Uniquely Tulsa - Giving Thanks

[PonderInc]

In honor of Thanksgiving, I decided to make a list of things unique to Tulsa that I feel thankful for.  Not a "Chamber of Commerce" sort of list...but a list of all the little things that make me happy to live in Tulsa.  Please help me add to this list, b/c I know I'm not capturing even a fraction of the singularly terrific things to be thankful for in Tulsa.

Mulligatawny and/or Tortilla soup at Impressions
The Thomas Moran paintings at Gilcrease
The Gargoyles on the Philtower
The Sausage Cheeseburger at Ron's
Metro Diner Shakes (while they last)
Steve's Sundries & Books
Swinney's Hardware Store
April in Tulsa (when the entire city is blossoming)
October in Tulsa (when the sweet gum trees compete with the sugar maples)
Everyone who plants flowers and trees
People who get out and walk
Anyone who plays music outdoors
Sledding at Harwelden
The river trails (for walking and biking and daydreaming)
The Warsteiner Dunkle (my favorite beer) at McNellies
The Badwich at Elmers
The owl I sometimes see in Maple Ridge
Every mockingbird in town
The foxes and beavers that hang out by the river
Imperial Rolls at Binh Le's and/or Ri Le's
Architectural detail on old buildings
The Circle Cinema
Martinis at Eight One Eight
Chicken Tawook at Halim and Mimi's
Art Deco Architecture (all over town, from Rogers High School to Phoenix Dry Cleaners)
Horse shows every weekend at the fairgrounds
Zingo
The River's Edge on gorgeous nights
Chicken Saagwala at India Palace
The Downtown Tunnel System (on rainy days)
Fireworks by the river on the Fourth of July
All the funky folks who live in Brookside
Everyone who has ever taken a chance on downtown, Brady, Blue Dome, the Pearl District, South Boston, Cherry St, 11th Street, etc, etc, etc
Mark Bruner and Shelby Eicher
Rebecca Ungerman
Reservoir Hill
A kick donkey Mayor
The BTW marching band
Ribs at the Knotty Pine
KWGS (Tulsa's NPR affiliate)
Woodward Park/Rose Garden/Linneas Garden
Chandler Park
Plays at Heller Theatre
All the kind, smart, funny, thoughtful, interesting folks in town

[dsjeffries]

Add to that the architecture of TU,
Quick Trip (hey, you've got to admit that they're nice to have),
All the marching band competitions,
the statues along Riverside,
Philbrook and its gardens
Cascia Hall
Utica Square
Woodward Park's Azaleas
iidentity in Brookside
The Pie Hole on 15th St.
Having the possibility of 4 distinct seasons...in just one day.
Thunderstorms
Sunrises and sunsets
Sunsets at a TU Football Game
Tabouli's and Billy's in downtown
Lou's Deli in downtown
...

[Cubs]

I would like to make a subtraction:
-"A kick donkey Mayor"

[rwarn17588]

Why? You liked Bill LaFortune better?

You can have him.

[bigdtottown]

Philbrook

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

Why? You liked Bill LaFortune better?

You can have him.

I'd take netiher.  "Krazy" Kathy will end up being no better than Misfortune.  Tulsa needs to go to city manager government and let the mayor be a figurehead.  Krazy Kathy hasnt been around enough here lately to even call herself a mayor.  Too busy hobnobbing in New York with the gun control lobby.  Then she has the nerve to come back here and announce a crackdown at 71st/memorial.  Not on murders and rapists, but holiday shoppers!  ****ing grumble.

[RecycleMichael]

Take it to another thread, youse guys...everything doesn't have to degrade into talking about politicians.

I think Eisenhower International School is unique to Tulsa. It is a public school that is half french and half spanish.

I also like the 320 south Boston building (NBT) is very one of a kind. I don't know of any other buildings with a dirigible landing pad built in.

You mentioned the Moran paintings at Gilcrease, but I would also add the entire collection. I love taking the kids or visitors there. They always have some sort of deep reflective experience looking at all the western art.

My last thing unique to Tulsa on my list is the Golden Driller. I have always wanted to build a big broom for him to hold to kickoff a citywide spring cleaning of streets and parks.

