by Colby Frazier Like its winter counterpart, Christmas, Valentine’s Day has traveled a long strange trip to its current iteration as a consumer free-for-all. Although it remains unclear when widespread consumption came to dominate the holiday, love has long been a hallmark, no pun intended, of Feb. 14. According to the children’s book “Valentine’s Day,” which is about as … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2011
Our Love/Hate Relationship with Valentine’s Day
“Valentines Day was a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make every one feel like crap.” This line from Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, I can appreciate. When I was single I could be described as a Valentine’s Day hater. I hated watching my roommates prepare to show their girlfriends a really special date and show all of their love and affection in … [Read more...]
March Beer Issue of Utah Stories — Find it all over Salt Lake City
Get your new March Beer issue of Utah Stories magazine all over downtown Salt Lake City and Sugar House. The best place to get them right now are: Sugar House Coffee at their new location in Sugar House on 2011 S 1100 E Downtown at the Green Pig Pub 31 East 400 South. … [Read more...]
Comb Ridge Coffee Bluff, Utah
Comb Ridge Coffee is the only place I’ve ever eaten where the main item on the menu is “blue corn pancakes” and “one organic, free-range chicken egg.” I try to sit like a fly on the wall and get a sense for one of the most peculiar coffee shops in Utah. Comb Ridge appears like a liberal oasis, everything is “organic.” The decor features a combination of Navajo Indian art … [Read more...]
Salt Lake City’s 15th & 15th
King's English Bookshop by James Gunter What was once a sleepy corner of Sugar House is now a thriving part of the community. When the King’s English bookshop opened in 1977, the 15th and 15th area was a strip of half-empty storefronts and dying businesses surrounded by residential homes. Salt Lake Drug once dominated the eastern side of the block, and entering it … [Read more...]
Prestige Lounge
808 East 2100 South When brothers Ali and Mohamad visited a popular Salt Lake City Hookah Lounge they found the perfect model for a business to start. After eight months of construction—which they completed themselves— followed by weeks of inspections, they are finally open for business. “We strongly believe in doing everything the right way and following the laws … [Read more...]
15th and 15th Spotlight: The Dog Show
Dog grooming that supports the local economy and the planet. by James Gunter Don Steward of The Dog Show grooming shop is a tall, energetic man with an enthusiasm for dogs that may be unsurpassed in Salt Lake County. After being raised on a New Zealand sheep farm as a child, Don immigrated to the US in the 80’s and partnered with Dick Dotson, an experienced dog trainer, … [Read more...]
Bluff Utah Outlaws & Misfits
When you think "small towns in Utah" you might imagine rednecks, truck stops and OHVs. Bluff, Utah defies all the stereotypes in the crowd of intellectual drop-outs they have attracted. By the 1930s, Bluff had become a town that was used up and discarded. From the time when it was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1880, Bluff was hostile Indian territory and was intended to … [Read more...]
Short History of Bluff, Utah
What is an undiscovered secret to most people in Utah, Bluff is home to thousands of Anasazi ruins including “Newspaper Rock” Which offers hundreds of Anasazi pictographs. The area was visited frequently for its perennial springs. The Anasazi Indians were the ancestors of the Hopi. “Anasazi” is a Navajo word that, depending on pronunciation, can mean “enemy ancestors” or … [Read more...]