Can decluttering your home and organizing your life really have an impact on your mental health? Mandy Taylor of Tidy at Home Organizing says, “Absolutely.”Mandy has been helping people declutter since 2019. She was certified by Marie Kondo, the ultimate guru of organization, after a lengthy process of training, applications, testing, and practical hands-on work. She … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2022
Fun January Events and Activities in Utah
January Through April Downtown Farmers Market—Winter. Continuing on Saturdays through April 23rd, the market is held at The Gateway, 10 N Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City. The market includes locally grown and produced produce, meat, eggs, cheese, baked goods, sauces, condiments, chocolate, and more. Hours are from 10am to 2pm. January 11 Tuesday Night Lights XC Night Race … [Read more...]
What Are the Health Benefits of Reishi Mushrooms?
Anyone familiar with going to a health food store is no stranger to unusual and unknown products. Perhaps one of the weirdest new types of products commonly sold these days are medicinal mushrooms, like, for example, reishi mushroom capsules by VidaCap. While most people expect to find mushrooms in supermarkets and not in health food stores, there are actually all kinds of … [Read more...]
FEELING BLUE: A Visit to Blue Fin Sushi
Layton, Utah isn’t exactly renowned for its dining scene. For every 20 chain eateries, there’s one good independently owned restaurant worthy of your dining dollars, such as Weller’s Bistro, Roosters, Sill’s Cafe, Osaka, Taste of India, Kim Long, Blanquita’s, Royal Jade, Big Sai’s, and a handful of others. Well, now you can add to that short list a relative newcomer to the … [Read more...]
Pommes Frites
The best pommes frites (aka French fries) I ever tasted were at Les Halles restaurant in New York City. Les Halles was, back then, Anthony Bourdain’s French brasserie and it was located just around the corner from my NYC apartment. The secret to great pommes frites lies in first soaking them in water and then frying them twice: first to blanch the fries at low temperature and … [Read more...]
A Dissonant Wine
California’s Blackbird Vineyards is primarily and justifiably known for its outstanding red wine portfolio. In particular, the winery’s world-class, award winning Merlot, which has been lauded by top wine writers such as Stephen Tanzer, Robert Parker and James Laube. The Oak Knoll District - Napa’s fourteenth AVA (American Viticultural Areas) - is similar in soil composition … [Read more...]
January 2022 Foodie News and Events
Private Alpenglobe Dining @ Grappa Owner Bill White and his team at Park City’s Grappa restaurant invite you to “Dine under the twinkling lights and winter sky on Park City's favorite patio while overlooking Historic Main Street.” How do you dine al fresco on the patio in winter, you ask? Grappa's Alpenglobe is a heated private dining room that seats up to 10 adults. Order … [Read more...]
The Facts About the Justice for Bernardo Case
As 2022’s political season begins to roll out, Tecuani McKee was recently sworn in as a new member of the Salt Lake City Council. McKee is a member of the group called Justice for Bernardo. Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, according to KUER’s reporting on McKee’s swearing-in, was essentially executed in cold blood by Salt Lake City police officers on May 23rd, 2020 in downtown Salt … [Read more...]
Utah Parents on Pros and Cons of COVID-19 Vaccine for their Children
This past spring, when children became eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine through Pfizer-BioNTech, it was great news to Janette, the mother of a 15-year-old daughter who lives in southwest Utah. “I thought it was in her best interest to protect her,” Janette said. “I was trusting the medical field in making that decision.” After receiving the vaccine as well as the … [Read more...]
Making New Year’s Resolutions That Stick
With the new year upon us, many of us have probably made a few resolutions by now and perhaps even broken them already. According to research by Utah’s own Franklin Covey Co., a third of us won’t be able to keep our resolutions through the end of January, and our odds of sticking to our resolutions only get worse from there. According to the same study, resolutions often … [Read more...]