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Tulsa on Forbes List

Tulsa made the number 5 ranking on Forbes’ list of America’s Most Livable Cities. The story ran on Yahoo’s homepage this morning. Portland, Maine made the number 1 position. To form the list, they looked at quality of life measures in the nation’s largest continental U.S. metropolitan statistical areas. They eliminated areas with populations smaller […]

Household Pollutant Drop-Off

The Metropolitan Environmental Trust is hosting a free Household Pollutant Collection at the Tulsa Fairgrounds. So rifle through your cabinets and clean out all the toxic leftovers that have most likely accumulated in your home. Many everyday products such as paint and lawn chemicals can be dangerous if used or stored improperly, and cause serious […]

Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award

Got a big idea for a business? Make plans to attend Mayor Kathy Taylor’s Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award Kick-Off Celebration at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 2. Come celebrate Tulsa’s entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs at this event sponsored by SpiritBank. The 3rd Annual Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award business model competition will […]

Tulsa’s Top 10 Twitter Users

Twitter is the 3rd largest social networking site that enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets.  It’s gained quite a bit of momentum in the last year, and people love it for communicating and staying connected through the exchange of quick, frequent status updates. I’m posting a list of […]

Free Parking at Tulsa City Hall

Thanks to Mayor Kathy Taylor, there is now a free, 30-minute parking zone close to City Hall. It’s located on the west side of Cincinnati between 1st Street and 2nd Street. The curbside parking spaces will make it easier for those who visit One Technology Center to pay bills, fines or take advantage of other […]

ONEOK Field Progress

If you are excited about the new Drillers stadium, now you can look at construction activity every day if you want to. On top of Tulsa’s City Hall building is a digital camera that captures the day-by-day earth-moving and construction work at ONEOK Field near the historic Greenwood District in downtown Tulsa. The camera updates […]

New Riverside Restaurant

The Blue Rose Cafe will be returning to Tulsa with a new location on the River. Previously located around the 31st and Peoria area on Brookside, the beloved restaurant will be occupying the old River’s Edge Cafe building which has been vacant since last year. Dining along the river is going to make a big […]

New at the Zoo

Lots of new things and happenings at the Tulsa Zoo this year. They have a brand new train, thanks to a generous donation from ONEOK. The train features a tiger themed exterior, boasting a bright orange body with slick black stripes. The old train was 25 years old and was known for frequent breakdowns. If […]

Tulsa Bike Polo

Bike polo is becoming a well known sport here in Tulsa, thanks to the velocipede aficionado, Phillip Dillon. What is bike polo? Well, its easy to figure out. Think of regular polo, but subtract the horses and add in…you guessed it, bikes. The game is typically played three-on-three, you play to five and the object […]

Healthiest Fast Food in Tulsa

Three Tulsa franchises made the top 10 healthiest fast-food restaurants in Health magazine. Panera Bread The magazine touted Panera’s choices of whole-grain breads for sandwiches, and the option of apples instead of chips, along with options for controlling portion size, such as half-size soups, salads and sandwiches. They also liked the chain’s options for children: […]