The nonprofit group Spy Hop invites the voices of youth aged nine to 19 to be heard and valued as they tell their stories through film, music, audio and digital design. Beginning as an option for an after-school program that initially had 12 participants, now 18,000 participate in in-school,...
I have been hearing a lot about tiny and small homes this week. Salt Lake City is debating whether to designate an area near Liberty Park for building tiny homes, and Ikea just unveiled its model for efficient and stylish tiny home living.
My own experience with living in ultra-small...
It’s the time of year to rake leaves and sip apple cider. There are some traditions in Utah that are nearly set in stone, and one is that autumn definitely arrives by the UEA school break and the beginning of the general deer hunt. This week we sit on...
These are funny COVID times. In a twist on “all dressed up and nowhere to go,” I just photographed a recently completed office building designed for an enhanced employee experience, and the majority of the employees are working still remotely from home. Soon, perhaps, the building will be bustling,...
I recently returned to Promontory Park City to photograph a new home built by Upland Development (Ryan and Jesica Taylor) and architecturally designed by Bridgwater Consulting Group (Clive Bridgwater). My hope was I would get to hear the elk bugling one more time this fall, and I wasn’t disappointed....
We’re all starting to timidly venture out a little more, tentatively, watching to see if the world is COVID-safe. Sometimes I see myself like a rabbit, ready to return to the burrow at the least sign of danger. Featured today is a brand-new store, Dressed, a unique shopping experience...
More and more I am meeting people who have had full and interesting lives who are finding an ideal lifestyle in Utah. The homeowner who recently completed a custom home in the Park Meadows area of Park City designed by Upwall Design and built by Midway Construction fits this...
With the fires on the West Coast and the hurricane-force winds in Utah this week, we are all paying more attention to the natural environment. A highlight of my week was nature in another expression. While photographing this home in Promontory, I found myself 10 feet away from bugling...
Despite the recent drops in nighttime temperatures in the Wasatch Back that threaten to take out our tomatoes and basil and the orange leaves on the northern slopes of the Wasatch, I maintain that summer is not over! I’m a self-admitted lover of warm weather and summers. With COVID,...
Last week took me to the University of Utah for the return of students to classes and the opening of Kahlert Village, a new residential complex conveniently located near the heart of the campus adjacent to the Huntsman Center. Parents and nervous new students unloaded their belongings and found...