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Tracy and I are proud to have done our part in keeping Anchorage "Travel and leisure" magazine's worst dressed city in America! They sited such fashion no no's as Carharts, bunny boots, bulky parkas, multiple layers, Xtratufs, t shirts in 5 star restaurants and FUR!!!!!!!!! Yes there are many Alaskans that still ware fur! No it wasn't murder! It was lunch now its a hat!

I am so glad I live in a state where you can hit the best restaurant in the state on the way home from cutting wood and the head waiter wont bat an eye! Here there is no such thing as getting turned away because of the way you look!
 

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I'd bet Anchorage restaurants would let us rednecks in:)

But I'd be careful wearing rabbit caps, I know what bears use rabbits for:)
 
Rick P said:
I am so glad I live in a state where you can hit the best restaurant in the state on the way home from cutting wood and the head waiter wont bat an eye! Here there is no such thing as getting turned away because of the way you look!
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It's nice when places can be unpretentious like that.

In my experience, restaurants that have dress codes usually have mediocre food and/or service to go with it.

Ditto for restaurants with a view. Been to a few "top of the town" eateries atop skyscrapers. You pay mostly for the view.
 
Well it is good to know that if I ever get to Alaska I won't need to bring a tie.

But, this one gives me the impression that at least a few of them might be just a tad pretentious.
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Featuring Alaskan views and fresh seafood. Set 2,300 feet above sea level with panoramic view, indulge in a one-of-a-kind culinary experience. AAA Four-Diamond and Wine Spectator Award Winners. Seven Glaciers is Alyeska Resort's fine-dining restaurant. Offering signature Alaskan entrees in an elegant atmosphere, the Seven Glaciers experience is extraordinary from start to finish. Your journey begins with a scenic aerial tram ride. From this mountain-top perch, Seven Glaciers is surrounded by nature from every direction: every table features panoramic glacier and water views. Chef's Tasting Menu allows for a sampling of the best of the menu, save room for the Baked Alyeska.
 
I had a pair of Bunny Boots when I was a kid growing up in Minnesota,working my paper route on those freezing winter mornings.It's amazing how wel they keep your feet warm!

Steve
 
Smitty seven glaciers has no dress code. Its mostly ski bums and snow boarders.

WWatty we had dinner at the Crows nest, a 5 star restaurant at the top of one of anchorages tallest buildings. It was the one exception I have found to your rule, if you ever make it up the views are only out done by the food. Seven glaciers is on a mountain top it's views of Turnagain arm are spectacular but there food is not as good.
 
ossaguy said:
I had a pair of Bunny Boots when I was a kid growing up in Minnesota,working my paper route on those freezing winter mornings.It's amazing how wel they keep your feet warm!

Steve
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They are actually too warm for my taste but you see them everywhere up here.
 
BKelley said:
Rick,

Speaking of class, when are you going to put together some moose droping pen blanks? Most folks in the lower 48 never saw what the moose leaves.

Ben
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LOL the ear rings sell like hot cakes Ben! We even have a moose dropping festavile where they drop numbered nuggets out of a helicopter. Nugget closest to the target wins $1000! We haven't had temps much above 60 yet so I have not been casting, if it's warm enough when I get back from up north I'll give it a try!
 
Rick and Tracy,

Compliments to Tracy a bonny lass if she was a pen she would be a keeper as she is.

The conversation dipped in the following replies however at the end of a foraging episode the last place on earth I would seek is a five star restuarant.

One of our daughters spent 3 1/2 years in Washington DC with the Australian Embassy there and told us of mysterious treatments of Oreos and come Trick or Treat time the long distances folks like to fire Pumpkins. The comment only in America came about this way.

I do like hearing about other Customs, habits but dress codes to me count a lot more when you are youngish than later on.

Trust you all are having great weather we live in opposite conditions, I can only imagine the real cold though in Alaska. I see all the sense in the world to wear fur from animals after as you say.

Kind regards Peter.
 
Rick P said:
Smitty seven glaciers has no dress code. Its mostly ski bums and snow boarders.

WWatty we had dinner at the Crows nest, a 5 star restaurant at the top of one of anchorages tallest buildings. It was the one exception I have found to your rule, if you ever make it up the views are only out done by the food. Seven glaciers is on a mountain top it's views of Turnagain arm are spectacular but there food is not as good.
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I didn't mean they had a dress code -- I would assume that those restaurants looking for tourists trade would intentionally avoid one. There are two things that come to my mind....almost everybody would like to visit Alaska, it is spectacular....and tourists like to see how the natives live and dress. So I suspect there is no disadvantage to not having a dress code.

