Utah Curious?
‘Pleased to Meet You. Hope you guess my name.’
I’ve spent more than three decades telling stories about the people, places and peculiarities that make life interesting.
Some begin at a restaurant table. Others on a trail, in a neighborhood bar or down a forgotten side street. A few start with nothing more than the question, “How did that happen?”
This is an archive of magazine features, travel writing, essays and observations — collected over a career of asking questions and following wherever they lead.
Buckle up.
Latest Work
The newest stories, fresh off the desk.
- 52 Ways to Be a Real Salt Laker: Your Incomplete Guide to Quintessential Utah Experiences
Tourists flock to our state to ponder the dwindling Great Salt Lake, tour the… Read more: 52 Ways to Be a Real Salt Laker: Your Incomplete Guide to Quintessential Utah Experiences - The Streak: Summer of ’87
One summer in Salt Lake, time stood still as we watched the rookie league… Read more: The Streak: Summer of ’87 - What It’s Really Like to Take a Viking River Cruise
We sailed the Rhine and learned something mildly irritating: They’re pretty much telling the… Read more: What It’s Really Like to Take a Viking River Cruise - From the Whale to the Witch: Shop, Dine, Drink and Nosh Your Way Along the Nine Line
We get it. You haven’t been north of 33rd South in a while (or… Read more: From the Whale to the Witch: Shop, Dine, Drink and Nosh Your Way Along the Nine Line - Skip the Traffic: Tougher Than Lake Blanche, Broads Fork Has a Stellar Payoff
Ok. You hiked to Lake Blanche. Yeah. So has, like, everybody. It’s the Mona… Read more: Skip the Traffic: Tougher Than Lake Blanche, Broads Fork Has a Stellar Payoff - 40 Years of ‘Hell’: How to Succeed in Radio Without Really Trying
By Laney Hansen For 40 years, Kerry Jackson, Bill Allred and Gina Barberi greeted… Read more: 40 Years of ‘Hell’: How to Succeed in Radio Without Really Trying
Eat & Drink
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From the Whale to the Witch: Shop, Dine, Drink and Nosh Your Way Along the Nine Line
Read more →: From the Whale to the Witch: Shop, Dine, Drink and Nosh Your Way Along the Nine LineWe get it. You haven’t been north of 33rd South in a while (or…
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Salt Lake Magazine’s 2024 Dining Awards
Read more →: Salt Lake Magazine’s 2024 Dining AwardsEach year Salt Lake magazine surveys the state’s dining scene and hands out its…
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Learn To Love Your Lunch in Utah
Read more →: Learn To Love Your Lunch in UtahA guide to shaking up the midday meal, this piece rounds up the lunch…
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Editor’s Note: Chef’s Choice
Read more →: Editor’s Note: Chef’s ChoiceAsk any chef what they’d order if someone else were cooking, and you’ll get…
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Bricks Corner Motors Into Town
Read more →: Bricks Corner Motors Into TownDetroit-style pizza arrives with the opening of Bricks Corner. Originally published in Salt Lake…
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Learning to Dine Again at Veneto
Read more →: Learning to Dine Again at VenetoA look back at Veneto, the Salt Lake City Italian mainstay, as it reopened…
Rambling
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What It’s Really Like to Take a Viking River Cruise
Read more →: What It’s Really Like to Take a Viking River CruiseWe sailed the Rhine and learned something mildly irritating: They’re pretty much telling the…
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Skip the Traffic: Tougher Than Lake Blanche, Broads Fork Has a Stellar Payoff
Read more →: Skip the Traffic: Tougher Than Lake Blanche, Broads Fork Has a Stellar PayoffOk. You hiked to Lake Blanche. Yeah. So has, like, everybody. It’s the Mona…
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Explore The Buttoned-Down Beach Town of Newport
Read more →: Explore The Buttoned-Down Beach Town of NewportA visit to the quietly buttoned-up beach town of Newport. Originally published in Salt…
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Explore Zion National Park in the Fall
Read more →: Explore Zion National Park in the FallA case for visiting Zion National Park once the fall crowds thin out. Originally…
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Explore Utah’s National Parks in the Winter
Read more →: Explore Utah’s National Parks in the WinterA guide to experiencing Utah’s national parks without the summer crowds. Originally published in…
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St. George’s Latest Desert Escape is Sentierre
Read more →: St. George’s Latest Desert Escape is SentierreSt. George’s newest desert retreat, Sentierre. Originally published in Salt Lake Magazine, 2023. Read…
Musing
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The Streak: Summer of ’87
Read more →: The Streak: Summer of ’87One summer in Salt Lake, time stood still as we watched the rookie league…
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40 Years of ‘Hell’: How to Succeed in Radio Without Really Trying
Read more →: 40 Years of ‘Hell’: How to Succeed in Radio Without Really TryingBy Laney Hansen For 40 years, Kerry Jackson, Bill Allred and Gina Barberi greeted…
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How To: Red Butte Outdoor Concerts
Read more →: How To: Red Butte Outdoor ConcertsRed Butte Garden’s outdoor concert series is one of Salt Lake’s great warm-weather rituals,…
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Editor’s Note: Best of the Beehive
Read more →: Editor’s Note: Best of the BeehiveEvery year we sit down as a staff and argue, cheerfully but seriously, about…
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The Utah Company Behind Team USA’s Olympic Rings
Read more →: The Utah Company Behind Team USA’s Olympic RingsMeet the Utah company that manufactured Team USA’s Olympic rings. Originally published in Salt…
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Utah Bets Big on Major League Dreams
Read more →: Utah Bets Big on Major League DreamsUtah’s push toward landing major league sports. Originally published in Salt Lake Magazine, 2024.…
Utah Curious?
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52 Ways to Be a Real Salt Laker: Your Incomplete Guide to Quintessential Utah Experiences
Read more →: 52 Ways to Be a Real Salt Laker: Your Incomplete Guide to Quintessential Utah ExperiencesTourists flock to our state to ponder the dwindling Great Salt Lake, tour the…
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Porter Rockwell’s Grave: Where is the ‘Destroying Angel of Mormondom’ Buried?
Read more →: Porter Rockwell’s Grave: Where is the ‘Destroying Angel of Mormondom’ Buried?Porter Rockwell once said, “I never killed anyone who didn’t need killing.” A towering…
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The Origins Monkey Wrench Gang: A Book that Inspired a Generation of Activists in Utah
Read more →: The Origins Monkey Wrench Gang: A Book that Inspired a Generation of Activists in UtahHow a scrappy desert novel turned into a rallying cry for a generation of…
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You’re Not Wrong, the Alta Vibe is a Real Thing
Read more →: You’re Not Wrong, the Alta Vibe is a Real ThingAn investigation into whether Alta’s famously particular ski culture is more myth or reality.…
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Why is There a Piece of the Matterhorn Mountain at Snowbird?
Read more →: Why is There a Piece of the Matterhorn Mountain at Snowbird?An investigation into the odd bit of Swiss trivia embedded at Snowbird — a…
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Utah Field Guide: Jell-O
Read more →: Utah Field Guide: Jell-ONo state has a stranger, more devoted relationship with Jell-O than Utah. It’s a…
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