best of Anchorage.
Sam Douglas
I would be interested in finding out everyone here's 'BEST OF' in Alaska
What is everyones favourite/best:
Restaurant
Pizza joint
Library
book store
Museum
Scenic spot
Pub / Bar
Coffee Shop
--
Sam Douglas
Jim
Seward from BP building.
second choice is Pizza Olympia in Spenard.
For Coffee I like Borders and Barnes and Noble, also the perfect Cup
upstairs at the Dimond Mall. (they have great turkey sandwiches too)
Library would be Loussac 36th and Denali, this is a public library. Great
Alaskana section
Restaurant... Try the Peanut Farm for a cheap Breakfast or Hamburger, it
is also a Bar, great ambience and a must visit for a newbie.
"Sam Douglas" <S...@NOSPAMLADSWebWizardAlaska.com> wrote in message
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ss
Group: alt.culture.alaska
Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2002, 4:11pm (PDT-1) From:
S...@NOSPAMLADSWebWizardAlaska.com (Sam Douglas)
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Re: SS libel and other childish behaviour
Group: alt.culture.alaska
Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2002, 3:56pm (PDT-1) From:
S...@NOSPAMLADSWebWizardAlaska.com (Sam Douglas)
"The best thing I ever did on here was after about 3 days of using this
newsgroup, I blocked all posts from SS.
"my blood pressure has returned to within acceptable levels.
"seems someone else didnt do the same and is now reaping the drawbacks.
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RESPONSE:
Your posts remind me of the thousands of retards that are posting on the
"Web TV only" sites,i.e.:
(1) their posts are totally irrelevant trivia, just like what your
first above says; and;
(2) Then, they (webbies) nearly have a heart attack if anyone talks
about "Reality", instead of the "fantasy land" they live in, which is
what I post,i.e. "Reality" which apparently made your blood pressure go
up.
Well Sammy, if you ARE NEW to this country, then you sure have some guts
to first, call ME childish then post your more then childish post of
"what our favorite stuff is" , why do you care?
This group is way to hard on "you webby types". Your "childishness"
needs a different venue, like news:alt.discuss.state.alaska.
It's obvious you haven't read any of the posts here, including mine,
but you saw that I was being attacked so you thought you could make
immediate friends if you joined in and threw a couple of punches
yourself.
Thanks, but there are enough juvenile gang-members here and believe me,
you would be the next to get slammed if you didn't agree with at least 3
of the egotists in this group . Just a friendly warning, if you want to
START OUT ATTACKING THE POSTERS, LIKE YOU DID WITH ME, YOU CAN EXPECT A
RESPONSE. ss:-)
Dave Thompson
> Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2002, 4:11pm (PDT-1) From:
> S...@NOSPAMLADSWebWizardAlaska.com (Sam Douglas)
>
> "Being a newcomer to the State (and the country)
>
> I would be interested in finding out everyone here's 'BEST OF' in
> Alaska What is everyones favourite/best:
> Restaurant
> Pizza joint
> Library
> book store
> Museum
> Scenic spot
> Pub / Bar
> Coffee Shop
> --
> Sam Douglas
> www.WebWizardAlaska.com
>
Sorry, but there was a bunch of irrelevant static on the line...
I've changed the thread because that's what you asked. (G)
Restaurant.
1. Chinese Buffet - Sam & Lee's, Barrow
2. Best View - Simon & Seaforth, Anchorage
3. Best Burger - Either Road Runner, Anchorage
4. Best Steak and Chop Bar, Trophy, Delta Junction
Pizza - Pizza Olympia, Anchorage
Library - UAF, Fairbanks, UAA, Anchorage
Book Store - Since all the locals have disappeared - Amazon.com
Museum - Fine Art - Anchorage. History - UAF, Fairbanks
Scenic Spot - Too many to pick.
Bar - Bird House, now dead.
Coffee Shop - Chicken Cafe to include cinnamon rolls.
--
Dave
STILL a legal Alaska Resident
Jan Flora
Thompson <bdtho...@lvcm.byteme.com> wrote:
> > Group: alt.culture.alaska
> > Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2002, 4:11pm (PDT-1) From:
> > S...@NOSPAMLADSWebWizardAlaska.com (Sam Douglas)
> >
> > "Being a newcomer to the State (and the country)
> >
> > I would be interested in finding out everyone here's 'BEST OF' in
> > Alaska What is everyones favourite/best:
[...]
>
> Sorry, but there was a bunch of irrelevant static on the line...
>
> I've changed the thread because that's what you asked. (G)
>
> Restaurant.
