http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/katmat Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:56:31 GMT Reviews by katmat http://www.viewpoints.com/Nome-Nugget-Nome-Alaska-AK-review-c1e90 The Nome Nugget is the perfect location to book a room if you're going to Nome for the finish of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.  Some of the rooms look right out over the Finish Line, and the front door is right by the Burled Arch.  Inside, Fat Freddie's is a good place to find a meal (one of the few), but prices are a bit high -- but everything in Nome is a bit high.  The only thing I didn't like about the hotel was that it was advertised as a "non-smoking" hotel.  That part is technically true, there's no smoking in the hotel rooms, hallways, etc.  But the bar downstairs is loaded with smokers and when you walk into the lobby, you're hit with a big wall of smoke before you can get to your "smoke free"... Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:56:31 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Nome-Nugget-Nome-Alaska-AK-review-c1e90 katmat 3 http://www.viewpoints.com/Alaska-Airlines-review-92a0 I live in Los Angeles and found a pup in Alaska that I wanted to adopt.  A friend of mine was flying into Los Angeles from Anchorage at the same time and agreed to add the pup to her ticket in order to deliver him to me.  Originally she had a ticket that had her stopping one or two time before arriving in Los Angeles -- when Alaska Airlines saw that a puppy was travelling with her, they put her (and my precious pup!) on a non-stop flight -- with no extra charges!  My pup arrived sooner than I expected and he wasn't subjected to all the extra landings & take-off's! —... Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:48:55 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Alaska-Airlines-review-92a0 katmat 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Juice-Plus-Fruit-and-Vegetable-Supplements-review-db05 I needed to have a tooth extracted and had planned on replacing it with a dental implant.  At the time the tooth was removed, my oral surgeon only gave me a 30% chance of success at having an implant work in my mouth.  (I'm 50 and a woman and folks like us just don't grow bone that easily!)   Anyway, six months later I went in for a check-up and the oral surgeon examined my mouth and said "What have you been doing?"  He looked long and hard at my x-ray and then examined my mouth again.  I said "What do you mean?" and he said "You've grown bone!  You're ready for the implant!"  I told him that I have been taking Juice Plus and he told me that he had heard of it and to keep taking it!  The vegetable blend has lots of cruciferous vegetables with promote bone health and apparently it REALLY worked for me!  At that point, the doctor gave me a 95% chance of success with the implant.  We put in the implant post a... Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:43:36 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Juice-Plus-Fruit-and-Vegetable-Supplements-review-db05 katmat 5