Discovering Small Town Utah Door-to-Door Mom’s is featured in the book Eat your way across the U.S.A as one of the best places to eat in America and has more recently been featured in National Geographic Explorer Magazine. They haven’t let the fame take advantage of their customers. Their entrees are still very reasonably priced from $7-$9. Service with a smile from a … [Read more...]
Mills, Utah: “A nice quiet place to live”
Discovering Small Town Utah Door-to-Door On first inspection, the exit off the freeway to Mills looks like a giant factory rather than a town. I pulled off and entered the main factory office and the ladies working there told me that the town of Mills is actually a few miles down the small road behind the giant plant that renders cow parts into lard, grease and bone meal. “I … [Read more...]
Nephi Wrecking Yard
Discovering Small Town Utah Door-to-Door My intention for stopping in Nephi wasn’t originally to write a story, but to relieve my dogs who had been in the car for an hour without a break. They were running around the frontage road when we saw the yard full of vehicles in various stages of decay. I saw a man looking at me like I might be intruding. “Is this wrecking yard … [Read more...]
Discovering Small Town Utah Door-to-Door
It’s summer and now is the best time to road trip to some of Utah’s best remote locations and small towns. A few of my favorites: Manti (amazing Mormon town complete with pageants and the beauty of their temple rivals our SLC temple); Salinas, an ORV lover’s paradise; Helper, amazing old architecture from the coal rush; Cinton/Sunset - enjoy the Great Salt Lake and the aromatic … [Read more...]
Off the Beaten Path — June Issue Introduction
About this Issue by Richard Markosian Discover some of Utah's most interesting tiny towns in this special travel and adventure issue of Utah Stories We came up with the idea for this issue in response to some criticism we have received in writing mostly about Salt Lake City, while calling our magazine “Utah Stories.” I’m well aware there is much more to Utah than … [Read more...]
You Can Grow It!
No space, no experience? No matter, you can grow your own vegetables by Paige Wiren When you turn the gate latch to enter 'The Grateful Tomato Garden', the whine of the wrought iron metal sends the sparrows flying. A solitary gardener refills her watering can from the artesian well at the center of the garden. Pinwheels turn, butterflies dance, and a cockeyed scarecrow's … [Read more...]
New Website Launch
We are pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved Utah Stories Magazine website. Our new site is faster, more user friendly, and better at bringing you the best of local, Utah journalism. We hope you like it! If you are looking for an article in the search bar and can't find it, don't panic! We haven't thrown anything out in the move. Try looking in the … [Read more...]
Eastern vs. Western Medicine
When you have a headache, which hemisphere of the world do you turn to for help? It's always good to have options. And when it comes to medicine, there a lot of them. These days, in addition to conventional med school, one now can earn accredited degrees in naturopathic medicine, chiropractic technique, or even acupuncture. Many physicians now combine practices from a wide … [Read more...]
Debugging Government & Society
. A call for bloggers and independent minded individuals to help debug government waste and ineptitude. Utah Stories Mission II - A Call For Debuggers of Society I've been fortunate for having spent a good portion of my professional career as a computer programmer. Some might consider this a misfortune who imagine the lifestyle --sitting in front of a computer screen all … [Read more...]
A Week’s Groceries in Salt Lake City for around $20? It’s For real.
March 19th, 2009 The Utah Food co-op is providing fresh quality produce and high quality food all while saving families from public assistance. by Rebecca Edwards "If you eat, you qualify" is the motto of The Community Food Co-op of Utah. The Co-op, which is entering its fourth year, is a recently-discovered gem for Utahns like me who have been doing everything they can to … [Read more...]