Tag: Donna Freedman

Dana Peak and Mount Dana. But of course.

A long while back my friend Donna Freedman asked me to write a list of the ten best Alaska place names for a City Smart Anchorage guidebook, which led to one of the most fun afternoons I ever spent in the Alaska Room of the Loussac Library in Anchorage. The City Smart Guides are, alas,…

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Life Hack

From the Cheap R Us Files. You know how the pump on the lotion bottle coughs to a stop before the bottle is empty? You pump and pump and it slurps and slurps and nothing comes out, but you can feel by the weight of the bottle that it isn’t empty. It’s always irritated the…

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