Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
The first time we walked down to the Stockel farmers market we were a little awed by the casual champagne-and-oysters crowd. What was this alternate universe we’d stepped into where people faire les course pour acheter cheese, saucisses, fruits and veggies from across Europe, then take a pause for this elegant hedonistic repas? “Want some…
All the stars aligned for a perfect summer evening on the last Friday before the kids start school Monday. The kids and I slept through the night and seem to be over jet lag (the worse the itinerary, the fewer nights of waking up at 2:30am for the day maybe?). It had been cold and…
Here’s one of the hikes we did in Anchorage—Flat Top’s Sunnyside Trail. Luke and Justin (and sometimes Hannah) wake up really early and hike Flat Top on Friday mornings before work with a group of guys. Luke said one time he was hustling up to the top, trying to beat the 30 minute goal. It’s…
Eloise at the Plaza
Iconic Alaska in a day trip—we started in Anchorage, packed six wiggly kids into the car, and headed down the Seward Highway. We traced the coast along Turnagain Arm, which is a body of water branching off the Cook Inlet, which connects Anchorage to the Gulf of Alaska, which is of course in the Northern…
Standing on top of the Byron Glacier, I looked down at the meltwater flowing fast and cold out from underneath the blue-white ice, and the sunken parts of the glacier around me, and I thought about that expert glacier explorer who recently fell to his death in a glacier crevasse, and I hightailed it over…
So the kids and I flew from Belgium to Alaska and it was a huge hassle but now we’re HERE and it’s AWESOME! Our very first day hanging out in a jet lagged stupor with the cousins we went to ride scooters along the Campbell Creek Trail. There were people around and we brought bear…
