Last night, 25 years after seeing them perform live for the first time, I got to see Guns N’ Roses perform once again, this time in Tulsa, Oklahoma. My friend Tim is a big Guns N’ Roses fan. He and his wife Dawn along with Susan and I have seen the band live three times — in Norman, back in 2011; in Las Vegas in 2012, for Tim’s 40th birthday; and Tuesday night, November 17, in Tulsa. Additionally, even though we hadn’t met yet, Tim and I were both at the Oklahoma City Guns N’ Roses show back in 1992.… (read more)

I was off work last Friday and so Susan and I had planned a day trip to Tulsa. While getting ready that morning I hopped in the shower and noticed there was no hot water. In one of our older houses we owned a hot water heater with a pilot light that was constantly going out, although we haven’t had that problem in either of our last two houses. I got pretty good at relighting it and wasn’t too worried about restarting this one before we left for the day. A few minutes later Susan discovered the real problem, which… (read more)

For my past few birthdays, Susan has planned little trips and surprised me every single time. Susan is good at planning things and surprising me and I am good at being surprised, so it all works out. Last Friday Susan asked me to pack an overnight bag and prepare for a fun overnight adventure, and I did. Shortly before our departure, Susan filled me in on what she had planned: an overnight stay at an AirBnB trailer located at the Tee Pee Drive-in in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, right off of Route 66. She also said several of our friends would be… (read more)

Susan and I saw a lot of fun things along Route 66 post that didn’t quite warrant entire blog posts. To wrap up this week’s series of posts, here are a few of the odd and ends we saw along the way. POPS 66 Pops is a restaurant located on Route 66 not far from I-35, and was one of the first things we saw along our route. It was too late for breakfast and too early for lunch when we passed Pops, but we did stop and pick out a couple of drinks from Pops selection of more than… (read more)

Route 66 is all about cruising, and during our short trip down Oklahoma’s portion of Route 66 we encountered not one but two museums — one dedicated to vehicles with four wheels, and the other was stuffed which two-wheeled ones. Both were just the right size to stretch your legs and see some cool rides in the process. SEABA STATION MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM 336992 E Hwy 66 – Warwick, OK Link: SeabaStation.com The first museum we encountered along our journey was a motorcycle museum located just outside Chandler, OK in the former “Seaba Filling Station.” From the outside, the building appears… (read more)

Someone in my neighborhood decided that Saturday, October 29th, would be our official “trick or treat” night. I don’t remember a discussion or being asked or voting on it or anything like that. Someone I don’t know announced the change on my neighborhood’s Facebook page, the official source of information for what’s happening in my neighborhood, and that was that. Fortunately my wife saw the announcement and had our candy bowl ready, else we would have been confused the first time children in costumes rang our bell Saturday night which, and I think I’ve already made my point here, was… (read more)