B-ville.

Back in B-ville for the week! I have a love/hate relationship with this little town. Let me give you a little background.

Starting with the love....rewind to fall 2008. I found out I got an internship with ConocoPhillips and would be interning (i.e. living) in Bartlesville, OK for the summer. What did my dad do? On his trip up to Nebraska, he detoured biiiiig time, drove through Bartlesville, took some pictures, bought me a gift, and went on his way. Now, I didn't find out about this little escapade until that Christmas when I opened an adorable scrapbook he had made for me. My dad was not the crafty type...you must understand. So, instead of using regular tape...he used double-stick tape for the entire book! The whole thing was stuck together! It was the cutest thing ever. To this day I have that book by my bedside. The pictures aren't great, its falling apart a tad (though I did fix the tape situation), but I still LOVE it. What else do I love about B-ville? The amazing weather. No traffic. It's rich history. The people. The bakeries. And most importantly that you can take a stroll around town...and see MOST of the town!

Now for the hate...This list is short, well one item to be exact. Bartlesville is not Houston, and therefore is not where my husband, family, pups, and friends are. Hence the love/hate relationship. Oh, and no Mexican food. Well, no decent Mexican food at least. BIG PROBLEM. So I lied...two problems with B-ville.

So about those strolls around town....I know y'all are just dying to see this adorable place. So, let me introduce you to your tour guide, and let the tour begin!

oh hayyyyy.

Downtown Bartlesville. For real, this is it. It's ALL ConocoPhillips buildings--I bet you guessed that though. I usually work on the 15th floor of the Phillips Building, which is the tall one on the left. 

Your typical street in the 'ville.

I've always loved this wall. It reminds me a bit of one of the places Morgan and I took engagement pictures. I would love to get some cool shots in front of it! Too bad I'm usually alone when I walk by...fail.

Frank Lloyd Wright's "Price Tower". He designed a couple sky-scrappers, yet this was the only one that was ever built--and in Bartlesville of ALL places! Nuts! This building does not have a single rectangular room...all are a hexagonal. Even the elevator, its the craziest thing! The tower is now a hotel and museum more or less.   There is also a bar on top :)

823 1/2 Dewey Street--Kate and I's home last summer. Isn't it presh? It's a bit deceiving from the outside, as the inside is more than rundown. Nonetheless, I miss this lil place.

St Johns Catholic Church--where Kate and I went to church last summer. The priest was from Nigeria...not what I expected when I walked in the first Sunday! One of our fellow interns also got married here last summer...good memories :)

On the left: The Phillips Hotel. It's one of those places that is old, but has no character. Its just plain OLD. Thank goodness the image on your right was built a year ago: The Hilton Garden Inn. I am currently laying in my plush King bed there, enjoying a cold diet coke (compliments of the private ConocoPhillips floor), and writing this blog. SO SO glad I'm not in the sketchy, haunted, ghetto, old, non-wireless Philips Hotel.

And to conclude...my favorite bakery, The Rolling Pin! This place is fantastic, and it takes all my will power to not go there everyday after lunch to grab a brownie, coconut bar, or lemon bar. MMMMMMM

So that's B-ville! Next time im here, COME AND VISIT ME!