Alaska Living

This sounds like a magazine, but I don't think there is one. So you can envision decorating your table something like this image, which caught my eye, as I believe in a daily intake of bananas. Seems like socializing these days involves food . .. too much food . . . there is no place I visit that some kind of food isn't offered, and if you're on a diet, you fear insulting your host if you say, No, thanks. . . this is what happened to me yesterday, and altho' I'm not on an official diet, I was trying to behave, but ended up eating 3 breakfasts and an afternoon dinner, but I did skip an evening meal. It's just how things happened.

Throw in a Mimosa and a Bloody Mary, and it makes it a high calorie day. Okay, so I have nothing to write about today except my personal life.. . tomorrow is another day.

Between St. Patrick and Easter!

To some, this is Holy Week, but Holy Moses, what a neat St. Patricks Day we celebrated in Anchorage. Just sharing some pictures taken by my good friend at some local pubs.

Today is also the first day of Spring, and I have some other personal reasons to be pretty happy today. Hope the Easter Bunny can find us okay way up here in the frigid North, but the sun is shining and should lead the way.

Lost in Paradise

I blogged the Iditarod Race start and had some images on it, too, but I can't seem to find it. So while I was experimenting with my settings, I somehow got this blog you see below in Hindi. Well, I'm back to the real world now, and will have to send you to my travel blog to read about the dogsled teams until I make some corrections here. So try My wordpress blog - oh, my, I'm having such a time trying to navigate around blogs, but I'm learning by trial and error. . . very slowly.

Magic March

इ गेस इ'म अ बिग कांफुसेद हियर । । । इ हवे सोम फ्रिएंड्स फ्रॉम इंडिया, व्होम इ थौघ्त वौल्ड एन्जॉय रीडिंग माय ब्लॉग, सो इ होपिंग टू गेट माय ब्लॉग पुब्लिशेद इन बोट इंग्लिश एंड हिन्दी। व्रोंग! थिस इस ओब्विऔस्ल्य् जुस्त इन हिन्दी। सॉरी अबाउट ठाट । व्हें इ फिनिश थिस पोस्ट, इ प्रोमिसे टू रिटर्न टू सेत्तिंग्स एंड चंगे थिस। नो मोरे एक्सपेरिमेंट्स फॉर मी!

Running of the Reindeer

Yes, we did it, as only Alaska can do . .. the reindeer farm in Palmer, Alaska brought a dozen reindeer into Anchorage for this new event after they had trained the usually docile animals into attack animals. They raced for 3 blocks, bypassing the reindeer hotdog stands and other tourist 'attractions'. It was considered successful, and look for a new tradition here.
Now we're on countdown for the Iditarod races which start next Saturday, March 1, 2008, that is. By the way, the weather has warmed up and it's about freezing now.

Dog Sled Races

The three day race for the Fur Rendezvous Champion ends today. It's been a wild ride and lots of fun, but there are some negatives, too. .. downtown has become a maze of 'do not enter' and 'do not park' signs.. . trying to find a street to get to your destination is not easy. But the pluses outweigh the minuses. The opening day parade was great, and the traditional pancake breakfast at Pioneer Hall was a winner, as it is every year. This building was given to the Pioneers of Alaska several years ago, and the second floor 'ballroom' is about 80' x 100' . . . it's here that we serve a great breakfast to about 1500 people over the two mornings.
The new feature of the event is the "Running of the Reindeer". I hope to post an image of that in my next blog. The idea was 'borrowed' from the Running of the Bulls in Pampalona, Spain. The Fur Auction is given minimal attention and venu on the edge of the action in the Buttress Area . . . Third Avenue and E Streets. Poker games, Tales of Old Alaskans, arts and crafts exhibits continue.
This is all a buildup to the start of the Iditarod Races on March 1st. Check back!