Sam Davenport

I didn't realize until I began writing this month's TLDR that I completely spaced writing last month's! Sorry y'all. Season 11 of Below Deck Mediterranean has been one of my fave seasons yet. Aesha Scott (self-explanatory). A Below Deck baby. The

We have a movie picked out for our watch party, folks. I watched The Odyssey this weekend, stumbled down a Christopher Nolan rabbit hole and discovered his third movie is set in Alaska. It's called Insomnia, and stars Robin Williams and Al Pacino. We'll be doing

I haven’t had the chance to do much foraging this year. I missed the window for fiddlehead ferns, but I have big dreams of turning my backyard into a forager’s paradise for EJ. I want to put rhubarb and raspberry bushes up along the fence, plant wildflowers in

I’m writing this week’s newsletter from Kasilof Beach, while watching my family dipnet. Since I was pregnant last year and probably would have floated out to sea, I didn't go. This year, it's because of my leg. It felt like an accident waiting to

There was once a show about a gun shop in Anchorage that ran for four seasons. I'm honestly surprised it made it that long. Wild West Alaska premiered in 2013 on Animal Planet, and showed the everyday life of the staff who work at the shop. The shop

Before we get into it, yes, I want to believe in aliens-slash-life outside of Earth. Aliens in Alaska only got one season (and it's labeled as a documentary which made me LOL), but had some pretty familiar faces from local politicians, including Bob Bird and Dustin

When I was a pre-teen, my mom came home from work and told my brother and I the Mythbusters had stopped by work. This was not the norm in Willow, especially in the winter. I never ended up watching the episodes until now, so let's get into

Dunk came home when I was watching Dr. Dee perform surgery on a guinea pig. Oh, I can't do this, he said, and went into the other room. Each episode of Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet begins with a viewer discretion advised notice. Castrations, spay and neuter clinics in

Back in June of 1980, the Anchorage Daily News offered a $100,000 reward for proof of the Iliamna Lake monster's existence. People have lived on this land for more than 7,000 years, and for centuries, they've fished these lakes wearing lightweight waterproof parkas made

This newsletter is going to be a lot more fun to read if you believe in paranormal activity and can suspend your illusion of disbelief. Portals to Hell got three seasons, totaling 39 episodes – and season 1 episode 1 is about The Alaskan Hotel. It aired in 2019. Jack Osbourne