People, places, things, and ideas I love in Anchorage, AK
My love for Kaladi Brothers coffee has been well documented (here, here, and here).
But on Saturday, I cheated. I wandered into the shiny new SteamDot coffee shop in the Sears mall and ordered an Americano (my new drink of choice esp. with honey and a dash of cream, mmmm).
A couple days ago, my friend Ryann and I got together for lunch at the Sizzlin’ Cafe – brand new to me, an old favorite for her. I can’t believe that not only had I never been there, I’d never even heard of it – I’ve been missing out for the last seven years! The café is on 3rd Avenue, just a couple of doors down from the Woodshed, across the street from the Hilton.
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Anchorage, you have 17 days left to complete the Anchorage Downtown Partnership’s (ADP) 100 Days of Downtown Dining. As you can see, I’m well on my way to filling up my card!
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I love this photo – it reminds me of a quiet weekend coffee date with a good friend and warm, just-out-of-the-oven pastry. Delightful.
Just like Fire Island Bakery.
This morning I blearily checked Facebook, and ran across this post from M.A.’s Gourmet Hot Dogs:
Topping Tuesday?! Airport heights elementary school grows the basil, Table 6 prepares it for their restaurant–M.A.’s has it as the topping today!!! Pesto Delight
Continue reading “In Search of Something Fresh (Spoiler: I found it!)”
When I was younger and worked at Alaska Mountaineering and Hiking, my favorite magazine was Outside. Over the years, I slowly stopped reading it in favor of fashion and shelter magazines (and now, I seldom buy magazines at all – I prefer blogs and websites these days. Plus, 16 ways to curl my hair and a quiz to find out if he thinks I’m THE ONE just aren’t all that fascinating any more, although reading about DIY furniture rehab and how to pick the right shade of gray for your living room still make me inordinately happy) but recently it’s worked its way back into my awareness.
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I’m loving crowd-sourced funding opportunities recently – it gives me the chance to support really cool projects in Anchorage that might not be possible without multiple people pitching in to help out. I’m super exited about Kesey Pollock’s Melting Bodies, Clark Mischler’s Portrait Alaska, and the Momentum Collective’s Aerial Investigation.
And now, there’s a new project to love: Kait Reiley’s PopCycle: Keeping Alaska Cool.
Continue reading “Another Great Kickstarter Project – PopCycle: Keeping Alaska Cool”
My dad entered a chili cook-off for Anchorage Downtown Rotary – it was a bit of a blind leap, considering he’d never made chili before.
I haven’t used the term “brekkie” since I studied abroad in Australia.
You know that saying, “You can have something fast, cheap, or good. Pick two?” In the restaurant world, I think it’s more like, “Fast, healthy, or tasty. Pick two.” But Middleway Cafe is one of those rare places where you can have all three (the fast part might be debatable, but if you call ahead you’re golden!).
Continue reading “Unicorn Bowls and that Special Something at Middleway Cafe”