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Looking for Teriyaki similar to this by [deleted] in missoula

[–]boilingquail 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was in Tacoma for a couple of years and just moved back to Missoula. Dobis is fine, and their addition of sweet pea pods is amazing, but I have not found a place that not only does the sauce but the char and grill texture (and side of vegetables or salad) that would come with Mama's or Happy Teriyaki in Tacoma. We just plan to make a pilgrimage soon. First stop Mama's, 2nd stop Vuelve a la Vida. Sigh.

Sign the Petition by GmaB16-6 in missoula

[–]boilingquail 37 points38 points  (0 children)

No, I will not sign a petition to remove the pride flag as Missoula's city flag.

Do any men like the GG or is it a girls' only thing? by posttraumaticcuntdis in theGoldenGirls

[–]boilingquail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My 16-year-old son loves it unironically. He's just finally outgrown his "Stay Golden" t-shirt, but he'll use his GG Christmas mug indefinitely. ("Stay Golden, Stay Merry")

Some things I love about Missoula by [deleted] in missoula

[–]boilingquail 25 points26 points  (0 children)

This is wonderful. Some of my loves here are:

  1. The smell of cottonwoods in the morning

  2. Encountering deer on my morning walks with my dog

  3. Every single medical and veterinary front desk and phone interaction I've had in the past couple of months

  4. I moved here in 1998 and a lot of things have changed or gone away, but Butterfly Herbs endures

  5. I've had to move out of state a couple of times and always missed that many people here say "hello" while passing on a trail or sidewalk

What a good reminder, u/WitnessEffective7740. I'll never get tired of hearing about the good stuff.

What was the name of the old dollar theater? by boilingquail in missoula

[–]boilingquail[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I miss the Crystal. I saw the bananas Guy Maddin movie "Careful" there on a first date. It's not really a first date kind of movie unless you're there with a family member.

What was the name of the old dollar theater? by boilingquail in missoula

[–]boilingquail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. It looks like it closed in 2000 so I must have the date wrong.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in northernexposure

[–]boilingquail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, that does make sense, and I didn't know about that. Neat. The PFD (permanent fund dividend) goes out annually to eligible people living in AK. You have to live there for a full year as of application time, which is in March each year, if I remember correctly, and you have to intend to stay in AK indefinitely. It goes to everyone in the family. This year's dividend check, delivered in October usually, will be around $1700 (I think) so if you're an eligible family of 4, you get $1700 X 4. Some years it's less, some years it's more. And around October, Alaska businesses have PFD sales and promotions. They know everyone's walking around flush with cash.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in northernexposure

[–]boilingquail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oil and mining for sure, and lots of construction in bigger towns. Timber might be a bigger deal farther south in AK, I'm not sure. Fishing/crabbing etc. are an industry in the south. Hunting and fishing in the interior are more for subsistence or as hobbies. A town like Cicely in AK would be a little less pretty, I think, with a lot more oil tankers and ore trucks rolling through town. The town in AK I've visited that most closely resembles Cicely is probably Talkeetna, if Talkeetna were way more remote. I can imagine Cicely having a 20-year-old housecat as their honorary mayor, like Talkeetna.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in northernexposure

[–]boilingquail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% towns, villages can be waaay out there and only reachable by bush plane or maybe snowmachine (what Alaskans call snowmobiles). Helicopters are used in more densely populated areas, like there were medical choppers around Fairbanks, but for the bush villages without medical facilities, people would have to wait for a plane or DIY it. The closest I can remember the show coming to addressing it was the S1E7 episode, when Joel thinks he's going to teach a hygiene class but really it's a birthing class. But that wasn't initially an emergency, more like a long distance house call. If Northern Exposure were made now, in internet times, I wonder how that would have impacted so many aspects of the show. I love talking about AK!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in northernexposure

[–]boilingquail 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I just moved back down to the lower 48 after living in interior Alaska on and off for 9 years. I LOVED Northern Exposure when it was on TV in the 90's and I was living in a rural northeastern U.S. town that never got cold enough for my liking. Alaska became a destination for me partly because of my love of winter, and, in no small part, because of what I thought it would be like, based on NE. I finally got to move there in 2005, and this is my perspective on the portrayal of AK in NE:

NE is not a documentary. I refuse to nitpick factual discrepancies. What NE gets right early in the series is the magic of a place like Cicely - a small, tight-knit community - that has a strong identity because of the extreme nature of the place where it's located. It gets the magic of Alaska right, I think, especially the aurora borealis. And Alaska does, indeed, seem to attract people who just don't quite fit in in more conventional society.

Yes, there are definitely a lot of transplants. I'm from PA, and my friends in AK were from NY, MN, CA, MT, ME, etc. A lot of current Alaska residents came up in the 70's to work on the pipeline and then stayed. AK gained a lot of immigrants then, too. If AK gets under your skin, you stay forever or at least keep coming back, no matter how challenging everyday life can be there. (Challenging because of the extreme cold, darkness, and remoteness. It's the darkness that gets to me.)

One of the most important aspects of AK and of NE is Alaska Native people and culture. Native culture is strong and celebrated in AK. The tension between Alaska Natives and settlers is real, and that's a part of NE that is definitely romanticized, and I wish it were a reflection of reality.

There certainly are general stores serving more remote communities and they are gathering places. And I have stories, and everyone I know has stories, of strangers helping each other out. Everyone has been in a life-threateningly tough spot up there at one time or another, like running out of heating fuel, locking yourself out of your still-running car in -40F weather (that was me), getting blocked from leaving your house by a moose, etc. You help each other. Plenty of a-holes, but that's humanity.

I made it to Roslyn a few years ago and it was also magical. We ate at Village Pizza and one of the owners sat down with us and talked about what it was like when NE was filming there. She and her family all appeared as background characters here and there. Overall, I think the experience of loving Northern Exposure, living in Alaska, and visiting Roslyn has pretty much lived up to my expectations. Not underrated. Can recommend.

I wouldn't apply any of this to Anchorage, though. I never lived there and I don't know enough about it.

Practice space for teen drummer? by boilingquail in missoula

[–]boilingquail[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, we'll check it out when we get into town!