It’s Thanksgiving soon. That means a lot of things:
Turkey, football, family feasts, cool temperatures, crazy sales, and of course…LIGHTS!
All the lights go on this week and will twinkle through the New Year. Here’s the information you need to gaze your eyes content this Christmas:
Downtown Salt Lake City
Friday, Nov. 28 - Lighting ceremony between 5:00 and 6:00 PM on Main Street and South Temple. Admission is FREE. Visit www.downtownslc.org for more information.
Temple Square
Friday, Nov. 28 to Dec. 31 - Daily lights from dusk until 10:00 PM. Enter via 50 W North Temple St. Admission is FREE.
Thanksgiving Point
Friday, Nov. 28 to Dec. 27 - Holiday Lights - $7.00 per car, $4.00/person for wagon rides, $30.00/person for carriage rides (reservations only), and $50.00/person for trolley rides (reservations only). For reserations, call 801-768-2300. Also, don’t miss out on the gourmet hot chocolate and holiday goodies at Water Gate Tower. For more information, visit www.thanksgivingpoint.com.
Hogle Zoo
Saturday, Nov. 29 to Dec. 31 - Lights iluminated between 5:00 and 8:00 PM, Sundays through Thursdays and between 5:00 and 9:00 PM on Fridays and Saturdays. $6.00 for adults and $4.00 for seniors and children under 12 y/o. FREE for kids under 2 y/o. Hogle Zoo is located at 2600 E Sunnyside Ave. Visit www.hoglezoo.org for more information.
This past spring the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau undertook a unique program to lead the way in Salt Lake City as an organization who was dedicated to “talking the talk” or in this case, riding.
The CVB purchased five “cruiser bikes” for staff use around the community, cutting down dramatically the number of automobile trips taken for meetings, lunches and other errands in the downtown area.
Employees can uses the bicycles at any point throughout the day. In fact, they are encouraged to do so.
“We live in a city that where the outdoors are such a part of both those that live here as well as those visit,” said Scott Beck, CEO of the SLCVB. “It only makes sense that we do our part to minimize our impact on our surroundings.”continue reading…
Everybody knows that Utah has the greatest snow on Earth. So why wouldn’t we have a festival to celebrate it? The 2008 Fat Flake Festival was a huge success again in Salt Lake this year.
There was energy in the air for the upcoming winter. Live music, athlete signing sessions, rail jams, and other competitions stirred the stoke for everybody that attended. One of those competitions was a ski-boot race. The winner, Caitlin Morgan of SLC, took home a brand new pair of boots for her lightning boot-stepping peformance. I recently caught up with Cait to ask her a few questions about the big win:
SL: How did you learn to run so fast in your ski boots?continue reading…
Salt Lake has 4 Ski and Snowboard resorts in the mountains just minutes from either downtown or anywhere in the valley.
This past week ALL four of those resorts opened - Snowbird first followed by Brighton, then Solitude on Friday and Alta on Saturday. Yes, the Fab 4 are open.
Here are a couple of shots from opening day at Solitude this past Friday:
Although all of the Salt Lake Ski Resorts (Alta, Brighton, Solitude and Snowbird) are open for skiing, warm temps this week have returned to the valley. Warm enough that is to enjoy a noon-time bike ride around downtown to get lunch.
Shawn and I headed out on the Salt Lake Visitors Center cruiser bikes to grab a biee. This is a little taste of what biking around Salt Lake for lunch is like right now.
Real Salt Lake knocked off Chivas USA with a 3-2 score last week to launch themselves into the final round of the Western Conference playoff. Real will face off against the New York Red Bull
s this Saturday for the Western Conference Championship. This is huge for Real Salt Lake. Only a month after the inaugural game at Rio Tinto Stadium, Real will be hosting the second-biggest match in Major League Soccer.
I bought my tickets today with my sister and got in on a sweet family-discount price. Tickets were going fast while she was at the door, so I imagine they’ll continue to sell until the place is packed. Come cheer on Real Salt Lake on this historic run to the MlS finals.
In fact, a wonderful plan for Saturday just came to me: Skiing during the day, MLS Conference Final during the night. That’s a good day in Salt Lake.
HERE is an article with more information on the game and ticket sales for Saturday’s game.
In case you haven’t heard, or read, or seen, Winter is Officially On in Utah. I decreed it as such and as the foremost declarer of seasons around the world, my word is gospel.
I can prove it with these awesome photos & video from last week at Alta.
It’s no secret that with the economy the way it is there are a lot more that will be in need of the basics this winter. Alta is teaming up with the Westminster ski team in efforts to provide coats for Catholic Community Services (CCS) in Salt Lake City.
For over 60 years, Catholic Community Services of Utah has empowered families and individuals of all races and religious backgrounds to realize their full potential by supplying the basic necessities of life–food, clothing and shelter.
Alta invites our community at large to bring new or gently used, clean winter coats of all sizes up to the ski area this coming Saturday, November 15 from 10 am- 4 pm, and Sunday, November 16 from noon- 4 pm. continue reading…
It’s hard to beat the feeling of a deep powder day at Alta. Both a town and a resort, this little slice of paradise is home to some of the best powder skiing on the planet. For the video click continue reading…
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