‘Not guilty’ by association When the Supreme Court’s decision on the Exxon Valdez litigation came out last week—slashing Exxon’s punitive damages to a tenth of the original $5 billion ruling—Alaskan pols were ultra-swift with their press releases condemning the court’s decision ...One classy hamburger Having recently relocated to an office in midtown, I’ve been introduced to several new lunch spots lately that were just too far away from my old downtown job to try before. There are hundreds of places within driving distance now, so I’ve tried more ...Externalities Here is what I will remember about Uganik Bay:
The acrid-sweet smell of smoke from a fire of alder driftwood.
The taste of salt spray that comes in waves over the bow of the skiff.
Friends in high places The eggheaded visionaries over at Pixar Animation Studios have maintained an extraordinary level of quality since 1995’s Toy Story, their first (and the first) computer-animated feature, but with the flawless WALL•E, Pixar sets that bar on the tippy- ...The new-school scion Anchorage residents who were around when Mayor and senatorial candidate Mark Begich entered the Assembly at the age of 26 may not believe it, but as a young man, Begich resented politics.
“If you ask anyone in my family I was the least likely to g ...A fish story I've never considered myself much of a fisherwoman, but catching a few halibut last year got me started thinking that, with a little practice, I could be pretty bad-ass. So it made perfect sense to grab a friend and plan a day of fishing.
When the Supreme Court’s decision on the Exxon Valdez litigation came out last week—slashing Exxon’s punitive damages to a tenth of the original $5 billion ruling—Alaskan pols were ultra-swift with their press releases condemning the court’s decision ...
Having recently relocated to an office in midtown, I’ve been introduced to several new lunch spots lately that were just too far away from my old downtown job to try before. There are hundreds of places within driving distance now, so I’ve tried more ...
Here is what I will remember about Uganik Bay:
The acrid-sweet smell of smoke from a fire of alder driftwood.
The taste of salt spray that comes in waves over the bow of the skiff.
The eggheaded visionaries over at Pixar Animation Studios have maintained an extraordinary level of quality since 1995’s Toy Story, their first (and the first) computer-animated feature, but with the flawless WALL•E, Pixar sets that bar on the tippy- ...
Anchorage residents who were around when Mayor and senatorial candidate Mark Begich entered the Assembly at the age of 26 may not believe it, but as a young man, Begich resented politics.
“If you ask anyone in my family I was the least likely to g ...
I've never considered myself much of a fisherwoman, but catching a few halibut last year got me started thinking that, with a little practice, I could be pretty bad-ass. So it made perfect sense to grab a friend and plan a day of fishing.
