to see the whites of my eyes and whether or not <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/\">my pesky ninja chin hair</a> makes a surprise appearance during my talk from where you\'ll be sitting. And if I choke, you\'ll be the first to know that I\'m a sweaty nervous person. That\'s close, baby - real close.\r\n\r\n<strong>Extra beer tickets</strong>. Ignite attendees get two beer tickets, but you\'ll have more. Which automatically makes you cooler and mightier than everyone else there. You could carry a jewel-encrusted staff and subjugate your fellow Ignite attendees accordingly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recognition at the event</strong>. Here\'s your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Actually, it might be more like 15 seconds, but still. It\'ll count.\r\n\r\n<strong>Good karma</strong>. All proceeds of VIP ticket sales benefit the Admiral Twin rebuilding effort.\r\n\r\nSo what are you waiting for? Grab your VIP tickets to Ignite 3. All of your wildest dreams will come true.\r\n\r\nExcept the one about the three-story Thundercats birthday cake topped with glitter and 150,000 slap bracelets. You know - the one that you\'ve wanted since you were five? That\'s never going to happen. Not on my watch. Because this is a <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie-doll-cake/Detail.aspx\">Barbie dress cake</a> kind of universe, man. Barbie dress cakes for the win!\r\n\r\nIf you want to help in the rebuilding effort and score tickets to this sold out Ignite event at the same time, spend $14.97 - you know, roughly what you spent at the bar on two measly drinks and a tip Saturday night - and get a ticket to the top.\r\n\r\nOr, if you\'re lucky, <strong>you can win a pair of tickets, right here at TDT</strong>.\r\n\r\nHow? <strong>Head to the comments section of this post and tell me about your favorite birthday cake ever.</strong> Don\'t ask why, especially when it comes to birthday cake. It\'s just to just go with the flow when it comes to these kinds of matters.\r\n\r\nYou have until tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 15) at 11am to enter. I\'ll pick a winner Wednesday afternoon.\r\n\r\nGood luck! And starting thinking about what you could speak about at Ignite Tulsa 4. Submissions will be due before you can say \"I want a that-floozy-Midge-needs-to-keep-her-hands-off-of-Ken cake for my birthday.\"','Ignite Tulsa 3: Get a ring-side seat.','Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks. To me, it\'s like a blog written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. Wanna come?','inherit','open','open','','2044-revision-4','','','2010-09-14 16:09:02','2010-09-14 21:09:02','',2044,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2044-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(2065,1,'2010-09-14 16:09:35','2010-09-14 21:09:35','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2059\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069018757_3c275c47d2.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you\'re the kind of person who turns to a blog to find out what\'s going on in Tulsa, then odds are you probably know all about <a href=\"http://ignitetulsa.org/\">Ignite Tulsa</a>, or you\'ve at least heard of it.\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t, though, here\'s the scoop: <strong>Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks</strong>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->To me, it\'s like a blog written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also the best networking event in the city right now, but you know what? I hate the term \"networking event.\" So I won\'t say that. Let\'s just say that it\'s a huge party with a microphone, some bright lights and a camera in the middle, and that all the cool kids - including you, TDT readers - are invited.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2060\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2060\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt the center of the event are nearly 20 speakers as they do their best to get through their five-minute talks without falling behind the automagic slide advancer, which does its thing every 15 seconds. At the top of the heap is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jackfrank1\">local filmmaker Jack Frank</a> with his talk, <em>Stuff That\'s Gone: Lost Tulsa Icons</em>. I have it on good authority that he\'ll talk a great deal about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the late Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The award-winning <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/talkradiojoe\">Joe Kelley of the KRMG Morning News</a> will lead the event as its emcee.\r\n\r\nTopics of other speakers\' talks range from genetic mutations to yo-yos to kicking ass to robots to the importance of small adventures. My talk will be about hacking into the best of what your city has to offer, whether it\'s Tulsa or not.\r\n\r\nBut it should be Tulsa. Because, well, read this blog.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2061\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2061\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2061\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069721836_ec247f67b1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe also do arts and crafts with common office supplies at Ignite Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThat\'s how we roll.\r\n\r\n<strong>General admission tickets are sold out at this point, but VIP tickets are still available.</strong>\r\n\r\nFr $14.97, VIP ticket holders get the following:\r\n\r\n<strong>Prime seating</strong>. You\'ll be able to see the whites of my eyes and whether or not <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/\">my pesky ninja chin hair</a> makes a surprise appearance during my talk from where you\'ll be sitting. And if I choke, you\'ll be the first to know that I\'m a sweaty nervous person. That\'s close, baby - real close.\r\n\r\n<strong>Extra beer tickets</strong>. Ignite attendees get two beer tickets, but you\'ll have more. Which automatically makes you cooler and mightier than everyone else there. You could carry a jewel-encrusted staff and subjugate your fellow Ignite attendees accordingly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recognition at the event</strong>. Here\'s your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Actually, it might be more like 15 seconds, but still. It\'ll count.\r\n\r\n<strong>Good karma</strong>. All proceeds of VIP ticket sales benefit the Admiral Twin rebuilding effort.\r\n\r\nSo what are you waiting for? Grab your VIP tickets to Ignite 3. All of your wildest dreams will come true.\r\n\r\nExcept the one about the three-story Thundercats birthday cake topped with glitter and 150,000 slap bracelets. You know - the one that you\'ve wanted since you were five? That\'s never going to happen. Not on my watch. Because this is a <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie-doll-cake/Detail.aspx\">Barbie dress cake</a> kind of universe, man. Barbie dress cakes for the win!\r\n\r\nIf you want to help in the rebuilding effort and score tickets to this sold out Ignite event at the same time, spend $14.97 - you know, roughly what you spent at the bar on two measly drinks and a tip Saturday night - and get a ticket to the top.\r\n\r\nOr, if you\'re lucky, <strong>you can win a pair of tickets, right here at TDT</strong>.\r\n\r\nHow? <strong>Head to the comments section of this post and tell me about your favorite birthday cake ever.</strong> Don\'t ask why, especially when it comes to birthday cake. It\'s just to just go with the flow when it comes to these kinds of matters.\r\n\r\nYou have until tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 15) at 11am to enter. I\'ll pick a winner Wednesday afternoon.\r\n\r\nGood luck! And starting thinking about what you could speak about at Ignite Tulsa 4. Submissions will be due before you can say \"I want a that-floozy-Midge-needs-to-keep-her-hands-off-of-Ken cake for my birthday.\"','Ignite Tulsa 3: Get a ring-side seat.','Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks. To me, it\'s like a blog written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. Wanna come?','inherit','open','open','','2044-revision-5','','','2010-09-14 16:09:35','2010-09-14 21:09:35','',2044,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2044-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(2056,1,'2010-09-13 15:44:10','2010-09-13 20:44:10','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2022\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/greek-holiday/dsc07146/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2022\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07146-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsagreekfestival.com/\">Greek Holiday</a>, the festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food, shopping and tours of the beautiful <a href=\"http://holytrinity.ok.goarch.org/\">Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church</a> to Tulsa since 1961, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night, Sept. 16.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Yeah, the kids have gone back to school and football season has started. But fall never really seems at hand until I see the blue and white tent at 12th and Guthrie, just outside of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nMore years that I\'ve been alive than not, my family hasn\'t missed Greek Holiday. I even went the year I was three months pregnant and so nauseated by the faintest of smells that I could feel the top of my stomach in my knees.\r\n\r\nBut I would have given my life for a gyro. Such is the paradox of pregnancy.\r\n\r\nLast year was our son\'s third trip, really, since he spent his first Greek Holiday in utero, and it was the first time he ever knew the distinct pleasure of a drippy, crispy, super-sweet slice of baklava made by Tulsa\'s own Greek yayas and theas (Greek for grandmothers and aunts, famous for their skills in the kitchen).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2023\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/greek-holiday/dsc07147/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2023\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07147.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKiddo might have had a few Kourambiethes (almond-flavored butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar), too.\r\n\r\nBut he had nothing on what was piled on the adults\' plates: Gyros. Greek souvlaki (shish kabob). An appetizer plate heavy with spanakopita. Calamari.\r\n\r\nThat\'s four out of the nine items available on the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday, and where I come from, that\'s no average to sneeze at.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/menu.html\">Click here for the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday 2010 and info about Taverna</a>.\r\n\r\nWe also had a box full of treats from the festival bakery. Which included, of course, that dreamy baklava.\r\n\r\nThe baklava that you just can\'t get at a grocery store. The kind of baklava that could come only straight from the kitchen of a wise, knowing, feisty Greek woman.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/greek-holiday/dsc07151/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2024\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07151-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome things are sacred. This baklava is one of them.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/bakery.html\">Click here for more info on what\'s available in the bakery at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nWhile food is my favorite part of practically any festival, there\'s much more to Greek Holiday than just the eats. Greek Holiday is home to some of the most exciting dance performances you\'ll see in Tulsa all year, thanks to its several authentically costumed dance groups. All told, about 80 people are involved in this aspect of the festival, and they range in age from about 4 years old to 80.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance_schedule.html\">Click here for the schedule of dance groups performing at Greek Holiday</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance.html\">here for more about the stories behind the songs and costumes</a>.\r\n\r\nThere\'s also a Greek market, Marketa. For sale is anything your little heart could desire from the birthplace of Western civilization, from olive oil and Kalamata olives to stunning, hand-crafted jewelry to the 50th anniversary cookbook of the Holy Trinity parish, <em>Cooking Greek in Tulsa</em>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/marketa.html\">Click here for more about Marketa and the imported merchandise that\'ll be available at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nGreek Holiday is also a chance to learn about the Greek Orthodox religion and to find out more about the culture and traditions of the people in the church. Anyone who wanders through Holy Trinity during the festival is welcome to free tours.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2025\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/greek-holiday/dsc07152/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2025\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07152.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs I mentioned before, yes, I look forward all year to the food on offer at Greek Holiday. But my real favorite part of this festival? That\'s it\'s about family.\r\n\r\nNow that it\'s reached its 50th year, multiple generations of the families of this parish have been involved in this festival. As you make your way down the a la carte line, you might be served your gyros and Greek-style potatoes by a grandmother and your Greek salad by her granddaughter. Entire families are involved in the ethnic dances, too, from moms and dads and kids and uncles to grandparents and great-grandparents.\r\n\r\nThis festival has, to put it lightly, some serious roots in this city.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be part of this historic edition among historic editions of Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival. Admission is just $3, and that\'s only during the evenings and on Saturday. Before 4pm Thursday and Friday, there\'s no admission fee at all. And did I mention that all kids accompanied by an adult get in free?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. They do.\r\n\r\nPlus, you have three whole days to make room in your schedule to spend a few hours exploring this event.\r\n\r\nLife can be even easier, though. <strong>You could win a gift basket full of Greek Holiday goodies right here at TDT.</strong>\r\n\r\nThe basket contains:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dinner tickets for 4 (which includes beverage and free admission to the festival)</li>\r\n	<li>Two 2010 festival t-shirts</li>\r\n	<li>50th anniversary edition of the parish cookbook, <em>Cooking Greek for Tulsa</em></li>\r\n	<li>A box of assorted pastries, including baklava, finikia and kourambiethes</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAll you have to do for your chance to win this basket-o-heaven is <strong>head to the comments section on this post and tell me your favorite Greek food</strong>.\r\n\r\nPretty easy, right? I thought so, too.\r\n\r\n<strong>You have until tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 14) at 3pm to enter</strong>. I\'ll let <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> pick a winner later that afternoon, and I\'ll tack it all on right here as an update to this post.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody! And you know that I can\'t help but end this post with a big, hearty...\r\n\r\nOpa!\r\n\r\n<strong>Greek Holiday</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday, 11am-10pm; Saturday, 11am-10pm\r\nWhere: 1206 S. Guthrie Ave. (two blocks west of 11th Street and Denver Ave.; if you\'re taking the Broken Arrow Expressway, take the Houston exit)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/\">TulsaGreekFestival.com</a>','Greek Holiday: Welcoming Fall with a Tulsa Tradition (Plus, a giveaway)','Greek Holiday, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food and tours of the beautiful Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church to Tulsa since 1960, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night. ','inherit','open','open','','2011-revision-20','','','2010-09-13 15:44:10','2010-09-13 20:44:10','',2011,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2011-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(2057,1,'2010-09-14 15:32:44','2010-09-14 20:32:44','<strong>UPDATE//</strong>Boys and girls, we have a winner!\r\n\r\nOut of the 72 comments that slid in under the 3pm deadline...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2053\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/greek-holiday/picture-8-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2053\" title=\"Greek Holiday Winner 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Picture-8.png\" alt=\"Greek Holiday Winner 2010\" width=\"166\" height=\"189\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd the holder of the 40th entry is...\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2054\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/greek-holiday/picture-9/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2054\" title=\"Greek Holiday Winner 2010\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Picture-9.png\" alt=\"Greek Holiday Winner 2010\" width=\"421\" height=\"99\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCongrats, Evan! I like the way you think. You have 24 hours to <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">e-mail me</a> to claim your prize.\r\n\r\nThanks to everyone for playing - see you at <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/\">Greek Holiday</a> this weekend!\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2022\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/greek-holiday/dsc07146/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2022\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07146-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsagreekfestival.com/\">Greek Holiday</a>, the festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food, shopping and tours of the beautiful <a href=\"http://holytrinity.ok.goarch.org/\">Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church</a> to Tulsa since 1961, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night, Sept. 16.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Yeah, the kids have gone back to school and football season has started. But fall never really seems at hand until I see the blue and white tent at 12th and Guthrie, just outside of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nMore years that I\'ve been alive than not, my family hasn\'t missed Greek Holiday. I even went the year I was three months pregnant and so nauseated by the faintest of smells that I could feel the top of my stomach in my knees.\r\n\r\nBut I would have given my life for a gyro. Such is the paradox of pregnancy.\r\n\r\nLast year was our son\'s third trip, really, since he spent his first Greek Holiday in utero, and it was the first time he ever knew the distinct pleasure of a drippy, crispy, super-sweet slice of baklava made by Tulsa\'s own Greek yayas and theas (Greek for grandmothers and aunts, famous for their skills in the kitchen).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2023\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/greek-holiday/dsc07147/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2023\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07147.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKiddo might have had a few Kourambiethes (almond-flavored butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar), too.\r\n\r\nBut he had nothing on what was piled on the adults\' plates: Gyros. Greek souvlaki (shish kabob). An appetizer plate heavy with spanakopita. Calamari.\r\n\r\nThat\'s four out of the nine items available on the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday, and where I come from, that\'s no average to sneeze at.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/menu.html\">Click here for the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday 2010 and info about Taverna</a>.\r\n\r\nWe also had a box full of treats from the festival bakery. Which included, of course, that dreamy baklava.\r\n\r\nThe baklava that you just can\'t get at a grocery store. The kind of baklava that could come only straight from the kitchen of a wise, knowing, feisty Greek woman.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/greek-holiday/dsc07151/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2024\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07151-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome things are sacred. This baklava is one of them.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/bakery.html\">Click here for more info on what\'s available in the bakery at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nWhile food is my favorite part of practically any festival, there\'s much more to Greek Holiday than just the eats. Greek Holiday is home to some of the most exciting dance performances you\'ll see in Tulsa all year, thanks to its several authentically costumed dance groups. All told, about 80 people are involved in this aspect of the festival, and they range in age from about 4 years old to 80.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance_schedule.html\">Click here for the schedule of dance groups performing at Greek Holiday</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance.html\">here for more about the stories behind the songs and costumes</a>.