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You Should Be Having More Picnics

5 picnic plans to help you and your friends touch more grass

10:46 AM CDT on September 17, 2025

A communal spread

|photo by Bailey James

The first cool breeze of the season is an important milestone for Tulsans. Finally we can wear shirts with sleeves and walk from one place to another without showing up drenched in sweat. At last, the prospect of being outside is joyful rather than miserable. It’s autumn!

Now that this delightful but fleeting (in Oklahoma, at least) season is upon us, you’re likely making plans to sip a pumpkin spice latte, snag a gourd, and put on a scary movie. But I’m here to tell you that the most important event you should be planning for fall is a picnic

Here’s why. 

Picnics remove all the friction of hosting.