Our new favorite restaurant in Tulsa.
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Fried shrimp and red beans and rice
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Fried crawfish and crawfish etouffee
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Saturday, May 13, 2017
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017
Squirrel watching out the back window.
Squirrel watching out the back window.
Our morning walk on the west side of the Arkansas River, with a separate walking and biking trails. Coming at the end of the year on the east side of the river is a fantastic new 100-acre park system, connecting the east and west side by 2 land bridges (http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialprojects/gatheringplace/). This park, when it is completed, is believed to be the largest gift to a public park in U.S. history at $350 million. The funds were donated by the George Kaiser Family Foundation. The park will include a lodge, boathouse, several playgrounds, bike and walking trails, gardens and fishing piers. Pretty impressive for Tulsa, OK.
Lunch at the Blue Rose on the Arkansas River.
Saturday, May 6, 2017
May 5, 2017 Friday was such a beautiful day in Tulsa. We decided to go to the First Friday Art Walk in the downtown Brady District. Hey, Mambo is a cute little restaurant where we could sit on their patio, have supper and watch the people walking by. We had a huge pizza (their specialty), but could only eat half of it. Then we wandered through some of the small galleries, listened to sidewalk performers, searched the sidewalk exhibits, and enjoyed the eclectic mix of people that were there. It was a really nice evening.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
May 4, 2017
This beautiful mansion was home to another Phillips (Phillips 66 Co) family member, Waite Phillips. In 1937 it was donated to the City of Tulsa for a museum. The building is much more ornate than the Gilcrease Museum that we saw yesterday. It sits on 23 acres and has beautifully landscaped formal gardens, complete with 2 water gardens, a rose garden, sculptures, and a tempietto (a small temple-like building). There is another branch of this museum downtown. We plan to visit it when we do the First Friday Art Walk tomorrow evening.
This beautiful mansion was home to another Phillips (Phillips 66 Co) family member, Waite Phillips. In 1937 it was donated to the City of Tulsa for a museum. The building is much more ornate than the Gilcrease Museum that we saw yesterday. It sits on 23 acres and has beautifully landscaped formal gardens, complete with 2 water gardens, a rose garden, sculptures, and a tempietto (a small temple-like building). There is another branch of this museum downtown. We plan to visit it when we do the First Friday Art Walk tomorrow evening.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
May 2, 2017 We took another short trip, this time to Tulsa, OK for a week. Today was chilly and rainy, so we decided to go to the Gilcrease Museum where we could stay warm and dry.
This world famous museum has the world's largest collection of art and artifacts of the American West. It has a unique collection of Native American art, as well as clothing, household items, weapons, and other artifacts. There are also old documents and items from early United States History. My favorite was the "live mask" of Abraham Lincoln's face and hands. It could have been in the Smithsonian, but here it is in Tulsa, Ok! It is a very extensive collection of 350,000 items with only about 4 per cent out on rotation. Because of this, they are planning an addition in two years. We had a private tour with an excellent guide to show us around. One fun fact is that we saw some of the artists whose prints we have in our small collection.
This world famous museum has the world's largest collection of art and artifacts of the American West. It has a unique collection of Native American art, as well as clothing, household items, weapons, and other artifacts. There are also old documents and items from early United States History. My favorite was the "live mask" of Abraham Lincoln's face and hands. It could have been in the Smithsonian, but here it is in Tulsa, Ok! It is a very extensive collection of 350,000 items with only about 4 per cent out on rotation. Because of this, they are planning an addition in two years. We had a private tour with an excellent guide to show us around. One fun fact is that we saw some of the artists whose prints we have in our small collection.
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Gilcrease Home
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Mar 10, 2017
We picked up our new camper, the Road Yacht.
Mar 28
Maiden voyage was a short trip to Bartlesville, Ok. We spent one morning at the Price Tower. It is the only tall, vertical building that Frank Lloyd Wright designed. It was designed with a tree theme. The copper has aged to a tree green and it has a central "trunk" instead of the 4-corner pillar design of most tall structures. The interior is classic FLW, all angles, built-in furniture, minimalist décor. Even the 4 central (tiny) elevators cars are triangles and will hold only 3-4 people at a time. The history of the building of this tower is fascinating. If you are ever passing through Bartlesville, take the time to take a tour of this unique building.
We picked up our new camper, the Road Yacht.
Maiden voyage was a short trip to Bartlesville, Ok. We spent one morning at the Price Tower. It is the only tall, vertical building that Frank Lloyd Wright designed. It was designed with a tree theme. The copper has aged to a tree green and it has a central "trunk" instead of the 4-corner pillar design of most tall structures. The interior is classic FLW, all angles, built-in furniture, minimalist décor. Even the 4 central (tiny) elevators cars are triangles and will hold only 3-4 people at a time. The history of the building of this tower is fascinating. If you are ever passing through Bartlesville, take the time to take a tour of this unique building.
Saturday, Kay joined us and we went to Wooloroc. This ranch ( now a museum) belonged to Frank Phillips who founded the Phillips 66 Petroleum Co. Phillips was a very eccentric, very rich oilman and his ranch and collections are evidence of that. We enjoyed listening to one of the docents share stories of some of the parties that Phillips hosted at the ranch. The museum is mainly Western and Native American art and artifacts. It is a very large museum and we spent half of one day there. We would like to go back in the summer when everything is in bloom on the grounds. It is a beautiful setting.
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