\r\n\r\nThere\'s also a Greek market, Marketa. For sale is anything your little heart could desire from the birthplace of Western civilization, from olive oil and Kalamata olives to stunning, hand-crafted jewelry to the 50th anniversary cookbook of the Holy Trinity parish, <em>Cooking Greek in Tulsa</em>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/marketa.html\">Click here for more about Marketa and the imported merchandise that\'ll be available at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nGreek Holiday is also a chance to learn about the Greek Orthodox religion and to find out more about the culture and traditions of the people in the church. Anyone who wanders through Holy Trinity during the festival is welcome to free tours.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2025\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/greek-holiday/dsc07152/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2025\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07152.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs I mentioned before, yes, I look forward all year to the food on offer at Greek Holiday. But my real favorite part of this festival? That\'s it\'s about family.\r\n\r\nNow that it\'s reached its 50th year, multiple generations of the families of this parish have been involved in this festival. As you make your way down the a la carte line, you might be served your gyros and Greek-style potatoes by a grandmother and your Greek salad by her granddaughter. Entire families are involved in the ethnic dances, too, from moms and dads and kids and uncles to grandparents and great-grandparents.\r\n\r\nThis festival has, to put it lightly, some serious roots in this city.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be part of this historic edition among historic editions of Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival. Admission is just $3, and that\'s only during the evenings and on Saturday. Before 4pm Thursday and Friday, there\'s no admission fee at all. And did I mention that all kids accompanied by an adult get in free?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. They do.\r\n\r\nPlus, you have three whole days to make room in your schedule to spend a few hours exploring this event.\r\n\r\nLife can be even easier, though. <strong>You could win a gift basket full of Greek Holiday goodies right here at TDT.</strong>\r\n\r\nThe basket contains:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dinner tickets for 4 (which includes beverage and free admission to the festival)</li>\r\n	<li>Two 2010 festival t-shirts</li>\r\n	<li>50th anniversary edition of the parish cookbook, <em>Cooking Greek for Tulsa</em></li>\r\n	<li>A box of assorted pastries, including baklava, finikia and kourambiethes</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAll you have to do for your chance to win this basket-o-heaven is <strong>head to the comments section on this post and tell me your favorite Greek food</strong>.\r\n\r\nPretty easy, right? I thought so, too.\r\n\r\n<strong>You have until tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 14) at 3pm to enter</strong>. I\'ll let <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> pick a winner later that afternoon, and I\'ll tack it all on right here as an update to this post.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody! And you know that I can\'t help but end this post with a big, hearty...\r\n\r\nOpa!\r\n\r\n<strong>Greek Holiday</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday, 11am-10pm; Saturday, 11am-10pm\r\nWhere: 1206 S. Guthrie Ave. (two blocks west of 11th Street and Denver Ave.; if you\'re taking the Broken Arrow Expressway, take the Houston exit)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/\">TulsaGreekFestival.com</a>','Greek Holiday: Welcoming Fall with a Tulsa Tradition (Plus, a giveaway)','Greek Holiday, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food and tours of the beautiful Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church to Tulsa since 1960, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night. ','inherit','open','open','','2011-revision-21','','','2010-09-14 15:32:44','2010-09-14 20:32:44','',2011,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2011-revision-21/',0,'revision','',0),(2044,1,'2010-09-14 16:13:19','2010-09-14 21:13:19','<strong>UPDATE//</strong>Winner, winner, chicken dinner!\r\n\r\nCongrats, Stephanie - the lucky number was two this time, and you\'re the holder of the 2nd entry. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">E-mail me</a> ASAP to claim your prize.\r\n\r\nThanks to all for playing - see you at Ignite Tulsa 3!\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069018757_3c275c47d2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069018757_3c275c47d2.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIf you\'re the kind of person who turns to a blog to find out what\'s going on in Tulsa, then odds are you probably know all about <a href=\"http://ignitetulsa.org/\">Ignite Tulsa</a>, or you\'ve at least heard of it.\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t, though, here\'s the scoop: <strong>Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks</strong>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. And the members of the audience are the ones that benefit, having the opportunity to soak up the varied (and sometimes quite strange) expertise of nearly 20 individuals in one evening.\r\n\r\nIt\'s also the best networking event in the city right now, but you know what? I hate the term \"networking event.\" So I won\'t say that. Let\'s just say that it\'s a huge party with a microphone, some bright lights and a camera in the middle, and that all the cool kids - including you, TDT readers - are invited.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2060\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2060\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069738922_e1dc9c95fe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAt the center of the event are the speakers as they do their best to get through their five-minute talks without falling behind the automagic slide advancer, which does its thing every 15 seconds. At the top of the heap of talks is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jackfrank1\">local filmmaker Jack Frank</a> with his talk, <em>Stuff That\'s Gone: Lost Tulsa Icons</em>. I have it on good authority that he\'ll talk a great deal about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the late Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The award-winning <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/talkradiojoe\">Joe Kelley of the KRMG Morning News</a> will lead the event as its emcee.\r\n\r\nTopics of other speakers\' talks range from genetic mutations to yo-yos to kicking ass to robots to the importance of small adventures. My talk will be about hacking into the best of what your city has to offer, whether it\'s Tulsa or not.\r\n\r\nBut it should be Tulsa. Because, well, read this blog.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2061\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/ignite-tulsa-3/4069721836_ec247f67b1/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2061\" title=\"Ignite Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4069721836_ec247f67b1.jpg\" alt=\"Ignite Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe also do arts and crafts with common office supplies at Ignite Tulsa.\r\n\r\nThat\'s how we roll. Arts and crafts and a total aversion to long, drawn-out, over-inflated Powerpoint presentations.\r\n\r\n<strong>General admission tickets are sold out at this point, but VIP tickets are still available.</strong>\r\n\r\nFr $14.97, VIP ticket holders get the following:\r\n\r\n<strong>Prime seating</strong>. You\'ll be able to see the whites of my eyes and whether or not <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/\">my pesky ninja chin hair</a> makes a surprise appearance during my talk from where you\'ll be sitting. And if I choke, you\'ll be the first to know that I\'m a sweaty nervous person. That\'s close, baby - real close.\r\n\r\n<strong>Extra beer tickets</strong>. Ignite attendees get two beer tickets, but you\'ll have more. Which automatically makes you cooler and mightier than everyone else there. You could carry a jewel-encrusted staff and subjugate your fellow Ignite attendees accordingly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Recognition at the event</strong>. Here\'s your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Actually, it might be more like 15 seconds, but still. It\'ll count.\r\n\r\n<strong>Good karma</strong>. All proceeds of VIP ticket sales benefit the Admiral Twin rebuilding effort.\r\n\r\nSo what are you waiting for? Grab your VIP tickets to Ignite 3. All of your wildest dreams will come true.\r\n\r\nExcept the one about the three-story Thundercats birthday cake topped with glitter and 150,000 slap bracelets. You know - the one that you\'ve wanted since you were five? That\'s never going to happen. Not on my watch. Because this is a <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie-doll-cake/Detail.aspx\">Barbie dress cake</a> kind of universe, man. Barbie dress cakes for the win!\r\n\r\nIf you want to help in the rebuilding effort and score tickets to this sold out Ignite event at the same time, spend $14.97 - you know, roughly what you spent at the bar on two measly drinks and a tip Saturday night - and get a ticket to the top.\r\n\r\nOr, if you\'re lucky, <strong>you can win a pair of tickets, right here at TDT</strong>.\r\n\r\nHow? <strong>Head to the comments section of this post and tell me about your favorite birthday cake ever.</strong> Don\'t ask why, especially when it comes to birthday cake. It\'s just to just go with the flow when it comes to these kinds of matters.\r\n\r\nYou have until tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 15) at 11am to enter. I\'ll pick a winner Wednesday afternoon.\r\n\r\nGood luck! And starting thinking about what you could speak about at Ignite Tulsa 4. Submissions will be due before you can say \"I want a that-floozy-Midge-needs-to-keep-her-hands-off-of-Ken cake for my birthday.\"','Ignite Tulsa 3: Get a ring-side seat.','Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks. To me, it\'s like an evening of live blogging written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets to a group of strangers and friends alike, all in real-time. Wanna come?','publish','open','open','','ignite-tulsa-3','','http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/','2010-09-15 11:28:45','2010-09-15 16:28:45','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=2044',0,'post','',5),(2045,1,'2010-09-13 17:43:42','2010-09-13 22:43:42','If you\'re the kind of person who reads blogs about what\'s going on in Tulsa, then odds are you probably know all about <a href=\"http://ignitetulsa.org/\">Ignite Tulsa</a>, or you\'ve at least heard of it.\n\nIn case you haven\'t, though, here\'s the scoop: <strong>Ignite Tulsa is a self-described open mic night for geeks</strong>.\n\nIt\'s like a blog written by a bunch of different people who really get a thrill out of divulging their life- and career-hacking secrets, all in real-time.\n\nIt\'s also the best networking event in the city right now, but you know what? I hate the term \"networking event.\" So I won\'t say that. Let\'s just say that it\'s a huge party with a microphone, some bright lights and a camera in the middle, and that all the cool kids - including you, TDT readers - are invited.\n\nAt the center of the event are nearly 20 speakers as they do their best to get through their five-minute talks, all of which are accompanied by 20 slides that advance automagically every 15 seconds. At the top of the heap is <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jackfrank1\">local filmmaker Jack Frank</a> with his talk, <em>Stuff That\'s Gone: Lost Tulsa Icons</em>. I have it on good authority that he\'ll talk a great deal about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/admiral-twin-drive-in-burns/\">the late Admiral Twin Drive-In</a>. The award-winning <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/talkradiojoe\">Joe Kelley of the KRMG Morning News</a> will lead the event as its emcee.\n\nTopics of other speakers\' talks range from genetic mutations to yo-yos to kicking ass (literally) to robots to the importance of small adventures. My talk will be about hacking into the best of what your city has to offer, whether it\'s Tulsa or not.\n\nBut it should be Tulsa. Because, well, read this blog.\n\n<strong>General admission tickets are sold out at this point, but VIP tickets are still available.</strong>\n\nVIP ticket holders get the following:\n\n<strong>Prime seating</strong>. You\'ll be able to see the pores on my nose and whether or not <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/the-spa-tulsa/\">my pesky ninja chin hair</a> makes a surprise appearance during my talk from where you\'ll be sitting. That\'s close, baby - real close.\n\n<strong>Extra beer tickets</strong>. Ignite attendees get two beer tickets, but you\'ll have more. Which automatically makes you cooler and mightier than everyone else there. You could carry a jewel-encrusted staff and subjugate your fellow Ignite attendees accordingly.\n\n<strong>Recognition at the event</strong>. Here\'s your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Actually, it might be more like 15 seconds, but still. It\'ll count.\n\n<strong>Good karma</strong>. All proceeds of VIP ticket sales benefit the Admiral Twin rebuilding effort.\n\nSo what are you waiting for? Grab your VIP tickets to Ignite 3. All of your wildest dreams will come true.\n\nExcept the one about the three-story Thundercats birthday cake topped with glitter and 150,000 slap bracelets. You know - the one that you\'ve wanted since you were five? That\'s never going to happen. Not on my watch. Because this is a <a href=\"http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/barbie-doll-cake/Detail.aspx\">Barbie dress cake</a> kind of universe, man. Barbie dress cakes for the win!\n\nIf you want to help in the rebuilding effort and score tickets to this sold out Ignite event at the same time, spend $14.97 - you know, roughly what you spent at the bar on two measly drinks and a tip Saturday night - and get a ticket to the top.\n\nOr, if you\'re lucky, you can win a pair of tickets, right here at TDT.\n\nHow? <strong>Head to the comments section of this post and tell me about your favorite birthday cake ever.</strong> Don\'t ask why, especially when it comes to birthday cake. It\'s just to just go with the flow when it comes to these types of matters.\n\nYou have until tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 15) at 11am to enter. I\'ll pick a winner Wednesday afternoon.\n\nGood luck! And starting thinking about what you could speak about at Ignite Tulsa 4. Submissions will be due before you can say Barbie dress cake.','Ignite Tulsa 3: Win your way into the inner circle.','','inherit','open','open','','2044-revision','','','2010-09-13 17:43:42','2010-09-13 22:43:42','',2044,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2044-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(3077,1,'2010-10-18 14:28:35','2010-10-18 19:28:35','','Tulsa OktoberFest','','inherit','open','open','','dsc07659','','','2010-10-18 14:28:35','2010-10-18 19:28:35','',324,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07659.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3078,1,'2010-10-18 14:30:11','2010-10-18 19:30:11','','Tulsa OktoberFest','','inherit','open','open','','dsc07658','','','2010-10-18 14:30:11','2010-10-18 19:30:11','',324,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07658.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2085,1,'2010-09-15 06:47:11','2010-09-15 11:47:11','','Golden Driller','','inherit','open','open','','dsc09438','','','2010-09-15 06:47:11','2010-09-15 11:47:11','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC09438.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2047,1,'2010-09-14 09:04:56','2010-09-14 14:04:56','','Vintage Tulsa Neon Signs','','inherit','open','open','','neonbooklet','','','2010-09-14 09:04:56','2010-09-14 14:04:56','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/neonbooklet.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2041,1,'2010-09-13 15:42:55','2010-09-13 20:42:55','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2022\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2022\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2022\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07146-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsagreekfestival.com/\">Greek Holiday</a>, the festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food, shopping and tours of the beautiful <a href=\"http://holytrinity.ok.goarch.org/\">Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church</a> to Tulsa since 1961, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night, Sept. 16.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Yeah, the kids have gone back to school and football season has started. But fall never really seems at hand until I see the blue and white tent at 12th and Guthrie, just outside of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nMore years that I\'ve been alive than not, my family hasn\'t missed Greek Holiday. I even went the year I was three months pregnant and so nauseated by the faintest of smells that I could feel the top of my stomach in my knees.\r\n\r\nBut I would have given my life for a gyro. Such is the paradox of pregnancy.\r\n\r\nLast year was our son\'s third trip, really, since he spent his first Greek Holiday in utero, and it was the first time he ever knew the distinct pleasure of a drippy, crispy, super-sweet slice of baklava made by Tulsa\'s own Greek yayas and theas (Greek for grandmothers and aunts, famous for their skills in the kitchen).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2023\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2023\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2023\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07147.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKiddo might have had a few Kourambiethes (almond-flavored butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar), too.\r\n\r\nBut he had nothing on what was piled on the adults\' plates: Gyros. Greek souvlaki (shish kabob). An appetizer plate heavy with spanakopita. Calamari.\r\n\r\nThat\'s four out of the nine items available on the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday, and where I come from, that\'s no average to sneeze at.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/menu.html\">Click here for the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday 2010 and info about Taverna</a>.\r\n\r\nWe also had a box full of treats from the festival bakery. Which included, of course, that dreamy baklava.\r\n\r\nThe baklava that you just can\'t get at a grocery store. The kind of baklava that could come only straight from the kitchen of a wise, knowing, feisty Greek woman.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2024\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2024\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07151-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome things are sacred. This baklava is one of them.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/bakery.html\">Click here for more info on what\'s available in the bakery at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nWhile food is my favorite part of practically any festival, there\'s much more to Greek Holiday than just the eats. Greek Holiday is home to some of the most exciting dance performances you\'ll see in Tulsa all year, thanks to its several authentically costumed dance groups. All told, about 80 people are involved in this aspect of the festival, and they range in age from about 4 years old to 80.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance_schedule.html\">Click here for the schedule of dance groups performing at Greek Holiday</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance.html\">here for more about the stories behind the songs and costumes</a>.\r\n\r\nThere\'s also a Greek market, Marketa. For sale is anything your little heart could desire from the birthplace of Western civilization, from olive oil and Kalamata olives to stunning, hand-crafted jewelry to the 50th anniversary cookbook of the Holy Trinity parish, <em>Cooking Greek in Tulsa</em>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/marketa.html\">Click here for more about Marketa and the imported merchandise that\'ll be available at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nGreek Holiday is also a chance to learn about the Greek Orthodox religion and to find out more about the culture and traditions of the people in the church. Anyone who wanders through Holy Trinity during the festival is welcome to free tours.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2025\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2025\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2025\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07152.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs I mentioned before, yes, I look forward all year to the food on offer at Greek Holiday. But my real favorite part of this festival? That\'s it\'s about family.\r\n\r\nNow that it\'s reached its 50th year, multiple generations of the families of this parish have been involved in this festival. As you make your way down the a la carte line, you might be served your gyros and Greek-style potatoes by a grandmother and your Greek salad by her granddaughter. Entire families are involved in the ethnic dances, too, from moms and dads and kids and uncles to grandparents and great-grandparents.\r\n\r\nThis festival has, to put it lightly, some serious roots in this city.