If you lived in Anchorage between 1950 -2000, you probably remember this sign from Gary King’s Sporting Goods.
Category: Ideas
Love Note: A dress of evergreen
This beauty graces the window of Second Run – the perfect seasonal ball gown. An evergreen crown might be easier to wear though; I bet Alaska Knit Nat knows how to make one!
Small Business Saturday
Today is Small Business Saturday, the locally focused, community oriented shopping day offering a refreshing change of pace to the hectic intensity of Black Friday.
Love Note: Vote!
Bumped into this guy outside Alaska Mill and Feed the other day – he cruises around with his bugle, balloons, and “Vote!” sign.
Don’t let him down: make sure to vote tomorrow!
Love Note: Fiddlers at City Market
A few weeks ago, I strolled into City Market after work to pick up a few ingredients for dinner and found the dining area filled with fiddlers and other musicians, sharing their cheerful sound with evening shoppers.
Autumn
My mom sent me this perfect quote by George Eliot the other day to celebrate my favorite season: “…..if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
Fall is briefly back, and I’m reveling in it!
Love Note: The Simple Things
Sometimes all you need is a good friend, a glass of wine, and some crayons. Thank you, Fat Bird.
(Please forgive juvenile illustrations…)
Pop-up Party and Public Use Space
“Are you downtown by chance? We’re having a pop-up party at the 4th ave theater. With chalk!”
Love Note: Colorful Graffiti
I don’t always love graffiti – in fact, there are plenty of times that it just doesn’t belong. But this lookout shack (if that’s what it is!) down by the Ship Creek boat launch sits all alone, and the graffiti side looks out at the ocean. I can see how it’s the perfect canvas.
Love Note: Random Tortoise
Happened upon this little guy munching on grass and clover in my neighbor’s yard today. So random, such a surprise. If turtles had facial expressions, I’d say he looked happy…