I still look good in yoga pants, wear my hair long, put on makeup most every day, dress in clothes purchased in this decade and often get mistaken for being ...

Apartment-living is different than house-living in many ways. Not least of which is literally having neighbors on top of you. As a noise-sensitive lover of z...

The co-owner of Sluys Bakery, Stephanie Sluys, draws the curtain open a bit to share a glimpse of how their bakers make everything from scratch, from the abs...

Shannon Morgan is half of the Mo-Minksi founding team. Her upbringing in Alaska was the foundation of her passion for delivering exceptional, real-life servi...

Terri Kaminski is a real estate broker with more than 30 years of experience in sales, marketing, and business ownership. Terri Kaminski knew from the age of...

The seed for Lisa Wangen’s dream of owning a store was planted early in her childhood when her father ran his health food shop in Anchorage, Alaska. By age e...

This holiday season, we at Mo-Minski want to give some spotlight and love to our local artisans! When I saw these adorable dog fashion statements, I couldn’t...

First and foremost, a HUGE thank you to everyone who has shown interest and/or support up to this point. None of what we do would be possible without you. I’...

In this season of remembering what we are thankful for, Shannon and I wanted to honor each and every contributor who has helped make the blog such a huge suc...

Welcome to the team, Gianna Connor! We are thrilled to have you as a part of team Mo-Minski! What a year it has been for the dynamic duo of realtors Mo & Min...

Let me start by saying that it has been a long and grueling push to get to this point. There have been an EXTRAORDINARY amount of people involved in the inne...

I couldn't wait to get my hands on Mercury Michael – as an interview subject, of course. For perhaps the two of you left on the island who don’t know Mercury...

There is no way to adequately stress the importance of self-care. In a world where you are constantly pouring every ounce of yourself into the people around ...

FUN FACT! Uncle Zay is a BIG TIME nerd. When I get ahold of a new interest, I dive in head first and soak up as much information as humanly possible. The sam...

The recording studio is an amazing beast. When you walk into a sleeping room, you feel the energy that was expended there and anticipation of the energy soon...

Today you will find 100 published posts at mo-minski.com! We couldn't have done it alone, nor would we ever want to. A HUGE thank you to our contributors for...

I am a born and raised Bainbridge Islander. I followed in my father and grandfather's footsteps. Yes, I am one of those generations deep natives on this tiny...

Since becoming a “Modern Air Head,” it seemed that I should learn a thing or two about Tillandsias: The tiny beauties for which I’ve designed special planter...

“Mariposa: Mariposa is Spanish for Butterfly and was named for a phenomenon that left early missionaries to the area awestruck as legions of delicate butterf...

I’m not going to lie, people: Moving out of my wonderful, westward-facing, waterfront home to live in a “cozy” studio apartment was an adjustment, to be sure...