Oh darn. I totally thought I would make it at least 3 months without skiing.
Alta looks pretty in fwinter.
First turns of the year.
Mandatory Stupid Grin Photo.
Descending into Fall.
Linescore!
Post ski workout.
My diligent photog gets her climb on.
Slippery bridge!
Oh man. Homework just doesn’t seem so interesting anymore…
Jake
Very interesting, very…
One of Kind!
Amazing! It gives you a good realization of the fragility of the human body
It was absolutely amazing to see how everything comes together, to see how we do the things we do every day
These are just a few of the responses that have been coming from The Leonardo at Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City where Body Worlds 3 is on display.
I blogged last month that the exhibit opened September 19 and that it’s here on a “Limited Engagement” (although their main website says until January 11). But dont wait too long to get your tickets as I’m pretty sure that it will sell out.
I was looking at the share page of The Leonardo where there are many videos that visitors have created, giving their reactions to the exhibit. The videos are raw but really informative as well as somewhat entertaining.
As a parent I’m interested in taking my nine year old to the exibit. more
My wife lived in Italy for a time so thanks to her influence and a visit to Italy myself I’ve become a bit of an Italian food snob. So it was that when I was was first told about Granatos and how truly Italian the deli and the cafe is, I knew I had to discover it for myself.
Established in 1948 by Frank Granato, he set out to bring authentic Italian and Mediterranean foods to Utah. With a strong worth ethic, and a customer service focus with the simple goal of “providing the public with what they want” his family continues his legacy today.
Each of the three Granatos locations is unique in its layout but they all offer the same authentic goodness either in the market, the bakery or in the cafe.
I remember many of the stores in Italy and when you walk into Granatos you feel like you could be in Italy. more
There was really only three season in Utah in the last year. A 9 month winter, a 2 week summer, and now fall. For mountain biking, there really is not better season than Fall. Everything changes color, the air gets colder, it rains, and most importantly everything gets muddy so you bike gets dirty and you can feel gnar.
Last weekend I rode my bike on Spiro trail from Park City Mountain Resort to Mid-Mountain trail than dropped into The Canyons to watch the 48Straight Biking Competition. It was off and on rain showers and blue bird the entire time and bike bike transformed from blueish gray to brown from the mud. I feel cool.
Mike climbing under park city chairs
I outrun the Fall storm system
Mike climbing in another Park City Aspen Grove
You’ve seen them - the various Taco Stands that are found through the city. But have you stopped to sample the food? I’m telling you now, you’re missing out if you’ve not done so.
The other day I was meeting a friend near 8th South and State Street and given that it was lunch time we opted to hit up one of two taco stands there on the NW corner.
The food that they were cooking up looked fantastic and after seeing a number of people there, including a majority of them being Hispanics, I figured that this was as authentic as it gets. Not only did that ring true but the cost of lunch kept my wallet feeling pretty happy.
Body Worlds 3, the amazing exhibit featuring real human bodies, opened last night in Salt Lake City with a reception for VIP’s.
Since I’m blogging about it and linking to The Leonardo’s blog, I guess that means I wasn’t VIP enough to get an invite. Perhaps some day.
Body Worlds is arguably one of the most fascinating, unique, and sometimes controversial, exhibits ever to be shown.
An impression from the evening included this:
By all accounts the exhibit is mind-blowing, and takes visitors on a journey of the human heart. The interior is extensive and dynamic, with a series of plastinated full-bodied specimens coming towards the end.
I can’t wait to see it, showing in The Leonardo at Library Square. (downtown)
The exhibit is on a “Limited Engagement” which essentially means it one day you see it, one day you don’t. more
Tucked within historic Arrow Press Square, across the street from the Salt Palace is a great Mexican restaurant offering cultural eating beyond the local taqueria. The Blue Iguana is in the basement of a great 19th century building that is becoming somewhat of an antique in the now urban landscape that downtown Salt Lake is becoming. more
