Monthly Archives: December 2002

The center of Anchorage 2

It’s good to know that even if it doesn’t have quite the status that it used to, in some ways, VINL is still definitely the center of Anchorage. I spent years hanging out at this diner in midtown Anchorage, and met quite a few friends there over the years. So, when tooling around Anchorage on a slow Sunday night, what to do but stop by?

Belief, faith, and the church 0

On top of it all, I count my beliefs as mine, and other people’s beliefs as theirs. If they want to talk about it fine — but I’m not about to attempt to convince them that I’m ‘right’ and they’re ‘wrong’, and I expect the same respect from them.

Don’t fly pregnant 1

A husband and his pregnant wife were attempting to fly out of Portland to go to a friend’s wedding when they were both pulled off for extra ‘security screening’…

Clubbing in Alaska 0

Why I’m glad I don’t have to rely on bars in Alaska to go clubbing: three words — The Electric Slide.

Brrrrrr 1

Officially, it’s 21 degrees here in Anchorage. Unfortunately, the side of town that my parents live on is always colder than the ‘official’ record — and their thermometer in the front yard is reading 8 degrees below zero at the moment. Yikes.