When you walk in the door of Moki’s Hawaiian Grill in Taylorsville, you’ll be greeted with a warm aloha welcome from behind the counter. Next, you’ll be introduced to what owner Masa Tukuafu describes as “healthy and tasty Hawaiian cuisine.” A semi-secret favorite of locals for years, Moki’s delivers authentic Hawaiian dishes ranging from teriyaki and kalua pork to poke and … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2017
Super Hot Housing Market in Sugar House
It’s getting harder for first-time home buyers in Utah to afford a home, especially in Salt Lake neighborhoods like Sugar House. With so much competition amongst buyers, it is difficult to even get an offer placed before a home is sold. Monique Higginson is a real estate broker and owner of Market Source Real Estate in Sugar House. For 15 years she has represented homes for … [Read more...]
Useful Tips to Grow Salad Greens Indoors
You want to have clean and fresh vegetable greens, but you don’t know how to cultivate? This article will give you some tips to grow salad greens indoors. Salad greens are widely known as a good ingredient for health. It’s easy to buy raw vegetable, but keeping it fresh for a long time is a problem. Therefore, many people decide to grow leafy greens at home so that they can … [Read more...]
5 Must-Hike Ogden Trails
Utah has more than its fair share of great trails and beautiful camping spots. Having major cities at the base of mountain ranges means you don’t have to go far from home to find challenging hikes, quiet wilderness areas, and stunning views. Downtown Ogden may not make you feel like you are getting back to nature, but if you go a few blocks east you’ll hit dozens of … [Read more...]
Dog Friendly Hikes
Flag Rock sits just east of Lagoon, along the west-facing bench on the rocky mountainside. It’s an easy hike that leads to amazing views of Davis County, that the whole family can do. Short on time? Hike to Patsy Mine and call it good. The trail has little shade, but if you hike the way I went, you’ll cross Steed Creek—a great place to let the dogs drink and the kids cool off … [Read more...]
The Joy of Hiking with Dogs
There is no better hiking companion than a dog. My dogs are my personal trainers. If I don’t regularly hike with them they proceed to tag-team beat me into submission. Joey will start with a gentle nudge, he then proceeds to the giant tongue in my face. Friends have described Joey has the “Gene Simmons of Irish Setters” and he isn’t afraid to use his weapon to maximum … [Read more...]
Summer Garden Watering Made Easy
Ever forget to turn your sprinklers off before leaving home, only to come home to a flooded garden and an off-the-chart water bill? Ever come home to find areas of your yard totally dried out and dead or stunted plants? My wife and I have! After gardening for about 40 years, here are a couple of ideas we have learned that largely eliminates these unfortunate … [Read more...]
Changing the World of Young Drug Addiction One High School & College Campus at a Time
How can a business degree in marketing help stop drug addiction? Ask Woodbury School of Business marketing student, Parker Johnson, and he’ll tell you getting his Woodbury degree is essential to opening more doors to help young people retaliate and turn against drug addiction. “We’re out to change the way the world looks at and interprets addiction,” says Johnson. “Our … [Read more...]
Rock Hill Creamery
In recent years, farmers markets have been popping up around Utah nearly as quickly as actual farmland has been disappearing. Most of the markets offering locally grown produce and handcrafted goods tend to sprout up in parks or parking lots during the summer months, but the Harvest Market held each Saturday in the northern Cache Valley city of Richmond, is among the few held … [Read more...]
Moab’s Sundial Medicinals Provides Tinctures For Health
“I grew up using herbs, so they’ve always had a place in my life,” says Emily Stock, owner/operator of Moab’s Sundial Medicinals. Stock started her company in 2012 after several years of studying herbalism, nutrition, and alternative medicine. Sundial’s products are all hand-made personally by Stock, from garden to shelf. “I grow and wild-harvest about 30 percent of the … [Read more...]