Suffering from withdrawals from my first Comic Con, I’ve waited with bated breath for the next nerdy event, FanXperience, the “ultimate fan experience” for those consumed by their love of entertainment including everything from movies to comic books. The inaugural FanX™ in April 2014 had more than 100,000 attendees making it the third largest comic con … Read more
A growing annual tradition in Park City, the Santa Pub Crawl continues to attract impressive numbers of thirsty Santas eager to spread some holiday cheer to Main Street bars. The crawl draws Park City locals, visitors and residents from the Salt Lake Valley, Wasatch County and other parts of Summit County. All those 21 and … Read more
Yes, the name of this site is The Utah Review. So, why is a town in Colorado being written about in this space? Well, just as Christmas music can over extend its reach and be heard before Thanksgiving even has a chance, borders can – and do blur. Speaking of blurred borders, my recent trip … Read more
“Let’s skip town, take a couple of days off work, and explore Blanding, Utah!” said no one, ever. That’s a slight exaggeration; my friend Elaine and I did see three people in three days on Grand Gulch primitive area trails near Blanding the first weekend in October. I’m not sure I would have ever explored … Read more
The breeze has a bit of a crispness to it, the sun sets a little sooner each day, and the farmers’ markets are brimming with fresh produce. Yep, it’s officially fall. And that means one thing and one thing only: it’s football season! For those of us dwelling in Salt Lake City, our closest contact … Read more
It’s that time of year where the smell of fall is in the air—dancing around the outer edges of summer’s last days. Hints of color are starting to dot the mountains that surround Salt Lake. Brisk mountain mornings become warm late-summer afternoons which lead to chilly evenings made ideal by a fire. Fall in the … Read more
I’ve always thought of our local mountains, the Wasatch Range, as an extension of Salt Lake City. A city park, if you will. Group picnics, campgrounds and seven ski resorts take up a fair amount of real estate. Not to say you can’t get lost and have a wilderness experience a few short miles from … Read more
I’ve been hearing for months of a new top-to-bottom mountain bike trail at Snowbird, dubbed “The Big Mountain Trail”. Snowbird is a big and steep mountain and any trail that switchbacks its way down the 3,000 vertical feet accessed by the tram is sure to be a gravity-fueled descent. The lure of Oktoberfest (open June – … Read more
This weekend marks the second annual Salt Lake City Comic Con — an event that has proven successful beyond the bounds of the wildest of imaginations; and there’s an abundance of imagination among the 120,000+ guests. On Saturday, September 6, the event formally sold out, with elaborately costumed guests still queuing around the block to … Read more
Salt Lake Comic Con 2014 began in fine fashion at Thursday morning’s press conference. Here’s a video of the introduction to this year’s show: (click here to view directly on YouTube) Following the press conference, cosplayers gathered for a grand parade to kick off the three day festivities. If you intend to catch the event … Read more