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PlaniTulsa and Preserve Midtown: working to keep charm and integrity in midtown Tulsa real estate and neighborhoods

Wednesday March 10, 2010 is the Last Chance for Your Voice to be Heard in Support of PlaniTulsa!

Please take a few moments to go to www.PlaniTulsa.org and read the comments blog. Individuals are asking that language protecting our established neighborhoods be removed from the final document. From the very beginning, citizens clearly indicated they want stable neighborhoods.

Go to YouTube and watch the PreserveMidtown video to see why it is important that we stabilize our neighborhoods.

If you support PlaniTulsa as written and want the new comprehensive plan to include language that protects your neighborhood, please go to www.PlaniTulsa.org and leave your opinion or attend the last citizen’s meeting on Wednesday, March 10th at 1:30 p.m. and speak directly to the Planning Commission.

PlaniTulsa and Preserve Midtown: working to keep charm and integrity in midtown Tulsa real estate and neighborhoods

Information courtesty of Preserve Midtown: PreserveMidtown is a grassroots, non-partisan, volunteer community based organization founded in May, 2007.

• We are a resource for resident property owners concerned about neighborhood issues.
• We believe in balanced and compatible residential land use planning.
• We care about growth management including protecting the environment.
• We are concerned about traffic, utility infrastructures and escalationg costs of housing for all Tulsans.
• We support neighborhood-friendly development.

PreserveMidtown Mission: To provide information and advocacy for resident property owners concerning issues affecting their property, neighborhoods and the city of Tulsa.

Preserve Midtown Tulsa Real Estate – build homes that fit the neighborhood!

Lori is a residential Realtor serving the greater Tulsa area, and specializing in midtown Tulsa real estate. Please visit Lori’s web site, LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.

The Salon at Philtower: Amanda and Ashley style the new within heritage of the old

What better place for my friends Amanda Woolman Burn and Ashley Thompson to open their new salon, but in the lobby of the grand Philtower building – actually in the same corner where a “Barber Shop” existed for many years.

Amanda is a nail technician, offering manicures and pedicures; Ashley is a hair stylist. The two have worked together in various shops over the years, but finally ventured out on their own in one of Tulsa’s finest and most renowned examples of architecture.

Of course, their salon is called quite simply, “The Salon at Philtower.”

Amanda and Ashley’s patrons will follow wherever they go, and for some, navigating the one-way streets and downtown parking has been a challenge. But, once you enter the lobby of the magnificent Philtower building, it absolutely takes your breath away.

Built in 1927, the Philtower Building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, represents the late Gothic Revival style embellished with Art Deco details. Located on Boston Avenue, Tulsa’s premiere architectural corridor, it was conceived of as the link between the then-proposed Union Train Station to the north and the soaring Boston Avenue Methodist Church to the south. Features in this amazing 24-story building include marble travertine, brass, mahogany walls and fabulous chandeliers.

The building included on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Salon at Philtower: Amanda and Ashley style the new within heritage of the old

Downtown Tulsa seems poised to undergo a renaissance of sorts, a return of the relevance that characterized it in the heady days of the Oil Boom and the decades that followed. Recently downtown has seen a revitalization of the Brady Arts District and the passage of a proposal to build a world-class arena, among other exciting developments. The Philtower converted floors 12-20 to private luxury residences, creating Tulsa’s first ever mixed-use high rise.

I can’t write about Tulsa architecture without mentioning local artist, Celeste Vaught, who is on

a journey of painting Tulsa architecture in her new Series, Tulsa, Brick x Brick. Celeste has painted the entrance of the Philtower Building, included in this post. Celeste’s paintings highlight the heritage of Tulsa Architecture and can be found on her web site.

If you’re looking for a great hair cut and style, manicured fingers and toes and a huge piece of Tulsa’s rich history, look no further than the Salon at Philbrook. Call for an appointment: 918-808-0943 or friend Amanda on Facebook.

Lori is a residential Realtor serving the greater Tulsa area, and specializing in midtown Tulsa real estate. Please visit Lori’s web site, LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.

Tulsa Architecture – Art Deco captured in paintings, brick by brick

A Tulsa artist and blogger you must meet is Celeste Vaught. She is painting highlights of the heritage of Tulsa Architecture, and you can follow her work on her blog, Tulsa, Brick x Brick.

A short drive through downtown Tulsa will quickly explain her fascination with the art deco architecture – and Celeste is doing an amazing job of capturing the beauty of the elegant buildings for which many of us share fond memories.

