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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Copper Bar

The Copper Bar is on the top two floors of the Price Tower and also happens to be where we spent most of our free time (and per diem) while on location in Bartlesville. The bartender, Amy, was amazing and would stay open late for the crazy film crew and even had the restaurant prepare special meals for the last few of us left during our final week in town. It has the same layout as our sweet suite, but with a fully stocked (copper) bar...

downstairs tables

view from loft above

upstairs bar

specially prepared last meal

Our final car bombs.....

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Price Tower

From my last days in Oklahoma...

After 3 weeks at the Holiday Inn (which was very new, quite clean and actually nice), we moved over to the Inn at Price Tower to live in luxury for our last few nights in B'ville, OK. The Inn is a hotel inside the nineteen story Price Tower, a multi-use skyscraper designed by some guy named Frank Lloyd Wright. The tower opened in 1956, housing the corporate headquarters for the H.C. Price Company (an oil pipeline and chemical company) as well as apartments and offices for other local residents and businesses. In 2003 seven of the upper floors were converted into hotel rooms. There are 19 rooms, including a few two-story Tower Suites like the one we stayed in. The bedroom is in the loft upstairs and the living room is downstairs and you can enter from either the 11th or 12th floors. It was a pretty sweet suite...

Upstairs

The Stairs in our room

Downstairs living area

Downstairs table, looking over loft

Stairs to the loft bedroom

Huge wall of windows

view from our room

Smallest, oddest shaped elevator ever

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Weekly Adventures: Pathfinder Parkway

Here in B'ville, there is an awesome 10+ mile trail that runs through the town alongside a creek - the Pathfinder Parkway. I posted briefly about it before, but only with pictures of the inspirational message mile markers. Here are some more pics from my long weekend runs over the past few weeks, some days were obviously sunnier and prettier than others. The parkway trail is my favorite part of this town, it is paved, well kept and quite pretty (though I bet it is even better in the spring when everything is actually green again). My only complaint is there could be a few more mile markers and/or signs so people (who shall remain nameless) don't end up running through a trailer park on the wrong side of the tracks trying to find the other leg of the "dog leg" trail.

You Are Here

Old car in a creek bed

Tunnel under road

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Greetings from Oklahoma

I am still here in northern Oklahoma, working my last week and not having much time for "writing" between working, reading, sweating and hanging out with some of the most awesome and hilarious crew members this side and that side of the Red River. So instead, here is first round of pictures from OK....

Red River

Crossing the Red River

Welcome sign at the local car rental place

Downtown Tulsa

Night out in Tulsa

Crystal Pistol - Tulsa

Deep in thought....or wine

Monday, February 28, 2011

Weekly Adventure Destination #2: Mt. Bonnel & Mayfield Park

I spent a recent weekend hanging out with my 8 year old niece and her menagerie while my brother and sister-in-law were out of town. Why they trust me with a child, I don't know, but I did manage to feed and water her for 48 hours without too much trouble. After a gnarly cold snap, we had a weekend of gorgeous weather - sunny skies, highs in the low 70s. We packed a picnic lunch and headed out to a couple parks in Austin, Mt. Bonnell, Mayfield Park, Scenic Drive and Lake Austin. Mt. Bonnell & Scenic Drive I've been to many times as it is part of my favorite long run loop in Austin. I had never been to Mayfield Park (hence, it counts as my weekly adventure), which is very close by and guarded by a flock of feisty peacocks.