Oh!klahoma where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain! So, some PHPO’ers went to Tulsa for the annual National Trust for Historic Preservation conference.

First of all, Art Deco. It’s everywhere. This Deco boom town was nouveau riche ripe with OIL! when they built it. We walked some of the shiny, shapely and well loved lobbies on our tour of downtown.

Secondly, people from Tulsa are nice, and in a good way! Not annoying at all.

And finally, like everywhere else, Tulsa is what you make of it. They celebrated their centennial last year; it’s a baby of a city and has toddler like tendencies. It’s fun and ridiculous, but after a certain amount of time you want to hand it back to mom and return to the adult party.

I tell you what, we can’t wait for Nashville next year!