I want to live in the fantastic Alaska of Northern Exposure

[MorningGlow]

At this time of year, I always remember the episode where the characters were good-naturedly competing with one another to see how many pounds they had GAINED before the onset of winter, causing Joel to splutter with doctorish frustration. Sigh. I know it was just a TV show, but...want!

Well, at least I have bulky sweaters to look forward to! :shrug:

[lost-in-nj]

1. Oh Yeah

I wanted to live there to!!!!

hoped an Indian would.... well ......


:hi: :hi:

lost

[mcscajun]

2. I just wanted to live there so I could hang out with "Chris in the Morning"

Hunkalicious. :evilgrin:

[lost-in-nj]

3. In his trailer!!!!

oh yeah!!!!

I wanted Marilyn as my friend.....
one word answers work for me!!!!



lost

[MorningGlow]

20. Mmmm--yummy!

He was my favorite--a gorgeous dude with a philosophical streak. What's not to love?

[ashling]

33. Hey, I've got a philisophical streak!

And I give good smilies!

[MorningGlow]

34. LOL--true enough!

Now...how's your taste in music? :evilgrin:

[ashling]

37. Ecletic

classical,
rock & roll (50s & 60s)
big band & swing,
country,
Western Swing,
some jazz
standards (sinatra, tony bennett, et al.)
Cole Porter

[MorningGlow]

39. You're in!

Grab your leather vest and plant yourself behind a mic, and you too can be a Northern Exposure-like babe magnet! :hi:

[ashling]

41. But what about the

love handles, beer gut (actually, coca cola gut), tinitus, and double vision/near sightedness?

also, I'm older than dirt . . . . well, at least older than well aged compost.
:rofl:

[MorningGlow]

46. Feh! Remember the Northern Exposure philosophy:

"It's not the thing you fling, it's the fling itself!"

(Does that apply in this case? Who cares? It sounds deep! :rofl:)

[ashling]

47. Too deep for me

:yourock:

[GOPisEvil]

4. Move to Roslyn, WA.

:hi:

The pizza there will put some pounds on ya for sure.

(For those unaware, Northern Exposure was filmed in Roslyn.)

[Aristus]

5. Problem is, Roslyn is just a run-down little burg bearing only a superficial

resemblance to Cicely, AK. Populated with PNW rednecks (Janine Turner would feel at home there, at least) and boring as hell after you've driven through it just once. I live a ninety-minute drive away and have no real desire to go again.

[GOPisEvil]

6. Madrone lives near there.

I visit every 4-8 weeks. Yeah, it's not much, except the scenery near there is stunningly gorgeous.

[Aristus]

7. Well, yeah, natch. It's the Evergreen State.

:patriot:

[GOPisEvil]

8. If the situation was different, I'd make the move up there.

Stupid responsibility and home ownership! x(

I'll be visiting in a couple of weeks. Can't wait. :)

[Aristus]

10. Enjoy!

B-)

[GOPisEvil]

11. I always do.

;)

[Lethe]

13. how do the PNW rednecks differ from your garden variety redneck?

just curious. There are a lot of rednecks in texas, but they are your general, stereotypical garden variety redneck.

[rustydog]

49. So, do you live on the West side of the Cascades or

beyond Ellensburg?

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. I thought Roslyn was cool.

Andy and I had lunch at The Brick.

:D

[GOPisEvil]

14. Heck, I've never even eaten at the Brick!

I've been to Roslyn half a dozen times at least! :D

We keep saying we need to go there...maybe this next trip.

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. We sat at the bar...

There is an open spittoon under the bar with mountain water flowing through it. You really should go. The interior is entirely different than in the program.

And they have good beers. Andy was driving and drank Coke.

[GOPisEvil]

16. We'll definitely make the trip.

I need to have a Roslyn Beer too. Sigh...wish I could grab a beer with Andy...

[greatauntoftriplets]

18. Me too.

:hi:

[flamingyouth]

27. My parents and I used to go to Roslyn in the '70s.

Believe me, it wasn't cool then. It definitely was, um, "funky," though. I guess you could call it that.

