(7985,1,'2010-10-04 13:47:32','2010-10-04 18:47:32','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Elote by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4497644101/\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4497644101_5136f488db.jpg\" alt=\"Elote\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a></div>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Cinco de Mayo in Tulsa: Yeah, it\'s kind of a big deal. Here\'s your itinerary for partying the day - and I do mean the whole, entire day - away.</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Brookside Farmers\' Market</span>\r\nWhen: 8am-noon\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cherrystreetfarmersmarket.com/\">Northeast corner of the Food Pyramid parking lot at 41st Street and Peoria Ave.</a>\r\nCheck out Elote Cafe chef/owner Libby Auld as she whips up a cooking demo at the opening day of this midtown farmers\' market. Ole!\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Drillers vs. Arkansas Travelers</strong>\r\nWhen: 10:05am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsadrillers.com/\">ONEOK Field</a>, 201 N. Elgin Ave.\r\nA daytime game at ONEOK Field, and the weather\'s supposed to be fabulous. Can you think of anything better than playing hooky from work, heading to a downtown ball game and then walking to a giant margarita tent (see below?). Yeah, me neither. I\'m trying to contain myself, but it\'s not working very well.\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\r\n</span></strong>\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo Downtown Street Party</strong>\r\nWhen: noon-until you\'ve had enough (varies)\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.elguaposcantina.net/\">First Street and Elgin Ave. by El Guapo</a>\r\nCheck out this 3rd annual downtown Cinco de Mayo street party. The folks from El Guapo Cantina close down the street, put up a tent, and serve margaritas all day long. Local band Hosty Duo will take the stage at 8:00pm. And, if you\'re planning to go to the Drillers game tonight or Wednesday morning, keep your ticket stub and redeem it for a free Tecate. (!) The tweets from everyone getting back to work after hitting up the margarita tent tomorrow should be interesting...can\'t wait!\r\n\r\n<strong>Shopping and Skinny Girl Margaritas</strong>\r\nWhen: 3-7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118923008127196\">Little Black Dress</a> on Cherry Street\r\nMargaritas <em>and</em> some of the best local shopping Tulsa has to offer the ladies among us? Say no more.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco Ocho</strong>\r\nWhen: 5pm\r\nWhere: Just east of In the Raw on Brookside\r\nGet margaritas, beer, sangria, food and an ice luge. Yes, an ice luge. Plus, hear the awesome Eric and the Adams, along with DJ Rook.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Bando</strong>\r\nWhen: 5-9pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112582902108768\">The Octagon (Fresh Roast Coffee House)</a>, 81st and Harvard\r\nCheck out this annual fundraiser for Blood Water:Mission for Africa, a concert/festival featuring five local bands and a grand ol\' time. The bands: The By-Products, The T-Town Theory, The Fiascos, The Twenties and Red Wood Rising. Admission is $5, shirts are $15 and henna tattoos are a mere $1. Plus, Chick-Fil-A will be show up with a cow (!) and food, so bring a little extra scrill for som grub.\r\n\r\n<strong>5X5</strong>\r\nWhen: 5:55pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://tacgallery.org/\">Tulsa Artists\' Coalition Gallery</a>, 9 E. Brady Street\r\nWhat happens when you give hundreds of artists 5\"X5\" canvases? The biggest Tulsa Artists\' Coalition fundraising event of the year, that\'s what, not to mention a veritible Tulsa tradition. Each work is $55 and represent a range of creative variety of subjects in painting, ceramic, photography, paper, metal, wood, cloth and other mediums. Get in there quickly, folks, because this event will be packed and those little pieces of art don\'t last long.\r\n\r\n<strong>Qdoba\'s 1st Annual Cinco de Mayo Block Party</strong>\r\nWhen: 6pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112381035468623\">Qdoba on Cherry Street</a>, 1520 E. 15th Street\r\nGet live music from local band Remedy, plus prizes, \'ritas, a burrito eating contest (!), and more.\r\n\r\n<strong>Los Cabos Cinco de Mayo and Birthday Bash</strong>\r\nWhen: 6pm, BA and Jenks locations\r\nWhere: Broken Arrow on Bass Pro Drive and in Jenks at RiverWalk Crossing\r\nIt\'s just just Cinco de Mayo at Los Cabos - it\'s their birthday, too. Grab your sombrero and prepare to hat dance to The Usual Suspects at Jenks and Sextion 8 at BA.\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\r\n</span>\r\n<strong>Mariachi Tulsa</strong>\r\nWhen: 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.thecanebrake.com/\">The Canebrake</a>, 33241 E. 732nd Road in Wagoner\r\nCome help Lisa the Yoga Queen celebrate her birthday and Cinco de Mayo with Mariachi Tulsa, a Mexican quartet. They’ll play 7-10pm, no cover. Plus, you\'ll get to hang out at The Canebrake. Como se dice BONUS en Espanol?\r\n\r\n<strong>The Local Table Cinco de Mayo Dinner</strong>\r\nWhen: 8pm\r\nWhere: The Local Table, 4329 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nThe folks at The Local Table are coming up with some new tequila drinks to have with four courses\' worth of guaranteed kick-ass authentic Mexican food. Check out the tongue tacos and the pozole - they were a big hit last year. Cost is $30 (which is <em>nothing</em> for a four-course meal with drinks, by the way). Call (918) 794-8013 for reservations.\r\n\r\n<strong>Live Event Trivia at Louie\'s</strong>\r\nWhen: 8pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118717284814336\">Louie\'s in Jenks</a>, west of the 96th Street Bridge\r\nHaven\'t taken part in the trivia phenomenon that\'s sweeping the city? What better time to get a team of smarties together and head out to a Live Event Trivia event with my friend Josh than on Cinco de Mayo? Plus, Boulevard pints will be $2.\r\n\r\n<strong>Elote Bar Grand Opening</strong>\r\nWhen: 9pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.elotetulsa.com/\">Elote Cafe and Catering</a>, 514 S. Boston Ave.\r\nCheck out Elote\'s new eco-friendly bar, complete with a Mexican wrestling ring and Luchador tourneys, and hear some live music from Apowao and DJ Jezi, too. If you think you might want to try your hand at being a luchador yourself, <a href=\"mailto:eloteluchadors@gmail.com\">apply</a> - Elote will host Luchador fighting for glory each Thursday night. Beginning May 5, the bar will be open until 2am Wednesday-Saturday night, with live entertainment Friday and Saturday.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo Beer Pong</strong>\r\nWhen: 9pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118555558171390\">Joe Momma\'s Express</a>, 61st Street and U.S. 169\r\nGet $2 Tecates and a pizza special including a large, one-topping pizza and two pitchers of High Life for $15.\r\n\r\n<strong>Brookside Cinco de Mayo with Captain Obvious</strong>\r\nWhen: 9:30pm\r\nWhere: Sharky\'s, 3415 S. Peoria Ave.\r\nCinco de Mayo on Brookside is always a huge celebration, and this year it gets even better with Laron Simpson\'s new band, Captain Obvious, at the helm. Check out the tons of drinks, beer and shot specials. The live music kicks in at 9:30pm and Captain Obvious will continue giving eargasms until closing time.','Cinco de Mayo in Tulsa 2010','Cinco de Mayo in Tulsa: Yeah, it\'s kind of a big deal. Here\'s your itinerary for partying the day - and I do mean the whole, entire day - away.','inherit','open','open','','588-revision-3','','','2010-10-04 13:47:32','2010-10-04 18:47:32','',588,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/588-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(7986,1,'2011-05-04 07:39:21','2011-05-04 13:39:21','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/cinco-de-mayo-in-tulsa-2011/picture-6-10/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7976\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-6-500x334.png\" alt=\"Luchapalooza from Elote Facebook Page\" title=\"Luchapalooza from Elote Facebook Page\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7976\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCinco de Mayo is quite the busy night here in Tulsa. Here\'s a list of parties, events and street festivals happening around town to help you celebrate this holiday to the fullest. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo Fiesta</strong>\r\nWhen: 11am-2am\r\nWhere: Fourth Street between Cheyenne and Boulder, in downtown Tulsa\r\nGet live music, tons of food and activities for all ages at this downtown, all-day street festival. Music performances will range from mariachi bands to Ballet Folkloricos; other entertainment includes free salsa dancing lessons, a traditional Mexican piñata, a kids\' area with face painting, a Jupiter Jump and an art show. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=223008867713928\">Here\'s more about this first-annual event, sponsored by Casa Laredo</a>, including a schedule of events. \r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo with Elote</strong>\r\nWhen: 5pm-midnight\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103726056383125\">Boston Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Street</a>\r\nSee luchador fights all Cinco de Mayo evening long at this downtown street festival (yes, we have luchador fighting here in Tulsa - in fact, <a href=\"http://elotetulsa.com/luchadores\">we have our very own luchador wrestling league</a>), as well as the wedding of luchadors La Princessa and Bar Fly. Congratulations, you two! Look also for kids\' activities, music, low riders, food and, of course, lots and lots of adult beverages.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo at The Max Retropub</strong>\r\nWhen: 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.themaxtulsa.com/\">The Max Retropub</a>, 114 S. Elgin Avenue\r\nLook for a rooftop tequila luge, Dos Equis specials and music from Mariachi of Tulsa at this Blue Dome District Cinco de Mayo party. A few doors down is a Taco Pizza special at Joe Momma\'s, in case all that partying makes you hungry. \r\n\r\nWhere will you celebrate Cinco de Mayo this year? \r\n\r\nIs your favorite event missing from this listing? <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact/\">Let me know by contacting me here</a>. \r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1456339304\">Photo from the Elote Cafe Facebook page</a></em>','Cinco de Mayo in Tulsa 2011','Cinco de Mayo is quite the busy night here in Tulsa. Here\'s a list of parties, events and street festivals happening around town to help you celebrate to the fullest. ','inherit','open','open','','7975-revision-9','','','2011-05-04 07:39:21','2011-05-04 13:39:21','',7975,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/7975-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(7987,1,'2011-05-04 07:42:20','2011-05-04 13:42:20','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/cinco-de-mayo-in-tulsa-2011/picture-6-10/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7976\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-6-500x334.png\" alt=\"Luchapalooza from Elote Facebook Page\" title=\"Luchapalooza from Elote Facebook Page\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7976\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCinco de Mayo is quite the busy night here in Tulsa. Here\'s a list of parties, events and street festivals happening around town to help you celebrate this holiday to the fullest. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo Fiesta</strong>\r\nWhen: 11am-2am\r\nWhere: Fourth Street between Cheyenne and Boulder, in downtown Tulsa\r\nGet live music, tons of food and activities for all ages at this downtown, all-day street festival. Music performances will range from mariachi bands to Ballet Folkloricos; other entertainment includes free salsa dancing lessons, a traditional Mexican piñata, a kids\' area with face painting, a Jupiter Jump and an art show. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=223008867713928\">Here\'s more about this first-annual event, sponsored by Casa Laredo</a>, including a schedule of events. \r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo with Elote</strong>\r\nWhen: 5pm-midnight\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103726056383125\">Boston Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Street</a>\r\nSee luchador fights all Cinco de Mayo evening long at this downtown street festival (yes, we have luchador fighting here in Tulsa - in fact, <a href=\"http://elotetulsa.com/luchadores\">we have our very own luchador wrestling league</a>), as well as the wedding of luchadors La Princessa and Bar Fly. Congratulations, you two! Look also for kids\' activities, music, low riders, food and, of course, lots and lots of adult beverages.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cinco de Mayo at The Max Retropub</strong>\r\nWhen: 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.themaxtulsa.com/\">The Max Retropub</a>, 114 S. Elgin Avenue\r\nLook for a rooftop tequila luge, Dos Equis specials and music from Mariachi of Tulsa at this Blue Dome District Cinco de Mayo party. A few doors down is a Taco Pizza special at Joe Momma\'s, in case all that partying makes you hungry. \r\n\r\nWhere will you celebrate Cinco de Mayo this year? \r\n\r\nIs your favorite event missing from this listing? <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact/\">Let me know by contacting me here</a>. \r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1456339304\">Photo from the Elote Cafe Facebook page</a></em>','Cinco de Mayo in Tulsa 2011','Cinco de Mayo is quite the busy night here in Tulsa. Here\'s a list of parties, events and street festivals happening around town to help you celebrate to the fullest. ','inherit','open','open','','7975-revision-10','','','2011-05-04 07:42:20','2011-05-04 13:42:20','',7975,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/7975-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(9630,1,'2011-11-22 08:11:31','2011-11-22 14:11:31','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9627\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9627\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DSC_0158-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Blogger Meetup Food Writing Edition\" title=\"Tulsa Blogger Meetup Food Writing Edition\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLast week a group of Tulsa-area bloggers gathered at the offices of <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">This Land Press</a> for Tulsa Blogger Meetup Food Writing Edition. We ate, <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/10/24/2011/vintage-smith/\" target=\"_blank\">we drank</a>, we talked shop. And then we all put on pink, glittery boas and sang songs from RENT. \r\n\r\nOur harmonies were spectacular. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9628\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9628\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DSC_0153-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Blogger Meetup Food Writing Edition\" title=\"Tulsa Blogger Meetup Food Writing Edition\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9628\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOK, so what we actually did was powwow around <a href=\"http://argentfork.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Brown, food writer at ArgentFork.com</a> and managing editor at <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">This Land Press</a>. He talked to us about what he does, how he got started with food writing and how he approaches the online world with his craft. \r\n\r\nSome notes: \r\n\r\n<strong>Mark takes a multimedia approach to food writing</strong>. Argent Fork is a print-only food journal that publishes four times annually; he also regularly publishes to <a href=\"http://argentfork.com/forklift/\" target=\"_blank\">a blog at ArgentFork.com</a>. He talked at the blogger meetup about the making of one of his most recent posts, about the time <a href=\"http://argentfork.com/2011/11/brace-yourself/\" target=\"_blank\">his son got braces</a> - about how detail is rendered by a threat and danger, about the process of writing in situ vs. writing later from notes.\r\n<strong>Writing for the market vs. writing as art</strong>. Write what you want to write, Mark said. Readers can always scroll to the recipe. But often what they\'re looking for is something more, a point of connection, a story. \r\n<strong>Writing for readers vs. writing as personal expression</strong>. Once Mark went esoteric in an article he wrote while on staff at the local daily newspaper. The topic? Mustard. He thinks maybe three people read it. Mark\'s advice: You have to write for you.\r\n<strong>Group discussion:</strong> personal journaling vs. online publishing; learning the technical side of blogging vs. hiring it done; how exactly blogging is defined in the first place. \r\n\r\nThat\'s what so great about these meetups. There\'s lots of room for questions, discussion and debate, and the players involved have a huge range of experience and expertise. I see new connections happen at each and every one of these meetups, and they all result in a stronger local blogging community.\r\n\r\n<strong>While I have you:</strong> Mark your calendars for the December Tulsa Blogger Meetup: \r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Blog PR Edition</strong>\r\nWhen: Dec. 8, 6:30 p.m. \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsapressclub.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa Press Club</a>, 415 S. Boston Avenue\r\n\r\nOur speaker will be <a href=\"http://mandyvavrinak.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mandy Vavrinak, a Tulsa PR pro</a> who focuses on social media and the integration of new and traditional tactics. Learn more about Mandy at <a href=\"http://mandyvavrinak.com/\" target=\"_blank\">MandyVavrinak.com</a>; you can also <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/Mandy_Vavrinak\" target=\"_blank\">follow her on Twitter</a>.\r\n\r\nI\'ll have more details coming on what\'s for dinner, so stay tuned. \r\n\r\n<strong>What were your take-aways from this month\'s meetup? What do you hope to discuss at the December meetup?</strong>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup Recap','','inherit','open','open','','9626-revision-2','','','2011-11-22 08:11:31','2011-11-22 14:11:31','',9626,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/11/9626-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9321,1,'2011-10-17 16:18:14','2011-10-17 22:18:14','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9316\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9316\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9316\" title=\"Broken Arrow Round Up Club Rodeo\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSC_0173-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from Tulsa-based blogger Lauren McKinney. <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.com/\">Lauren blogs at Fiddlepit</a>, a blog about embarrassment, cones and life in Oklahoma.</em>\r\n\r\nI\'ve lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a long time, but I can count on one finger the number of times I\'ve been to a rodeo. Still, I feel like an expert. In fact, I\'m pretty sure I know quite a bit about rodeo. You think I\'m joking? Ask anyone. Or, just take a look at these rodeo lingo definitions I wrote and see for yourselves.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Mutton Bustin\'</h3>\r\nParticipants are required to watch and wait for a sheep to commit a crime. A simple misdemeanor will do. The cowboy must then arrest and handcuff the sheep – this is the tricky part – and recite to the animal its Miranda rights. To speed up the process, some mutton busters will attempt to lure sheep into perpetrating an illegal act, such as vandalism. Cowboys hire young, sexy ewes to provide lewd suggestions and/or spray paint. Once the arrest is complete, the rodeo crowd yells in unison, \"Aw... BUSTED!\" Young MC\'s Bust A Move then plays over the loudspeakers.\r\n<h3>Cutting Horses</h3>\r\nStylists-to-be recruited from local beauty colleges compete in a mane-styling tournament. Participants may cut, color and/or curl the mane in order to achieve a presentation that best exhibits their artistry and skill. The hairdresser who produces the most fabulously coiffed philly takes home a blue ribbon.\r\n<h3>PBR</h3>\r\nOnce a year, something big comes to the BOK Center. Surprise! It\'s a huge can of Pabst Blue Ribbon:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9317\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9317\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9317\" title=\"PBR BOK Center\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/giffer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"320\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMmm. PBR.\r\n<h3>Chute Dogging</h3>\r\nHighly skilled canine competitors pair off and play the classic board game Chutes and Ladders in a tournament-style event that lasts a full day. All breeds of dogs may participate, but help from humans is not allowed. This event is typically sponsored by Milton Bradley. Biting out of frustration at landing on yet another effing chute space is strictly forbidden.\r\n<h3>Goat Dressage</h3>\r\nThis event is specifically for children (sometimes referred to as a pedia-rodeo event). Boys and girls have the opportunity to hone their sewing skills and create three looks for their pet goats: One for casual portion of the competition, another for evening, and a third for swimwear. Beyond hand-crafting goat couture, competitors must select coordinating accessories and cosmetics. The trick to accomplishing this in a way that will impress judges is by making sure to pick items which the goat will not be tempted to nibble during the fashion show. Competitors then walk their goats down a long runway three times to show off their fashionable creations, with each run including a sassy spin and/or Zoolander-inspired camera stare. Judges rate each ensemble and average the three scores to come to an overall goat dressage rating.\r\n\r\nWhat rodeo terms have always left you clueless? Tell me in the comments and I\'ll be happy to demystify all that which eludes you.','Rodeo, Defined','Oklahoma blogger Lauren McKinney delivers a crash course in Rodeo 101. ','inherit','open','open','','9275-revision-7','','','2011-10-17 16:18:14','2011-10-17 22:18:14','',9275,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9275-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8470,1,'2011-06-14 08:13:13','2011-06-14 14:13:13','','Tulsa Shock WNBA Basketball Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','4679189460_e21563c511','','','2011-06-14 08:13:13','2011-06-14 14:13:13','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/4679189460_e21563c511.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',1),(9628,1,'2011-11-22 08:10:22','2011-11-22 14:10:22','','Tulsa Blogger Meetup Food Writing Edition','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0153','','','2011-11-22 08:10:22','2011-11-22 14:10:22','',9626,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DSC_0153.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9629,1,'2011-11-22 08:10:06','2011-11-22 14:10:06','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9627\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9627\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DSC_0158-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Blogger Meetup Food Writing Edition\" title=\"Tulsa Blogger Meetup Food Writing Edition\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9627\" /></a>\n\nLast week a group of Tulsa-area bloggers gathered at the offices of <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">This Land Press</a> for Tulsa Blogger Meetup Food Writing Edition. We ate, <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/10/24/2011/vintage-smith/\" target=\"_blank\">we drank</a>, we talked shop. And then we all put on pink, glittery boas and sang songs from RENT. \n\nOur harmonies were spectacular. \n\n\n\nOK, so what we actually did was powwow around <a href=\"http://argentfork.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Brown, food writer at ArgentFork.com</a> and managing editor at <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">This Land Press</a>. He talked to us about what he does, how he got started with food writing and how he approaches the online world with his craft. \n\nSome notes: \n\n<strong>Mark takes a multimedia approach to food writing</strong>. Argent Fork is a print-only food journal that publishes four times annually; he also regularly publishes to <a href=\"http://argentfork.com/forklift/\" target=\"_blank\">a blog at ArgentFork.com</a>. He talked at the blogger meetup about the making of one of his most recent posts, about the time <a href=\"http://argentfork.com/2011/11/brace-yourself/\" target=\"_blank\">his son got braces</a> - about how detail is rendered by a threat and danger, about the process of writing in situ vs. writing later from notes.\n<strong>Writing for the market vs. writing as art</strong>. Write what you want to write, Mark said. Readers can always scroll to the recipe. But often what they\'re looking for is something more, a point of connection, a story. \n<strong>Writing for readers vs. writing as personal expression</strong>. Once Mark went esoteric in an article he wrote while on staff at the local daily newspaper. The topic? Mustard. He thinks maybe three people read it. Mark\'s advice: You have to write for you.\n<strong>Group discussion:</strong> personal journaling vs. online publishing; learning the technical side of blogging vs. hiring it done; how exactly blogging is defined in the first place. \n\nThat\'s what so great about these meetups. There\'s lots of room for questions, discussion and debate, and the players involved have a huge range of experience and expertise. I see new connections happen at each and every one of these meetups, and they all result in a stronger local blogging community.\n\n<strong>While I have you:</strong> Mark your calendars for the December Tulsa Blogger Meetup: \n\n<strong>Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Blog PR Edition</strong>\nWhen: Dec. 8, 6:30 p.m. \nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsapressclub.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa Press Club</a>, 415 S. Boston Avenue\n\nOur speaker will be <a href=\"http://mandyvavrinak.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mandy Vavrinak, a Tulsa PR pro</a> who focuses on social media and the integration of new and traditional tactics. Learn more about Mandy at <a href=\"http://mandyvavrinak.com/\" target=\"_blank\">MandyVavrinak.com</a>; you can also <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/Mandy_Vavrinak\" target=\"_blank\">follow her on Twitter</a>.\n\nI\'ll have more details coming on what\'s for dinner, so stay tuned. \n\n<strong>What were your take-aways from this month\'s meetup? What do you hope to discuss at the December meetup?</strong>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup Recap','','inherit','open','open','','9626-revision','','','2011-11-22 08:10:06','2011-11-22 14:10:06','',9626,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/11/9626-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(10198,1,'2012-01-04 09:03:24','2012-01-04 15:03:24','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/around-town-route-66-roadtrip/route66roadtrip/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10187\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" title=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10187\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Last summer, we craved The Road.</strong> We set out from Tulsa and, over the course of two days, drove to Elk City and back, almost all the way on the old, poured concrete road. We saw a young couple and their pet chicken stop for a bathroom break; we flipped out over the windmills near Weatherford and Clinton (well, one of us in particular did); we drank Oklahoma Syrah and downed two six-packs of root beer from Pops. As we headed west, the horizon flattened, and the dirt showing through the bald spots along the road brightened to and impossible red. And we blasted the 4-60 air conditioner at the conclusion of two staggering sunsets, which we got to watch from start to finish, the second one playing out in the rearview mirror.','Around Town: Route 66 Roadtrip','','inherit','open','open','','10132-revision-7','','','2012-01-04 09:03:24','2012-01-04 15:03:24','',10132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10132-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(10193,1,'2012-01-04 08:58:21','2012-01-04 14:58:21','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10187\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10187\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" title=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10187\" /></a>\n\n<strong>Last summer, we craved The Road.</strong> We set out from Tulsa and, over the course of two days, drove to Elk City and back, almost all the way on poured concrete road. We saw a young couple and their pet chicken stop for a bathroom break; we flipped out over the windmills near Weatherford and Clinton (well, one of us in particular); we drank Oklahoma Syrah and two six-packs of root beer from Pops; we saw two staggering sunsets, from start to finish. The horizon flattened, and the dirt showing in the bald spots along the road turned red. And we blasted the 4-60 air conditioner ','Around Town: Route 66 Roadtrip','','inherit','open','open','','10132-revision-3','','','2012-01-04 08:58:21','2012-01-04 14:58:21','',10132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10132-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(10194,1,'2012-01-04 08:59:11','2012-01-04 14:59:11','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=10187\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10187\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" title=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10187\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Last summer, we craved The Road.</strong> We set out from Tulsa and, over the course of two days, drove to Elk City and back, almost all the way on poured concrete road. We saw a young couple and their pet chicken stop for a bathroom break; we flipped out over the windmills near Weatherford and Clinton (well, one of us in particular); we drank Oklahoma Syrah and two six-packs of root beer from Pops. The horizon flattened, and the dirt showing in the bald spots along the road turned red. And we blasted the 4-60 air conditioner after we saw two staggering sunsets, from start to finish. ','Around Town: Route 66 Roadtrip','','inherit','open','open','','10132-revision-4','','','2012-01-04 08:59:11','2012-01-04 14:59:11','',10132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10132-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(9734,1,'2011-12-03 09:34:55','2011-12-03 15:34:55','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/around-town-philbrook-festival-of-trees/philbrookfestivaloftrees/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9735\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9735\" title=\"Philbrook Festival of Trees Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/philbrookfestivaloftrees-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Philbrook Festival of Trees Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Adorable little guy, isn\'t he?</strong> I saw him nestled in a beautifully decorated tree at the 27th-annual <strong>Philbrook Festival of Trees</strong>, a showcase of work by local artists and a display of gingerbread houses crafted by Tulsa kids. Weekly Garden Glow evenings in the garden and photos with Santa Claus bring even more fun to an event that has become a Tulsa tradition. <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/support/events/2010_festival_of_trees.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about the Philbrook Festival of Trees here</a>, and get even more <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_tags/holiday/\" target=\"_blank\">ideas for holiday-season fun in Tulsa at DO WHAT</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Around Town: Philbrook Festival of Trees','The Philbrook Festival of Trees offers work by local artists, a showcase of gingerbread houses created by local kids, Garden Glow evenings and visits with Santa Claus.','publish','open','open','','around-town-philbrook-festival-of-trees','','','2011-12-19 09:31:00','2011-12-19 15:31:00','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=9734',0,'post','',0),(9740,1,'2011-12-03 09:33:43','2011-12-03 15:33:43','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9735\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9735\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9735\" title=\"Philbrook Festival of Trees Tulsa\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/philbrookfestivaloftrees-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Philbrook Festival of Trees Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" /></a></p>\n\n<strong>Adorable little guy, isn\'t he?</strong> I saw him nestled in beautifully decorated tree at the 27th-annual <strong>Philbrook Festival of Trees</strong>, a showcase of work by local artists and a display of gingerbread houses crafted by Tulsa kids. Weekly Garden Glow evenings in the garden and photos with Santa Claus bring even more fun to an event that has become a Tulsa tradition. <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/support/events/2010_festival_of_trees.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about the Philbrook Festival of Trees here</a>, and get even more <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_tags/holiday/\" target=\"_blank\">ideas for holiday-season fun in Tulsa at DO WHAT</a>.\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Around Town: Philbrook Festival of Trees','','inherit','open','open','','9734-revision-3','','','2011-12-03 09:33:43','2011-12-03 15:33:43','',9734,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/9734-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(9739,1,'2011-12-03 09:31:36','2011-12-03 15:31:36','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/the-lost-gypsy-society-open-mic-night-at-gypsy-coffeehouse/picture-2-21/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9723\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Picture-2-500x330.png\" alt=\"Gypsy Coffeehouse Tulsa Oklahoma open mic night\" title=\"Gypsy Coffeehouse Tulsa Oklahoma open mic night\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9723\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBadger sipped coffee in the audience at The Gypsy Coffee House open-mic night for an entire year before he wrote his name on the sign-up sheet. He had decided he’d read a song he wrote about how one of his ex-girlfriends had come down with a bad case of throat cancer and how happy he was about that.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/12/02/2011/the-lost-gypsy-society/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the rest of The Lost Gypsy Society on DO WHAT at This Land Press</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n','The Lost Gypsy Society: Open Mic Night at Gypsy Coffeehouse','Gypsy Coffeehouse has hosted its open mic night event every Tuesday in downtown Tulsa for more than 640 consecutive weeks. ','inherit','open','open','','9722-revision-4','','','2011-12-03 09:31:36','2011-12-03 15:31:36','',9722,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/9722-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(10197,1,'2012-01-04 09:03:23','2012-01-04 15:03:23','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/around-town-route-66-roadtrip/route66roadtrip/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10187\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" title=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10187\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Last summer, we craved The Road.</strong> We set out from Tulsa and, over the course of two days, drove to Elk City and back, almost all the way on the old, poured concrete road. We saw a young couple and their pet chicken stop for a bathroom break; we flipped out over the windmills near Weatherford and Clinton (well, one of us in particular did); we drank Oklahoma Syrah and downed two six-packs of root beer from Pops. As we headed west, the horizon flattened, and the dirt showing through the bald spots along the road brightened to and impossible red. And we blasted the 4-60 air conditioner at the conclusion of two staggering sunsets, which we got to watch from start to finish, the second one playing out in the rearview mirror.','Around Town: Route 66 Roadtrip','','inherit','open','open','','10132-revision-6','','','2012-01-04 09:03:23','2012-01-04 15:03:23','',10132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10132-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8462,1,'2011-06-09 08:54:01','2011-06-09 14:54:01','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/blue-moon-cafe-from-the-breakfast-files/dsc_1694-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3056\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_16941-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Cafe Brookside Tulsa\" title=\"Blue Moon Cafe Brookside Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3056\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-98','','','2011-06-09 08:54:01','2011-06-09 14:54:01','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-98/',0,'revision','',0),(8050,1,'2011-05-10 07:59:51','2011-05-10 13:59:51','','Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae','','inherit','open','open','','fleamarket','','','2011-05-10 07:59:51','2011-05-10 13:59:51','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8051,1,'2011-05-10 08:01:05','2011-05-10 14:01:05','','Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae','','inherit','open','open','','bucket','','','2011-05-10 08:01:05','2011-05-10 14:01:05','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8052,1,'2011-05-10 08:01:49','2011-05-10 14:01:49','','Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae','','inherit','open','open','','generations11thst','','','2011-05-10 08:01:49','2011-05-10 14:01:49','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8053,1,'2011-05-10 08:02:36','2011-05-10 14:02:36','','Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae','','inherit','open','open','','hitchingpostba','','','2011-05-10 08:02:36','2011-05-10 14:02:36','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8054,1,'2011-05-10 08:03:18','2011-05-10 14:03:18','','River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae','','inherit','open','open','','rivercity','','','2011-05-10 08:03:18','2011-05-10 14:03:18','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8055,1,'2011-05-10 08:03:51','2011-05-10 14:03:51','','Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae','','inherit','open','open','','basket','','','2011-05-10 08:03:51','2011-05-10 14:03:51','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8056,1,'2011-05-10 08:04:12','2011-05-10 14:04:12','<em>Today\'s post comes from Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, </em>\n\nFirst off I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today! I\'m a big fan of TDT and obviously Tulsa! So I hope to provide you guys with a fun new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures. I\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\n\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintagey greatness is the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up and gave my grandpa a hug he would slip me a dollar. Add a kiss on the cheek and another dollar found it\'s way in my pocket. Two dollars doesn\'t sound like much, but at the flea market, it could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\n\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" /></a>\n\nI like taking old things, like a metal mop bucket, and using it for something different, like a toy bin.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" /></a>\n\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Flea Market and you can practice your negotiating skills and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s nice! Just remember, it\'s only open on Saturday, 8am to 4pm. Check out there website here: http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\n\nThe next three shops are antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market with different booths but the vendors aren\'t actually there and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered and just have things piled on shelves.\n\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" /></a>\n\nIt\'s smaller than the flea market but there are plenty of booths to keep you busy for a while. You can find a lot of the same type of things here along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles and the prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market.\n\nGenerations is open every day from 10a-5p and next to Tally\'s on 11th and Yale.\n\nIf you\'re around Broken Arrow, there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post, located on main street. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" /></a>\n\nIt\'s about the same size at Generations but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are better laid out too so it\'s easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a back wall full of books and a whole room full of kid\'s toys.\n\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st St and Main and open Monday to Saturday from 10:30a to 5:30p.\n\nAnd if you\'re out in Jenks, you have to check out River City Trading Post. It\'s the largest of the three stores and offers the largest variety in booths. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" /></a>\n\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering vintage treasures to handmade items like hair bows and soap.  There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture and they have set up mini show rooms to give you decorating ideas. The prices vary depending on the booth. Chances are, if you see something but it\'s a little higher than what you want to pay, keep on looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\n\nI have found several things for my house here and two of my favorite finds were wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" /></a>\n\nRiver City is located on Main St., open seven days a week and you can find them on facebook.\n\n\nI hope I\'ve given you a little look into some different places around town to shop. So go out, explore and find your own treasure!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision','','','2011-05-10 08:04:12','2011-05-10 14:04:12','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8049-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8057,1,'2011-05-10 08:05:09','2011-05-10 14:05:09','<em>Today\'s post comes from Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, </em>\r\n\r\nFirst off I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today! I\'m a big fan of TDT and obviously Tulsa! So I hope to provide you guys with a fun new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures. I\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintagey greatness is the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up and gave my grandpa a hug he would slip me a dollar. Add a kiss on the cheek and another dollar found it\'s way in my pocket. Two dollars doesn\'t sound like much, but at the flea market, it could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI like taking old things, like a metal mop bucket, and using it for something different, like a toy bin.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Flea Market and you can practice your negotiating skills and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s nice! Just remember, it\'s only open on Saturday, 8am to 4pm. Check out there website here: http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\r\n\r\nThe next three shops are antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market with different booths but the vendors aren\'t actually there and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered and just have things piled on shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the flea market but there are plenty of booths to keep you busy for a while. You can find a lot of the same type of things here along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles and the prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10a-5p and next to Tally\'s on 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re around Broken Arrow, there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post, located on main street. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s about the same size at Generations but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are better laid out too so it\'s easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a back wall full of books and a whole room full of kid\'s toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st St and Main and open Monday to Saturday from 10:30a to 5:30p.\r\n\r\nAnd if you\'re out in Jenks, you have to check out River City Trading Post. It\'s the largest of the three stores and offers the largest variety in booths. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering vintage treasures to handmade items like hair bows and soap.  There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture and they have set up mini show rooms to give you decorating ideas. The prices vary depending on the booth. Chances are, if you see something but it\'s a little higher than what you want to pay, keep on looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI have found several things for my house here and two of my favorite finds were wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is located on Main St., open seven days a week and you can find them on facebook.\r\n\r\nI hope I\'ve given you a little look into some different places around town to shop. So go out, explore and find your own treasure!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-2','','','2011-05-10 08:05:09','2011-05-10 14:05:09','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8049-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8530,1,'2011-06-20 16:17:06','2011-06-20 22:17:06','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3363\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/oklahoma-races-marathons-training-winter-spring/tulsarun/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363\" title=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nI\'ve written lots about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=running\">the benefits of running in a state plagued by the worst of health statistics and how, somewhat ironically, Tulsa is this vibrantly runner-friendly community</a>. We have miles upon miles of trails that weave and meander through the city, our running community large and welcoming, and our running stores are an integral part of the running and race scene in our city.\r\n\r\nThis doesn\'t happen because someone takes a magic wand and smacks every local runner with love, togetherness and trails as smooth as butter. Just as their statuesque glutes and calves of steel, these things came with persistence and hard work. This weekend, you, too, can be part of the effort to ensure that Tulsa\'s running community remains one of the most coveted in the country.\r\n\r\nAnd you can do a little something to earn a <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/sno-cone-mystique-erin-sees-tulsa/\">Josh\'s Sno Cone</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/cherry-berry-brookside-frozen-yogurt-recipes/\">extra-large fro yo</a> at the same time.\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe race is the 2011 Mohawk 5000, a 5K/1-mile fun run this Friday night through Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\n<strong>The 2011 Mohawk 5000 with <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a></strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, June 24; fun run begins at 6:30pm, 5K at 7pm\r\nWhere: Mohawk Park, north of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Memorial\r\n\r\nOnline registration has already closed, but you can sign up for the fun run at either Fleet Feet Tulsa location (there\'s one at 61st and Yale in the KingsPointe Shopping Center and one in downtown Tulsa in the Blue Dome District) until Thursday. After that, you can register before the race at Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\nThe folks at Tulsa Running Club have decided to keep the price of registration for the Mohawk 5000 low so that this race is within reach for any runners and their families who have been hit hard by the crappy economy. Any non-TRC member pays $15 for the 5K, $10 for the fun-run, which makes this race one of the most affordable you\'ll find between now and the end of racing season.\r\n\r\nEven so, TRC wanted to offer two free passes to the run to the unbelievably good-looking TDT readers, all of whom run purely for the joy of movement because they\'re already the sexiest beasts around.\r\n\r\nFor your chance at the passes, where\'s what I want you to do: Head to the comments section of this post and tell me your favorite place to run in Tulsa. Yeah, your treadmill counts as an answer, but if you\'re telling the truth, you\'re probably a robot without feelings or shame and are not eligible to enter this contest in the first place. Only organic beings need apply.\r\n\r\nEnter your answer by Wednesday night (June 22nd) and 8pm and I\'ll let Random.org choose a winner. If that winner wants both passes, s/he gets \'em. If the winner needs just one pass, though, I\'ll let Random.org choose a home for the second registration.