>
> 1. Chinese Buffet - Sam & Lee's, Barrow
Edsel Fongs, Chinatown, San Francisco. Oops, wrong state...
> 2. Best View - Simon & Seaforth, Anchorage
> 3. Best Burger - Either Road Runner, Anchorage
> 4. Best Steak and Chop Bar, Trophy, Delta Junction
>
> Pizza - Pizza Olympia, Anchorage
Pizza - Starvin' Marvin's in Homer. Garlic butter and parmesean dusted
on the crust. The pizza sauce is a secret, but I swear, there's no tobacco
plugs in it. There *is* LOTS of fresh garlic in it.
> Library - UAF, Fairbanks, UAA, Anchorage
> Book Store - Since all the locals have disappeared - Amazon.com
Homer still has a good independent bookstore that will order anything
you want, and they'll pay the shipping. In Anchorage, I like "Twice Told
Tales" and "Tidal Wave" (both used book stores). I have yet to find a new
bookstore in Anchorage that carries any good horse science or training
books, but both used stores carry a great cross-selection of non-fiction
and fiction, plus the usual "you never can tell what'll show up" stuff.
(I try to NOT buy new books, unless they're reference books that I'll
keep forever. I read ~200 books/year -- fiction and non. For fun.
Plus beef cattle and horse science, veterinary, forage, and other
ranch-related books.) (I'm a writer. We tend to be readers.)
> Museum - Fine Art - Anchorage. History - UAF, Fairbanks
Best place for a small display of Alaska Native artwork: Anchorage
Airport. The displays inside the security gates were set up by my
favorite anthro. teacher, Susie Fair, PhD. She did an awesome job of
selecting only the best to display, and did a beautiful job on the displays
themselves. IMO, everything is museum quality.
> Scenic Spot - Too many to pick.
Where our cows live. Four glaciers, Kachemak Bay, the Kenai Mountains,
Harding Icefield, with rolling hay meadows in the foreground. A neighbor
has a nice photo on his website. Our view is better, but his isn't bad. He's
too close to town to have much of a view. http://www.xyz.net/~rls/
> Bar - Bird House, now dead.
Chicken Creek Saloon, on a rocking night, with European tourists,
Canadians and local gold miners all thrown together.
> Coffee Shop - Chicken Cafe to include cinnamon rolls.
That is subject to the mood of the cook the night before, when she sets the
dough for the cinnamon rolls. If she's pissed, we use the cinnamon rolls for
doorstops. If she's happy, they're wonderful. The coffee usually sucks there,
as we're on the smallest commercial water treatment plant in Alaska, and the
boss usually puts too much chlorine in the tank. (We draw the water out of the
Mosquito Fork River, so it's got to be treated for commercial use.) (Sam, I work
at the Chicken Creek Saloon/Cafe/Gift Shop/Gas Station sometimes.)
My favorite coffee shop in Anchorage is Peggy's Airport Cafe, across from
Merrill Field. Old "warhorse" waitresses who never let your coffee cup get
empty, and who can tease you out of the blues in 10 seconds flat. Good
food, too.
(And *clean* bathrooms!)
My favorite coffee shop in the whole world was The Corner Kitchen, in a small
mountain town in California. The grease from the burgers would roll all the way
to your elbows, when you picked one up to eat it. The owner was Italian and
a great friend of mine. He went Over The Divide a few years ago, God keep his
onery soul.
Best salad bar I've found so far: Fast Eddy's in Tok.
Best Prime Rib: Land's End, Homer. (I haven't eaten the prime there since
they changed chefs, but it's gotta be good, or they wouldn't have hired the
sous chef to be head chef.)
Best Upscale/Yuppie Joint: Cafe Cups in Homer. (Where the head chef from Land's
End went, when he tramped. One of the owners is also a great chef.) These guys
make food that I can't pronounce, but boy, oh, boy, is it good! Also, the
best coffee
to go in the am, when you're on the way to work on a construction job where
everyone is competing to see who can bring the best coffee for the crew.
> --
> Dave
> STILL a legal Alaska Resident
Jan
yet another legal Alaska resident
Dennis P. Harris
>
> "Being a newcomer to the State (and the country)
>
> I would be interested in finding out everyone here's 'BEST OF' in
> Alaska What is everyones favourite/best:
> Restaurant
For steaks, there is no equal to the Club Paris in Anchorage.
For burgers, the Hot Bite at the Auke Bay Boat Harbor
> Pizza joint
Pizzeria Roma, Juneau (but I make better at home!)
> Library
Alaska Historical Library, Juneau
> book store
Powell's, Portland (www.powells.com) Sorry no *great* bookstores
in Alaska, but a few very nice ones.
