Before and After: Mera’s Craigslisted chair
Read about how my friend Mera turned this funky chair into a sleek showpiece.
Adak postcard: America’s westernmost pet cemetery
I stumbled on this cemetery WAY out in the Aleutians a couple of weeks ago. May they rest in peace.
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 mochi 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.”