Saturday Wrap-Up

This has been an exciting sports week in Anchorage. A lot of Anchorage Bucs Baseball, only moderately good, and the final home game for our still new WILD football team. The big surprise is that they finally won. The paper said the strategy worked! They switched the coaches assignments round. The traditional Mt. Marathon race in Seward was won by the favorites, and for those who don't know about this race, it's a great run from downtown Seward up the mountain, and return.

I've spent way too much time watching TV --Wimbleton Tennis -- which doesn't end until tomorrow, but I was cheering for Venus all the way, and some of the underdogs on the men's side. Such a disappointment to see Andy Roddick fall apart when he was knocking on the winner's door. The PGA Tour is playing in Whispering Straits, Wisconsin this week. The legend on the TV screen says the town is Kohler, but for one who visited there three years ago, I can tell you that it's really hidden off a blue highway near Sheboygan. Like finding an oasis in the desert. But it is one of the more beautiful 'resorts' with two 18-hole courses, right on Lake Michigan. The traditional clubhouse is warm woods, and speaking of woods, a golfer with a like name, just had a putt that hung on the lip of the cup. Finally, something like my game. (I'm watching the game thru the rear-view mirror I have on my desk-top computer.)

Aside from o.d.ing on the sports scene, yesterday was First Friday. This means the Art Walk downtown, which I did with my neighbor. Such fun, starting at Sub-Zero, which is a great little Absolut Bar on F. Street that has bubbles rising up the frontage windows. Wall space is limited, but they do manage an art display, some pop-art this week, and we followed this with a few more galleries, ending with a visit to the Top of the World. This is a long-time favorite in the Hilton Hotel, formerly the Anchorage-Westward, where they have opened the deck, for a great view of downtown and Cook Inlet, and music by local favorites, Kenny Blackwell and Mr. Whitekeys, plus a bass and drums. Its popularity has spread, so we were lucky to join some friends at the best table in the house. It's pricey, but the setting is priceless. So summer is in full swing.