People, places, things, and ideas I love in Anchorage, AK
I’m so in love with Anchorage Community Works idea to create “a place for Anchorage creatives to think, work, and play.” The founders, Brooklyn Baggett, Cody Augdahl, Craig Updegrove, and Paul Clark, launched a Kickstarter campaign to purchase equipment and furnishings for the warehouse facility in Ship Creek.
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Doesn’t this stage look great? I love the bright pink background, and when you look across the theater at the empty microphones awaiting the performance, it’s a moment full of anticipation. Anything could happen!
Today was Lemonade Day in Alaska! Lemonade Day was founded in 2007 by Michael Holthouse to inspire “today’s youth to through helping them start, own and operate their very own business…a lemonade stand.”
I read a lot – for work, for fun. If I can’t find something interesting to read it makes me feel twitchy and frustrated. Fortunately for me, there’s a lot of good stuff out there! I hope you enjoy these stories too.
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Last night was the 2nd Annual Great Alaska Seafood Cook-off and it was SO COOL. Six of Alaska’s best chefs competed to represent our state at the Great American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans, August 2013.
Last week I visited the BP Energy Center for the first time. Apart from the fact I was attending a fascinating class with inspiring people, I love love LOVED the building.
The USS Anchorage left town this evening after five days of commissioning festivities, marking the conclusion of our first centennial celebration event. Not a bad way to kick off two years of fun!
I can hardly wait for green. Green leaves and green grass freshening up Anchorage, changing the face of our city. For now, it’s still house plants and pretty upholstery, but soon we’ll all have real GREEN ushering in the summertime.