Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Off work today


Since it is too slick to go running I thought I would dust off the
ole stationary bike to get a little cross training. Pedaled for
10 miles. Sure works the glutes when you're not used to it.

Now I am thinking about going to Crystal City and getting
me some artery clogging coney's.

Next I might get all the stuff off the treadmill and get in a
little bit of running.

11 comments:

Rachael Alise said...

Bobby, you are so funny...this is good, but maybe you should have thought about getting your wife some flowers. LOL

tomdog said...

That is too funny! I am stuck here at work. Enjoy the day off.

BOCA said...

HaHa. I love the picture! Wish i had something at home to cross train on...guess I'll probably do some push-ups and crunches later on....enjoy the day!

coco bean a.k.a. lisa said...

funniest post ever!

Susan Michaels said...

Bobby didn't mention that I had to go outside in the cold to take his picture. Rachael, I think he does owe me them flowers for that LOl.

powerma said...

As long as Susan didn't have to help carry the bike outside.

Cool pic and very sweet idea to cross train.

Chrissy (Cooper) Whitten said...

You always have to one up us...don't you...hilarious...I hate to admit this...but Ken, Bobby out did you on this one!

simulatedme said...

What is this Crystal City you speak of?

T Z said...

Bobby....just one word....SHRINKAGE!

T Z said...

Ed? Ya never heard of Crystal Meth City?

Bobby said...

There’s a hot new scene in Crystal City... alive with the coolest, most current restaurants and sidewalk cafes that color tree lined streets, inspired shopping and world class hotels.

Explore over 200 stores, shops and eateries. Plan a meeting at any of over a dozen hotels or just grab a cappuccino and relax in one of Crystal City’s nine beautiful parks.

Only dreaming. Here is the real Crystal City:

Crystal City is an old run down shopping strip on Southwest Boulevard (route 66). Had some really nice stores, even a bowling alley in my youth. Now it should be bulldozed. Now it only has a Med-X drug (which is about to move out), Carl's Coney Island, Auto Zone, Family Dollar (now that's high class), a tax place and a barber shop.

West Tulsa had one of the first amusement parks in the area, having its first visitors before 1920 at a park owned by The Park Addition Company, operating a dance hall, concessions, and boat rides. In 1921, the Electric Amusement Park Company took control over the site, adding the only miniature train ride in Oklahoma at the time. By 1922, the company contracted to operators of carousel and Ferris wheel rides. Financial problems closed the park in 1925. After changing hands, the park reopened in 1928, remodeled and renamed as Crystal City featuring Tulsa's giant original Zingo roller coaster. Operation of the park was successful until a fire in 1956 burned down the bath house and Casa Loma dance hall, forcing its closure. Many of the rides were installed at another one of Tulsa's facilities, Lakeview Amusement Park near Mohawk Zoo. Investors bought the buildings and lease in September 1958 in order to build what would become the Crystal City Shopping Center, a major shopping venue for West Tulsans in the years to come, with an anchoring bowling alley called Crystal Bowl.