Guest city notebook: A boy from North Bliss
Growing up on N. Bliss, still in grade school, Hank played basketball in the driveway with the hoop his dad built, back before his dad went to prison.
For The Guardian: America’s biggest coffee snobs are not in Seattle, but wide-eyed and alert in Alaska
Alaska is among the most coffee-obsessed states in the nation. Some years, the coffee-shop-to-human ratio in Anchorage has been higher than Seattle, making it the most caffeinated place in the America.
Guest post: Take a peek at the tiniest dream house
Take a tour of this super adorable DIY Anchorage playhouse, built by Alaska Knit Nat and styled by Fernanda Conrad.
Friday is (Alaska Blueberry) Pie Day
I opened the door the other day to get the paper, and there is just the tiniest nip in the air. Blueberry weather.
See Alaska: A beach walk on Yukon Island
I first went to Yukon in the summers as a child (And my mom before me). The place is magic. Take a look.
For Al Jazeera America: Alaska’s Mountain View, America’s most diverse neighborhood
On a weekend morning you can hear the sound of Lao Buddhist monks chanting on one block and African-American spirituals pouring out a church door on another. Welcome to the future of America.
Guest city notebook: A hidden farmers market
In Mountain View, a peek at hidden farmers market with Kirsten Swann
Point Hope (food) in iPhone snaps
What do they eat in Point Hope? Here’s a peek at what’s on the plate during the spring whaling feast in one of America’s most northern communities.
Killer s’mores brownies (Gluten-free recipe included!)
I made these and brought them to a barbecue and they were gone in about ten minutes. It hits all the s’mores notes but kind of better. Just make sure to cut it into small pieces.
For Al Jazeera America: A whaling village preserves its past
The 900 people who live here hold on to a ritual that dates back 2,000 years: the spring hunt for the bowhead whale. This year, the village took three.