> Museum
Alaska State Museum, Juneau
> Scenic spot
Taku River Valley
> Pub / Bar
Alas, I really haven't had one since Mary Joyce's Top Hat closed.
> Coffee Shop
Buzz's Paradise Lunch, Juneau
Kevin Stall
"Sam Douglas" <S...@NOSPAMLADSWebWizardAlaska.com> wrote in message
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> I would be interested in finding out everyone here's 'BEST OF' in Alaska
> What is everyones favourite/best:
>
> Restaurant
> Pizza joint
Bear Tooth Theatre where you can have a beer, dinner and a movie at the same
time.
> Library
Never use them and not much choice if I did
> book store
Barnes and Noble
> Museum
Alaska Aviation Heritage
> Scenic spot
Buluga Point
> Pub / Bar
Darwin's Theory
> Coffee Shop
Brass Plum at the Hilton
Jan Flora
<kst...@bigpond.com> wrote:
I'll second Darwin's Theory for the best bar in Ancorage. But Beluga Point for
the best view in Alaska? Hmm. Only when the little white whales are present.
I *will* vote for Turnagain Arm for one of the prettiest spots in Alaska early
in the morning, when it's just getting light and the sun is making the snow on
the mountains pink, and the water is dead calm and reflecting the mountains
on the water. I've almost wrecked the truck a number of times, gawking at
that view...
Jan
Bob Romanko
"Jan Flora" <snow...@xyz.net> wrote in message
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I obviously haven't seen much of Alaska at all, but on my first trip
back in November, just before Thanksgiving, I took that early morning
trip from Anchorage to Homer, driving along Turnagain Arm. I have
an awesome digital image of the sun on the mountains.
I have travelled to many places all over the world for pleasure and
business. I've been to India, Scotland, California, Colorado, Utah,
Vermont, Canada, The Yuctan, Switzerland, Spain, etc. In other
words, I've seen a lot of God's creation; but this view that Jan
describes is the first one that has actuallly brought me to tears,
and I'm a "tough" NRA, conservative, right-wing, God lovin' kind of
guy. That's gotta say SOMETHIN' about the view! I actually pulled
off to the side of the rode, looked at the reflecting sun, and wept.
THAT'S why I'm moving to Alaska.
Three more days...
Bob Romanko
Eric Holeman
Jan Flora <snow...@xyz.net> wrote:
>I'll second Darwin's Theory for the best bar in Ancorage. But Beluga Point for
>the best view in Alaska? Hmm. Only when the little white whales are present.
I don't expect much consensus on a best view. I'll vote for two--well,
maybe 3 or 4:
1. Mt. Susitna from Resurrection Park
2. The drive between Nenana and Fairbanks, about ten miles before Nenana,
where the road looks out over the Tanana valley, over hills so thick with
treetops (aspens or birches, I guess) that they look almost grassy-green.
3. From above Juneau on the Mt. Roberts trail. I understand you can take
a tram up now, not that I would. More fun to hike it.
>I *will* vote for Turnagain Arm for one of the prettiest spots in Alaska early
>in the morning, when it's just getting light and the sun is making the snow on
>the mountains pink, and the water is dead calm and reflecting the mountains
>on the water. I've almost wrecked the truck a number of times, gawking at
>that view...
Turnagain Arm's great anytime, heading toward Portage around Potter or
Bird Creek, iirc. I'll make that my 4th vote.
--
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Eric Holeman eholatenteractcom Chicago Illinois USA
Floyd Davidson
>In article <snowshoe-090...@209-pm4.hom.alaska.net>,
> Jan Flora <snow...@xyz.net> wrote:
>
>>I'll second Darwin's Theory for the best bar in Ancorage. But Beluga Point for
>>the best view in Alaska? Hmm. Only when the little white whales are present.
>
>I don't expect much consensus on a best view. I'll vote for two--well,
>maybe 3 or 4:
You've hit on the problem that I have. How do I decide which place?
>2. The drive between Nenana and Fairbanks, about ten miles before Nenana,
>where the road looks out over the Tanana valley, over hills so thick with
>treetops (aspens or birches, I guess) that they look almost grassy-green.
That *is* a view!
And then there was one day several years ago when the sun came
up in late September, shining gold on the Golden Heart City of
Fairbanks in such a way that something like 5-6 of us who saw it
wrote articles here trying to describe it for everyone else.
>3. From above Juneau on the Mt. Roberts trail. I understand you can take
>a tram up now, not that I would. More fun to hike it.
