day 2 in anchorage

so i called the original hostel i was supposed to stay at because i had a 2 night reservation there. a girl answered with some weird as name like nirvanala and she said ohhh. yeah chris took your reservation, he's not really good at that. we have you booked for next week. sorry. i was like what the fuck. and she was all well just take the bus down here and exit at Seward and we'll take care of you. so i took the bus and got of at Seward. i walk for about a mile or so with all my luggage and call her. im like where is this place? and she as all like, oh noooo, the third Seward exit, see you soon! i was like what the fuuuuuuck. but i got a chance to walk through the city. i got to see rose's alterations and tailoring and wesley's coin shop. none of the fancy things you take on one of those expensive cruises. i got to see the real deal, like the burger barn. this side of the city reminded me of a spread out west covina. no architecture or anything struck me. it just was what it was. a small town.
so i arrive at the hostel and realize its run by potheads. i load my gear into my room and take the bus back to downtown. the bus system is awesome here and easy to learn. i went straight for the anchorage art museum. i only had one day so i had to run through it. it was amazing. mostly landscapes and pictures of boats. but these guys were colorists. they were nuts. but then it got better. the Inuit art was insane. a lot of the images looked like stuff souther would do as it was very minimal and child like and there was also a lot of fabric work which reminded me of caroline. up here you see your friends in everything. there were tons of awesome sculptures made of ivory. i was very impressed.
upstairs was the history museum which had tons of cool stuff that showed the history of alaska, from the ice age land bridge, to the gold rush, to the establishments made. it was cool.
then i went across the street to the Russian orthodox museum. Natascha would have loved it. it was about the size of the press and was long and narrow. very detailed and a lot of gold work. they had priests working there and they brew there own coffee.
next i went to the anchorage mall. it was funny. especial to see there nordstroms mac girls. i was thinking, you're in alaska. why would you be a mac girl up here?
then i went to a bunch of bars, they have the best beers on tap and the people are really cool. i bet i looked like a tourists trying out and asking about their micro brews, so after a while i just stuck to pabst. the rest of the day gets better, but i have to go back to work now. hope this gave you all some insights. bye.