Two weeks ago we stopped for a noon pizza at the Moose's Tooth Restaurant.
One of those delightful Anchorage moments occured then, as a young moose ambled
across the street, through the parking lot and into the brush on the other side
of the restaurant - everyone in the restaurant who saw it went "oooooh" - and
my camera was home!
Lesson learned - that camera goes with me everywhere, now.
There Ralph Courtney said hello to us - we hadn't seen him in, what?, about 15 years? We made plans to have dinner Tuesday at a nice new-ownership restaurant nearby called Toscana, which has a wonderful marinara sauce... and over a fine meal, we caught up on the families' news.
We went to Glen and Carol's lovely South Anchorage home for a marvelous Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey and Ham with absolutely all the trimmings... great company - lots to talk about...
I baked some cheese quiches for Gail for the Michael's crew lunch on the 26th.
This was America's Christmas shopping day -stores opened at 6 a.m. and closed
at 10 p.m.
We still feel like there's lots of time for shopping. Because the kids are coming here this year - we don't have to join the long, but cheerful, lines at the Post Office to mail them gifts.
Saturday I hopped a People-mover bus (they're free, system-wide, until Feb 1st,
thanks to an air pollution grant intended to get drivers off the road) - and
went downtown to see the Anchorage Christmas Tree in Town Square. The
tree-lighting ceremony was Friday night.
And peeping through the openings of the Penney's parking garage, behind the
tree, - that's Sunrise! I was looking Southeast at 10:30 in the morning.
The Ballet West version of The Nutcracker matinee was scheduled for
this afternoon in the Performing Arts Center nearby.. adding some young
Anchorage dancers to their cast.
There's an Artists and Craftsmen's Fair full of treasures in the Anchorage Museum . It's combined with an Alaskan Book Fair, and Anchorage's authors are there to sign the books.
Carolyn Strand has developed a technique of applying photographs on silk scarves and has some very engaging items - her booth by that Big ChristmasTree was very busy.
And tucked away under the Syndey Laurence museum masterpieces was my friend Andy Dunham, with original art works in her special style. Her florals and landscapes show the influence of her studies of Chinese brush painting.
And to close a very exciting week, Gail dropped by Sunday evening with Kirsten, visiting from Utah. They have know each other since they were 2 years old - and it has been almost 20 years since they last got together!
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