Part II A Utahn's Guide to Beer Appreciation: Beer Appreciation From Travels in Europe The first time I traveled to France in my early twenties I was amazed when I saw many responsible looking people drinking wine and beer in the middle of the day! As a Utahn, I was accustomed to watching those who drink subjugated to drinking out of paper bags or in seedy bars or at frat … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
Jobs Becoming Obsolete
February 4th, 2010 This month Utah Stories examines how our culture is changing and asks this question: is your lifestyle becoming obsolete? And if so, is this good news or bad? " As we enter a new decade, what careers (other than computers and healthcare) will be holding strong and showing growth? Service-oriented jobs are projected to see sustained … [Read more...]
Utah Guide to Alcohol Consumption, Legislation and Parenting
Utah's draconian liquor laws have been written to protect Mormons from non-Mormons. Utah’s State Legislature believes those who don’t drink need to be protected from those who do. Members of the Utah State Legislature in control of liquor policy have said that wine-coolers are "a date-rape drug." Further, they have imposed the "Zion Curtain" on new Utah restaurants that … [Read more...]
Siblings in Business
Siblings by birth. Business partners by choice. By design sibs already have an established relationship, but does family connection translate to successful commercial pursuits? What’s it like when sisters and brothers decide to capitalize on their relationship? Vicki PoVey knows. She and her sisters have been running Four Sisters Furniture in Riverdale for over 20 years. … [Read more...]
Ogden Art House Cinema
Nestled quaintly on Ogden’s historic 25th Street, there sits the Art House Cinema 502. It is Ogden’s premier art cinema, showing first-run films that include hard to find foreign movies, documentaries, local shorts and far-from-center features at weekend late-night screenings. This cinema may have only 28 seats, and the “502” refers to its square footage, but it shows movies … [Read more...]
How Beer Saved Utah
Utah Stories is pleased to announce we have distributed our How Beer Saved Utah issue to over 760 locations along the Wasatch Front, including 50 new locations in Utah County. But before my Grandparents and all of our LDS readers begin sending your letters jumping to the conclusion we are shamelessly promoting the over-indulgence of alcohol, I want to express why I believe … [Read more...]
Shine Esthetics Day Spa
Shine Esthetics Day Spa is a new day spa is located at 4545 South 2300 East in Holladay in a converted 1800’s farm house set back from the street; which formerly served as the offices for Mapcon mapping company. Terra-Lynn D’Agostino and Montrease Stone both Licensed Master Estheticians, started the collaborative day spa shortly after graduating from Esthetician school, in … [Read more...]
Salt Lake Top Chefs Partner With Local Farmers
Utah and Idaho were once the largest sugar producers in the United States. As the global marketplace became increasingly efficient, Utah and Idaho Sugar (U&I) could no longer compete with imported C&H Sugar's much more efficient operations in Hawaii. (I had no clue of this fact, until I began doing research on why Sugar House was named such -which is an interesting … [Read more...]