STUFF THEY HAVE IN TULSA THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN BOSTON:
  • The letter R
  • Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce
  • Cheese on a stick (If you know what this is, please e-mail us)
  • Tornadoes
  • Large LARGE bugs that come out late at night, that are very scary, that crunch under your feet.
  • Humidity. Excessive humidity. (We totally understand Ike's frizz problem now.)
  • Cute boys. Finally! We found where they've all been hiding.
  • Grass
  • People who hold doors for you and are polite and call you "m 'am"
  • Militant waitresses who make Mark Carr go away
  • Grits
  • Hanson
  • Fried pork rinds in a bag
  • Fried pickles
  • Fried okra
  • Gospel radio stations
  • Red dirt that you could probably actually grow things in
  • Neat looking fountains
  • 75 mph speed limits
  • Fabulous water pressure in the showers. (OK. Maybe that's just at the Adams Mark.)
  • Elevator doors that close really quickly
  • Quiet
  • So quiet that you can hear crickets
  • And empty cans rolling down the street… downtown.
  • Random strong wind

STUFF WE HAVE IN BOSTON THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IN TULSA:

  • Water
  • Fried Dough
  • Public Transportation, the underground kind
  • Friendly's Restaurants
  • Trees
  • Hills
  • Thunder to go along with the lightning
  • Sweetened lemon iced tea (Why?! You can get it sweetened. You can get it with lemon. Not both.)
  • People with road rage
  • A McDonald's located downtown (We loved Tulsa, but what's up with that?)
  • Things you can get to by walking
  • Honking horns
  • Swearing commuters
  • Car accidents
  • General mayhem
  • Sprite. Tulsa seems to have a particular fondness for Mountain Dew.
  • People who speed walk
  • Candlepin bowling

STUFF THEY'VE GOT IN BOTH PLACES:

  • Walmart
  • Radio stations that play Aerosmith
  • The Dating Game
  • Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
  • Annoying one way streets
  • A downtown with lots of construction type stuff going on
  • Goth clubs
  • Weekly alternative newspapers with underpaid staffs
  • Large towering skyscrapers

Advice for the traveler…

  • Bring your sunscreen. Tulsa gets 300 days of sunshine a year. No kidding.
  • Don't freak when people are nice to you.
  • You're probably not going to meet Hanson, so get it out of your head now.
  • Make sure you have something to drive. Like, a car would be good.
  • Listen to Middle of Nowhere while you're there. It feels different. I promise.
  • Go see the Oil Drilling man, and tell us if it freaks you out too.
  • If you're under 21, don't go to the Blue Rose. They're not going to let you in just because you like Hanson.
  • If the prospect of a tornado freaks you out, don't go in May, like we did.
  • If Mayfest isn't going on, there's nothing to do downtown.