Buildings she has painted thus far include:

1. Atlas Life Sign
2. Claud’s Hamburgers
3. Phoenix Cleaners
4. Fairgrounds Pavilion
5. Guaranty Laundry Building (Page Moving and Storage)
6. Boulder on the Park
7. Bill White Chevrolet (4th and Elgin)
8. 320 South Boston Building
9. Philtower Entrance
10. Tulsa Monument Company Building (Benchmark Monument Company)
11. Will Rogers High School
12. The Brook
13. City Veterinary Hospital
14. Warehouse Market Building

Tulsa Architecture – Art Deco captured in paintings, brick by brick

Celeste came up with an idea to further enhance the interest of the “Tulsa Brick x Brick” series by inviting others to share their memories and experiences involving Tulsa places. If you’re fond of a particular building or place in Tulsa, have a story to share or just want to say what the building/place means to you and why you like it, drop by Celeste’s blog and write a note.

My favorite painting by far is the one of the Atlas Life Building, which is where I worked in the early 1980s after college graduation. I am trying to decide if I should share the story of sneaking to the building’s rooftop where my boyfriend and I would spend romantic moments while viewing the downtown lights. It was a special and magical place.

New pieces from Celeste Vaught’s “Tulsa Brick x Brick” series are on display at Pearl Gallery at 1201 East 3rd Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma and can be seen Tuesday through Friday 11-5, Thursdays til 7 and other times by appointment.

For those of you who love Tulsa architecture and our historical buildings in downtown and midtown Tulsa, do visit Celeste’s blog to see her awesome paintings. Oh, and I’ve included her painting of the Brook on Peoria Avenue – aren’t the colors brilliant?

Lori is a residential Realtor serving the greater Tulsa area, and specializing in midtown Tulsa real estate. Please visit Lori’s web site, LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.

Title: The Nutcracker
Location: Performing Arts Center, Tulsa
Link out: Click here
Start Date: 2009-12-12
End Date: 2009-12-20

One Warm Coat  . . .  or REALTORS nag clients to clean out your closet!

Realtors nag our clients about cleaning out closets before they put their home on the market, but this time, THIS Realtor is asking you to clean out your closet as a charitable act.

“One Warm Coat” is a national effort meeting local needs: their goal is to provide any person in need with a warm coat, free of charge. Providing this simple yet vital need helps people live productive lives year round. You can organize a coat drive, or clean out your closet and donate a coat or TWO!

Thankfully, in Tulsa, we have had a long tradition of donating coats, started by Jim Giles, deceased anchorman for Channel Six News. You can take your new or gently-used coats to any Yale Cleaners location, and they will mend and clean your coats. The coats are then given to Catholic Charities for distribution.

I just inventoried my coat closet. Three short coats, two full-length coats, one red coat, one black coat – I don’t possibly NEED all of these! I think I might feel just a little bit warmer in my red coat if I knew that my black coat was keeping someone else warm.

Please visit this web site for more information about Tulsa’s and Giles’ Coats for Kids program and for addresses of the many Yale Cleaners drop off locations. (Don’t forget that adults need coats too!)

If you need a coat, call Catholic Charities at 949-HOPE or visit the Giles’ Coats for Kids Distribution Center at the NEW Catholic Charities location, 2450 N. Harvard. Please bring a form of ID for each family member who needs a coat.

If you live outside of Tulsa and wish to start a similar program, visit the “One Warm Coat” web site for guidelines and suggestion of how to start a drive in your home town.

Sorry to be a nagging REALTOR, but do just one thing this week for me, and clean out your coat closet! You’ll feel warmer, I promise!

Lori Cain is a residential Realtor with Chinowth & Cohen Realtors serving the greater Tulsa Oklahoma area, including midtown Tulsa, Owasso, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Sand Springs and Jenks. Please visit Lori’s web site, LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.

Christmas Lights in the Park
Date: December 1 – 31, 2009 Time: 6pm-11pm Location: Tulsa River Parks – 29th & Riverside Dr. Web: http://www.riverparks.org Annual Christmas light display centered around the Pedestrian Bridge area at 29th and Riverside Drive.

