The Mountain Accord agreement reached July 13, 2015, represented a mind-blowing level of collaboration among dozens of stakeholders from ski resort moguls to grassroots eco-advocates. In terms of government agencies, nearly two dozen different jurisdictions were represented in perhaps the state’s most impressive pyramid of state, local and federal policymakers all coming … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2015
Frody’s Salt & Smoke
Frody’s Salt and Smoke is a hidden gem. Located just off State Street on Malvern Avenue, it is a meat lover’s mecca. Frody Volgger has been working with meat since he was a boy growing up on a farm. He paid close attention whenever the butcher came around, and soon learned the trade. Volgger’s passion led him to culinary school in Salzburg, Austria. After completing a … [Read more...]
Geist Follow-up
The recent court action brought against Brett Olsen, the Salt Lake City Corporation, et al., by Sean Kendall and attorney, former Mayor Ross (Rocky) Anderson, has many thinking the action is just a money grab. According to the duo, that could not be farther from the truth. Demanding a jury trial and changes to existing police policies, Anderson and Kendall are hoping that this … [Read more...]
Operation Climb On – Overcoming by Climbing
When Michael Cumming rotated back to civilian life, like many veterans, he found the reintegration difficult: the sudden loss of military’s inborn brotherhood, the lack of direction and the incursion of the corporeal and cerebral realities of PTSD. A study has shown that at least 20 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from the life attenuating disorder, and at least … [Read more...]
Brittany Golden Studio
Metal is magical when crafted by a skilled artisan. In Sugar House, Brittany Golden teaches you to be that skilled artisan. Brittany Golden, owner of Brittany Golden Studio, has been teaching metalsmithing for more than 13 years. Her Sugar House studio and full-time school is flourishing. Walk into the stimulating space she’s created and you can’t help but feel … [Read more...]
Broadway Bee: The Zephyr Club
The Zephyr Club once blew hot rock and blues through Salt Lake City. There are few Salt Lake City buildings that show a greater contrast between the recent past and present than the former Zephyr Club’s crumbling façade. At its zenith during the late 1980s and early 90s, the Zephyr, with its art deco gleaming metal front door framed by glass blocks, was the epicenter of … [Read more...]
Utah Opera’s World-Class Artisans
John Wayne Cook - Set Design John Wayne Cook transports audiences from a theater seat to locations anywhere from Egypt to Japan or Shakespeare’s England. John, as the company’s scenic artist, designs, builds and paints Utah Opera’s backdrops and sets in a cavernous work space at the Utah Symphony/Utah Opera offices . Cook’s love for the job has been evident in his 35 … [Read more...]
Ogden’s Rainbow Gardens
Seated by the windows at The Greenery, a classic diner nestled in the Rainbow Gardens emporium, you can look out at the mountains of Ogden Canyon. Across the street is the entrance to the Ogden Eccles Dinosaur Park and you can head up the road and stop in at the Weber County botanical garden. Between the restaurant, the boutique-style Planet Rainbow, and “Utah’s Largest … [Read more...]
Sign up for ObamaCare Today– or You Will Pay
Hey, Healthy Young People: Today is a critical day for the roll-out of Obamacare because it is the deadline for citizens to sign up before they face hefty penalties (at least an additional 2% income tax) for not enrolling. As of today the the Affordable Care Act's roll out and implementation have been by all measures a disaster. Twenty-three non-profit health insurance … [Read more...]
Ski-Nomics 101
All of the Utah ski resorts in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon are privately owned, but lease the land from the U.S. Forest Service. Park City Mountain Resort and Canyons sit on land owned by Talisker Land Holdings and are leased to Vail Resorts. Certainly our ski resorts have proven a great win for Utah's ski tourism economy. But the number of development projects (some still … [Read more...]