r/Juneau

We live about a mile from Sandy Beach and I'm really not feeling like trying to go across the bridge. Is the fireworks display visible from Sandy Beach?

I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but Juneauites should be far more upset about how poorly assessed luxury and commercial property is in this town. This example amounts to about 10k per year underpaying in taxes assuming sale price is close to list price. What would you do with 10 grand a year? The rest of us are paying for this.

Hello all. We'll be in Juneau for a fishing trip, but will have two days (7/11-7/12) spent in the town itself. We weren't planning to get a rental car. Are there any must see/must eat places? Open to all recommendations. Thanks in advance.

I'm coming in on the ferry next Monday. The arrival time on my confirmation says 4:30am. I'd like to set up an Uber to pick me up at 5 and take me somewhere to get breakfast in the Mendenhall Valley area. Are there any restaurants open that early besides McDonald's?

Where can I find information about parking downtown?
I need to park for a full day on a Sunday and then again for 4 hours on a Monday.
What I am reading is that I can park at the garage for free on Sunday and for Monday I probably need to find a spot outside of downtown due to the 2 hours max - is that correct?

Thanks!!

My laptop appears to have died. Can anyone recommend a service who may be able to fix it?

I've attempted to join groups, I've joined adult sports leagues, I've volunteered somewhere, I've asked online to see if people wanted to hike or throw a ball or whatever, and got nowhere with friends. This place is just so damn closed off. It's hard to meet people unless you give in and join some kind of activity or group you have 0 interest in, in hopes of meeting people. All my friends I have had here stop talking and hanging out with each other because they're dating or are married or they just have no interest in doing things anymore.

Dating.....dating is absolutely abysmal. I swear I don't know how to do it in this town even after all this time. I hate bars, especially here. It's always loud with obnoxious drunks yelling or talking really loud saying incoherent things, and I also don't drink so that scene is not something I have interest in going to. Only thing I can think of, are dating apps, and as a man in their mid-to-late 30's, I have approximately 10 women on the apps, and 99% of them are grossly overweight. I don't have anything against it, but I love being active. Hiking, fishing, camping, shooting, biking, gym, etc. And I want to experience those things I love with someone I'm with, and that means taking care of your health even a little bit in order to enjoy things that I enjoy.

I make really good money. I have my own home. I have 0 debt (except for my home), I have no criminal background, I'm not psychotic or have an abusive bone in my body. I'm very supportive of the people I'm with. I'd cook for them, bring them food, help them if they're hurt or sick. I don't care if they have a child or not, and while I'd love to have my own one day, it's not an absolute deal breaker if they don't want to have one. People tell me that I'm a good looking guy. I'm serious about dating and don't mess around with other people.

But damn....I can't find women anywhere. I don't even know where to start. I was thinking of contacting Freya to see if they do any speed dating still but I highly doubt they do, and unsure if they even do, they'd be in my age range. I don't date anyone in their 20's because it's just too young for me. Been on a few dates and it just goes nowhere or they're just wanting to focus on work or whatever and can't handle dating anymore.

I feel like the communities are too hard to get into. Native population sticks with other natives. Russians with russians. Filipinos stick with filipinos. etc. So, breaking into larger population groups is extremely difficult.

I know people have talked about this before on here but it's just getting so incredibly frustrating. I just don't even know where to look for women where there isn't a stigma of "don't bother women while they're doing xyz because they don't want to be asked out or hit on". So, I resort to online dating and have to figure out if someone is actually a Juneau resident or a tourist. I don't plan to move down south but I'm just saying, it's really not much better down there either.

I just don't know what to do anymore. I don't know what to try.

REI brand hardtail mountain bike stolen in the downtown area. 100$ reward for information. They picked a HEAVY duty solid bar lock, and had to sneak through quite a bit of private property, so be careful out there. Had an unsecured junker bike stolen just a few weeks ago too.

Basically wondering if there's a restaurant or other way to taste fresh King/Sockeye/Coho/Pink and I guess Chum salmons in the same sitting to see the differences. A sampler platter of small fillets would be perfect, but ordering a few different dishes to share is fine too. I know there's the canned/packaged stuff, but I'm assuming some differences are lost in the processing.

Been digging through local menus and old posts, but most salmon dishes seem to be either King or unspecified.

Going into foodie mode, if they were all prepared similarly and simply (grilled/broiled/pan-fried?) that would allow the subtle differences to shine more. If there isn't anywhere that does this, it'd be worth looking into by a chef/restaurant at least for tourist season.

Hello!

I am looking to buy a more local souvenir while in Juneau and my apologies if this has been asked.

I typically try to buy jewelry or small art/items for common rooms while I travel.

Are there any local jewelry shops in Juneau that anyone would recommend that sell local/alaskan gemstones? Or are just locally owned. If anyone has a recommendation on local stones they enjoy please let me know.

If there are local shops or other items from Juneau/Alaska that I should look for please let me know. With so many shops i want to support locally and get something unique as best I can.

Thank you!

Visiting Juneau for the first time in September and taking the ferry from Bellingham, Washington. The ferry arrives in Auke Bay at 2am (ugh) and I am not sure what to do on arrival. Is there any form of transport into downtown Juneau at that hour?