The February 14, 2020, meeting of OSFW will be at our home, 6609 South Chestnut Avenue. The meeting officially starts at 7:30PM, with an informal social time starting at 7PM. Feel free to park in the driveway or on the street. If you want my phone number, just ask by posting a comment to this blog entry and I’ll reply by email. To avoid spammers, I don’t want to put my email or phone number on a public blog.
Inclement weather in January limited those able to attend, so we did not elect the 2020 officers at that meeting. Instead, we will elect officers for the 2020 calendar year at this meeting. We will also have our usual activities–the ritual questions about writing, sales, and publications, and we will read stories or chapters of our works-in-progress. Meetings generally end by about 10PM.
As hosts for this meeting, we’ll provide soft drinks(*), plastic plates and flatware, and napkins. I also plan to fix Rice Krispie Peanut Butter balls and mini-Reuben sandwiches for an hors d’oeuvre, time permitting. Feel free to bring your favorite treat or just bring yourself! We’re looking forward to seeing everyone!
(*) We will have on hand real Pepsi, diet Pepsi, real Sprite, real Coke, and Coke Zero. We also have wine spritzers for those interested. If you would like a different soft drink, please let me know via comment on this blog.
Directions to 6609 South Chestnut Avenue, Broken Arrow.
Take the Creek Turnpike to the Aspen Avenue Exit.
Go SOUTH on Aspen Avenue approximately 0.3 miles to the stoplight.
At the light, turn RIGHT (WEST) onto Tuscon/121st Avenue.
Turn LEFT (SOUTH) in 0.2 miles onto Chestnut Avenue–the first street on the left. The name of the subdivision is the Reserve at Spring Creek.
6609 South Chestnut is about 0.1 miles on your left.
Alternate routes that avoid the Turnpike.
From Midtown.
The simplest route from Midtown is to get on Riverside heading south and stay on it. South of the Creek Turnpike, it makes a long, gentle curve to the left and eventually becomes eastbound South 121st Street. You can follow this all the way to our subdivision, a little over six miles after the street becomes east-bound. From Memorial Avenue, it’s 3.9 miles to Chestnut Avenue and our subdivision, the Reserve at Spring Creek. Turn south on Chestnut, and our home is on the left after about 0.1 miles.
Many Tulsa streets also connect through to 121st Street, and so there are variations of this route depending on where you connect with 121st Street. Yale, Sheridan, and other streets further east all continue to 121st Street. Note that Harvard and Lewis dead-end and do NOT connect to 121st, while Riverside actually becomes 121st Street.
From the north via 169.
Get off 169 at 91st Street. Go east about 2.5 miles to Aspen/145th Avenue and turn RIGHT (SOUTH). Continue south on Aspen 3 miles to 121st/Tucson Avenue. Turn RIGHT (WEST) on Tucson, then in 0.2 miles turn left onto Chestnut Avenue. Our home is about 0.1 mile on the left.
From Keifer/Glenpool
Take 67 east to US 64 (Memorial Avenue) in Bixby. Turn LEFT (NORTH) on Memorial and proceed north 3 miles. Turn RIGHT (EAST) on 121st Street/Tucson. Continue 3.9 miles to our subdivision, the Reserve at Spring Creek. At the subdivision, turn right onto Chestnut Avenue. Our home is about 0.1 miles on the left.
Street Names in Broken Arrow.
Broken Arrow and Tulsa are now adjacent to each other, but this wasn’t always the case. Because of this, their street names are different. To help with way-finding, Broken Arrow has given most major streets two names. One is the traditional BA name, and the other is the corresponding Tulsa name. Most–but not all–street signs in Broken Arrow show both names. For the purpose of these directions, here are the dual names you need to know:
Tucson Street in BA is also 121st Street South.
Aspen Avenue in BA is also East 145th Avenue.