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Anchorage

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Jones, Feb 9, 2008.

  1. Rumpleforeskin

    Rumpleforeskin Active Member

    Why Alaska?
     
  2. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    and jonesy's night comes to an anticlimactic end.

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  3. patchs

    patchs Active Member

    I have a hunch Jones that Anchorage in Feb. won't be as much fun as Havana was when you went last year.
     
  4. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    I had a blast at Chilkoot Charlie's as a 22-year-old on the prowl. In fact, my buddy met a girl there and she came out to visit him on the East Coast a month or two after we returned. She never left.

    The Brew House also sticks out in my mind from that trip. Had a great steak and some excellent beer there.

    There were some other dive bars as well, but I don't remember them so well. I think all the strip clubs are "juice bars," which kind of sucked. Can't say I recommend the place we went. Don't remember the name, though.
     
  5. Jones

    Jones Active Member

    Here safe and sound, and I have to say, I'm bagged.

    Was up at four o'clock this morning, Ottawa-Detroit, Detroit-Minneapolis, Minneapolis-Anchorage -- the last leg, six freaking hours. I don't know if you guys know this, but Alaska's fucking farrrrrrrr.

    Plus, it's farther on Northwest -- no movie, no audio, no food, one pass with the drinks cart. Boo.

    Fun, though. Flight in was absolutely beautiful, so many mountains I couldn't hardly believe it. Just read the Anchorage Daily News at my first bar, near my hotel. Couple pints -- Alaskan IPA and Amber, both flavorful and much-needed -- and a French dip sandwich.

    I am happy, but I am also tired. The bar crawl will wait until tomorrow.

    Also, a four-hour time difference kind of surprised me. No one ever talks about "Alaska time." I'm all discombobulated. Although if I wonder where I am, I can always look up above the fireplace and see the moose head, and there's a giant fucking bear standing a few feet to my left.

    So far, me likey.
     
  6. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    not a damned thing about my "fun with photobucket?"

    unsolid.
     
  7. Jones

    Jones Active Member

    I took a picture of my asshole with your toothbrush up it.
     
  8. Jones

    Jones Active Member

    Oh, wait, just noticed the dude in the Peter Tosh shirt. Now that is goddamn solid.
     
  9. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    douche bag. ;)
     
  10. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Wait till you wake up early and see the sunrise over the mountains surrounding the city. Spectacular.
     
  11. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    But would it make the Esquire sandwich hall of fame? Is it 1/10th as good as burger you had in Havana?
     
  12. Del_B_Vista

    Del_B_Vista Active Member

    Speaking of those sandwiches, that special section on esquire.com don't work for me, and I got a roast beef po-boy to promote.
     
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