tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post5383352568224621835..comments2024-03-26T17:30:22.600-08:00Comments on Way Up North: Whale Fat Follies, in the Heart of SpenardRev. Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-13672880641425759412014-07-19T07:16:17.302-08:002014-07-19T07:16:17.302-08:00I hear you; you should know that those neighborhoo...I hear you; you should know that those neighborhoods are rapidly disappearing. But you can still find one or two, if you try. Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-90127319384174599562014-07-19T06:19:17.287-08:002014-07-19T06:19:17.287-08:00First time I traveled to Alaska, I was with a rath...First time I traveled to Alaska, I was with a rather naive young lady who was also responsible for finding us lodgings. She found us a great place (and by "great", she meant "cheap") at a HOSTEL in SPENARD. Oh, that was a night, let me tell you. The desk clerk was emphatic that we not go out alone and that we be back in before dark.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-17482939204819312612014-07-18T05:47:43.091-08:002014-07-18T05:47:43.091-08:00Understood, Wing. Our daughters used to go to the ...Understood, Wing. Our daughters used to go to the smaller place, and raved about the food. I haven't heard anyone say <i>anything</i> good about it since they moved.<br /><br />Live and learn.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-34596794834654273962014-07-17T20:40:35.406-08:002014-07-17T20:40:35.406-08:00Yeah, I got suckered by nice hippie friends into h...Yeah, I got suckered by nice hippie friends into helping with the remodel of the fly by night into the taproot. <br /><br />Back when the taproot was a wish-we-were-pretentious hole in the wall in a strip mall, they were a fun little hippie place with good fries & burger and good service, a stage crowded at two people standing on it and some good bluegrass. <br /><br />When they moved to the new place, they sadly didn't seem to get the concept of expanding scale of operations. They also got pretentious, and went from hippies of the good-food and lets-get-along variety to hipsters of the pretentious progressive variety. Last time I went there for food, they decided to have a "singer" doing a rant about how Bush kills people for fun and oil up on stage. My friend and I left, and haven't been back. On a Wing and a Whimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754595334684845895noreply@blogger.com