Five facts you should know about Proposition Two, medical cannabis in Utah and the coming green wave. Prop Two is opposed by the LDS Church but the parallel bill called the compromise will pass, and Speaker Greg Hugues says that Legal medicinal cannabis will be pass the legislature. He said he is certain of this because the Church supports it. So number one is the … [Read more...]
The Best Places to Get Hot Chocolate in Utah
Utah is known for having the best snow on earth—it’s also known for having that snow (and accompanying cold temperatures) start as early as October and come and go through April. So how do Utahns handle such long winters? Besides working up a sweat skiing and snowboarding, they drink lots of hot chocolate. Whether you live in Utah or are just visiting, if you’re wondering whe … [Read more...]
Self-Built Man Cave
When construction first started, the room was nothing but cement, sheets of insulation and plastic, and some ductwork and pipes for the upstairs. I only had a vague concept of what I wanted in a home theater, but there were a few things I knew would be necessary. Functionality Usually, when people think of a home theater, they imagine built-in stadium seating with six or … [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...]
The “Smart Home”?
The following story was written and reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories. Life is going to be easy in your techno-fabulous Vivint Smart Home of the not too-distant future. Why? Because your smart home will act like a sophisticated security guard/nanny/third parent. You can come home, kick back, and check the stats on … [Read more...]
The California Condor: An Extreme Journey into the Wild
The cobalt blue sky seems to crash into the rusty brown and red jagged cliffs one day late in September as the scenery came together creating a superb backdrop against Vermillion Cliffs National Monument just over the Utah border. Every year hundreds of people gather here to witness the magnificent and endangered, California Condor as they take flight in the … [Read more...]
Moab Root Cellar Project: History is ‘Preserved’ For the Future
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” —William Faulkner “We don’t really think of ourselves and our lives as history,” said Christy Williams Dunton, the Development Director for the Museum of Moab. “But we are. We are living histories.” As one may carefully preserve the harvest in mason jars, Dunton makes “jars of memory jam,”—her term for the digital recordings of … [Read more...]
A New Way to Protect School Children
ADM Studios is honored to announce the birth of an advocate. Introducing UGO, a digitally interfaced emergency guide that was developed to address the fear and anxiety that our children face every day at school. Fear has become a daily reality in our schools. Parents drop off their kids in the morning, helpless to do anything but trust that they will still have … [Read more...]
Building the Van Life: Customized Vans Create Cozy Comfort
How a Utah Man is Making a Living by Building Out Sprinter Vans In 2017, Brad Woolf leapt into the entrepreneurial world by starting a woodworking business that would become Woolf Vans. Pulling from his experience as a rock climber and a Park Ranger, he began customizing van interiors for people who spend more time outside than in. While working for the National Park … [Read more...]
Vast and Isolated Antelope Island: Camping with Citronella Under the Stars
Utah has 44 state parks as diverse as Utah’s natural landscapes. Visits to the state parks can include an Anasazi Village, coral pink sand dunes, lakes, rivers, canyons, and the Territorial Statehouse in Fillmore. There is even a state park protecting a Utah island—Antelope Island State Park. The largest island in the Great Salt Lake, Antelope Island is pop … [Read more...]