Girlfriend weekend

I recently had the pleasure of being one of the girls at a girlfriend getaway weekend at my own Tulsa bed and breakfast. Four of us are pictured here. I'm the second from the right. One had a plane delay and didn't make it for lunch. We all attended high school together but had lost touch over the years. Thanks to facebook we have connected again. Some of us had not seen each other for many years. I'm not going to even tell you how many years! But we had a blast catching up and all those years just melted away. The ladies showed up around noon, parked the car in the driveway of the B&B. After unloading their bags and picking their rooms, we walked 6 blocks through the Swan Lake neighborhood to an area known as Cherry Street.
We had a pleasant walk enjoying the varied style of homes on our way. Swan Lake neighborhood is a historically protected neighborhood with homes dating from 1907. You can find small Arts and Crafts bungalows to grand Italiante Revival Mansions here. Spring had sprung and many yards were in full bloom. Arriving at Cherry Street, located on 15th Street between Peoria Ave and Harvard Ave; we had a wide choice of places to eat. We chose the Full Moon Cafe with the outside patio. Two of us had their famous tortilla soup which is cheese based and unique and yummy. On our walk back, we visited Swan Lake. Swan Lake is a spring fed pond home to a pair of white swans. It is fenced with a walkway all the way around. We saw the swans, geese, ducks, turtles, fish and a heron.
Then it was off to the airport to pick up the late arrival. We returned to the Inn at Woodward Park and sat upstairs in the sunroom overlooking Woodward Park. We opened a bottle of wine and had a great visit. Later that evening we walked back to Cherry Street for dinner. We could have gone to Utica Square, an upscale shopping and restaurant area, which is just two blocks away. One friend is of Irish descent so we decided to have dinner at Kilkenney's Irish Pub. We let my husband join us for dinner. Kilkenney's really seems like an Irish Pub. It is always crowded and loud and fun.
We returned to the Inn and set outside on the covered side patio, drinking more wine and telling remember when stories.
The next morning I served us all hash brown casserole, bacon, blueberry scones, fruit salad, OJ and coffee. My husband was so thoughtful. He cleaned up after breakfast so the girls and I could walk across the street to Woodward Park. The park was gorgeous. The azaleas, redbuds, tulips, and dogwoods were all in bloom. We took a lot of pictures of each other with the park as background. We enjoyed seeing families there taking pictures of their children and got to experience a dog's first meet up with a brave squirrel.
Unfortunately all good things must come to an end. My friends all packed up to leave and we all hugged and said our good-byes vowing not to wait so long to see each other again. I think we will keep that promise. It was such a heart warming experience. I hope you can get together with your girlfriends soon and do the same thing. You will be glad you did.