People, places, things, and ideas I love in Anchorage, AK
The other day I dropped off my engagement ring at Michael’s Jewelers of Alaska for a bit of maintenance. It was my first time visiting – previously, my jeweler of choice was Josh at the Jewelry Cache, but he recently closed his shop, so I thought I’d give Michael’s a try.
Earlier this month I visited New Hampshire for my brother’s wedding. His wife (my new sister-in-law! Yea!) is from Portsmouth, and her parents live in Franconia, so although they are fellow Anchorage-dwellers, the wedding was held back east.
Last weekend we decided to stop by the Sport Fish Hatchery for one last look at the salmon.
Actually, a “Blue Hollomon” isn’t a “what;” it’s a “where” (cool funky colorful fun friendly local art gallery) and a who (co-owners Georgia Blue and Gina Hollomon).
If you’re standing at the corner of 5th and G, you’ve probably noticed the yellow-tiled half-globe nestled in a crook of the Alaska Center for Performing Arts. This is a replica of the sun (complete with accurate sun spots!) and is the start of Anchorage’s Light Speed Planet Walk, which was inspired when Eli Menaker visited the Carl Sagan Memorial Planet Walk in Ithaca, New York.
Sometimes it’s the simplest things that bring us the most pleasure. Like a picnic in the park to break up the workday.
I stopped by La Bodega shortly after it moved to its new location in the Metro Mall. I’d heard they were fantastic, but a semi-surly guy at the register kind of turned me off… then we had beer aficionado out-of-town family visit. They’d done their research of places to check out and were dead set on visiting La Bodega, much to my dubious surprise. When they came back raving about how great it was, Hulin-designed shirts in hand and all sorts of interesting beverages to sample, I figured I’d give it another try.
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But it shouldn’t be. So I’m going to share it with all of you: the Muse patio at the Anchorage Museum is AWESOME.
Do you ever walk/bike/drive through town and dream of what you would build if you had unlimited funds? I do…I can lose hours designing things in my head, dreaming up fun ideas for neighborhoods.
I’ve loved Crush Wine Bistro and Cellar since it opened. And why wouldn’t I? There’s so much to love – great food and wine, fantastic service, excellent ambiance… I thought I knew everything there was to know about Crush. But I didn’t…