I’ve stayed at The Grand America hotel nearly a dozen times over the years, and I have a confession: it still gets me. I walk through the front doors, step into that magnificent lobby, and for a brief moment I feel richer than I actually am. Maybe it’s the Italian marble underfoot. Maybe ...
The Garden Help Desk responds to common gardening questions, focusing this week on best practices for bees: We got bees this year and I am wondering if you can recommend a lawn fertilizer plus weed suppressant that is safer for bees. If you’re a beekeeper, or even if you only have fruit ...
BEIJING (AP) — It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi once dreamed of a pastry during the final decades of imperial China. The same treat was served to her at breakfast the following morning. Delighted, she summoned her chef and rewarded him with a silver ingot. “It was originally called ...
The first night in a new place is always the same for Robinson Leoni: He takes longer to fall asleep, wakes up more often during the night and gets less sleep overall. At home he averages seven hours. The first night away — with or without earplugs and regardless of the bed's quality — ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Encouraging customers to mend worn clothes instead of buying new ones might seem like a self-defeating sales strategy. But in-store repairs and sewing workshops are becoming essential retail services for clothing brands as they try to appeal to young consumers who want to ...
It's time for the annual rite of passage known as going back to school. While some students look forward to the opportunities and challenges of the upcoming year, others find plenty of reason to dread the return to the classroom. Navigating the complexities of instruction time, study time, ...
Here is a look at many of the events going on in Utah Valley and beyond in the next week (visit the listed website for more information): CENTRAL Provo Aug. 15 Peter Breinholt & Big Parade in Concert, Sundance Resort, 8 p.m. (sundanceresort.com) Laugh Hawaiian Style with Frank DeLima, ...
It was one of the first trails I took as the owner of a new Suzuki King Quad 300 ATV back in 1993. It was exciting for me to have a trail so close to my home that would take me to altitudes exceeding 9,000 feet. I am referring to the Francis Peak trails. I have written several articles ...
The full Utah Valley calendar of events is on L4, but here are three local events you should check out this week: 1. 2026 Larry H. Miller Utah Open Riverside Country Club, Aug. 15-16, all day Golf lovers in Utah Valley always look forward to mid-August because that's when top talent ...
Some trips are about bagging famous landmarks off a great outdoors list. Others are about slowing down long enough to remember what mountain air actually smells like. Intrepid’s Hiking the Dolomites itinerary does both. Rather than racing across northern Italy in search of every famous ...