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be part of this historic edition among historic editions of Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival. Admission is just $3, and that\'s only during the evenings and on Saturday. Before 4pm Thursday and Friday, there\'s no admission fee at all. And did I mention that all kids accompanied by an adult get in free?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. They do.\r\n\r\nPlus, you have three whole days to make room in your schedule to spend a few hours exploring this event.\r\n\r\nLife can be even easier, though. <strong>You could win a gift basket full of Greek Holiday goodies right here at TDT.</strong>\r\n\r\nThe basket contains:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dinner tickets for 4 (which includes beverage and free admission to the festival)</li>\r\n	<li>Two 2010 festival t-shirts</li>\r\n	<li>50th anniversary edition of the parish cookbook, <em>Cooking Greek for Tulsa</em></li>\r\n	<li>A box of assorted pastries, including baklava, finikia and kourambiethes (!!!)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAll you have to do for your chance to win this basket-o-heaven is <strong>head to the comments section on this post and tell me your favorite Greek food</strong>.\r\n\r\nPretty easy, right? I thought so, too.\r\n\r\n<strong>You have until tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 14) at 3pm to enter</strong>. I\'ll let <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> pick a winner later that afternoon, and I\'ll tack it all on right here as an update to this post.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody! And you know that I can\'t help but end this post with a big, hearty...\r\n\r\nOpa!\r\n\r\n<strong>Greek Holiday</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday, 11am-10pm; Saturday, 11am-10pm\r\nWhere: 1206 S. Guthrie Ave. (two blocks west of 11th Street and Denver Ave.; if you\'re taking the Broken Arrow Expressway, take the Houston exit)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/\">TulsaGreekFestival.com</a>','Greek Holiday: Welcoming Fall with a Tulsa Tradition (Plus, a giveaway)','Greek Holiday, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food and tours of the beautiful Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church to Tulsa since 1960, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night. ','inherit','open','open','','2011-revision-17','','','2010-09-13 15:42:55','2010-09-13 20:42:55','',2011,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2011-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(2038,1,'2010-09-13 15:42:18','2010-09-13 20:42:18','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2022\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2022\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2022\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07146-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsagreekfestival.com/\">Greek Holiday</a>, the festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food, shopping and tours of the beautiful <a href=\"http://holytrinity.ok.goarch.org/\">Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church</a> to Tulsa since 1961, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Yeah, the kids have gone back to school and football season has started. But fall never really seems at hand until I see the blue and white tent at 12th and Guthrie, just outside of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nMore years that I\'ve been alive than not, my family hasn\'t missed Greek Holiday. I even went the year I was three months pregnant and so nauseated by the faintest of smells that I could feel the top of my stomach in my knees.\r\n\r\nBut I would have given my life for a gyro. Such is the paradox of pregnancy.\r\n\r\nLast year was our son\'s third trip, really, since he spent his first Greek Holiday in utero, and it was the first time he ever knew the distinct pleasure of a drippy, crispy, super-sweet slice of baklava made by Tulsa\'s own Greek yayas and theas (Greek for grandmothers and aunts, famous for their skills in the kitchen).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2023\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2023\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2023\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07147.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKiddo might have had a few Kourambiethes (almond-flavored butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar), too.\r\n\r\nBut he had nothing on what was piled on the adults\' plates: Gyros. Greek souvlaki (shish kabob). An appetizer plate heavy with spanakopita. Calamari.\r\n\r\nThat\'s four out of the nine items available on the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday, and where I come from, that\'s no average to sneeze at.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/menu.html\">Click here for the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday 2010 and info about Taverna</a>.\r\n\r\nWe also had a box full of treats from the festival bakery. Which included, of course, that dreamy baklava.\r\n\r\nThe baklava that you just can\'t get at a grocery store. The kind of baklava that could come only straight from the kitchen of a wise, knowing, feisty Greek woman.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2024\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2024\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07151-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome things are sacred. This baklava is one of them.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/bakery.html\">Click here for more info on what\'s available in the bakery at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nWhile food is my favorite part of practically any festival, there\'s much more to Greek Holiday than just the eats. Greek Holiday is home to some of the most exciting dance performances you\'ll see in Tulsa all year, thanks to its several authentically costumed dance groups. All told, about 80 people are involved in this aspect of the festival, and they range in age from about 4 years old to 80.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance_schedule.html\">Click here for the schedule of dance groups performing at Greek Holiday</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance.html\">here for more about the stories behind the songs and costumes</a>.\r\n\r\nThere\'s also a Greek market, Marketa. For sale is anything your little heart could desire from the birthplace of Western civilization, from olive oil and Kalamata olives to stunning, hand-crafted jewelry to the 50th anniversary cookbook of the Holy Trinity parish, <em>Cooking Greek in Tulsa</em>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/marketa.html\">Click here for more about Marketa and the imported merchandise that\'ll be available at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nGreek Holiday is also a chance to learn about the Greek Orthodox religion and to find out more about the culture and traditions of the people in the church. Anyone who wanders through Holy Trinity during the festival is welcome to free tours.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2025\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2025\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2025\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07152.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs I mentioned before, yes, I look forward all year to the food on offer at Greek Holiday. But my real favorite part of this festival? That\'s it\'s about family.\r\n\r\nNow that it\'s reached its 50th year, multiple generations of the families of this parish have been involved in this festival. As you make your way down the a la carte line, you might be served your gyros and Greek-style potatoes by a grandmother and your Greek salad by her granddaughter. Entire families are involved in the ethnic dances, too, from moms and dads and kids and uncles to grandparents and great-grandparents.\r\n\r\nThis festival has, to put it lightly, some serious roots in this city.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be part of this historic edition among historic editions of Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival. Admission is just $3, and that\'s only during the evenings and on Saturday. Before 4pm Thursday and Friday, there\'s no admission fee at all. And did I mention that all kids accompanied by an adult get in free?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. They do.\r\n\r\nPlus, you have three whole days to make room in your schedule to spend a few hours exploring this event.\r\n\r\nLife can be even easier, though. <strong>You could win a gift basket full of Greek Holiday goodies right here at TDT.</strong>\r\n\r\nThe basket contains:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dinner tickets for 4 (which includes beverage and free admission to the festival)</li>\r\n	<li>Two 2010 festival t-shirts</li>\r\n	<li>50th anniversary edition of the parish cookbook, <em>Cooking Greek for Tulsa</em></li>\r\n	<li>A box of assorted pastries, including baklava, finikia and kourambiethes (!!!)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAll you have to do for your chance to win this basket-o-heaven is <strong>head to the comments section on this post and tell me your favorite Greek food</strong>.\r\n\r\nPretty easy, right? I thought so, too.\r\n\r\n<strong>You have until tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 14) at 3pm to enter</strong>. I\'ll let <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> pick a winner later that afternoon, and I\'ll tack it all on right here as an update to this post.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody! And you know that I can\'t help but end this post with a big, hearty...\r\n\r\nOpa!\r\n\r\n<strong>Greek Holiday</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday, 11am-10pm; Saturday, 11am-10pm\r\nWhere: 1206 S. Guthrie Ave. (two blocks west of 11th Street and Denver Ave.; if you\'re taking the Broken Arrow Expressway, take the Houston exit)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/\">TulsaGreekFestival.com</a>','Greek Holiday: Welcoming Fall with a Tulsa Tradition (Plus, a giveaway)','Greek Holiday, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food and tours of the beautiful Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church to Tulsa since 1960, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night. ','inherit','open','open','','2011-revision-14','','','2010-09-13 15:42:18','2010-09-13 20:42:18','',2011,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2011-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(2035,1,'2010-09-13 15:42:15','2010-09-13 20:42:15','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2022\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2022\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2022\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07146-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsagreekfestival.com/\">Greek Holiday</a>, the festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food, shopping and tours of the beautiful <a href=\"http://holytrinity.ok.goarch.org/\">Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church</a> to Tulsa since 1961, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Yeah, the kids have gone back to school and football season has started. But fall never really seems at hand until I see the blue and white tent at 12th and Guthrie, just outside of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nMore years that I\'ve been alive than not, my family hasn\'t missed Greek Holiday. I even went the year I was three months pregnant and so nauseated by the faintest of smells that I could feel the top of my stomach in my knees.\r\n\r\nBut I would have given my life for a gyro. Such is the paradox of pregnancy.\r\n\r\nLast year was our son\'s third trip, really, since he spent his first Greek Holiday in utero, and it was the first time he ever knew the distinct pleasure of a drippy, crispy, super-sweet slice of baklava made by Tulsa\'s own Greek yayas and theas (Greek for grandmothers and aunts, famous for their skills in the kitchen).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2023\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2023\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2023\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07147.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKiddo might have had a few Kourambiethes (almond-flavored butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar), too.\r\n\r\nBut he had nothing on what was piled on the adults\' plates: Gyros. Greek souvlaki (shish kabob). An appetizer plate heavy with spanakopita. Calamari.\r\n\r\nThat\'s four out of the nine items available on the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday, and where I come from, that\'s no average to sneeze at.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/menu.html\">Click here for the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday 2010 and info about Taverna</a>.\r\n\r\nWe also had a box full of treats from the festival bakery. Which included, of course, that dreamy baklava.\r\n\r\nThe baklava that you just can\'t get at a grocery store. The kind of baklava that could come only straight from the kitchen of a wise, knowing, feisty Greek woman.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2024\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2024\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07151-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome things are sacred. This baklava is one of them.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/bakery.html\">Click here for more info on what\'s available in the bakery at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nWhile food is my favorite part of practically any festival, there\'s much more to Greek Holiday than just the eats. Greek Holiday is home to some of the most exciting dance performances you\'ll see in Tulsa all year, thanks to its several authentically costumed dance groups. All told, about 80 people are involved in this aspect of the festival, and they range in age from about 4 years old to 80.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance_schedule.html\">Click here for the schedule of dance groups performing at Greek Holiday</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance.html\">here for more about the stories behind the songs and costumes</a>.\r\n\r\nThere\'s also a Greek market, Marketa. For sale is anything your little heart could desire from the birthplace of Western civilization, from olive oil and Kalamata olives to stunning, hand-crafted jewelry to the 50th anniversary cookbook of the Holy Trinity parish, <em>Cooking Greek in Tulsa</em>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/marketa.html\">Click here for more about Marketa and the imported merchandise that\'ll be available at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nGreek Holiday is also a chance to learn about the Greek Orthodox religion and to find out more about the culture and traditions of the people in the church. Anyone who wanders through Holy Trinity during the festival is welcome to free tours.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2025\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2025\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2025\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07152.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs I mentioned before, yes, I look forward all year to the food on offer at Greek Holiday. But my real favorite part of this festival? That\'s it\'s about family.\r\n\r\nNow that it\'s reached its 50th year, multiple generations of the families of this parish have been involved in this festival. As you make your way down the a la carte line, you might be served your gyros and Greek-style potatoes by a grandmother and your Greek salad by her granddaughter. Entire families are involved in the ethnic dances, too, from moms and dads and kids and uncles to grandparents and great-grandparents.\r\n\r\nThis festival has, to put it lightly, some serious roots in this city.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be part of this historic edition among historic editions of Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival. Admission is just $3, and that\'s only during the evenings and on Saturday. Before 4pm Thursday and Friday, there\'s no admission fee at all. And did I mention that all kids accompanied by an adult get in free?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. They do.\r\n\r\nPlus, you have three whole days to make room in your schedule to spend a few hours exploring this event.\r\n\r\nLife can be even easier, though. <strong>You could win a gift basket full of Greek Holiday goodies right here at TDT.</strong>\r\n\r\nThe basket contains:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dinner tickets for 4 (which includes beverage and free admission to the festival)</li>\r\n	<li>Two 2010 festival t-shirts</li>\r\n	<li>50th anniversary edition of the parish cookbook, <em>Cooking Greek for Tulsa</em></li>\r\n	<li>A box of assorted pastries, including baklava, finikia and kourambiethes (!!!)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAll you have to do for your chance to win this basket-o-heaven is <strong>head to the comments section on this post and tell me your favorite Greek food</strong>.\r\n\r\nPretty easy, right? I thought so, too.\r\n\r\n<strong>You have until tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 14) at 3pm to enter</strong>. I\'ll let <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> pick a winner later that afternoon, and I\'ll tack it all on right here as an update to this post.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody! And you know that I can\'t help but end this post with a big, hearty...\r\n\r\nOpa!\r\n\r\n<strong>Greek Holiday</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday, 11am-10pm; Saturday, 11am-10pm\r\nWhere: 1206 S. Guthrie Ave. (two blocks west of 11th Street and Denver Ave.; if you\'re taking the Broken Arrow Expressway, take the Houston exit)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/\">TulsaGreekFestival.com</a>','Greek Holiday: Welcoming Fall with a Tulsa Tradition (Plus, a giveaway)','Greek Holiday, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food and tours of the beautiful Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church to Tulsa since 1960, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night. ','inherit','open','open','','2011-revision-11','','','2010-09-13 15:42:15','2010-09-13 20:42:15','',2011,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2011-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(2036,1,'2010-09-13 15:42:15','2010-09-13 20:42:15','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2022\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2022\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2022\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07146-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsagreekfestival.com/\">Greek Holiday</a>, the festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food, shopping and tours of the beautiful <a href=\"http://holytrinity.ok.goarch.org/\">Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church</a> to Tulsa since 1961, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Yeah, the kids have gone back to school and football season has started. But fall never really seems at hand until I see the blue and white tent at 12th and Guthrie, just outside of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nMore years that I\'ve been alive than not, my family hasn\'t missed Greek Holiday. I even went the year I was three months pregnant and so nauseated by the faintest of smells that I could feel the top of my stomach in my knees.\r\n\r\nBut I would have given my life for a gyro. Such is the paradox of pregnancy.\r\n\r\nLast year was our son\'s third trip, really, since he spent his first Greek Holiday in utero, and it was the first time he ever knew the distinct pleasure of a drippy, crispy, super-sweet slice of baklava made by Tulsa\'s own Greek yayas and theas (Greek for grandmothers and aunts, famous for their skills in the kitchen).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2023\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2023\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2023\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07147.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKiddo might have had a few Kourambiethes (almond-flavored butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar), too.\r\n\r\nBut he had nothing on what was piled on the adults\' plates: Gyros. Greek souvlaki (shish kabob). An appetizer plate heavy with spanakopita. Calamari.\r\n\r\nThat\'s four out of the nine items available on the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday, and where I come from, that\'s no average to sneeze at.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/menu.html\">Click here for the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday 2010 and info about Taverna</a>.\r\n\r\nWe also had a box full of treats from the festival bakery. Which included, of course, that dreamy baklava.\r\n\r\nThe baklava that you just can\'t get at a grocery store. The kind of baklava that could come only straight from the kitchen of a wise, knowing, feisty Greek woman.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2024\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2024\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07151-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome things are sacred. This baklava is one of them.