We are a tourist area here also and many restaurants have no dress code either (other than what is required by state law which I believe includes shoes and shirts if you are inside).

I was more responding to someone who said something about "unpretentious".... while they might be unpretentious they don't want their ads to read like they are.....
 
Guess They never checked on the dress codes around here. I know places that'll throw you out if you aren't in Bibs, Carhart's are preferred dress, but they will let in the poor folk in their Key brand bibs, long as the zipper is up, but you have to have on boots and a shirt!!
 
pwhay said:
Rick and Tracy,

Compliments to Tracy a bonny lass if she was a pen she would be a keeper as she is.

The conversation dipped in the following replies however at the end of a foraging episode the last place on earth I would seek is a five star restuarant.

One of our daughters spent 3 1/2 years in Washington DC with the Australian Embassy there and told us of mysterious treatments of Oreos and come Trick or Treat time the long distances folks like to fire Pumpkins. The comment only in America came about this way.

I do like hearing about other Customs, habits but dress codes to me count a lot more when you are youngish than later on.

Trust you all are having great weather we live in opposite conditions, I can only imagine the real cold though in Alaska. I see all the sense in the world to wear fur from animals after as you say.

Kind regards Peter.
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Here in Delaware where the annual contest is a major event we call it Punkin'Chunkin'.
 
bitshird said:
Guess They never checked on the dress codes around here. I know places that'll throw you out if you aren't in Bibs, Carhart's are preferred dress, but they will let in the poor folk in their Key brand bibs, long as the zipper is up, but you have to have on boots and a shirt!!
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I thought that only in West (by God) Virginia they figured that anyone not in bibs was a preacher or revenuer.
 
bitshird said:
Guess They never checked on the dress codes around here. I know places that'll throw you out if you aren't in Bibs, Carhart's are preferred dress, but they will let in the poor folk in their Key brand bibs, long as the zipper is up, but you have to have on boots and a shirt!!
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Well guess I'm out!

(Fritz documenting my reaction to his critique of my fashion sence.....seemed appropriate at the time)
 

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Guess I'm just gonna have to go see for myself. Got my tickets for end of June. I ain't bring a suit....if I was, I would have go buy one.
 
In South east Alaska your good clothes are your work clothes fresh out of the dryer.
You could always tell who the tourists and the new people in town. They were the ones in LL Bean duck boots crawling along the wet boardwalk because the worn wet wood is slippery and the only things that got traction were caulk (pronounced cork) boots, also known as spiked logging boots or Xtratuffs. If you wore caulk boots you had to take them off before going into the store.
 
robersonjr said:
Guess I'm just gonna have to go see for myself. Got my tickets for end of June. I ain't bring a suit....if I was, I would have go buy one.
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Thats just before I head north, drop me a note if you'd like to get a beer or have a meal from our smoker! Should have the boat in the water by then if ya want to do some fishin.
 
Salt lake City, Utah made the list too. With the number of different nationalities that makes up our population of course we have our comfort level of dress. What is wrong with that? Salt Lake City was named number one city to retire in, so we run the gambit in popularity as I am sure all of our areas are.
 
Hmmmm

Looking at the list of the "worst" 10 they seem to be mostly cities with something else that attracts people to them. Of course, it would also depend a bit on what "best" and "worst" dressed mean. I suspect that a lot of us 'commoners' might have a slightly different view about that than the editors of Travel and Leisure Magazine.

To me 'well dressed' means looking decent and feeling comfortable. Looking decent means looking such that strangers passing by won't notice how I look. What is decent will vary from place to place and season to season.
 
Woodlvr said:
Salt lake City, Utah made the list too. With the number of different nationalities that makes up our population of course we have our comfort level of dress. What is wrong with that? Salt Lake City was named number one city to retire in, so we run the gambit in popularity as I am sure all of our areas are.
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Is thanksgiving point anywhere near you? They have been sending me newsletters for years. I call and explain that I will probably never visit Utah, so please dont send more newsletters, then I flirt with the woman on the phone a bit. Sure enough a few weeks later I get another news letter.........it's become a running joke!
 
Rick P said:
Tracy and I are proud to have done our part in keeping Anchorage "Travel and leisure" magazine's worst dressed city in America! They sited such fashion no no's as Carharts, bunny boots, bulky parkas, multiple layers, Xtratufs, t shirts in 5 star restaurants and FUR!!!!!!!!! Yes there are many Alaskans that still ware fur! No it wasn't murder! It was lunch now its a hat!

I am so glad I live in a state where you can hit the best restaurant in the state on the way home from cutting wood and the head waiter wont bat an eye! Here there is no such thing as getting turned away because of the way you look!
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Yeah that sounds so much worse than what we have to deal with here....

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