tulsa

Even though my work free week started off with some drama, it ended nicely. On Monday, Perry and I dropped Reggie off at his parents and headed off to Tulsa, Oklahoma for a two day visit.

We stayed at The Campbell hotel, which is a renovated old building. It is unimpressive from the outside, but the interior is gorgeous. It may be my favorite hotel that I've ever stayed in for one reason: it didn't have that sterile cubicle-like feel that almost all hotels do. It felt more like I was staying at a friend's house - in the best way possible.

Every room is decorated differently. Here's what our room looked like.

The reason for our Tulsa visit was to see two concerts. Tegan and Sara on Monday and Clutch on Tuesday. They were both playing at the same venue: Cain's Ballroom.

Both shows were great. The crowds for both nights were vastly different, but they are two pretty different artists, so go figure. Perry enjoyed the Tegan and Sara concert a lot more, but Clutch is "my" band so that was to be expected.

We also got to experience a falafel wrap for the first time. When the concert let out on Monday night we were hungry when walking back to the car and saw a "falafel to go" sign lit up on a street corner. I think Perry's exact words to the man at the window were "I don't know what falafel is, but I'll take one." It was so good we came back the next night. I could only identify half of the ingredients on it but it was delicious.

Texans generally like to tease Okies a bit about their state, but I would rather see a show in Oklahoma City or Tulsa any day over Austin or Houston.