Tulsa Adventures, Day 1

I pack my back pack up and leave for JFK. Of course i buy the new Taylor Swift album to listen to! I"m wearing my cowboy boots and am ready to go! The butterfly won't stop as I board the airplane. I think, gosh I'm really crazy?! who buys a ticket for Tulsa in the middle of the night for fun? But it was one of the best decisions i have ever made. This trip was immensely fulfilling!

After arriving late Tuesday night and sharing delicious Italian Nachos (chips with marinara, cheese, and Alfredo) with L and her new boy we went back to her adorable apartment and I crashed.

I awoke in L's quaint and cozy room under her red Egyptian Cotton sheets. I felt so comforted by the space of the room compared to my closet of a room in the city. She had already left for work so I had the morning to mozy. I open the bathroom door to let out Lula-May, her new puppy that would not stop following L till she took her in, out to play. She is the CUTEST lil' thang!

I put Lula-May on her hot pink leash and walk over to L's leasing office for some coffee. I meet her co-worker/ new friend M and learn all about her new cleanse she's doing...it didn't seem like something that would be too effective but hey- not my body, go ahead and eat only cantaloup all day.

As each new person stepped into the leasing office I was inspired to write a play based off of them. Tulsa people are CHARACTERS! My favorite though have to be Jesse and Joe. They're the AC guys, very young. Joe is round, in his 20's with a darling mile and bashful way about him. Jesse is built, attractive, and slightly resembles Channing Tatum  gone country. They procede to tell me what "noodling" is...

I'm sorry what?
-Ya knoe-w, noodlin'!
No, I"ve never heard of that, ever.
-Well what I do is, I stick my hand in a whole in tha river until a huge catfish bites it. Then I go and wrestle it out of that whole till he's out! Look at this picture and ma scars on ma arm!
[I simply shriek]
(The catfish is HUGE- like as tall as me, it's disgusting. Regardless of this noodling, this Jesse character is Healthy Fit! [aka super fine])

We leave the leasing office to go to lunch at Elote, where they have a boxing match in the center. Very strange. We have delicious Mexican Food. After this J, L's new boy takes me to go to a museum and see the beautiful gardens in the back. It's majestic! It takes my breath away. We sit in the garden for an hour and chat. Turns out he's been flying airplanes since he was 15years old and is actually from Long Island but went to school in Oklahoma.  The more he speaks the more his high intelligence is revealed. Very, very smart guy.  He's calm and collected yet very positive. He's easy to be around and great to talk with.  The more we spoke of traveling the more I realized how much of the world I haven't seen and need to see! My brothers and I are planning now to go to Spain and Italy in September. I've just got to see the world! If I'm already obsessed with Oklahoma, what more is out there?!

We pick up L and rent some bikes to go biking down the river. It's hot and sticky, but the breeze from the bike's keep me going. The tree's and water and fresh air are delicious. 

After this we go to an adorable coffee shop called Shades of Brown where I get a dirty chai.  The art was awesome and the whole feel of the place very artsy. We realize the time then race home to get changed.

We arrive in downtown Tulsa to a bar called Crystal Pistol. They have Hard Cider (I can actually drink this because it's gluten free...) and we go out side in the back to see J's friends band play. They're so fun!! They're like a mix of Ben Folds and Relient K. L and I are making ourselves have so much fun, dancing and singing along. Every one else is staring at us and the band staying seated or with their arms crossed. But you only live once, right? LIVE LIFE UP! The next boy comes on, very timid but funny. Sounds like JT and plays like John Mayor. We stay for his set because it was nice easy listening.


 Then L and I hear music coming from the bar next door. A Psyschobilly/ Ska Band with a huge punk following. We stand out a lot but race in to the bar to start dancing with everyone for their last two songs.  L is pretty drunk as we walk back with J to the car. We walk through the Hyatt where she drunkenly steals a red velvet pillow of theirs and it's just too funny to stop her. We get back to the apartment, and crash.

Such a fun filled day, meeting new people, listening to awesome music- how could anyone say this place was boring? Any place can be full of life and adventure...life is what you make it!
(Scroll down for a clip of the Tulsa Band we heard!!)