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Salt Lake City, Shopping, Style / 24.06.2024

No longer a fashion desert, Salt Lake makes shopping fun with its trendy and one-of-a-kind retailers. In truth, Salt Lake City was a bit of a shopping desert when I moved here from the East Coast 30 years ago. There were just a few department stores or one-off shops to visit back then—places like Mervyn's, ZCMI, Contempo Casuals, Chalk Garden and Nordstrom (at the original Main Street location). Salt Lake City has since grown into a mid-size city, with high demand for new designers and out-of-state retailers. I'm happy to...

Salt Lake City, Shopping, Style / 24.06.2024

Hone your personal style at SLC's vintage and consignment stores. What goes around comes around, and in Salt Lake City, vintage clothing and pre-loved furniture shops are popping up all over, and the prices aren't as overblown as you'd find in LA or Dallas. As the former "Shop Girl" columnist for City Weekly, I find there is nothing like the thrill of the hunt, and of finding a cast-off designer item at dopamine-inducing low prices. Not only is it environmentally prudent to reuse clothing and household goods, but the...

Opinion, Salt Lake City, The Great Salt Lake, Unusual Places / 02.05.2023

Music to accompany your reading: Countdown to Midnight Playlist  I’m here again. I’m writing and trying to get my words out for my blog. I notice my thoughts don’t flow as easily as they did before. I wonder if my sentences will hold meaning and resonate with my readers the way they used to. Will anyone take the time to care about what I’m writing? Sharing internet space with so many opinions is exhausting to keep pace with and since the pandemic I’ve felt it very frivolous to write...