Curious George Live!
Date: December 3 – 6, 2009 Time: Varies according to date Location: BOK Center Web: http://www.bokcenter.com Address: 200 South Denver, Tulsa, OK 74103

Bethlehem Walk
Date: December 3 – 6, 2009 Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm Location: CHRISTVIEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH Web: http://www.christviewchristian.com PERFORMANCES! DECEMBER 3th & DECEMBER 4th – 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. DECEMBER 5th & DECEMBER 6th – 5:30 to 8:30 P.M. Free, but reservations needed.

Sand Springs Chamber Annual Festival of Lights Christmas Parade
Date: December 4, 2009 Time: 7pm Location: Downtown Sand Springs Web: http://www.sandspringschamber.com Sand Springs Chamber of Commerce – 918-245-3221

“Cinderella”
WHEN: Dec 4, 2009 – Dec 5, 2009 WHERE: Broken Arrow Community Playhouse – Broken Arrow 8 p.m., Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m., Sunday. Broken Arrow Community Playhouse, the Main Place, 1800 S. Main St., Broken Arrow. Call 258-0077 or visit www.bacptheatre.com.

Carson & Barnes Circus
Date: December 4 – 6, 2009 Time: Friday, 4:30 & 7:30; Saturday, 4:00 & 7:00; Sunday, 1;30 & 4:30 Location: Expo Square Pavilion Web: http://www.carsonbarnescircus.com/ This world famous circus has been bringing fun and enjoyment for the entire family for over 70 years! Address: 1701 South Louisville (Tulsa fairgrounds) Days/Hours: Friday, 4:30 & 7:30; Saturday, 4:00 & 7:00; Sunday, 1;30 & 4:30 Admission: Friday/ Everyone $5; Saturday – Sunday/ Adults $17, Children (2-11) $10

Tulsa Dog Training Club Winter Agility Trial
Date: December 4 – 6, 2009 Time: 6 am – 7pm daily Location: Expo Square Super Duty Arena Web: http://www.tulsadogs.com visit www.tulsadogs.com for event information

“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”
WHEN: Dec 4, 2009 – Dec 6, 2009 WHERE: Spotlight Theatre – Tulsa 7:30 p.m., Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m., Saturday, Sunday. Presented by Spotlight Children’s Theatre. Call 581-5030 or visit www.robertscomputing.com/spotlight.

The Santaland Diaries
Date: December 4 – 12, 2009 Location: Tulsa PAC – 110 E. 2nd St. Web: http://www.tulsapac.com

“Frost on Winter: A Juried Art Exhibit”
WHEN: Dec 4, 2009 – Jan 2, 2009 WHERE: Tulsa Artists’ Coalition – Tulsa, Daytime, by appointment; 6-9 p.m., Thursday-Saturday. 9 E. Brady St. Call 592-0041 or visit www.tacgallery.org.

Winterfest Christmas Parade
Date: December 5, 2009 Time: 6pm Location: Sapulpa Downtown Web: http://www.sapulpachamber.com Call 224-0170 for info

River Winter Wonderland
Date: December 5, 2009 Time: 3:30 pm Location: 41st Street Plaza Come enjoy a Christmas celebration at River Parks, enjoy a little music, hot chocolate, and then take to the trails for a Parade of Lights. Trail users are encouraged to decorate their bicycles, pets, strollers, and themselves. Schedule of Events: Hot Chocolate & Holiday Tunes at 3:30 p.m. Live Music from Team Galaxy at 4:30 p.m. Lights on at 5:20 p.m. 4 Mile Parade of Lights immediately following the “Lights On” Address: 41st & Riverside Tulsa, OK Days/Hours: Saturday 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Admission: Free

Civitans Annual Christmas Parade
Date: December 5, 2009 Time: 10am Location: Main Street Broken Arrow, OK Bring the family and come join the Civitans Annual Christmas Parade. The parade theme this year is “Holly Jolly Christmas”.

An Evening With Garrison Keillor
WHEN: Dec 6, 2009 WHERE: Mabee Center – Tulsa Best-selling author and radio personality, Garrison Keillor, has gone on to become a star of radio, stage, page, and screen. Garrison Keillor will take you on a trip through time to a simpler America, delivering humor (and an evening) you’ll never forget.

