This coming Wednesday will officially be two months in Utah — it's been so much fun and a little overwhelming. I'm far behind on my blog posts and definitely still exploring. As they keep reminding me, good friends Brian and Shoko have been here for four years and have much left to explore, so I'm trying to be patient. :)
Don't get me wrong, I love the snow but I can't wait for enough of it to melt to do some hiking and camping locally, and really check out the SLC galleries. I'm looking forward to this Friday's gallery stroll beginning at the Kayo Gallery. We'll see how it compares to the KC Crossroads district, but with gallery openings, nice weather, live bands and art it looks like it's off to a promising start.
Before I moved here, everyone warned me about the lack of bars and beverages. Sorry but you were wrong! :) So far I've tried three local breweries... Wasatch, Squatters and Red Rock and haven't been disappointed. You'll have to visit and taste if you don't believe me...
So many fun downtown places I've wanted to check out, but haven't yet had time: beehive pub, beehive tea room, no brow coffee, Faustina, Paris Bistro and the Retro Rose just to name a few.
For now, I'm exploring as I can. For $10 I can pick up a weekend pass to learn how to rock climb indoors and I really need to work on my... um, snowboarding... if you can call it that. If I fail at snowboarding, Solitude still offers great views and a really nice lodge!
Work at the studio has been great and keeping me busy. I'm lucky to have a job where I am able to make advertising, help keep photo shoots and the business running smoothly, and work with creative people who care about good design and advertising. If you know me well, you know I've also been really impatient about meeting new people in the industry :) but it's all fun just the same. New week we'll be attending the SLC Addy's; I can't wait to see new local work and meet some industry people.
So... a little randomness about Utah. They put fry sauce (something like 1000 Island) on everything. Today I almost hit a billy goat in only kind-of-rural Bluffdale. Everyone drives fast here (80mph+) which makes me, and the Mini, pretty happy. Gary Coleman keeps getting arrested. And I have yet to see (or recognize) a polygamist.
Oh yeah... one more. I still need to check into this one — The Temporary Museum of Permanent Change — because it is very random. And it reminds me of my only recurring dream involving Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder... but that part is for another time.
Well, thanks for reading my rambling. Hope you enjoy the bits of SLC. More to share soon.
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