11-11-11. It’s not some new tax gimmick, but a standing challenge at the Wing Coop restaurant. Located in the Olympus Hills Shopping Center on Wasatch Boulevard and identified by the chicken with its wings on fire, Wing Coop offers chicken wings and 15 sauces to jazz them up. The challenge is if a diner can consume 11 wings in 11 minutes with 11 sauces, they receive a gift … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2011
Avalanche Rescue
Man’s Best Friend is also an important friend when survival is on the line. “Avalanche!!” It is a scary word for Utah backcountry enthusiasts, as well it should be. It takes only five seconds for an avalanche to reach a speed of 40 mph. The force of this cascading snow is crushing-- pounding into a person’s pants, boots and even under their eyelids. If there is any … [Read more...]
Johnny Kolache
This Eastern European hot-pocket with a savory bun surrounding tasty innards is the featured treat at Johnny Kolache, 900 South 248 West. And yes, there is a Johnny Kolache who makes them. Johnny is originally from Texas. The town does not matter since his personality could fill the entire state, and if his last name was not Kolache on the birth certificate, it sure is now. … [Read more...]
Schneider Auto
Karosserie is a German word meaning carriage or coach builder. It conveys the old world craftsmanship that is the hallmark of Schneider Auto Karosserie Body & Paint. Margrit Schneider opened the body shop 27 years ago. Walking into the building I was met with the logos for Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen. While they have a slight preference for … [Read more...]
Church Organs of Salt Lake City
Utahns can hear carols and cowbells played on the city’s organs The majestic sound of a pipe organ is the perfect musical soundtrack for the Christmas season. It inspires and comforts, allowing listeners to feel they are part of life’s grandeur. Utah is renowned for its organ culture. The BYU music program trains organists and the ML Bigelow Company in American Fork … [Read more...]
Lala West
If you want to get underground you usually have to dig, but this holiday season the subterranean artistic forces in the Salt Lake community are rising to the surface like potent geothermal eruptions and breaching the terra firma of convention. Events like the Black Sheep Stroll and the Salt Lake City Holiday Fashion Boutique are providing the above-ground space for undiscovered … [Read more...]
Smart Suburban Planning
Do you want to move to England?” my wife asked me eight months ago. “I’ve been offered an position in Cambridge University.” Cambridge: where Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity and calculus. Home of Stephen Hawking who verified the Big Bang Theory. I was floored that my wife was offered a job here! While all the prestige associated with Cambridge was certainly a draw, the … [Read more...]
The Light Magician
At Temple Square in December, the Lights go on at 5 pm, the Cameras click by the thousands...but the Action begins in August. During the heat of summer, crews are out positioning the gadjillion (one followed by a whole lotta zeroes) lights that dazzle the Salt Lake City night at this time of year. Overseeing this enterprise for the past seven years has been Eldon Cannon … [Read more...]
Caffe Ibis Coffee
Triple-certified and award-winning! Logan’s Herald Journal reports that “Caffe Ibis has been selected as the state winner for the Green Business of the Year Award by an environmental education organization. Coffee shop owners Sally Sears and Randy Wirth were presented the award at the annual conference of the Utah Society for Environmental Education, a statewide umbrella … [Read more...]
New Buzz in the Food & Beverage Industry
Saving the dwindling bee population while also providing local bee products to their hotel and spa guests is the new buzz in the high end food and beverage industry. A recently published Chicago Tribune article mentions that “At the Montage Deer Valley in Park City, Utah — the Beehive State — dandelion and lavender honeys are popular and are served at Buzz, the resort coffee … [Read more...]