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/bakery.html\">Click here for more info on what\'s available in the bakery at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nWhile food is my favorite part of practically any festival, there\'s much more to Greek Holiday than just the eats. Greek Holiday is home to some of the most exciting dance performances you\'ll see in Tulsa all year, thanks to its several authentically costumed dance groups. All told, about 80 people are involved in this aspect of the festival, and they range in age from about 4 years old to 80.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance_schedule.html\">Click here for the schedule of dance groups performing at Greek Holiday</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance.html\">here for more about the stories behind the songs and costumes</a>.\r\n\r\nThere\'s also a Greek market, Marketa. For sale is anything your little heart could desire from the birthplace of Western civilization, from olive oil and Kalamata olives to stunning, hand-crafted jewelry to the 50th anniversary cookbook of the Holy Trinity parish, <em>Cooking Greek in Tulsa</em>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/marketa.html\">Click here for more about Marketa and the imported merchandise that\'ll be available at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nGreek Holiday is also a chance to learn about the Greek Orthodox religion and to find out more about the culture and traditions of the people in the church. Anyone who wanders through Holy Trinity during the festival is welcome to free tours.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2025\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2025\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2025\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07152.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs I mentioned before, yes, I look forward all year to the food on offer at Greek Holiday. But my real favorite part of this festival? That\'s it\'s about family.\r\n\r\nNow that it\'s reached its 50th year, multiple generations of the families of this parish have been involved in this festival. As you make your way down the a la carte line, you might be served your gyros and Greek-style potatoes by a grandmother and your Greek salad by her granddaughter. Entire families are involved in the ethnic dances, too, from moms and dads and kids and uncles to grandparents and great-grandparents.\r\n\r\nThis festival has, to put it lightly, some serious roots in this city.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be part of this historic edition among historic editions of Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival. Admission is just $3, and that\'s only during the evenings and on Saturday. Before 4pm Thursday and Friday, there\'s no admission fee at all. And did I mention that all kids accompanied by an adult get in free?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. They do.\r\n\r\nPlus, you have three whole days to make room in your schedule to spend a few hours exploring this event.\r\n\r\nLife can be even easier, though. <strong>You could win a gift basket full of Greek Holiday goodies right here at TDT.</strong>\r\n\r\nThe basket contains:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dinner tickets for 4 (which includes beverage and free admission to the festival)</li>\r\n	<li>Two 2010 festival t-shirts</li>\r\n	<li>50th anniversary edition of the parish cookbook, <em>Cooking Greek for Tulsa</em></li>\r\n	<li>A box of assorted pastries, including baklava, finikia and kourambiethes (!!!)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAll you have to do for your chance to win this basket-o-heaven is <strong>head to the comments section on this post and tell me your favorite Greek food</strong>.\r\n\r\nPretty easy, right? I thought so, too.\r\n\r\n<strong>You have until tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 14) at 3pm to enter</strong>. I\'ll let <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> pick a winner later that afternoon, and I\'ll tack it all on right here as an update to this post.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody! And you know that I can\'t help but end this post with a big, hearty...\r\n\r\nOpa!\r\n\r\n<strong>Greek Holiday</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday, 11am-10pm; Saturday, 11am-10pm\r\nWhere: 1206 S. Guthrie Ave. (two blocks west of 11th Street and Denver Ave.; if you\'re taking the Broken Arrow Expressway, take the Houston exit)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/\">TulsaGreekFestival.com</a>','Greek Holiday: Welcoming Fall with a Tulsa Tradition (Plus, a giveaway)','Greek Holiday, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food and tours of the beautiful Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church to Tulsa since 1960, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night. ','inherit','open','open','','2011-revision-12','','','2010-09-13 15:42:15','2010-09-13 20:42:15','',2011,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2011-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(2032,1,'2010-09-13 15:41:44','2010-09-13 20:41:44','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2022\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2022\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2022\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07146-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsagreekfestival.com/\">Greek Holiday</a>, the Tulsa festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food, shopping and tours of the beautiful <a href=\"http://holytrinity.ok.goarch.org/\">Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church</a> to Tulsa since 1961, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Yeah, the kids have gone back to school and football season has started. But fall never really seems at hand until I see the blue and white tent at 12th and Guthrie, just outside of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nMore years that I\'ve been alive than not, my family hasn\'t missed Greek Holiday. I even went the year I was three months pregnant and so nauseated by the faintest of smells that I could feel the top of my stomach in my knees.\r\n\r\nBut I would have given my life for a gyro. Such is the paradox of pregnancy.\r\n\r\nLast year was our son\'s third trip, really, since he spent his first Greek Holiday in utero, and it was the first time he ever knew the distinct pleasure of a drippy, crispy, super-sweet slice of baklava made by Tulsa\'s own Greek yayas and theas (Greek for grandmothers and aunts, famous for their skills in the kitchen).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2023\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2023\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2023\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07147.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKiddo might have had a few Kourambiethes (almond-flavored butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar), too.\r\n\r\nBut he had nothing on what was piled on the adults\' plates: Gyros. Greek souvlaki (shish kabob). An appetizer plate heavy with spanakopita. Calamari.\r\n\r\nThat\'s four out of the nine items available on the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday, and where I come from, that\'s no average to sneeze at.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/menu.html\">Click here for the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday 2010 and info about Taverna</a>.\r\n\r\nWe also had a box full of treats from the festival bakery. Which included, of course, that dreamy baklava.\r\n\r\nThe baklava that you just can\'t get at a grocery store. The kind of baklava that could come only straight from the kitchen of a wise, knowing, feisty Greek woman.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2024\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2024\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07151-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome things are sacred. This baklava is one of them.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/bakery.html\">Click here for more info on what\'s available in the bakery at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nWhile food is my favorite part of practically any festival, there\'s much more to Greek Holiday than just the eats. Greek Holiday is home to some of the most exciting dance performances you\'ll see in Tulsa all year, thanks to its several authentically costumed dance groups. All told, about 80 people are involved in this aspect of the festival, and they range in age from about 4 years old to 80.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance_schedule.html\">Click here for the schedule of dance groups performing at Greek Holiday</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance.html\">here for more about the stories behind the songs and costumes</a>.\r\n\r\nThere\'s also a Greek market, Marketa. For sale is anything your little heart could desire from the birthplace of Western civilization, from olive oil and Kalamata olives to stunning, hand-crafted jewelry to the 50th anniversary cookbook of the Holy Trinity parish, <em>Cooking Greek in Tulsa</em>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/marketa.html\">Click here for more about Marketa and the imported merchandise that\'ll be available at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nGreek Holiday is also a chance to learn about the Greek Orthodox religion and to find out more about the culture and traditions of the people in the church. Anyone who wanders through Holy Trinity during the festival is welcome to free tours.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2025\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2025\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2025\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07152.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs I mentioned before, yes, I look forward all year to the food on offer at Greek Holiday. But my real favorite part of this festival? That\'s it\'s about family.\r\n\r\nNow that it\'s reached its 50th year, multiple generations of the families of this parish have been involved in this festival. As you make your way down the a la carte line, you might be served your gyros and Greek-style potatoes by a grandmother and your Greek salad by her granddaughter. Entire families are involved in the ethnic dances, too, from moms and dads and kids and uncles to grandparents and great-grandparents.\r\n\r\nThis festival has, to put it lightly, some serious roots in this city.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be part of this historic edition among historic editions of Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival. Admission is just $3, and that\'s only during the evenings and on Saturday. Before 4pm Thursday and Friday, there\'s no admission fee at all. And did I mention that all kids accompanied by an adult get in free?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. They do.\r\n\r\nPlus, you have three whole days to make room in your schedule to spend a few hours exploring this event.\r\n\r\nLife can be even easier, though. <strong>You could win a gift basket full of Greek Holiday goodies right here at TDT.</strong>\r\n\r\nThe basket contains:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dinner tickets for 4 (which includes beverage and free admission to the festival)</li>\r\n	<li>Two 2010 festival t-shirts</li>\r\n	<li>50th anniversary edition of the parish cookbook, <em>Cooking Greek for Tulsa</em></li>\r\n	<li>A box of assorted pastries, including baklava, finikia and kourambiethes (!!!)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAll you have to do for your chance to win this basket-o-heaven is <strong>head to the comments section on this post and tell me your favorite Greek food</strong>.\r\n\r\nPretty easy, right? I thought so, too.\r\n\r\n<strong>You have until tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 14) at 3pm to enter</strong>. I\'ll let <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> pick a winner later that afternoon, and I\'ll tack it all on right here as an update to this post.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody! And you know that I can\'t help but end this post with a big, hearty...\r\n\r\nOpa!\r\n\r\n<strong>Greek Holiday</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday, 11am-10pm; Saturday, 11am-10pm\r\nWhere: 1206 S. Guthrie Ave. (two blocks west of 11th Street and Denver Ave.; if you\'re taking the Broken Arrow Expressway, take the Houston exit)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/\">TulsaGreekFestival.com</a>','Greek Holiday: Welcoming Fall with a Tulsa Tradition (Plus, a giveaway)','Greek Holiday, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food and tours of the beautiful Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church to Tulsa since 1960, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night. ','inherit','open','open','','2011-revision-8','','','2010-09-13 15:41:44','2010-09-13 20:41:44','',2011,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2011-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(2042,1,'2010-09-13 15:43:58','2010-09-13 20:43:58','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2022\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2022\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2022\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07146-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://tulsagreekfestival.com/\">Greek Holiday</a>, the festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food, shopping and tours of the beautiful <a href=\"http://holytrinity.ok.goarch.org/\">Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church</a> to Tulsa since 1961, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night, Sept. 16.\n\n<!--more-->Yeah, the kids have gone back to school and football season has started. But fall never really seems at hand until I see the blue and white tent at 12th and Guthrie, just outside of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\n\nMore years that I\'ve been alive than not, my family hasn\'t missed Greek Holiday. I even went the year I was three months pregnant and so nauseated by the faintest of smells that I could feel the top of my stomach in my knees.\n\nBut I would have given my life for a gyro. Such is the paradox of pregnancy.\n\nLast year was our son\'s third trip, really, since he spent his first Greek Holiday in utero, and it was the first time he ever knew the distinct pleasure of a drippy, crispy, super-sweet slice of baklava made by Tulsa\'s own Greek yayas and theas (Greek for grandmothers and aunts, famous for their skills in the kitchen).\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2023\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2023\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2023\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07147.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nKiddo might have had a few Kourambiethes (almond-flavored butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar), too.\n\nBut he had nothing on what was piled on the adults\' plates: Gyros. Greek souvlaki (shish kabob). An appetizer plate heavy with spanakopita. Calamari.\n\nThat\'s four out of the nine items available on the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday, and where I come from, that\'s no average to sneeze at.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/menu.html\">Click here for the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday 2010 and info about Taverna</a>.\n\nWe also had a box full of treats from the festival bakery. Which included, of course, that dreamy baklava.\n\nThe baklava that you just can\'t get at a grocery store. The kind of baklava that could come only straight from the kitchen of a wise, knowing, feisty Greek woman.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2024\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2024\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07151-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nSome things are sacred. This baklava is one of them.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/bakery.html\">Click here for more info on what\'s available in the bakery at Greek Holiday</a>.\n\nWhile food is my favorite part of practically any festival, there\'s much more to Greek Holiday than just the eats. Greek Holiday is home to some of the most exciting dance performances you\'ll see in Tulsa all year, thanks to its several authentically costumed dance groups. All told, about 80 people are involved in this aspect of the festival, and they range in age from about 4 years old to 80.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance_schedule.html\">Click here for the schedule of dance groups performing at Greek Holiday</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance.html\">here for more about the stories behind the songs and costumes</a>.\n\nThere\'s also a Greek market, Marketa. For sale is anything your little heart could desire from the birthplace of Western civilization, from olive oil and Kalamata olives to stunning, hand-crafted jewelry to the 50th anniversary cookbook of the Holy Trinity parish, <em>Cooking Greek in Tulsa</em>.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/marketa.html\">Click here for more about Marketa and the imported merchandise that\'ll be available at Greek Holiday</a>.\n\nGreek Holiday is also a chance to learn about the Greek Orthodox religion and to find out more about the culture and traditions of the people in the church. Anyone who wanders through Holy Trinity during the festival is welcome to free tours.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2025\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2025\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2025\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07152.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nAs I mentioned before, yes, I look forward all year to the food on offer at Greek Holiday. But my real favorite part of this festival? That\'s it\'s about family.\n\nNow that it\'s reached its 50th year, multiple generations of the families of this parish have been involved in this festival. As you make your way down the a la carte line, you might be served your gyros and Greek-style potatoes by a grandmother and your Greek salad by her granddaughter. Entire families are involved in the ethnic dances, too, from moms and dads and kids and uncles to grandparents and great-grandparents.\n\nThis festival has, to put it lightly, some serious roots in this city.\n\nIt\'s easy to be part of this historic edition among historic editions of Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival. Admission is just $3, and that\'s only during the evenings and on Saturday. Before 4pm Thursday and Friday, there\'s no admission fee at all. And did I mention that all kids accompanied by an adult get in free?\n\nIt\'s true. They do.\n\nPlus, you have three whole days to make room in your schedule to spend a few hours exploring this event.\n\nLife can be even easier, though. <strong>You could win a gift basket full of Greek Holiday goodies right here at TDT.</strong>\n\nThe basket contains:\n<ul>\n	<li>Dinner tickets for 4 (which includes beverage and free admission to the festival)</li>\n	<li>Two 2010 festival t-shirts</li>\n	<li>50th anniversary edition of the parish cookbook, <em>Cooking Greek for Tulsa</em></li>\n	<li>A box of assorted pastries, including baklava, finikia and kourambiethes (!!!)</li>\n</ul>\nAll you have to do for your chance to win this basket-o-heaven is <strong>head to the comments section on this post and tell me your favorite Greek food</strong>.\n\nPretty easy, right? I thought so, too.\n\n<strong>You have until tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 14) at 3pm to enter</strong>. I\'ll let <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> pick a winner later that afternoon, and I\'ll tack it all on right here as an update to this post.\n\nGood luck, everybody! And you know that I can\'t help but end this post with a big, hearty...\n\nOpa!\n\n<strong>Greek Holiday</strong>\nWhen: Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday, 11am-10pm; Saturday, 11am-10pm\nWhere: 1206 S. Guthrie Ave. (two blocks west of 11th Street and Denver Ave.; if you\'re taking the Broken Arrow Expressway, take the Houston exit)\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/\">TulsaGreekFestival.com</a>','Greek Holiday: Welcoming Fall with a Tulsa Tradition (Plus, a giveaway)','Greek Holiday, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food and tours of the beautiful Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church to Tulsa since 1960, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night. ','inherit','open','open','','2011-revision-18','','','2010-09-13 15:43:58','2010-09-13 20:43:58','',2011,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2011-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(2029,1,'2010-09-13 15:41:06','2010-09-13 20:41:06','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2022\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2022\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2022\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07146-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsagreekfestival.com/\">Greek Holiday</a>, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food, shopping and tours of the beautiful <a href=\"http://holytrinity.ok.goarch.org/\">Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church</a> to Tulsa since 1961, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Yeah, the kids have gone back to school and football season has started. But fall never really seems at hand until I see the blue and white tent at 12th and Guthrie, just outside of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nMore years that I\'ve been alive than not, my family hasn\'t missed Greek Holiday. I even went the year I was three months pregnant and so nauseated by the faintest of smells that I could feel the top of my stomach in my knees.