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody, and happy running!\r\n\r\n<em>This post is sponsored by the <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a>.</em>','The 2011 Mohawk 5000: Lift Up Your Community (and your hiney - plus, a giveaway)','The 2011 Mohawk 5000 snakes through Tulsa\'s Mohawk Park, and the proceeds benefit the Tulsa Running Club and efforts toward education and outreach.','inherit','open','open','','8526-revision-4','','','2011-06-20 16:17:06','2011-06-20 22:17:06','',8526,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8526-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8068,1,'2011-05-10 07:53:30','2011-05-10 13:53:30','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/oscar-watch-parties-in-tulsa/picture-1-14/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6034\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-12-500x317.png\" alt=\"Joe Momma&#039;s Pizza Downtown Tulsa\" title=\"Joe Momma&#039;s Pizza Downtown Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"317\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6034\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.\r\n\r\n<em>Photo from <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/JoeMommasPizza\">the Joe Momma\'s page on Facebook</a>.</em> ','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-63','','','2011-05-10 07:53:30','2011-05-10 13:53:30','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/7294-revision-63/',0,'revision','',0),(8069,1,'2011-05-11 05:52:40','2011-05-11 11:52:40','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/things-to-do-in-tulsa-today-11-2/dsc_0617/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-918\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0617.jpg\" alt=\"Central Library Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Central Library Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"400\" lass=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-918\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.\r\n\r\n<em>Photo from <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/JoeMommasPizza\">the Joe Momma\'s page on Facebook</a>.</em> ','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-64','','','2011-05-11 05:52:40','2011-05-11 11:52:40','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/7294-revision-64/',0,'revision','',0),(8070,1,'2011-05-11 05:52:40','2011-05-11 11:52:40','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/things-to-do-in-tulsa-today-11-2/dsc_0617/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-918\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC_0617.jpg\" alt=\"Central Library Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Central Library Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"400\" lass=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-918\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.\r\n\r\n<em>Photo from <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/JoeMommasPizza\">the Joe Momma\'s page on Facebook</a>.</em> ','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-65','','','2011-05-11 05:52:40','2011-05-11 11:52:40','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/7294-revision-65/',0,'revision','',0),(8072,1,'2011-05-11 06:18:12','2011-05-11 12:18:12','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Tulsa blogger Lauren McKinney</a>.</em>\r\n\r\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\r\n\r\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/phil_collins_rooster_days/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow (at 500 S. Main Street) is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides.\r\n\r\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/iloveyouroosterdays/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt.\r\n\r\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>.\r\n\r\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic.\r\n\r\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names.\r\n\r\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\r\n\r\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\r\n\r\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.\r\n\r\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/missteensouthcarolina/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Uh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\"\r\n\r\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association.\r\n\r\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political - I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat.\r\n\r\nOkay, not really.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','publish','open','open','','rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow','','','2011-05-11 06:23:32','2011-05-11 12:23:32','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=8072',0,'post','',5),(8073,1,'2011-05-11 05:59:01','2011-05-11 11:59:01','','Phil Collins Lauren McKinney','','inherit','open','open','','phil_collins_rooster_days','','','2011-05-11 05:59:01','2011-05-11 11:59:01','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8074,1,'2011-05-11 06:00:34','2011-05-11 12:00:34','','I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney','','inherit','open','open','','iloveyouroosterdays','','','2011-05-11 06:00:34','2011-05-11 12:00:34','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif',0,'attachment','image/gif',0),(8075,1,'2011-05-11 06:04:29','2011-05-11 12:04:29','','Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney','','inherit','open','open','','turtlecreekcloggers','','','2011-05-11 06:04:29','2011-05-11 12:04:29','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8076,1,'2011-05-11 06:05:44','2011-05-11 12:05:44','','Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney','','inherit','open','open','','missteensouthcarolina','','','2011-05-11 06:05:44','2011-05-11 12:05:44','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',1),(8077,1,'2011-05-11 06:15:32','2011-05-11 12:15:32','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" /></a>\n\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Lauren McKinney</a>.</em> \n\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\n\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8073\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" /></a>\n\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\n\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides. \n\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\n\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8074\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" /></a>\n\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt. \n\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>. \n\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic. \n\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names. \n\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\n\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\n\n<strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.\n<strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)\n<strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" /></a>\n\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\n\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce. \n\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8076\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" /></a>\n\nUh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\n\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association. \n\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political- I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat. \n\nOkay, not really.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>. \n\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision','','','2011-05-11 06:15:32','2011-05-11 12:15:32','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8078,1,'2011-05-11 06:15:47','2011-05-11 12:15:47','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Lauren McKinney</a>.</em> \r\n\r\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\r\n\r\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8073\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides. \r\n\r\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8074\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt. \r\n\r\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>. \r\n\r\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic. \r\n\r\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names. \r\n\r\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\r\n\r\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\r\n\r\n<strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.\r\n<strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)\r\n<strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\r\n\r\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce. \r\n\r\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8076\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\r\n\r\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association. \r\n\r\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political- I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat. \r\n\r\nOkay, not really.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>. \r\n\r\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-2','','','2011-05-11 06:15:47','2011-05-11 12:15:47','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8079,1,'2011-05-11 06:15:47','2011-05-11 12:15:47','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Lauren McKinney</a>.</em> \r\n\r\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\r\n\r\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8073\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides. \r\n\r\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8074\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt. \r\n\r\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>. \r\n\r\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic. \r\n\r\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names. \r\n\r\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\r\n\r\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\r\n\r\n<strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.\r\n<strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)\r\n<strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\r\n\r\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce. \r\n\r\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8076\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\r\n\r\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association. \r\n\r\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political- I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat. \r\n\r\nOkay, not really.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>. \r\n\r\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-3','','','2011-05-11 06:15:47','2011-05-11 12:15:47','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8081,1,'2011-05-11 06:17:20','2011-05-11 12:17:20','<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a>\n\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Lauren McKinney</a>.</em>\n\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\n\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8073\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" /></a>\n\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\n\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow (at 500 S. Main Street) is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides.\n\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\n\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing.\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8074\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" /></a>\n\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt.\n\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>.\n\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic.\n\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names.\n\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\n\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.</li>\n	<li><strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)</li>\n	<li><strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.</li>\n</ul>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a>\n\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\n\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.\n\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\n\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8076\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" /></a>\n\nUh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\n\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association.\n\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political- I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat.\n\nOkay, not really.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>.\n\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-5','','','2011-05-11 06:17:20','2011-05-11 12:17:20','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8080,1,'2011-05-11 06:16:08','2011-05-11 12:16:08','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Lauren McKinney</a>.</em> \r\n\r\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\r\n\r\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8073\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow (at 500 S. Main Street) is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides. \r\n\r\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8074\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt. \r\n\r\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>. \r\n\r\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic. \r\n\r\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names. \r\n\r\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\r\n\r\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\r\n\r\n<strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.\r\n<strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)\r\n<strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\r\n\r\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce. \r\n\r\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8076\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\r\n\r\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association. \r\n\r\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political- I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat. \r\n\r\nOkay, not really.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>. \r\n\r\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-4','','','2011-05-11 06:16:08','2011-05-11 12:16:08','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8082,1,'2011-05-11 06:18:12','2011-05-11 12:18:12','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Lauren McKinney</a>.</em>\r\n\r\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\r\n\r\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8073\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow (at 500 S. Main Street) is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides.\r\n\r\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8074\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt.\r\n\r\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>.\r\n\r\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic.\r\n\r\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names.\r\n\r\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\r\n\r\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8075\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\r\n\r\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.\r\n\r\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8076\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\r\n\r\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association.\r\n\r\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political- I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat.\r\n\r\nOkay, not really.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-6','','','2011-05-11 06:18:12','2011-05-11 12:18:12','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(8083,1,'2011-05-11 06:18:12','2011-05-11 12:18:12','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Lauren McKinney</a>.</em>\r\n\r\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\r\n\r\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/phil_collins_rooster_days/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow (at 500 S. Main Street) is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides.\r\n\r\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/iloveyouroosterdays/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt.\r\n\r\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>.\r\n\r\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic.\r\n\r\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names.\r\n\r\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\r\n\r\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\r\n\r\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.\r\n\r\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/missteensouthcarolina/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\r\n\r\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association.\r\n\r\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political- I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat.\r\n\r\nOkay, not really.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-7','','','2011-05-11 06:18:12','2011-05-11 12:18:12','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8084,1,'2011-05-11 06:20:00','2011-05-11 12:20:00','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Lauren McKinney</a>.</em>\r\n\r\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\r\n\r\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/phil_collins_rooster_days/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow (at 500 S. Main Street) is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides.\r\n\r\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/iloveyouroosterdays/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt.\r\n\r\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>.\r\n\r\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic.\r\n\r\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names.\r\n\r\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\r\n\r\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\r\n\r\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.\r\n\r\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/missteensouthcarolina/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\r\n\r\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association.\r\n\r\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political- I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat.\r\n\r\nOkay, not really.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-8','','','2011-05-11 06:20:00','2011-05-11 12:20:00','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8085,1,'2011-05-11 06:20:00','2011-05-11 12:20:00','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Lauren McKinney</a>.</em>\r\n\r\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\r\n\r\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/phil_collins_rooster_days/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow (at 500 S. Main Street) is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides.\r\n\r\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/iloveyouroosterdays/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt.\r\n\r\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>.\r\n\r\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic.\r\n\r\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names.\r\n\r\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\r\n\r\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\r\n\r\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.\r\n\r\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/missteensouthcarolina/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\r\n\r\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association.\r\n\r\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political- I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat.\r\n\r\nOkay, not really.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-9','','','2011-05-11 06:20:00','2011-05-11 12:20:00','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(8086,1,'2011-05-11 06:20:29','2011-05-11 12:20:29','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Tulsa blogger Lauren McKinney</a>.</em>\r\n\r\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\r\n\r\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/phil_collins_rooster_days/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow (at 500 S. Main Street) is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides.\r\n\r\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/iloveyouroosterdays/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt.\r\n\r\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>.\r\n\r\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic.\r\n\r\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names.\r\n\r\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\r\n\r\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\r\n\r\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.\r\n\r\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/missteensouthcarolina/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\r\n\r\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association.\r\n\r\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political- I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat.\r\n\r\nOkay, not really.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-10','','','2011-05-11 06:20:29','2011-05-11 12:20:29','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(8087,1,'2011-05-11 06:20:29','2011-05-11 12:20:29','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Tulsa blogger Lauren McKinney</a>.</em>\r\n\r\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\r\n\r\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/phil_collins_rooster_days/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow (at 500 S. Main Street) is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides.\r\n\r\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/iloveyouroosterdays/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt.\r\n\r\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>.\r\n\r\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic.\r\n\r\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names.\r\n\r\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\r\n\r\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\r\n\r\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.\r\n\r\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/missteensouthcarolina/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\nUh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\r\n\r\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association.\r\n\r\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political- I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat.\r\n\r\nOkay, not really.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-11','','','2011-05-11 06:20:29','2011-05-11 12:20:29','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(8088,1,'2011-05-11 06:23:32','2011-05-11 12:23:32','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<em>The following post is by <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.wordpress.com/\">Tulsa blogger Lauren McKinney</a>.</em>\r\n\r\nI have something in common with Phil Collins, and it\'s this: we can both feel it comin\' in the air tonight.\r\n\r\n<em>It</em> being <a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">the 2011 Rooster Days festival in Broken Arrow</a>, of course.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8073\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/phil_collins_rooster_days/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8073\" title=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phil_collins_rooster_days.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Collins Lauren McKinney\" width=\"397\" height=\"397\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nSussudio, people. Sussudio.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. For four glorious days each May, Central Park in Broken Arrow (at 500 S. Main Street) is transformed into a festival wonderland. It\'s chock full of entertainment (Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth both rocked the stage as teens), an abundance of delicious fried food, craft booths selling a variety of handmade goods, and of course, thrilling carnival rides.\r\n\r\nThe rides are especially scary when you consider the fact that they were erected in ten minutes flat by a gentleman named Cletus Dewayne. I LOVE IT.\r\n\r\nRooster Days is celebrating its <em>80th anniversary</em> this year. Amazing.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8074\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/iloveyouroosterdays/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8074\" title=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iloveyouroosterdays.gif\" alt=\"I Love You Rooster Days Lauren McKinney\" width=\"225\" height=\"320\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nMy favorite Rooster Days tradition takes place before the festival even starts: The legendary egg hunt.\r\n\r\nIt goes like this: the Chamber of Commerce hides a painted egg somewhere in Broken Arrow. It\'s on public property, and searchers don\'t have to climb or dig to find it. During the two weeks leading up to Rooster Days, a clue leading to the location of the egg is released each day. The person who finds the egg wins a prize package worth thousands of dollars and gets to <em>ride in the big Rooster Days parade</em>.\r\n\r\nAmazing, right? Well, maybe it is amazing if you find the egg. For me, it\'s an annual brutal mind game. The clues are extremely difficult and cryptic.\r\n\r\nI looked for eight days this year. I lost hours of sleep each night, waking up in a cold sweat, constructing intricate new strategies and intense searching methods. I pored over dozens of possible meanings for each word in every clue. Even now, I sit here, quietly weeping into Egg Strategy Map Version 7.2, which I painstakingly created complete with plotted points and complex theories related to street names.\r\n\r\nEight days of egg hunt hell and I came up with nada. The egg was found by a family on Tuesday, crushing my hopes and squashing my dreams. There\'s always next year. Lucky for me, the only thing that can cheer me up is the actual Rooster Days festival, which is right around the corner.\r\n\r\nAs a graduate of Broken Arrow High School, I fancy myself somewhat of a Rooster Days connoisseur. I grew up exploring the festival each spring, and now that I\'m back in Tulsa, I can\'t wait to check it out again this year. In my experience, these are the highlights you won\'t want to miss:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>The performance of the high school jazz bands on Friday evening</strong>. Seriously, they\'re phenomenal. Trust.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>The Rooster Days parade on Saturday morning</strong>. This is a hot annual social event for Broken Arrowans. Personally, I like to put on my finest pair of jorts and hit the parade route early to see and be seen. (I\'m trying to lobby the Broken Arrow Ledger to start a Who Wore It Best? column to celebrate parade fashion.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>If you thought arteries were the only things to get clogged at Rooster Days</strong>, you are sorely mistaken, my friend. The festival serves as a kind of clogging mecca, with several clog dancing groups performing throughout the day Saturday. Be sure to catch the Turtle Creek Cloggers, Just Gotta Dance, and the many Moore\'s Dance Studio groups doin\' they thang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8075\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/turtlecreekcloggers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8075\" title=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/turtlecreekcloggers.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Creek Cloggers Lauren McKinney\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" /></a>\r\n\r\nVoila: The Turtle Creek Cloggers.\r\n\r\nThe big event on Saturday night is the crowing of the 2011-2012 Miss Chick. Come watch as Broken Arrow\'s best and brightest high school girls compete in an interview competition. The winner serves as ambassador for the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce.\r\n\r\nDon\'t worry. You won\'t hear anything like this:\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8076\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/rooster-days-festival-broken-arrow/missteensouthcarolina/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8076\" title=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/missteensouthcarolina.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren McKinney\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" /></a>\r\n\r\n\"Uh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and.\"\r\n\r\nOn Sunday afternoon, things wind down a bit with a just few musical performances and the annual showing of the Northeastern Oklahoma Square Dance Association.\r\n\r\nI need you to know that I used to be an influential part of this organization, but it got too political - I got thrown out of the executive committee in a whirlwind do-si-do coup d\'etat.\r\n\r\nOkay, not really.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.roosterdaysfestival.com/\">The full schedule of Rooster Days 2011 events can be found on the festival website</a>.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re not interested in Rooster Days (shame on you, by the way...you fool) but you really like floating dots, check out the Rooster Days website anyway.','The Search for the Golden Rooster Egg: Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow','The four-day Rooster Days Festival in Broken Arrow brings a parade, music, food, dancing and a community-wide rooster egg hunt to Broken Arrow each year.','inherit','open','open','','8072-revision-12','','','2011-05-11 06:23:32','2011-05-11 12:23:32','',8072,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8072-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(8089,1,'2011-05-11 14:53:39','2011-05-11 20:53:39','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Student using computer, c1970s by LSE Library, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/lselibrary/4028604399/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/4028604399_016898a9a6_z.jpg?zz=1\" alt=\"Student using computer, c1970s\" width=\"425\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nEvery year the <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Tulsa City-County Library</a> hosts Social Media University, a collection of workshops and classes about how social media users can make the most of their efforts online.  \r\n\r\nThis year they asked me if I\'d come talk for awhile about how businesses can put the smack down on their competitors and earn new customers by blogging. Even though I can\'t even land a solid high-five, let alone throw a punch in order to ignite a smackdown, I agreed.  \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<strong>The Library Does Blogging with Tasha Ball, creator of TashaDoesTulsa.com</strong> \r\nWhen: Wednesday, May 18, 2-4pm \r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/\">Central Library</a> (400 Civic Center, or 4th and Denver), Aaronson Auditorium  \r\n\r\nEven if you don\'t look to blog for business, bloggers might be able to pick up a tidbit or two from this little chat at Central Library. I\'m going to talk about some different strategies for writing and creating effective content, tips on how to build your readership and a quick lesson on social media for bloggers.  \r\n\r\nLike a gangsta. A red-headed, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/blogging-with-stars-with-guest/\">Bump-It enthusiast</a>/gangsta.  \r\n\r\nWant to enroll? <a href=\"https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/library_does_blogging\">Do that here</a>.','Blogging and social media in Tulsa: Yes, have some.','Blogging and social media: Yes, have some. The Social Media University series through Tulsa City-County Library serves it up.','publish','open','open','','blogging-social-media-university-tulsa-library-tasha-does-tulsa','','\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/05/blogging-with-stars-with-guest/','2011-05-11 15:07:01','2011-05-11 21:07:01','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=8089',0,'post','',3),(8666,1,'2011-06-30 20:23:08','2011-07-01 02:23:08','','Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1639-5','','','2011-06-30 20:23:08','2011-07-01 02:23:08','',8659,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DSC_1639.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8667,1,'2011-06-30 20:23:33','2011-07-01 02:23:33','','Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_1644-4','','','2011-06-30 20:23:33','2011-07-01 02:23:33','',8659,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DSC_1644.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8668,1,'2011-06-30 20:19:22','2011-07-01 02:19:22','07/01/11 	Red, White, Black & Blue: Rumble on the River IV 	River Spirit Casino Event Center\nAdd\n	Time: 7:00pm.\nAddress: 81st Street and Riverside Drive.\nThe latest iteration of this series of riverside smackdowns features several popular local fighters, two defending Rumble On the River champions, a women’s title match and the return of undefeated heavyweight champion Myron “The Future” Dennis. Headlining the card is a heavyweight title fight between reigning XFL champion Myron “The Future” Dennis, and UFC veteran Ryan “The Animal” Lopez. Get even more details here.\n\n07/01/11 	Red, White and Boom 	Owasso Towne Center\nAdd\n	Time: 7:00pm.\nAddress: 86th Street North and N. 129th E. Avenue.\nLook for music from local groups as well as DJs for this fireworks show in Owasso tonight. The sky lights up at dusk.\n\n07/02/11 	Claremore’s Fireworks Spectacular 	Claremore Lake Park\nAdd\n	Time: 6:00pm.\nGet entertainment for both young and old at this Independence Day festival and fireworks show. The fireworks start at 9:30pm. Free admission. Parking at the rodeo grounds only (handicap parking is available at the park).\n\n07/02/11 	Grand Lake Fireworks 	Grand Lake\nAdd\n	Time: 9:30pm.\nCatch this huge fireworks show between the spillways just East of Disney on Saturday Night at dark. Watch by boat or by land at Cherokee State Park or anywhere along the shore along in the South Grand Lake area.\n\n07/03/11 	Sooner Boomerfest 2011 	Jenks Pedestrian Bridge\nAdd\n	Time: 10:00am.\nThe Fourth-of-July fun gets started bright and early – a day early, in fact – with Sooner Boomerfest 2011. It starts at 10am with a Mustang car show, fun for the kids outside Los Cabos at Riverwalk Crossing and Waterfront Grill from starting at 5pm and flyovers by the Tulsa Warbirds. The big fireworks show will launch over the river at 9:30pm. Tune in to the accompanying music at 94.1FM. Click here for a traffic and parking advisory map.\n\n07/03/11 	Duck Creek Fireworks 	Grand Lake\nAdd\n	Time: 4:00pm.\nGet a fireworks spectacular along with music, dancing and boats parading up and down Duck Creek on Grand Lake. Look also for performances by vintage airplanes and the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s F-16 fighters. Admission is free and open to the public.\n\n07/03/11 	Rockets Over Rhema 	Rhema Bible Church\nAdd\n	Time: 5:00pm.\nAddress: 1025 W Kenosha Street.\nCan’t decide which fireworks show to see this year? It’s hard to argue with 50,000 fans – that’s how many showed up to this event last year. It starts at 5pm with a patriotic tribute in the auditorium. At 6pm there will be plenty for the kids (and the young at heart) to do outside, from face painting to a mechanical bull and rock-climbing wall. Keep an eye out for a classic car show, food and drink concessions, local shopping and an outdoor concert featuring Hawk Nelson, Fireflight, Stars Go Dim (Tulsa’s own!) and AXIS Worship Band. The fireworks show starts at 10pm – be sure to bring your blankets and lawn chairs so you can sit back and celebrate our country’s independence with some spectacularly choreographed explosions. Click here for even more info.\n\n07/03/11 	Freedom Festival 	Grace Church\nAdd\n	Time: 6:00pm.\nAddress: Between 91st and 101st Streets.\nGet a car and motorcycle show, plus fireworks at dusk at Grace Church’s celebration of American independence.\n\n07/03/11 	Fish and Fireworks 	Oklahoma Aquarium\nAdd\n	Time: 6:30pm.\nAddress: 300 Aquarium Drive.\nThe fireworks show in Jenks hosted by Los Cabos and Waterfront Grill is this evening (yes, this evening, not tomorrow), and the Aquarium will re-open at 6:30 with special half-price admission to the exhibits and access to their back grounds for prime viewing of the fireworks. Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. No coolers allowed, but the Aquarium restaurant will remain open.\n\n07/03/11 	Fourth on the Third 	TCC Van Trease PACE\nAdd\n	Time: 7:30pm.\nAddress: 81st Street and US 169.\nIn 1981 Tulsa Parks asked the Signature Symphony to create a special patriotic presentation at Mohawk Park for Tulsans. Two years later the celebration was moved to Boulder Park, where it has been for more than 20 years. When the Signature Symphony moved to the VanTrease PACE, the night-before rehearsal was open to the public. This began the tradition of having the concert on July 3. This year’s concert will feature stories and music from the Civil War, as well as a special tribute by violinist Jeff Smith to this highly decorated WWII hero: His dad. For tickets, call (918) 595-7777.\n\n07/03/11 	Sertoma Club’s 14th annual Community Fireworks Show 	River City Park\nAdd\n	Time: 8:00pm.\nGet live music, food and, of course, fireworks at River City Park in Sand Springs tonight. The shuttles start running at 7pm, music starts at 8pm, the show starts at dusk.\n\n07/04/11 	Fourth of July Parade 	Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood\nAdd\n	Time: 10:00am.\nWatch this Fourth of July parade as it travels from its starting line at E. 5th Place, turns north on Atlanta Avenue and East on E. Fourth Street. Bring the kids!\n\n07/04/11 	ONEOK FreedomFest 	River Parks\nAdd\n	Time: 12:00pm.\nONEOK FreedomFest is one of Oklahoma’s largest Fourth-of-July fireworks displays: It lights up the sky above the downtown Tulsa stretch of the Arkansas River every year and brings lots of family-friendly activities along with it. Look for everything from a kids’ bicycle parade to rock climbing at this triple-venue festival: River West Festival Park, Veterans Park and Blue Rose Cafe/Elwoods. The fun starts at River West Festival Park at 5pm with a load of kid-friendly activities; live music from Janet Rutland and Trailer Town starts at 6:45pm. At Veterans Park will be an old-fashioned family picnic starting at noon; the decorate-your-own kids’ bike parade at 7pm. The fireworks will start at 9:35pm. Click here for a complete list of activities and tips on where to park.\n\n07/04/11 	Freedom Fest 	Downtown Bartlesville\nAdd\n	Time: 6:00pm.\nAddress: Second Street, between Keeler and Dewey.\nFood, drinks, activities for the kids, games, a kids’ parade, music and fireworks – sounds like a solid Fourth-of-July celebration to me. Get details on the event schedule and where to park here.\n\n07/04/11 	American Celebrates America 	Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course\nAdd\n	Time: 7:00pm.\nFind a parking spot in the parking lot of the Sapulpa Wal-Mart and enjoy entertainment for the kids and a choreographed fireworks show over the Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course, as well as from the fields east of and behind the store. The fireworks will begin at about 9:45pm. Learn even more here.\n\n07/04/11 	Celebration of Liberty with Modern Tulsa 	Liberty Tower Condominiums\nAdd\n	Time: 7:00pm.\nAdmission: $25; $60.\nAddress: 15th and Boulder.\nTake advantage of the incredible views from the penthouse of the Liberty Tower Condominiums during the Tulsa FreedomFest fireworks and show your support for Modern Tulsa at the same time. This urban treehouse is currently undergoing renovations, so attendees will be treated to a first-hand preview of this exclusive space in the Tulsa skyline. Look also for BBQ, beer, doorprizes and an overview of some of the modern buildings visible from the balcony of the penthouse. Food and beverages will be provided, but all will need to bring chairs. Parking is available in lots adjacent to the building. Tickets are $25 for Modern Tulsa and Tulsa Foundation for Architecture members, $60 + the cost of a membership for not-yet-members.\nBuy tickets\n\n07/04/11 	Independence Day Fireworks at ONEOK Field 	ONEOK Field\nAdd\n	Time: 7:05pm.\nAddress: 201 N. Elgin Ave..\nCatch a Fourth-of-July fireworks show after the Drillers game tonight at ONEOK Field. Don’t forget to bring a cash donation for the Food for Kids program.\n\n<img src=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/A1359.jpg\"/>\n<i>\"4th of July parade in Tulsa, Indian Territory, in 1886. The ox cart is driven by the Wimberly family.\"</i>\n\nSo...what are YOU doing this Fourth of July?\n\n<i>Bottom photo credit: Beryl Ford Collection/Rotary Club of Tulsa, Tulsa City-County Library and Tulsa Historical Society.</i>','4th of July 2011 Events in Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','8659-revision-2','','','2011-06-30 20:19:22','2011-07-01 02:19:22','',8659,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8659-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8665,1,'2011-06-30 19:45:58','2011-07-01 01:45:58','07/01/11 	Red, White, Black & Blue: Rumble on the River IV 	River Spirit Casino Event Center\nAdd\n	Time: 7:00pm.\nAddress: 81st Street and Riverside Drive.\nThe latest iteration of this series of riverside smackdowns features several popular local fighters, two defending Rumble On the River champions, a women’s title match and the return of undefeated heavyweight champion Myron “The Future” Dennis. Headlining the card is a heavyweight title fight between reigning XFL champion Myron “The Future” Dennis, and UFC veteran Ryan “The Animal” Lopez. Get even more details here.\n\n07/01/11 	Red, White and Boom 	Owasso Towne Center\nAdd\n	Time: 7:00pm.\nAddress: 86th Street North and N. 129th E. Avenue.\nLook for music from local groups as well as DJs for this fireworks show in Owasso tonight. The sky lights up at dusk.\n\n07/02/11 	Claremore’s Fireworks Spectacular 	Claremore Lake Park\nAdd\n	Time: 6:00pm.\nGet entertainment for both young and old at this Independence Day festival and fireworks show. The fireworks start at 9:30pm. Free admission. Parking at the rodeo grounds only (handicap parking is available at the park).\n\n07/02/11 	Grand Lake Fireworks 	Grand Lake\nAdd\n	Time: 9:30pm.\nCatch this huge fireworks show between the spillways just East of Disney on Saturday Night at dark. Watch by boat or by land at Cherokee State Park or anywhere along the shore along in the South Grand Lake area.\n\n07/03/11 	Sooner Boomerfest 2011 	Jenks Pedestrian Bridge\nAdd\n	Time: 10:00am.\nThe Fourth-of-July fun gets started bright and early – a day early, in fact – with Sooner Boomerfest 2011. It starts at 10am with a Mustang car show, fun for the kids outside Los Cabos at Riverwalk Crossing and Waterfront Grill from starting at 5pm and flyovers by the Tulsa Warbirds. The big fireworks show will launch over the river at 9:30pm. Tune in to the accompanying music at 94.1FM. Click here for a traffic and parking advisory map.\n\n07/03/11 	Duck Creek Fireworks 	Grand Lake\nAdd\n	Time: 4:00pm.\nGet a fireworks spectacular along with music, dancing and boats parading up and down Duck Creek on Grand Lake. Look also for performances by vintage airplanes and the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s F-16 fighters. Admission is free and open to the public.\n\n07/03/11 	Rockets Over Rhema 	Rhema Bible Church\nAdd\n	Time: 5:00pm.\nAddress: 1025 W Kenosha Street.\nCan’t decide which fireworks show to see this year? It’s hard to argue with 50,000 fans – that’s how many showed up to this event last year. It starts at 5pm with a patriotic tribute in the auditorium. At 6pm there will be plenty for the kids (and the young at heart) to do outside, from face painting to a mechanical bull and rock-climbing wall. Keep an eye out for a classic car show, food and drink concessions, local shopping and an outdoor concert featuring Hawk Nelson, Fireflight, Stars Go Dim (Tulsa’s own!) and AXIS Worship Band. The fireworks show starts at 10pm – be sure to bring your blankets and lawn chairs so you can sit back and celebrate our country’s independence with some spectacularly choreographed explosions. Click here for even more info.\n\n07/03/11 	Freedom Festival 	Grace Church\nAdd\n	Time: 6:00pm.\nAddress: Between 91st and 101st Streets.\nGet a car and motorcycle show, plus fireworks at dusk at Grace Church’s celebration of American independence.\n\n07/03/11 	Fish and Fireworks 	Oklahoma Aquarium\nAdd\n	Time: 6:30pm.\nAddress: 300 Aquarium Drive.\nThe fireworks show in Jenks hosted by Los Cabos and Waterfront Grill is this evening (yes, this evening, not tomorrow), and the Aquarium will re-open at 6:30 with special half-price admission to the exhibits and access to their back grounds for prime viewing of the fireworks. Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. No coolers allowed, but the Aquarium restaurant will remain open.\n\n07/03/11 	Fourth on the Third 	TCC Van Trease PACE\nAdd\n	Time: 7:30pm.\nAddress: 81st Street and US 169.\nIn 1981 Tulsa Parks asked the Signature Symphony to create a special patriotic presentation at Mohawk Park for Tulsans. Two years later the celebration was moved to Boulder Park, where it has been for more than 20 years. When the Signature Symphony moved to the VanTrease PACE, the night-before rehearsal was open to the public. This began the tradition of having the concert on July 3. This year’s concert will feature stories and music from the Civil War, as well as a special tribute by violinist Jeff Smith to this highly decorated WWII hero: His dad. For tickets, call (918) 595-7777.\n\n07/03/11 	Sertoma Club’s 14th annual Community Fireworks Show 	River City Park\nAdd\n	Time: 8:00pm.\nGet live music, food and, of course, fireworks at River City Park in Sand Springs tonight. The shuttles start running at 7pm, music starts at 8pm, the show starts at dusk.\n\n07/04/11 	Fourth of July Parade 	Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood\nAdd\n	Time: 10:00am.\nWatch this Fourth of July parade as it travels from its starting line at E. 5th Place, turns north on Atlanta Avenue and East on E. Fourth Street. Bring the kids!\n\n07/04/11 	ONEOK FreedomFest 	River Parks\nAdd\n	Time: 12:00pm.\nONEOK FreedomFest is one of Oklahoma’s largest Fourth-of-July fireworks displays: It lights up the sky above the downtown Tulsa stretch of the Arkansas River every year and brings lots of family-friendly activities along with it. Look for everything from a kids’ bicycle parade to rock climbing at this triple-venue festival: River West Festival Park, Veterans Park and Blue Rose Cafe/Elwoods. The fun starts at River West Festival Park at 5pm with a load of kid-friendly activities; live music from Janet Rutland and Trailer Town starts at 6:45pm. At Veterans Park will be an old-fashioned family picnic starting at noon; the decorate-your-own kids’ bike parade at 7pm. The fireworks will start at 9:35pm. Click here for a complete list of activities and tips on where to park.\n\n07/04/11 	Freedom Fest 	Downtown Bartlesville\nAdd\n	Time: 6:00pm.\nAddress: Second Street, between Keeler and Dewey.\nFood, drinks, activities for the kids, games, a kids’ parade, music and fireworks – sounds like a solid Fourth-of-July celebration to me. Get details on the event schedule and where to park here.\n\n07/04/11 	American Celebrates America 	Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course\nAdd\n	Time: 7:00pm.\nFind a parking spot in the parking lot of the Sapulpa Wal-Mart and enjoy entertainment for the kids and a choreographed fireworks show over the Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course, as well as from the fields east of and behind the store. The fireworks will begin at about 9:45pm. Learn even more here.\n\n07/04/11 	Celebration of Liberty with Modern Tulsa 	Liberty Tower Condominiums\nAdd\n	Time: 7:00pm.\nAdmission: $25; $60.\nAddress: 15th and Boulder.\nTake advantage of the incredible views from the penthouse of the Liberty Tower Condominiums during the Tulsa FreedomFest fireworks and show your support for Modern Tulsa at the same time. This urban treehouse is currently undergoing renovations, so attendees will be treated to a first-hand preview of this exclusive space in the Tulsa skyline. Look also for BBQ, beer, doorprizes and an overview of some of the modern buildings visible from the balcony of the penthouse. Food and beverages will be provided, but all will need to bring chairs. Parking is available in lots adjacent to the building. Tickets are $25 for Modern Tulsa and Tulsa Foundation for Architecture members, $60 + the cost of a membership for not-yet-members.\nBuy tickets\n\n07/04/11 	Independence Day Fireworks at ONEOK Field 	ONEOK Field\nAdd\n	Time: 7:05pm.\nAddress: 201 N. Elgin Ave..\nCatch a Fourth-of-July fireworks show after the Drillers game tonight at ONEOK Field. Don’t forget to bring a cash donation for the Food for Kids program.','4th of July 2011 Events in Tulsa','','inherit','open','open','','8659-revision','','','2011-06-30 19:45:58','2011-07-01 01:45:58','',8659,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8659-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8233,1,'2011-05-19 23:54:55','2011-05-20 05:54:55','<div style=\"text-align: center;\"> <code><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2548336977/\" title=\"2005 Powwow by Smithsonian Institution, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/2548336977_4c4d8d01e6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"2005 Powwow\"></a></code></div>\r\n\r\nI get lots of requests for date ideas off the beaten path, and Tulsa always has something to offer. \r\n\r\nBut this weekend, here\'s something even newer, even better, even fresher to do for date night.