December 2008

It’s odd to see a B17 Flying Fortress rendered in stained glass—the medium is more often associated with angels and saints. But the window in the Memorial Chapel at Hill Air Force Base is not...

Mary Brown Malouf

Mary Brown Malouf

It’s the season of bright, glowing lights and shimmering lanes, so bundle up and enjoy it!

Kathryn Jones

Mary Brown Malouf

Richard Wilkins, 55, has played the irascible Ebenezer Scrooge at the Hale Centre Theatre in West Valley City for 23 years and counting.

Kathryn Jones

Is there a finer moment in skiing than cracking that first beer afterward?

I was thinking steak sandwiches … or maybe fish tacos. It’s not that snowshoeing along Guardsman Pass isn’t rewarding, but there’s something to be said for a cold brew and one of Deer...

Jill Adler

Nine days (nine days!) after the Mormon pioneers’ entry into the Salt Lake Valley— which, if you’re counting, was August 2, 1947—the Saints had a street system mapped out. These...

Jeremy Pugh

Want to add a festive flourish to your décor? Simply add shots of red.

Brad Mee

Ginger is one of the traditional holiday flavors—basic for elaborate cookie architecture, edible ornaments and legions of brown-baked gingerbread men.Utah chefs tee off on the flavor in their own...

Ann Wycoff

Twenty minutes before the cameras roll, the Cooking Delight party has already started—families, couples, kids and singles are seated at tall café tables, provided with chips and salsa, and...

Mary Brown Malouf

Entertaining is a holiday imperative, 
but with school pageants, gift shopping, out-of-town guests 
and family feasts filling your schedule, it’s hard to find the time.

Mary Brown Malouf

There are several must-do events for Utahns at the holidays.

Dan Nailen

Heather Ferrell’s resume belies her age; she’s already put in administrative stints as an associate curator at the Boise Art Museum, collections manager at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North...

Dan Nailen

At the Utah Museum of Natural History.

We know a little something about choirs here in Utah, but it’s safe to say few of us have experienced anything like the African Children’s Choir that is traveling here for shows in Salt Lake...

Dan Nailen

Dan Nailen

The award-winning The Light in the Piazza might be set in 1953, but it is thoroughly modern in its approach.

Dan Nailen

It’s a testament to ol’ Billy Shakespeare’s talent that his works are so pliable.

Dan Nailen

Metallica is to today what Led Zeppelin was to its time. Both bands rose to massive popularity with little help from critics or radio. Both bands’ music is considerably more ornate than their...

Dan Nailen

Dan Nailen

I’m kind of into Christmas. You can probably tell from the photo. How many other people do you know who would buy their own Santa suit simply to take part in a Santa Pub Crawl one night a year?

Dan Nailen

Dan Nailen

The cloth known as kente—woven by the Asante tribes of Ghana and the Ewe peoples of Ghana and Togo—was originally designed as festive dress for special occasions in the former Gold Coast of...

Dan Nailen

The vibe that Utah artist Ruby Chacon and her husband, Terry Hurst, create with their new west-side coffee shop and art gallery starts with the name.

Dan Nailen

Dan Nailen

This tiny, hip pizzeria would be right at home in Brooklyn or Silver Lake or Austin, but lucky for us, it’s in Orem. And while for me that’s not what you could call “convenient,” especially...

Mary Brown Malouf

Whether you’re a Latter-day Saint or not, Temple Square is the heart of Salt Lake City. The famous domed Tabernacle, the castle-spired Temple, Brigham Young’s Beehive House, and the museums and...

Mary Brown Malouf

This comfy little café on Ogden’s Historic 25th Street is part of the working-class town’s evolution from rough-and-tumble to subtly sophisticated. Housed in a refurbished red brick building...

Dan Nailen

The marriage of modern comfort and antique charm is a relationship that can get ugly. The unique lure of Park City is its lore—the lingering personality of a place that was a ghost town just a...

Mary Brown Malouf

This isn’t a neighborhood restaurant in the sense of the handy little spot that’s a reliable fall-back when you can’t face your own kitchen. Chef’s Table is too upscale for that. But, this...

Mary Brown Malouf

There’s a wolf at the door, and that’s not just an expression. A stuffed wolf stared us right in the eye as we entered the dining room at Prairie Schooner in Ogden.

Mary Brown Malouf

Mary Brown Malouf

This was possibly the most outrageously rich dish I have ever been served: a slab of snowy St. Andre with a cube of quivering pork belly, braised till the fat ran and covered with a reduction that...

Mary Brown Malouf

The exterior is disconcertingly but delightfully corny—straight out of a Dodge City stage set—but inside, the dining rooms are pleasantly spare. And the cuisine is a unique blend of home...

Mary Brown Malouf

During the days of Dec. 5 through 7, 2008, Deer Valley played host to its annual Celebrity Skifest. Famous faces like Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ian Ziering, Joey Pantoliano, Spencer Pratt and Matthew...

One H.E.A.R.T's held its fourth annual event to benefit Tibetan women and babies at Pierpont Place on September 18.

The Hogle Zoo held its annual Zoo Rendezvouz fundraiser on September 4.

The Sundance Food and Wine Festival was held August 30 at Sundance resort.

On August 23, the University of Utah Hospital Foundation held its seventh Ebony & Ivory Gala at La Caille.

On August 3, Taste of the Nation Utah held its ninth gastronomic festival at Solitude Mountain Resort. Over 1000 people enjoyed food from 50 area restaurants and bakeries, while basking in the...

One thousand people made cancer research a priority on August 4 and 5 for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation's gala and golf tournament.

The Human Rights Coalition held its annual fundraiser at Word Perfect millionaire Bruce Bastian's mansion in Orem on June 14.

On July 31, the Kimball Art Center in Park City held its gala fundraiser.

The 2008 Bishop's Dinner, a fundraiser for Salt Lake City's Cathedral of the Madeline, was held on Wednesday, September 24 at The Grand America Hotel.

Salt Lake magazine was a sponsor for The National Ability Center's annual black-tie gala at the Grand America ballroom, where thousands of dollars were raised to help people of all abilities...

CareSource home health and hospice services held its annual fundraiser, "A Celebration of Life," at the Grand America on September 5.

As I grow older, my wife, Margaret Mary, notes that—in the tradition of all classic malcontents—
I have become more irascible and cynical. At the same time, she observes that I have also gone...

John Shuff

Mary Brown Malouf