first friday

is an event held in Anchorage every month during which the art galleries around town open up their shops & provide hors d'oeuvres and wine to the public as they make their way though their gallery & around town.

a night out on the town for sophisticated people minus the bar + rich, (expen$ive), beautiful art

or, as we saw it - a free bar crawl around town in fancy boutiques.

it was pretty awesome!

some grapes here, some crackers & cheese there, some fresh spring rolls here

& free wine everywhere.

(sign me up!)

I really did enjoy it & I do plan to go back and visit some of these galleries when they're not packed front to back, left to right with people. I even spoke with a man at one of them earlier in the afternoon about their "local artist" wall where they feature a different artist each month. Well tonight I got to meet the photographer who's work was on display - and this man working there said I might even be able to get my stuff up on their walls. How cool would that be??

who knows!

so if I were to pick an Alaskan "must have" tshirt, this would be it.

I'm gonna have to get one eventually.

(at octopus ink)

I spent all afternoon walking the Coastal Trail that runs along the Cook Inlet.

The sun is out, the sky is blue.

It's beautiful & so are you.