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A very tired "greetings" from the land of the midnight sun. Everyone is tired at this time of year in Alaska. The huge amounts of daylight (over 19 hours of it here in Anchorage) really messes with your system. You go out for a little evening hike and before you know it, it's midnight, and the sun is still high in the sky. The sun comes shining through your window ...

Join me at the Alaska Visitor Industry Charity Walk!

Friday, May 2th starting at 5:30 PM

Anchorage, Alaska on the Park Strip (9th & M)

This early season 5K "race" is not just good for you... it's good for Alaska too. All of the money raised goes to Alaskan charities. If you are inclined to gather a team together, and you raise a minimum of $500, your team can designate the non-profit charity ...

I love our "little" hometown newspaper. The Anchorage Daily News is the best newspaper out there. I'm not talking about hard core news, scoops, or even journalism at its "best." I am talking about readability. I've lived in several different cities/states and this is the only place that I can, and want to, read most of the paper.

I love the local items and the editorials. Even when things get heated, they ...

We were all ready for the spring. After a few weeks of temperatures in the 40's (F) and the sunlight returning in blocks of 35 minutes a week, I could almost taste it. On Friday night we took the kids and the dogs out for a long walk on the bike path. The path was bare, with little piles of slush here and there. My husband vowed to start biking ...

If you are looking for something to do in Anchorage tonight, I've got just the thing. How about the "Ring of Fire Mead Tasting?" It's at 6:00 PM at Café Amsterdam (530 East Benson Blvd.). There is no cover charge, but there is a cost for tasting the goods and dinner too, of course. Mead is a honey-wine. This event will showcase the goods from the "first Alaskan Meadery." If ...

There are many places in the world that are already knee deep in crocus', daffodils, and the beginnings of tulips. Up here in alaska we are still knee deep in snow. BUT... the temperatures are turning, the days are getting longer (we're gaining about 35 minutes of light a week), and the roads are filled with little freezing/thawing/freezing riv-u-lets of melting snow. I keep looking at the mountains and hoping ...

I've been so busy living my "Big. Wild. Life." that I've had little time to write about it. However, so much fun stuff is going on that I had to jump on line to let you all know about it. The biggest news is that "Fur Rondy" otherwise known as Fur Rendez-Vous officially kicked off this weekend. The Rondy is the largest winter carnival in North America. It started way ...

We have some great event planners up here, but one of my favorites is Toni Walker at Logistics, LLC. She puts on some amazing incentives. I've worked with her when I worked at a destination resort and for her when she has hired my guide company to provide quality narration for a group. She is an energy plus gal who rides the changing waves of her clients like a professional ...

I am a card carrying dog lover. So, am I allowed to think that dog mushing is okay? Not according to one reader. If you would like to see the original article and the comments it provoked, go to Dog Sledding in Alaska.

Although I do find extremists to be interesting and to shed a little light onto one side of a subject, I have to admit that I am ...

Saturday, February 9th from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, the Waldorf-inspired charter school will be holding their annual Winterfair celebration. The event is free to attend (there is music and dancing), but there is a charge for crafts, games and food. The children of the school have put together most of the events with their parents and the money raised will go toward programs for the school. There is a ...