by Fritz Kolleman (Fritz Kolleman teaches classes at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City on herbal gardening and growing herbs for health and wellness) As health insurance premiums and unemployment increase, people need sustainable ways to improve and maintain their health. Growing medicinal herbs in on your property can improve your life in many ways. Beside the … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2011
Desert Edge Brewing Company Salt Lake City
Desert Edge sits on the precipice of fine beer and awesome food. by Colby Frazier High alcohol or (high gravity) beers have become a hit in Utahs 3.2 marketplace. But most of the Utah brewers who have developed within the confines of low-alcohol believe that producing fine beers using superior ingredients remains the essence of a great craft beer. Utah brewers have a a … [Read more...]
UTAH in the news – National Headlines related to Utah
WSJ recognizes that LDS Leadership have an uphill battle to fight to help elect a Mormon President Mormon's Duck Political Duel Is the advertising campaign the LDS Church running "I am a Mormon" --in presidential political swing states-- actually disguised involvement promoting their two Presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman? WSJ examines the interesting issue … [Read more...]
Tour De Brewtah
A jolly good time touring the city’s best breweries drinking Utah’s best beers on a beautiful day. An unfortunate fact of life for a beer lover is that the best beers have the most calories. And if you are like me light beers don’t cut it. Which is why riding a bike and drinking beer are a perfect match. Saturday May 7th was one of the few rain-free days in May and it made … [Read more...]
Main Street Hangs On For City Creek Center
Weller's Books is moving off Main Street. Will the other local merchants survive to see the completion of the City Creek Center? by Jonny Glines and Richard Markosian Editor's Note: A prior version of this story printed in "Salt Lake City's Other Side" contained an inaccuracy that has since been corrected. The website previously referred to as UtahHistory.com is … [Read more...]
Jane’s Walk Catching on in Utah
Jane's Walk is a program designed to empower residents to help shape the way in which their communities grow. See Jane Walk. Walk, Jane. Walk. On May 7th pockets of citizens worldwide gathered to tour their neighborhoods on foot. These educational walks were not tourist tours, nor were concerned citizens out protesting or promoting a cause. In 15 different countries, … [Read more...]
NOW CLOSED Vasuvio’s on Main Street
Sad to see the smiling faces at Vasuvio’s closed their doors on Main Street. Pete and Tiffany Huddelson started their restaurant without experience operating a food establishment. Their sandwiches were good, but I have to say overpriced. $9 for a sandwich when you can get one for $2 less at Gandolfo’s across the street, doesn’t work no matter how healthy and organic it … [Read more...]
NOW CLOSED Au Natural in Sugar House
Still adorning the Eastern portion of au naurale is the “Best Restaurant” award from the Best of State. They won the “Best New Restaurant” award from City Weekly newspaper after spending a fortune in their newspaper on advertising. (Certainly to two correlating events are merely coincidental). But despite the accolades and awards au natural was lacking in just one important … [Read more...]
Suburban Sprawl in Utah– its effect on Utah Farmers
Freeway projects and growth along I-15 are gobbling up Utah's family farms For the past 15 years a mass migration has been underway from the Eastern to the Western United States. Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago have all had population declines while Tucson, Phoenix, Denver, Salt Lake City and Provo have seen significant population increases. A major reason for the western … [Read more...]
Liberty Park Open
By Kylee Hill After eleven months and 2.5 million dollars spent in oil spill cleanup, Liberty Park’s pond has reopened to the public. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, May 14th, and said that Chevron Pipeline Co will monitor the lake for two years in addition to having committed to a restoration plan for Red Butte Creek where … [Read more...]