Tag Archives: Alaska

Restaurant Review: Yak & Yeti’s Himalayan Restaurant

In many ways this restaurant may be seen as the inverse of the previous restaurant we ate at for dinner. If Spenard’s Roadhouse is a trendy and beautiful and large restaurant with a lot of customers and with a lot … Continue reading

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Restaurant Review: Spenard Roadhouse

When our initial choice for dinner was closed we ended up going here for dinner before the opening night service at the Feast of Tabernacles in Anchorage, Alaska. This particular restaurant offers fare that I did not expect for a … Continue reading

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Book Review Alaska: 10th Anniversary Edition

Alaska: 10th Anniversary Edition, by Art Wolfe, with text by Nick Jans There is text in this book, at the beginning of every chapter, but the reader of this book would be forgiven for not realizing this immediately and for … Continue reading

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Book Review: Treasures Of Alaska

Treasures Of Alaska: Last Great American Wilderness, by Jeff Rennicke, photographs by Michael Melford One of the ironies that I never cease to find entertaining is that National Geographic is not particularly good at maps. Admittedly, there are not too … Continue reading

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Book Review: Coming Into The Country

Coming Into The Country, by John McPhee This book is a somewhat lengthy discussion of three different aspects of Alaskan existence.  Although I have traveled to Alaska, I must admit that I am not very knowledgeable about its ways, although … Continue reading

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