A James Beard New York City trip diary
It took a massive logistical childcare effort AND a make-me-cry-it-was-so-amazing community airplane ticket fundraising campaign, but I got to New York City last week for the James Beard Awards.
Before and After: A storage closet under $200
The challenge: make my gross furnace closet clean and functional for under $200.
This is cool: A Steller Story from St. George
Here’s a beautiful postcard from St. George Island in the Bering Sea.
The best (gluten-free) easy-like-Sunday-morning waffles
Easy to make. Pleases wheat-eaters. Thanks to a secret ingredient.
DIY: Magic! Clean a burned enamel pot
See a burned thrift-store enamel pot go from fugly to fine!
Good news, page views and thank yous!
I’m really excited to announce that my site, which launched at the end of November, has now been viewed 100,000 times! Thanks, friends, for supporting my experiment!
For 61° North: For millennials in Alaska, home ownership dreams deferred
“We are in a sellers’ market. We’re seeing three and four offers,” said Ava Anderson, a realtor with Jack White in Anchorage, speaking about first homes under $300,000 like Knapp’s. “The last one I had had, like, nine offers.”
For Al Jazeera America: Alaska, known for cold and snow, is on thin ice
Two-thirds of Alaska has below-normal snowpack, or accumulated snow, according to Daniel Fisher, a hydrologist and data collection officer with the Westwide Snow Survey Project.
See Alaska: Arctic Village in iPhone snaps
Here’s a tour of Arctic Village in iPhone pictures.