LETTER FROM EILEEN Dear Vintage Readers,
Eileen Bradshaw
President and CEO LIFE Senior Services, LIFE PACE, Vintage Housing eileen.bradshaw@LIFEseniorservices.org
(918) 664-9000 www.LIFEseniorservices.org
In this issue, we celebrate Tulsa’s international grocery scene. We have Happy February! This month, perhaps such a wide variety of ethnic specialties more than any other, takes me back to available. I love exploring them and my childhood and youth. learning how many types of noodles actually exist. The spice aisles are my Valentine’s Day is a big reason for this. favorite. Each international cuisine relies In elementary school, I would carefully on different spices, and they are an easy mull over each box of Valentines that way to try something new. I may not TG&Y had to offer. My mother had the be able to make an authentic vindaloo patience of a saint. I would then spend or bulgogi, but my breakfast potatoes hours choosing just the right Valentine certainly benefit from my exotic spice for each of my classmates and teachers. finds! I attempted to elaborately decorate those white paper bags we used as our Lastly, you will read about two personal post offices for our classroom prominent chefs who have turned their parties. talents to serving those in need. Both are extraordinarily talented, and I find It was an annual highlight, and I still their choice inspiring. I had the privilege can cut out a fairly symmetrical paper of working alongside Jeff Marlow, and heart! he is a joy-filled person who brings that spirit to his food. February is also Black History Month. I was in sixth grade when President All my Valentine love, Gerald Ford made this designation, and I remember the inaugural year well. My teacher used biographies to highlight Eileen Bradshaw, the too-often unsung achievements of President and CEO Black Americans. I was fascinated by those books and carried that interest beyond each February and eventually into adulthood. I still love reading about the journeys of Black Americans and attempting to deepen my understanding of their experiences and contributions.
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LIFE’s Vintage Newsmagazine | February 2021
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