What to wear next week in Fairbanks for business? (Hope: how much, hotels)

[Gabriellee]

Hello. I am visiting Fairbanks for a week from Oregon, starting this weekend and really am starting to worry about what to wear. Part of the time I will be in a conference center and part of the time I will having having a variety of meetings, mostly lunch and breakfast meetings in restaruants. My boss said to wear sweaters, jeans, snow boots, and a thick coat. I know the conference center will probably get pretty warm. So I hear it is casual, but how casual for business? And what about shoes? Does anyone know how fancy Pikes Landing is? That is one of the places I am having a lunch meeting. Thanks!

[Metlakatla]

Fairbanks Hotels: Pikes Waterfront Lodge on the Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska

You can read about Pikes here.

I'm not sure if you'll need snowboots around town; you might want to bring some if you want to get out and see things though. I don't know how much snow they have now but it is a very dry snow usually.

Wear sturdy shoes. This time of year it freezes and melts a lot so slipping is an issue.

Other than that--what you wear in Oregon for those types of meetings will be fine.

Don't forget to bring a cute flannel nightgown...

[Arcticthaw]

Hi Gabrielle,

We just recieved our first serious snow for the year. So things may be a but slick (icy) till the tempature drops. Your correct on your thoughts about conference rooms normally warm, but bring a sweater just incase. Travel in and out of the buildings. Some snow boots would be nice. Pikes is one of the nicer resturants and if I was having dinner I would suggest you plan to dress up a bit. For lunch normal office attire would be fine. Jeans or slacks and a comfortable top would be fine too. We are fairly casual so be comfortable and that will make you more productive anyway.

The problem with this time of year is it can be 30 above or 30 below. A pair of warm gloves and hat is always a good thing to have in your pocket. If you dress in layers you will be covered for most situations.
What not to wear, is thin pants that transfer heat quickly like rayons etc. I am not a fashion expert, but I think you get the idea. Hopefully the weather will stay warm for you while your here.

[hrsummers]

Casual in Alaska usually means jeans and a button shirt no tie and any sensible shoe for the weather. Temperatures for the week will be 20-30 above during the day and 10-20 above during the evening. By all means wear good lugged sole shoes as leather tends to be worse than socks on a waxed floor.

Henry

[warptman]

Pictures, don't forget to take pictures! I'll post some Fairbanks photos tonight. Real Alaskans tour the state when all the tourists leave or before they arrive! Make sure to stop by the Chena Pump House, good food there. Family has good breakfasts and stop by Hot Licks Icecream, great shakes.

[mal_flisk]

Sam's Sourdough Cafe has the BEST sourdough pancakes and is a great breakfast diner.

[moundgarten]

Originally Posted by mal_flisk

Sam's Sourdough Cafe has the BEST sourdough pancakes and is a great breakfast diner.

Hmm, I'm not going to second the Sourdough Cafe suggestion, Gabrielle. Fairbanks residents develop a great fondness for what happens to be here, after they've cast aside the advice of the part of the brain which handles honest assessment (located in a portion of the skull not protected by beanie hats, the "good taste" gland freezes, causing victims a willingness to pay horrendous amounts of money for food that they wouldn't ever agree to pay for, let alone eat, had they been anywhere in the lower 48). Sam's is frequented by these poor souls, I'm sad to say, and you'll have a hard time finding good food anywhere in this town-- though there are several good places for sweets.

The best way to eat something nice while you're here (unless you've got friends here who like to cook) would be to pick up ingredients from one of our lovely grocers to prepare a meal yourself.

[moundgarten]

Oh, silly me, I didn't realize this was an old thread! Pfft.

[icarian]

dang, mound...that was a harsh assessment. And yeah, I'm one of those guys that likes Sam's omelettes every once in a blue moon (too much food for me to do regularly). Cest la vie

[Arcticthaw]

Everyone to Moundgarten's for Saturday AM breakfast.