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=babysitter-worthy-one-heart-rhythm\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','One Heart In Rhythm: Babysitter Worthy','I get lots of requests for date ideas off the beaten path, and Tulsa always has something to offer. 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Yeah, I do, too. And it was pretty much one of the most exciting moments of my life. \r\n\r\nI\'m simple like that. But I think that this weekend, your kids would enjoy living their own version of that very moment. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n','Bixby Youth Fishing Derby: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Remember catching your first fish? Yeah, I do, too. And it was pretty much one of the most exciting moments of my life. 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Yeah, I do, too. And it was pretty much one of the most exciting moments of my life. \n\nI\'m simple like that. But I think that this weekend, your kids would enjoy living their own version of that very moment. \n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n\n','Bixby Youth Fishing Derby: Tulsa Kids Day Out','','inherit','open','open','','8237-revision-2','','','2011-05-20 00:01:28','2011-05-20 06:01:28','',8237,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8237-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8242,1,'2011-05-20 00:10:56','2011-05-20 06:10:56','','Picture 9','','inherit','open','open','','picture-9-5','','','2011-05-20 00:10:56','2011-05-20 06:10:56','',8237,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-9.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(8243,1,'2011-05-20 00:09:49','2011-05-20 06:09:49','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/3304108805/\" title=\"Young boy fishing with his dog: Palm Beach County, Florida by State Library and Archives of Florida, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3304108805_3777b018be.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" alt=\"Young boy fishing with his dog: Palm Beach County, Florida\"></a>\r\n\r\nRemember catching your first fish? Yeah, I do, too. And it was pretty much one of the most exciting moments of my life. \r\n\r\nI\'m simple like that. But I think that this weekend, your kids would enjoy living their own version of that very moment. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n','Bixby Youth Fishing Derby: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Remember catching your first fish? Yeah, I do, too. And it was pretty much one of the most exciting moments of my life. 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And it was pretty much one of the most exciting moments of my life. \r\n\r\nI\'m simple like that. But I think that this weekend, your kids would enjoy living their own version of that very moment. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n','Bixby Youth Fishing Derby: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Remember catching your first fish? Yeah, I do, too. And it was pretty much one of the most exciting moments of my life. 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','inherit','open','open','','8233-revision-3','','','2011-05-19 23:56:39','2011-05-20 05:56:39','',8233,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8233-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8247,1,'2011-05-20 00:11:09','2011-05-20 06:11:09','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/bixby-youth-fishing-derby-tulsa-kids-day-out/picture-9-5/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8242\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-9-500x391.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Picture 9\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8242\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/3304108805/\" title=\"Young boy fishing with his dog: Palm Beach County, Florida by State Library and Archives of Florida, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3304108805_3777b018be.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" alt=\"Young boy fishing with his dog: Palm Beach County, Florida\"></a>\r\n\r\nRemember catching your first fish? Yeah, I do, too. And it was pretty much one of the most exciting moments of my life. \r\n\r\nI\'m simple like that. But I think that this weekend, your kids would enjoy living their own version of that very moment. \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n','Bixby Youth Fishing Derby: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Remember catching your first fish? Yeah, I do, too. And it was pretty much one of the most exciting moments of my life. ','inherit','open','open','','8237-revision-5','','','2011-05-20 00:11:09','2011-05-20 06:11:09','',8237,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8237-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8656,1,'2011-06-29 06:36:29','2011-06-29 12:36:29','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/things-to-do-in-tulsa-today-29/legos/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8646\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Legos-500x335.jpg\" alt=\"Legos from Wikipedia\" title=\"Legos from Wikipedia\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8646\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-121','','','2011-06-29 06:36:29','2011-06-29 12:36:29','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-121/',0,'revision','',0),(8706,1,'2011-07-05 21:21:19','2011-07-06 03:21:19','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/ikes-chili-food-review/dsc_1658-3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3527\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC_1658-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Ike&#039;s Chili Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Ike&#039;s Chili Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3527\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? 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Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-118','','','2011-06-29 06:34:11','2011-06-29 12:34:11','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-118/',0,'revision','',0),(9375,1,'2011-10-18 11:54:52','2011-10-18 17:54:52','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9373\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3896303315_245547207a_b-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Frank Hebbert\" title=\"fall leaves photo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9373\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home.\r\n\r\nUh-oh. Now what?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list.\r\n\r\n<h3>Camps</h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737 - there weren\'t many spots in the camp to begin with, so if you want your kid to be part of this, call first thing this morning.\r\n\r\n<h3>Fall-Flavored Stuff</h3>\r\n\r\n<a title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday.\r\n\r\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9pm, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. You can check TashaDoesTulsa.com for a complete list of local pumpkin patches.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off.','It\'s Fall Break 2011 in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-6','','','2011-10-18 11:54:52','2011-10-18 17:54:52','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(10195,1,'2012-01-04 17:02:31','2012-01-04 23:02:31','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/around-town-route-66-roadtrip/route66roadtrip/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10187\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" title=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10187\" /></a>\n\n<strong>Last summer, we craved The Road.</strong> We set out from Tulsa and, over the course of two days, drove to Elk City and back, almost all the way on old, poured concrete. We saw a young couple and their pet chicken stop for a bathroom break; we flipped out over the windmills near Weatherford and Clinton, other-worldly in their mass and hugeness; we drank Oklahoma Syrah at a roadside winery and downed two six-packs of root beer from <a href=\"http://route66.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Pops</a> over the course of 350 miles. As we headed west, the horizon flattened, and the dirt showing through the bald spots along the road brightened to an impossible red. And we blasted the 4-60 air conditioner at the conclusion of two staggering sunsets, which we got to watch from start to finish, the second one playing out in the rearview mirror.','Around Town: Route 66 Roadtrip','Last summer, we craved The Road — The Mother Road.','inherit','open','open','','10132-autosave','','','2012-01-04 17:02:31','2012-01-04 23:02:31','',10132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10132-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(10196,1,'2012-01-04 08:59:11','2012-01-04 14:59:11','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/around-town-route-66-roadtrip/route66roadtrip/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10187\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" title=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10187\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Last summer, we craved The Road.</strong> We set out from Tulsa and, over the course of two days, drove to Elk City and back, almost all the way on poured concrete road. We saw a young couple and their pet chicken stop for a bathroom break; we flipped out over the windmills near Weatherford and Clinton (well, one of us in particular); we drank Oklahoma Syrah and two six-packs of root beer from Pops. The horizon flattened, and the dirt showing in the bald spots along the road turned red. And we blasted the 4-60 air conditioner after we saw two staggering sunsets, from start to finish. ','Around Town: Route 66 Roadtrip','','inherit','open','open','','10132-revision-5','','','2012-01-04 08:59:11','2012-01-04 14:59:11','',10132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10132-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8641,1,'2011-06-27 07:12:44','2011-06-27 13:12:44','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8629\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8629\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Joshs-Sno-Shack.jpg\" alt=\"Josh&#039;s Sno Shack\" title=\"Josh&#039;s Sno Shack\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8629\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? 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Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-116','','','2011-06-28 07:54:30','2011-06-28 13:54:30','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-116/',0,'revision','',0),(9276,1,'2011-10-12 16:05:06','2011-10-12 22:05:06','\n\nToday\'s post comes from Tulsa-based blogger Lauren McKinney. Lauren blogs at Fiddlepit, a blog about embarrassment and cones. \n\nI can count on one finger the number of times I\'ve been to a rodeo. Still, I feel like an expert. In fact, I\'m pretty sure I know quite a bit about rodeo. You think I\'m joking? Ask anyone. Or, just take a look at these rodeo lingo definitions I wrote yesterday and see for yourselves: \n\nMutton Bustin\': Participants are required to watch and wait for a sheep to commit a crime. A simple misdemeanor will do. The cowboy must then arrest and handcuff the sheep – this is the tricky part – and recite to the animal its Miranda rights. To speed up the process, some mutton busters will attempt to lure sheep into perpetrating an illegal act, such as vandalism. Cowboys hire young, sexy ewes to provide lewd suggestions and/or spray paint. Once the arrest is complete, the rodeo crowd yells in unison, \"Aw... BUSTED!\" Young MC\'s Bust A Move then plays over the loudspeakers.\n\nCutting Horses: Stylists-to-be recruited from local beauty colleges compete in a mane-styling tournament. Participants may cut, color and/or curl the mane in order to achieve a presentation that best exhibits their artistry and skill. The hairdresser who produces the most fabulously coiffed philly takes home a blue ribbon.\n\nPBR: Once a year, something big comes to the BOK Center. Surprise! It\'s a huge can of Pabst Blue Ribbon: \n\n<giffer.gif>\n\nMmm. PBR.\n\nChute Dogging: Highly skilled canine competitors pair off and play the classic board game Chutes and Ladders in a tournament-style event that lasts a full day. All breeds of dogs may participate, but help from humans is not allowed. This event is typically sponsored by Milton Bradley. Biting out of frustration at landing on yet another effing chute space is strictly forbidden. \n\nGoat Dressage: This event is specifically for children (sometimes referred to as a pedia-rodeo event). Boys and girls have the opportunity to hone their sewing skills and create three looks for their pet goats: One for casual portion of the competition, another for evening, and a third for swimwear. Beyond hand-crafting goat couture, competitors must select coordinating accessories and cosmetics. The trick to accomplishing this in a way that will impress judges is by making sure to pick items which the goat will not be tempted to nibble during the fashion show. Competitors then walk their goats down a long runway three times to show off their fashionable creations, with each run including a sassy spin and/or Zoolander-inspired camera stare. Judges rate each ensemble and average the three scores to come to an overall goat dressage rating. \n\nWhat rodeo terms have always left you clueless? Tell me in the comments and I\'ll be happy to demystify all that which eludes you. ','Rodeo, Explained','','inherit','open','open','','9275-revision','','','2011-10-12 16:05:06','2011-10-12 22:05:06','',9275,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9275-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9160,1,'2011-09-06 14:57:39','2011-09-06 20:57:39','Today\'s post is from Angeline LeLeux. She blogs at InHerField.com. \n\nSeptember is Hunger Action Month, and the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma has chosen orange as the color to promote awareness of hunger in our city and neighborhoods. Driving around in Tulsa, we see orange nearly everywhere - miles and miles of road-construction signs, barrels, cones, and poles. What we don\'t always see is how hunger affects our friends and neighbors. 25.4% of Oklahomans in the eastern part of the state struggle with hunger at various times throughout the year. Oklahoma is in the top five states that have very low food security. Nearly 50% of Food Bank clients have made the choice between paying for food or paying for utilities. These are people of all ages, from all economic and educational backgrounds. In an uncertain economy, it\'s impossible to apply stereotypical ideas to the 60,000 people per week that rely on the Food Bank.\n\nWhat can you do to help? Because the Food Bank relies on donated products, a few dollars can go a long way: $1 can provide up to seven meals! $160 will sponsor a backpack of food that will go home with a child every weekend so he or she has something to eat when not in school. Got a spare hour or three? Contact the wonderful people at the Food Bank and ask for a tour, or volunteer to sort and package donated food. And, don\'t forget the orange...bring awareness of hunger into your life and wear an orange ribbon, hand out oranges at work, or look at those road signs in a whole new way.','Hunger Action Month','','inherit','open','open','','9159-revision','','','2011-09-06 14:57:39','2011-09-06 20:57:39','',9159,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9159-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8317,1,'2011-05-27 08:55:03','2011-05-27 14:55:03','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/saturday-morning-book-club-tulsa-kids/joemommasbookclub/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8318\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/JoeMommasBookClub.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8318\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nKnow of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson, all at the same time? I do. And this weekend, TulsaKids is crashing the party. \r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=saturday-morning-book-club-tulsa-kids-day-out\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n','Saturday Morning Book Club: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Know of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson all at the same time?','private','open','open','','saturday-morning-book-club-tulsa-kids','','','2011-07-10 10:47:32','2011-07-10 16:47:32','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=8317',0,'post','',0),(8318,1,'2011-05-27 08:53:57','2011-05-27 14:53:57','','Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','joemommasbookclub','','','2011-05-27 08:53:57','2011-05-27 14:53:57','',8317,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/JoeMommasBookClub.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8319,1,'2011-05-27 08:51:04','2011-05-27 14:51:04','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4277692736/\" title=\"Momma\'s Saturday Book Club by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/4277692736_3bbeb05591_z.jpg?zz=1\" width=\"425\" alt=\"Saturday Book Club at Joe Momma\'s in downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\"></a></p>\n\nKnow of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson all at the same time? I do. And this weekend, TulsaKids is crashing the party. \n\nGet the details on my blog at TulsaKids.com.\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\n','Saturday Morning Book Club: Tulsa Kids Day Out','','inherit','open','open','','8317-revision','','','2011-05-27 08:51:04','2011-05-27 14:51:04','',8317,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8317-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8320,1,'2011-05-27 08:55:03','2011-05-27 14:55:03','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8318\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8318\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/JoeMommasBookClub.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8318\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nKnow of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson all at the same time? I do. And this weekend, TulsaKids is crashing the party. \r\n\r\nGet the details on my blog at TulsaKids.com.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n','Saturday Morning Book Club: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Know of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson all at the same time?','inherit','open','open','','8317-revision-2','','','2011-05-27 08:55:03','2011-05-27 14:55:03','',8317,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8317-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8321,1,'2011-05-27 08:55:03','2011-05-27 14:55:03','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/saturday-morning-book-club-tulsa-kids/joemommasbookclub/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8318\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/JoeMommasBookClub.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8318\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nKnow of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson all at the same time? I do. And this weekend, TulsaKids is crashing the party. \r\n\r\nGet the details on my blog at TulsaKids.com.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n','Saturday Morning Book Club: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Know of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson all at the same time?','inherit','open','open','','8317-revision-3','','','2011-05-27 08:55:03','2011-05-27 14:55:03','',8317,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8317-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8322,1,'2011-05-27 08:55:54','2011-05-27 14:55:54','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/saturday-morning-book-club-tulsa-kids/joemommasbookclub/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8318\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/JoeMommasBookClub.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Joe Mommas Saturday Morning Book Club Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8318\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nKnow of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson, all at the same time? I do. And this weekend, TulsaKids is crashing the party. \r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=saturday-morning-book-club-tulsa-kids-day-out\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n','Saturday Morning Book Club: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Know of a place in Tulsa where families can get a story time, a musical performance, a hot lunch, arts and crafts and a dough-tossing lesson all at the same time?','inherit','open','open','','8317-revision-4','','','2011-05-27 08:55:54','2011-05-27 14:55:54','',8317,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/8317-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8323,1,'2011-05-27 09:46:05','2011-05-27 15:46:05','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/shakespeare-on-the-lawn-babysitter-worthy/picture-6-12/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8324\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Picture-62-500x332.png\" alt=\"Philbrook Museum from Philbrook Museum on Facebook\" title=\"Philbrook Museum from Philbrook Museum on Facebook\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8324\" /></a>\r\n\r\nGood, old-fashioned yard theatre: It\'s always babysitter-worthy. \r\n\r\nEspecially when the yard is widely regarded as the most beautiful in all of Green Country. \r\n\r\nGet the details on this week\'s Babysitter Worthy pick <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=shakespeare-lawn-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<em>Photo from <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/philbrookmuseum\">Philbrook Museum on Facebook</a>.</em>','Shakespeare on the Lawn: Babysitter Worthy','Good, old-fashioned yard theatre: It\'s always babysitter-worthy. Especially when the yard is widely regarded as the most beautiful in all of Green Country. 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Especially when the yard is widely regarded as the most beautiful in all of Green Country. 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Even so, it\'s not often you don\'t have to step foot outside the city limits to do so. \r\n\r\nGet the details on this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-farm-fest\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Farm Fest at Tulsa Zoo: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Kids and families and go country in the middle of our busy city this weekend thanks to Farm Fest 2011 at Tulsa Zoo.','private','open','open','','farm-fest-at-tulsa-zoo-tulsa-kids','','','2011-07-10 10:46:56','2011-07-10 16:46:56','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=8446',0,'post','',0),(8447,1,'2011-06-10 11:32:00','2011-06-10 17:32:00','','Ottowa County Fair Miami Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','county-fair','','','2011-06-10 11:32:00','2011-06-10 17:32:00','',8446,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/County-Fair.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8448,1,'2011-06-10 11:33:33','2011-06-10 17:33:33','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8447\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8447\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/County-Fair.jpg\" alt=\"Ottowa County Fair Miami Oklahoma\" title=\"Ottowa County Fair Miami Oklahoma\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8447\" /></a>\n\nOne of the cool things about living in Tulsa is that you can bask in an urban lifestyle one day and go totally country the next. Even so, it\'s not often you don\'t have to step foot outside the city limits to do so. \n\nGet the details on this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out on my blog at TulsaKids.com.','Farm Fest at Tulsa Zoo: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Kids and families and go country in the middle of our busy city this weekend thanks to Farm Fest 2011 at Tulsa Zoo.','inherit','open','open','','8446-revision','','','2011-06-10 11:33:33','2011-06-10 17:33:33','',8446,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8446-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8449,1,'2011-06-10 11:34:19','2011-06-10 17:34:19','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8447\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8447\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/County-Fair.jpg\" alt=\"Ottowa County Fair Miami Oklahoma\" title=\"Ottowa County Fair Miami Oklahoma\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8447\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOne of the cool things about living in Tulsa is that you can bask in an urban lifestyle one day and go totally country the next. Even so, it\'s not often you don\'t have to step foot outside the city limits to do so. \r\n\r\nGet the details on this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out on my blog at TulsaKids.com.','Farm Fest at Tulsa Zoo: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Kids and families and go country in the middle of our busy city this weekend thanks to Farm Fest 2011 at Tulsa Zoo.','inherit','open','open','','8446-revision-2','','','2011-06-10 11:34:19','2011-06-10 17:34:19','',8446,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8446-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8452,1,'2011-06-10 11:34:20','2011-06-10 17:34:20','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/farm-fest-at-tulsa-zoo-tulsa-kids/county-fair/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8447\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/County-Fair.jpg\" alt=\"Ottowa County Fair Miami Oklahoma\" title=\"Ottowa County Fair Miami Oklahoma\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8447\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOne of the cool things about living in Tulsa is that you can bask in an urban lifestyle one day and go totally country the next. 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Even so, it\'s not often you don\'t have to step foot outside the city limits to do so. \r\n\r\nGet the details on this week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=tulsa-kids-day-out-farm-fest\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Farm Fest at Tulsa Zoo: Tulsa Kids Day Out','Kids and families and go country in the middle of our busy city this weekend thanks to Farm Fest 2011 at Tulsa Zoo.','inherit','open','open','','8446-revision-4','','','2011-06-10 11:45:52','2011-06-10 17:45:52','',8446,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8446-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8534,1,'2011-06-20 16:18:47','2011-06-20 22:18:47','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3363\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/oklahoma-races-marathons-training-winter-spring/tulsarun/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363\" title=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nI\'ve written lots about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=running\">the benefits of running in a state plagued by the worst of health statistics and how, somewhat ironically, Tulsa is a famously runner-friendly community</a>. We have miles upon miles of trails that weave and meander through the city, our running community large and welcoming, and our running stores are an integral part of the running and race scene in our city.\r\n\r\nThis doesn\'t happen because someone takes a magic wand and smacks every local runner with love, togetherness and trails as smooth as butter. Just as their statuesque glutes and calves of steel, these things came with persistence and hard work. This weekend, you, too, can be part of the effort to ensure that Tulsa\'s running community remains one of the most coveted in the country.\r\n\r\nAnd you can do a little something to earn a <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/sno-cone-mystique-erin-sees-tulsa/\">Josh\'s Sno Cone</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/cherry-berry-brookside-frozen-yogurt-recipes/\">extra-large fro yo</a> at the same time.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe race is the 2011 Mohawk 5000, a 5K/1-mile fun run this Friday night through Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\n<strong>The 2011 Mohawk 5000 with <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a></strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, June 24; fun run begins at 6:30pm, 5K at 7pm\r\nWhere: Mohawk Park, north of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Memorial\r\n\r\nOnline registration has already closed, but you can sign up for the fun run at either Fleet Feet Tulsa location (there\'s one at 61st and Yale in the KingsPointe Shopping Center and one in downtown Tulsa in the Blue Dome District) until Thursday. After that, you can register before the race at Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\nThe folks at Tulsa Running Club have decided to keep the price of registration for the Mohawk 5000 low so that this race is within reach for any runners and their families who have been hit hard by the crappy economy. Any non-TRC member pays $15 for the 5K, $10 for the fun-run, which makes this race one of the most affordable you\'ll find between now and the end of racing season.\r\n\r\nEven so, TRC wanted to offer two free passes to the run to the unbelievably good-looking TDT readers, all of whom run purely for the joy of movement because they\'re already the sexiest beasts around.\r\n\r\nFor your chance at the passes, where\'s what I want you to do: Head to the comments section of this post and tell me your favorite place to run in Tulsa. Yeah, your treadmill counts as an answer, but if you\'re telling the truth, you\'re probably a robot without feelings or shame and are not eligible to enter this contest in the first place. Only organic beings need apply.\r\n\r\nEnter your answer by Wednesday night (June 22nd) and 8pm and I\'ll let Random.org choose a winner. If that winner wants both passes, s/he gets \'em. If the winner needs just one pass, though, I\'ll let Random.org choose a home for the second registration.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody, and happy running!\r\n\r\n<em>This post is sponsored by the <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a>.</em>','The 2011 Mohawk 5000: Lift Up Your Community (and your hiney - plus, a giveaway)','The 2011 Mohawk 5000 snakes through Tulsa\'s Mohawk Park, and the proceeds benefit the Tulsa Running Club and efforts toward education and outreach.','inherit','open','open','','8526-revision-8','','','2011-06-20 16:18:47','2011-06-20 22:18:47','',8526,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8526-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8535,1,'2011-06-20 16:18:47','2011-06-20 22:18:47','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3363\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/oklahoma-races-marathons-training-winter-spring/tulsarun/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363\" title=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nI\'ve written lots about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=running\">the benefits of running in a state plagued by the worst of health statistics and how, somewhat ironically, Tulsa is a famously runner-friendly community</a>. We have miles upon miles of trails that weave and meander through the city, our running community large and welcoming, and our running stores are an integral part of the running and race scene in our city.\r\n\r\nThis doesn\'t happen because someone takes a magic wand and smacks every local runner with love, togetherness and trails as smooth as butter. Just as their statuesque glutes and calves of steel, these things came with persistence and hard work. This weekend, you, too, can be part of the effort to ensure that Tulsa\'s running community remains one of the most coveted in the country.\r\n\r\nAnd you can do a little something to earn a <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/sno-cone-mystique-erin-sees-tulsa/\">Josh\'s Sno Cone</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/cherry-berry-brookside-frozen-yogurt-recipes/\">extra-large fro yo</a> at the same time.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe race is the 2011 Mohawk 5000, a 5K/1-mile fun run this Friday night through Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\n<strong>The 2011 Mohawk 5000 with <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a></strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, June 24; fun run begins at 6:30pm, 5K at 7pm\r\nWhere: Mohawk Park, north of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Memorial\r\n\r\nOnline registration has already closed, but you can sign up for the fun run at either Fleet Feet Tulsa location (there\'s one at 61st and Yale in the KingsPointe Shopping Center and one in downtown Tulsa in the Blue Dome District) until Thursday. After that, you can register before the race at Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\nThe folks at Tulsa Running Club have decided to keep the price of registration for the Mohawk 5000 low so that this race is within reach for any runners and their families who have been hit hard by the crappy economy. Any non-TRC member pays $15 for the 5K, $10 for the fun-run, which makes this race one of the most affordable you\'ll find between now and the end of racing season.\r\n\r\nEven so, TRC wanted to offer two free passes to the run to the unbelievably good-looking TDT readers, all of whom run purely for the joy of movement because they\'re already the sexiest beasts around.\r\n\r\nFor your chance at the passes, where\'s what I want you to do: Head to the comments section of this post and tell me your favorite place to run in Tulsa. Yeah, your treadmill counts as an answer, but if you\'re telling the truth, you\'re probably a robot without feelings or shame and are not eligible to enter this contest in the first place. Only organic beings need apply.\r\n\r\nEnter your answer by Wednesday night (June 22nd) and 8pm and I\'ll let Random.org choose a winner. If that winner wants both passes, s/he gets \'em. If the winner needs just one pass, though, I\'ll let Random.org choose a home for the second registration.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody, and happy running!\r\n\r\n<em>This post is sponsored by the <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a>.</em>','The 2011 Mohawk 5000: Lift Up Your Community (and your hiney - plus, a giveaway)','The 2011 Mohawk 5000 snakes through Tulsa\'s Mohawk Park, and the proceeds benefit the Tulsa Running Club and efforts toward education and outreach.','inherit','open','open','','8526-revision-9','','','2011-06-20 16:18:47','2011-06-20 22:18:47','',8526,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8526-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(8536,1,'2011-06-20 16:19:38','2011-06-20 22:19:38','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3363\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/oklahoma-races-marathons-training-winter-spring/tulsarun/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363\" title=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nI\'ve written lots about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=running\">the benefits of running in a state plagued by the worst of health statistics and how, somewhat ironically, Tulsa is a famously runner-friendly community</a>. We have miles upon miles of trails that weave and meander through the city, our running community is large and welcoming, and our running stores are an integral part of the running and race scene in our city.\r\n\r\nThis doesn\'t happen because someone takes a magic wand and smacks every local runner with love, togetherness and trails as smooth as butter. Just as their statuesque glutes and calves of steel, these things came with persistence and hard work. This weekend, you, too, can be part of the effort to ensure that Tulsa\'s running community remains one of the most coveted in the country.\r\n\r\nAnd you can do a little something to earn a <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/sno-cone-mystique-erin-sees-tulsa/\">Josh\'s Sno Cone</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/cherry-berry-brookside-frozen-yogurt-recipes/\">extra-large fro yo</a> at the same time.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe race is the 2011 Mohawk 5000, a 5K/1-mile fun run this Friday night through Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\n<strong>The 2011 Mohawk 5000 with <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a></strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, June 24; fun run begins at 6:30pm, 5K at 7pm\r\nWhere: Mohawk Park, north of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Memorial\r\n\r\nOnline registration has already closed, but you can sign up for the fun run at either Fleet Feet Tulsa location (there\'s one at 61st and Yale in the KingsPointe Shopping Center and one in downtown Tulsa in the Blue Dome District) until Thursday. After that, you can register before the race at Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\nThe folks at Tulsa Running Club have decided to keep the price of registration for the Mohawk 5000 low so that this race is within reach for any runners and their families who have been hit hard by the crappy economy. Any non-TRC member pays $15 for the 5K, $10 for the fun-run, which makes this race one of the most affordable you\'ll find between now and the end of racing season.\r\n\r\nEven so, TRC wanted to offer two free passes to the run to the unbelievably good-looking TDT readers, all of whom run purely for the joy of movement because they\'re already the sexiest beasts around.\r\n\r\nFor your chance at the passes, where\'s what I want you to do: Head to the comments section of this post and tell me your favorite place to run in Tulsa. Yeah, your treadmill counts as an answer, but if you\'re telling the truth, you\'re probably a robot without feelings or shame and are not eligible to enter this contest in the first place. Only organic beings need apply.\r\n\r\nEnter your answer by Wednesday night (June 22nd) and 8pm and I\'ll let Random.org choose a winner. If that winner wants both passes, s/he gets \'em. If the winner needs just one pass, though, I\'ll let Random.org choose a home for the second registration.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody, and happy running!\r\n\r\n<em>This post is sponsored by the <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a>.</em>','The 2011 Mohawk 5000: Lift Up Your Community (and your hiney - plus, a giveaway)','The 2011 Mohawk 5000 snakes through Tulsa\'s Mohawk Park, and the proceeds benefit the Tulsa Running Club and efforts toward education and outreach.','inherit','open','open','','8526-revision-10','','','2011-06-20 16:19:38','2011-06-20 22:19:38','',8526,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8526-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(8537,1,'2011-06-20 16:19:38','2011-06-20 22:19:38','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3363\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/oklahoma-races-marathons-training-winter-spring/tulsarun/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363\" title=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nI\'ve written lots about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=running\">the benefits of running in a state plagued by the worst of health statistics and how, somewhat ironically, Tulsa is a famously runner-friendly community</a>. We have miles upon miles of trails that weave and meander through the city, our running community is large and welcoming, and our running stores are an integral part of the running and race scene in our city.\r\n\r\nThis doesn\'t happen because someone takes a magic wand and smacks every local runner with love, togetherness and trails as smooth as butter. Just as their statuesque glutes and calves of steel, these things came with persistence and hard work. This weekend, you, too, can be part of the effort to ensure that Tulsa\'s running community remains one of the most coveted in the country.\r\n\r\nAnd you can do a little something to earn a <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/sno-cone-mystique-erin-sees-tulsa/\">Josh\'s Sno Cone</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/cherry-berry-brookside-frozen-yogurt-recipes/\">extra-large fro yo</a> at the same time.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe race is the 2011 Mohawk 5000, a 5K/1-mile fun run this Friday night through Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\n<strong>The 2011 Mohawk 5000 with <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a></strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, June 24; fun run begins at 6:30pm, 5K at 7pm\r\nWhere: Mohawk Park, north of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Memorial\r\n\r\nOnline registration has already closed, but you can sign up for the fun run at either Fleet Feet Tulsa location (there\'s one at 61st and Yale in the KingsPointe Shopping Center and one in downtown Tulsa in the Blue Dome District) until Thursday. After that, you can register before the race at Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\nThe folks at Tulsa Running Club have decided to keep the price of registration for the Mohawk 5000 low so that this race is within reach for any runners and their families who have been hit hard by the crappy economy. Any non-TRC member pays $15 for the 5K, $10 for the fun-run, which makes this race one of the most affordable you\'ll find between now and the end of racing season.\r\n\r\nEven so, TRC wanted to offer two free passes to the run to the unbelievably good-looking TDT readers, all of whom run purely for the joy of movement because they\'re already the sexiest beasts around.\r\n\r\nFor your chance at the passes, where\'s what I want you to do: Head to the comments section of this post and tell me your favorite place to run in Tulsa. Yeah, your treadmill counts as an answer, but if you\'re telling the truth, you\'re probably a robot without feelings or shame and are not eligible to enter this contest in the first place. Only organic beings need apply.\r\n\r\nEnter your answer by Wednesday night (June 22nd) and 8pm and I\'ll let Random.org choose a winner. If that winner wants both passes, s/he gets \'em. If the winner needs just one pass, though, I\'ll let Random.org choose a home for the second registration.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody, and happy running!\r\n\r\n<em>This post is sponsored by the <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a>.</em>','The 2011 Mohawk 5000: Lift Up Your Community (and your hiney - plus, a giveaway)','The 2011 Mohawk 5000 snakes through Tulsa\'s Mohawk Park, and the proceeds benefit the Tulsa Running Club and efforts toward education and outreach.','inherit','open','open','','8526-revision-11','','','2011-06-20 16:19:38','2011-06-20 22:19:38','',8526,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8526-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(8538,1,'2011-06-20 16:20:46','2011-06-20 22:20:46','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3363\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/oklahoma-races-marathons-training-winter-spring/tulsarun/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363\" title=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nI\'ve written lots about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=running\">the benefits of running in a state plagued by the worst of health statistics and how, somewhat ironically, Tulsa is a famously runner-friendly community</a>. We have miles upon miles of trails that weave and meander through the city, our running community is large and welcoming, and our running stores are an integral part of the running and race scene in our city.\r\n\r\nThis doesn\'t happen because someone takes a magic wand and smacks every local runner with love, togetherness and trails as smooth as butter. Just as their statuesque glutes and calves of steel, these things came with persistence and hard work. This weekend, you, too, can be part of the effort to ensure that Tulsa\'s running community remains one of the most coveted in the country.\r\n\r\nAnd you can do a little something to earn the calories hiding in a <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/sno-cone-mystique-erin-sees-tulsa/\">Josh\'s Sno Cone</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/cherry-berry-brookside-frozen-yogurt-recipes/\">extra-large fro yo</a> at the same time.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe race is the 2011 Mohawk 5000, a 5K/1-mile fun run this Friday night through Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\n<strong>The 2011 Mohawk 5000 with <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a></strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, June 24; fun run begins at 6:30pm, 5K at 7pm\r\nWhere: Mohawk Park, north of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Memorial\r\n\r\nOnline registration has already closed, but you can sign up for the fun run at either Fleet Feet Tulsa location (there\'s one at 61st and Yale in the KingsPointe Shopping Center and one in downtown Tulsa in the Blue Dome District) until Thursday. After that, you can register before the race at Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\nThe folks at Tulsa Running Club have decided to keep the price of registration for the Mohawk 5000 low so that this race is within reach for any runners and their families who have been hit hard by the crappy economy. Any non-TRC member pays $15 for the 5K, $10 for the fun-run, which makes this race one of the most affordable you\'ll find between now and the end of racing season.\r\n\r\nEven so, TRC wanted to offer two free passes to the run to the unbelievably good-looking TDT readers, all of whom run purely for the joy of movement because they\'re already the sexiest beasts around.\r\n\r\nFor your chance at the passes, where\'s what I want you to do: Head to the comments section of this post and tell me your favorite place to run in Tulsa. Yeah, your treadmill counts as an answer, but if you\'re telling the truth, you\'re probably a robot without feelings or shame and are not eligible to enter this contest in the first place. Only organic beings need apply.\r\n\r\nEnter your answer by Wednesday night (June 22nd) and 8pm and I\'ll let Random.org choose a winner. If that winner wants both passes, s/he gets \'em. If the winner needs just one pass, though, I\'ll let Random.org choose a home for the second registration.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody, and happy running!\r\n\r\n<em>This post is sponsored by the <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a>.</em>','The 2011 Mohawk 5000: Lift Up Your Community (and your hiney - plus, a giveaway)','The 2011 Mohawk 5000 snakes through Tulsa\'s Mohawk Park, and the proceeds benefit the Tulsa Running Club and efforts toward education and outreach.','inherit','open','open','','8526-revision-12','','','2011-06-20 16:20:46','2011-06-20 22:20:46','',8526,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8526-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(8539,1,'2011-06-20 16:20:47','2011-06-20 22:20:47','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3363\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/oklahoma-races-marathons-training-winter-spring/tulsarun/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363\" title=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nI\'ve written lots about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=running\">the benefits of running in a state plagued by the worst of health statistics and how, somewhat ironically, Tulsa is a famously runner-friendly community</a>. We have miles upon miles of trails that weave and meander through the city, our running community is large and welcoming, and our running stores are an integral part of the running and race scene in our city.\r\n\r\nThis doesn\'t happen because someone takes a magic wand and smacks every local runner with love, togetherness and trails as smooth as butter. Just as their statuesque glutes and calves of steel, these things came with persistence and hard work. This weekend, you, too, can be part of the effort to ensure that Tulsa\'s running community remains one of the most coveted in the country.\r\n\r\nAnd you can do a little something to earn the calories hiding in a <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/sno-cone-mystique-erin-sees-tulsa/\">Josh\'s Sno Cone</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/cherry-berry-brookside-frozen-yogurt-recipes/\">extra-large fro yo</a> at the same time.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe race is the 2011 Mohawk 5000, a 5K/1-mile fun run this Friday night through Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\n<strong>The 2011 Mohawk 5000 with <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a></strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, June 24; fun run begins at 6:30pm, 5K at 7pm\r\nWhere: Mohawk Park, north of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Memorial\r\n\r\nOnline registration has already closed, but you can sign up for the fun run at either Fleet Feet Tulsa location (there\'s one at 61st and Yale in the KingsPointe Shopping Center and one in downtown Tulsa in the Blue Dome District) until Thursday. After that, you can register before the race at Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\nThe folks at Tulsa Running Club have decided to keep the price of registration for the Mohawk 5000 low so that this race is within reach for any runners and their families who have been hit hard by the crappy economy. Any non-TRC member pays $15 for the 5K, $10 for the fun-run, which makes this race one of the most affordable you\'ll find between now and the end of racing season.