Wynonna Judd
Date: December 6, 2009 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Osage Event Center
Web: http://www.milliondollarelm.com

Lessons & Carols Concert
Date: December 6, 2009 Time: 9:30 and 11:00 AM in the Sanctuary Location: Kirk of the Hills Web: http://www.thekirk.com

‘I am Tulsa too’
WHEN: Dec 7, 2009 – Dec 23, 2009 WHERE: Loose Leaf Paper Co. – Tulsa Category: Exhibitions Photography exhibit to feature the people that make up the infrastructure of Tulsa. Black and white portrait photos with quotes by the people that describe ‘why they are Tulsa’. Nicole Frangione is a senior at TU, this is her senior project; chosen because of her love for Tulsa and its people. This project is the culmination of Frangione’s 23 years in Tulsa and as a student of TU it is important for her, to show the citizens of Tulsa how proud they should be of their city and the people that have nurtured it and helped it grow.

YWCA Holiday Gala & Auction
WHEN: Dec 7, 2009 6: 30 PM – 8: 00 PM WHERE: Marriott Southern Hills – Tulsa Holiday meal and live and silent auctions. Proceeds benefit YWCA. Call Robin Green Tilly, 587-2100, or visit www.ywcatulsa.org.

KISS
Date: December 8, 2009 Time: 8pm Location: BOK Center – 200 S. Denver Ave. Web: http://www.bokcenter.com

Tulsa Farm Show
Date: December 10 – 12, 2009 Location: Expo Square – QuikTrip Center 4145 East 21st Street Web: http://www.farmshowsusa.com

Jingle Bell Run
Dec 12, 2009

A Christmas Carol
Date: December 10 – 23, 2009 Location: Tulsa PAC – 110 E. 2nd St. American Theatre Company http://www.tulsapac.com

Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Date: December 11, 2009 Location: BOK Center – 2nd & Denver Ave. http://www.bokcenter.com

Tulsa Ballet presents The Nutcracker
Date: December 12 – 20, 2009 Time: Thursday, Friday and Saturday 7:00 pm / Saturday and Sunday 2:00 pm Location: Tulsa Performing Arts Center Web: http://www.tulsaballet.org

Owasso Christmas Parade
Date: December 12, 2009 Time: 9:30 am Location: Main Street Web: http://www.owassochamber.com

Lebanese Christmas Luncheon and Bake Sale
WHEN: Dec 13, 2009 WHERE: St. Therese Maronite Catholic Church -Menu of Marinated Chicken, Kafta (seasoned beef), Hashwa (rice with Beef and Almonds), Hummus, Salad, Desert and Beverage. Bake Sale of Lebanese and Traditional Xmas Delights. Santa with toys for children. Adults-$15.00, Children 10 and under-$10.00. Information or tickets call Ron: 918-260-2962, for Bake goods call Jackie: 918-627-0271

A Day in Bethlehem
Date: December 13, 2009 Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Location: Kirk of the Hills Web: http://www.thekirk.com

Gallagher
Date: December 31, 2009 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Osage Event Center Web: www.milliondollarelm.com B.B. King, with special guest John Fannell WHEN: Dec 31, 2009 8: 00 PM WHERE: Mabee Center – Tulsa Call 495-6000 or visit www.mabeecenter.com.

Lori Cain is a residential Realtor with Chinowth & Cohen Realtors serving the greater Tulsa Oklahoma area, including midtown Tulsa, Owasso, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Sand Springs and Jenks. Please visit Lori’s web site, LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.

Creek Stickball Park of the midtown Tulsa Riverview Neighborhood Association

My neighborhood, the Riverview Neighborhood Association, is home to a recent Oklahoma Centennial project, a sculpture in Creek Stickball Park. Located at 18th & Cheyenne in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the sculpture features three Native American youths playing stickball – a traditional game with ceremonial significance in the Native American Culture.

The statue in Creek Stickball Park was made possible through a $250,000 donation from the Oklahoma Centennial Commemoration Commission. Besides the sculpture, this provided park amenities including wrought iron fencing, new sidewalks, landscaping, irrigation and benches.

Dedicated in December 2008, the park is located directly across the street from the Creek Council Oak Park. The sculpture in the Stickball Park was created by Talala-based sculptor Sandra Van Zandt. Her work is detailed and magnificent – please drop by to enjoy our new beautiful park.

Creek Stickball Park of the midtown Tulsa Riverview Neighborhood Association

A-ne-jo-di, or Stickball, is a Creek game played around a
single 5-10 meter pole, topped with a
brightly painted animal skull, and a blue painted ring 60 cm toward the top. Points are scored by hitting the pole
above the blue ring, or better yet, hitting the skull atop the pole with a small ball. The players use sticks
that resemble a smaller version of ones used in LaCrosse. Games are played to four points.

