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Tulsa pictures!

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Tags: Events, Me, Pictures, Tulsa, Vacation

All the preceding Tulsa-posts have pictures now. And below are a few more pictures.

If passes is a verb, then ...

Trinity Episcopal Church:

Why were these in side walks everywhere?

Denven Avenue Station:

From Tulsa Air and Space Museum. Note that the shuttle is mounted on a cloud.

You combine 5 nouns and get ...

Tulsa TV

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Tags: Events, Me, Movies, Tulsa, Vacation

More business yesterday. But in the evening a few of us settled down to watch the movie When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story. I know a little of what this movie is about, and it seemed mostly accurate. It was also very well played, and at moments moving. I had one worry though. The beginning of the movie showed Lois, first as a victim of circomstance, then as a witness to someone else pulling himself together. This is not how you make good drama. The protagonist has to act, has to choose etc. So, while this story is based on true events, it also has to stay true to the rules of good drama. But it surprised me, and had a fine ending. I did not see the ending coming, but it stayed true to everything that went before it. Well done! And it certainly deserves the 8.0 it has at IMDB right now.

Tulsa steak

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Tags: Events, Me, Tulsa, Vacation

Okay. So, business, business, business. Most of the day was spent doing business. But in the evening, we made time for pleasure, for playing. And we started out at Caz's Chowhouse. Since I landed in the US, I had been longing for a steak, and this evening I got it. Rib-eye steak (12 oz, hand-cut), mashed red potatoes and fire roasted corn and peppers. The steak was juicy (didn't need the extra gravy I ordered), the mash was delicious, and the corn, while nice, could not compete with this feast. For dessert: triple chocolate truffle cheesecake. Perfect texture, and plenty of chocolate. All in all, a perfect meal!

Then we went through Tulsa a bit, and visited The center of the universe. A fun place, where the echo does something extraordinary. 3 different circles, that sound differently.

And because one of us worked there, we were able to visit the offices of Tulsa World, a news paper. I could have stayed there much longer! Historic front pages, a look at the presses (not running) etc. Fascinating stuff!

Very, very good day.

Tulsa, baby!

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Tags: Events, Me, Movies, Tulsa, Vacation

Okay, I know I am mixing my quotes here. It is either "London, baby!" or "Tulsa, the Paris of Oklahoma". But hey, this is my blog, I will mix whatever I want to, if that is my pleasure.

And I do feel kind of happy at the moment. After days of checking the news every 8 hours, to figure out whether Copenhagen Airport would be open on the crucial day, and after making preparations for plan B, I was able to go, on my planned flight and with only 1 hour of delay on the first leg of the journey. Yeah, ash cloud!

This time I was able to get to my destination only changing planes once. So I sat in planes 10 + 2 hours. My butt hurt a lot at the end. What is that? I know the seats are hard, but I seemed to be the only one that effected. Do I have a bad posture? Weak muscles around my stomach? Is my weight really dragging me down so much? Hm ...

On the first plane I saw 2 movies, My life in ruins and some of The blind side. Both kind of predictable (yes, she does loosen up and fall in love with the guy she initially hates; yes, all works out for the underprivileged boy), but also with interesting environments (tourism in Greece, football in a Christian family). So, both sort of good movies. And as Delta didn't have any choice (other that watch the movie or don't watch the movie) I am satisfied.

The 3rd movie I skipped, because I fell into an interesting conversation with Rick, sitting to my left. We talked about our jobs (he works with biomass briquette systems) among other things), where we stand on unemployment, education, small businesses, abortion, health care and lots of other stuff. We didn't agree on everything, but it didn't matter that much.

I had a few hours in Atlanta, before moving on to Tulsa. I really wanted a steak, and ended up at a steakery. Where I could buy a sub with steak ... Don't get me wrong, it was a nice sub, with good meat, grilled onion and melted cheese. But steak it wasn't.

So. All in all a much more successful start to my trip to Tulsa than I feared. Yeah!

Tulsa town

Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Tags: Events, Me, Pictures, Tulsa, Vacation

Rested and ready for some more adventures. And this day the adventure was: to conquer the Tulsa bus system. Which I did! I succesfully rode from my hotel to the center of town, wandered around a little, and came back. Yeah!

Tall square building: BOK Tower, a cousin to the World Trade Center

I also saw a little of Tulsa, and I am very satisfied. Neat skyscrapers, wonderful churches, cute little homes etc. Everything seems green, fresh, well kept and very hospitable.

Tulsa art

Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Tags: Events, Me, Pictures, Tulsa, Vacation

The most exciting touristy part of the day was to visit Gilcrease museum. There were some wonderful paintings, that attempted to show both sides of the relationship between native Americans and cowboys. I really liked, that the paintings seemed sympathetic to both points of view, as well as doing beautiful sunsets, huge panoramas etc. A good day in my "I like my art naturalistic" life.

By Charles M. Russell,
Left: Self portrait, 1900
Right: Meat's not meat 'till it's in the pan, 1915

Tulsa Chinese

Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Tags: Events, Me, Pictures, Tulsa, Vacation

Okay, so not much to report from yesterday. I adjusted from jet lag, watched TV etc. The most excitement I got was from a Chinese meal.

Now I know what egg foo young is! (Apparently some sort of omelet with chicken, in my case.)
Fortune #1: The love of your life is right in front of your eyes. (I was standing in front of a mirror ...)
Fortune #2: You have only begun to scratch the surface of your real potential. (Fits in with my life philosophy, and probably something you always feel comfortable with?)

My hotel is right next to the Golden driller

Tulsa space

Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Tags: Events, Me, Pictures, Tulsa, Vacation

So. After browsing in Tulsa yesterday, today was supposed to be more organized. Didn't quite work out that way.

I went to Tulsa Air and Space museum. Good bits: some interesting toys, model shuttle robot arm, model shuttle launch and model jet pack. Bad bits: museum much smaller than I thought it would be, and next to impossible to get there with public transportation. And the planetarium was closed.

Jet pack simulator

Then I happened upon Living Arts. Good bits: interesting use of color. Bad bits: again, much smaller than I thought it would be.

By Rodney Pratz,
part of the exhibition "Anonymity"

Finally I wanted to see the Oral Roberts University, because of the futuristic architecture. I gave up on doing it, because the public transportation wasn't as flexible as I had hoped for.