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Farewell to Mod's Coffee & Crepes
This coming Saturday, December 16, 2017, Mod's Coffee and Crepes will close its doors after seven years in business. Yesterday was the last chance to enjoy one of the things we love about Mod's -- gluten-free crepes available on Tuesdays. A week ago Tuesday we gathered there to celebrate...
Christmas Parade returns to downtown Tulsa tonight
After a few schismatic years, downtown Tulsa will once again have a parade with the word Christmas in the name. The Tulsa Christmas Parade starts tonight, Saturday, December 13, 2014, at 6 p.m. The rectangular parade route will begin at 7th Street and Boston Avenue, traveling north to 3rd Street,...
Crepes for a cause: Mod's Thursday evening sales to benefit The bART
Mod's Coffee and Crepes is donating 25% of its Thursday, July 11, 2013, sales from 4 pm to 10 pm to The bART Center for Music, formerly known as the Barthelmes Conservatory of Music. The bART Center includes a music school -- a seven-year program for students with the musical...
Busy weekends: Mayfest, music, moms -- and an eclipse
It was a fun but busy weekend with no time for posting here. Friday night involved ferrying my oldest son from playing in Barthelmes Conservatory's spring open concert to singing with the Augustine Christian Academy show choir at the school's high school graduation. While he was busy with that, I...
Tulsa Art Deco Museum preview party and fashion show
The Tulsa Art Deco Museum has a physical location now, in the Philcade Building on the southeast corner of 5th and Boston, and there's an opportunity this afternoon, Saturday, December 10, 2011, to see a preview of coming attractions: Just a friendly reminder that today, between 4pm and 6pm is...
1950s Tulsa in Cold War propaganda film
Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (TMAPC) chairman Bill Leighty came across a wonderful documentary short subject about Tulsa. The 15 minute film was part of the Cities in America series, produced by the United States Information Service, the Cold War-era organization that used a variety of media to promote a...
A busy day
How I spent my Saturday: I slept in. I've been short on sleep all week, still haven't completely shaken this cold. I actually got 10 hours of good sleep. The downside of that is I lost some precious hours on a perfect autumn day. My wife and older son have...
<em>Tulsa Deco</em> debuts Tuesday on KTUL
UPDATE: Tulsa Deco will re-air on Sunday, December 7, at noon on KTUL channel 8. If you love Tulsa's beautiful Art Deco architecture, if you're fascinated by our rich history, you're going to want to own a copy of Jack Frank's newest DVD in his Tulsa History Series: Tulsa Deco....
Three more buildings
The Whirled is reporting that Maurice Kanbar and Henry Kaufman have bought three more downtown Tulsa buildings -- the Philcade, the Amoco South Building, and the Atlas Life Building, all along the east side of Boston between 4th and 6th. They now own at least 17 buildings containing 28 percent...
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