May 14, 2021 Lunch - Mediterranean Grille. Dinner - PPI Venison Stew with Mushrooms, Rice, and PPI Thai Cole Slaw

May 14, 2021 Lunch - Mediterranean Grille. Dinner - PPI Venison Stew with Mushrooms, Rice, and PPI Thai Cole Slaw

We ate Elaine’s lovely granola, with fresh diced mango, milk, and yogurt for breakfast.

Then we drove to downtown Tulsa and visited the Woody Gutherie Museum, which is the repository for all of his archives.  He was born in Okema, Oklahoma and many of his songs are associated with the Dust Bowl.  There was even a PBS video on the worst day of the dustbowl years in April 1935 featured in the exhibits.

He had a tough life and is remarkable that he is considered America’s greatest folk singer.  He clearly is the creator of the protest folk music era that was followed by so many, including Bob Dylan.

Talking about Bob Dylan, we were told that Bob Dylan has agreed to place his archives in Tulsa.  If that happens, Tulsa will become a magnet for folk music enthusiasts.  Here are some photos.

After we visited the museum we walked around Tulsa’s historic downtown area and decided to order takeout from a Mediterranean restaurant we walked past.  Suzette and I split an order of Moroccan lemon chicken served with rice and a salad.  BIlly got a salad with lamb and Elaine got a falafel plate with a huge salad.

We took the Mediterranean food back to the BNB and ate on the back porch, with its view of the freeway and Railroad tracks.

We then rested for a short while, during which Suzette and I finally sorted out the building permit situation with Freddy and the City.

Around 3:00 BIlly drove us to the Phillbrooke Museum.  It also has a strong collection of New Mexico artists. Waite Phillips, that started Phillips oil company built a home at Philmont Scout Ranch and gave the Boy Scouts the initial 125,000 acres that became the core of Philmont. There was a 20 foot wide Berninghaus 1927 mural of Philmont Ranch at the time Phillips gave it to the Boy Scouts of America.  Both BIlly and I hiked Philmont in the early 1960’s when we were Boy Scouts.

Here are some of the paintings.

There was also an exhibit of Old Masters lent by the Kness collection that included a fascinating assemblage of the holy family because it contained the most lifelike portrait of a real person I have ever seen.

The house and gardens are also amazingly beautiful, including the most beautiful formal garden I have ever seen in an American home.  Here is a picture of it.

BIlly and Elaine walked the gardens while Suzette and I waited for Jody to respond to an alarm from the house.  Apparently Loyda failed to securely close a door and the wind blew it open.

After the museum we drove around the lovely neighborhood around the museum with its many impressive homes.

When we returned to the BNB I checked my portfolio and found out the good and bad news.  I had my best day ever in the market.  My portfolio rose an amazing 2.66% but because of the recent tech sell off, it is still 5.2% below its recent all time high in February.  It seems that the CDC’s approval of all vaccinated persons to not wear a mask in public, triggered the spike in the market.

When we got home I opened the bottle of 2016 red Newt Winery The Knolls Lahoma Vineyard Riesling that garnered the highest rating ever of any New York wine, a 85 from Parker and Wine Spectator and drank it on the back patio as the afternoon turned into evening.  It was not as impressive as it was at the perfect temperature on the deck at Red Newt looking at Lake Seneca, but it was impressive with full bodied fruit balanced with massive acidity.  As we were told at Red Newt this characteristic is due to the gravel rich soil in which the vines are planted.

We had decided for dinner to eat the leftover venison stew, rice, and Cole slaw and to add the mushrooms we bought at the Willoughby Farmer’s Market.

I diced the approximately 2/3 lb. of oyster and lion’s mane mushrooms and two cloves of garlic and Suzette sautéed them in butter and olive oil with a pinch of sea salt and pepper. 

BIlly then added the sautéed mushrooms to the stew with a bit of red wine.  We had opened the bottle of DePonte 2012 Dundee Hills Pinot Noir we brought from Albuquerque to open up a bit.

Dinner was better tonight with the addition of mushrooms to the stew, in my opinion.

Suzette also diced and sautéed the last few fresh locally grown asparagus we had bought at the Willoughby Farmers’ Market for a delightful dinner.

The 2012 De Ponte pinot was elegantly smooth from first to last sip over a period of over an hour.

I was tired after the full day of activity and went to bed after dinner at 9:45, but BIlly stayed up to watch a movie.

Bon Appetit