l&k by the day: Date Veekend & Muddah's Day

So there will be bursts of posts over the coming days. We've been out-and-about and there's plenty of blog-worthy material in line.

On Friday we dropped Charmeleon off at her Mami's house around 1pm and began our date weekend at Fat Guy's Burger Bar in downtown T-town. These are our hamburguesas favoritas in all the land and it had been some time since we indulged {Layne's burger: kid's cheeseburger with grilled onions and jalapeños---Kyle's choice: bacon-cheeseburger with grilled onions, grilled pineapple and bbq sauce}. So we made the trek and also grabbed a couple of brewskis to wash down the handcrafted fattiness and accompany the order of spicy fries {with a side of strawberry ketchup for dipping, natch}. Seriously, if you have never tried this place, you gotsta go.

After grabbing the goods, we headed down to cherry street to walk off some of the consumed calories and take in the lovely, fresh Friday air. We also stopped in to CHoCS and got a quick pick-me-up in the form of coffee {K} and vanilla-italian-creme-soda {L}. Quick aside: Layne loves loves loves vanilla-italian-creme-sodas. This particular version was O.K. but we've gulped great VICS at CHoCS. Sooo many acronyms.

After strolling on 15th, we headed to the Ambassador Hotel, our home for the evening. Our plan was to head to the Driller's game and see the Friday Night Fireworks, grab a drink afterward, then head back to our room and have a relaxing night in the hotel downtown. We took a quick snooze before showerin', changin' and headin' to the ballpark.

The game was fun and the weather was a little chilly after the sun went down. Soooo, we decided to head to Brady Tavern a lil' early and try to catch the fireworks from our room at the hotel. We walked the quick five-or-so blocks to the Tavern from the park, took a squat at the bar and ordered a couple original cocktails from the barkeep.

On the left is The Last Word {gin based with some Chartreuse, lime and some other ingredient} and on the right is an Old Fashioned {with bacon-infused bourbon...yes, bacon}. Both drinks were so tasty and the environment kicked bootay {Elliot Nelson knows how to design a bar}. We'll be back.

Saturday morning we went down to the Cherry Street farmers market, but not before we took a quick stop at Panera to get a bagel and coffee.

We coincidently ran into some family {and friends!} at the shaved ice stand. One thing led to another and we decided to spend the day over at Joe and Mar's too catch some rays and play some bocce and ladderball.

After hanging out, we had to run home, take a quick shower and head to a grad party for Rusty and Brad hosted by Brad's aunt and uncle. They had to most unbelievable house on the face of this planet. It was awesome. There was some great food and drinks {to name one was the meatloaf sliders from Lucky's... YUM}. From there we went to TU's gradfest at the Hyatt downtown. It was really fun last year because it turned into a dance party. This year was no different, as you will see in the photos.

This is one of those pictures where we need to have a contest to see who comes up with the funniest caption for what Rob's saying here.

The classic TU's widebase dance move. It was rumored that Rusty had a lower widebase than Kyle. We'll just have to see during memorial weekend who can do it better.

Sunday after talkin' to momma Culhane we went over to momma Dullea's house. The entire Tulsa family came and played some more bocce and ladderball for the mother's day festivities.

Happy mother's day to all the wonderful moms! Here is a little tribute to the two greatest moms {and greatest grandmas} ever!

Layne with Mimi and Memaw