We packed so much in today! First, we slept in until 11:45. Then we got some DELISH smashed avocado toast from my favorite coffee place, The Rose Establishment. Seriously, their smashed avocado + toast and an iced chai tea = a new view on your life.


After we ate, we ventured over to temple square. I was surprised to see so many people there on a Sunday (not sure why) but it was cool because we were able to go on a tour of the conference building, and even go up on the roof!

Our tour ended, and we walked on the temple grounds and then headed up to Park City where we rode the Alpine Coaster at Park City Mountain Resort (ride it virtually, here). The fun didn’t stop there. We went to historic main street and walked up and down the store-front. I haven’t explored Park City too much – but being up there inspired me to make an effort and get up there this summer. It’s SO pretty!


Back in the valley, we stopped at M&D’s house for dinner. Melinda and Molly came too:We ate my mom’s famous navajo tacos – mmmmm. To finish the day with an adventure, we headed north west (hahahah) to Antelope Island. There we went hiking:

storm chasing:

and made friends with some buffalo:



hashtag: damn it feels good to be a tour guide

Today us east coasters (two current, one former) slept in and then headed to the hustle and bustle of Salt Lake City to get some brunch at Ruth’s Diner:

After eating a famous mile-high biscuit, we popped into This the Place state park and learned about Utah pioneer history (literally crying laughing right now that I took my friends from NY to This is the Place). THEY LOVED* IT (*not confirmed):

We learned about pioneers and Indians and how to make leather:

Then we popped into a saddlery to design our own leather and when I walked out and read the description plate I realized it was my great, great grandfather: Benjamin Franklin Johnson‘s saddlery! WHO KNEW?
Don’t you see the resemblance (I do, mainly in the facial hair though…)?

It twas a great time – before we could go on a train ride around the whole park, it was about to pour rain. So, we decided to pop into a movie and skip the storm. We saw Pitch Perfect 2 (hilar) and then grabbed some din at The Dodo (tollhouse pie, anyone?)

Love being able to spend time with these friends of mine. <3

These babes from NYC. Can’t wait to see them and show them around UT this weekend…thinking of taking them hiking, up to Park City, to the cheap movies, out to dinner, maybe to Greek Souv? I’ll keep you posted.

Okay, so for the last couple of weeks, every time I have driven to work I have wanted to take a picture of this billboard:
I have almost gotten in a fender bender, THRICE, trying to snap a picture of this bad boy. When you drive past, you see the billboard on top, a public service announcement for a teen-pregnancy hotline, flailing in the wind, as half of it had fallen off. Sad, I thought, that the PSA was falling off. But after discovering what PSA was underneath the torn and tattered 1-800-impreg has provided me with a morning chuckle for the past few weeks.


Naive old me thought it was just a MERE coincidence that the ad under the teen pregnancy hotline was and ad for underage drinking.

Well, I recently discovered this was all just a big scare tactic and have seen multiple billboard of the same idea around town.


BUMMER