People, places, things, and ideas I love in Anchorage, AK
Do you know about the Teen Underground? It’s a project that was gifted to Loussac Library by Anchorage Downtown Rotary and many generous donors a couple of years ago – I went to the ribbon cutting, and marveled at the colorful, sleek, fun new space, but didn’t visit again until yesterday when the library board got a tour.
On Saturday, on the way to brunch with my parents and husband, it started to rain. Just a little bit. But it made us realize how warm it really was (I think it was around 46 degrees at height of thawing…so wrong for January!) and as we drove by town square filled with beautiful ice sculptures, we knew that we needed to return ASAP before they melted into dripping ice blobs.
I was really excited to discover that Anchorage does TEDx. Really, really excited. Apparently, the event has been held in previous years, but somehow I missed it. On one hand, I can’t believe I didn’t know about this (it was held at the library, so I feel like I should have known!) and on the other, I’m excited that it’s something totally new for me to discover.
I seem to have caught the bug that is going around. One minute I was fine, the next I had a full-fledged cold (one of the reasons I didn’t go for round two of Joey Fender and the 55’s last night!). Here’s hoping it’s not the three-weeker some people have.
Last night we dropped into Blues Central to catch a bit of Joey Fender and the 55’s performance – we’d heard that he was an incredible guitar player, plus I had a romantic vision of Blues Central in my mind: dark and smokey, with raspy blues filling every corner of your brain and the bar.
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Somehow my list of things I wanted to do during the holidays got away from me. I missed Tuba Christmas, ran out of time to drive around listening to Christmas music and look at lights, and only drank one eggnog latte (fortunately, there will be another Christmas in only twelve months). I did, however, fit in a trip to the Captain Cook Hotel’s Gingerbread Village on New Year’s Day.
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We had a lovely New Year’s Eve this year! And I hope that everyone reading this did too!