\r\n\r\nBut I would have given my life for a gyro. Such is the paradox of pregnancy.\r\n\r\nLast year was our son\'s third trip, really, since he spent his first Greek Holiday in utero, and it was the first time he ever knew the distinct pleasure of a drippy, crispy, super-sweet slice of baklava made by Tulsa\'s own Greek yayas and theas (Greek for grandmothers and aunts, famous for their skills in the kitchen).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2023\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2023\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2023\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07147.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKiddo might have had a few Kourambiethes (almond-flavored butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar), too.\r\n\r\nBut he had nothing on what was piled on the adults\' plates: Gyros. Greek souvlaki (shish kabob). An appetizer plate heavy with spanakopita. Calamari.\r\n\r\nThat\'s four out of the nine items available on the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday, and where I come from, that\'s no average to sneeze at.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/menu.html\">Click here for the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday 2010 and info about Taverna</a>.\r\n\r\nWe also had a box full of treats from the festival bakery. Which included, of course, that dreamy baklava.\r\n\r\nThe baklava that you just can\'t get at a grocery store. The kind of baklava that could come only straight from the kitchen of a wise, knowing, feisty Greek woman.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2024\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2024\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07151-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome things are sacred. This baklava is one of them.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/bakery.html\">Click here for more info on what\'s available in the bakery at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nWhile food is my favorite part of practically any festival, there\'s much more to Greek Holiday than just the eats. Greek Holiday is home to some of the most exciting dance performances you\'ll see in Tulsa all year, thanks to its several authentically costumed dance groups. All told, about 80 people are involved in this aspect of the festival, and they range in age from about 4 years old to 80.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance_schedule.html\">Click here for the schedule of dance groups performing at Greek Holiday</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance.html\">here for more about the stories behind the songs and costumes</a>.\r\n\r\nThere\'s also a Greek market, Marketa. For sale is anything your little heart could desire from the birthplace of Western civilization, from olive oil and Kalamata olives to stunning, hand-crafted jewelry to the 50th anniversary cookbook of the Holy Trinity parish, <em>Cooking Greek in Tulsa</em>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/marketa.html\">Click here for more about Marketa and the imported merchandise that\'ll be available at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nGreek Holiday is also a chance to learn about the Greek Orthodox religion and to find out more about the culture and traditions of the people in the church. Anyone who wanders through Holy Trinity during the festival is welcome to free tours.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2025\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2025\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2025\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07152.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs I mentioned before, yes, I look forward all year to the food on offer at Greek Holiday. But my real favorite part of this festival? That\'s it\'s about family.\r\n\r\nNow that it\'s reached its 50th year, multiple generations of the families of this parish have been involved in this festival. As you make your way down the a la carte line, you might be served your gyros and Greek-style potatoes by a grandmother and your Greek salad by her granddaughter. Entire families are involved in the ethnic dances, too, from moms and dads and kids and uncles to grandparents and great-grandparents.\r\n\r\nThis festival has, to put it lightly, some serious roots in this city.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be part of this historic edition among historic editions of Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival. Admission is just $3, and that\'s only during the evenings and on Saturday. Before 4pm Thursday and Friday, there\'s no admission fee at all. And did I mention that all kids accompanied by an adult get in free?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. They do.\r\n\r\nPlus, you have three whole days to make room in your schedule to spend a few hours exploring this event.\r\n\r\nLife can be even easier, though. <strong>You could win a gift basket full of Greek Holiday goodies right here at TDT.</strong>\r\n\r\nThe basket contains:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dinner tickets for 4 (which includes beverage and free admission to the festival)</li>\r\n	<li>Two 2010 festival t-shirts</li>\r\n	<li>50th anniversary edition of the parish cookbook, <em>Cooking Greek for Tulsa</em></li>\r\n	<li>A box of assorted pastries, including baklava, finikia and kourambiethes (!!!)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAll you have to do for your chance to win this basket-o-heaven is <strong>head to the comments section on this post and tell me your favorite Greek food</strong>.\r\n\r\nPretty easy, right? I thought so, too.\r\n\r\n<strong>You have until tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 14) at 3pm to enter</strong>. I\'ll let <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> pick a winner later that afternoon, and I\'ll tack it all on right here as an update to this post.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody! And you know that I can\'t help but end this post with a big, hearty...\r\n\r\nOpa!\r\n\r\n<strong>Greek Holiday</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday, 11am-10pm; Saturday, 11am-10pm\r\nWhere: 1206 S. Guthrie Ave. (two blocks west of 11th Street and Denver Ave.; if you\'re taking the Broken Arrow Expressway, take the Houston exit)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/\">TulsaGreekFestival.com</a>','Greek Holiday: Welcoming Fall with a Tulsa Tradition (Plus, a giveaway)','Greek Holiday, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food and tours of the beautiful Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church to Tulsa since 1960, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night. ','inherit','open','open','','2011-revision-5','','','2010-09-13 15:41:06','2010-09-13 20:41:06','',2011,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2011-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(2030,1,'2010-09-13 15:41:06','2010-09-13 20:41:06','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2022\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2022\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2022\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07146-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://tulsagreekfestival.com/\">Greek Holiday</a>, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food, shopping and tours of the beautiful <a href=\"http://holytrinity.ok.goarch.org/\">Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church</a> to Tulsa since 1961, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->Yeah, the kids have gone back to school and football season has started. But fall never really seems at hand until I see the blue and white tent at 12th and Guthrie, just outside of the IDL in downtown Tulsa.\r\n\r\nMore years that I\'ve been alive than not, my family hasn\'t missed Greek Holiday. I even went the year I was three months pregnant and so nauseated by the faintest of smells that I could feel the top of my stomach in my knees.\r\n\r\nBut I would have given my life for a gyro. Such is the paradox of pregnancy.\r\n\r\nLast year was our son\'s third trip, really, since he spent his first Greek Holiday in utero, and it was the first time he ever knew the distinct pleasure of a drippy, crispy, super-sweet slice of baklava made by Tulsa\'s own Greek yayas and theas (Greek for grandmothers and aunts, famous for their skills in the kitchen).\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2023\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2023\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2023\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07147.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nKiddo might have had a few Kourambiethes (almond-flavored butter cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar), too.\r\n\r\nBut he had nothing on what was piled on the adults\' plates: Gyros. Greek souvlaki (shish kabob). An appetizer plate heavy with spanakopita. Calamari.\r\n\r\nThat\'s four out of the nine items available on the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday, and where I come from, that\'s no average to sneeze at.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/menu.html\">Click here for the a la carte menu at Greek Holiday 2010 and info about Taverna</a>.\r\n\r\nWe also had a box full of treats from the festival bakery. Which included, of course, that dreamy baklava.\r\n\r\nThe baklava that you just can\'t get at a grocery store. The kind of baklava that could come only straight from the kitchen of a wise, knowing, feisty Greek woman.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2024\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2024\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07151-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome things are sacred. This baklava is one of them.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/bakery.html\">Click here for more info on what\'s available in the bakery at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nWhile food is my favorite part of practically any festival, there\'s much more to Greek Holiday than just the eats. Greek Holiday is home to some of the most exciting dance performances you\'ll see in Tulsa all year, thanks to its several authentically costumed dance groups. All told, about 80 people are involved in this aspect of the festival, and they range in age from about 4 years old to 80.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance_schedule.html\">Click here for the schedule of dance groups performing at Greek Holiday</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/dance.html\">here for more about the stories behind the songs and costumes</a>.\r\n\r\nThere\'s also a Greek market, Marketa. For sale is anything your little heart could desire from the birthplace of Western civilization, from olive oil and Kalamata olives to stunning, hand-crafted jewelry to the 50th anniversary cookbook of the Holy Trinity parish, <em>Cooking Greek in Tulsa</em>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/marketa.html\">Click here for more about Marketa and the imported merchandise that\'ll be available at Greek Holiday</a>.\r\n\r\nGreek Holiday is also a chance to learn about the Greek Orthodox religion and to find out more about the culture and traditions of the people in the church. Anyone who wanders through Holy Trinity during the festival is welcome to free tours.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2025\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=2025\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2025\" title=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DSC07152.jpg\" alt=\"Greek Holiday 2009\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAs I mentioned before, yes, I look forward all year to the food on offer at Greek Holiday. But my real favorite part of this festival? That\'s it\'s about family.\r\n\r\nNow that it\'s reached its 50th year, multiple generations of the families of this parish have been involved in this festival. As you make your way down the a la carte line, you might be served your gyros and Greek-style potatoes by a grandmother and your Greek salad by her granddaughter. Entire families are involved in the ethnic dances, too, from moms and dads and kids and uncles to grandparents and great-grandparents.\r\n\r\nThis festival has, to put it lightly, some serious roots in this city.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be part of this historic edition among historic editions of Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival. Admission is just $3, and that\'s only during the evenings and on Saturday. Before 4pm Thursday and Friday, there\'s no admission fee at all. And did I mention that all kids accompanied by an adult get in free?\r\n\r\nIt\'s true. They do.\r\n\r\nPlus, you have three whole days to make room in your schedule to spend a few hours exploring this event.\r\n\r\nLife can be even easier, though. <strong>You could win a gift basket full of Greek Holiday goodies right here at TDT.</strong>\r\n\r\nThe basket contains:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Dinner tickets for 4 (which includes beverage and free admission to the festival)</li>\r\n	<li>Two 2010 festival t-shirts</li>\r\n	<li>50th anniversary edition of the parish cookbook, <em>Cooking Greek for Tulsa</em></li>\r\n	<li>A box of assorted pastries, including baklava, finikia and kourambiethes (!!!)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAll you have to do for your chance to win this basket-o-heaven is <strong>head to the comments section on this post and tell me your favorite Greek food</strong>.\r\n\r\nPretty easy, right? I thought so, too.\r\n\r\n<strong>You have until tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 14) at 3pm to enter</strong>. I\'ll let <a href=\"http://www.Random.org\">Random.org</a> pick a winner later that afternoon, and I\'ll tack it all on right here as an update to this post.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody! And you know that I can\'t help but end this post with a big, hearty...\r\n\r\nOpa!\r\n\r\n<strong>Greek Holiday</strong>\r\nWhen: Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday, 11am-10pm; Saturday, 11am-10pm\r\nWhere: 1206 S. Guthrie Ave. (two blocks west of 11th Street and Denver Ave.; if you\'re taking the Broken Arrow Expressway, take the Houston exit)\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsagreekfestival.com/\">TulsaGreekFestival.com</a>','Greek Holiday: Welcoming Fall with a Tulsa Tradition (Plus, a giveaway)','Greek Holiday, Tulsa\'s premier ethnic festival that has brought dancing, homemade Greek food and tours of the beautiful Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church to Tulsa since 1960, kicks off in Tulsa this Thursday night. ','inherit','open','open','','2011-revision-6','','','2010-09-13 15:41:06','2010-09-13 20:41:06','',2011,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/09/2011-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1192,1,'2010-08-13 13:15:52','2010-08-13 18:15:52','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454635367/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4454635367_b40b2585d0.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nIf you were to take a drive through Wagoner, a small county seat about 45 miles southeast of Tulsa, and stumble upon this intersection, what would you think lies at the end of this mysterious road?\n\n<a name=\"more\"></a>This?\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454634223/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4454634223_34ae34cbe9.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"326\" /></a></div>\nOr this?\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454634835/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2786/4454634835_98a954901f.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nHow about this?\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455416332/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2752/4455416332_2f2c1503be.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nBelieve it or not, all of this lies at the end of 732nd Road, about an hour-and-a-half\'s drive from downtown Tulsa.\n\nSo, you\'re driving down this road through the woods in eastern, rural Oklahoma. Soon, you see this:\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455414464/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/4455414464_70a0511f43.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nAnd this.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454635587/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4454635587_ceba72176b.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nA little bit of this.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455414750/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4455414750_ca88901c73.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nAnd lots of this.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455414826/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4455414826_0e2d5fa20d.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nSuddenly, there\'s this.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455414904/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4455414904_5af556cbbd.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455414964/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2725/4455414964_a67286b2e2.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nThen, some serious swank yawns before you.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455416684/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4455416684_f227f6e0ba.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nHey. You\'ve been on the road for awhile. I reckon you\'re hungry.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455415380/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4455415380_d7779e0426.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nBecause the folks at The Canebrake can definitely take care of a case of the hungries.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455415462/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4455415462_a90b83f313.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nI should know. They invited me to lunch not too long back.\n\nWanna see what they fed me?\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454637139/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4454637139_f374f17770.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nTo start was the Red, White and Blue Salad. While the lettuce and the berries were so fresh that I was searching the grounds outside the floor-to-ceiling windows in the dining room for the kitchen garden, I really loved the goat cheese on the salad. It had had this wonderfully mellow, creamy flavor, and I loved that it came from just a few miles away from the resort.\n\nWhile sourcing ingredients locally is the best thing a kitchen can do for the flavor of its food, it\'s also better for the environment than having it trucked or shipped or flown in from another country (or, in too many cases, another hemisphere). The Canebrake uses local ingredients for both reasons. The resort is also touts a commitment to natural and organic foods wherever feasible.\n\nEnvironmental responsibility is a huge point of pride for everyone at The Canebrake. When the owners of the land where the resort stands set out to build, they decided to refurbish and build out the horse barn already on the site rather than start from scratch. From there they used a variety of sustainable building materials and practices to build a resort that brings patrons from all over the U.S. to Oklahoma.\n\nBack to the table. After the salad came a bowl of tomato soup. I got to sample some freshly baked bread, too.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455416240/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4455416240_e40bff2d69.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I may or may not have eaten an entire basket of bread on my own. I tell you this because I know I can trust you with this most sensitive information.</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455416436/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4455416436_69e6f54f95.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nThen came the prosciutto-wrapped asparagus served on a bed of root vegetables.\n\nNow, I\'m super-picky about how my vegetables are cooked, especially at restaurants. I\'m an al dente kind of person, which is kind of a tough lot here in Oklahoma, it seems. I have a hard time getting vegetables cooked any way except mushy, but I felt like the folks at The Canebrake knew my plight. Not only were the veggies perfectly and evenly cooked - yeah! Even the root veggies! - but they were flavorful, interesting and, obviously, gorgeous.\n\nFor dessert was grilled pineapple and avocado ice cream.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454637441/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4454637441_9e2aa83ce8.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nYes, avocado ice cream. And you know what? It tasted light, clean and like summer - in a word, delicious.\n\nThe dining room at The Canebrake is cool and quiet and serene. If anyone ever comes up with a way to combine a spa and a dining room, they\'d do well to do some research at the Wagoner resort.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454636537/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4454636537_dd4fc8991e.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nThese barstools, they\'re the best seats in the house. But that\'s only if you like to chat up the chef and watch him prepare your food.\n\nIt\'s the best appetizer there is.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454636675/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4454636675_9d1f405880.