“Where we going Mom, where we going?” the kids asked repeatedly as they followed their mother day and night for about three weeks through jungles and across rivers and swamps in Cambodia. “Almost there, almost there,” lied Rem Kros to her five kids as they fled their village in Battambang Province. With swollen feet, bloody and blistered from traveling miles a day … [Read more...]
B & W Apothecary
In 2003, after spending a year deployed in the hot dry air of Iraq as an Army diesel mechanic and later experiencing skin cancer, Brandi Nealis decided her skin needed some TLC. As a result, B & W Apothecary was born. Her project started five years ago when she experimented with making her own lotions. “It took forever to get the right consistency and learn … [Read more...]
Skkull Queen Makeup
Making herself and others into monsters and zombies had been just a hobby of Vanessa Ward of Skkull Queen Makeup, until people hired her to do their makeup for corporate parties and as head makeup artist for Insanity Point Haunted House. Vanessa taught herself the art of monster makeup with trial and error and some help from makeup artists on Instagram and YouTube. Brayden, … [Read more...]
SPICE Kitchen Incubator Start-Up Adds Spice to SLC Cuisine
Spice Kitchen Incubator is allowing new immigrants from countries such as Bhutan to start businesses on a shoestring, making the American Dream come true for refugees Kamal and Geeta Niroula, owners of the Bhutan House Restaurant. Five years ago, the S.P.I.C.E. Kitchen Incubator (Supporting the Pursuit of Innovative Culinary Entrepreneurs), came out of a demand … [Read more...]
Youth Climbing Program—Momentum Indoor Climbing
Lead climbing, top roping, crack climbing, and bouldering can all be done indoors at Momentum Indoor Climbing gyms (Momentum). “Indoor climbing is an up-and-coming sport,” Katie Thorup, Momentum’s youth program regional manager for Utah, says. “Climbing has made it into the 2020 Olympics, giving kids the opportunity to take this extreme sport to higher levels.” Mo Mini, Base … [Read more...]
The “U” on the Mountain
The Block U emblazoned on Mount Van Cott, is lit up during home games for football, basketball, and gymnastics. If you see the red and white lights flashing the Utes have won another game or meet. The “U” can be seen from many areas across the valley, east of the University of Utah campus in the Wasatch Mountain Range. University of Utah seniors first painted their gra … [Read more...]
Self-taught Provo Baker Wins Food Network’s Cake Wars Two Times
The Mighty Baker Pete Tidwell, owner and head baker at The Mighty Baker pastry shop in Provo, didn’t originally want to be a baker. In high school he helped out at his brother’s Gandolfo’s Delis here in Utah. “Working at the deli is where I really gained the love of working with food,” says Tidwell. He attended BYU and received his degree in Communication with an emphasis in … [Read more...]
Petra’s Backstubchen—Traditional Pastries from the Old Country
Growing up in Kliding, a small town in Germany, Petra Vigil, owner of Petra’s Backstubchen, learned how to bake from her mother and her aunts. “I always baked. My Mom was always baking and cooking big meals. It was normal to me,” says Petra, “I think if my Mom hadn’t taught be so much I wouldn’t be here.” When Petra moved to Utah over 25 years ago, she brought her baking book … [Read more...]
Major Street Pet Services Offers End of Life Planning for Your Pet
According to the American Pet Products website, in 2016 there were 312.1 million domesticated pets living in 129.8 million homes in the U.S. Dogs and cats are the most popular. Birds, hedgehogs, rats, mice, turtles, pigs, goats, fish, guinea pigs, sheep, snakes, and other reptiles are some of the other animals often kept as pets. Many of our pets are treated like family, … [Read more...]
Antique Pickers are Turning Other People’s Junk into Treasures
Matt Binyon, owner of American Rust Company, started going to garage sales by himself when he was 13-years-old. Picking was in his blood. A picker is someone who finds valuable items in other people’s junk. “I’m the only one in my family that’s into this stuff,” says Binyon. “People watch ‘American Pickers,’” says Binyon, “but it doesn’t work that way. Half the time these … [Read more...]