Heck, one of the neatest things I've ever seen was a view of the
Gastineau Channel on a summer day, from the Douglas side, as a
storm moved from south to north. Fantanstic.
And there are others...
Flying around the Bering Straits in the spring on a day when it's at
least a little overcast, but otherwise clear visibility. The shadow
from an overcast sky on the ice in the Straits is just wierd looking.
Pictures don't do it justice.
Sitting on a ridge between the Kuskokwim River and the Yukon River
just up from Kalskag.
There's a big valley in the Lisburne Mountains that can be seen
from near the Long Range Radar site at Cape Lisburne, and on a
sunny day in the summer looking down from the mountain into that
valley just takes the wind out of your sails.
Almost *any* place on the Kuskokwim river from Stony River to
Akiak (any time other than during breakup, but maybe a sunny day
in August is the best, or a winter day in March).
How about 10 miles up the Colville River from Umiat, at 200 feet
off the ground in the summer time. The Brooks Range is just a
few miles away, directly underneath is the Colville River with
willows and green grass, and just north is the tundra of the
coastal plain.
There are a lot of other places just as interesting. There's
just no end to beauty when it comes to Alaska.
--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) fl...@barrow.com
Jim
"Dave Thompson" <bdtho...@lvcm.byteme.com> wrote in message
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> > Group: alt.culture.alaska
> > Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2002, 4:11pm (PDT-1) From:
> > S...@NOSPAMLADSWebWizardAlaska.com (Sam Douglas)
> >
> Bar - Bird House, now dead.
> Coffee Shop - Chicken Cafe to include cinnamon rolls.
Nothing can replace the Birdhouse but... Chilkoot Charlies is getting
ready to open a replica out where the horse shoe patio was... exterior is
the same size and shape, however its not made of logs, they may have some
cosmetic log siding, I think it will open with in the month.
Caviar
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I wonder whether they'll have hanging from the rafters "bras the size of
tank parachutes", (quote attributed to Dave Barry), as the original had.
c
peejoe
I was reading your description, and chuckled thinking back to the time
I almost ran off the road gawking at the purty mountains (Scared the hell
outta the car behind me too, they got off my bumper in a hurry.). and
then I got to the last line there....... and spit water all over my desk,
laughing. Geeesh.... thanks a lot, lol. Anywho, yup. Been there, done
that one.
-Jenn
Kevin Stall
I just like it as a scenic point. I love to drive out there and just sit
and watch the water and the mountians over on the Kenai Pennisula. And it's
a convient distance from town.
Jan Flora
<romanko@no_spam.virginia.edu> wrote:
> "Jan Flora" <snow...@xyz.net> wrote in message
> news:snowshoe-090...@209-pm4.hom.alaska.net...
> > In article <XFBs8.32755$uR5....@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>, "Kevin Stall"
> > <kst...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> >
> > > "Sam Douglas" <S...@NOSPAMLADSWebWizardAlaska.com> wrote in message
> > > news:ub4cdbt...@corp.supernews.com...
[...]
This is the last best place. (But don't tell anyone.)
Jan
Sam Douglas
down to Seward from Anchorage, the mountains and the water on the right as
you drive down are unbelievable - and different every time I go down,
especially the water...
Sam
--
Sam Douglas
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Robert Bolton
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...
> 2. The drive between Nenana and Fairbanks, about ten miles
before Nenana,
> where the road looks out over the Tanana valley, over hills so
thick with
> treetops (aspens or birches, I guess) that they look almost
grassy-green.
>
along the newly realigned road for a few years too. I love the
woods.
> 3. From above Juneau on the Mt. Roberts trail. I understand you
can take
> a tram up now, not that I would. More fun to hike it.
>
> >I *will* vote for Turnagain Arm for one of the prettiest spots
in Alaska early
> >in the morning, when it's just getting light and the sun is
making the snow on
> >the mountains pink, and the water is dead calm and reflecting
the mountains
> >on the water. I've almost wrecked the truck a number of times,
gawking at
> >that view...
>
> Turnagain Arm's great anytime, heading toward Portage around
Potter or
> Bird Creek, iirc. I'll make that my 4th vote.
The road, mountains, and water seem closer to each other between
Potter's Marsh and Bird Creek. I'm a lover of still water myself,
so that still days are the best IMHO.
I've been in Galena several times, but one evening I walked over
to the village and stood at the edge of the Yukon next to a couple
of fishwheels being built from cottonwood. Standing on the edge
of the Yukon, watching it flow smoothly by, and gazing over at the
forest on the far side. I love the interior.
For Anchorage, I used to get a nice view every now and then at the
Sportsman's Too, but that was many years ago.
Robert