\r\n\r\nEven so, TRC wanted to offer two free passes to the run to the unbelievably good-looking TDT readers, all of whom run purely for the joy of movement because they\'re already the sexiest beasts around.\r\n\r\nFor your chance at the passes, where\'s what I want you to do: Head to the comments section of this post and tell me your favorite place to run in Tulsa. Yeah, your treadmill counts as an answer, but if you\'re telling the truth, you\'re probably a robot without feelings or shame and are not eligible to enter this contest in the first place. Only organic beings need apply.\r\n\r\nEnter your answer by Wednesday night (June 22nd) and 8pm and I\'ll let Random.org choose a winner. If that winner wants both passes, s/he gets \'em. If the winner needs just one pass, though, I\'ll let Random.org choose a home for the second registration.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody, and happy running!\r\n\r\n<em>This post is sponsored by the <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a>.</em>','The 2011 Mohawk 5000: Lift Up Your Community (and your hiney - plus, a giveaway)','The 2011 Mohawk 5000 snakes through Tulsa\'s Mohawk Park, and the proceeds benefit the Tulsa Running Club and efforts toward education and outreach.','inherit','open','open','','8526-revision-13','','','2011-06-20 16:20:47','2011-06-20 22:20:47','',8526,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8526-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(8540,1,'2011-06-20 16:22:12','2011-06-20 22:22:12','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3363\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/oklahoma-races-marathons-training-winter-spring/tulsarun/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363\" title=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nI\'ve written lots about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=running\">the benefits of running in a state plagued by the worst of health statistics and how, somewhat ironically, Tulsa is a famously runner-friendly community</a>. We have miles upon miles of trails that weave and meander through the city, our running community is large and welcoming, and our running stores are an integral part of the running and race scene in our city.\r\n\r\nThis doesn\'t happen because someone takes a magic wand and smacks every local runner with love, togetherness and trails as smooth as butter. Just as their statuesque glutes and calves of steel, these things came with persistence and hard work. This weekend, you, too, can be part of the effort to ensure that Tulsa\'s running community remains one of the most coveted in the country.\r\n\r\nAnd you can do a little something to earn the calories hiding in a <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/sno-cone-mystique-erin-sees-tulsa/\">Josh\'s Sno Cone</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/cherry-berry-brookside-frozen-yogurt-recipes/\">extra-large fro yo</a> at the same time.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe race is the 2011 Mohawk 5000, a 5K/1-mile fun run this Friday night through Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\n<strong>The 2011 Mohawk 5000 with <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a></strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, June 24; fun run begins at 6:30pm, 5K at 7pm\r\nWhere: Mohawk Park, north of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Memorial\r\n\r\nOnline registration has already closed, but you can sign up for the fun run at either Fleet Feet Tulsa location (there\'s one at 61st and Yale in the KingsPointe Shopping Center and one in downtown Tulsa in the Blue Dome District) until Thursday. After that, you can register before the race at Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\nThe folks at Tulsa Running Club have decided to keep the price of registration for the Mohawk 5000 low so that this race is within reach for any runners and their families who have been hit hard by the crappy economy. Any non-TRC member pays $15 for the 5K, $10 for the fun run, which makes this race one of the most affordable you\'ll find between now and the end of racing season.\r\n\r\nEven so, TRC wanted to offer two free passes to the run to the unbelievably good-looking TDT readers, all of whom run purely for the joy of movement because they\'re already the sexiest beasts around.\r\n\r\n<strong>For your chance at the passes, where\'s what I want you to do: Head to the comments section of this post and tell me your favorite place to run in Tulsa</strong>. Yeah, your treadmill counts as an answer, but if you\'re telling the truth, you\'re probably a robot without feelings or shame and are not eligible to enter this contest in the first place. Only organic beings need apply.\r\n\r\nEnter your answer by Wednesday night (June 22nd) and 8pm and I\'ll let Random.org choose a winner. If that winner wants both passes, s/he gets \'em. If the winner needs just one pass, though, I\'ll let Random.org choose a home for the second registration.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody, and happy running!\r\n\r\n<em>This post is sponsored by the <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a>.</em>','The 2011 Mohawk 5000: Lift Up Your Community (and your hiney - plus, a giveaway)','The 2011 Mohawk 5000 snakes through Tulsa\'s Mohawk Park, and the proceeds benefit the Tulsa Running Club and efforts toward education and outreach.','inherit','open','open','','8526-revision-14','','','2011-06-20 16:22:12','2011-06-20 22:22:12','',8526,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8526-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(8541,1,'2011-06-20 16:22:12','2011-06-20 22:22:12','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3363\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/oklahoma-races-marathons-training-winter-spring/tulsarun/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363\" title=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nI\'ve written lots about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=running\">the benefits of running in a state plagued by the worst of health statistics and how, somewhat ironically, Tulsa is a famously runner-friendly community</a>. We have miles upon miles of trails that weave and meander through the city, our running community is large and welcoming, and our running stores are an integral part of the running and race scene in our city.\r\n\r\nThis doesn\'t happen because someone takes a magic wand and smacks every local runner with love, togetherness and trails as smooth as butter. Just as their statuesque glutes and calves of steel, these things came with persistence and hard work. This weekend, you, too, can be part of the effort to ensure that Tulsa\'s running community remains one of the most coveted in the country.\r\n\r\nAnd you can do a little something to earn the calories hiding in a <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/sno-cone-mystique-erin-sees-tulsa/\">Josh\'s Sno Cone</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/cherry-berry-brookside-frozen-yogurt-recipes/\">extra-large fro yo</a> at the same time.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe race is the 2011 Mohawk 5000, a 5K/1-mile fun run this Friday night through Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\n<strong>The 2011 Mohawk 5000 with <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a></strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, June 24; fun run begins at 6:30pm, 5K at 7pm\r\nWhere: Mohawk Park, north of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Memorial\r\n\r\nOnline registration has already closed, but you can sign up for the fun run at either Fleet Feet Tulsa location (there\'s one at 61st and Yale in the KingsPointe Shopping Center and one in downtown Tulsa in the Blue Dome District) until Thursday. After that, you can register before the race at Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\nThe folks at Tulsa Running Club have decided to keep the price of registration for the Mohawk 5000 low so that this race is within reach for any runners and their families who have been hit hard by the crappy economy. Any non-TRC member pays $15 for the 5K, $10 for the fun run, which makes this race one of the most affordable you\'ll find between now and the end of racing season.\r\n\r\nEven so, TRC wanted to offer two free passes to the run to the unbelievably good-looking TDT readers, all of whom run purely for the joy of movement because they\'re already the sexiest beasts around.\r\n\r\n<strong>For your chance at the passes, where\'s what I want you to do: Head to the comments section of this post and tell me your favorite place to run in Tulsa</strong>. Yeah, your treadmill counts as an answer, but if you\'re telling the truth, you\'re probably a robot without feelings or shame and are not eligible to enter this contest in the first place. Only organic beings need apply.\r\n\r\nEnter your answer by Wednesday night (June 22nd) and 8pm and I\'ll let Random.org choose a winner. If that winner wants both passes, s/he gets \'em. If the winner needs just one pass, though, I\'ll let Random.org choose a home for the second registration.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody, and happy running!\r\n\r\n<em>This post is sponsored by the <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a>.</em>','The 2011 Mohawk 5000: Lift Up Your Community (and your hiney - plus, a giveaway)','The 2011 Mohawk 5000 snakes through Tulsa\'s Mohawk Park, and the proceeds benefit the Tulsa Running Club and efforts toward education and outreach.','inherit','open','open','','8526-revision-15','','','2011-06-20 16:22:12','2011-06-20 22:22:12','',8526,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8526-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(8542,1,'2011-06-20 16:23:25','2011-06-20 22:23:25','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3363\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/oklahoma-races-marathons-training-winter-spring/tulsarun/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363\" title=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg\" alt=\"Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" /></a></p>\r\nI\'ve written lots about <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=running\">the benefits of running in a state plagued by the worst of health statistics and how, somewhat ironically, Tulsa is a famously runner-friendly community</a>. We have miles upon miles of trails that weave and meander through the city, our running community is large and welcoming, and our running stores are an integral part of the running and race scene in our city.\r\n\r\nThis doesn\'t happen because someone takes a magic wand and smacks every local runner with love, togetherness and trails as smooth as butter. Just as their statuesque glutes and calves of steel, these things came with persistence and hard work. This weekend, you, too, can be part of the effort to ensure that Tulsa\'s running community remains one of the most coveted in the country.\r\n\r\nAnd you can do a little something to earn the calories hiding in a <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/sno-cone-mystique-erin-sees-tulsa/\">Josh\'s Sno Cone</a> or <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/cherry-berry-brookside-frozen-yogurt-recipes/\">extra-large fro yo</a> at the same time.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe race is the 2011 Mohawk 5000, a 5K/1-mile fun run this Friday night through Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\n<strong>The 2011 Mohawk 5000 with <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a></strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, June 24; fun run begins at 6:30pm, 5K at 7pm\r\nWhere: Mohawk Park, north of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Memorial\r\n\r\nOnline registration has already closed, but you can sign up for the fun run at either Fleet Feet Tulsa location (there\'s one at 61st and Yale in the KingsPointe Shopping Center and one in downtown Tulsa in the Blue Dome District) until Thursday. After that, you can register before the race at Mohawk Park.\r\n\r\nThe folks at Tulsa Running Club have decided to keep the price of registration for the Mohawk 5000 low so that this race is within reach for any runners and their families who have been hit hard by the crappy economy. Any non-TRC member pays $15 for the 5K, $10 for the fun run, which makes this race one of the most affordable you\'ll find between now and the end of racing season.\r\n\r\nEven so, TRC wanted to offer two free passes to the run to the unbelievably good-looking TDT readers, all of whom run purely for the joy of movement because they\'re already the sexiest beasts around.\r\n\r\n<strong>For your chance at the passes, where\'s what I want you to do: Head to the comments section of this post and tell me your favorite place to run in Tulsa</strong>. Yeah, your treadmill counts as an answer, but if you\'re telling the truth, you\'re probably a robot without feelings or shame and are not eligible to enter this contest in the first place. Only organic beings need apply.\r\n\r\nEnter your answer by Wednesday night (June 22nd) at 8pm and I\'ll let Random.org choose a winner. If that winner wants both passes, s/he gets \'em. If the winner needs just one pass, though, I\'ll let Random.org choose a home for the second registration.\r\n\r\nGood luck, everybody, and happy running!\r\n\r\n<em>This post is sponsored by the <a href=\"http://tulsarunningclub.com\">Tulsa Running Club</a>.</em>','The 2011 Mohawk 5000: Lift Up Your Community (and your hiney - plus, a giveaway)','The 2011 Mohawk 5000 snakes through Tulsa\'s Mohawk Park, and the proceeds benefit the Tulsa Running Club and efforts toward education and outreach.','inherit','open','open','','8526-revision-16','','','2011-06-20 16:23:25','2011-06-20 22:23:25','',8526,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8526-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(9536,1,'2007-07-20 18:39:00','2007-07-20 18:39:00','<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RqEB7vT3SVI/AAAAAAAAAHs/p2EtywCjEwE/s1600-h/b%26wbrendalooktoside.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RqEB7vT3SVI/AAAAAAAAAHs/p2EtywCjEwE/s200/b%26wbrendalooktoside.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089351179729062226\" border=\"0\" /></a><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Blogger: Party Brenda</span><br /></span>  <p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">I LOVE <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/reggaefesttulsa\">REGGAE FEST</a>!<br /><br />And YAY Tulsa for showing up to the <a href=\"http://www.riverwalkcrossing.com/\">Riverwalk</a> to support it. <o:p></o:p><br /><br />I got to the amphitheater right at the start, 4 o’clock. </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The Riverwalk was got busier and busier as the day went on.</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><o:p></o:p><br /><br />The Riverwalk was a great place to have reggae fest this year, by the way. <o:p></o:p><!--[endif]-->I am a loyal fan to the festival and go pretty much every year. There wasn’t as much stuff going on as I had seen in years past, but I’m pretty sure the atmosphere made up for it.<br /><br />During the down time there was a nice variety of reggae music coming through the loud speakers. The music was outstanding! The first guy up at 4 played the drums. He’d made his drum set completely out of recycled goods. <o:p></o:p></span></p>        <p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Recycling was a big theme at the fest this year, actually. There was an overwhelming number of recycling bins laid out. Many were labeled plastic bottles only and cans only. I struggled with what to do with my plastic cup that had the few melted drops of what remained of my cheesecake ice cream with cherries mixed in (got it at The Marble Slab, YUM). The cup was plastic, but not a bottle, but I decided to put it in the plastic bottle bin anyway. I hope I didn’t piss the recycling workers off. I didn’t want to just throw it in the trash.<br /><br />Ah well.<o:p></o:p><br /><br />My fellow co-worker Molly and I met up and while I ate my ice cream and she sipped her beer, we floated from vendor to vendor. My favorite items were all the wonderful tributes to Mr. Bob Marley. You would think the man was Jesus from how he was revered at this place.<br /><br />Molly’s favorite stuff was the many selections of jewelry there. She purchased two necklaces and two pairs of earrings. The pieces were promised to be original and one of a kind, just like my friend Molly. *smiley* </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><br />There was all sorts of all natural products there, including breads and bath stuff. You could even get a henna tattoo! But, <a href=\"http://tashadoestulsa.blogspot.com/2007/05/mayfest-madness.html\">my Mayfest experience with the henna</a> kinda got me in trouble, so I opted out. Other than that, there were painters and musicians and plenty of hippies at the festival this year. People from all walks of life were really enjoying themselves.<o:p></o:p><br /><br />It was SO HOT though. What’s with summer happening all of a sudden? Geez. I’m glad I had chosen my favorite hippie girl dress – the one that’s really airy and the closest piece of clothing I have to being naked.<br /><br />And yay for all the local musicians that came out to chill and help others to chill.<br /><br />In summary, <a href=\"http://blog.myspace.com/reggaefesttulsa\">I think Reggae Fest was great</a>. There weren’t any bongs for sell this year though. Sad.<br /><br />But really, anytime you have a lot of  beer + food + outside + Awesome Music+ illegal smoke = GOOD TIMES!<br /><br />PB</span></p><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" ><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">Editor\'s Note: Brenda sent this to me Monday morning for posting. Due to work hassles and all the stuff that\'s gotta be done when you get a certain type of exciting news (found out Sideshow Husband and I are going to have a baby!), I haven\'t been able to post it until today. My bad. But, as Party Brenda would say, party on! </span></span><br /><p class=\"MsoNormal\"></p>','Party Brenda Loves Reggae Fest','','inherit','open','open','','22-revision','','','2007-07-20 18:39:00','2007-07-20 18:39:00','',22,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2007/07/22-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(10202,1,'2012-01-04 09:03:48','2012-01-04 15:03:48','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/around-town-route-66-roadtrip/route66roadtrip/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10187\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" title=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10187\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Last summer, we craved The Road.</strong> We set out from Tulsa and, over the course of two days, drove to Elk City and back, almost all the way on old, poured concrete. We saw a young couple and their pet chicken stop for a bathroom break; we flipped out over the windmills near Weatherford and Clinton (well, one of us in particular did); we drank Oklahoma Syrah and downed two six-packs of root beer from Pops. As we headed west, the horizon flattened, and the dirt showing through the bald spots along the road brightened to an impossible red. And we blasted the 4-60 air conditioner at the conclusion of two staggering sunsets, which we got to watch from start to finish, the second one playing out in the rearview mirror.','Around Town: Route 66 Roadtrip','','inherit','open','open','','10132-revision-11','','','2012-01-04 09:03:48','2012-01-04 15:03:48','',10132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10132-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(9535,1,'2011-11-14 15:22:23','2011-11-14 21:22:23','<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RjsjlH8kQOI/AAAAAAAAABw/7N12Nfx4cQY/s1600-h/b%26wbrendalooktoside.jpg\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060677726976098530\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RjsjlH8kQOI/AAAAAAAAABw/7N12Nfx4cQY/s200/b%26wbrendalooktoside.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" /></a><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Blogger: Party Brenda\n</span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Photo credit: still <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/chrisbouldin\">Chris Bouldin</a>)</span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n</span></span>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ugh. Party Brenda is not very good at partying in the mornings – especially after a night at <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie’s</a>.</p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">That’s okay – I’m awake now, and there is nothing I can do about it. If the rain hasn’t washed away the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Word on the Street</span>, here are the clues to where it’s at:</p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">First clue</span>: I am near the point of much controversy, disappointment, wait-and-see and especially <a href=\"http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;channel=s&amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&amp;hs=kFw&amp;q=bell%27s+amusement+park+tulsa%2C+OK+evicted&amp;btnG=Search\">media coverage</a> during the past year.</p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Second clue</span>: I’m in midtown Tulsa, and local residents used to complain about how much noise I made after sundown because some people were trying to sleep (see the <a href=\"http://tashadoestulsa.blogspot.com/2007/03/tasha-does-tulsa-now.html\">first post</a> of Tasha Does Tulsa if you wanna know how I feel about that).</p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Third clue</span>: If you’re a native Tulsan in your twenties or early thirties, you probably have many childhood memories here. I know I do.</p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Fourth and final clue</span>: The word on the street is at <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">36 degrees 8 minutes 6 seconds North, and 95 degrees 56 minutes and 5 seconds West</span>, according to <a href=\"http://earth.google.com/\">Google Earth</a>. <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/aaron8620\">Natasha’s husband</a> said you can Google this set of coordinates and find the exact location of the Word on the Street.</p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So, that’s how <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Word on the Street</span> is going to work. Whoever finds the Word on the Street and posts it to this blog first gets a $20 gift certificate to the Tulsa-based restaurant or coffee house of his/her choice.</p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\nChester\'s word of the day</span>: Go!</p>','Word on the Street, Vol. 1','','inherit','open','open','','7-autosave','','','2011-11-14 15:22:23','2011-11-14 21:22:23','',7,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/11/7-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(9275,1,'2011-10-19 03:00:50','2011-10-19 09:00:50','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/rodeo-defined/dsc_0173/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9316\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9316\" title=\"Broken Arrow Round Up Club Rodeo\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSC_0173-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from Tulsa-based blogger Lauren McKinney. <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.com/\">Lauren blogs at Fiddlepit</a>, a blog about embarrassment, traffic cones and life in Oklahoma.</em>\r\n\r\nI\'ve lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a long time, but I can count on one finger the number of times I\'ve been to a rodeo. Still, I feel like an expert. In fact, I\'m pretty sure I know quite a bit about rodeo. You think I\'m joking? Ask anyone. Or, just take a look at these rodeo lingo definitions I wrote and see for yourselves.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Mutton Bustin\'</h3>\r\nParticipants are required to watch and wait for a sheep to commit a crime. A simple misdemeanor will do. The cowboy must then arrest and handcuff the sheep – this is the tricky part – and recite to the animal its Miranda rights. To speed up the process, some mutton busters will attempt to lure sheep into perpetrating an illegal act, such as vandalism. Cowboys hire young, sexy ewes to provide lewd suggestions and/or spray paint. Once the arrest is complete, the rodeo crowd yells in unison, \"Aw... BUSTED!\" Young MC\'s Bust A Move then plays over the loudspeakers.\r\n<h3>Cutting Horses</h3>\r\nStylists-to-be recruited from local beauty colleges compete in a mane-styling tournament. Participants may cut, color and/or curl the mane in order to achieve a presentation that best exhibits their artistry and skill. The hairdresser who produces the most fabulously coiffed philly takes home a blue ribbon.\r\n<h3>PBR</h3>\r\nOnce a year, something big comes to the BOK Center. Surprise! It\'s a huge can of Pabst Blue Ribbon:\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/rodeo-defined/giffer/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9317\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9317\" title=\"PBR BOK Center\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/giffer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"320\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nMmm. PBR.\r\n\r\n<h3>Chute Dogging</h3>\r\nHighly skilled canine competitors pair off and play the classic board game Chutes and Ladders in a tournament-style event that lasts a full day. All breeds of dogs may participate, but help from humans is not allowed. This event is typically sponsored by Milton Bradley. Biting out of frustration at landing on yet another effing chute space is strictly forbidden.\r\n<h3>Goat Dressage</h3>\r\nThis event is specifically for children (sometimes referred to as a pedia-rodeo event). Boys and girls have the opportunity to hone their sewing skills and create three looks for their pet goats: One for casual portion of the competition, another for evening, and a third for swimwear. Beyond hand-crafting goat couture, competitors must select coordinating accessories and cosmetics. The trick to accomplishing this in a way that will impress judges is by making sure to pick items which the goat will not be tempted to nibble during the fashion show. Competitors then walk their goats down a long runway three times to show off their fashionable creations, with each run including a sassy spin and/or Zoolander-inspired camera stare. Judges rate each ensemble and average the three scores to come to an overall goat dressage rating.\r\n\r\nWhat rodeo terms have always left you clueless? Tell me in the comments and I\'ll be happy to demystify all that which eludes you.\r\n\r\n<h3>PLUS!</h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/09/20/2011/taking-the-wool-by-the-horns/\">Taking the Wool By the Horns, an adventure in mutton busting and rodeo culture at the Broken Arrow Round-Up Club Arena</a>.','Rodeo, Defined','Oklahoma blogger Lauren McKinney delivers a crash course in Rodeo 101. ','publish','open','open','','rodeo-defined','','\nhttp://dowhat.thislandpress.com/09/20/2011/taking-the-wool-by-the-horns/','2011-10-19 07:25:08','2011-10-19 13:25:08','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=9275',0,'post','',1),(8549,1,'2011-06-20 08:30:14','2011-06-20 14:30:14','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/05/things-to-do-in-tulsa-today-24/hardesty-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8273\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Hardesty.jpg\" alt=\"Hardesty Library Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Hardesty Library Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8273\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-107','','','2011-06-20 08:30:14','2011-06-20 14:30:14','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-107/',0,'revision','',0),(8550,1,'2011-06-21 09:42:39','2011-06-21 15:42:39','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/drillers-fest-tulsa-kids/oneokfield/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7142\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ONEOKField.jpg\" alt=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7142\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-108','','','2011-06-21 09:42:39','2011-06-21 15:42:39','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-108/',0,'revision','',0),(8551,1,'2011-06-21 09:42:39','2011-06-21 15:42:39','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/drillers-fest-tulsa-kids/oneokfield/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7142\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ONEOKField.jpg\" alt=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7142\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? 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We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-109','','','2011-06-21 09:42:39','2011-06-21 15:42:39','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-109/',0,'revision','',0),(8552,1,'2011-06-21 09:43:52','2011-06-21 15:43:52','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/drillers-fest-tulsa-kids/oneokfield/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7142\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ONEOKField.jpg\" alt=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7142\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? 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We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-110','','','2011-06-21 09:43:52','2011-06-21 15:43:52','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-110/',0,'revision','',0),(8553,1,'2011-06-21 09:47:12','2011-06-21 15:47:12','','BOK Book Drive Leaderboard','','inherit','open','open','','bookdrive_leaderboard','','','2011-06-21 09:47:12','2011-06-21 15:47:12','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/BookDrive_LeaderBoard.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9187,1,'2011-09-07 12:00:50','2011-09-07 18:00:50','So I love to poke. Drop me off in a mall.. bookstore... thrift store and I can spend hours sorting through racks and aisles until I find the strangest and thereby coolest items.\r\n\r\nI\'m looking for idea on redecorating the guest room so I went to one of my favorite stores to poke around... the Habitat Re-Store (http://habitat-tulsa.org/restore/).\r\n\r\nWalking into that store is like a hippie haven for me... vintage fixtures... recycled home building materials.\r\n\r\nAs you enter the large warehouse near 15th and Memorial on one side you see row after row of used appliances that work fine and can be picked up cheap.\r\n(picture 1)\r\n\r\nTo the other side it\'s carpeting... tiles... paint... all donated to the store to sell... and help fund Habitat for Humanity. It\'s the perfect spot for do it yourself homeowner to get cheap supplies.. or for wannabe Martha Stewarts like me to pretend to be crafty.\r\n(picture 2)\r\n\r\nI spotted this vintage sewing machine and fell in love. I have no clue if it works and if it did I wouldn\'t know what to do with it.. but isn\'t it gorgeous.\r\n(picture 3)\r\n\r\nThen I headed outside... where they keep the bathroom fixtures... doors, windows... and the field of toilets.\r\n(picture 4)\r\n\r\nNow I\'ve been contemplating turning an old window into a frame... like on this Instructables blog (http://www.instructables.com/id/Old-Window-Picture-Frame/)\r\n\r\nSo I headed for the bins of windows to see if there was one that would fit in the spot I\'m thinking of putting it. My favorites are the ones that have the most paint chipped off of them... yes I still love shabby chic. Don\'t judge me.\r\n(picture 5)\r\n\r\nAlso you have to walk on this walkway to get to the windows, doors and shutters section. I love this.\r\n(picture 6)\r\n\r\nSadly all of the windows they had the weekend I was poking were too big for the spot in my mind. So I went home empty handed.\r\n\r\nBut the added bonus to the Habitat Re-Store is that I can pop my head in again in a couple of weeks and they\'ll have a whole new batch of donated items for me to dig through to find my hidden treasure.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9178\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9178\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9178\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-7-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9179\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9179\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9179\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-6-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9180\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9180\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-5-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9181\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9181\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9181\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-4-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9182\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9182\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9182\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-3-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9183\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9183\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9183\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9184\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9184\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9184\" /></a>','Habitat Blog','','inherit','open','open','','9177-revision-3','','','2011-09-07 12:00:50','2011-09-07 18:00:50','',9177,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9177-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(9193,1,'2011-09-07 12:17:49','2011-09-07 18:17:49','','Ancient Forest','','inherit','open','open','','hiking3','','','2011-09-07 12:17:49','2011-09-07 18:17:49','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9194,1,'2011-09-07 12:18:28','2011-09-07 18:18:28','','Ancient Forest','','inherit','open','open','','hiking4','','','2011-09-07 12:18:28','2011-09-07 18:18:28','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking4.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8561,1,'2011-06-21 16:13:07','2011-06-21 22:13:07','','Center of the Universe Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','center-of-the-universe','','','2011-06-21 16:13:07','2011-06-21 22:13:07','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Center-of-the-Universe.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9161,1,'2011-09-06 14:58:43','2011-09-06 20:58:43','','Hunger Action Month Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','hungeractionmonth','','','2011-09-06 14:58:43','2011-09-06 20:58:43','',9159,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hungeractionmonth.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9163,1,'2011-09-06 15:05:33','2011-09-06 21:05:33','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9161\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9161\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hungeractionmonth-500x624.jpg\" alt=\"Hunger Action Month Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Hunger Action Month Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"624\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9161\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post is from Angeline LeLeux. <a href=\"http://inherfield.com/\">Angeline blogs at InHerField.com</a>.</em> \r\n\r\nSeptember is Hunger Action Month, and the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a> has chosen orange as the color to promote awareness of hunger in our city and neighborhoods. \r\n\r\nDriving around in Tulsa, we see orange nearly everywhere - miles and miles of road-construction signs, barrels, cones and poles. What we don\'t always see is how hunger affects our friends and neighbors. More than a quarter of the residents who live in the eastern part of our state struggle with hunger at various times throughout the year. Plus, Oklahoma ranks in the top five states that offer very low food security. \r\n\r\nNearly 50 percent of Food Bank clients have had to make the choice between paying for food or paying for utilities. These are people of all ages, from all economic and educational backgrounds. In an uncertain economy, it\'s impossible to apply stereotypical ideas to the 60,000 people per week that rely on the Food Bank.\r\n\r\nWhat can you do to help? Because the Food Bank relies on donated products, a few dollars can go a long way. Did you know that $1 can provide as many as seven meals? A backpack of food that will go home with a child every weekend is $160, a small price to pay to ensure a child has something to eat when he or she is not in school. \r\n\r\nGot a spare hour or three? Contact the folks at the Food Bank and ask for a tour, or volunteer to sort and package donated food. \r\n\r\nAnd, don\'t forget the orange. Bring hunger awareness into your life and wear an orange ribbon, hand out oranges at work or help to make what your fellow Oklahomans think of when they see these road signs to a whole new level.','Hunger Action Month','','inherit','open','open','','9159-revision-3','','','2011-09-06 15:05:33','2011-09-06 21:05:33','',9159,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9159-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(9162,1,'2011-09-06 15:05:23','2011-09-06 21:05:23','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9161\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9161\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hungeractionmonth-500x624.jpg\" alt=\"Hunger Action Month Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Hunger Action Month Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"624\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9161\" /></a>\n\n<em>Today\'s post is from Angeline LeLeux. <a href=\"http://inherfield.com/\">Angeline blogs at InHerField.com</a>.</em> \n\nSeptember is Hunger Action Month, and the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a> has chosen orange as the color to promote awareness of hunger in our city and neighborhoods. \n\nDriving around in Tulsa, we see orange nearly everywhere - miles and miles of road-construction signs, barrels, cones and poles. What we don\'t always see is how hunger affects our friends and neighbors. More than a quarter of the residents who live in the eastern part of our state struggle with hunger at various times throughout the year. Plus, Oklahoma ranks in the top five states that offer very low food security. \n\nNearly 50 percent of Food Bank clients have had to make the choice between paying for food or paying for utilities. These are people of all ages, from all economic and educational backgrounds. In an uncertain economy, it\'s impossible to apply stereotypical ideas to the 60,000 people per week that rely on the Food Bank.\n\nWhat can you do to help? Because the Food Bank relies on donated products, a few dollars can go a long way. Did you know that $1 can provide as many as seven meals? A backpack of food that will go home with a child every weekend is $160, a small price to pay to ensure a child has something to eat when he or she is not in school. \n\nGot a spare hour or three? Contact the folks at the Food Bank and ask for a tour, or volunteer to sort and package donated food. \n\nAnd, don\'t forget the orange. Bring hunger awareness into your life and wear an orange ribbon, hand out oranges at work or help to make what your fellow Oklahomans think of when they see these road signs to a whole new level.\n\nTo learn more about the Community Food Bank of Eastern ','Hunger Action Month','','inherit','open','open','','9159-revision-2','','','2011-09-06 15:05:23','2011-09-06 21:05:23','',9159,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9159-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9164,1,'2011-09-06 15:11:35','2011-09-06 21:11:35','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9161\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9161\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hungeractionmonth-500x624.jpg\" alt=\"Hunger Action Month Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Hunger Action Month Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"624\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9161\" /></a>\n\n<em>Today\'s post is from Angeline LeLeux. <a href=\"http://inherfield.com/\">Angeline blogs at InHerField.com</a>.</em> \n\nSeptember is Hunger Action Month, and the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a> has chosen orange as the color to promote awareness of hunger in our city and neighborhoods. \n\nDriving around in Tulsa, we see orange nearly everywhere - miles and miles of road-construction signs, barrels, cones and poles. What we don\'t always see is how hunger affects our friends and neighbors. More than a quarter of the residents who live in the eastern part of our state struggle with hunger at various times throughout the year. Plus, Oklahoma ranks in the top five states that offer very low food security. \n\nNearly 50 percent of Food Bank clients have had to make the choice between paying for food or paying for utilities. These are people of all ages, from all economic and educational backgrounds. In an uncertain economy, it\'s impossible to apply stereotypical ideas to the 60,000 people per week that rely on the Food Bank.\n\nWhat can you do to help? Because the Food Bank relies on donated products, a few dollars can go a long way. Did you know that $1 can provide as many as seven meals? A backpack of food that will go home with a child every weekend is $160, a small price to pay to ensure a child has something to eat when he or she is not in school. \n\nGot a spare hour or three? Contact the folks at the Food Bank and ask for a tour, or volunteer to sort and package donated food. \n\nAnd, don\'t forget the orange. Bring hunger awareness into your life and wear an orange ribbon, hand out oranges at work or help to make what your fellow Oklahomans think of when they see these road signs to a whole new level.\n\n<em><a href=\"http://inherfield.com/2011/09/02/hunger-action-month-part-1/\">To learn more about Hunger Awareness Month, visit InHerField.com</a>.</em>','Hunger Action Month','','inherit','open','open','','9159-revision-4','','','2011-09-06 15:11:35','2011-09-06 21:11:35','',9159,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9159-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(9165,1,'2011-09-06 15:13:08','2011-09-06 21:13:08','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9161\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9161\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hungeractionmonth-500x624.jpg\" alt=\"Hunger Action Month Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Hunger Action Month Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"624\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9161\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post is from Angeline LeLeux. <a href=\"http://inherfield.com/\">Angeline blogs at InHerField.com</a>.</em> \r\n\r\nSeptember is Hunger Action Month, and the <a href=\"http://www.cfbeo.org/\">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a> has chosen orange as the color to promote awareness of hunger in our city and neighborhoods. \r\n\r\nDriving around in Tulsa, we see orange nearly everywhere - miles and miles of road-construction signs, barrels, cones and poles. What we don\'t always see is how hunger affects our friends and neighbors. More than a quarter of the residents who live in the eastern part of our state struggle with hunger at various times throughout the year. Plus, Oklahoma ranks in the top five states that offer very low food security. \r\n\r\nNearly 50 percent of Food Bank clients have had to make the choice between paying for food or paying for utilities. These are people of all ages, from all economic and educational backgrounds. In an uncertain economy, it\'s impossible to apply stereotypical ideas to the 60,000 people per week that rely on the Food Bank.\r\n\r\nWhat can you do to help? Because the Food Bank relies on donated products, a few dollars can go a long way. Did you know that $1 can provide as many as seven meals? A backpack of food that will go home with a child every weekend is $160, a small price to pay to ensure a child has something to eat when he or she is not in school. \r\n\r\nGot a spare hour or three? Contact the folks at the Food Bank and ask for a tour, or volunteer to sort and package donated food. \r\n\r\nAnd, don\'t forget the orange. Bring hunger awareness into your life and wear an orange ribbon, hand out oranges at work or help to make what your fellow Oklahomans think of when they see these road signs to a whole new level.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"http://inherfield.com/2011/09/02/hunger-action-month-part-1/\">To learn more about Hunger Awareness Month, visit InHerField.com</a>.</em>','Hunger Action Month','','inherit','open','open','','9159-revision-5','','','2011-09-06 15:13:08','2011-09-06 21:13:08','',9159,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9159-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(9166,1,'2011-09-06 15:22:39','0000-00-00 00:00:00','I love \"Murder She Wrote.\" For serious.  I watch Jessica Fletcher solve mysteries﻿ at least once a week and once a year I dress up and try my hand at solving pretend murders.\r\n\r\n\r\nIt\'s the annual Murder Mystery Dinner to benefit the Arts and Humanities Council (http://www.ahct.org/) this year\'s theme is \"Die Nasty\" and is set of course in the 80\'s.  Guests are encouraged to eat drink and be merry while trying their hand at solving the night\'s mystery.\r\n\r\n\r\nTwo years ago I came in 2nd and of course bragged to anyone who listened about my mystery solving skills.  The most common question? What\'s a murder mystery dinner like?  The answer: Awesomesauce.\r\n\r\n\r\nFirst of all is the Costumes every year the show has a different theme and guests are always encouraged to dress up.  This year it\'s the 80\'s... so that means a trip to the thrift store.\r\n\r\n﻿pic 1- Star Trek: Wrath of the 80\'s\r\n\r\nPic 2- I\'m pretty sure this was a bridesmaid dress in \"Steel Magnolias\"\r\n\r\nPic 3- Blazer, sequins, fringe, shoulder pads.  Winning.\r\n\r\nPic 4- Doesn\'t this scream Joan Collins?\r\n\r\nThese are all still on the rack waiting for the right person to wear them.  I went with royal blue sequins and hair higher than an elephant\'s eye.\r\n\r\nThen of course is the setting.  The amazingly awesome Harwelden Mansion.  I mean just look at it.\r\n\r\n(pic 5)\r\n\r\nPlus it\'s catered by \"Just Catering by Orr\"... and it is always just delicious.  Trust me this is a night to ignore the diet and chow down.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, the show.\r\n\r\nJames Watts Jr. puts together a show full of sly jokes, hilarious writing and more plot twists than an actual episode of Dynasty.\r\n\r\n\r\nTo start the night you\'ll get a character list with some background information, and a list of questions, including of course \"Whodunit?\" to study while the cast of regulars puts on the show.  Then meal and play finished, you\'re off to investigate... interrogate the characters (kudos to the actors for staying in character no matter the bizarre questions I ask) and formulate your theories.\r\n\r\n\r\nThen you fill out your guesses and turn in the sheet to get some dessert and wait to see if you solved the crime.  Winners get special gift baskets with some Tulsa treasures.\r\n\r\nYou\'re all lucky I\'ve already gone.  You may have a chance of winning.﻿','Murder Mystery Blog','','draft','open','open','','','','','2011-09-06 15:22:39','2011-09-06 21:22:39','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=9166',0,'post','',0),(9167,1,'2011-09-06 15:16:10','2011-09-06 21:16:10','','Murder Mystery Blog','','inherit','open','open','','9166-revision','','','2011-09-06 15:16:10','2011-09-06 21:16:10','',9166,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9166-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9191,1,'2011-09-07 12:13:55','2011-09-07 18:13:55','','Keystone Ancient Forest','','inherit','open','open','','hiking1','','','2011-09-07 12:13:55','2011-09-07 18:13:55','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9192,1,'2011-09-07 12:17:21','2011-09-07 18:17:21','','Ancient Forest','','inherit','open','open','','hiking2','','','2011-09-07 12:17:21','2011-09-07 18:17:21','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8584,1,'2011-06-21 09:43:53','2011-06-21 15:43:53','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/drillers-fest-tulsa-kids/oneokfield/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7142\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ONEOKField.jpg\" alt=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Downtown Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7142\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-111','','','2011-06-21 09:43:53','2011-06-21 15:43:53','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-111/',0,'revision','',0),(8585,1,'2011-06-23 07:40:30','2011-06-23 13:40:30','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8579\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8579\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Picture-1.png\" alt=\"Space Pandas Actors Company of Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Space Pandas Actors Company of Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"407\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8579\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-112','','','2011-06-23 07:40:30','2011-06-23 13:40:30','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-112/',0,'revision','',0),(8633,1,'2011-06-27 07:12:37','2011-06-27 13:12:37','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8629\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8629\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Joshs-Sno-Shack.jpg\" alt=\"Josh&#039;s Sno Shack\" title=\"Josh&#039;s Sno Shack\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8629\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-114','','','2011-06-27 07:12:37','2011-06-27 13:12:37','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-114/',0,'revision','',0),(8586,1,'2011-06-23 07:34:12','2011-06-23 13:34:12','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition/dilly-deli-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8572\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dilly-Deli.jpg\" alt=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8572\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHey, Tulsa and Oklahoma bloggers. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235565683123995\">The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup is posted on Facebook</a>. Check it out, invite a few friends and get signed up. \r\n\r\nHope to see you there! \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Open Mic Edition','The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup has been posted to Facebook.','inherit','open','open','','8571-revision-5','','','2011-06-23 07:34:12','2011-06-23 13:34:12','',8571,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8571-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8587,1,'2011-06-23 07:42:32','2011-06-23 13:42:32','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition/dilly-deli-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8572\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dilly-Deli.jpg\" alt=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8572\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nHey, Tulsa and Oklahoma bloggers. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235565683123995\">The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup is posted on Facebook</a>. Check it out, invite a few friends and get signed up. \r\n\r\nHope to see you there! \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Open Mic Edition','The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup has been posted to Facebook.','inherit','open','open','','8571-revision-6','','','2011-06-23 07:42:32','2011-06-23 13:42:32','',8571,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8571-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(9370,1,'2011-10-18 11:32:33','2011-10-18 17:32:33','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/fall-break-tulsa-things-to-do/4109887840_e7dce75922/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3137\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/4109887840_e7dce75922.jpg\" alt=\"Philbrook Museum\" title=\"Philbrook Museum\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3137\" /></a>\n\nLooking for the 2011 list for things to over fall break in Tulsa? Find it here.\n\nFall Break 2010 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. \n\nUh-oh. Now what? \n\n<!--more-->\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\n\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa today, Friday and Monday. As heard this morning on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list. \n\n<strong>Camps</strong>\n\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737 - there weren\'t many spots in the camp to begin with, so if you want your kid to be part of this, call first thing this morning. \n\n<strong>Fall Break Cake Camp</strong>. What kid doesn\'t love cake? Send your kid to the Fall Break Cake Camp at All Things Cake at 71st and Memorial. The camp is Thursday-Friday, 9am-noon for ages 6-9 and 2-5pm for ages 10-14. Cost is $40 per day and registration is required - visit allthingscakeshop.com. \n\n<strong>Fall Break Camp at Whiteside</strong>. Kids age 6-11 can play games and make crafts from 9am-5pm Thursday, Friday and Monday at Whiteside Community Center in midtown, just west of 41st and Yale. Bring a sack lunch and a snack. Call (918) 746-5040 to register. \n\n<strong>Fall-Flavored Stuff</strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\" title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" /></a>\n\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. \n\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. \n\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9pm, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. \n\n<strong>Gross Goodies</strong>. If your kids enjoy freaking out your friends and family, get them to where they can learn how to serve a meal with worms, vampire veins and monster eggs with in the Gross Goodies cooking class at Whiteside Park, just west of 41st and Yale. It\'s for ages 6-12, the cost is $10 and it\'s from 1-2pm on Monday. \n\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. You can check TashaDoesTulsa.com for a complete list of local pumpkin patches.\n\n\n<strong>Other Stuff</strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4568741810/\" title=\"Purple Glaze by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4568741810_5ef3cbaae0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Purple Glaze\" /></a>\n\n<strong>The Big Adventure at Tulsa Historical Society</strong>. Tulsa Children\'s Museum has this interactive, semi-permanent exhibit at THS right now that puts kids in the middle of a physically and mentally challenging 3-dimensional game board. Each adventure in the exhibit encourages kids\' to explore and investigate as well as to climb, crawl and balance. It\'s like a playground without the skinned knees and dirty hands, and with an educational component to boot. THS near Woodward Park on Peoria, 10am-4pm, Thursday-Friday. \n\n<strong>Bounce U</strong>. Get open bounces at Bounce U at 8922 S. Memorial today at 1:30pm and Friday at 11:30am and 3pm. Kids under 5 can bounce on Friday at 10am, and there\'s a cosmic bounce (read: a neon bounce in the dark) set for 8pm Friday night. All bounces are about $7 ($8 for the cosmic bounce) per kid, and be sure your kiddos wear socks. \n\n<strong>Kaleidoscope Children\'s Museum</strong>. Kids get to learn about arts and sciences without ever realizing they\'re learning in this hands-on, interactive children\'s museum. There\'s a pint-sized kid city, two giant rock walls and 13,000 square feet of fun. KCM is open special hours Thursday, Friday and Monday, from 10am-6pm. \n\n<strong>Purple Glaze</strong>. It\'s always fun to make a mess and make some art at Purple Glaze, especially since parents know they don\'t have to bother with the clean-up. The bonus is that there\'s no studio fee on Mondays and you can make a craft for as little as $6, so put PG on your calendar for the beginning of the week. Locations are at 33rd and Peoria and 91st and Sheridan. \n\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off. ','It\'s Fall Break in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','Fall Break 2010 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. Uh-oh. Now what?','inherit','open','open','','3136-autosave','','','2011-10-18 11:32:33','2011-10-18 17:32:33','',3136,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/3136-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(9533,1,'2011-04-13 16:24:49','2011-04-13 22:24:49','<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RjsjlH8kQOI/AAAAAAAAABw/7N12Nfx4cQY/s1600-h/b%26wbrendalooktoside.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/RjsjlH8kQOI/AAAAAAAAABw/7N12Nfx4cQY/s200/b%26wbrendalooktoside.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060677726976098530\" border=\"0\" /></a><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Blogger: Party Brenda<br /></span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Photo credit: still <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/chrisbouldin\">Chris Bouldin</a>)</span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br /></span></span><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ugh. Party Brenda is not very good at partying in the mornings – especially after a night at <a href=\"http://www.mcnellies.com/\">McNellie’s</a>. </p>    <p class=\"MsoNormal\">That’s okay – I’m awake now, and there is nothing I can do about it. If the rain hasn’t washed away the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Word on the Street</span>, here are the clues to where it’s at:<br /><br /></p>    <p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">First clue</span>: I am near the point of much controversy, disappointment, wait-and-see and especially <a href=\"http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&amp;channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&amp;hs=kFw&q=bell%27s+amusement+park+tulsa%2C+OK+evicted&amp;btnG=Search\">media coverage</a> during the past year. </p>    <p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Second clue</span>: I’m in midtown <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Tulsa, and local residents used to complain about how much noise I made after sundown because some people were trying to sleep (see the <a href=\"http://tashadoestulsa.blogspot.com/2007/03/tasha-does-tulsa-now.html\">first post</a> of Tasha Does Tulsa if you wanna know how I feel about that)</st1:place></st1:city>. </p>    <p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Third clue</span>: If you’re a native Tulsan in your twenties or early thirties, you probably have many childhood memories here. I know I do.<br /></p>    <p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Fourth and final clue</span>: The word on the street is at <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">36 degrees 8 minutes 6 seconds North, and 95 degrees 56 minutes and 5 seconds West</span>, according to <a href=\"http://earth.google.com/\">Google Earth</a>. <a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/aaron8620\">Natasha’s husband</a> said you can Google this set of coordinates and find the exact location of the Word on the Street. </p>    <p class=\"MsoNormal\">So, that’s how <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Word on the Street</span> is going to work. Whoever finds the Word on the Street and posts it to this blog first gets a $20 gift certificate to the Tulsa-based restaurant or coffee house of his/her choice.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br />Chester\'s word of the day</span>: Go!<br /></p>','Word on the Street, Vol. 1','','inherit','open','open','','7-revision-2','','','2011-04-13 16:24:49','2011-04-13 22:24:49','',7,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/04/7-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9699,1,'2011-12-01 17:58:49','2011-12-01 23:58:49','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/oklahoma-blogger-round-up/4416711547_91403f18ef/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6127\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6127\" title=\"Old School Computer Local Links\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/4416711547_91403f18ef.jpg\" alt=\"Old School Computer Local Links\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe parade debate that keeps on giving; Tulsa date ideas; the man behind an exclusive local institution of shrimp cocktail and ground ribeye; Thanksgiving target practice; and lawn Santas. Here\'s a quick round-up of stuff found on Oklahoma blogs this week.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Seasonal smackdown</strong>: At Accidentally Albino is an editorial on how word choice affects (or doesn\'t affect) the value of Christmas, <a href=\"http://daveshort.tumblr.com/post/13594091410\" target=\"_blank\">centered on the two parades taking place in Tulsa proper on Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.</a></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Deco District Pop-Up Shop</strong>: Sarah at Prairie Hive has a write-up and some great photos on <a href=\"http://www.prairiehive.com/2011/11/deco-district-pop-up-shops/\" target=\"_blank\">the Pop-Up Shop event taking place in downtown Tulsa\'s Deco District</a>. (If you haven\'t read it, be sure to catch <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/11/pop-up-shopping-in-tulsas-deco-district/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa writer Jen Luitwieler\'s piece on the shops and how they\'re bringing a new generation of shoppers to downtown Tulsa</a>.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Tulsa Date Ideas</strong>: Chelsea\'s latest Tulsa Tuesday write-up at <a href=\"http://www.thelostogle.com/2011/11/29/romantic-holiday-date-ideas-for-tulsans/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lost Ogle has a list of romantic holiday date ideas</a>. On the list: Rhema\'s Christmas Lights Xtravaganza, Winterfest and catching a performance of The Nutcracker. Because when it comes to females, she wrote, \"chicks DIG prepubescent ballerinas darting away from predatory rats in solider costumes.\"</li>\r\n	<li><strong>No Burger for You</strong>: Tulsa photographer <a href=\"http://cooperphotog.tumblr.com/post/13461552955/tulsa-restauranteur-jj-conley-for-this-land\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Cooper has a shot of J.J.\'s Gourmet Burgers owner J.J. Conley</a>. (Want to learn more about J.J.\'s? <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/02/18/2011/no-phones-no-fools-no-frets-the-j-j-behind-j-j-%E2%80%99s-gourmet-burger-cafe/\" target=\"_blank\">No Phones, No Fools, No Frets</a>)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Target practice</strong>: Because so many Oklahomans spend their <a href=\"http://www.expeditionoklahoma.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-target-practice-.html\" target=\"_blank\">Thanksgiving holidays bonding over the steaming barrels of shotguns</a>.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>This Oklahoma Life</strong>: <a href=\"http://www.jenx67.com/search/label/This%20Oklahoma%20Life\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma City-based blogger Jennifer James has a beautiful new photo series</a> she\'s calling after the popular public radio series. Which is your favorite?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nLooking for more Okie-centric Web gems? <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/roundups/\" target=\"_blank\">Be sure to watch the Okie Round-Up over at ThisLandPress.com every Friday for the latest from news editor Holly Wall</a>. She\'s quite the talented \'net scourer.\r\n\r\nAre you a blogger based in Oklahoma? Leave a link to your site in the comments below. We wanna see what you\'ve got.','Oklahoma Blogger Round-Up','The latest finds from Oklahoma\'s corner of the blogosphere. ','publish','open','open','','oklahoma-blogger-round-up','','http://thislandpress.com/02/18/2011/no-phones-no-fools-no-frets-the-j-j-behind-j-j-%E2%80%99s-gourmet-burger-cafe/\nhttp://www.prairiehive.com/2011/11/deco-district-pop-up-shops/\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/11/pop-up-shopping-in-tulsas-deco-district/','2011-12-02 10:33:48','2011-12-02 16:33:48','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=9699',0,'post','',15),(10005,1,'2011-12-19 09:29:52','2011-12-19 15:29:52','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9997\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9997\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/BradyTavernChickenDinner-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9997\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Winner, winner, chicken dinner</strong>. <a href=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" target=\"_blank\">We\'re all very much aware of the love I have for the Tavern Burger at Brady Tavern</a>, found in Tulsa\'s Brady Arts District at Brady and Main. In fact, I\'ve been really impressed with everything I\'ve had there, but perhaps not so much as what I experienced last night: Family-style chicken dinner night, a Sunday tradition at Brady Tavern. Here\'s how it works: A bowl of crispy, pan-fried chicken comes to the table, accompanied by a bowl of the biggest, flakiest biscuits you\'ve ever had the pleasure to meet, plus your choice of two sides — cheese grits, Brussels sprouts, sauteed peas or mashed potatoes with (the best) gravy (I\'ve ever had, ever — let\'s keep this between us and NOT tell my grandmother). From there, you serve your own damn self. \r\n\r\nAnd it is sort of good a little bit maybe.','Around Town: Family-Style Chicken Dinner at Brady Tavern','The family-style chicken dinner is a Sunday tradition at Brady Tavern in downtown Tulsa. ','inherit','open','open','','9996-revision-8','','','2011-12-19 09:29:52','2011-12-19 15:29:52','',9996,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/9996-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8601,1,'2011-06-24 08:58:19','2011-06-24 14:58:19','','Muskogee Corn from Flickr','','inherit','open','open','','picture-2-19','','','2011-06-24 08:58:19','2011-06-24 14:58:19','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Picture-2.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(9072,1,'2011-08-04 10:22:33','2011-08-04 16:22:33','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0684-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5724\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" title=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5724\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-147','','','2011-08-04 10:22:33','2011-08-04 16:22:33','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/08/7294-revision-147/',0,'revision','',0),(9067,1,'2011-08-03 07:59:10','2011-08-03 13:59:10','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0476-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2663\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0476.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium Jenks Oklahoma\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium Jenks Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2663\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-145','','','2011-08-03 07:59:10','2011-08-03 13:59:10','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/08/7294-revision-145/',0,'revision','',0),(9071,1,'2011-08-03 07:59:11','2011-08-03 13:59:11','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/oklahoma-aquarium-winter/dsc_0476-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2663\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSC_0476.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Aquarium Jenks Oklahoma\" title=\"Oklahoma Aquarium Jenks Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2663\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-146','','','2011-08-03 07:59:11','2011-08-03 13:59:11','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/08/7294-revision-146/',0,'revision','',0),(8605,1,'2011-06-24 09:34:45','2011-06-24 15:34:45','','Blue Bell Creameries Broken Arrow Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','blue-bell','','','2011-06-24 09:34:45','2011-06-24 15:34:45','',8604,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Blue-Bell.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9369,1,'2011-10-18 11:31:02','2011-10-18 17:31:02','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/fall-break-tulsa-things-to-do/4109887840_e7dce75922/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3137\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/4109887840_e7dce75922.jpg\" alt=\"Philbrook Museum\" title=\"Philbrook Museum\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3137\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. \r\n\r\nUh-oh. Now what? \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\r\n\r\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list. \r\n\r\n<strong>Camps</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737 - there weren\'t many spots in the camp to begin with, so if you want your kid to be part of this, call first thing this morning. \r\n\r\n<strong>Fall-Flavored Stuff</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\" title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. \r\n\r\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. \r\n\r\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9pm, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. \r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. You can check TashaDoesTulsa.com for a complete list of local pumpkin patches.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off. ','It\'s Fall Break in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision-2','','','2011-10-18 11:31:02','2011-10-18 17:31:02','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9368,1,'2011-10-18 11:30:49','2011-10-18 17:30:49','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/10/fall-break-tulsa-things-to-do/4109887840_e7dce75922/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3137\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/4109887840_e7dce75922.jpg\" alt=\"Philbrook Museum\" title=\"Philbrook Museum\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3137\" /></a>\n\nFall Break 2011 has descended upon the households of the Tulsa area, and that means one very scary thing: The kids are home. \n\nUh-oh. Now what? \n\n<!--more-->\n[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]\n\nNot to worry. Whether you\'ve gotta work and need to find somewhere to put the kids, if you\'re home with them today or if you need an activity list for Grandma, Grandpa or your favorite baby sitter, there\'s plenty to do in Tulsa this fall break. As heard on the <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/krmgmorningnews\">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, here\'s the list. \n\n<strong>Camps</strong>\n\n<strong>Gilcrease Museum: Art over Fall Break</strong>. Get an intro to the Gilcrease collections and special exhibitions and make a variety of crafts in papier-mache, multimedia weaving, painting, clay, printmaking and drawing. This camp is for kids age 5-11. Thursday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Class fee is $75, or $50 for members. Register by calling (918) 596-2737 - there weren\'t many spots in the camp to begin with, so if you want your kid to be part of this, call first thing this morning. \n\n<strong>Fall-Flavored Stuff</strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4053724478/\" title=\"Oktoberfest 2009 by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4053724478_b83d8bbd4e.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Oktoberfest 2009\" /></a>\n\n<strong>OktoberFest Tulsa</strong>. I hear from a lot of folks who don\'t think OktoberFest Tulsa is a kids\' event, which is sad, because it totally is. Check out the rides at the carnival as well as what\'s going on the kids\' then. By the way, kids 12 and under pay nothing at the admission gate, and it\'s open all day Thursday and Friday. \n\n<strong>Oxley Nature Center</strong>. If you\'re looking for some outdoor fall fun this fall break, check out the foliage with a hike at Oxley Nature Center. You\'re bound to see some wildlife in addition to all those beautiful, colorful, leaves, too. Know what\'d be fun? See how many different colors of leaves you and your kids can gather in an after noon at Oxley. 8am-5pm. \n\n<strong>Ghost Walks in Bartlesville</strong>. This might be just for the older kids on break, but it\'d still be fun to head up Highway 75 to see what lurks in the dark shadows of downtown Bartlesville after midnight. You and the fam can take a walking tour of some of downtown Bartlesville\'s most historic buildings and hear some ghost stories. Tours start every 20 minutes between 6-9pm, and the cost is $5 per. If you get to Bartlesville early and have some smaller kiddos in tow, be sure to check out the Kiddie Park in Johnstone Park. \n\n<strong>Tulsa-Area Pumpkin Patches</strong>. Halloween is scarily close, and you know what that means - the pumpkin patches here in the Tulsa area are open. Keep in mind that pumpkin patches today aren\'t just for pumpkin shopping - they\'re full-blown destinations offering everything from pony- and hayrides to a little something called a pumpkin cannon. You can check TashaDoesTulsa.com for a complete list of local pumpkin patches.\n\n\n<strong>Other Stuff</strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4568741810/\" title=\"Purple Glaze by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4568741810_5ef3cbaae0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Purple Glaze\" /></a>\n\n<strong>The Big Adventure at Tulsa Historical Society</strong>. Tulsa Children\'s Museum has this interactive, semi-permanent exhibit at THS right now that puts kids in the middle of a physically and mentally challenging 3-dimensional game board. Each adventure in the exhibit encourages kids\' to explore and investigate as well as to climb, crawl and balance. It\'s like a playground without the skinned knees and dirty hands, and with an educational component to boot. THS near Woodward Park on Peoria, 10am-4pm, Thursday-Friday. \n\n<strong>Bounce U</strong>. Get open bounces at Bounce U at 8922 S. Memorial today at 1:30pm and Friday at 11:30am and 3pm. Kids under 5 can bounce on Friday at 10am, and there\'s a cosmic bounce (read: a neon bounce in the dark) set for 8pm Friday night. All bounces are about $7 ($8 for the cosmic bounce) per kid, and be sure your kiddos wear socks. \n\n<strong>Kaleidoscope Children\'s Museum</strong>. Kids get to learn about arts and sciences without ever realizing they\'re learning in this hands-on, interactive children\'s museum. There\'s a pint-sized kid city, two giant rock walls and 13,000 square feet of fun. KCM is open special hours Thursday, Friday and Monday, from 10am-6pm. \n\n<strong>Purple Glaze</strong>. It\'s always fun to make a mess and make some art at Purple Glaze, especially since parents know they don\'t have to bother with the clean-up. The bonus is that there\'s no studio fee on Mondays and you can make a craft for as little as $6, so put PG on your calendar for the beginning of the week. Locations are at 33rd and Peoria and 91st and Sheridan. \n\n<strong>Tulsa Libraries</strong>. Not only are there loads of storytimes for a variety of ages and at a variety of times, there\'s also Board Game Day at Schusterman-Benson Library today (Thursday) at 3:30pm, a puppet and marionette show at Central Library at 3:30pm and 7pm and a Daring Young Scientist program at the Broken Arrow Library today at 6:30pm. On Monday, check out Books Sandwiched in at noon at Central Library. It\'s all free and open to the public, and who knows, you kid might even read a book on his day off. ','It\'s Fall Break in Tulsa and the kids are home. Now what?','','inherit','open','open','','9367-revision','','','2011-10-18 11:30:49','2011-10-18 17:30:49','',9367,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9367-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8607,1,'2011-06-24 09:36:42','2011-06-24 15:36:42','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8605\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8605\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Blue-Bell.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Bell Creameries Broken Arrow Oklahoma\" title=\"Blue Bell Creameries Broken Arrow Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8605\" /></a>\n\nThis week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out features live music, outdoor activities for kids and one frozen, creamy way to beat this June-in-Oklahoma heat: An ice-cream eating contest to the sweet, brain-frozen end. \n\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=blue-bells-taste-summer-tulsa-kids-day-out\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Taste of Summer at Blue Bell Creameries in Broken Arrow: Tulsa Kids Day Out','This week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out features live music, outdoor activities for kids and one frozen, creamy way to beat this June-in-Oklahoma heat: An ice-cream eating contest to the sweet, brain-frozen end. ','inherit','open','open','','8604-revision','','','2011-06-24 09:36:42','2011-06-24 15:36:42','',8604,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8604-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8608,1,'2011-06-24 09:37:21','2011-06-24 15:37:21','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8605\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8605\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Blue-Bell.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Bell Creameries Broken Arrow Oklahoma\" title=\"Blue Bell Creameries Broken Arrow Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8605\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThis week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out features live music, outdoor activities for kids and one frozen, creamy way to beat this June-in-Oklahoma heat: An ice-cream eating contest to the sweet, brain-frozen end. \r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=blue-bells-taste-summer-tulsa-kids-day-out\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Taste of Summer at Blue Bell Creameries in Broken Arrow: Tulsa Kids Day Out','This week\'s pick for Tulsa Kids Day Out features live music, outdoor activities for kids and one frozen, creamy way to beat this June-in-Oklahoma heat: An ice-cream eating contest to the sweet, brain-frozen end. ','inherit','open','open','','8604-revision-2','','','2011-06-24 09:37:21','2011-06-24 15:37:21','',8604,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8604-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9066,1,'2011-07-28 09:35:58','2011-07-28 15:35:58','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/things-to-do-in-tulsa-today-28-2/dsc_1345-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5997\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1345-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Utica Square Phone Booth Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Utica Square Phone Booth Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5997\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-144','','','2011-07-28 09:35:58','2011-07-28 15:35:58','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7294-revision-144/',0,'revision','',0),(9195,1,'2011-09-07 12:19:01','2011-09-07 18:19:01','I had my doubts as we pulled into the gravel parking lot for the Keystone Ancient Forest Trail (<a href=\"http://sandspringsok.org/category.php?cat=1001\">http://sandspringsok.org/category.php?cat=1001</a>). I wasn\'t so much worried about the trail - I\'m always up for an adventure - but rather about taking my then 20 month-old daughter hiking. Especially considering she only started walking at 15 months.\n\n<em>This could be a huge mistake</em>, I thought to myself.\n\nI hoisted Ava out of her car seat and we walked over to the trail head while my husband, Keith, put together our \"equipment\" (an apple, water, and a backpack for Ava, should the trail prove too difficult). Five cheery volunteers greeted us with guide books, smiles, and a pile of a dozen walking sticks. We chatted for a good few minutes about what we could expect from the short, three mile trail, and were given the option of going with a guide or alone.\n\nWe were feeling brave, so we opted to go alone.\n\nThe trail was wide - at times the width of an average one car drive - and relatively flat. Ava took great pleasure in chasing the dragon flies, running from the one snake we saw, and - most of all - carrying a walking stick, just like mama and papa.\n\nWe took our time, going Ava\'s pace, and were soon passed up by a group of 10 year-olds, all chattering excitedly. This was definitely a family-friendly trail. No bikes. No pets. Nice and roomy.\n\nAbout halfway out we stopped to admire the view of the water, just visible through the still-bare trees, and snacked on our apple. Down, to the side of the trail was a cluster small, scraggly, old trees - 500 years old to be exact.\n\nSo there we were with our 15 month-old, a smattering of 500 year-old trees, and an apple.\n\nConsidering the trails are only open twelve days per year, I\'d say it was a pretty great Saturday<em>. No mistake about it.</em>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9191\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9191\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking1-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Keystone Ancient Forest\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9191\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9192\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9192\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking2-500x347.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9192\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9193\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9193\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking3.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9193\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9194\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9194\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hiking4.jpg\" alt=\"by Sasha Martin\" title=\"Ancient Forest\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9194\" /></a>','Ancient Forest','','inherit','open','open','','9175-revision-2','','','2011-09-07 12:19:01','2011-09-07 18:19:01','',9175,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9175-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9319,1,'2011-10-17 16:17:53','2011-10-17 22:17:53','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9316\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9316\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9316\" title=\"Broken Arrow Round Up Club Rodeo\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSC_0173-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from Tulsa-based blogger Lauren McKinney. <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.com/\">Lauren blogs at Fiddlepit</a>, a blog about embarrassment, cones and life in Oklahoma.</em>\r\n\r\nI\'ve lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a long time, but I can count on one finger the number of times I\'ve been to a rodeo. Still, I feel like an expert. In fact, I\'m pretty sure I know quite a bit about rodeo. You think I\'m joking? Ask anyone. Or, just take a look at these rodeo lingo definitions I wrote and see for yourselves.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<h3>Mutton Bustin\'</h3>\r\nParticipants are required to watch and wait for a sheep to commit a crime. A simple misdemeanor will do. The cowboy must then arrest and handcuff the sheep – this is the tricky part – and recite to the animal its Miranda rights. To speed up the process, some mutton busters will attempt to lure sheep into perpetrating an illegal act, such as vandalism. Cowboys hire young, sexy ewes to provide lewd suggestions and/or spray paint. Once the arrest is complete, the rodeo crowd yells in unison, \"Aw... BUSTED!\" Young MC\'s Bust A Move then plays over the loudspeakers.\r\n<h3>Cutting Horses</h3>\r\nStylists-to-be recruited from local beauty colleges compete in a mane-styling tournament. Participants may cut, color and/or curl the mane in order to achieve a presentation that best exhibits their artistry and skill. The hairdresser who produces the most fabulously coiffed philly takes home a blue ribbon.\r\n<h3>PBR</h3>\r\nOnce a year, something big comes to the BOK Center. Surprise! It\'s a huge can of Pabst Blue Ribbon:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9317\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9317\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9317\" title=\"PBR BOK Center\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/giffer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"320\" /></a>\r\n\r\nMmm. PBR.\r\n<h3>Chute Dogging</h3>\r\nHighly skilled canine competitors pair off and play the classic board game Chutes and Ladders in a tournament-style event that lasts a full day. All breeds of dogs may participate, but help from humans is not allowed. This event is typically sponsored by Milton Bradley. Biting out of frustration at landing on yet another effing chute space is strictly forbidden.\r\n<h3>Goat Dressage</h3>\r\nThis event is specifically for children (sometimes referred to as a pedia-rodeo event). Boys and girls have the opportunity to hone their sewing skills and create three looks for their pet goats: One for casual portion of the competition, another for evening, and a third for swimwear. Beyond hand-crafting goat couture, competitors must select coordinating accessories and cosmetics. The trick to accomplishing this in a way that will impress judges is by making sure to pick items which the goat will not be tempted to nibble during the fashion show. Competitors then walk their goats down a long runway three times to show off their fashionable creations, with each run including a sassy spin and/or Zoolander-inspired camera stare. Judges rate each ensemble and average the three scores to come to an overall goat dressage rating.\r\n\r\nWhat rodeo terms have always left you clueless? Tell me in the comments and I\'ll be happy to demystify all that which eludes you.','Rodeo, Defined','Oklahoma blogger Lauren McKinney delivers a crash course in Rodeo 101. ','inherit','open','open','','9275-revision-5','','','2011-10-17 16:17:53','2011-10-17 22:17:53','',9275,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9275-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8611,1,'2011-06-24 09:57:29','2011-06-24 15:57:29','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8612\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/fly-fishing-101-gadget-company-babysitter-worthy/picture-5-13/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8612\" title=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" width=\"409\" height=\"607\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nEdify your inner outdoorsman this weekend with a free fly fishing course, and without so much as stepping foot outside the city limits. While you\'re at it, feed your inner outdoorsman, too. With brats, burgers and a trip through one of Tulsa\'s most unique, mostly manly locally owned boutiques.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=fly-fishing-101-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Fly Fishing 101: Babysitter Worthy','Get a free fly fishing course at The Gadget Company in downtown Tulsa this weekend with the folks of the Tulsa chapter of Trout Unlimited.','private','open','open','','fly-fishing-101-gadget-company-babysitter-worthy','','','2011-07-10 11:50:12','2011-07-10 17:50:12','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=8611',0,'post','',0),(8612,1,'2011-06-24 09:52:47','2011-06-24 15:52:47','','Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr','','inherit','open','open','','picture-5-13','','','2011-06-24 09:52:47','2011-06-24 15:52:47','',8611,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Picture-5.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(8613,1,'2011-06-24 09:57:27','2011-06-24 15:57:27','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8612\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8612\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8612\" title=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" width=\"409\" height=\"607\" /></a></p>\n\nEdify your inner outdoorsman this weekend with a free fly fishing course, and without so much as stepping foot outside the city limits. While you\'re at it, feed your inner outdoorsman, too. With brats, burgers and a trip through one of Tulsa\'s most unique, mostly manly locally owned boutiques.\n\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=fly-fishing-101-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Fly Fishing 101: Babysitter Worthy','Get a free fly fishing course at The Gadget Company in downtown Tulsa this weekend with the folks of the Tulsa chapter of Trout Unlimited.','inherit','open','open','','8611-revision','','','2011-06-24 09:57:27','2011-06-24 15:57:27','',8611,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8611-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8614,1,'2011-06-24 09:57:29','2011-06-24 15:57:29','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8612\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8612\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8612\" title=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" width=\"409\" height=\"607\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nEdify your inner outdoorsman this weekend with a free fly fishing course, and without so much as stepping foot outside the city limits. While you\'re at it, feed your inner outdoorsman, too. With brats, burgers and a trip through one of Tulsa\'s most unique, mostly manly locally owned boutiques.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=fly-fishing-101-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Fly Fishing 101: Babysitter Worthy','Get a free fly fishing course at The Gadget Company in downtown Tulsa this weekend with the folks of the Tulsa chapter of Trout Unlimited.','inherit','open','open','','8611-revision-2','','','2011-06-24 09:57:29','2011-06-24 15:57:29','',8611,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8611-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8615,1,'2011-06-24 09:57:29','2011-06-24 15:57:29','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8612\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/fly-fishing-101-gadget-company-babysitter-worthy/picture-5-13/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8612\" title=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" width=\"409\" height=\"607\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nEdify your inner outdoorsman this weekend with a free fly fishing course, and without so much as stepping foot outside the city limits. While you\'re at it, feed your inner outdoorsman, too. With brats, burgers and a trip through one of Tulsa\'s most unique, mostly manly locally owned boutiques.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=fly-fishing-101-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','Fly Fishing 101: Babysitter Worthy','Get a free fly fishing course at The Gadget Company in downtown Tulsa this weekend with the folks of the Tulsa chapter of Trout Unlimited.','inherit','open','open','','8611-revision-3','','','2011-06-24 09:57:29','2011-06-24 15:57:29','',8611,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8611-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8616,1,'2011-06-24 09:58:01','2011-06-24 15:58:01','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8612\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/fly-fishing-101-gadget-company-babysitter-worthy/picture-5-13/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8612\" title=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Picture-5.png\" alt=\"Fly Fishing in Oregon from Flickr\" width=\"409\" height=\"607\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nEdify your inner outdoorsman this weekend with a free fly fishing course, and without so much as stepping foot outside the city limits. While you\'re at it, feed your inner outdoorsman, too. With brats, burgers and a trip through one of Tulsa\'s most unique, mostly manly locally owned boutiques.\r\n\r\nGet the details <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=fly-fishing-101-babysitter-worthy\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Fly Fishing 101: Babysitter Worthy','Get a free fly fishing course at The Gadget Company in downtown Tulsa this weekend with the folks of the Tulsa chapter of Trout Unlimited.','inherit','open','open','','8611-revision-4','','','2011-06-24 09:58:01','2011-06-24 15:58:01','',8611,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8611-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(8617,1,'2011-06-24 11:34:54','2011-06-24 17:34:54','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/the-alone-zone-confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom/inside/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8618\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Inside.jpg\" alt=\"Inside\" title=\"Inside\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8618\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nA week ago today my husband landed at the Tulsa International Airport, fresh from five weeks at a field camp geology course in Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota.\r\n\r\nYes, you read that right. My husband didn\'t see me, our three-year-old son, our dog, our house or our town for five whole weeks.\r\n\r\nRead about our misadventures in loneliness <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-alone-zone\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Alone Zone: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','Have you ever had to do without your No. 1 helping hand? What\'s your favorite way of showing those who help you with home life and/or parenting that your life would be a mess without them?','private','open','open','','the-alone-zone-confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom','','\nhttp://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/taste-of-summer-blue-bell-creameries-broken-arrow-tulsa-kids/','2011-07-10 10:33:08','2011-07-10 16:33:08','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=8617',0,'post','',0),(8618,1,'2011-06-24 11:32:15','2011-06-24 17:32:15','','Inside','','inherit','open','open','','inside','','','2011-06-24 11:32:15','2011-06-24 17:32:15','',8617,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Inside.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8619,1,'2011-06-24 11:33:27','2011-06-24 17:33:27','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8618\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8618\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Inside.jpg\" alt=\"Inside\" title=\"Inside\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8618\" /></a>\n\nA week ago today my husband landed at the Tulsa International Airport, fresh from five weeks at a field camp geology course in Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota.\n\nYes, you read that right. My husband didn\'t see me, our three-year-old son, our dog, our house or our town for five whole weeks.\n\nRead about our misadventures <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/taste-of-summer-blue-bell-creameries-broken-arrow-tulsa-kids/\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.','The Alone Zone: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','Have you ever had to do without your No. 1 helping hand? How do you show ','inherit','open','open','','8617-revision','','','2011-06-24 11:33:27','2011-06-24 17:33:27','',8617,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8617-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8620,1,'2011-06-24 11:34:54','2011-06-24 17:34:54','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8618\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8618\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Inside.jpg\" alt=\"Inside\" title=\"Inside\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8618\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nA week ago today my husband landed at the Tulsa International Airport, fresh from five weeks at a field camp geology course in Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota.\r\n\r\nYes, you read that right. My husband didn\'t see me, our three-year-old son, our dog, our house or our town for five whole weeks.\r\n\r\nRead about our misadventures <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/taste-of-summer-blue-bell-creameries-broken-arrow-tulsa-kids/\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Alone Zone: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','Have you ever had to do without your No. 1 helping hand? What\'s your favorite way of showing those who help you with home life and/or parenting that your life would be a mess without them?','inherit','open','open','','8617-revision-2','','','2011-06-24 11:34:54','2011-06-24 17:34:54','',8617,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8617-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8621,1,'2011-06-24 11:34:54','2011-06-24 17:34:54','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/the-alone-zone-confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom/inside/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8618\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Inside.jpg\" alt=\"Inside\" title=\"Inside\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8618\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nA week ago today my husband landed at the Tulsa International Airport, fresh from five weeks at a field camp geology course in Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota.\r\n\r\nYes, you read that right. My husband didn\'t see me, our three-year-old son, our dog, our house or our town for five whole weeks.\r\n\r\nRead about our misadventures <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/taste-of-summer-blue-bell-creameries-broken-arrow-tulsa-kids/\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Alone Zone: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','Have you ever had to do without your No. 1 helping hand? What\'s your favorite way of showing those who help you with home life and/or parenting that your life would be a mess without them?','inherit','open','open','','8617-revision-3','','','2011-06-24 11:34:54','2011-06-24 17:34:54','',8617,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8617-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8622,1,'2011-06-24 11:36:27','2011-06-24 17:36:27','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/the-alone-zone-confessions-of-a-work-at-home-mom/inside/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8618\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Inside.jpg\" alt=\"Inside\" title=\"Inside\" width=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8618\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nA week ago today my husband landed at the Tulsa International Airport, fresh from five weeks at a field camp geology course in Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota.\r\n\r\nYes, you read that right. My husband didn\'t see me, our three-year-old son, our dog, our house or our town for five whole weeks.\r\n\r\nRead about our misadventures in loneliness <a href=\"http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=confessions-work-home-mom-alone-zone\">on my blog at TulsaKids.com</a>.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','The Alone Zone: Confessions of a Work-at-Home Mom','Have you ever had to do without your No. 1 helping hand? What\'s your favorite way of showing those who help you with home life and/or parenting that your life would be a mess without them?','inherit','open','open','','8617-revision-4','','','2011-06-24 11:36:27','2011-06-24 17:36:27','',8617,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8617-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(9083,1,'2011-08-04 22:18:50','2011-08-05 04:18:50','','Brady Theater Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc00348','','','2011-08-04 22:18:50','2011-08-05 04:18:50','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DSC00348.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(8679,1,'2011-06-30 21:02:54','2011-07-01 03:02:54','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8667\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/4th-of-july-2011-events-in-tulsa/dsc_1644-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8667\" title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DSC_1644.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nYou\'ve got a three-day weekend to fill up with Fourth of July fun. Get a complete list of the Fourthy happenings and fireworks shows in the Tulsa area, including the shindigs in Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bartlesville, Sapulpa and Sand Springs, right here.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Fireworks Shows and Fourth of July Festivals</h3>\r\n<strong>Red, White and Boom </strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Owasso Towne Center, 86th Street North and N. 129th E. Avenue\r\nLook for music from local groups as well as DJs for this fireworks show in Owasso tonight. The sky lights up at dusk.\r\n\r\n<strong>Claremore’s Fireworks Spectacular</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Claremore Lake Park\r\nGet entertainment for both young and old at this Independence Day festival and fireworks show. The fireworks start at 9:30pm. Free admission. Parking at the rodeo grounds only (handicap parking is available at the park).\r\n\r\n<strong>Grand Lake Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, 9:30pm\r\nWhere: Grand Lake\r\nCatch this huge fireworks show between the spillways just East of Disney on Saturday Night at dark. Watch by boat or by land at Cherokee State Park or anywhere along the shore along in the South Grand Lake area.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sooner Boomerfest 2011 </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, starting at 10am\r\nWhere: Jenks Pedestrian Bridge\r\nThe Fourth-of-July fun gets started bright and early – a day early, in fact – with Sooner Boomerfest 2011. It starts at 10am with a Mustang car show, fun for the kids outside Los Cabos at Riverwalk Crossing and Waterfront Grill from starting at 5pm and flyovers by the Tulsa Warbirds. The big fireworks show will launch over the river at 9:30pm. Tune in to the accompanying music at 94.1FM. Click here for a traffic and parking advisory map.\r\n\r\n<strong>Duck Creek Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 4pm\r\nWhere: Grand Lake\r\nGet a fireworks spectacular along with music, dancing and boats parading up and down Duck Creek on Grand Lake. Look also for performances by vintage airplanes and the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s F-16 fighters. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rockets Over Rhema </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 5pm\r\nWhere: Rhema Bible Church, 1025 W Kenosha Street in Broken Arrow\r\nCan’t decide which fireworks show to see this year? It’s hard to argue with 50,000 fans – that’s how many showed up to this event last year. It starts at 5pm with a patriotic tribute in the auditorium. At 6pm there will be plenty for the kids (and the young at heart) to do outside, from face painting to a mechanical bull and rock-climbing wall. Keep an eye out for a classic car show, food and drink concessions, local shopping and an outdoor concert featuring Hawk Nelson, Fireflight, Stars Go Dim (Tulsa’s own!) and AXIS Worship Band. The fireworks show starts at 10pm – be sure to bring your blankets and lawn chairs so you can sit back and celebrate our country’s independence with some spectacularly choreographed explosions. Click here for even more info.\r\n\r\n<strong>Freedom Festival at Grace Church</strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Grace Church, Between 91st and 101st Streets\r\nGet a car and motorcycle show, plus fireworks at dusk at Grace Church’s celebration of American independence.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fish and Fireworks </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: Oklahoma Aquarium, 300 Aquarium Drive.\r\nThe fireworks show in Jenks hosted by Los Cabos and Waterfront Grill is this evening (yes, this evening, not tomorrow), and the Aquarium will re-open at 6:30 with special half-price admission to the exhibits and access to their back grounds for prime viewing of the fireworks. Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. No coolers allowed, but the Aquarium restaurant will remain open.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sertoma Club’s 14th Annual Community Fireworks Show </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 8pm\r\nWhere: River City Park in Sand Springs\r\nGet live music, food and, of course, fireworks at River City Park in Sand Springs tonight. The shuttles start running at 7pm, music starts at 8pm, the show starts at dusk.\r\n\r\n<strong>ONEOK FreedomFest</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, starting at noon\r\nWhere: Three venues! River West Festival Park; Veterans Park; and Blue Rose Cafe/Elwood\'s\r\nONEOK FreedomFest is one of Oklahoma’s largest Fourth-of-July fireworks displays: It lights up the sky above the downtown Tulsa stretch of the Arkansas River every year and brings lots of family-friendly activities along with it. Look for everything from a kids’ bicycle parade to rock climbing at this triple-venue festival: River West Festival Park, Veterans Park and Blue Rose Cafe/Elwoods. The fun starts at River West Festival Park at 5pm with a load of kid-friendly activities; live music from Janet Rutland and Trailer Town starts at 6:45pm. At Veterans Park will be an old-fashioned family picnic starting at noon; the decorate-your-own kids’ bike parade at 7pm. The fireworks will start at 9:35pm. Click here for a complete list of activities and tips on where to park.\r\n\r\n<strong>Freedom Fest </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Downtown Bartlesville, Second Street, between Keeler and Dewey\r\nFood, drinks, activities for the kids, games, a kids’ parade, music and fireworks – sounds like a solid Fourth-of-July celebration to me. Get details on the event schedule and where to park here.\r\n\r\n<strong>American Celebrates America </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course\r\nFind a parking spot in the parking lot of the Sapulpa Wal-Mart and enjoy entertainment for the kids and a choreographed fireworks show over the Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course, as well as from the fields east of and behind the store. The fireworks will begin at about 9:45pm. Learn even more here.\r\n\r\n<strong>Independence Day Fireworks at ONEOK Field</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7:05pm\r\nCatch a Fourth-of-July fireworks show after the Drillers game tonight at ONEOK Field. Don’t forget to bring a cash donation for the Food for Kids program.\r\n<h3>More Fourth of July Stuff</h3>\r\n<strong>Red, White, Black &amp; Blue: Rumble on the River IV</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, 7pm\r\nWhere: River Spirit Casino Event Center, 81st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nThe latest iteration of this series of riverside smackdowns features several popular local fighters, two defending Rumble On the River champions, a women’s title match and the return of undefeated heavyweight champion Myron “The Future” Dennis. Headlining the card is a heavyweight title fight between reigning XFL champion Myron “The Future” Dennis, and UFC veteran Ryan “The Animal” Lopez. <a href=\"herhttp://www.creeknationcasino.com/entertainment/eventcenter/Pages/Jul1.aspx\">Get even more details here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth on the Third </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 7:30pm\r\nWhere: TCC Van Trease PACE, 81st Street and US 169\r\nIn 1981 Tulsa Parks asked the Signature Symphony to create a special patriotic presentation at Mohawk Park for Tulsans. Two years later the celebration was moved to Boulder Park, where it has been for more than 20 years. When the Signature Symphony moved to the VanTrease PACE, the night-before rehearsal was open to the public. This began the tradition of having the concert on July 3. This year’s concert will feature stories and music from the Civil War, as well as a special tribute by violinist Jeff Smith to this highly decorated WWII hero: His dad. For tickets, call (918) 595-7777.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth of July Parade </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 10am\r\nWhere: Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood, starting at E. Fifth Place\r\nWatch this Fourth of July parade as it travels from its starting line at E. 5th Place, turns north on Atlanta Avenue and East on E. Fourth Street. Bring the kids!\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebration of Liberty with Modern Tulsa</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Liberty Tower Condominiums, 15th and Boulder\r\nTake advantage of the incredible views from the penthouse of the Liberty Tower Condominiums during the Tulsa FreedomFest fireworks and show your support for Modern Tulsa at the same time. This urban treehouse is currently undergoing renovations, so attendees will be treated to a first-hand preview of this exclusive space in the Tulsa skyline. Look also for BBQ, beer, doorprizes and an overview of some of the modern buildings visible from the balcony of the penthouse. Food and beverages will be provided, but all will need to bring chairs. Parking is available in lots adjacent to the building. Tickets are $25 for Modern Tulsa and Tulsa Foundation for Architecture members, $60 + the cost of a membership for not-yet-members.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/A1359.jpg\" width=\"500\" />\r\n<em>I just had to show you guys this: \"4th of July parade in Tulsa, Indian Territory, in 1886. The ox cart is driven by the Wimberly family.\" Neat, huh?</em>\r\n\r\nSo...what are YOU doing this Fourth of July?\r\n\r\n<em>Bottom photo credit: Beryl Ford Collection/Rotary Club of Tulsa, Tulsa City-County Library and Tulsa Historical Society.</em>','4th of July 2011 Events in Tulsa','Get a complete list of the Fourth of July happenings and fireworks shows in the Tulsa area: Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bartlesville, Sapulpa, Sand Springs and more.','inherit','open','open','','8659-revision-8','','','2011-06-30 21:02:54','2011-07-01 03:02:54','',8659,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8659-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8680,1,'2011-06-30 21:07:51','2011-07-01 03:07:51','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8667\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/4th-of-july-2011-events-in-tulsa/dsc_1644-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8667\" title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DSC_1644.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nYou\'ve got a three-day weekend to fill up with Fourth of July fun. Get a complete list of the Fourthy happenings and fireworks shows in the Tulsa area, including the shindigs in Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bartlesville, Sapulpa and Sand Springs, right here.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Fireworks Shows and Fourth of July Festivals</h3>\r\n<strong>Red, White and Boom </strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Owasso Towne Center, 86th Street North and N. 129th E. Avenue\r\nLook for music from local groups as well as DJs for this fireworks show in Owasso tonight. The sky lights up at dusk.\r\n\r\n<strong>Claremore’s Fireworks Spectacular</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Claremore Lake Park\r\nGet entertainment for both young and old at this Independence Day festival and fireworks show. The fireworks start at 9:30pm. Free admission. Parking at the rodeo grounds only (handicap parking is available at the park).\r\n\r\n<strong>Grand Lake Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, 9:30pm\r\nWhere: Grand Lake\r\nCatch this huge fireworks show between the spillways just East of Disney on Saturday Night at dark. Watch by boat or by land at Cherokee State Park or anywhere along the shore along in the South Grand Lake area.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sooner Boomerfest 2011 </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, starting at 10am\r\nWhere: Jenks Pedestrian Bridge\r\nThe Fourth-of-July fun gets started bright and early – a day early, in fact – with Sooner Boomerfest 2011. It starts in the morning with a Mustang car show, followed by fun for the kids outside Los Cabos at Riverwalk Crossing and Waterfront Grill starting at 5pm – be sure to watch for flyovers by the Tulsa Warbirds. The big fireworks show will launch over the river at 9:30pm. <a href=\"http://riverfrontsouthok.com/sooner-boomfest-2011\">Click here for a traffic and parking advisory map</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Duck Creek Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 4pm\r\nWhere: Grand Lake\r\nGet a fireworks spectacular along with music, dancing and boats parading up and down Duck Creek on Grand Lake. Look also for performances by vintage airplanes and the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s F-16 fighters. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rockets Over Rhema </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 5pm\r\nWhere: Rhema Bible Church, 1025 W Kenosha Street in Broken Arrow\r\nCan’t decide which fireworks show to see this year? It’s hard to argue with 50,000 fans – that’s how many showed up to this event last year. It starts at 5pm with a patriotic tribute in the auditorium. At 6pm there will be plenty for the kids (and the young at heart) to do outside, from face painting to a mechanical bull and rock-climbing wall. Keep an eye out for a classic car show, food and drink concessions, local shopping and an outdoor concert featuring Hawk Nelson, Fireflight, Stars Go Dim (Tulsa’s own!) and AXIS Worship Band. The fireworks show starts at 10pm – be sure to bring your blankets and lawn chairs so you can sit back and celebrate our country’s independence with some spectacularly choreographed explosions. <a href=\"http://www.rocketsoverrhema.com/\">Click here for even more info</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Freedom Festival at Grace Church</strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Grace Church, Between 91st and 101st Streets\r\nGet a car and motorcycle show, plus fireworks at dusk at Grace Church’s celebration of that time we called it quits with Great Britain.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fish and Fireworks </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: Oklahoma Aquarium, 300 Aquarium Drive.\r\nThe fireworks show in Jenks hosted by Los Cabos and Waterfront Grill is this evening (yes, this evening, not tomorrow), and the Aquarium will re-open at 6:30 with special half-price admission to the exhibits and access to their back grounds for prime viewing of the fireworks. Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. No coolers allowed, but the Aquarium restaurant will remain open.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sertoma Club’s 14th Annual Community Fireworks Show </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 8pm\r\nWhere: River City Park in Sand Springs\r\nGet live music, food and, of course, fireworks at River City Park in Sand Springs tonight. The shuttles start running at 7pm, music starts at 8pm, the show starts at dusk.\r\n\r\n<strong>ONEOK FreedomFest</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, starting at noon\r\nWhere: Three venues! River West Festival Park; Veterans Park; and Blue Rose Cafe/Elwood\'s\r\nONEOK FreedomFest is one of Oklahoma’s largest Fourth-of-July fireworks displays: It lights up the sky above the downtown Tulsa stretch of the Arkansas River every year and brings lots of family-friendly activities along with it. Look for everything from a kids’ bicycle parade to rock climbing at this triple-venue festival: Split between River West Festival Park on the west side of the river, Veterans Park on the east and Blue Rose Cafe/Elwoods on Riverside Drive. The fun starts at River West Festival Park at 5pm with a load of kid-friendly activities; live music from Janet Rutland and Trailer Town starts at 6:45pm. At Veterans Park will be an old-fashioned family picnic starting at noon; the decorate-your-own kids’ bike parade starts at 7pm, so be sure to start decorating at 6pm. The fireworks blast off at 9:35pm. <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/freedomfest.html\">Click here for a complete list of activities and tips on where to park</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Freedom Fest </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Downtown Bartlesville, Second Street, between Keeler and Dewey\r\nFood, drinks, activities for the kids, games, a kids’ parade, music and fireworks – sounds like a solid Fourth-of-July celebration to me. <a href=\"Freedom Fest\">Get details on the event schedule and where to park at Bartlesville\'s Freedom Fest here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>American Celebrates America </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course\r\nFind a parking spot in the parking lot of the Sapulpa Wal-Mart and enjoy entertainment for the kids and a choreographed fireworks show over the Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course, as well as from the fields east of and behind the store. The fireworks will begin at about 9:45pm. <a href=\"http://www.ahb-ok.com/news.cfm?pageId=65CC2C8205A05D7379FA3A6386F710E1\">Learn even more about the American Celebrates America event here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Independence Day Fireworks at ONEOK Field</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7:05pm\r\nCatch a Fourth-of-July fireworks show after the Drillers game tonight at ONEOK Field. Don’t forget to bring a cash donation for the Food for Kids program.\r\n<h3>More Fourth of July Stuff</h3>\r\n<strong>Red, White, Black &amp; Blue: Rumble on the River IV</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, 7pm\r\nWhere: River Spirit Casino Event Center, 81st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nThe latest iteration of this series of riverside smackdowns features several popular local fighters, two defending Rumble On the River champions, a women’s title match and the return of undefeated heavyweight champion Myron “The Future” Dennis. Headlining the card is a heavyweight title fight between reigning XFL champion Myron “The Future” Dennis, and UFC veteran Ryan “The Animal” Lopez. <a href=\"herhttp://www.creeknationcasino.com/entertainment/eventcenter/Pages/Jul1.aspx\">Get even more details here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth on the Third </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 7:30pm\r\nWhere: TCC Van Trease PACE, 81st Street and US 169\r\nIn 1981 Tulsa Parks asked the Signature Symphony to create a special patriotic presentation at Mohawk Park for Tulsans. Two years later the celebration was moved to Boulder Park, where it has been for more than 20 years. When the Signature Symphony moved to the VanTrease PACE, the night-before rehearsal was open to the public. This began the tradition of having the concert on July 3. This year’s concert will feature stories and music from the Civil War, as well as a special tribute by violinist Jeff Smith to this highly decorated WWII hero: His dad. For tickets, call (918) 595-7777.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth of July Parade </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 10am\r\nWhere: Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood, starting at E. Fifth Place\r\nWatch this Fourth of July parade as it travels from its starting line at E. 5th Place, turns north on Atlanta Avenue and East on E. Fourth Street. Bring the kids!\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebration of Liberty with Modern Tulsa</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Liberty Tower Condominiums, 15th and Boulder\r\nTake advantage of the incredible views from the penthouse of the Liberty Tower Condominiums during the Tulsa FreedomFest fireworks and show your support for Modern Tulsa at the same time. This urban treehouse is currently undergoing renovations, so attendees will be treated to a first-hand preview of this exclusive space in the Tulsa skyline. Look also for BBQ, beer, doorprizes and an overview of some of the modern buildings visible from the balcony of the penthouse. Food and beverages will be provided, but all will need to bring chairs. Parking is available in lots adjacent to the building. <a href=\"http://tulsaarchitecture.com/2011/06/29/modern-tulsa-fourth-at-liberty\">Tickets to Celebration of Liberty with Modern Tulsa</a> are $25 for Modern Tulsa and Tulsa Foundation for Architecture members, $60 + the cost of a membership for not-yet-members.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/A1359.jpg\" width=\"500\" />\r\n<em>I just had to show you guys this: \"4th of July parade in Tulsa, Indian Territory, in 1886. The ox cart is driven by the Wimberly family.\" Neat, huh?</em>\r\n\r\nSo...what are YOU doing this Fourth of July?\r\n\r\n<em>Bottom photo credit: Beryl Ford Collection/Rotary Club of Tulsa, Tulsa City-County Library and Tulsa Historical Society.</em>','4th of July 2011 Events in Tulsa','Get a complete list of the Fourth of July happenings and fireworks shows in the Tulsa area: Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bartlesville, Sapulpa, Sand Springs and more.','inherit','open','open','','8659-revision-9','','','2011-06-30 21:07:51','2011-07-01 03:07:51','',8659,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8659-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(9364,1,'2011-10-18 09:40:51','2011-10-18 15:40:51','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/tulsa-blogger-meetup-prairie-fab-edition/2313604137_f657231b15_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9333\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2313604137_f657231b15_o-500x450.jpg\" alt=\"by Mike Licht\" title=\"blogger\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s time for another Tulsa Blogger Meetup! This month we\'ll visit Fab Lab Tulsa and hear from Sarah Vespasian, creator of Prairie Hive, a collaboration of designers, photographers, writers, and crafty creative types based here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. \r\n\r\nSarah is going to talk to us about the creation of <a href=\"http://www.prairiehive.com/about/\">Prairie Hive</a> - which, by the way, is one of the hottest things going here in T-Town - and life as a web publisher in mid-America. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.prairiehive.com/about/\">Learn more about Prairie Hive and Sarah here</a>. \r\n<a href=\"http://www.fablabtulsa.com/\">Learn more about Fab Lab Tulsa here</a>. \r\n\r\nIf you’re new to Tulsa Blogger Meetup, here’s the gist of what we’re about: Once each month we gather at a different Tulsa locale to talk shop and experience something new about our city. So far we’ve been found at restaurants and bars like Joe Momma’s, Blue Dome Diner, Siegi’s Sausage Factory and Fassler Hall; we’ve also hit Philbrook Museum of Art and the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for an exclusive performance by Tulsa Opera. We have fun, but we also like to work together for a better online Oklahoma. \r\n\r\nWe’re always up to something, and everyone from the professional blogger to the blog curious is welcome to join us.\r\n\r\nTo keep up with all Tulsa Blogger Meetup happenings, <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-Blogger-Meetup/247320658647852\">be sure to like Tulsa Blogger Meetup on Facebook</a>. All news about meetings are posted there, along with the occasional link to blogging news and how-tos. \r\n\r\nSee you Wednesday!\r\n\r\n<em>Image credit: Mike Licht</em>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Prairie Fab Edition','It\'s time for another edition of Tulsa Blogger Meetup, an opportunity for Oklahoma\'s online publishers to meet and share ideas.','inherit','open','open','','9332-revision-4','','','2011-10-18 09:40:51','2011-10-18 15:40:51','',9332,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9332-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(9365,1,'2011-10-18 09:40:51','2011-10-18 15:40:51','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/tulsa-blogger-meetup-prairie-fab-edition/2313604137_f657231b15_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9333\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2313604137_f657231b15_o-500x450.jpg\" alt=\"by Mike Licht\" title=\"blogger\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s time for another Tulsa Blogger Meetup! This month we\'ll visit Fab Lab Tulsa and hear from Sarah Vespasian, creator of Prairie Hive, a collaboration of designers, photographers, writers, and crafty creative types based here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. \r\n\r\nSarah is going to talk to us about the creation of <a href=\"http://www.prairiehive.com/about/\">Prairie Hive</a> - which, by the way, is one of the hottest things going here in T-Town - and life as a web publisher in mid-America. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.prairiehive.com/about/\">Learn more about Prairie Hive and Sarah here</a>. \r\n<a href=\"http://www.fablabtulsa.com/\">Learn more about Fab Lab Tulsa here</a>. \r\n\r\nIf you’re new to Tulsa Blogger Meetup, here’s the gist of what we’re about: Once each month we gather at a different Tulsa locale to talk shop and experience something new about our city. So far we’ve been found at restaurants and bars like Joe Momma’s, Blue Dome Diner, Siegi’s Sausage Factory and Fassler Hall; we’ve also hit Philbrook Museum of Art and the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for an exclusive performance by Tulsa Opera. We have fun, but we also like to work together for a better online Oklahoma. \r\n\r\nWe’re always up to something, and everyone from the professional blogger to the blog curious is welcome to join us.\r\n\r\nTo keep up with all Tulsa Blogger Meetup happenings, <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-Blogger-Meetup/247320658647852\">be sure to like Tulsa Blogger Meetup on Facebook</a>. All news about meetings are posted there, along with the occasional link to blogging news and how-tos. \r\n\r\nSee you Wednesday!\r\n\r\n<em>Image credit: Mike Licht</em>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Prairie Fab Edition','It\'s time for another edition of Tulsa Blogger Meetup, an opportunity for Oklahoma\'s online publishers to meet and share ideas.','inherit','open','open','','9332-revision-5','','','2011-10-18 09:40:51','2011-10-18 15:40:51','',9332,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9332-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(9362,1,'2011-10-18 09:40:35','2011-10-18 15:40:35','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/rodeo-defined/dsc_0173/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9316\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9316\" title=\"Broken Arrow Round Up Club Rodeo\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSC_0173-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from Tulsa-based blogger Lauren McKinney. <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.com/\">Lauren blogs at Fiddlepit</a>, a blog about embarrassment, traffic cones and life in Oklahoma.</em>\r\n\r\nI\'ve lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a long time, but I can count on one finger the number of times I\'ve been to a rodeo. Still, I feel like an expert. In fact, I\'m pretty sure I know quite a bit about rodeo. You think I\'m joking? Ask anyone. Or, just take a look at these rodeo lingo definitions I wrote and see for yourselves.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Mutton Bustin\'</h3>\r\nParticipants are required to watch and wait for a sheep to commit a crime. A simple misdemeanor will do. The cowboy must then arrest and handcuff the sheep – this is the tricky part – and recite to the animal its Miranda rights. To speed up the process, some mutton busters will attempt to lure sheep into perpetrating an illegal act, such as vandalism. Cowboys hire young, sexy ewes to provide lewd suggestions and/or spray paint. Once the arrest is complete, the rodeo crowd yells in unison, \"Aw... BUSTED!\" Young MC\'s Bust A Move then plays over the loudspeakers.\r\n<h3>Cutting Horses</h3>\r\nStylists-to-be recruited from local beauty colleges compete in a mane-styling tournament. Participants may cut, color and/or curl the mane in order to achieve a presentation that best exhibits their artistry and skill. The hairdresser who produces the most fabulously coiffed philly takes home a blue ribbon.\r\n<h3>PBR</h3>\r\nOnce a year, something big comes to the BOK Center. Surprise! It\'s a huge can of Pabst Blue Ribbon:\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/rodeo-defined/giffer/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9317\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9317\" title=\"PBR BOK Center\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/giffer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"320\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nMmm. PBR.\r\n\r\n<h3>Chute Dogging</h3>\r\nHighly skilled canine competitors pair off and play the classic board game Chutes and Ladders in a tournament-style event that lasts a full day. All breeds of dogs may participate, but help from humans is not allowed. This event is typically sponsored by Milton Bradley. Biting out of frustration at landing on yet another effing chute space is strictly forbidden.\r\n<h3>Goat Dressage</h3>\r\nThis event is specifically for children (sometimes referred to as a pedia-rodeo event). Boys and girls have the opportunity to hone their sewing skills and create three looks for their pet goats: One for casual portion of the competition, another for evening, and a third for swimwear. Beyond hand-crafting goat couture, competitors must select coordinating accessories and cosmetics. The trick to accomplishing this in a way that will impress judges is by making sure to pick items which the goat will not be tempted to nibble during the fashion show. Competitors then walk their goats down a long runway three times to show off their fashionable creations, with each run including a sassy spin and/or Zoolander-inspired camera stare. Judges rate each ensemble and average the three scores to come to an overall goat dressage rating.\r\n\r\nWhat rodeo terms have always left you clueless? Tell me in the comments and I\'ll be happy to demystify all that which eludes you.\r\n\r\n<h3>PLUS!</h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/09/20/2011/taking-the-wool-by-the-horns/\">Taking the Wool By the Horns, an adventure in mutton busting and rodeo culture at the Broken Arrow Round-Up Club Arena</a>.','Rodeo, Defined','Oklahoma blogger Lauren McKinney delivers a crash course in Rodeo 101. ','inherit','open','open','','9275-revision-21','','','2011-10-18 09:40:35','2011-10-18 15:40:35','',9275,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9275-revision-21/',0,'revision','',0),(9363,1,'2011-10-17 16:28:45','2011-10-17 22:28:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/tulsa-blogger-meetup-prairie-fab-edition/2313604137_f657231b15_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9333\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2313604137_f657231b15_o-500x450.jpg\" alt=\"by Mike Licht\" title=\"blogger\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9333\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s time for another Tulsa Blogger Meetup! This month we\'ll visit Fab Lab Tulsa and hear from Sarah Vespasian, creator of Prairie Hive, a collaboration of designers, photographers, writers, and crafty creative types based here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. \r\n\r\nSarah is going to talk to us about the creation of <a href=\"http://www.prairiehive.com/about/\">Prairie Hive</a> - which, by the way, is one of the hottest things going here in T-Town - and life as a web publisher in mid-America. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.prairiehive.com/about/\">Learn more about Prairie Hive and Sarah here</a>. \r\n<a href=\"http://www.fablabtulsa.com/\">Learn more about Fab Lab Tulsa here</a>. \r\n\r\nIf you’re new to Tulsa Blogger Meetup, here’s the gist of what we’re about: Once each month we gather at a different Tulsa locale to talk shop and experience something new about our city. So far we’ve been found at restaurants and bars like Joe Momma’s, Blue Dome Diner, Siegi’s Sausage Factory and Fassler Hall; we’ve also hit Philbrook Museum of Art and the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for an exclusive performance by Tulsa Opera. We have fun, but we also like to work together for a better online Oklahoma. \r\n\r\nWe’re always up to something, and everyone from the professional blogger to the blog curious is welcome to join us.\r\n\r\nTo keep up with all Tulsa Blogger Meetup happenings, <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-Blogger-Meetup/247320658647852\">be sure to like Tulsa Blogger Meetup on Facebook</a>. All news about meetings are posted there, along with the occasional link to blogging news and how-tos. \r\n\r\nSee you Wednesday!\r\n\r\n<em>Image credit: Mike Licht</em>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Prairie Fab Edition','It\'s time for another edition of Tulsa Blogger Meetup, an opportunity for Oklahoma\'s online publishers to meet and share ideas.','inherit','open','open','','9332-revision-3','','','2011-10-17 16:28:45','2011-10-17 22:28:45','',9332,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9332-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8683,1,'2010-08-30 21:10:59','2010-08-31 02:10:59','Get your 4th of July celebration groove on with these Tulsa-area events.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/InvitationIndependenceDayGreenwichCT06201825.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<a name=\"more\"></a><strong>Tuesday, June 29</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Southern Hills Baptist Church Patriotic Music Event</strong>\r\nWhen: 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.shbctulsa.org/events/coming-events.html\">Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks</a>\r\nSee this patriotic music event orchestra along with ensemble and vocal groups present modern arrangements of patriotic favorites.\r\n\r\n<strong>Starlight Band Concert</strong>\r\nWhen: 8pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">River West Festival Park Amphitheater</a>, 2100 S. Jackson Ave.\r\nThe Starlight Bands presents Americana Night in celebration of Independence Day 2010.\r\n\r\n<strong>Thursday, July 1</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Red, White and $1 Brew at ONEOK Field: Drillers Independence Bash</strong>\r\nWhen: 7:05pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100625&amp;content_id=11568338&amp;vkey=news_t260&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;sid=t260\">ONEOK Field</a>, 201 N. Elgin Ave.\r\nThirsty Thursday, known as Red, White and $1 Brew during the Drillers Independence Bash, returns to ONEOK Field to open the homestand. Red, White and $1 Brew features servings of 16 oz. soft drinks and 12 oz. Miller Lite and Coors Light for only $1.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sunset Concert Series at Stone Canyon</strong>\r\nWhen: 6-9pm, with fireworks start at 9:15pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.stonecanyonliving.com/#/news/12/\">Stone Canyon</a>, 76th Street North and 177th E. Ave. in Owasso\r\nSee Remedy live in concert, followed by a fireworks show. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friday, July 2</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Rhythm on the River: FreedomFest</strong>\r\nWhen: 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">River Parks Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nDon\'t miss this showcase of live, local music this Fourth of July weekend. Bring your blankets and your lawn chairs, but if you forget your picnic basket, don\'t fret - concessions will be available at the plaza.\r\n\r\n<strong>Red, White and BOOM</strong>\r\nWhen: Gates at 7pm, Fireworks at 9:45pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityofowasso.com/city_news_info_res/Red_White_Boom.pdf\">Owasso Stadium</a> (PDF)\r\nLike to rock your Independence Day Owasso style? Then stay on the north side of US 169 and watch the fireworks show at Owasso Stadium. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friday Night Fireworks: Drillers Independence Bash</strong>\r\nWhen: 7:05pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100625&amp;content_id=11568338&amp;vkey=news_t260&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;sid=t260\">ONEOK Field</a>, 201 N. Elgin Ave.\r\nKRMG AM 740 and 102.3 FM present Friday Night Fireworks at ONEOK Field. Following the game, the downtown skyline will be illuminated by another marvelous fireworks show.\r\n\r\n<strong>Saturday, July 3</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Firecracker 5K</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 7:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/fleet-feet-firecracker-5km\">Downtown Tulsa</a>\r\nLooking for a way to get moving with the fam this 4th of July weekend? Sweat it out with this event. <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/fleet-feet-firecracker-5km\">Register here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>All Things Cake Patriotic Topsy Turvy Cake Class</strong>\r\nWhen: 10am-2pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-OK/All-Things-Cake/238407992305\">All Things Cake</a>, 8256 S. Memorial Drive\r\nWanna learn to make a cake that\'s worthy of the red, white and blue? Look no further than this class at All Things Cake, a sugar art supplies outlet, custom cake bakery, cooking school and more in south Tulsa. Cost is $45. Call to register, (918) 994-4490.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cajun Festival</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 10am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://grandlakefestivals.com/cajun.htm\">Grove Civic Center</a> on Grand Lake\r\nWhere else can you get cajun food, cajun music and great fun for the entire family without heading for the actual bayou? Luckily for your gasoline budget, all of this can be found Fourth of July weekend just a few miles from Tulsa in Grove. Get a map and even more information at the link above.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fireworks, Buffet and Live Music at The Canebrake</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 5pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.thecanebrake.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/July-3-flyer.jpg\">The Canebrake</a>, 33241 E. 732nd Road in Wagoner\r\nWhat do you call a July 4 celebration that’s held July 3? You decide, but the folks at The Canebrake, a swanky, eco-friendly resort just up the road from Tulsa a piece in Wagoner, call it F to the U to the N. Start your Saturday evening with a summer buffet in the dining room that will feature ribs, gourmet hot dogs, onion burgers, salads, slaw, beans, melons and a giant ice cream sundae bar. After dinner, retire to the lawn (BYO chair!) for wine and beer, sundaes and music from recording artists “La Moustache” and one of the best home grown fireworks shows around (leave your own fireworks at home, please). Buffet is $40 (includes tax and tip) and, get this: Cost is only $10 for kids 10 and under, veterans or active military (with ID) and guests 65 and older. Fireworks start at dark-thirty. Get more info and RSVP at 918.485.1810.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ride the River Bike Ride: FreedomFest</strong>\r\nWhen: 6:30pm registration; 7pm start\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">River West Festival Park</a>, 2100 S. Jackson Ave.\r\nRegister online at tomsbicycles.com to save $5 on the registration for his huge bike ride in celebration of July 4, The race will start and finish at River West Festival Park. Be sure to stick around after the ride to see the Tour de France on the big screen.\r\n\r\n<strong>City of Claremore Fireworks Spectacular</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://claremore.org/\">Claremore Lake</a>\r\nIf you like your Independence Day done Claremore style, don\'t miss this festival and fireworks show. The sky is scheduled to light up at about 9:30pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth on the Third</strong>\r\nWhen: 7:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://signaturesymphonyattcc.org/special_events.htm\">VanTrease PACE</a>, 81st Street and Highway 69\r\nDon\'t miss this celebration of patriotic music, featuring The Signature Chorale, The Signature Children\'s Choir and The Signature Symphony under the direction of Dr. Barry Epperly. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for students and $6 for kids and TCC students. Call (918) 595-777 for tickets.\r\n\r\n<strong>Grand Lake Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: 9pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://grandlakefireworks.com/\">Grand Lake</a>\r\nCheck out this floating fireworks show as it reflects on Grand Lake. The show can be viewed at the new GRDA Visitors Center in Langley, the Pensacola Dam, 3 Cherokee State Parks near the Spillways, on the water in the main channel of Grand Lake, and all along the shores of South Grand Lake.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sunday, July 4</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>ONEOK Freedom Fest at River Parks</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 12pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">River West Festival Park</a>, 2100 S. Jackson Ave.; <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">Veterans Park</a>, 1875 S. Boulder Ave.; <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">Elwood\'s Cafe</a>, 1924 S. Riverside Drive\r\nTulsa\'s largest 4th of July fireworks display can be seen from miles around, but you won\'t want to miss being smackdab in the middle of the action this year. This event is more than just fireworks, with:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Beverages, food, face painting, free inflatables, a rock climbing wall and live music by the Red Dirt Rangers at River West Festival Park, starting at 5pm;</li>\r\n	<li>The annual American Salute celebration, an old-fashioned family picnic and music showcase, where there will be free inflatables for the kids; and a bicycle parade featuring free bike decorations provided by Tom\'s Bicycles that will start at 7pm, all at Veterans Park;</li>\r\n	<li>Live music galore featuring Junaloosca, Eric and the Adams, Sam and the Stylees and Midlife Crisis Band, all at Elwood\'s Cafe.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">Click here to get information on parking</a>, as well as even more info on what\'s going on down at River Parks this 4th of July.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth of July at McBirney Mansion</strong>\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgt7oVcQCl4\">McBirney Mansion</a>, 1414 S. Galveston Ave.\r\nRibs, pulled pork, sandwiches, potato salad, cole slaw, fried chicken and beer, and a surprise dessert. Then, watch the fireworks and get a fantastic view of the downtown skyline from the hill at McBirney mansion. Tickets are $40. Call (918) 585-3234 for reservations.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fish and Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: Open at 10am; Parking begins at 4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/FishandFireworks.php\">Oklahoma Aquarium</a>, 300 Aquarium Drive in Jenks\r\nMake plans to spend the Fourth of July with the Oklahoma Aquarium and enjoy indoor and outdoor fun for the entire family. Your paid parking provides access to the best viewing of the Jenks/96th Street Bridge fireworks, as well as summer fun with Bass Pro, including fishing and other games. Parking will be $5 beginning at 4pm, which also earns you a $2 discount on Aquarium admission for everyone in your car. You\'ll receive an all-access wristband and be able to enjoy the indoor exhibits, the outdoor activities, concessions for purchase and prime viewing of the fireworks, which are slated to start at about 9:30pm. No outside food or drinks will be allowed since there will be concessions on site, but lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. Visit the link above for even more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Jenks America Independence Day Celebration</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 11am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://riverfrontsouthok.com/\">Parking in the Oklahoma Aquarium lot</a>, 300 Aquarium Drive in Jenks\r\nLos Cabos is sponsoring a fireworks display that will be among the largest in the state in Jenks. Plus, look for a military flyover, a day-long line up of bands, a car show and an appearance by Ms. Oklahoma. The fireworks show will launch from the Jenks Pedestrian Bridge, which will be visible all over the city of Jenks, but prime viewing is available by parking at Oklahoma Aquarium (see Fish and Fireworks, above). Click the link above to get maps and even more information about the Jenks America Independence Day Celebration.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rockets over Rhema</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 5pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rocketsoverrhema.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=127&amp;Itemid=55\">RHEMA Bible Church</a>, 1025 W. Kenosha in Broken Arrow\r\nThe patriotic tribute gets started at 5pm, followed by a slew of outdoor activities including a car show, a mechanical bull, a rock climbing wall and face painting, a live concert featuring the lines of Point of Grace and Pocket Full of Rocks and finally, at 10pm, one of the largest fireworks shows in the land where the wind goes sweepin\' down the plains. Get even more information at the link above.\r\n\r\n<strong>American Celebrates America: Fireworks Over Sapulpa</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 5pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.valuenews.com/issues/story.php?view=1580\">Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course</a>\r\nCheck out this 14th annual event featuring fireworks choreographed to music, taking place over the Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course. Viewing and parking are available at the Sapulpa Wal-Mart and the grassy fields east of and behind the store, as well as at Westside Baptist Church.\r\n\r\n<strong>Independence Day Fireworks Extravaganza: Drillers Independence Bash</strong>\r\nWhen: 7:05pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100625&amp;content_id=11568338&amp;vkey=news_t260&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;sid=t260\">ONEOK Field</a>, 201 N. Elgin Ave.\r\nOne of the very best fireworks shows will be exploding in the sky above downtown Tulsa this year. Look for it after Sunday night\'s game. Plus, if you bring a canned food donation to the ticket office, you get $2 off your tickets to the game.','4th of July 2010 Events in Tulsa','Get your 4th of July celebration groove on with these Tulsa-area events.','inherit','open','open','','664-revision-2','','','2010-08-30 21:10:59','2010-08-31 02:10:59','',664,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/664-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8684,1,'2011-07-01 08:22:29','2011-07-01 14:22:29','<h3>Pssst: Hey, you. <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/4th-of-july-2011-events-in-tulsa/\">Head to this page if you\'re looking for 2011 4th of July events in Tulsa</a>.</h3>\r\n\r\nGet your 4th of July celebration groove on with these Tulsa-area events.\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/InvitationIndependenceDayGreenwichCT06201825.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<a name=\"more\"></a><strong>Tuesday, June 29</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Southern Hills Baptist Church Patriotic Music Event</strong>\r\nWhen: 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.shbctulsa.org/events/coming-events.html\">Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks</a>\r\nSee this patriotic music event orchestra along with ensemble and vocal groups present modern arrangements of patriotic favorites.