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nThis seat looks pretty good, too - cozy, secluded and intimate.\n\nI think a dinner and a glass of wine at this booth is in my future. My husband\'s, too.\n\nAfter lunch I peeked in at the boutique, just down the hall from the restaurant at The Canebrake.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455415872/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4455415872_ce19c9fb5d.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454636745/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2784/4454636745_2ce7a380d8.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\nIf you\'re thinking, \"Okie Yoga? I\'m sorry, what?\" then I have something to tell you.\n\nDid you know The Canebrake is home to Oklahoma\'s only yoga barn?\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454634835/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2786/4454634835_98a954901f.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nYep. It\'s true.\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The Yoga Barn and Day Spa - constructed literally from an old horse barn, by the way, and insulated with a material not altogether different from that of which your blue jeans are made - is home to a regular selection of yoga classes, seven days a week. The building features radiant heat, cork flooring, and no-VOC paints. Cool, huh?</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">At the Day Spa are a variety of massage services, facials and scrubs.</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455416600/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4455416600_08964e3f7c.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nWhy, hello there, massage chair.\n\nAnd no, you can\'t live here (I should know - I asked). But, you can stay the night.\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454634305/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4454634305_ec223bd9e5.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" /></a></div>\nThe Canebrake offers 16 rooms and suites, totaling 32 beds that can accommodate up to 40 guests. Rooms range $139 for a weekday retreat room to $294 for a weekend king suite with a jetted tub, fireplace and dining and sitting areas.\n\nPlus, as a guest, you\'re welcome to attend any of the scheduled yoga classes or hike the trails. Or, you can schedule private yoga classes, cooking demos and wine tastings. There\'s also a ropes course and an orienteering course. Golf, horseback riding, fishing, shopping and hunting options are nearby.\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\">I\'m sorry, where was I? Where am I from? What\'s my name?</div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px;\">Between the Yoga Barn and the Day Spa and the jetted tub, I couldn\'t help but lose my train of thought there for a second.</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455413546/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2708/4455413546_2ef7a12f88.jpg\" alt=\"The Canebrake\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" /></a></div>\nWell, would you looky there. I\'m thinking about food again. Surprise, surprise.\n\nThat\'s what Sunday brunch at The Canebrake looks like. While the restaurant is open Wednesday-Saturday for dinner service, brunch runs every week on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It\'s a slow, special way to get the week off to a smooth - and yummy - start.\n\nSpeaking of food and The Canebrake, I have something exciting to tell you. Think you\'re ready for it? Are you sitting down? Are you prepared for the tantalizing news I\'m about to share with you?\n\nYes? Okay. I\'ll tell you.\n\n<strong>The Canebrake wants to treat one lucky TDT reader to a Sunday brunch for two</strong>. To enter to win, head to the comments section on this post and <strong>regale us with a tale of the most relaxing day of your life</strong>. Write it as long or as short as you like - just make sure to leave it in the comments section on this post <strong>before Thursday, March 25, at 4 p.m.</strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tasha-Does-Tulsa/403568208507\"><strong>Win two extra entries by becoming a fan of TashaDoesTulsa.com on Facebook</strong></a>. If you\'re already a fan, post about this giveaway on your profile page. Just be sure to tag me in the post so I can see it and count your extra entries.\n\nI can\'t wait to hear your tales of maxin\' and relaxin\'. Good luck!','The Canebrake. Plus, Win Some Brunch.','If you were to take a drive through Wagoner, a small county seat about 45 miles southeast of Tulsa, and stumble upon this intersection, what would you think lies at the end of this mysterious road?\n','inherit','open','open','','508-autosave','','','2010-08-13 13:15:52','2010-08-13 18:15:52','',508,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/508-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1193,1,'2010-08-13 13:11:16','2010-08-13 18:11:16','','The Canebrake','','inherit','open','open','','dsc09919','','','2010-08-13 13:11:16','2010-08-13 18:11:16','',508,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/DSC09919.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1194,1,'2010-03-23 20:50:00','2010-03-23 20:50:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454635367/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4454635367_b40b2585d0.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />If you were to take a drive through Wagoner, a small county seat about 45 miles southeast of Tulsa, and stumble upon this intersection, what would you think lies at the end of this mysterious road? <br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a>This?<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454634223/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"326\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4454634223_34ae34cbe9.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Or this? <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454634835/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2786/4454634835_98a954901f.jpg\" width=\"333\" /></a></div><br />How about this? <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455416332/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2752/4455416332_2f2c1503be.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Believe it or not, all of this lies at the end of 732nd Road, about an hour-and-a-half\'s drive from downtown Tulsa. <br /><br />So, you\'re driving down this road through the woods in eastern, rural Oklahoma. Soon, you see this: <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455414464/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/4455414464_70a0511f43.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />And this.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454635587/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4454635587_ceba72176b.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />A little bit of this. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455414750/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4455414750_ca88901c73.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />And lots of this.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455414826/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4455414826_0e2d5fa20d.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Suddenly, there\'s this.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455414904/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4455414904_5af556cbbd.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455414964/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2725/4455414964_a67286b2e2.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />Then, some serious swank yawns before you. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455416684/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4455416684_f227f6e0ba.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Hey. You\'ve been on the road for awhile. I reckon you\'re hungry.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455415380/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4455415380_d7779e0426.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Because the folks at The Canebrake can definitely take care of a case of the hungries. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455415462/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4455415462_a90b83f313.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />I should know. They invited me to lunch not too long back. <br /><br />Wanna see what they fed me? <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454637139/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4454637139_f374f17770.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />To start was the Red, White and Blue Salad. While the lettuce and the berries were so fresh that I was searching the grounds outside the floor-to-ceiling windows in the dining room for the kitchen garden, I really loved the goat cheese on the salad. It had had this wonderfully mellow, creamy flavor, and I loved that it came from just a few miles away from the resort. <br /><br />While sourcing ingredients locally is the best thing a kitchen can do for the flavor of its food, it\'s also better for the environment than having it trucked or shipped or flown in from another country (or, in too many cases, another hemisphere). The Canebrake uses local ingredients for both reasons. The resort is also touts a commitment to natural and organic foods wherever feasible. <br /><br />Environmental responsibility is a huge point of pride for everyone at The Canebrake. When the owners of the land where the resort stands set out to build, they decided to refurbish and build out the horse barn already on the site rather than start from scratch. From there they used a variety of sustainable building materials and practices to build a resort that brings patrons from all over the U.S. to Oklahoma.<br /><br />Back to the table. After the salad came a bowl of tomato soup. I got to sample some freshly baked bread, too.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455416240/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4455416240_e40bff2d69.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">I may or may not have eaten an entire basket of bread on my own. I tell you this because I know I can trust you with this most sensitive information.&nbsp;</div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455416436/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4455416436_69e6f54f95.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Then came the prosciutto-wrapped asparagus served on a bed of root vegetables. <br /><br />Now, I\'m super-picky about how my vegetables are cooked, especially at restaurants. I\'m an al dente kind of person, which is kind of a tough lot here in Oklahoma, it seems. I have a hard time getting vegetables cooked any way except mushy, but I felt like the folks at The Canebrake knew my plight. Not only were the veggies perfectly and evenly cooked - yeah! Even the root veggies! - but they were flavorful, interesting and, obviously, gorgeous. <br /><br />For dessert was grilled pineapple and avocado ice cream. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454637441/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4454637441_9e2aa83ce8.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />Yes, avocado ice cream. And you know what? It tasted light, clean and like summer - in a word, delicious.<br /><br />The dining room at The Canebrake is cool and quiet and serene. If anyone ever comes up with a way to combine a spa and a dining room, they\'d do well to do some research at the Wagoner resort. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454636537/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4454636537_dd4fc8991e.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />These barstools, they\'re the best seats in the house. But that\'s only if you like to chat up the chef and watch him prepare your food. <br /><br />It\'s the best appetizer there is.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454636675/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4454636675_9d1f405880.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />This seat looks pretty good, too - cozy, secluded and intimate. <br /><br />I think a dinner and a glass of wine at this booth is in my future. My husband\'s, too.<br /><br />After lunch I peeked in at the boutique, just down the hall from the restaurant at The Canebrake. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455415872/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4455415872_ce19c9fb5d.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454636745/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"375\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2784/4454636745_2ce7a380d8.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />If you\'re thinking, \"Okie Yoga? I\'m sorry, what?\" then I have something to tell you.<br /><br />Did you know The Canebrake is home to Oklahoma\'s only yoga barn?<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454634835/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2786/4454634835_98a954901f.jpg\" width=\"333\" /></a></div><br />Yep. It\'s true.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: left;\">The Yoga Barn and Day Spa - constructed literally from an old horse barn, by the way, and insulated with a material not altogether different from that of which your blue jeans are made - is home to a regular selection of yoga classes, seven days a week. The building features radiant heat, cork flooring, and no-VOC paints. Cool, huh?&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">At the Day Spa are a variety of massage services, facials and scrubs.&nbsp;</div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455416600/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4455416600_08964e3f7c.jpg\" width=\"375\" /></a></div><br />Why, hello there, massage chair.<br /><br />And no, you can\'t live here (I should know - I asked). But, you can stay the night.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4454634305/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"333\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4454634305_ec223bd9e5.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />The Canebrake offers 16 rooms and suites, totaling 32 beds that can accommodate up to 40 guests. Rooms range $139 for a weekday retreat room to $294 for a weekend king suite with a jetted tub, fireplace and dining and sitting areas. <br /><br />Plus, as a guest, you\'re welcome to attend any of the scheduled yoga classes or hike the trails. Or, you can schedule private yoga classes, cooking demos and wine tastings. There\'s also a ropes course and an orienteering course. Golf, horseback riding, fishing, shopping and hunting options are nearby. <br /><br /><br /><div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\">I\'m sorry, where was I? Where am I from? What\'s my name?&nbsp;</div><div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\"><br /></div><div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\">Between the Yoga Barn and the Day Spa and the jetted tub, I couldn\'t help but lose my train of thought there for a second.</div><br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4455413546/\" title=\"The Canebrake by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"The Canebrake\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2708/4455413546_2ef7a12f88.jpg\" width=\"333\" /></a></div><br />Well, would you looky there. I\'m thinking about food again. Surprise, surprise.<br /><br />That\'s what Sunday brunch at The Canebrake looks like. While the restaurant is open Wednesday-Saturday for dinner service, brunch runs every week on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It\'s a slow, special way to get the week off to a smooth - and yummy - start. <br /><br />Speaking of food and The Canebrake, I have something exciting to tell you. Think you\'re ready for it? Are you sitting down? Are you prepared for the tantalizing news I\'m about to share with you? <br /><br />Yes? Okay. I\'ll tell you. <br /><br /><b>The Canebrake wants to treat one lucky TDT reader to a Sunday brunch for two</b>. To enter to win, head to the comments section on this post and <b>regale us with a tale of the most relaxing day of your life</b>. Write it as long or as short as you like - just make sure to leave it in the comments section on this post <b>before Thursday, March 25, at 4 p.m.</b><br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tasha-Does-Tulsa/403568208507\"><b>Win two extra entries by becoming a fan of TashaDoesTulsa.com on Facebook</b></a>. If you\'re already a fan, post about this giveaway on your profile page. Just be sure to tag me in the post so I can see it and count your extra entries.  <br /><br />I can\'t wait to hear your tales of maxin\' and relaxin\'. Good luck!','The Canebrake. Plus, Win Some Brunch.','','inherit','open','open','','508-revision','','','2010-03-23 20:50:00','2010-03-23 20:50:00','',508,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/03/508-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4772,1,'2010-12-23 13:29:22','2010-12-23 18:29:22','<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>\r\n\r\nI did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.\r\n\r\nI put the Route 66 Blue Whale and Tulsa\'s Golden Driller in a ring. Then, I rang the bell.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nDozens of you weighed in on who would win, who would lose and why.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4749\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?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\nUltimately, the Blue Whale was declared the winner and the one to take on the largest praying hands in the world.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3983\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/things-to-do-in-tulsa-this-weekend-26/dsc_1794/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3983\" title=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1794-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"The Blue Whale Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSo who do you think takes the cake this time? The blue whale or the praying hands?\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4770\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?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>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- // Begin Snappoll.com Poll Code // --></p>\r\n\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" width=\"100\" bgcolor=\"#000000\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><input name=\"poll_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"353999\" />\r\n<table class=\"pollcontent\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"500\"><form action=\"http://www.snappoll.com/act_vote.php\" method=\"post\"></form>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td width=\"171\">\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. ORU Praying Hands</span></div></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><input checked=\"checked\" name=\"chosenanswer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"1\" /> Route 66 Blue Whale\r\n<input name=\"chosenanswer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"2\" /> Oral Roberts Praying Hands\r\n</span></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td>\r\n<div><input id=\"Vote\" class=\"actionbutton\" name=\"Vote\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote!\" />\r\n<a class=\"indipolllink\" href=\"http://www.snappoll.com/view_results.php?poll_id=353999\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">view results</span></a></div></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr bgcolor=\"#3399CC\">\r\n<td height=\"29\"><!--- This javascript is placed in banners/banner_pollinside.js\r\n<mce:script type=\"text/javascript\"><!  function get_referrer(lk){var dc=document;if(dc.location==\'\'){return true}var ru=escape(dc.location);var pu=\'\';var du;if(lk!=null){if(lk.href!=null){du=lk.href;}else if(lk.form!=null && lk.form.referrer_url!=null){lk.form.referrer_url.value=dc.location;return true}}else if(pu!=\'\'){du=pu}else{return true}if(du==null){return true}if(du.match(/\\?/)){du=du+\'&\'}else{du=du+\'?\'}du=du+\'referrer_url=\'+ru;if(lk!=null && lk.href!=null){lk.href=du}else{window.location=du;return false}return true} // -->\r\n---&gt;\r\n<script src=\"http://www.snappoll.com/banners/banner_pollinside.js\"></script></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<!-- // End Snappoll.com Poll Code // -->\r\n\r\nChoose well, my friends. Because the winner takes on <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">Taylor Hanson</a> (who, with his two brothers, hosts <a href=\"http://www.hanson.net/site/sections/1\">a Christmas special at Hanson.net this Christmas Eve</a>) next week.','If They Fought: Route 66 Blue Whale vs. Tulsa Golden Driller','I did something the other day that helped me to realize just how awesome <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsablog\">the TDT communities on Facebook</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/tashadoestulsa\">Twitter</a> really are.','inherit','open','open','','4748-revision-8','','','2010-12-23 13:29:22','2010-12-23 18:29:22','',4748,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/4748-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(3076,1,'2010-10-18 14:45:59','2010-10-18 19:45:59','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3077\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/top-10-things-to-do-at-oktoberfest-2009/dsc07659/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3077\" title=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07659-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/\">OktoberFest Tulsa is upon us</a>. It starts this Thursday at 5pm and runs through 6pm on Sunday, providing Tulsans with a weekend of fun, games, music, food and one other very important thing.