{"id":524,"date":"2012-11-07T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=524"},"modified":"2014-06-15T04:47:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:47:45","slug":"tulsa-route-66-neon-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=524","title":{"rendered":"Tulsa Route 66 Neon Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Who doesn&#8217;t love neon signs? What used to seem cheap and tacky is now cool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/8162956762\/\" title=\"IMG_3865 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_3865\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8162956762_53ccde48a7-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I&#8217;ve loved the Meadow Gold sign here in Tulsa since it was put back up a few years ago. I didn&#8217;t realize until last night that I had never seen it lit up at night. I can&#8217;t believe it. I&#8217;ve been thinking of a good reason to not be &nbsp;on daylight savings time during the Winter all my life and now I finally found one. Do you happen to have another?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/3984697850\/\" title=\"Meadow Gold Sign by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Meadow Gold Sign\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/3984697850_e718530bb7-225x300.jpg\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This is what it looks like during the day, nice but not the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/8162925529\/\" title=\"IMG_3867 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_3867\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8162925529_8244eda6e3-225x300.jpg\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Right down the road is El Rancho Grande. I&#8217;ve never eaten there but if the food is a good as the sign them I&#8217;m missing out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/8162925779\/\" title=\"IMG_3868 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_3868\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8162925779_32ba7104e4-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What a sign! I love that long looping lasso that also forms the &#8220;El&#8221; part of the name. And the Arrow, just in case you are wondering where the restaurant is the arrow is telling you that it is right next to the sign. I wonder how the margaritas are?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/8162926071\/\" title=\"Corrgated Metal Reflection by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Corrgated Metal Reflection\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/8162926071_8fcc2c7410-163x300.jpg\" width=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And a bonus, right where I parked my car while taking pictures of the restaurant sign, an out of luck edgy business using corrugated metal in their storefront. Not as cool as neon, but I love the neon reflections.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Have you seen any good signs lately?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/signs2.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Signs, Signs<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\" 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>Who doesn&#8217;t love neon signs? What used to seem cheap and tacky is now cool. I&#8217;ve loved the Meadow Gold sign here in Tulsa since it was put back up a few years ago. I didn&#8217;t realize until last night that I had never seen it lit up at night. I can&#8217;t believe it. 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