Visit Lori’s blog for more information about the Riverview Neighborhood and its many parks, mansion & hidden treasures.

About the author: Lori Cain is a residential Realtor with Chinowth & Cohen Realtors, serving the greater Tulsa area, including midtown Tulsa, Owasso, Jenks, Sand Springs and Broken Arrow. Please visit Lori’s web site, www.LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.

Visit Lori’s blog to learn more about Tulsa’s neighborhoods, community, events and real estate!

Our Alley Herb Garden in the Riverview Association, midtown Tulsa

Our home is in the Riverview Neighborhood association, right next to the beautiful Arkansas River in Tulsa and just slightly south of downtown. My 55 year-old husband has lived in this home his entire life, and we couldn’t imagine living anywhere else!

Our beautiful Spanish-style home at 19th & Cheyenne was built in 1915, and is within half a block of Riverside Drive and less than a block from Veteran’s Park. We are within walking distance of many restaurants, our organic grocer, Grindstaff Cleaners and Mrs. DeHaven’s flower shop – all much older than my husband.

We proudly display a bronze plaque on our front porch pillars stating that we are in the Historic Beuna Vista Park district of Riverview and have been place on the national register of historic places by the United States Department of the Interior – platted 1908.

There is always much hustle and bustle around our home. Veteran’s Park is a wonderful spot for concerts and community events. Many 5K runs begin literally in our front or back yard, winding down Riverside Drive and ending at Veteran’s Park. Sometimes, we just need to open the windows to enjoy concert music, and we often see friends walking their dogs or riding their bikes down the river trails.

Rich in history and architecture, our neighborhood is very tight knit. Thankfully, our neighborhood association is active and vibrant. It’s not quiet here. We are at the cross-roads of the 21st Street Bridge and Riverside Drive, so during 5:00 traffic, there may be fire engines blaring, going both directions.

We have many historical parks and mansions within our neighborhood, but our best kept secret is our alley herb garden.

Our Alley Herb Garden in the Riverview Association, midtown Tulsa

Behind our house are several office buildings . . . the Mental Health Association, an apartment building, and a building that houses attorneys and architects. And by one of those buildings in our alley is the most amazing herb garden – filled with rosemary, basil, oregano, thyme and lavender.

I took these photos today (November), so all you can really see are the impressive rosemary bushes. One of the building tenants started the herb garden years ago, and he’s particular about sharing his basil in the summer months. But everything else is free to anyone who makes the discovery and wants to clip some herbs.

I love urban living and I love that we HAVE an alley. Who would have thought to garden in the alley?

Read more about our amazing neighborhood and do bring your clippers to get your own rosemary, should you come to visit!

About the author: Lori Cain is a residential Realtor with Chinowth & Cohen Realtors, serving the greater Tulsa area and specializing in historic neighborhoods in midtown Tulsa.

Visit Lori’s web site or call 918-852-5036.

Tulsa’s Garden Deva reminds us, “Home is where the Heart is” – I don’t know if every town has a “Garden Deva,” but we have one in Tulsa. And we’re darn proud of her. Tulsa’s Garden Deva is local artist, Lisa Regan.

Lisa began cutting metal twenty years ago and after becoming somewhat successful touring art shows, she finally quit her “real job” and plunged into her art business full-time. She now owns a large studio east of downtown, which doubles as a venue for other local artists to show their wares from time to time.

Photo right: Garden Deva at KingsPointe shopping center in Tulsa

We have Devas all around Tulsa, as our community has embraced her spunky, cheerful, whimsical creatures, almost as a symbol of who we are in Tulsa. Her work can be seen all over Tulsa; in schools, libraries, parks, shopping centers, schools, restaurants, youth centers, and private collections. Lisa designed trash can covers used in our city parks and attention-getting Devas used in shopping centers. Libraries and educational centers proudly display her work. Devas can be seen all around my Goddaughter’s school, Montessori.

Lisa is as much a part of Tulsa as Tulsa is a part of her. We appreciate her creative spirit and the blood, sweat, and tears that go into hand-crafting Garden Deva’s wide range of iron sculptures, from her whimsical $20 cat statues to $3,000 landmarks.

Photo right: Garden Deva trash can cover used in Tulsa parks

Lisa donates a lot of work, which is how I became familiar with her Devas. It didn’t matter if it was a Silent Auction for a domestic violence group, the Resonance Center for woman or any other charity I support, a Deva donation was included. My husband quickly learned to just sign on the auction sheet for the price required to obtain the donation – we always took the Deva home.

