<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4163371825/" title="Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Shirts" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2510/4163371825_31264620c6.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br />I know I won't get any points for originality here, but I think any and all Tulsa t-shirts - you know, the ones that have been in every local gift guide since 2006 - have more than earned some real estate in <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/search/label/Gift%20Guide">this year's TDT Holiday Gift Guide</a>,&nbsp;too.<br /><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4163373499/" title="Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Shirts" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2547/4163373499_2f98c2823c.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /></div><br />What this suggestion lacks in novelty it packs in practicality and all that has become classic. What I mean is, the Tulsa t-shirt is my go-to gift these days, Christmastime or not. Any time I find myself racking my brain to come up with the perfect gift, I head to <a href="http://www.dwellingspaces.net/">Dwelling Spaces downtown</a> or <a href="http://www.idaredboutique.com/">Ida Red on Brookside</a> and bag <a href="http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/section/45">an I Heart Tulsa t-shirt</a>, something from <a href="http://www.dwellingspaces.net/site/dwelling_spaces/section/49">the Okie Grown line</a> or a shirt emblazoned with the <a href="http://www.cainsballroom.com/">Cain's Ballroom</a> logo.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4164132826/" title="Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Shirts" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/4164132826_801b943850.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /></div><br />At $20, it's hard to go wrong with these babies.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4163373147/" title="Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Shirts" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/4163373147_4e4dbfe4e2.jpg" width="375" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />These t-shirts make great gifts even for out-of-town relatives and friends. I've worn mine in several distant not-Tulsa cities, and each time the shirts served as conversation starters. One of those, "Tulsa, huh?" responses was better than nothing - at least that person read and spoke the word "Tulsa" that day - but I really loved when someone said something like, "Tell me about Tulsa." That's when I would proceed to proselytize for T-Town converts, rattling off the names of our attractions and cost-of-living ratios and all the reasons I love this city in an effort to get the person to sell all he owns and &nbsp;get on a plane that lands at TIA.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4163373689/" title="Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Shirts" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4163373689_46b4469949.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br />I'm so glad I have this blog now. These inappropriately enthusiastic outbursts of Tulsa love abroad happen much less frequently now. It's better for the city (and its reputation for <i>not</i> being the home of crazy-eyed, red-headed civic cheerleaders) this way.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4163371825/" title="Tulsa Shirts by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Shirts" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2510/4163371825_31264620c6.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /></div><br />Ah, the hip and edgy Tulsa t-shirt. Before you know it, the giftee will be asking you how to collect them all.<br /><br /><b>Tulsa T-Shirts: Louis and Cluck, Okie Grown, Cain's Ballroom</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Dwelling Spaces</b><br />119 S. Detroit<br />(918) 582-1033<br />info@dwellingspaces.net<br />Monday-Saturday, 10:30am-7:30pm<br />Sunday-Monday, 11am-4pm<br /><br /><b>Idea Red Boutique</b><br />3346 S. Peoria Ave.<br />(918) 949-6950<br />Monday–Wednesday, 10:30–6:30<br />Thursday–Saturday 10:30–open til we’re closed<br />Sunday, 12- 4<br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/833a376a-ac5c-45c0-81e4-6654d5afe42f/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=833a376a-ac5c-45c0-81e4-6654d5afe42f" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a><script defer="defer" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /></div>