[MorningGlow]

22. Alas, it's nothing without the characters

Although the Roslyn scenery (greenery) seemed nice. I always wanted to visit when the show was on. Heard that the locals were getting kind of irritated with the touristas at that time, though.

[Lorien]

29. I visited soon after it ended

all the landmarks were still the same, including Joel's office and Chris' radio station. Kinda eerie.

[american_typeculture]

9. People tell me I look like Chris in the Morning.

[wildhorses]

17. oh really?

like where is the proof, dude?

[MorningGlow]

21. Do ya now!

[bridgit]

24. who do you look like by 2PM?

:shrug:

[bridgit]

19. i want a running jukebox, food, beer & liquor tab at The Brick...

:thumbsup:

[bridgit]

23. oh, and put the pool table on that tab...

:thumbsup:

[grace0418]

25. Funny you should mention it. We've been watching our NE dvds lately, since we

got rid of our cable. What a great show.

Although I couldn't live in Alaska. I truly and utterly loathe winter. And the days with no sunlight would probably kill me. I'd love to visit in the summer though.

[Radio_Lady]

26. Radio Lady and hubby, Audio Al, made that trip in 1994... We loved that show.

Al bought a sweatshirt with Northern Exposure and the moose on a gray background.

"Hey, honey, we should go back some time. It's closer now than when we lived in Boston."

If you possibly can, you should go to Anchorage or Seward. Pretty neat places. Someday, he'll tell you the story of walking the cloverleaf interchange... on a bike path.

[skygazer]

38. I have a cousin in Seward

I keep meaning to drop in. Someday. I think that's going to be my next road trip.

[Radio_Lady]

48. Go to see the new movie, "Into the Wild" with Emile Hirsch, opening October 5th, in Portland, OR

but on a platform release elsewhere (it might have opened as early as September 21 in other areas).

Actor Sean Penn and his cinematographer have captured the fantastically beautiful and dangerous Alaska. You'll have to decide whether the story is mostly fact or fiction.

[woofless]

28. We live on the other side of the hill from Roslyn

near Mt. Baker and yes, it is the finest place on earth.

Woof

[fudge stripe cookays]

30. That was when Janine Turner was still cute.

Now she a plastic-surgery deformed, no-tears producing right wing snot.

[coffeenap]

35. I had no idea that happened to her! What a disappointment.

:shrug:

[xchrom]

31. that -- or i want to live on Barbary Lane.

those are two of my fantasy lives.

[peacefreak]

32. Good idea!

Maybe I could room with Mona (but I probably couldn't keep up with her). That apt. on top would be nice as long as I wouldn't put Brian out. I would definitely want Anna as my landlady, though!

[xchrom]

36. heaven on earth! n/t

[LisaM]

40. Roslyn has a fascinating history outside of Northern Exposure

They have a very cool old cemetery, that is really worth a visit. The spittoon at The Brick is fun, too.

[GOPisEvil]

43. Right you are, Lisa!

That cemetery is VERY interesting.

[Capn Sunshine]

45. Oh yeah! I forgot how trippy the cemetery is!

Russians? Over there down by the slovaks

[EstimatedProphet]

42. Fairbanks is in some ways a pretty close approximation

[Capn Sunshine]

44. Too bad it's idealized

I do a lot of biz in Seattle, hometown of WAMU. I've been to Roslyn too, and while I'm bemused by the PNW rednecks (GOPIE would be the first to tell you a redneck is a redneck is a redneck)the town is like all sets; it's really very pedestrian beyond the exteriors. I would LOVE to find a town like Cicely, but the cold is much colder in person. I'm a SoCal native. Might be hard to take for months on end.

The other cool TV town in Washington is North Bend, Washington, which is kind of the town from TwinPeaks. The peaks are there. So is a lot of the weird stuff from the show. The trestle. Log. The diner, which probably sells a shitload of cherry pie. I had some there, for sure.
Snoqualmie is close by and the lodge from Twin Peaks is the Salish lodge at the top of the Falls. North Bend is kind of the the other direction from Rosalyn, but either is a great day trip from the Seattle area. between Roslyn and North Bend, I liked North bend better.