i am also moving up there for a job with a Native corporation doing mental health supervision and counseling. i leave in two weeks so i'm further along on the journey. Anchorage is actually quite a little city and has lots of quilt stores., plus the big chain stores, Costco, Walmart and a smaller variety store called Fred Meyers. Fred Meyers is a Northwest grocery/variety chain and is where i got all my groceries the last time i worked in Ak. Prices are higher but choices were same as the local Fred Meyer's stores. I'm taking my FW as carry on luggage and shipping up my Pfaff Quilt 4. I'll be working in the Bush so whatever i can take to alleviate the boredom. No stores for fabric and notions where i'm going. No library either. That one is going to be the hardest. I am told that i'll being going to Anchorage a couple times a year for training's so perhaps if you want to we can meet at some point.