President Obama (then U.S. Senator Obama) visited Tulsa’s Educare Center to discuss issues surrounding early childhood education and was impressed by the Deva artwork encompassing the facility. I wouldn’t be surprised if our Tulsa Deva winds up making a splash in the White House rose garden!!

Our Tulsa Garden Deva has been featured in Tulsa People, the Oklahoma Magazine, Urban Tulsa, and Southern Living magazine. We are proud of her!

I buy many of my real estate closing gifts from Lisa, because I love to share her whimsical sculptures and the smiles they bring to my clients in their new homes – but also because Lisa gives back so much to our community. She really does pay it forward.

2009 Hanukkah Stamp

Garden Deva Sculpture Company was commissioned by the U.S. Postal Service to design and fabricate the menorah used on the 2009 Hanukkah stamp. After the reveal ceremony in New York City on October 9th, the stamp will be available nationwide at all post offices. The 2009 Hanukkah design features a photograph of a menorah with nine lit candles.

The menorah was designed by Lisa Regan of the Garden Deva Sculpture Company in Tulsa, OK, and photographed by Ira Wexler of Braddock Heights, MD. Spanning eight days and nights, Hanukkah is a joyous yearly festival celebrated by Jews around the world.

Garden Deva housewarming gift Tulsa’s Garden Deva reminds us, “Home is where the Heart is”

The most amazing closing gift she made for me was a 3-1/2 foot sculpture of a boy and girl holding hands with a banner above connected by the two reaching hands. The inscription on the banner was “Welcome” in both Choctaw and Creek. This amazing engaged couple (dear friends also, now married) sent me a note while we were house-shopping and signed the note, “Yakoke – Wado,” which is “thank-you” in Choctaw, followed by Creek. So, when ordering their closing gift, I knew it had to represent the culture and heritage of which they’re so entrenched and proud. It’s hard to see in the shrubbery now (and I’m not a great photographer), but it’s absolutely magnificent.

I e-mailed my custom order in as usual, then ran into Lisa two days later at a fundraiser, and we had a minute to discuss the project. She wound up researching and finding a symbol of friendship in Creek which she put on the banner between the two “welcome” translations.

If you’re close to Tulsa, join us at Garden Deva November 6th & 7th, 2009 for the 10th Annual Open Studio Party. Come see over 35 local artists who work in everything from painting, pewter, ceramics, clothes, concrete, jewelry and more. While we shop and visit, we will enjoy local food, local artists and local music.

Most of my friends have Deva artwork in their homes, offices or gardens. In fact, if I meet someone without a Deva, I give them one – I think it’s bad karma not to have one!

If you don’t have a Deva in your town, we’ll share ours – you can shop online!

What I love about Tulsa!

Those who know me well know that I have an amazing husband, love dogs, sell Tulsa real estate, am a great cook and political activist.

You can pretty much be happily married anywhere, cook anywhere, walk dogs anywhere – but, I can’t imagine selling real estate anywhere other than Tulsa. We have the most impressive historical districts in midtown Tulsa and beautiful communities throughout our city and neighboring suburbs.

I’ve lived in four cities – the one in which I was born, one in which I attended high school, one in which I attended college – then Tulsa – couldn’t wait to get here.

You can get anywhere in Tulsa in fifteen minutes. It helps, of course, that we have no speed limit on Riverside Drive. (smile)

We run into someone we know everywhere we go – parks, concerts, runs, and festivals. Tulsa is a large city, but a small community – you will see your friends driving down the freeway.

Tulsa is very proud of our parks – and we have over one hundred parks. Truly rich in community spirit, Tulsa offers something for lovers of ballet, opera, theater, concerts, plays, shopping, museums, dining and more. Tulsa is one of America’s ten top showcase cities for art deco architecture and the historical buildings downtown will simply amaze you.

We are revitalizing many older and historical neighborhoods, and we take great pride in supporting our local businesses. You’ll find many Farmer’s Markets and you’ll surely want to visit popular spots along Route 66.

What I love about Tulsa!

I married my true love in Tulsa, and we Greek-danced at 4th & Boston in front of the Atlas Life building that beautiful day.

Come visit Tulsa – you’ll feel like you’ve always lived here!

About the author: Lori is a residential Realtor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, specializing in historical midtown homes. Please call for an appointment if you are interested in buying or selling a home in Tulsa! 918-852-5036. Web: www.LoriCain.com