\r\n\r\n<strong>Starlight Band Concert</strong>\r\nWhen: 8pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">River West Festival Park Amphitheater</a>, 2100 S. Jackson Ave.\r\nThe Starlight Bands presents Americana Night in celebration of Independence Day 2010.\r\n\r\n<strong>Thursday, July 1</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Red, White and $1 Brew at ONEOK Field: Drillers Independence Bash</strong>\r\nWhen: 7:05pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100625&amp;content_id=11568338&amp;vkey=news_t260&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;sid=t260\">ONEOK Field</a>, 201 N. Elgin Ave.\r\nThirsty Thursday, known as Red, White and $1 Brew during the Drillers Independence Bash, returns to ONEOK Field to open the homestand. Red, White and $1 Brew features servings of 16 oz. soft drinks and 12 oz. Miller Lite and Coors Light for only $1.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sunset Concert Series at Stone Canyon</strong>\r\nWhen: 6-9pm, with fireworks start at 9:15pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.stonecanyonliving.com/#/news/12/\">Stone Canyon</a>, 76th Street North and 177th E. Ave. in Owasso\r\nSee Remedy live in concert, followed by a fireworks show. It\'s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friday, July 2</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Rhythm on the River: FreedomFest</strong>\r\nWhen: 6:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">River Parks Plaza</a>, 41st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nDon\'t miss this showcase of live, local music this Fourth of July weekend. Bring your blankets and your lawn chairs, but if you forget your picnic basket, don\'t fret - concessions will be available at the plaza.\r\n\r\n<strong>Red, White and BOOM</strong>\r\nWhen: Gates at 7pm, Fireworks at 9:45pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.cityofowasso.com/city_news_info_res/Red_White_Boom.pdf\">Owasso Stadium</a> (PDF)\r\nLike to rock your Independence Day Owasso style? Then stay on the north side of US 169 and watch the fireworks show at Owasso Stadium. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friday Night Fireworks: Drillers Independence Bash</strong>\r\nWhen: 7:05pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100625&amp;content_id=11568338&amp;vkey=news_t260&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;sid=t260\">ONEOK Field</a>, 201 N. Elgin Ave.\r\nKRMG AM 740 and 102.3 FM present Friday Night Fireworks at ONEOK Field. Following the game, the downtown skyline will be illuminated by another marvelous fireworks show.\r\n\r\n<strong>Saturday, July 3</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Firecracker 5K</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 7:30am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/fleet-feet-firecracker-5km\">Downtown Tulsa</a>\r\nLooking for a way to get moving with the fam this 4th of July weekend? Sweat it out with this event. <a href=\"http://www.fleetfeettulsa.com/fleet-feet-firecracker-5km\">Register here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>All Things Cake Patriotic Topsy Turvy Cake Class</strong>\r\nWhen: 10am-2pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-OK/All-Things-Cake/238407992305\">All Things Cake</a>, 8256 S. Memorial Drive\r\nWanna learn to make a cake that\'s worthy of the red, white and blue? Look no further than this class at All Things Cake, a sugar art supplies outlet, custom cake bakery, cooking school and more in south Tulsa. Cost is $45. Call to register, (918) 994-4490.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cajun Festival</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 10am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://grandlakefestivals.com/cajun.htm\">Grove Civic Center</a> on Grand Lake\r\nWhere else can you get cajun food, cajun music and great fun for the entire family without heading for the actual bayou? Luckily for your gasoline budget, all of this can be found Fourth of July weekend just a few miles from Tulsa in Grove. Get a map and even more information at the link above.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fireworks, Buffet and Live Music at The Canebrake</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 5pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.thecanebrake.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/July-3-flyer.jpg\">The Canebrake</a>, 33241 E. 732nd Road in Wagoner\r\nWhat do you call a July 4 celebration that’s held July 3? You decide, but the folks at The Canebrake, a swanky, eco-friendly resort just up the road from Tulsa a piece in Wagoner, call it F to the U to the N. Start your Saturday evening with a summer buffet in the dining room that will feature ribs, gourmet hot dogs, onion burgers, salads, slaw, beans, melons and a giant ice cream sundae bar. After dinner, retire to the lawn (BYO chair!) for wine and beer, sundaes and music from recording artists “La Moustache” and one of the best home grown fireworks shows around (leave your own fireworks at home, please). Buffet is $40 (includes tax and tip) and, get this: Cost is only $10 for kids 10 and under, veterans or active military (with ID) and guests 65 and older. Fireworks start at dark-thirty. Get more info and RSVP at 918.485.1810.\r\n\r\n<strong>Ride the River Bike Ride: FreedomFest</strong>\r\nWhen: 6:30pm registration; 7pm start\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">River West Festival Park</a>, 2100 S. Jackson Ave.\r\nRegister online at tomsbicycles.com to save $5 on the registration for his huge bike ride in celebration of July 4, The race will start and finish at River West Festival Park. Be sure to stick around after the ride to see the Tour de France on the big screen.\r\n\r\n<strong>City of Claremore Fireworks Spectacular</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 7pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://claremore.org/\">Claremore Lake</a>\r\nIf you like your Independence Day done Claremore style, don\'t miss this festival and fireworks show. The sky is scheduled to light up at about 9:30pm.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth on the Third</strong>\r\nWhen: 7:30pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://signaturesymphonyattcc.org/special_events.htm\">VanTrease PACE</a>, 81st Street and Highway 69\r\nDon\'t miss this celebration of patriotic music, featuring The Signature Chorale, The Signature Children\'s Choir and The Signature Symphony under the direction of Dr. Barry Epperly. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for students and $6 for kids and TCC students. Call (918) 595-777 for tickets.\r\n\r\n<strong>Grand Lake Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: 9pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://grandlakefireworks.com/\">Grand Lake</a>\r\nCheck out this floating fireworks show as it reflects on Grand Lake. The show can be viewed at the new GRDA Visitors Center in Langley, the Pensacola Dam, 3 Cherokee State Parks near the Spillways, on the water in the main channel of Grand Lake, and all along the shores of South Grand Lake.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sunday, July 4</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>ONEOK Freedom Fest at River Parks</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 12pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">River West Festival Park</a>, 2100 S. Jackson Ave.; <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">Veterans Park</a>, 1875 S. Boulder Ave.; <a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">Elwood\'s Cafe</a>, 1924 S. Riverside Drive\r\nTulsa\'s largest 4th of July fireworks display can be seen from miles around, but you won\'t want to miss being smackdab in the middle of the action this year. This event is more than just fireworks, with:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Beverages, food, face painting, free inflatables, a rock climbing wall and live music by the Red Dirt Rangers at River West Festival Park, starting at 5pm;</li>\r\n	<li>The annual American Salute celebration, an old-fashioned family picnic and music showcase, where there will be free inflatables for the kids; and a bicycle parade featuring free bike decorations provided by Tom\'s Bicycles that will start at 7pm, all at Veterans Park;</li>\r\n	<li>Live music galore featuring Junaloosca, Eric and the Adams, Sam and the Stylees and Midlife Crisis Band, all at Elwood\'s Cafe.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tulsafreedomfest.com/entertainment.html\">Click here to get information on parking</a>, as well as even more info on what\'s going on down at River Parks this 4th of July.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth of July at McBirney Mansion</strong>\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgt7oVcQCl4\">McBirney Mansion</a>, 1414 S. Galveston Ave.\r\nRibs, pulled pork, sandwiches, potato salad, cole slaw, fried chicken and beer, and a surprise dessert. Then, watch the fireworks and get a fantastic view of the downtown skyline from the hill at McBirney mansion. Tickets are $40. Call (918) 585-3234 for reservations.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fish and Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: Open at 10am; Parking begins at 4pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://okaquarium.org/FishandFireworks.php\">Oklahoma Aquarium</a>, 300 Aquarium Drive in Jenks\r\nMake plans to spend the Fourth of July with the Oklahoma Aquarium and enjoy indoor and outdoor fun for the entire family. Your paid parking provides access to the best viewing of the Jenks/96th Street Bridge fireworks, as well as summer fun with Bass Pro, including fishing and other games. Parking will be $5 beginning at 4pm, which also earns you a $2 discount on Aquarium admission for everyone in your car. You\'ll receive an all-access wristband and be able to enjoy the indoor exhibits, the outdoor activities, concessions for purchase and prime viewing of the fireworks, which are slated to start at about 9:30pm. No outside food or drinks will be allowed since there will be concessions on site, but lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. Visit the link above for even more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Jenks America Independence Day Celebration</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 11am\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://riverfrontsouthok.com/\">Parking in the Oklahoma Aquarium lot</a>, 300 Aquarium Drive in Jenks\r\nLos Cabos is sponsoring a fireworks display that will be among the largest in the state in Jenks. Plus, look for a military flyover, a day-long line up of bands, a car show and an appearance by Ms. Oklahoma. The fireworks show will launch from the Jenks Pedestrian Bridge, which will be visible all over the city of Jenks, but prime viewing is available by parking at Oklahoma Aquarium (see Fish and Fireworks, above). Click the link above to get maps and even more information about the Jenks America Independence Day Celebration.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rockets over Rhema</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 5pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.rocketsoverrhema.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=127&amp;Itemid=55\">RHEMA Bible Church</a>, 1025 W. Kenosha in Broken Arrow\r\nThe patriotic tribute gets started at 5pm, followed by a slew of outdoor activities including a car show, a mechanical bull, a rock climbing wall and face painting, a live concert featuring the lines of Point of Grace and Pocket Full of Rocks and finally, at 10pm, one of the largest fireworks shows in the land where the wind goes sweepin\' down the plains. Get even more information at the link above.\r\n\r\n<strong>American Celebrates America: Fireworks Over Sapulpa</strong>\r\nWhen: Starting at 5pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://www.valuenews.com/issues/story.php?view=1580\">Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course</a>\r\nCheck out this 14th annual event featuring fireworks choreographed to music, taking place over the Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course. Viewing and parking are available at the Sapulpa Wal-Mart and the grassy fields east of and behind the store, as well as at Westside Baptist Church.\r\n\r\n<strong>Independence Day Fireworks Extravaganza: Drillers Independence Bash</strong>\r\nWhen: 7:05pm\r\nWhere: <a href=\"http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100625&amp;content_id=11568338&amp;vkey=news_t260&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;sid=t260\">ONEOK Field</a>, 201 N. Elgin Ave.\r\nOne of the very best fireworks shows will be exploding in the sky above downtown Tulsa this year. Look for it after Sunday night\'s game. Plus, if you bring a canned food donation to the ticket office, you get $2 off your tickets to the game.','4th of July 2010 Events in Tulsa','Get your 4th of July celebration groove on with these Tulsa-area events.','inherit','open','open','','664-revision-3','','','2011-07-01 08:22:29','2011-07-01 14:22:29','',664,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/664-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8686,1,'2011-07-05 06:34:45','2011-07-05 12:34:45','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8667\" href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/4th-of-july-2011-events-in-tulsa/dsc_1644-4/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8667\" title=\"Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DSC_1644.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Park Cemetery Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nYou\'ve got a three-day weekend to fill up with Fourth of July fun. Get a complete list of the Fourthy happenings and fireworks shows in the Tulsa area, including the shindigs in Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bartlesville, Sapulpa and Sand Springs, right here.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Fireworks Shows and Fourth of July Festivals</h3>\r\n<strong>Red, White and Boom </strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Owasso Towne Center, 86th Street North and N. 129th E. Avenue\r\nLook for music from local groups as well as DJs for this fireworks show in Owasso tonight. The sky lights up at dusk.\r\n\r\n<strong>Claremore’s Fireworks Spectacular</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Claremore Lake Park\r\nGet entertainment for both young and old at this Independence Day festival and fireworks show. The fireworks start at 9:30pm. Free admission. Parking at the rodeo grounds only (handicap parking is available at the park).\r\n\r\n<strong>Grand Lake Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: Saturday, 9:30pm\r\nWhere: Grand Lake\r\nCatch this huge fireworks show between the spillways just East of Disney on Saturday Night at dark. Watch by boat or by land at Cherokee State Park or anywhere along the shore along in the South Grand Lake area.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sooner Boomerfest 2011 </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, starting at 10am\r\nWhere: Jenks Pedestrian Bridge\r\nThe Fourth-of-July fun gets started bright and early – a day early, in fact – with Sooner Boomerfest 2011. It starts in the morning with a Mustang car show, followed by fun for the kids outside Los Cabos at Riverwalk Crossing and Waterfront Grill starting at 5pm – be sure to watch for flyovers by the Tulsa Warbirds. The big fireworks show will launch over the river at 9:30pm. <a href=\"http://riverfrontsouthok.com/sooner-boomfest-2011\">Click here for a traffic and parking advisory map</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Duck Creek Fireworks</strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 4pm\r\nWhere: Grand Lake\r\nGet a fireworks spectacular along with music, dancing and boats parading up and down Duck Creek on Grand Lake. Look also for performances by vintage airplanes and the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s F-16 fighters. Admission is free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rockets Over Rhema </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 5pm\r\nWhere: Rhema Bible Church, 1025 W Kenosha Street in Broken Arrow\r\nCan’t decide which fireworks show to see this year? It’s hard to argue with 50,000 fans – that’s how many showed up to this event last year. It starts at 5pm with a patriotic tribute in the auditorium. At 6pm there will be plenty for the kids (and the young at heart) to do outside, from face painting to a mechanical bull and rock-climbing wall. Keep an eye out for a classic car show, food and drink concessions, local shopping and an outdoor concert featuring Hawk Nelson, Fireflight, Stars Go Dim (Tulsa’s own!) and AXIS Worship Band. The fireworks show starts at 10pm – be sure to bring your blankets and lawn chairs so you can sit back and celebrate our country’s independence with some spectacularly choreographed explosions. <a href=\"http://www.rocketsoverrhema.com/\">Click here for even more info</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Freedom Festival at Grace Church</strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Grace Church, Between 91st and 101st Streets\r\nGet a car and motorcycle show, plus fireworks at dusk at Grace Church’s celebration of that time we called it quits with Great Britain.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fish and Fireworks </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 6:30pm\r\nWhere: Oklahoma Aquarium, 300 Aquarium Drive.\r\nThe fireworks show in Jenks hosted by Los Cabos and Waterfront Grill is this evening (yes, this evening, not tomorrow), and the Aquarium will re-open at 6:30 with special half-price admission to the exhibits and access to their back grounds for prime viewing of the fireworks. Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. No coolers allowed, but the Aquarium restaurant will remain open.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sertoma Club’s 14th Annual Community Fireworks Show </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 8pm\r\nWhere: River City Park in Sand Springs\r\nGet live music, food and, of course, fireworks at River City Park in Sand Springs tonight. The shuttles start running at 7pm, music starts at 8pm, the show starts at dusk.\r\n\r\n<strong>ONEOK FreedomFest</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, starting at noon\r\nWhere: Three venues! River West Festival Park; Veterans Park; and Blue Rose Cafe/Elwood\'s\r\nONEOK FreedomFest is one of Oklahoma’s largest Fourth-of-July fireworks displays: It lights up the sky above the downtown Tulsa stretch of the Arkansas River every year and brings lots of family-friendly activities along with it. Look for everything from a kids’ bicycle parade to rock climbing at this triple-venue festival: Split between River West Festival Park on the west side of the river, Veterans Park on the east and Blue Rose Cafe/Elwoods on Riverside Drive. The fun starts at River West Festival Park at 5pm with a load of kid-friendly activities; live music from Janet Rutland and Trailer Town starts at 6:45pm. At Veterans Park will be an old-fashioned family picnic starting at noon; the decorate-your-own kids’ bike parade starts at 7pm, so be sure to start decorating at 6pm. The fireworks blast off at 9:35pm. <a href=\"http://www.riverparks.org/freedomfest.html\">Click here for a complete list of activities and tips on where to park</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Freedom Fest </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 6pm\r\nWhere: Downtown Bartlesville, Second Street, between Keeler and Dewey\r\nFood, drinks, activities for the kids, games, a kids’ parade, music and fireworks – sounds like a solid Fourth-of-July celebration to me. <a href=\"Freedom Fest\">Get details on the event schedule and where to park at Bartlesville\'s Freedom Fest here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>American Celebrates America </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course\r\nFind a parking spot in the parking lot of the Sapulpa Wal-Mart and enjoy entertainment for the kids and a choreographed fireworks show over the Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course, as well as from the fields east of and behind the store. The fireworks will begin at about 9:45pm. <a href=\"http://www.ahb-ok.com/news.cfm?pageId=65CC2C8205A05D7379FA3A6386F710E1\">Learn even more about the American Celebrates America event here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Independence Day Fireworks at ONEOK Field</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7:05pm\r\nCatch a Fourth-of-July fireworks show after the Drillers game tonight at ONEOK Field. Don’t forget to bring a cash donation for the Food for Kids program.\r\n<h3>More Fourth of July Stuff</h3>\r\n<strong>Red, White, Black &amp; Blue: Rumble on the River IV</strong>\r\nWhen: Friday, 7pm\r\nWhere: River Spirit Casino Event Center, 81st Street and Riverside Drive\r\nThe latest iteration of this series of riverside smackdowns features several popular local fighters, two defending Rumble On the River champions, a women’s title match and the return of undefeated heavyweight champion Myron “The Future” Dennis. Headlining the card is a heavyweight title fight between reigning XFL champion Myron “The Future” Dennis, and UFC veteran Ryan “The Animal” Lopez. <a href=\"herhttp://www.creeknationcasino.com/entertainment/eventcenter/Pages/Jul1.aspx\">Get even more details here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth on the Third </strong>\r\nWhen: Sunday, 7:30pm\r\nWhere: TCC Van Trease PACE, 81st Street and US 169\r\nIn 1981 Tulsa Parks asked the Signature Symphony to create a special patriotic presentation at Mohawk Park for Tulsans. Two years later the celebration was moved to Boulder Park, where it has been for more than 20 years. When the Signature Symphony moved to the VanTrease PACE, the night-before rehearsal was open to the public. This began the tradition of having the concert on July 3. This year’s concert will feature stories and music from the Civil War, as well as a special tribute by violinist Jeff Smith to this highly decorated WWII hero: His dad. For tickets, call (918) 595-7777.\r\n\r\n<strong>Fourth of July Parade </strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 10am\r\nWhere: Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood, starting at E. Fifth Place\r\nWatch this Fourth of July parade as it travels from its starting line at E. 5th Place, turns north on Atlanta Avenue and East on E. Fourth Street. Bring the kids!\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebration of Liberty with Modern Tulsa</strong>\r\nWhen: Monday, 7pm\r\nWhere: Liberty Tower Condominiums, 15th and Boulder\r\nTake advantage of the incredible views from the penthouse of the Liberty Tower Condominiums during the Tulsa FreedomFest fireworks and show your support for Modern Tulsa at the same time. This urban treehouse is currently undergoing renovations, so attendees will be treated to a first-hand preview of this exclusive space in the Tulsa skyline. Look also for BBQ, beer, doorprizes and an overview of some of the modern buildings visible from the balcony of the penthouse. Food and beverages will be provided, but all will need to bring chairs. Parking is available in lots adjacent to the building. <a href=\"http://tulsaarchitecture.com/2011/06/29/modern-tulsa-fourth-at-liberty\">Tickets to Celebration of Liberty with Modern Tulsa</a> are $25 for Modern Tulsa and Tulsa Foundation for Architecture members, $60 + the cost of a membership for not-yet-members.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/A1359.jpg\" width=\"500\" />\r\n<em>I just had to show you guys this: \"4th of July parade in Tulsa, Indian Territory, in 1886. The ox cart is driven by the Wimberly family.\" Neat, huh?</em>\r\n\r\nSo...what are YOU doing this Fourth of July?\r\n\r\n<em>Bottom photo credit: Beryl Ford Collection/Rotary Club of Tulsa, Tulsa City-County Library and Tulsa Historical Society.</em>','4th of July 2011 Events in Tulsa','Get a complete list of the Fourth of July happenings and fireworks shows in the Tulsa area: Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Bartlesville, Sapulpa, Sand Springs and more.','inherit','open','open','','8659-revision-11','','','2011-07-05 06:34:45','2011-07-05 12:34:45','',8659,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8659-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(9277,1,'2011-10-12 16:17:36','2011-10-12 22:17:36','\n\nToday\'s post comes from Tulsa-based blogger Lauren McKinney. Lauren blogs at Fiddlepit, a blog about embarrassment and cones. \n\nI can count on one finger the number of times I\'ve been to a rodeo. Still, I feel like an expert. In fact, I\'m pretty sure I know quite a bit about rodeo. You think I\'m joking? Ask anyone. Or, just take a look at these rodeo lingo definitions I wrote yesterday and see for yourselves: \n\nMutton Bustin\': Participants are required to watch and wait for a sheep to commit a crime. A simple misdemeanor will do. The cowboy must then arrest and handcuff the sheep – this is the tricky part – and recite to the animal its Miranda rights. To speed up the process, some mutton busters will attempt to lure sheep into perpetrating an illegal act, such as vandalism. Cowboys hire young, sexy ewes to provide lewd suggestions and/or spray paint. Once the arrest is complete, the rodeo crowd yells in unison, \"Aw... BUSTED!\" Young MC\'s Bust A Move then plays over the loudspeakers.\n\nCutting Horses: Stylists-to-be recruited from local beauty colleges compete in a mane-styling tournament. Participants may cut, color and/or curl the mane in order to achieve a presentation that best exhibits their artistry and skill. The hairdresser who produces the most fabulously coiffed philly takes home a blue ribbon.\n\nPBR: Once a year, something big comes to the BOK Center. Surprise! It\'s a huge can of Pabst Blue Ribbon: \n\n<giffer.gif>\n\nMmm. PBR.\n\nChute Dogging: Highly skilled canine competitors pair off and play the classic board game Chutes and Ladders in a tournament-style event that lasts a full day. All breeds of dogs may participate, but help from humans is not allowed. This event is typically sponsored by Milton Bradley. Biting out of frustration at landing on yet another effing chute space is strictly forbidden. \n\nGoat Dressage: This event is specifically for children (sometimes referred to as a pedia-rodeo event). Boys and girls have the opportunity to hone their sewing skills and create three looks for their pet goats: One for casual portion of the competition, another for evening, and a third for swimwear. Beyond hand-crafting goat couture, competitors must select coordinating accessories and cosmetics. The trick to accomplishing this in a way that will impress judges is by making sure to pick items which the goat will not be tempted to nibble during the fashion show. Competitors then walk their goats down a long runway three times to show off their fashionable creations, with each run including a sassy spin and/or Zoolander-inspired camera stare. Judges rate each ensemble and average the three scores to come to an overall goat dressage rating. \n\nWhat rodeo terms have always left you clueless? Tell me in the comments and I\'ll be happy to demystify all that which eludes you. ','Rodeo, Explained','','inherit','open','open','','9275-revision-2','','','2011-10-12 16:17:36','2011-10-12 22:17:36','',9275,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9275-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9189,1,'2011-09-07 12:03:58','2011-09-07 18:03:58','So I love to poke. Drop me off in a mall.. bookstore... thrift store and I can spend hours sorting through racks and aisles until I find the strangest and thereby coolest items.\n\nI\'m looking for idea on redecorating the guest room so I went to one of my favorite stores to poke around... the Habitat Re-Store (http://habitat-tulsa.org/restore/).\n\nWalking into that store is like a hippie haven for me... vintage fixtures... recycled home building materials.\n\nAs you enter the large warehouse near 15th and Memorial on one side you see row after row of used appliances that work fine and can be picked up cheap.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9184\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9184\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9184\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nTo the other side it\'s carpeting... tiles... paint... all donated to the store to sell... and help fund Habitat for Humanity. It\'s the perfect spot for do it yourself homeowner to get cheap supplies.. or for wannabe Martha Stewarts like me to pretend to be crafty.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9183\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9183\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9183\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nI spotted this vintage sewing machine and fell in love. I have no clue if it works and if it did I wouldn\'t know what to do with it.. but isn\'t it gorgeous.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9182\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9182\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9182\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-3-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nThen I headed outside... where they keep the bathroom fixtures... doors, windows... and the field of toilets.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9181\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9181\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9181\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-4-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nNow I\'ve been contemplating turning an old window into a frame... like on this Instructables blog (http://www.instructables.com/id/Old-Window-Picture-Frame/)\n\nSo I headed for the bins of windows to see if there was one that would fit in the spot I\'m thinking of putting it. My favorites are the ones that have the most paint chipped off of them... yes I still love shabby chic. Don\'t judge me.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9180\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9180\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-5-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nAlso you have to walk on this walkway to get to the windows, doors and shutters section. I love this.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9179\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9179\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9179\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-6-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\n\nSadly all of the windows they had the weekend I was poking were too big for the spot in my mind. So I went home empty handed.\n\nBut the added bonus to the Habitat Re-Store is that I can pop my head in again in a couple of weeks and they\'ll have a whole new batch of donated items for me to dig through to find my hidden treasure.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9178\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9178\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9178\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-7-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>','Habitat Blog','','inherit','open','open','','9177-revision-5','','','2011-09-07 12:03:58','2011-09-07 18:03:58','',9177,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9177-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(9186,1,'2011-09-07 12:00:49','2011-09-07 18:00:49','So I love to poke. Drop me off in a mall.. bookstore... thrift store and I can spend hours sorting through racks and aisles until I find the strangest and thereby coolest items.\r\n\r\nI\'m looking for idea on redecorating the guest room so I went to one of my favorite stores to poke around... the Habitat Re-Store (http://habitat-tulsa.org/restore/).\r\n\r\nWalking into that store is like a hippie haven for me... vintage fixtures... recycled home building materials.\r\n\r\nAs you enter the large warehouse near 15th and Memorial on one side you see row after row of used appliances that work fine and can be picked up cheap.\r\n(picture 1)\r\n\r\nTo the other side it\'s carpeting... tiles... paint... all donated to the store to sell... and help fund Habitat for Humanity. It\'s the perfect spot for do it yourself homeowner to get cheap supplies.. or for wannabe Martha Stewarts like me to pretend to be crafty.\r\n(picture 2)\r\n\r\nI spotted this vintage sewing machine and fell in love. I have no clue if it works and if it did I wouldn\'t know what to do with it.. but isn\'t it gorgeous.\r\n(picture 3)\r\n\r\nThen I headed outside... where they keep the bathroom fixtures... doors, windows... and the field of toilets.\r\n(picture 4)\r\n\r\nNow I\'ve been contemplating turning an old window into a frame... like on this Instructables blog (http://www.instructables.com/id/Old-Window-Picture-Frame/)\r\n\r\nSo I headed for the bins of windows to see if there was one that would fit in the spot I\'m thinking of putting it. My favorites are the ones that have the most paint chipped off of them... yes I still love shabby chic. Don\'t judge me.\r\n(picture 5)\r\n\r\nAlso you have to walk on this walkway to get to the windows, doors and shutters section. I love this.\r\n(picture 6)\r\n\r\nSadly all of the windows they had the weekend I was poking were too big for the spot in my mind. So I went home empty handed.\r\n\r\nBut the added bonus to the Habitat Re-Store is that I can pop my head in again in a couple of weeks and they\'ll have a whole new batch of donated items for me to dig through to find my hidden treasure.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9178\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9178\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9178\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-7-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9179\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9179\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9179\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-6-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9180\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9180\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-5-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9181\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9181\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9181\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-4-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9182\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9182\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9182\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-3-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9183\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9183\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9183\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9184\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9184\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"by Kate Huggins\" title=\"Habitat for Humanity\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9184\" /></a>','Habitat Blog','','inherit','open','open','','9177-revision-2','','','2011-09-07 12:00:49','2011-09-07 18:00:49','',9177,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9177-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9179,1,'2011-09-07 11:57:13','2011-09-07 17:57:13','','Habitat for Humanity','','inherit','open','open','','tasha-does-tulsa-habitat-6','','','2011-09-07 11:57:13','2011-09-07 17:57:13','',9177,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-6.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9180,1,'2011-09-07 11:58:04','2011-09-07 17:58:04','','Habitat for Humanity','','inherit','open','open','','tasha-does-tulsa-habitat-5','','','2011-09-07 11:58:04','2011-09-07 17:58:04','',9177,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-5.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9181,1,'2011-09-07 11:58:32','2011-09-07 17:58:32','','Habitat for Humanity','','inherit','open','open','','tasha-does-tulsa-habitat-4','','','2011-09-07 11:58:32','2011-09-07 17:58:32','',9177,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-4.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9182,1,'2011-09-07 11:58:56','2011-09-07 17:58:56','','Habitat for Humanity','','inherit','open','open','','tasha-does-tulsa-habitat-3','','','2011-09-07 11:58:56','2011-09-07 17:58:56','',9177,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-3.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9183,1,'2011-09-07 11:59:50','2011-09-07 17:59:50','','Habitat for Humanity','','inherit','open','open','','tasha-does-tulsa-habitat-2','','','2011-09-07 11:59:50','2011-09-07 17:59:50','',9177,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9184,1,'2011-09-07 12:00:27','2011-09-07 18:00:27','','Habitat for Humanity','','inherit','open','open','','tasha-does-tulsa-habitat-1','','','2011-09-07 12:00:27','2011-09-07 18:00:27','',9177,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Tasha-Does-Tulsa-Habitat-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9185,1,'2011-09-07 11:55:05','2011-09-07 17:55:05','So I love to poke.  Drop me off in a mall.. bookstore... thrift store and I can spend hours sorting through racks and aisles until I find the strangest and thereby coolest items.\n \nI\'m looking for idea on redecorating the guest room so I went to one of my favorite stores to poke around... the Habitat Re-Store (http://habitat-tulsa.org/restore/).\n \nWalking into that store is like a hippie haven for me... vintage fixtures... recycled home building materials. \n \nAs you enter the large warehouse near 15th and Memorial on one side you see row after row of used appliances that work fine and can be picked up cheap.\n(picture 1)\n \nTo the other side it\'s carpeting... tiles... paint... all donated to the store to sell... and help fund Habitat for Humanity.  It\'s the perfect spot for do it yourself homeowner to get cheap supplies.. or for wannabe Martha Stewarts like me to pretend to be crafty.\n(picture 2)\n \nI spotted this vintage sewing machine and fell in love.  I have no clue if it works and if it did I wouldn\'t know what to do with it.. but isn\'t it gorgeous.\n(picture 3)\n \nThen I headed outside... where they keep the bathroom fixtures... doors, windows... and the field of toilets.\n(picture 4)\n \nNow I\'ve been contemplating turning an old window into a frame... like on this Instructables blog (http://www.instructables.com/id/Old-Window-Picture-Frame/)\n \nSo I headed for the bins of windows to see if there was one that would fit in the spot I\'m thinking of putting it. My favorites are the ones that have the most paint chipped off of them... yes I still love shabby chic.  Don\'t judge me.\n(picture 5)\n \nAlso you have to walk on this walkway to get to the windows, doors and shutters section.  I love this.\n(picture 6)\n \nSadly all of the windows they had the weekend I was poking were too big for the spot in my mind.  So I went home empty handed.\n \nBut the added bonus to the Habitat Re-Store is that I can pop my head in again in a couple of weeks and they\'ll have a whole new batch of donated items for me to dig through to find my hidden treasure.','Habitat Blog','','inherit','open','open','','9177-revision','','','2011-09-07 11:55:05','2011-09-07 17:55:05','',9177,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/09/9177-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8696,1,'2011-06-30 07:19:17','2011-06-30 13:19:17','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0651/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5726\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0651-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Summer&#039;s Fifth Night Utica Square Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Summer&#039;s Fifth Night Utica Square Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5726\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-123','','','2011-06-30 07:19:17','2011-06-30 13:19:17','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/7294-revision-123/',0,'revision','',0),(8697,1,'2011-07-05 06:57:12','2011-07-05 12:57:12','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/lights-on-blue-whale-tulsa-kids/800px-catoosa_blue_whale_2008_no-_1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3937\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/800px-Catoosa_Blue_Whale_2008_No._1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" title=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3937\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-124','','','2011-07-05 06:57:12','2011-07-05 12:57:12','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7294-revision-124/',0,'revision','',0),(10004,1,'2011-12-19 09:29:17','2011-12-19 15:29:17','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9997\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9997\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/BradyTavernChickenDinner-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9997\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Winner, winner, chicken dinner</strong>. <a href=\"Brady Tavern Chicken Dinner Tulsa Oklahoma\" target=\"_blank\">We\'re all very much aware of the love I have for the Tavern Burger at Brady Tavern</a>, found in Tulsa\'s Brady Arts District at Brady and Main. In fact, I\'ve been really impressed with everything I\'ve had there, but perhaps not so much as what I experienced last night: Family-style chicken dinner night, a Sunday tradition at Brady Tavern. Here\'s how it works: A bowl of crispy, pan-fried chicken comes to the table, accompanied by a bowl of the biggest, flakiest biscuits you\'ve ever had the pleasure to meet, plus your choice of two sides — cheese grits, Brussels sprouts, sauteed peas or mashed potatoes with (the best) gravy (I\'ve ever had, ever — let\'s keep this between us and NOT tell my grandmother). From there, you serve your own damn self. \r\n\r\nAnd it is so, so good.','Around Town: Family-Style Chicken Dinner at Brady Tavern','The family-style chicken dinner is a Sunday tradition at Brady Tavern in downtown Tulsa. ','inherit','open','open','','9996-revision-7','','','2011-12-19 09:29:17','2011-12-19 15:29:17','',9996,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/9996-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(9361,1,'2011-10-17 16:32:12','2011-10-17 22:32:12','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/rodeo-defined/dsc_0173/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9316\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9316\" title=\"Broken Arrow Round Up Club Rodeo\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DSC_0173-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from Tulsa-based blogger Lauren McKinney. <a href=\"http://fiddlepit.com/\">Lauren blogs at Fiddlepit</a>, a blog about embarrassment, traffic cones and life in Oklahoma.</em>\r\n\r\nI\'ve lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a long time, but I can count on one finger the number of times I\'ve been to a rodeo. Still, I feel like an expert. In fact, I\'m pretty sure I know quite a bit about rodeo. You think I\'m joking? Ask anyone. Or, just take a look at these rodeo lingo definitions I wrote and see for yourselves.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n\r\n<h3>Mutton Bustin\'</h3>\r\nParticipants are required to watch and wait for a sheep to commit a crime. A simple misdemeanor will do. The cowboy must then arrest and handcuff the sheep – this is the tricky part – and recite to the animal its Miranda rights. To speed up the process, some mutton busters will attempt to lure sheep into perpetrating an illegal act, such as vandalism. Cowboys hire young, sexy ewes to provide lewd suggestions and/or spray paint. Once the arrest is complete, the rodeo crowd yells in unison, \"Aw... BUSTED!\" Young MC\'s Bust A Move then plays over the loudspeakers.\r\n<h3>Cutting Horses</h3>\r\nStylists-to-be recruited from local beauty colleges compete in a mane-styling tournament. Participants may cut, color and/or curl the mane in order to achieve a presentation that best exhibits their artistry and skill. The hairdresser who produces the most fabulously coiffed philly takes home a blue ribbon.\r\n<h3>PBR</h3>\r\nOnce a year, something big comes to the BOK Center. Surprise! It\'s a huge can of Pabst Blue Ribbon:\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/rodeo-defined/giffer/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9317\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9317\" title=\"PBR BOK Center\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/giffer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"320\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nMmm. PBR.\r\n\r\n<h3>Chute Dogging</h3>\r\nHighly skilled canine competitors pair off and play the classic board game Chutes and Ladders in a tournament-style event that lasts a full day. All breeds of dogs may participate, but help from humans is not allowed. This event is typically sponsored by Milton Bradley. Biting out of frustration at landing on yet another effing chute space is strictly forbidden.\r\n<h3>Goat Dressage</h3>\r\nThis event is specifically for children (sometimes referred to as a pedia-rodeo event). Boys and girls have the opportunity to hone their sewing skills and create three looks for their pet goats: One for casual portion of the competition, another for evening, and a third for swimwear. Beyond hand-crafting goat couture, competitors must select coordinating accessories and cosmetics. The trick to accomplishing this in a way that will impress judges is by making sure to pick items which the goat will not be tempted to nibble during the fashion show. Competitors then walk their goats down a long runway three times to show off their fashionable creations, with each run including a sassy spin and/or Zoolander-inspired camera stare. Judges rate each ensemble and average the three scores to come to an overall goat dressage rating.\r\n\r\nWhat rodeo terms have always left you clueless? Tell me in the comments and I\'ll be happy to demystify all that which eludes you.\r\n\r\n<h3>PLUS!</h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/09/20/2011/taking-the-wool-by-the-horns/\">Taking the Wool By the Horns, an adventure in mutton busting and rodeo culture at the Broken Arrow Round-Up Club Arena</a>.','Rodeo, Defined','Oklahoma blogger Lauren McKinney delivers a crash course in Rodeo 101. ','inherit','open','open','','9275-revision-20','','','2011-10-17 16:32:12','2011-10-17 22:32:12','',9275,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9275-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(10092,1,'2011-12-21 13:56:04','2011-12-21 19:56:04','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<em>Today\'s post comes from <a href=\"http://lesleyraes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellars, who blogs at lesleyraes.blogspot.com</a> — welcome, Lesley!</em>\r\n\r\nFirst, I have to say how excited I am to be sharing here today. I\'m a big fan of TDT and, obviously, Tulsa. So I hope to provide you with a fun, new way to explore some of Tulsa\'s treasures.\r\n\r\nI\'m not talking food, art or festivals. I\'m talking about flea markets.\r\n\r\nOne of my favorite places to find awesome vintage-y greatness is <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/08/tulsa-flea-market/\" target=\"_blank\">the Tulsa Flea Market at the fairgrounds</a>. I kind of grew up going to the flea market. My grandparents used to have a booth there when I was little and nearly every Saturday my parents would take me and my sister to visit them. I knew if I ran up and gave my grandpa a hug he would slip me a dollar. Add a kiss on the cheek and another dollar found its way in my pocket. Two dollars doesn\'t sound like much, but at the flea market, it could buy a lot. Not to mention that was over twenty years ago, but times haven\'t really changed at the flea market. There\'s still the guy with the crystal rocks, puppies in crates needing a home, the booth with tons of toys and baked goods ready to be tasted.\r\n\r\nNow that I\'m older, I\'ve found my way back to the flea market. If you\'ve never been, you\'ll probably want to take more than two dollars. There are a lot of different vendors each with their own booth ranging from furniture, records, fabric, old Fisher Price toys, tools, kitchenware, collectibles and everything in between.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8050\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8050\" title=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/FleaMarket.jpg\" alt=\"Flea Market by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI like taking old things, like a metal mop bucket, and using it for something different, like a toy bin.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bucket.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhat ever you are looking for, you can probably find it at the Tulsa Flea Market. Plus, you can practice your negotiating skills, and even bring your dog along for the fun, as long as it\'s well-behaved. Just remember, it\'s only open on certain Saturdays, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. <a href=\"http://www.tulsafleamarket.net/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Tulsa Flea Market on the web before heading out or to learn more</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the antique malls. They are a lot like the flea market except that the vendors aren\'t actually at their booths, and most are open every day. Each booth is owned by a different vendor and some are neatly decorated while others are cluttered, with merchandise just piled onto shelves.\r\n\r\nDrive down Route 66 and you\'ll find Generations Antique Mall.