[AngieB]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael


My last thing unique to Tulsa on my list is the Golden Driller. I have always wanted to build a big broom for him to hold to kickoff a citywide spring cleaning of streets and parks.

You HAVE to do that!!! If KMOD can put a t-shirt on him, why not?

[pmcalk]

Obscenely ostentatious Christmas light displays—no other city tops Tulsa when it comes to lights.  To heck with junior's college fund, we have to pay January's electric bill.

Red Dirt Rangers

Reasor's at 21st & Yale, and Petty's when I can afford it.  Most cities no longer have decent locally owner grocery stores.

Every young person in Tulsa who knows he or she can make a difference.

Anyone who has ever selfishly tried to make a difference—from Cary Dickerson to my next door neighbor who spent all morning trying to track down the owner of a lost item.

Water in the Arkansas River—Yea!!!—now please wash away that smell.

Every person who has left Tulsa, only to come back—we knew what we were missing.

Everyone who has had a new idea, and the guts to make it come to fruition—LaDonna's Fancy Foods, Shades of Brown, Kokoa, etc...  Everyone who takes risks.

Fall.

Cherry Street Farmer's Market, and all the wonderful local producers whom I am missing right now.

Ferrel's bread.

People who reminisce about Tulsa, and the things we have lost.  

People who recycle--my grandmother, who recycled bread twisties & saran wrap, those who recylcle old buildings, and everyone in between.

[aoxamaxoa]

Halim and Mimi's
Stonehorse Cafe
Bodeans
Thai Siam
Fuji
BeLe
El Rio Verde
Wilson's
Ron's
Big Al's
La Roma
all the hard working locals!

Happy Thanksgiving....eat it!

[RecycleMichael]

quote:People who recycle--my grandmother, who recycled bread twisties & saran wrap, those who recylcle old buildings, and everyone in between.

Bless them, everyone!

[tulitlikeitis]

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk



Reasor's at 21st & Yale, and Petty's when I can afford it.  Most cities no longer have decent locally owner grocery stores.

Pettys is a joke.

Go to Central Market in Dallas or Houston ... or Whole Foods in Houston or Austin ... or Trader Joes in Phoenix or LA and you will see what a joke it is.

[jdb]

Am thankfull for:

The New Hong Kong on 11th
(also all the happier ho's on 11th)

A completely deserted DT on Thanksgiving Day so I can slowly putt around with my cat on the gas tank. (he gets nerveous in even lite traffic)

The perfect weather day for napping on the roof after stuffing my face.

And that a certain dickbump, with a grudge against Petty's, no longer lives in Tulsa.

Yeah, jdb

[aoxamaxoa]

quote:Originally posted by tulitlikeitis

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk



Reasor's at 21st & Yale, and Petty's when I can afford it.  Most cities no longer have decent locally owner grocery stores.

Pettys is a joke.

Go to Central Market in Dallas or Houston ... or Whole Foods in Houston or Austin ... or Trader Joes in Phoenix or LA and you will see what a joke it is.

Want these chains here? Call your state senators and representatives and tell them to quit being beholden to the Liquor Wholesalers and retailers! Change our laws!

[pmcalk]

quote:Originally posted by tulitlikeitis

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk



Reasor's at 21st & Yale, and Petty's when I can afford it.  Most cities no longer have decent locally owner grocery stores.

Pettys is a joke.

Go to Central Market in Dallas or Houston ... or Whole Foods in Houston or Austin ... or Trader Joes in Phoenix or LA and you will see what a joke it is.

You kinda missed the point, didn't you?  Are you really that dense, or do you just like plugging Texas, whether its on topic or not?  I was talking about locally owned grocery stores.  You listed chains.  If you are into whatever is the latest trendy mass marketed chain, Texas definitely is the place for you.

By the way, I never cared for Whole Foods.  They bought out Fresh Fields--a great locally owned, health food store in Virginia.  Quality went way down hill after they took over.

I forgot to mention Nam-Hai and Bodean's fish market (in addition to their restaurant), and White River.

Right now, I mainly am just thankful I have 3 more days to recuperate from Thanksgiving.