{"id":1126,"date":"2011-01-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:03:11","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:03:11","slug":"a-walk-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1126","title":{"rendered":"A Walk Downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a cold spell last week in Tulsa. At lunch one bright, sunny, bitterly cold day I bundled up and took my new <a href=\"http:\/\/microsites.lomography.com\/dianamini\/\">Diana<\/a>, low tech, low res, 35mm film camera on a walk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5355136451\/\" title=\"R1-01692-0001 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"R1-01692-0001\" height=\"470\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/5355136451_5a9961788c-300x282.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First thing was some crane action going by our building. My employer bought the building last year and has been making a bunch of updates since then.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5355139463\/\" title=\"R1-01692-0007 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"R1-01692-0007\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/5355139463_4a151a2c98-300x285.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A little bit further on is Tulsa&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/bokcenter.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" title=\"BOK Center\">BOK Center<\/a> designed by Cesar Pelli  (<i>Thanks Sydney for pointing out my error<\/i>). Some call it the hubcap, others say it looks like a roll of duct tape. No matter, since it opened a few years ago we have had some wonderful concerts come to town that we were missing before. I love it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5355754170\/\" title=\"R1-01692-0004 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"R1-01692-0004\" height=\"471\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/5355754170_64b7095dd9-300x282.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sky was very blue and very clear. I love it when fronts come through in the wintertime. Afterward its like the air was swept clean.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5355754724\/\" title=\"R1-01692-0005 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"R1-01692-0005\" height=\"470\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/5355754724_92f28a9314-300x282.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure what is going on here. Somebody is putting a lot of work into this mural. I love murals. I&#8217;ll be checking on this one to see what is going on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5355140473\/\" title=\"R1-01692-0009 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"R1-01692-0009\" height=\"472\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/5355140473_849d46f55d-300x283.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A sculpture honoring firefighters. Firefighter&#8217;s are awesome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5355141005\/\" title=\"R1-01692-015A by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"R1-01692-015A\" height=\"478\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/5355141005_37ddf5bb7d-300x286.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A sculpture put up by our local newspaper, the <a href=\"http:\/\/tulsaworld.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" title=\"Tulsa World\">Tulsa World<\/a>, honoring paperboys. I don&#8217;t think they have had paperboys in the sense of kids who sell newspapers or run a route for decades but I guess that it is good to honor them.  With my digital cameras I could put a little zoom action on the photo. With my Diana I just have to take what I can get. I didn&#8217;t want to walk in the planting area or duck under their security gate to get closer. <\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/showyourworld.blogspot.com\/\"><b><span style=\"color: red; font-size: large;\">That&#8217;s My World<\/span><\/b><\/a> for other views of the world.  <\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/zemified_e.png\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a cold spell last week in Tulsa. 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