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8052\" title=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Generations11thSt.jpg\" alt=\"Generations by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt\'s smaller than the Tulsa Flea Market but there are plenty of booths to keep you perusing. You can find a lot of the same types of things here, along with dolls, furniture and Route 66 collectibles. The prices are about what you\'d find at the flea market, too.\r\n\r\nGenerations is open every day from 10 a.m — 5 p.m. Find it next to Tally\'s at 11th and Yale.\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in Broken Arrow (or don\'t mind going there), there\'s a fun shop called The Hitching Post on Main Street.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8053\" title=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/HitchingPostBA.jpg\" alt=\"Hitching Post by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIts footprint is about the same as Generations, but the prices are usually a little higher. Most of the booths are tidier, so it\'s a bit easier to look through. They have a lot of antique plates and kitchen stuff, a whole room full of tools, a wall full of books and an entire room full of kids\' toys.\r\n\r\nThe Hitching Post is on the corner of 91st Street and Main. It\'s open Monday — Saturday, 10:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.\r\n\r\nAnd if you\'re out in Jenks, you have to check out River City Trading Post. It\'s the largest of the three stores and offers the largest variety in booths and vendors.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8054\" title=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RiverCity.jpg\" alt=\"River City by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"420\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are aisles and aisles of booths offering everything form vintage treasures to handmade items, like hair bows and soap. There\'s also a large open area devoted to old furniture, and they set up mini showrooms to assist with decorating ideas. The prices vary depending on the booth. Chances are, if you see something but it\'s a little higher than what you want to pay, keep looking because you\'re bound to find something similar in another booth for less.\r\n\r\nI\'ve discovered several treasures for my house at River City Trading Post, and my favorite finds were these wire baskets that I hung on the wall in my girl\'s nursery to hold her books.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8055\" title=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/basket.jpg\" alt=\"Basket by Tulsa Blogger Lesley Rae\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" /></a>\r\n\r\nRiver City is on Main Street in Jenks, open seven days a week. You can <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Trading-Post/128001817212558\" target=\"_blank\">find River City Trading Post on Facebook</a>, too.\r\n\r\nNow go, explore and find your own second-hand treasures!','Flea Markets, Trading Posts and Antique Shops: Treasure Hunting in Tulsa','Tulsa\'s flea markets and antique malls are just waiting for you to visit and discover your very own treasures — Tulsa blogger Lesley Zellers show us how.','inherit','open','open','','8049-revision-18','','','2011-12-21 13:56:04','2011-12-21 19:56:04','',8049,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/8049-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(9736,1,'2011-12-03 09:30:45','2011-12-03 15:30:45','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9735\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9735\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/philbrookfestivaloftrees-500x666.jpg\" alt=\"Philbrook Festival of Trees Tulsa\" title=\"Philbrook Festival of Trees Tulsa\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9735\" /></a>\n\nPhilbrook Museum of Art hosts its 27th-annual Festival of Trees, a showcase of work by local artists and a display of gingerbread houses crafted by Tulsa kids. Weekly Garden Glow evenings in the garden and photos with Santa Claus are also part of the event. <a href=\"http://www.philbrook.org/support/events/2010_festival_of_trees.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about the Philbrook Festival of Trees here</a>, and get even more ideas for holiday-season fun in Tulsa at DO WHAT. ','Around Town: Philbrook Festival of Trees','','inherit','open','open','','9734-revision','','','2011-12-03 09:30:45','2011-12-03 15:30:45','',9734,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/12/9734-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(8705,1,'2011-07-05 06:57:12','2011-07-05 12:57:12','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/11/lights-on-blue-whale-tulsa-kids/800px-catoosa_blue_whale_2008_no-_1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3937\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/800px-Catoosa_Blue_Whale_2008_No._1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" title=\"Blue Whale of Catoosa\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3937\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-125','','','2011-07-05 06:57:12','2011-07-05 12:57:12','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7294-revision-125/',0,'revision','',0),(9356,1,'2011-10-18 09:32:59','2011-10-18 15:32:59','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1573579417_d4e8679044_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t noticed, there are lots of <b>Halloween activities, events and things to do in Tulsa</b> this year.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nIf you\'re looking to get your spooky kicks in the easiest and happiest way possible, check out the list of Tulsa Halloween activities and events at Do What. You\'ll find:\r\n\r\n<h3>Halloween Out and About</h3>\r\nA list of Tulsa\'s top annual Halloween parties, events, parades and festivals, for adults and kids alike. The best part: Most of them are free to attend.\r\n\r\n<h3>Halloween for Tulsa Kids</h3>\r\nGet the latest details on the the best places to get your trick or treat on, plus where the find the top pumpkin patches in the Tulsa area.</h3>\r\n\r\n<h3>Halloween for Grown-Ups</h3>\r\nLearn where to find the most exciting adults-only Halloween parties in downtown Tulsa, plus which haunted attractions to add to your list of local haunts.\r\n\r\nWhether you\'re a kid or an adult or a member of the tribe of the living dead, you\'re guaranteed to have the most spooktacular itinerary in town. Enjoy!','Halloween 2011 in Tulsa','In case you haven\'t noticed, there are lots of Halloween activities, events and things to do in Tulsa this year.','inherit','open','open','','9349-revision-6','','','2011-10-18 09:32:59','2011-10-18 15:32:59','',9349,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9349-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(9258,1,'2011-10-07 07:14:39','2011-10-07 13:14:39','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9254\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9254\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9254\" title=\"Do What\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Picture-4-500x294.png\" alt=\"Things To Do In Tulsa Do What This Land Press Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIT\'S HERE! <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">The new one-stop shop for the best things to do in Tulsa is now live</a>.\r\n\r\nAs a project of <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">This Land Press</a> and me, DO WHAT? is a brand-new, robust resource tailored to Tulsa\'s movers and shakers looking for the most exciting ways to spend their nights and weekends. I\'m so excited to show you around.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/community/\">Look in the COMMUNITY section</a> if you want to learn where to go to stuff yourself with fair and festival food, where to find the swankiest charity events, to get the scoop on the latest museum and Book Smart Tulsa events and when to catch the next match-up starring one of Tulsa\'s sports teams.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/art-theatre/\">See the ART &amp; THEATRE category</a> for what to expect when the curtains go up on Tulsa\'s stages, as well as what\'s hanging in Tulsa\'s hottest galleries.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/music/\">The MUSIC category</a> is guaranteed to be the newest haunt of Tulsans looking forbuzzworthy concerts, plus anyone who\'d like a little live music to go with tonight\'s dinner. There\'s a spot for opera lovers, too, and anyone who swoons at the first note of a piece by Bach or Mozart.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/cinema/\">Filed in CINEMA are events centered on film</a>. Whether you\'re in the mood for a sobering documentary or a late-night cult classic, you\'ll find it featured on Do What.\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to optimizing the fun-to-cost ratio for minimal impact on Tulsans\' pocketbooks, we\'re all about easy access to the need-to-know info. That\'s why <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/free-stuff-to-do/\">Tulsa\'s FREE EVENTS get their very own spot on this site</a>.\r\n\r\nTo Tulsa\'s singles and the coupled alike, we say: Rejoice! DO WHAT? features a category that serves up the who, what and where of <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/date-night/\">all things worthy of that next big DATE NIGHT</a>. Find ideas for everything from a romantic evening on the town to a one-of-a-kind outing which that special someone won\'t soon forget.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/food-drink/\">FOOD &amp; DRINK is where the juicy details</a> on Tulsa\'s cooking competitions, wine and beer festivals and farmers\' markets can be mined by Okie epicureans. It\'s sure to be a popular section here on Do What.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/chance/\">Need some inspiration? Check out CHANCE</a>. Hit the big, pretty Randomize button to wander randomly through the vast Do What database of things to do around town, stopping only when the perfect entertainment option finds you.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/do-what-search/\">DO WHAT? SEARCH</a> can also help to match the best entertainment option with your desired variety of fun.\r\n\r\nI\'ve made a habit of keeping my finger on the pulse of Tulsa\'s entertainment scene since 2007, and it\'s that expertise that decides which <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/editors-picks/\">events get the spotlight in EDITOR\'S PICKS</a>. Head to one of these events and you\'re guaranteed to have the best stories back at the water cooler tomorrow morning.\r\n\r\nHosting an event? <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/do-what-submit/\">Check out the handy-dandy SUBMIT YOUR EVENT option</a>, available right from the front page of Do What. Simply fill out the form and attach any photos or press releases you\'ve prepared to publicize your event.\r\n\r\nIf you like the idea of putting your event, venue or group in front of the pretty peepers of Tulsa\'s most influential readers, <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/new-media-advertising/\">check out your ADVERTISING options on DO WHAT</a>.\r\n\r\nThanks for stopping by to check out DO WHAT. If you like it, feel free to spread the word. As always, if you have any questions or comments, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact\">feel free to contact me</a>. She\'d love to hear from you.\r\n\r\nThanks for bearing with me this summer as I set to work on this project. I have the best, the sexiest, the best-smelling readers on the planet, and I\'m so glad you\'re here. Now: <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">Plan that weekend</a>!','Go See DO WHAT','It\'s here! The new one-stop shop for the best things to do and events in Tulsa is now live.','inherit','open','open','','9252-revision-5','','','2011-10-07 07:14:39','2011-10-07 13:14:39','',9252,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9252-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(8718,1,'2011-07-06 21:15:43','2011-07-07 03:15:43','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=8712\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8712\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0150-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Sign at Caz&#039;s Chowhouse Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Oklahoma Sign at Caz&#039;s Chowhouse Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8712\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-130','','','2011-07-06 21:15:43','2011-07-07 03:15:43','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/7294-revision-130/',0,'revision','',0),(9105,1,'2011-08-11 08:45:42','2011-08-11 14:45:42','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/things-to-do-in-tulsa-today-28-2/dsc_1345-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5997\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_1345-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Utica Square Phone Booth Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Utica Square Phone Booth Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5997\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-149','','','2011-08-11 08:45:42','2011-08-11 14:45:42','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/08/7294-revision-149/',0,'revision','',0),(9684,1,'2011-11-30 06:59:05','2011-11-30 12:59:05','','Tulsa Holiday Parade of Lights Poster 2011','','inherit','open','open','','paradeposter','','','2011-11-30 06:59:05','2011-11-30 12:59:05','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/paradeposter.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(10203,1,'2012-01-04 09:07:16','2012-01-04 15:07:16','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/around-town-route-66-roadtrip/route66roadtrip/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10187\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/route66roadtrip-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" title=\"Route 66 Roadtrip\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10187\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Last summer, we craved The Road.</strong> We set out from Tulsa and, over the course of two days, drove to Elk City and back, almost all the way on old, poured concrete. We saw a young couple and their pet chicken stop for a bathroom break; we flipped out over the windmills near Weatherford and Clinton (well, one of us in particular did); we drank Oklahoma Syrah and downed two six-packs of root beer from Pops. As we headed west, the horizon flattened, and the dirt showing through the bald spots along the road brightened to an impossible red. And we blasted the 4-60 air conditioner at the conclusion of two staggering sunsets, which we got to watch from start to finish, the second one playing out in the rearview mirror.','Around Town: Route 66 Roadtrip','Last summer, we craved The Road — The Mother Road.','inherit','open','open','','10132-revision-12','','','2012-01-04 09:07:16','2012-01-04 15:07:16','',10132,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2012/01/10132-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(9097,1,'2011-08-11 08:42:12','2011-08-11 14:42:12','','Summer\'s Fifth Night Utica Square Tulsa Oklahoma','','inherit','open','open','','dsc_0652','','','2011-08-11 08:42:12','2011-08-11 14:42:12','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DSC_0652.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(9260,1,'2011-10-07 14:07:17','2011-10-07 20:07:17','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?attachment_id=9254\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9254\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9254\" title=\"Do What\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Picture-4-500x294.png\" alt=\"Things To Do In Tulsa Do What This Land Press Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIT\'S HERE! <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">The new one-stop shop for the best things to do in Tulsa is now live</a>.\r\n\r\nAs a project of <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">This Land Press</a> and me, DO WHAT? is a brand-new, robust resource tailored to Tulsa\'s movers and shakers looking for the most exciting ways to spend their nights and weekends. I\'m so excited to show you around.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/community/\">Look in the COMMUNITY section</a> if you want to learn where to go to stuff yourself with fair and festival food, where to find the swankiest charity events, to get the scoop on the latest museum and Book Smart Tulsa events and when to catch the next match-up starring one of Tulsa\'s sports teams.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/art-theatre/\">See the ART &amp; THEATRE category</a> for what to expect when the curtains go up on Tulsa\'s stages, as well as what\'s hanging in Tulsa\'s hottest galleries.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/music/\">The MUSIC category</a> is guaranteed to be the newest haunt of Tulsans looking forbuzzworthy concerts, plus anyone who\'d like a little live music to go with tonight\'s dinner. There\'s a spot for opera lovers, too, and anyone who swoons at the first note of a piece by Bach or Mozart.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/cinema/\">Filed in CINEMA are events centered on film</a>. Whether you\'re in the mood for a sobering documentary or a late-night cult classic, you\'ll find it featured on Do What.\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to optimizing the fun-to-cost ratio for minimal impact on Tulsans\' pocketbooks, we\'re all about easy access to the need-to-know info. That\'s why <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/free-stuff-to-do/\">Tulsa\'s FREE EVENTS get their very own spot on this site</a>.\r\n\r\nTo Tulsa\'s singles and the coupled alike, we say: Rejoice! DO WHAT? features a category that serves up the who, what and where of <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/date-night/\">all things worthy of that next big DATE NIGHT</a>. Find ideas for everything from a romantic evening on the town to a one-of-a-kind outing which that special someone won\'t soon forget.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/food-drink/\">FOOD &amp; DRINK is where the juicy details</a> on Tulsa\'s cooking competitions, wine and beer festivals and farmers\' markets can be mined by Okie epicureans. It\'s sure to be a popular section here on Do What.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/chance/\">Need some inspiration? Check out CHANCE</a>. Hit the big, pretty Randomize button to wander randomly through the vast Do What database of things to do around town, stopping only when the perfect entertainment option finds you.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/do-what-search/\">DO WHAT? SEARCH</a> can also help to match the best entertainment option with your desired variety of fun.\r\n\r\nI\'ve made a habit of keeping my finger on the pulse of Tulsa\'s entertainment scene since 2007, and it\'s that expertise that decides which <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/editors-picks/\">events get the spotlight in EDITOR\'S PICKS</a>. Head to one of these events and you\'re guaranteed to have the best stories back at the water cooler tomorrow morning.\r\n\r\nHosting an event? <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/do-what-submit/\">Check out the handy-dandy SUBMIT YOUR EVENT option</a>, available right from the front page of Do What. Simply fill out the form and attach any photos or press releases you\'ve prepared to publicize your event.\r\n\r\nIf you like the idea of putting your event, venue or group in front of the pretty peepers of Tulsa\'s most influential readers, <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/new-media-advertising/\">check out your ADVERTISING options on DO WHAT</a>.\r\n\r\nThanks for stopping by to check out DO WHAT. If you like it, feel free to spread the word. As always, if you have any questions or comments, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact\">feel free to contact me</a>. She\'d love to hear from you.\r\n\r\nThanks for bearing with me this summer as I set to work on this project. I have the best, the sexiest, the best-smelling readers on the planet, and I\'m so glad you\'re here. Now: <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">Plan that weekend</a>!','Go See DO WHAT','It\'s here! The new one-stop shop for the best things to do and events in Tulsa is now live.','inherit','open','open','','9252-revision-7','','','2011-10-07 14:07:17','2011-10-07 20:07:17','',9252,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9252-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(9104,1,'2011-08-04 10:22:34','2011-08-04 16:22:34','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/summer-on-my-mind/dsc_0684-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5724\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC_0684.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" title=\"Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5724\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nLooking for ways to stay busy in Tulsa today? Check out the list of local events and activities and parties below.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\n[gigpress_shows scope=today group_artists=no]\r\n\r\nDon\'t see your favorite event on today\'s listing? We can fix that. <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">Shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Don\'t miss a single update on Tulsa\'s top events.</strong> Sign up for <a href=\"http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TashaDoesTulsa&amp;loc=en_US\">the TDT daily e-mail</a> or <a href=\"feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TashaDoesTulsa\">subscribe</a>.','Things To Do In Tulsa Today','','inherit','open','open','','7294-revision-148','','','2011-08-04 10:22:34','2011-08-04 16:22:34','',7294,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/08/7294-revision-148/',0,'revision','',0),(9252,1,'2011-10-07 14:07:17','2011-10-07 20:07:17','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/go-see-do-what/picture-4-9/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9254\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9254\" title=\"Do What\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Picture-4-500x294.png\" alt=\"Things To Do In Tulsa Do What This Land Press Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIT\'S HERE! <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">The new one-stop shop for the best things to do in Tulsa is now live</a>.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nAs a project of <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">This Land Press</a> and me, DO WHAT? is a brand-new, robust resource tailored to Tulsa\'s movers and shakers looking for the most exciting ways to spend their nights and weekends. I\'m so excited to show you around.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/community/\">Look in the COMMUNITY section</a> if you want to learn where to go to stuff yourself with fair and festival food, where to find the swankiest charity events, to get the scoop on the latest museum and Book Smart Tulsa events and when to catch the next match-up starring one of Tulsa\'s sports teams.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/art-theatre/\">See the ART &amp; THEATRE category</a> for what to expect when the curtains go up on Tulsa\'s stages, as well as what\'s hanging in Tulsa\'s hottest galleries.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/music/\">The MUSIC category</a> is guaranteed to be the newest haunt of Tulsans looking forbuzzworthy concerts, plus anyone who\'d like a little live music to go with tonight\'s dinner. There\'s a spot for opera lovers, too, and anyone who swoons at the first note of a piece by Bach or Mozart.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/cinema/\">Filed in CINEMA are events centered on film</a>. Whether you\'re in the mood for a sobering documentary or a late-night cult classic, you\'ll find it featured on Do What.\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to optimizing the fun-to-cost ratio for minimal impact on Tulsans\' pocketbooks, we\'re all about easy access to the need-to-know info. That\'s why <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/free-stuff-to-do/\">Tulsa\'s FREE EVENTS get their very own spot on this site</a>.\r\n\r\nTo Tulsa\'s singles and the coupled alike, we say: Rejoice! DO WHAT? features a category that serves up the who, what and where of <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/date-night/\">all things worthy of that next big DATE NIGHT</a>. Find ideas for everything from a romantic evening on the town to a one-of-a-kind outing which that special someone won\'t soon forget.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/event_category/food-drink/\">FOOD &amp; DRINK is where the juicy details</a> on Tulsa\'s cooking competitions, wine and beer festivals and farmers\' markets can be mined by Okie epicureans. It\'s sure to be a popular section here on Do What.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/chance/\">Need some inspiration? Check out CHANCE</a>. Hit the big, pretty Randomize button to wander randomly through the vast Do What database of things to do around town, stopping only when the perfect entertainment option finds you.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/do-what-search/\">DO WHAT? SEARCH</a> can also help to match the best entertainment option with your desired variety of fun.\r\n\r\nI\'ve made a habit of keeping my finger on the pulse of Tulsa\'s entertainment scene since 2007, and it\'s that expertise that decides which <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/editors-picks/\">events get the spotlight in EDITOR\'S PICKS</a>. Head to one of these events and you\'re guaranteed to have the best stories back at the water cooler tomorrow morning.\r\n\r\nHosting an event? <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/do-what-submit/\">Check out the handy-dandy SUBMIT YOUR EVENT option</a>, available right from the front page of Do What. Simply fill out the form and attach any photos or press releases you\'ve prepared to publicize your event.\r\n\r\nIf you like the idea of putting your event, venue or group in front of the pretty peepers of Tulsa\'s most influential readers, <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/new-media-advertising/\">check out your ADVERTISING options on DO WHAT</a>.\r\n\r\nThanks for stopping by to check out DO WHAT. If you like it, feel free to spread the word. As always, if you have any questions or comments, <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact\">feel free to contact me</a>. She\'d love to hear from you.\r\n\r\nThanks for bearing with me this summer as I set to work on this project. I have the best, the sexiest, the best-smelling readers on the planet, and I\'m so glad you\'re here. Now: <a href=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/\">Plan that weekend</a>!','Go See DO WHAT','It\'s here! The new one-stop shop for the best things to do and events in Tulsa is now live.','publish','open','open','','go-see-do-what','','http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/community/\nhttp://dowhat.thislandpress.com/chance/\nhttp://dowhat.thislandpress.com/editors-picks/','2011-10-07 14:07:30','2011-10-07 20:07:30','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=9252',0,'post','',1),(9253,1,'2011-10-06 15:41:34','2011-10-06 21:41:34','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','9252-revision','','','2011-10-06 15:41:34','2011-10-06 21:41:34','',9252,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9252-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9278,1,'2011-10-12 16:20:51','2011-10-12 22:20:51','\r\n\r\nToday\'s post comes from Tulsa-based blogger Lauren McKinney. Lauren blogs at Fiddlepit, a blog about embarrassment and cones. \r\n\r\nI can count on one finger the number of times I\'ve been to a rodeo. Still, I feel like an expert. In fact, I\'m pretty sure I know quite a bit about rodeo. You think I\'m joking? Ask anyone. Or, just take a look at these rodeo lingo definitions I wrote yesterday and see for yourselves: \r\n\r\nMutton Bustin\': Participants are required to watch and wait for a sheep to commit a crime. A simple misdemeanor will do. The cowboy must then arrest and handcuff the sheep – this is the tricky part – and recite to the animal its Miranda rights. To speed up the process, some mutton busters will attempt to lure sheep into perpetrating an illegal act, such as vandalism. Cowboys hire young, sexy ewes to provide lewd suggestions and/or spray paint. Once the arrest is complete, the rodeo crowd yells in unison, \"Aw... BUSTED!\" Young MC\'s Bust A Move then plays over the loudspeakers.\r\n\r\nCutting Horses: Stylists-to-be recruited from local beauty colleges compete in a mane-styling tournament. Participants may cut, color and/or curl the mane in order to achieve a presentation that best exhibits their artistry and skill. The hairdresser who produces the most fabulously coiffed philly takes home a blue ribbon.\r\n\r\nPBR: Once a year, something big comes to the BOK Center. Surprise! It\'s a huge can of Pabst Blue Ribbon: \r\n\r\n<giffer.gif>\r\n\r\nMmm. PBR.\r\n\r\nChute Dogging: Highly skilled canine competitors pair off and play the classic board game Chutes and Ladders in a tournament-style event that lasts a full day. All breeds of dogs may participate, but help from humans is not allowed. This event is typically sponsored by Milton Bradley. Biting out of frustration at landing on yet another effing chute space is strictly forbidden. \r\n\r\nGoat Dressage: This event is specifically for children (sometimes referred to as a pedia-rodeo event). Boys and girls have the opportunity to hone their sewing skills and create three looks for their pet goats: One for casual portion of the competition, another for evening, and a third for swimwear. Beyond hand-crafting goat couture, competitors must select coordinating accessories and cosmetics. The trick to accomplishing this in a way that will impress judges is by making sure to pick items which the goat will not be tempted to nibble during the fashion show. Competitors then walk their goats down a long runway three times to show off their fashionable creations, with each run including a sassy spin and/or Zoolander-inspired camera stare. Judges rate each ensemble and average the three scores to come to an overall goat dressage rating. \r\n\r\nWhat rodeo terms have always left you clueless? Tell me in the comments and I\'ll be happy to demystify all that which eludes you. ','Rodeo, Explained','','inherit','open','open','','9275-revision-3','','','2011-10-12 16:20:51','2011-10-12 22:20:51','',9275,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9275-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8728,1,'2011-07-07 08:19:29','2011-07-07 14:19:29','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition/dilly-deli-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8572\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dilly-Deli.jpg\" alt=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8572\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nHey, Tulsa and Oklahoma bloggers. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235565683123995\">The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup is posted on Facebook</a>. Check it out, invite a few friends and get signed up. \r\n\r\nHope to see you there! \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Open Mic Edition','The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup has been posted to Facebook.','private','open','open','','tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition-2','','','2011-07-08 04:34:14','2011-07-08 10:34:14','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=8728',0,'post','',2),(8729,1,'2011-07-07 08:18:49','2011-07-07 14:18:49','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition/dilly-deli-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8572\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dilly-Deli.jpg\" alt=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8572\" /></a></p>\n\nHey, Tulsa and Oklahoma bloggers. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235565683123995\">The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup is posted on Facebook</a>. Check it out, invite a few friends and get signed up. \n\nHope to see you there! \n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Open Mic Edition','','inherit','open','open','','8728-revision','','','2011-07-07 08:18:49','2011-07-07 14:18:49','',8728,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8728-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9350,1,'2011-10-18 09:29:59','2011-10-18 15:29:59','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1573579417_d4e8679044_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\n\nIn case you haven\'t noticed, there are lots of <b>Halloween activities, events and things to do in Tulsa</b> this year.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\nIf you\'re looking to get your spooky kicks in the easiest and happiest way possible, check out the list of Tulsa Halloween activities and events at Do What. You\'ll find:\n<h3>Halloween Out and About in Tulsa</h3>\n: A list of Tulsa\'s top annual Halloween parties, events, parades and festivals, for adults and kids alike. The best part: Most of them are free to attend.\n<h3>Halloween for Tulsa Kids</h3>\n<h3>: Get the latest details on the the best places to get your trick or treat on, plus where the find the top pumpkin patches in the Tulsa area.</h3>\n<h3>Halloween for Tulsa Adults</h3>\n: Learn where to find the most exciting adults-only Halloween parties in downtown Tulsa, plus which haunted attractions to add to your list of local haunts.\n\nWhether you\'re a kid or an adult or a member of the tribe of the living dead, you\'re guaranteed to have the most spooktacular itinerary in town. Enjoy!','Halloween 2011 in Tulsa','In case you haven\'t noticed, there are lots of Halloween activities, events and things to do in Tulsa this year.','inherit','open','open','','9349-revision','','','2011-10-18 09:29:59','2011-10-18 15:29:59','',9349,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9349-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(9351,1,'2011-10-18 09:30:56','2011-10-18 15:30:56','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1573579417_d4e8679044_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t noticed, there are lots of <b>Halloween activities, events and things to do in Tulsa</b> this year.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nIf you\'re looking to get your spooky kicks in the easiest and happiest way possible, check out the list of Tulsa Halloween activities and events at Do What. You\'ll find:\r\n<h3>Halloween Out and About in Tulsa</h3>\r\n: A list of Tulsa\'s top annual Halloween parties, events, parades and festivals, for adults and kids alike. The best part: Most of them are free to attend.\r\n<h3>Halloween for Tulsa Kids</h3>\r\n<h3>: Get the latest details on the the best places to get your trick or treat on, plus where the find the top pumpkin patches in the Tulsa area.</h3>\r\n<h3>Halloween for Tulsa Adults</h3>\r\n: Learn where to find the most exciting adults-only Halloween parties in downtown Tulsa, plus which haunted attractions to add to your list of local haunts.\r\n\r\nWhether you\'re a kid or an adult or a member of the tribe of the living dead, you\'re guaranteed to have the most spooktacular itinerary in town. Enjoy!','Halloween 2011 in Tulsa','In case you haven\'t noticed, there are lots of Halloween activities, events and things to do in Tulsa this year.','inherit','open','open','','9349-revision-2','','','2011-10-18 09:30:56','2011-10-18 15:30:56','',9349,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9349-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(9352,1,'2011-10-18 09:31:13','2011-10-18 15:31:13','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://dowhat.thislandpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1573579417_d4e8679044_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" /></p>\r\n\r\nIn case you haven\'t noticed, there are lots of <b>Halloween activities, events and things to do in Tulsa</b> this year.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate group=\"2\" banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nIf you\'re looking to get your spooky kicks in the easiest and happiest way possible, check out the list of Tulsa Halloween activities and events at Do What. You\'ll find:\r\n<h3>Halloween Out and About in Tulsa</h3>\r\n: A list of Tulsa\'s top annual Halloween parties, events, parades and festivals, for adults and kids alike. The best part: Most of them are free to attend.\r\n<h3>Halloween for Tulsa Kids</h3>\r\n<h3>: Get the latest details on the the best places to get your trick or treat on, plus where the find the top pumpkin patches in the Tulsa area.</h3>\r\n<h3>Halloween for Tulsa Adults</h3>\r\n: Learn where to find the most exciting adults-only Halloween parties in downtown Tulsa, plus which haunted attractions to add to your list of local haunts.\r\n\r\nWhether you\'re a kid or an adult or a member of the tribe of the living dead, you\'re guaranteed to have the most spooktacular itinerary in town. Enjoy!','Halloween 2011 in Tulsa','In case you haven\'t noticed, there are lots of Halloween activities, events and things to do in Tulsa this year.','inherit','open','open','','9349-revision-3','','','2011-10-18 09:31:13','2011-10-18 15:31:13','',9349,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/10/9349-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(8730,1,'2011-07-07 08:19:29','2011-07-07 14:19:29','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition/dilly-deli-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8572\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dilly-Deli.jpg\" alt=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8572\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nHey, Tulsa and Oklahoma bloggers. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235565683123995\">The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup is posted on Facebook</a>. Check it out, invite a few friends and get signed up. \r\n\r\nHope to see you there! \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Open Mic Edition','The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup has been posted to Facebook.','inherit','open','open','','8728-revision-2','','','2011-07-07 08:19:29','2011-07-07 14:19:29','',8728,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8728-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(8731,1,'2011-06-23 07:42:32','2011-06-23 13:42:32','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition/dilly-deli-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8572\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dilly-Deli.jpg\" alt=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8572\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nHey, Tulsa and Oklahoma bloggers. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235565683123995\">The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup is posted on Facebook</a>. Check it out, invite a few friends and get signed up. \r\n\r\nHope to see you there! \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Open Mic Edition','The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup has been posted to Facebook.','inherit','open','open','','8571-revision-7','','','2011-06-23 07:42:32','2011-06-23 13:42:32','',8571,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/8571-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(8732,1,'2011-07-07 08:19:42','2011-07-07 14:19:42','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/06/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition/dilly-deli-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8572\"><img src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dilly-Deli.jpg\" alt=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" title=\"Dilly Deli Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8572\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\nHey, Tulsa and Oklahoma bloggers. <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235565683123995\">The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup is posted on Facebook</a>. Check it out, invite a few friends and get signed up. \r\n\r\nHope to see you there! \r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>','Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Open Mic Edition','The (updated) news about the latest Tulsa Blogger Meetup has been posted to Facebook.','inherit','open','open','','8571-revision-8','','','2011-07-07 08:19:42','2011-07-07 14:19:42','',8571,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8571-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(8733,1,'2011-07-23 07:26:50','2011-07-23 13:26:50','<a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/this-land-press-tasha-does-tulsa/dsc_0151/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8745\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8745\" title=\"This Land Tulsa Oklahoma\" src=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0151-500x332.jpg\" alt=\"This Land Tulsa Oklahoma\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" /></a>\r\n\r\nSome exciting things have been going on here in this little corner of the Interwebs, and I have some news. I\'m eager and excited to finally share it with you.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=\"8\"]</p>\r\nYou might have caught wind of what this is all about from <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/tashadoestulsa/posts/247577915258109\">my little leak on Facebook</a>, or maybe you already snagged the full details at <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/tulsa-blogger-meetup-open-mic-edition-2/\">the most recent Blogger Meetup</a>, but in case you missed it, here\'s the deal:\r\n\r\nIn April I signed on as associate editor with <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">This Land Press</a>, where the mission is to explore the nooks and crannies of life in middle America through courageous, compelling stories, told in the most suitable medium - whether that means web, print, audio, video, or a combination of the four.\r\n\r\n\"Wait,\" you\'re thinking. \"That\'s it? So you got a day job. In case you missed the memo, most of us have them. What\'s the big damn deal?\"\r\n\r\nIt\'s this: I was brought on by the folks at This Land to help design and edit a big, bright, shiny, new, bad-freaking-ass culture and events calendar. We\'ll be covering Tulsa events like never before, like no one else in town. You\'ll be blown away. And also really, really busy, because I have a lot of ideas for ways you all can do Tulsa over the next couple of months. We\'re calling it Do What?, and at the end of this month you can find it <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">on the front page of ThisLandPress.com</a>.\r\n\r\nPlus, I\'ll be working on a column called <em><a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/read/?cat=done-that\">Done That</a></em>, a place where I\'ll write about stuff that goes on here in our boomtown river city in a narrative style, beyond the typical who-what-when-and-where of your run-of-the-mill community calendar. I think you\'ll dig.\r\n\r\nWhat this means for TashaDoesTulsa.com: <strong>This site will return to its roots as a blog not just for, but by the community</strong>. It will be a place where you as bloggers, as writers, as photographers, as videographers, as audiophiles can submit your work for publication, for the opportunity to be exposed to a large, local and fiercely loyal audience. And no, you won\'t have to work for free. This ain\'t HuffPo. All accepted submissions will be paid.\r\n\r\nIt will also be a portal to submit work to This Land Press, where they have already attracted the attention of <em>Harper\'s Magazine</em>, <em>The Daily Beast</em>, <em>NBC\'s Today Show</em>, <em>TIME</em>, <em>Al Jazeera</em>, <em>Columbia Journalism Review</em> (which called This Land \"The New Yorker with balls\") and more.\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s just been in the year since they started printing. Late last week we launched <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/\">our new website</a>, which delivers a true multimedia, <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media\">new media</a>, Oklahoma-centric experience.\r\n\r\nIn other words, we want your words. And we\'re ready to share them with our fellow Tulsans, with Oklahomans and more.\r\n\r\nMore news: You can continue to tune in on Friday mornings to <a href=\"http://www.krmg.com/\">the KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a> for my Friday updates on local weekend entertainment.\r\n\r\nYet more news: <strong>With the help of This Land Press, TashaDoesTulsa.com is hosting this year\'s Oklahoma Blog Awards</strong>. We\'re still working on the details, but you\'ll hear how we\'ll kick off the nominations very soon.\r\n\r\nI\'m so excited about the changes to TashaDoesTulsa.com, my work with This Land Press, what it means for how I can serve Tulsa and how I can learn more about and interact with all of you, my readers who have filled their calendars and charted their gastronomic adventures and procrastinated at the office by following this blog since that first post in March 2007. None of this would be possible without you or my advertisers, each of them locally owned businesses that have supported this website with the money they earned by bringing their ideas into reality and choosing to take that chance right here in Tulsa. My humble and profuse thanks to all of you.\r\n\r\nNow, let\'s get to work.\r\n\r\n<strong>Got an Okie-relevant story and want to submit a pitch to This Land?</strong> <a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/submissions/\">Send your article idea, video, audio and poetry here</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Want to submit a pitch to TashaDoesTulsa.com?</strong> <a href=\"http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/contact/\">Contact me here</a> or <a href=\"mailto:tasha@tashadoestulsa.com\">shoot me an e-mail</a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Want to learn more about This Land?</strong> Check out some of our latest work:\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/27/2011/mother-orpha/\">Mother Orpha </a> (my big hello in the print edition of This Land);\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/26/2011/gluedobbing-it-2/\">Gluedobbing It</a> (the piece produced by Abby Wendle which aired earlier this week here in Tulsa on KWGS);\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/06/21/2011/indian-elvis/\">Indian Elvis</a>, a short-form documentary by the This Land video team, Sterlin Harjo and Matt Leach\r\n<a href=\"http://thislandpress.com/about/\">Learn more about what This Land is all about, the staff and how to subscribe here</a>\r\n\r\nThat\'s all I\'ve got. I look forward to hearing from you all.','The Big News: This Land Press and TashaDoesTulsa.com','Some exciting things have been going on here in this little Tulsa-centric corner of the Interwebs, and I have some news that I\'m eager and excited to share with you.','publish','open','open','','this-land-press-tasha-does-tulsa','','http://thislandpress.com/read/?cat=done-that\nhttp://thislandpress.com/06/27/2011/mother-orpha/\nhttp://thislandpress.com/06/21/2011/indian-elvis/\nhttp://thislandpress.com/06/26/2011/gluedobbing-it-2/','2011-08-15 11:02:29','2011-08-15 17:02:29','',0,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?p=8733',0,'post','',18),(8734,1,'2011-07-07 13:23:02','2011-07-07 19:23:02','Graphic? \n\nSome exciting things have been going on here in this little Tulsa-centric corner of the Interwebs, and I have some big news that I\'m eager and excited to share with you. \n\n<!--more-->\nAd\n\nYou might have caught wind of what this is all about from my little leak on Facebook or at tonight\'s Blogger Meetup, but in case you missed it, here\'s the deal: \n\nI signed on with <a href=\"http://www.thislandpress.com/\">This Land Press</a> as its new associate editor. \n\nSo what, Tash? You got a day job. Most of us have them. What\'s the big damn deal? \n\nIt\'s this: I was brought on by This Land to build a big, bright, shiny, new, bad-freaking-ass culture and events calendar. We\'ll be covering Tulsa events like never before, like no one else in town. You\'ll be blown away. And also really, really busy. \n\nWhat this means for TashaDoesTulsa.com: This site will return to its roots as a blog not just for but by the community. It will be a place where you as Tulsans, as bloggers, as writers, as photographers, as videographers, as audiophiles can submit your work for publication, for the opportunity to be exposed to a large, local and fiercely loyal audience. And no, you won\'t have to work for free. This ain\'t HuffPo, y\'all. All accepted submissions will be paid. \n\nIt will also be a portal to submit work to This Land Press, where stories have already attracted the attention of Harper\'s Magazine, The Daily Beast, NBC\'s Today Show, TIME, Al Jazeera, Columbia Journalism Review and more. And that\'s just been in the year since they started printing. Last week we launched our new website, which delivers a multimedia, Okie-centric experience like you wouldn\'t believe. \n\nIn other words, things are looking pretty good. \n\nI\'m so excited about the changes to TashaDoesTulsa.com, my work with This Land Press and how it\'s all going to bring me ','The Big News: This Land Press and TashaDoesTulsa.com','','inherit','open','open','','8733-revision','','','2011-07-07 13:23:02','2011-07-07 19:23:02','',8733,'http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/07/8733-revision/',0,'revision','',0),