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\nBeer. What I\'m alluding to is lots and lots and lots of delicious, refreshing beer.\n\nSo, that\'s at least one thing you know to do once you get to RiverWest Festival Park this weekend for Tulsa\'s famous OktoberFest.\n\nAs for how to get down with the rest of this festival, the one that makes the souls of the beer lovers of this town sing, here\'s a list of the top 10 ways to make the most of one of Tulsa\'s largest outdoor festivals, named by <em>USA Today</em> as one of 10 great places to toast OktoberFest in this wide, wide world.\n\n<strong>1. Pick a designated driver.</strong> As if this actually needed to be said in a post about Tulsa\'s largest beer festival, but I like to play it safe and so should you. Not only is a DUI case a pain in the butt to deal with should you get caught breaking the law, but it\'s also a great way to take a chance on ruining the lives of some fellow community members. Causing the death of someone\'s family member, a parent or even a child - now that\'s what I call a buzzkill. So, as teacher says, have a good time, but don\'t drink and drive.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3078\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/top-10-things-to-do-at-oktoberfest-2009/dsc07658/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3078\" title=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07658-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\n<strong>2. Take the kids to Das Jugendzelt (the kids\' tent).</strong> Musicians, storytellers and artists will be on tap to entertain the kiddos while they take part in lots of free arts and crafts projects. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/happenings.php\">Click here for the schedule of musicians in the kids\' tent at this year\'s OktoberFest</a>.\n\n<strong>3. Race a weiner dog.</strong> Or, maybe you\'re game is bier barrel racing. Whatever OktoberFest sport suits your fancy, <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/happenings.php\">you can get your fill at this year\'s festival right here in Tulsa</a>. Now you can tell your momma that all that time you spent honing your beer pong skills won\'t go to waste. Bier Barrel Race spectators should tune in Saturday at 1pm, and weiner dog fans should be ready to go at 1pm Sunday. The other games take place throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3079\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/top-10-things-to-do-at-oktoberfest-2009/dsc07660/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3079\" title=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07660.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<strong>4. Learn the Polka.</strong> OktoberFest offers a wide variety of entertainment and music, ranging from local bands and performers to authentic German musicians. There\'s fun to be had and music to be heard in just about every tent at the festival and, thanks perhaps to the copious amounts of beer, everyone - and I mean <em>everyone</em> - dances. On my list of acts to see are Brandon Clark Band, the Polka Meisters, the Jambalaya Jass Band and the Gypsy Fire Belly Dancers. See? <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/happenings.php\">There\'s a little something for everyone</a>.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3084\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/top-10-things-to-do-at-oktoberfest-2009/dsc07697/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3084\" title=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07697.jpg\" alt=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<strong>5. Ride the rides, take a chance. </strong>The best deal on OktoberFest rides happens Friday, Oct. 22, thanks to the EZ Ride Pass. For $15, festival goers looking for a thrill can enjoy an unlimited ride pass that works all over OktoberFest Tulsa. Speaking of hot deals, if you plan to head to OktoberFest on Thursday, be sure to hit the either the <a href=\"http://www.geekrescue.com/index.php\">Geek Rescue</a>, <a href=\"http://www.ktul.com/\">KTUL News Channel 8</a> or <a href=\"http://921thebeat.com/main.html\">92.1 The Beat</a> websites to pick up vouchers that will get you into the festival free of admission.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3080\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/top-10-things-to-do-at-oktoberfest-2009/dsc07707/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3080\" title=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07707.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<strong>6. Visit Das Sports Cafe.</strong> I guess The Sports Cafe doesn\'t translate well to the German, but what goes on inside sure translates well to fun. Not only is this the best place to catch the weekend football games thanks to the big screen TVs, but it\'s also the home to a new aspect of the festival: Taps spewing local brew. Be sure to grab plenty of the Oktoberfest-style beer from Marshall Brewing Company, and say hi to the folks in Tulsa from Krebs at Choc Beer Company, too.\n\n<img src=\"http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs025.snc1/3116_1005921204428_1716858818_6590_104614_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\n\n<strong>7. Do the chicken dance with the Biermeister.</strong> Lovingly known as the main tent among long-time OktoberFest Tulsa goers, Das Bier Garten is that place where everyone from Junior, Jr. to Great-Grandpa can flap their wings and do the chicken dance with the Biermeister (pictured above) on top of a picnic table. The required high-energy music will be provided by bands from Germany while you learn to polka and, if you don\'t already know it, that signature dance of OktoberFest Tulsa inspired by the yard bird we all know and love.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3081\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/top-10-things-to-do-at-oktoberfest-2009/dsc07686/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3081\" title=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07686-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa OktoberFest\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\n<strong>8. Eat Kartoffelpuffer and Bavarian pretzels.</strong> While you\'re at it, eat some knackwurst and bratwurst from <a href=\"http://www.siegis.com/\">Siegi\'s Sausage Factory</a> with some sauerkraut, along with as much Bavarian-style cheesecake as your can muster. At the second-ever year of OktoberFest Tulsa in 1980, the 100,000 patrons consumed 3,500 pounds - that\'s a ton and a half - of this OktoberFest food stuff. Sissies! Surely the patrons of this year\'s festival can beat that. The nosh is available throughout the festival grounds, but you can\'t turn around in Das Ess Zelt und Garten without refilling your plate with everything from Siegi\'s Sausage to strudel to schnitzel to Ludger\'s cheesecake. <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/concessions.php\">Click here for a full list of what\'s cookin\' at this year\'s OktoberFest</a>, complete with pricing. While you might put away more food than you have since the Tulsa State Fair, you won\'t have to eat much to understand why <em><a href=\"http://bonappetit.com/\">Bon Appetit</a></em> voted back in 2005 that OktoberFest Tulsa is the place to get the best Bavarian food.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3082\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/top-10-things-to-do-at-oktoberfest-2009/dsc07709/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3082\" title=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07709-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\n<strong>9. Shop \'til you drop.</strong> While the big-box chain stores are already buttering you up for Christmas shopping, you\'ll be able to boost the local economy by taking home some of the many arts and crafts available for purchase at OktoberFest Tulsa. Don\'t forget the commemorative beer stein and an OktoberFest Tulsa t-shirt. As my friend <a href=\"http://sindyintulsa.blogspot.com/\">Sindy in Tulsa</a> would so lovingly say in her sexy German accent (which is real, by the way - Sindy came to Tulsa straight from the home of lederhosen), \"Tasha, that is so Bavarian.\"\n\n<strong>10. Get in free.</strong> There are at least four ways to get through the gate at Oktoberfest this year without paying a dime. Thanks to the dudes at Geek Rescue, admission is free to anyone who presents <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/coupon.php\">this Oktoberfest coupon on Thursday night</a>. Second, you could pick up the new Wunderbar Pass, which comes with free admission to the festival as well as a 1-liter collector\'s Spaten stein, free round-trip shuttle rides each day of the festival and one free pint of beer each day of the festival (they\'re $30, but knowing how much I\'ve spent on these things at the OktoberFests of the past, I officially declare this to be a hot deal). Third, senior citizens are admitted free on Friday from 11am-4pm. Last but not least, anyone who hasn\'t yet celebrated his or her 13th birthday gets in free all weekend long. That doesn\'t mean that if you didn\'t celebrate your 13th birthday because no one liked you and couldn\'t be bothered with planning you a party that you get in free, though. Sorry about that on both counts.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3083\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2009/10/top-10-things-to-do-at-oktoberfest-2009/dsc07678/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3083\" title=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC07678-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"OktoberFest Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nAs if you need more convincing to head to the west bank of the Arkansas this weekend, Oktoberfest Tulsa benefits <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/\">RiverParks</a>, one of Tulsa\'s most treasured locales and a top tourism attraction for the city, which has benefited from more than $1 million in improvements and enhancements thanks to the festival.\n\nAdmission to Oktoberfest this year is $6, and remember, kids age 12 and under get in free. For details on parking, the location of shuttle stops and any other detail not listed here, check out the <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/festival.php\">Oktoberfest Tulsa Web site</a>.\n\nCheers!\n\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>\nWhere: River West Festival Park, 2100 S. Jackson Ave.\nWhen: Oct. 21 (gates open at 5pm) - Oct. 24\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/index.php\">TulsaOktoberFest.org</a>','Top 10 Things to Do at OktoberFest Tulsa','Tulsa Oktoberfest is upon us. It starts this Thursday at 5pm and runs through 6pm on Sunday, providing Tulsans with a weekend of fun, games, music, food and one other very important thing.','inherit','open','open','','324-autosave','','','2010-10-18 14:45:59','2010-10-18 19:45:59','',324,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/324-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1197,1,'2010-08-01 23:18:10','2010-08-02 04:18:10','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4669363917/\" title=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa by econ, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4669363917_53b78243ce_b.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Nothing stops me dead in my tracks quite like a neon sign.<br /><br />Well, that might be a slight exaggeration.  Let me rephrase: Nothing stops me dead in my tracks quite like a neon sign when I have my polaroid camera on board.<br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a>That\'s more like it.<br /><br />Because really, what better way to capture the authenticity of an old sign than with an old polaroid camera? It\'s like chocolate and peanut butter. They\'re just made to go together, to be joined at the hip, peas in a pod.<br /><br />Lucky for me, Tulsa has it\'s fair share of these extraordinary signs.  Also lucky for me, I\'m rarely without my polaroid camera.  I just wish I didn\'t have to worry about running out of film.  But that\'s another story for another day.  Instead of dwelling on my woes, let\'s take a 3\"x3\" journey through this town via the wonders that are some of my favorite neon signs.<br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4669364043/\" title=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa by econ, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa\" height=\"600\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4669364043_11f26b1e55_b.jpg\" width=\"600\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4669987968/\" title=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa by econ, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa\" height=\"600\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4669987968_8e71d52030_b.jpg\" width=\"600\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4669363917/\" title=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa by econ, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa\" height=\"600\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4669363917_53b78243ce_b.jpg\" width=\"600\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4669364223/\" title=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa by econ, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa\" height=\"600\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4669364223_b9340eb027_b.jpg\" width=\"600\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4669987840/\" title=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa by econ, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa\" height=\"600\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4669987840_62410ee62a_b.jpg\" width=\"600\" /></a></div><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/econ/4669987742/\" title=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa by econ, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"neon signs: erin sees tulsa\" height=\"600\" src=\"http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1292/4669987742_06df81de20_b.jpg\" width=\"600\" /></a></div><br />While many of these signs are years or even decades old, rumor has it that vintage neon signs are the new black - or green, or whatever the saying is now - and a couple of these bad boys have even sprung up recently downtown, either new or vintage.<br /><br />Don\'t worry. I\'ve got my Polaroid camera, and I\'m on it.<br /><br /><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"http://www.erinconrad.com/\" style=\"color: #cc6600; text-decoration: underline;\"><i>Tulsa photographer Erin Conrad</i></a><i>&nbsp;photoblogs weekly at Tasha Does Tulsa as Erin Sees Tulsa.&nbsp;</i><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/search/label/Erin%20Sees%20Tulsa\" style=\"color: #999999; text-decoration: none;\"><i>Check out her recent posts here</i></a><i>.</i></span>','Running Toward the Neon Lights: Erin Sees Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','638-revision-2','','','2010-08-01 23:18:10','2010-08-02 04:18:10','',638,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/638-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1200,1,'2010-05-17 21:14:00','2010-05-17 21:14:00','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4616072611/\" title=\"Bikes, Balls and You by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bikes, Balls and You\" height=\"332\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4616072611_943fd7424c.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />No, this isn\'t some kind of accident awareness class for men. Actually, it\'s the best and one of the biggest play dates in town, and it happens tomorrow at Whiteside Community Center (just west of 41st and Yale) from 9:30-10:45am with <a href=\"http://www.Ttownmoms.com/\">Ttownmoms.com</a>.<br /><br /><a name=\'more\'></a><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4616072523/\" title=\"Bikes, Balls and You by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bikes, Balls and You\" height=\"332\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4616072523_53ec2a9c60.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br /><a href=\"http://ttownmoms.com/events/50727\">Bikes, Balls and You is of my son\'s favorite things to do in T-Town</a>. See him? He\'s the one busy giving the trampoline some serious hell. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4616688110/\" title=\"Bikes, Balls and You by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bikes, Balls and You\" height=\"332\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/4616688110_0a11cce9f8.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Remember those roller seat thingies? The things no one was ever allowed to play with in P.E. class because someone was bound to be run over and have to be sent to the school nurse?<br /><br />Yeah. Those roller seat thingies are <i>the best</i>. And there are plenty of them at Bikes, Balls and You. <br /><br />Here\'s where the bikes come in. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4616072709/\" title=\"Bikes, Balls and You by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bikes, Balls and You\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4616072709_bc1266706d.jpg\" width=\"332\" /></a></div><br />One of my son\'s favorite things to do is hide. Here\'s the Find the TDT Kid segment of this post. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4616687514/\" title=\"Bikes, Balls and You by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bikes, Balls and You\" height=\"332\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4616687514_a404a71900.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />That kid sure can hide. <br /><br />At least, that\'s what I want him to think. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4616687598/\" title=\"Bikes, Balls and You by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bikes, Balls and You\" height=\"332\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4616687598_e7199a357c.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Little booger. <br /><br />My little booger. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4616072343/\" title=\"Bikes, Balls and You by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bikes, Balls and You\" height=\"332\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/4616072343_259f6fe6c1.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />It\'s nice to let the kids loose in a gymnasium with a bunch of toys every once in awhile. It leaves lots of time for meeting other moms, dads and grandparents, and the kiddo always comes away with another friend or two, too. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4616687818/\" title=\"Bikes, Balls and You by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bikes, Balls and You\" height=\"332\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4616687818_1ff34fb903.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />That is, when my kid isn\'t plowing into the other children. <br /><br />Hey, son? It\'s hard to make friends when you like to pretend you\'re a human snow plow. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4616072069/\" title=\"Bikes, Balls and You by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bikes, Balls and You\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4616072069_db834f8eac.jpg\" width=\"332\" /></a> </div><br />We always have fun at Bikes, Balls and You. And I bet you and your kids would, too. <br /><br /><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4616071955/\" title=\"Bikes, Balls and You by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img alt=\"Bikes, Balls and You\" height=\"332\" src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/4616071955_661be21c0f.jpg\" width=\"500\" /></a></div><br />Looking for other exciting things going at <a href=\"http://www.Ttownmoms.com/\">Ttownmoms.com</a> right now? I got you:<br /><br /><b>Giveaways! <a href=\"http://www.ttownmoms.com/?page=blogs/view&amp;BLID=8483\">Enter to win one week of free summer camp at the Westside YMCA</a></b>. That\'s where I went to summer camp when I was a kid, and I\'ll be the first to tell you that it\'s always nice to know that, if all else fails, I know how to cook my lunch over an open fire and, if needed, I could ride a galloping horse through a forest, like in an freaking action movie. I might not look silver-screen worth doing it - I make funny faces when I ride a horse through a forest like in a freaking action movie - but at least I could do it, if necessary. Wouldn\'t it be cool if your kids could, too? So, enter to win that week\'s worth of summer camp at the Westside Y. <br /><br /><a href=\"http://ttownmoms.com/blogs/8538\"><b>Also up for grabs is a dozen cupcakes from Merritt\'s Bakery</b></a>. <a href=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4549625060_e230fafce6_o.jpg\">And we all know how I feel about Merritt\'s Bakery</a>. They\'re fabulous, especially when they\'re free. <br /><br /><b><a href=\"http://www.ttownmoms.com/?page=account/messages/view&amp;folder=Bulletins&amp;BULID=1082\">Mark your calendars for Mom\'s Night Out: Baby Shower Edition</a></b>. It\'s on for June 11 at Elote Cafe and Catering, 514 S. Boston Ave., and we\'ll be celebrating the impending birth of Head Mom Trisha\'s third little one by donating \"baby shower\" gifts to Emergency Infant Services. Plus, everyone who shows up in their non-Mom jeans gets free appetizers. Cool, right? Get the \"registry\" list here. <br /><br />See you at <a href=\"http://www.Ttownmoms.com/\">Ttownmoms.com</a>!','Bikes, Balls and You','','inherit','open','open','','610-revision','','','2010-05-17 21:14:00','2010-05-17 21:14:00','',610,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/610-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1204,1,'2010-08-14 18:10:25','2010-08-14 23:10:25','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views. A few spots immediately spring to mind.