Tieme se mmhalla, Michele
The little moments you share with your life partner and your best friend are what makes a marriage. This past weekend my wife, Michele, was up to our home in Alaska for a job interview for a legal assistant position in Anchorage. If she gets the position we are one step closer to having the […]
Fortos Fort: Roof Project Complete!
After nearly three weeks of ring around the collar work, the roof project at Forto’s Fort is complete! As with any home project, we went WAY over budget–almost a 1000 bucks. That was to be expected. If you are a frequent reader of this blog you have read my stories about the famed Forto’s Fort. […]
Talkeetna Alaska and Mountain High Pizza Pie
About a 120 miles from Anchorage is the quaint little town of Talkeetna, Alaska. If you remember the TV show, Northern Exposure, Talkeetna is one of the towns it was based on. Michele, Tyler and I headed up the Parks Highway for a day-trip on the Fourth of July. We wanted to check out the […]
Bacon Jam Burger at Spenard Roadhouse
Even in a town of just 291,000 people, Anchorage is a cosmopolitain enclave and and the destination for most of Alaska’s visitors before they head north to Denali or south to the glaciers and world class fishing. Anchorage is the nations 64th largest city and with that they have all the trappings of a booming […]
Fortos Fort: A year in the life
Forto’s Fort July 3, 2010 It was July 3, 2010 at about 3 pm when my daughter, Nicole and I landed in Alaska on a cool and very rainy Saturday afternoon and we pulled into the driveway to meet realtor and friend, Dave. We had pretty much bought the cabin sight unseen in mid-June on […]