It's known as the Sugar House Monument: an art deco obelisk with bronze statues and flowing water features at its base. Fifty-five feet high and 60 ft. wide, the monument is a cultural marker for Sugar House residents, and was likely an abomination to traffic engineers with its placement in the middle of the busy intersection of 2100 South and 1100 East, at least until the … [Read more...]
Swedetown
Welcome to Swedetown Salt Lake City, Utah—Swedetown is several thousand miles from Stockholm, and in many ways, it is also a couple thousand miles from downtown Salt Lake. If you haven't heard of it, don't be surprised. It is truly a hidden part of Utah. It is a several block section around Hot Springs Road and 1500 N. Still can't place it? Try thinking about the oil … [Read more...]
Podcast Episode 15: The Hidden Space Race With China
University of Utah Physics Professor Valy Vardeny explains how we are in a new space race with China, not to the moon but to the quantum level. physics topics discussed include: How and why the United States isn't attracting enough top minds to study physics A comparison of the space race of fifty years ago with the technology race with China today Why … [Read more...]
LOBSTERS ON THE LOOSE!
Lobster Rolls, Sliders, Salads, & More at Freshie’s Freshie's fresh Lobster rolls in Utah—Travel along the Atlantic Coast from Connecticut to the Canadian Maritimes and you’ll find countless varieties of lobster rolls and an equally countless variety of lobster shacks and shops. The best ones are usually hole-in-the-wall joints that cater mostly to … [Read more...]
Roasted Fingerling Potatoes recipe
Last week I shared a recipe for Provençal-style pork tenderloin. A few people wondered about the side dish for it. It was roasted fingerling potatoes—a really simple and inexpensive but delicious side dish. Roasted Fingerling Potatoes recipe ingredients: 1 lb. fingerling potatoes, sliced in half lengthwise Leaves from 2 rosemary sprigs, minced Leaves from 2 … [Read more...]
Simplicity Canned Cocktails—pop the top and enjoy
Cocktails in cans? Americans have been drinking beer out of cans since 1935. And, more recently, wine and fizzy drinks containing alcohol have become available in cans as well. So Simplicity Cocktails’ founders Chris Weed and Chad Linville thought—why not canned cocktails? Weed and Linville, following years of R&D, have created Utah’s first company … [Read more...]
Professor Zeev Valentine Vardeny &The Hidden Space Race
The race for small is just as important as the race was to the moon When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon fifty years ago, Zeev Valentine Vardeny was a young man living in Israel. The “space race” was palpable at the time. The “race” for ever-increasing technological innovation is profoundly felt in Israel. Putting brain power to work to maintain Israel’s … [Read more...]
Stargazing in Moab, Utah is amazing
Night skies are a tourism bright spot in Moab Moab is famous as a backdrop for dozens of movies, and stars are often seen hanging out at local hotspots. But the real stars come out at night. More than 80 percent of the American population is living under light-polluted skies. In 1994, Los Angeles experienced a power outage due … [Read more...]
The Run Down Ranch Kids Farm
At the Run Down Ranch, All kids, young and old, are welcome It’s possible that Sparky O’Driscoll is working longer hours now that he’s retired. The jovial Oakley resident begins his day at 4 am, and doesn’t turn in until his Run Down Ranch menagerie is settled. Sparky’s life story is a continuation of Kamas Valley history. His great-great grandfather was one of the first … [Read more...]
Drive-in movies give ‘screen time’ a whole new meaning
Where did all the Drive-ins go? Drive-in theaters used to dot the Utah landscape, from Montezuma Creek to East Carbon, from St. George to Logan, and everywhere in between. Families would pile in the station wagon on a summer night with a picnic basket full of sandwiches, the kids in pajamas. Many drive-ins had playgrounds for the kids to use before darkness fell and the … [Read more...]
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