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from <a href=\"http://www.parks.tulsacounty.org/Chandler.aspx\">Chandler Park</a>;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1207\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1207\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas River from <a href=\"http://www.summittulsa.com/\">The Summit restaurant</a>, on the top floor of the Bank of America building at 6th and Main;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas from the roof and from the Crystal Ballroom of <a href=\"http://www.themayohotel.com/\">The Mayo Hotel</a>;</li>\r\n	<li>The view of the Osage Hills from the 15th floor of <a href=\"http://www.midcontinenttower.com/\">the MidContinent Tower</a> (thanks for that, <a href=\"http://www.rexpr.com/\">friends at Rex PR</a>);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of <a href=\"http://www.tulsadrillers.com/\">ONEOK Field</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a> from my dad\'s office on the 50th floor of the BOK Tower (thanks to you, too, Dad);</li>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the Osage Hills;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0676/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The view of downtown from the roof of <a href=\"http://www.uticaplace.com/\">Utica Place</a>.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1206\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/skylinebysarah/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1206\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/skylinebysarah.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI\'m sure you have your favorite spots to visit when you\'re looking for a view, too (and if you\'re not secretive about it, be sure to leave it in the comments).\r\n\r\nBut until recently, I\'ve been neglecting a most choice view of Tulsa\'s famous skyline.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s the patio of <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">In the Raw on the Hill</a>, at 61st Street and Sheridan Road.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1210\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0982-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1210\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09821.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nConfession time: I\'d never visited In the Raw on the Hill until my friend and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=erin+sees+tulsa\">TDT columnist Erin Conrad</a> invited me.\r\n\r\nShe\'s the reason I\'m not calling it In the Raw South, by the way. Because she\'d give me a knuckle sandwich if I called it In the Raw South. It\'s In the Raw on the Hill, okay? Okay.\r\n\r\nBecause Erin Conrad said so. And what Erin says, goes.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1211\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0990/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1211\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0990.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI have to say, In the Raw isn\'t my favorite sushi place. But, given <a href=\"http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/\">the astronomic events that took place Thursday night</a> and our family\'s rabid interest in all things celestial, I was willing to pay for atmosphere and experience in exchange for this incredible view to which Erin had introduced me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1212\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1212\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOnce I told my family that we\'d be able to see the alignment-of-the-moon-and-three-planets-that-will-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye portion of the evening from the patio, our reservations practically booked themselves.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1213\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0942/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1213\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0942-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nA few of our friends decided to come along.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1214\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0943-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1214\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09431.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s the blogger behind <a href=\"http://havesporkwilltravel.blogspot.com/\">Have Spork, Will Travel</a> and her husband.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1215\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0946/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1215\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0946.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s Sindy of <a href=\"http://sindyintulsa.blogspot.com/\">Sindy in Tulsa</a>. She has freckles and a sexy German accent.\r\n\r\nIt\'s easy to be jealous of both. At least, it is for me.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1216\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0937/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1216\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0937-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAnd we all know who these guys are, right?\r\n\r\nThe men who need no introduction. At least, that\'s what the people at the grocery store and the farmers\' market and the bank and the other places we\'re spotted tell us.\r\n\r\nThis is what I like about being the one behind the camera.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1217\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0948-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1217\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09481-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe first show of the evening was this sunset, which threatened to set the sky ablaze all Mel Gibson-style.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1219\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0962/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1219\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0962-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1220\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0991/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0991.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1222\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0954/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1222\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0954-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0952/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1221\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0950-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1221\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09501-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nAfter we roasted for a bit and became a couple of <em>those</em> parents (you know the ones - the ones who let their kids play with iPhones when they\'re out at dinner, a behavior I\'d normally find appalling if my face wasn\'t melting off my head), we could finally see the planets as took their positions.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1223\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0996-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1223\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09961.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCan you see it?\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1224\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0993-2/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1224\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09931.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOn the bottom there is, surprise, our moon. The bright object above and to the left of that is Venus. Not visible in this photo because I\'m still learning my camera and because of the blanket of humidity that hangs over Oklahoma like a wet, hazy blanket at this time of year are Saturn and Mars. We saw them, though.\r\n\r\nAnd it ruled.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1225\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_1005/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1225\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_1005.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSee? You can tell by the looks on these faces.\r\n\r\nAfter a few bites of strawberry cheesecake (which was out-of-this-world good, if you can forgive the pun) and a glass of the house wine, <a href=\"http://www.tulsawine.com/itr.php\">a Sauvignon Blanc blended under the purview of Chris Girouard of Girouard Vines here in Tulsa</a>, we headed to my mom\'s house, west of the light pollution of the city, to check out the Perseid meteor shower.\r\n\r\nWhich you know, if you saw any part of it, also ruled.\r\n\r\nNext time you\'re wracking your brain for a perching place to see a killer sunset, a gentle rain, as much blue Oklahoma sky as possible or downtown glittering in the darkness, make sure In the Raw on the Hill is on your list of spots to consider.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa/dsc_0985/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nYou won\'t be sorry.\r\n\r\n<strong>In the Raw on the Hill</strong>\r\nWhere: 6151 S. Sheridan Road\r\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm; Monday-Thursday, 5-10pm; Friday and Saturday, 5-11pm\r\nCall: (918) 524-0063\r\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">intherawsushi.com</a>','In the Raw on the Hill: A Top View of Tulsa','A question I get a lot here at TashaDoesTulsa.com is where in Tulsa to find the best views.','publish','open','open','','in-the-raw-on-the-hill-a-top-view-of-tulsa','','','2010-08-14 18:19:06','2010-08-14 23:19:06','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=1204',0,'post','',4),(1205,1,'2010-08-14 16:07:44','2010-08-14 21:07:44','','In the Raw on the Hill','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0952','','','2010-08-14 16:07:44','2010-08-14 21:07:44','',1204,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(1206,1,'2010-08-14 16:16:07','2010-08-14 21:16:07','','Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus','','inherit','open','open','','skylinebysarah','','','2010-08-14 16:16:07','2010-08-14 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A few spots immediately spring to mind.\n\n<!--more-->\n<ul>\n	<li>The view of downtown from <a href=\"http://www.parks.tulsacounty.org/Chandler.aspx\">Chandler Park</a>;</li>\n</ul>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1207\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1207\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1207\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4775641741_eb45ea204a_o-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Chandler Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n<ul>\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas River from <a href=\"http://www.summittulsa.com/\">The Summit restaurant</a>, on the top floor of the Bank of America building at 6th and Main;</li>\n	<li>The view of the Arkansas from the roof and from the Crystal Ballroom of <a href=\"http://www.themayohotel.com/\">The Mayo Hotel</a>;</li>\n	<li>The view of the Osage Hills from the 15th floor of <a href=\"http://www.midcontinenttower.com/\">the MidContinent Tower</a> (thanks for that, <a href=\"http://www.rexpr.com/\">friends at Rex PR</a>);</li>\n	<li>The view of <a href=\"http://www.tulsadrillers.com/\">ONEOK Field</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.bokcenter.com/\">BOK Center</a> from my dad\'s office on the 50th floor of the BOK Tower (thanks to you, too, Dad);</li>\n	<li>The view of downtown from the Osage Hills;</li>\n</ul>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1208\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1208\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0676-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from Osage Hills\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n<ul>\n	<li>The view of downtown from the roof of <a href=\"http://www.uticaplace.com/\">Utica Place</a>.</li>\n</ul>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1206\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1206\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1206\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/skylinebysarah.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline by Sarah Nicodemus\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" /></a>\n\nI\'m sure you have your favorite spots to visit when you\'re looking for a view, too (and if you\'re not secretive about it, be sure to leave it in the comments).\n\nBut until recently, I\'ve been neglecting a most choice view of Tulsa\'s famous skyline.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1209\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nIt\'s the patio of <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">In the Raw on the Hill</a>, at 61st Street and Sheridan Road.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1210\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1210\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1210\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09821.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nConfession time: I\'d never visited In the Raw on the Hill until my friend and <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=erin+sees+tulsa\">TDT columnist Erin Conrad</a> invited me.\n\nShe\'s the reason I\'m not calling it In the Raw South, by the way. Because she\'d give me a knuckle sandwich if I called it In the Raw South. It\'s In the Raw on the Hill, okay? Okay.\n\nBecause Erin Conrad said so. And what Erin says, goes.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1211\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1211\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1211\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0990.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nI\'ll be the first to tell you that I\'m not a fan of giving negative restaurant reviews, at least as long as nothing seriously wrong is going down. So, in the spirit of what I just wrote, In the Raw isn\'t my favorite sushi place. While it\'s not usually my style, given <a href=\"http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/05aug_perseids/\">the astronomic events that took place Thursday night</a> and our family\'s rabid interest in all things celestial, I was willing to pay for atmosphere, experience and this incredible view to which Erin introduced me.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1212\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1212\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1212\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09851-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nOnce I told my family that we\'d be able to see the alignment-of-the-moon-and-three-planets-that-will-be-visible-to-the-naked-eye portion of the evening from the patio, our reservations practically booked themselves.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1213\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1213\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1213\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0942-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nA few of our friends decided to come along.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1214\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1214\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1214\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09431.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThat\'s the blogger behind <a href=\"http://havesporkwilltravel.blogspot.com/\">Have Spork, Will Travel</a> and her husband.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1215\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1215\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1215\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0946.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nThat\'s Sindy of <a href=\"http://sindyintulsa.blogspot.com/\">Sindy in Tulsa</a>. She has freckles and a sexy German accent.\n\nIt\'s easy to be jealous of both. At least, it is for me.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1216\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1216\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1216\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0937-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAnd we all know who these guys are, right?\n\nThe men who need no introduction. At least, that\'s what the people at the grocery store and the farmers\' market and the bank and the other places we\'re spotted tell us.\n\nThis is what I like about being the one behind the camera.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1217\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1217\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1217\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09481-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nThe first show of the evening was this sunset, which threatened to set the sky ablaze all Mell Gibson-style.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1219\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1219\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1219\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0962-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1220\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1220\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1220\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0991.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1222\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1222\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1222\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0954-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1205\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1205\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1205\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0952.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1221\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1221\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1221\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09501-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nAfter we roasted for a bit and became a couple of <em>those</em> parents (you know the ones - the ones who let their kids play with iPhones when they\'re out at dinner, a behavior I\'d normally find appalling if my face wasn\'t melting off my head), we could finally see the planets as took their positions.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1223\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1223\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1223\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09961.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nCan you see it?\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1224\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1224\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1224\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_09931.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nOn the bottom there is, surprise, our moon. The bright object above and to the left of that is Venus. Not visible in this photo because I\'m still learning my camera and because of the blanket of humidity that hangs over Oklahoma like a wet, hazy blanket at this time of year are Saturn and Mars. We saw them, though.\n\nAnd it ruled.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1225\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1225\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1225\" title=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_1005.jpg\" alt=\"In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a>\n\nSee? You can tell by the looks on these faces.\n\nAfter a few bites of strawberry cheesecake (which was out-of-this-world good, if you can forgive the pun) and a glass of the house wine, <a href=\"http://www.tulsawine.com/itr.php\">a Sauvignon Blanc blended under the purview of Chris Girouard of Girouard Vines here in Tulsa</a>, we headed to my mom\'s house, west of the light pollution of the city, to check out the Perseid meteor shower.\n\nWhich you know, if you saw any part of it, also ruled.\n\nNext time you\'re wracking your brain for a perching place to see a killer sunset, a gentle rain, as much blue Oklahoma sky as possible or downtown glittering in the darkness, make sure In the Raw on the Hill is on your list of spots to consider.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1209\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=1209\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" title=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0985-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Skyline from In the Raw on the Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\n\nYou won\'t be sorry.\n\n<strong>In the Raw on the Hill</strong>\nWhere: 6151 S. Sheridan Road\nWhen: Monday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm; Monday-Thursday, 5-10pm; Friday and Saturday, 5-11pm\nCall: (918) 524-0063\nWeb: <a href=\"http://www.intherawsushi.com/\">intherawsushi.com</a>','In the Raw on the Hill: A View of Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','1204-revision','','','2010-08-14 18:07:46','2010-08-14 23:07:46','',1204,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/1204-revision/',0,'revision','',0),