‘It’s all-around warm!’ Jeannette Duenow, owner of Arctic Fire Clothing, is the perfect picture of an Alaskan athlete. A cross-country skier in the winter and a triathlete in the summer, she knows what it means to be outdoors. She also knows what it means to be cold. Her main product, the Cinder Heated Performance...
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Fairbanks couple gives warm heart to cold business Geoff and Dorothee Wool have really tough jobs. As the owners of Hot Licks Homemade Ice Cream in Fairbanks, they must test all the flavors of their frozen desserts. “We have to taste all the ice cream that we make,” Dorothee said. It’s for quality control...
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Skinny Raven team believes great service is the key to success Skinny Raven was born in 1994, during a time when there were no specialty running stores in Anchorage. Franchise fitness stores had started to pop up in the 1970s and ’80s, but in the mid-’90s, the climate around fitness and running really began...
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Two entrepreneurs in their own rights come together to launch their newest venture More than 300 adults and many with their children shopped Alaska’s first ever AK Mom 2 Mom sale Saturday. Vendors in three separate rooms at ChangePoint off Raspberry Road piled tables high with new and used baby clothes, toys, strollers and...
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Lake Hood in Anchorage is the world’s largest seaplane base. Among the hubbub of summer lake activity, with the deafening drone of aircraft engines overhead, crusty bush pilots step into hip waders and load up planes with passengers, freight, wide-eyed tourists and sometimes even kitchen appliances. In a flash, cherry-red, single-engine planes of Rust’s...
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Haines author works hard, says ‘yes’ to life Haines writer Heather Lende strings together words in such a way to simply tell warm, human stories and make delightful observations about her life in rural Alaska. Over the years, Heather has made a name for herself through the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch, National Public Radio...
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Ken Sease wants to share the humanity behind music Ken Sease feels most at home with a guitar in his hands. The owner and chief audio engineer of Twisted Penguin Productions in Anchorage began his career as a house musician in Nome with his band Notice To Appear. Ken and Joseph Simer, Notice To...
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For women who love shoes beyond reason It’s Valentine’s Day, and the women who own ShuzyQ in downtown Anchorage want you to know it’s OK if you haven’t found “the one.” This Feb. 14, you can come down to the store and find a soul mate for your feet. ShuzyQ is hosting a KamaSHOEtra...
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Crab cooking pots and 5-gallon buckets In a remote cabin 50 miles by boat from Sitka, Alaska, Jim and Darcy Michener accidentally left a crab cooking pot of sea water brewing on the stove. Overnight as the water boiled out, an enticing pattern of sea salt stuck to the rim of the pot. “We...
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Woman sews creativity, community into small town Shelly Stubblefield cherishes the first quilt she made. It was for her then-boyfriend — now-husband — Todd. “It’s a heavy flannel quilt,” she said. “It’s definitely a man’s quilt.” The quilt is so basic, Shelly said, but it’s special because it was the beginning of a love...
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