# anchorage (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover anchorage. Page: Feed: --- ## [For a magical slice, track down this Palmer pizza truck](https://juliaomalley.substack.com/p/for-a-magical-slice-track-down-to) _2026-08-18 · Julia O’Malley · An Alaska Life_ Notes on: Palmer food adventures, raspberry pan-bangin' cookies, corn-salmon chowder, homemade Hamburger Helper, Little Rituals, Jason’s Donuts, surreal micro-fiction, u-picks. ## [To soak in the last warm days of Alaska summer, drive north](https://juliaomalley.substack.com/p/to-soak-in-the-last-warm-days-of) _2026-08-12 · Julia O’Malley · An Alaska Life_ Notes on: Parks Highway Thai, ADN reader-favorite salmon recipes, the Hmong Harvest Festival, Sitka's pie shop, a local comics star, trad wife ricotta. ## [Costco Business Center is an Anchorage life hack. Here's my shopping list.](https://juliaomalley.substack.com/p/costco-business-center-is-an-anchorage) _2026-07-31 · Julia O’Malley · An Alaska Life_ Notes on: the practical peace of the Costco Business Center, Alaska-Style nicoise salad, charred corn and couscous, rhubarb Twizzlers, easy city hikes, carrot salad ## [Long story short](https://roadtothesea.com/2026/07/29/long-story-short/) _2026-07-29 · Tim · Road to the Sea_ So we committed: leave the boat in New Zealand, run back to the USA again. We had only days to get Meriwether back to the yard. Luckily the weather cooperated—gave us a few gentle days with no wind to speak of. Which meant 80 miles of pure diesel power over three days, staying in anchorages we knew well enough after... ## [See Alaska's beautiful food world through the eyes of these creators](https://juliaomalley.substack.com/p/see-alaskas-beautiful-food-world) _2026-07-24 · Julia O’Malley · An Alaska Life_ Notes on: waiting for salmon on the Kenai, blueberry muffins, chicken parm salad, Susie Brito's salmon pastries, a soup named Roberto, TART RHUBARB. ## [EVENT: Food Culture Dinner at Sofra (Sold Out!)](https://juliaomalley.substack.com/p/event-food-culture-dinner-at-sofra) _2026-07-23 · Julia O’Malley · An Alaska Life_ Join me and sociologist/restaurateur Zeynep Kiliç for a five-course Turkish dinner with paired wines and interesting conversation. ## [Why not now?](https://roadtothesea.com/2026/07/17/why-not-now/) _2026-07-17 · Tim · Road to the Sea_ We were back in the Bay of Islands with a weather window developing on the forecast, so we told ourselves. The forecast changes. It always does. For now, we waited. Kerri was on the WhatsApp with the community, watching the same ten-day horizon everyone else watched, knowing it would shift and crumble as it got closer. Meriwether was ready –... ## [How City Boy's Blair Hicks dreamed up the burger Anchorage wants](https://juliaomalley.substack.com/p/how-city-boys-blair-hicks-dreamed) _2026-07-17 · Julia O’Malley · An Alaska Life_ Notes on: Beau Schooler's lox recipe, what social media trends can teach a food business, blueberry cobbler, and smashed beef kebab with cucumber yogurt ## [Your guide to a not-boring summer salmon dinner in four quick, easy recipes](https://juliaomalley.substack.com/p/your-guide-to-a-not-boring-summer) _2026-07-09 · Julia O’Malley · An Alaska Life_ With notes on: how a fish spatula will rock your world, dive bars, banana milk, cheap lychees, drive-thru affogato, savory cherries, 24-hour restaurants, caribou, pike ## [Waiting for a Door to Stay Open](https://roadtothesea.com/2026/07/07/waiting-for-a-door-to-stay-open/) _2026-07-07 · Tim · Road to the Sea_ We made a break for it while the weather was playing nice. Out of Whangarei, around Busby Head, and north back toward the Bay of Islands. Going back up bought us three things: a change of scenery (badly needed), more anchorages to pick from, and nearly a full day shaved off the passage to Fiji, for whenever the forecast decided... ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7puoDonXG7Ut) _2026-07-07 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [Different Uniforms, Same Rot](https://thealaskarecord.substack.com/p/different-uniforms-same-rot) _2026-07-04 · Amber Batts · The Alaska Record by Amber Batts_ It is the Fourth of July, 2026, the 250th anniversary of a country that loves to talk about freedom. While our country is supposed to be celebrating freedom, hundreds of masked men marched through Was ## [Alaska’s Crime Lab Was Supposed to Build Trust. The Audit Did the Opposite.](https://thealaskarecord.substack.com/p/alaskas-crime-lab-was-supposed-to) _2026-06-29 · Amber Batts · The Alaska Record by Amber Batts_ Alaska spent $90 million on a crime lab. Auditors found safety breaches, unused forensic space, and oversight problems. Years later, the public still has no fresh audit showing if anything was fixed. ## [You can always start over in the kitchen](https://juliaomalley.substack.com/p/you-can-always-start-over-in-the) _2026-06-25 · Julia O’Malley · An Alaska Life_ Notes on: anxiety, tortelloni, Pema Chödrön, geometric rhubarb, chive blossom salmon, TLC, espresso + coconut water, not saying sorry about Diet Coke. ## [Breaking from civilization](https://roadtothesea.com/2026/06/21/breaking-from-civilization/) _2026-06-21 · Tim · Road to the Sea_ We ended up staying two months at Town Basin. That was not the plan. But winter here brings foul weather every few days, and both Kerri and I had a mountain of work we wanted to finish before the big passage, so we settled into the comforts of city life. We don’t sit still this long very often. Usually the... ## [Tourist-free patios and other hot tips for dining al fresco in Anchorage](https://juliaomalley.substack.com/p/tourist-free-patios-and-other-hot) _2026-06-17 · Julia O’Malley · An Alaska Life_ Notes on: wines for sitting on the lawn, gritty-gorgeous Anchorage patios, salmon wraps, cherries + burrata, papaya salad, rhubarb tiramisu, the Anchorage Press ## [In June, in Alaska, anything can happen](https://juliaomalley.substack.com/p/if-youre-new-here-let-me-tell-you) _2026-06-08 · Julia O’Malley · An Alaska Life_ Notes on: how everything might go better than you expect, lilacs, dip nets, neighbors, grass, rhubarb pie, perfectly grilled Copper River reds ## [From Multiple Sexual Assault Charges to a Coercion Plea - Part One](https://thealaskarecord.substack.com/p/from-multiple-sexual-assault-charges) _2026-05-29 · Amber Batts · The Alaska Record by Amber Batts_ This is just one of those cases Alaska should not forget ## [Civilized](https://roadtothesea.com/2026/05/20/civilized/) _2026-05-21 · Tim · Road to the Sea_ Our past month has been one of ease, at least by cruising standards. Being tied to a dock in the middle of a proper town has slowly pulled us into a very different rhythm of life than the one we had while bouncing from anchorage to anchorage around Great Barrier Island. Neither of us has much interest in heading back... ## [Alaska Keeps Showing How It Really Sees Sex Workers](https://thealaskarecord.substack.com/p/alaska-keeps-showing-how-it-really) _2026-05-02 · Amber Batts · The Alaska Record by Amber Batts_ Alaska keeps showing how it views sex workers. Not as individuals who stop a serial killer or turn in pedophiles, or report trafficking. ## [Vaianu and Town Basin](https://roadtothesea.com/2026/05/01/vaianu-and-town-basin/) _2026-05-02 · Tim · Road to the Sea_ Kerri and I spent a few days tucked into The Nook, hiding from what was forecast to be a pretty solid blow. As it turned out, The Nook did exactly what we needed it to do, cutting the wind down enough that what could have been a rough few days turned into something far more manageable. Instead of getting hammered,... ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aj8gpWEBnSls) _2026-05-02 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [Colorado Fort Lewis College](https://thealaskarecord.substack.com/p/colorado-fort-lewis-college) _2026-04-30 · The Alaska Record by Amber Batts_ Shortly after I graduated, professors and local police began a campaign of harassment, intimidation, and retaliation based on my guest columns and letters to the editor, ## [We run away](https://roadtothesea.com/2026/04/19/we-run-away/) _2026-04-19 · Tim · Road to the Sea_ I wake up at odd hours sometimes. Two in the morning, eight in the morning—it doesn’t seem to follow any sort of logic, and I’ve long since stopped trying to understand it. What I do know is that once I’m awake, that’s it. There’s no rolling over, no drifting back off. I’ve learned not to fight it, because that only... ## [Stop Treating Every Raid as Rescue](https://thealaskarecord.substack.com/p/stop-treating-every-raid-as-rescue) _2026-04-17 · Amber Batts · The Alaska Record by Amber Batts_ The recent raids in Anchorage and Wasilla are being framed as arresting sex traffickers and rescuing victims, but many of those charged were actually the workers themselves. ## [It only gets worse](https://roadtothesea.com/2026/04/12/it-only-gets-worse/) _2026-04-13 · Tim · Road to the Sea_ We were still on Great Barrier Island as the final week of March rolled in, holding onto a bit of hope that the weather might give us a window to leave the greater Port Fitzroy area—maybe even circumnavigate the island. Kerri was still optimistic about that plan. I, on the other hand, was remembering what April looked like last year... ## [Spring Concerts 2026](https://mariancall.com/spring-concerts-2026/) _2026-04-09 · Marian Call · Marian Call_ Spring Concerts 2026 FRIDAY, APRIL 10th AFFAlaska Folk Festival Mainstage @ 6:30pm with QueensLive at Centennial Hall in Juneau and streaming at KTOO.orgperforming an arrangement of the Marian Call original Trail Song SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH AFFAlaska Folk Festival Continue reading ## [Wind, calm, wind](https://roadtothesea.com/2026/04/06/wind-calm-wind/) _2026-04-07 · Tim · Road to the Sea_ The second half of March picked up right where the first left off—two days of wind, two days of calm, and then right back to wind again. It became a rhythm whether we liked it or not. Rather than making miles, we spent most of our time shifting from one anchorage to the next, always looking for the best protection... ## [Finding the Great Barrier Island](https://roadtothesea.com/2026/03/27/finding-the-great-barrier-island/) _2026-03-27 · Tim · Road to the Sea_ After a much-needed morning of sleep, we got straight back to it. We lifted anchor and motored Meriwether deeper into the protected waters of Great Barrier Island, where a network of anchorages offered plenty of options for both shelter and exploration. At that point, we weren’t chasing anything specific—we were just happy to be afloat again, protected, and slowly easing... ## [A St. Patrick's Day to Remember](https://thealaskarecord.substack.com/p/a-st-patricks-day-to-remember) _2026-03-18 · Amber Batts · The Alaska Record by Amber Batts_ Today marks the anniversary of the day I started to visit a serial killer to get information. ## [TOXIC ADVOCACY WITH POWER BEHIND IT](https://thealaskarecord.substack.com/p/toxic-advocacy-with-power-behind) _2026-03-11 · Amber Batts · The Alaska Record by Amber Batts_ Whisper campaigns hit different from people in power. ## [Join my new subscriber chat](https://thealaskarecord.substack.com/p/join-my-new-subscriber-chat) _2026-02-21 · Amber Batts · The Alaska Record by Amber Batts_ A private space for us to converse and connect ## [Find it on Amazon (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Hzp3xwJ416ER) _2026-02-21 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Amazon product listing to see details and availability ## [Amberbatts.com](https://thealaskarecord.substack.com/p/coming-soon) _2026-02-15 · Amber Batts · The Alaska Record by Amber Batts_ Welcome to the new home of amberbatts.com now called The Alaska Record on Substack. ## [42](https://mariancall.com/42-2/) _2026-01-26 · Marian Call · Marian Call_ Saturday Feb. 28th, 2026Livestreaming Concert at Bandcamp.com1pm AK / 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern The ultimate question is before us, but at least we have the answer. Join Marian Call for a birthday concert from her living room, as she Continue reading ## [Anchorage – Save the Date](https://mariancall.com/anchorage-save-the-date/) _2026-01-26 · Marian Call · Marian Call_ Anchorage Join Emma Hill, Marian Call, Casey Smithfor an evening of songs and storiesat Momentum Dance Collective705 W 59th Ave Unit C, Anchorage, AK 99518 Tickets are $20 and shows often sell out; purchase ahead!Feel free to Continue reading ## [A New Year in Fairbanks](https://mariancall.com/a-new-year-in-fairbanks/) _2026-01-08 · Marian Call · Marian Call_ A Fairbanks House Concertfor the New Year 1/25/26 On January 25th, join Juneau songwriter Marian Call for a Sunday afternoon midwinter house concert in the Hamilton Acres neighborhood. Marian will share humorous and heartfelt tunes, new and old, grounded Continue reading ## [Have a Call and Molly Solstice!](https://mariancall.com/have-a-call-and-molly-solstice/) _2025-12-17 · Marian Call · Marian Call_ Livestreaming Concert It s the Call and Molly Holly Jolly Almost Solstice Singalong! Gosh and golly, get your tickets to join \[Marian\] Call and Molly for a one-of-a-kind livestreaming show on December 19th! And if you can t view it live, your Continue reading ## [December Shows: Marian Call and Har$ at Amalga Distillery](https://mariancall.com/marian-call-and-har-at-amalga-distillery/) _2025-11-25 · Marian Call · Marian Call_ Holiday Concerts:Saturday, December 6th in JuneauFriday, December 12th in Anchorage Juneau Tickets are available now for a cozy 2pm-4pm afternoon holiday show, Put Some Glitter on it, at Amalga Distillery in downtown Juneau. Marian is joined by young local Continue reading ## [Glitter, Dammit](https://mariancall.com/glitter-dammit/) _2025-11-14 · Marian Call · Marian Call_ A very different kind of carol for Christmas: Put some glitter on it, dammit. Honest, intense, funny, a little dark, and most of all sparkly. ## [Fall Concerts](https://mariancall.com/fall-concerts/) _2025-09-19 · Marian Call · Marian Call_ Welcome to autumn, the season for late flowers, turning leaves, fat bears, and Marian Call concerts. Several upcoming appearances in Juneau, in Anchorage, and online! ## [For the Public](https://mariancall.com/for-the-public/) _2025-04-05 · Marian Call · Marian Call_ Every Shoulder to the Boulder Hi this is Marian. I have a little song I ve been singing a lot lately, in public places. I ve been thinking about how to release it. After a lot of thinking, I ve decided this Continue reading ## [50th Alaska Folk Festival Appearances](https://mariancall.com/50th-alaska-folk-festival-appearances/) _2025-04-04 · Marian Call · Marian Call_ The 50th Annual Alaska Folk Festival Folk Fest is a time to play with friends, for for the 50th AFF, Marian will be singing in harmony all over town. Wed. April 9th, 6:30-6:45pmCentennial Hall Mainstage with QUEENS Free, all Continue reading ## [Greenland’s fleet-winged ghosts](https://www.carolinevanhemert.com/news/2024/12/6/4v5q33tot70wo1aqctuspv2prx4amd) _2024-12-06 · Caroline Van Hemert · Follow Us - Caroline Van Hemert_ New story in Hakai Magazine: The Fleet-Winged Ghosts of Greenland A mysterious population of peregrine falcons in the Far North has inspired environmental action and scientific research around the world. Read (or listen) to an article featuring our family’s encounters with Greenlandic peregrines and the lessons these far-flung falcons can teach us about our past and our future. “Unlike many of my…