Life is crazy my friends. Crazy busy when it is filled with laughter, friends, work, church, music, and love. But it is a good kind of crazy. One that I love and wouldn't trade. Yes, it means that some things don't get done and that I will always have a someday list filled with items that I might get to one day. But, through it all I find that living life to the fullest is the best way to do it even if it is crazy. And part of living life to the fullest for me is experiencing new things. It is discovering what is out there that is good in this world and enjoying it while I can. And that is why I like Friday Finds so much. It gives me an excuse to go and find new things and to try new things. It gives me an excuse to discover.
And just what did I discover this last weekend, you ask? Well I discovered two very enjoyable things that I would like to share with you. The first one is a restaurant. Now I had been to this place before, but I had never actually eaten there. I had only had a glass of their signature lemonade. Which was delicious and I enjoyed it at the time. After that one time being there I have wanted to go back and Friday gave me a reason too. Which is why when my friend suggested we go there for dinner I was happy to agree. The restaurant is called the
Blue Lemon
Location: 55 West South Temple, SLC (they have on in Highland as well)
Hours: Mon - Thurs ~ 7am - 9pm, Fri and Sat ~ 7am - 10pm
Phone: 801-328-BLUE
Website: http://www.bluelemon.com/Home
Description: Gormet food with a twist
Price: decent, like Olive Garden
This restaurant has a variety of dishes that one can choose form. You can go for a fresh salad, a sandwich or a gourmet entree'. They also have a variety of sides which includes soup and fries. Plus they have a bakery with delicious looking treats as well. For dinner I choose to get the Artichoke and Tomato Chicken. And oh was it good. Not only was it served rather quickly, but it looked great and tasted even better. I also had a taste of my friends Butternut Squash Soup and will definitely be going back to get it for myself one day. Overall, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this place. The food was delicious and the waiters were friendly and attentive.
My second Friday find came right after dinner when we headed over to Abravanel Hall for the concert that was preforming that night. The concert we saw was The King's Singers. Now, I have not really listened to them before. I had heard some of their songs but I don't own any of their music and I had never been to a concert of theirs. After having spent the night in joyful awe, I have them on my list to see again. Needless to say, I enjoyed the show. The Utah Symphony did an amazing job and The King's Singers surpassed my expectations by far. I loved their rendition of the story Wind in the Willows, and their performance of Over the Rainbow. I will definitely be buying some of their music. If you would like to check them out and see what they are all about visit their website at http://www.kingssingers.com You can also check them out on iTunes. I truly recommend that you do. But beware, you just might fall in love with their music too.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Friday Frights
This last Friday was full of Friday Frights instead of Friday finds. Although I did find out something new about myself, and that is that I absolutely love scaring high school kids.
I found out this little tidbit about myself this last Friday when I went to my cousins house to work in the haunted house that they were putting on. Now I know what some of you are already thinking...how cool and scary can a haunted house be when it's put on in the neighborhood right? Especially when it is put on by people like me. Well, let me tell you...it was plenty cool and plenty creepy for those going through it.
My cousins started putting on this haunted house a few years ago for their family. Back then it wasn't much, but served it's purpose well. In the continuing years they have decided to put it on again. This year has been the biggest yet. It went through the backyard, through the house, through the front yard, through the garage, and up through the attic. And every part of the way was creepy and spooky and full of hidden haunts and then full of all of us ready to scare.
Going into this I was a little hesitant. I mean, scaring teenagers? could it really be all it's cracked up to be? and could we really scare them? Turns out that the answers to both of those questions is yes. and oh, what fun it was. It all started growing on me after I arrived at their house and saw what the had done with the place. It was fun to see how they transformed their home into a haunted house. After getting the grand tour and checking out all of the spook traps and sound effects, i had a feeling that this was going to be fun. and then, we started getting ourselves scary. Lets just say that make-up, hair, and clothes can all be used to make one look haunted, dead, and just plain creepy. Masks are fun as well. Well, after we were all ready and the teenagers had all arrived and been watching the creepy episodes of Supernatural, we decided to take our places to scare and get the show on the road.
I took up my post in the attic and awaited my first visitors. I was a little nervous about what to expect, but after hearing our first victims screams as they were going through the yard and the house I was feeling more confident about our abilities. And by the time they got to me, I knew that we had succeeded and that they were creeped out. There I sat in the dark rocking back and forth in my chair singing ring around the roses just waiting for them to come around the corner. And oh what fun it was to hear their screams again when they did and see them rush to get to the next room. Needless to say, I found it highly enjoyable and couldn't wait to hear the next victims screams. Good thing we had more people waiting their turn and got to do all over again many times.
I found out this little tidbit about myself this last Friday when I went to my cousins house to work in the haunted house that they were putting on. Now I know what some of you are already thinking...how cool and scary can a haunted house be when it's put on in the neighborhood right? Especially when it is put on by people like me. Well, let me tell you...it was plenty cool and plenty creepy for those going through it.
My cousins started putting on this haunted house a few years ago for their family. Back then it wasn't much, but served it's purpose well. In the continuing years they have decided to put it on again. This year has been the biggest yet. It went through the backyard, through the house, through the front yard, through the garage, and up through the attic. And every part of the way was creepy and spooky and full of hidden haunts and then full of all of us ready to scare.
Going into this I was a little hesitant. I mean, scaring teenagers? could it really be all it's cracked up to be? and could we really scare them? Turns out that the answers to both of those questions is yes. and oh, what fun it was. It all started growing on me after I arrived at their house and saw what the had done with the place. It was fun to see how they transformed their home into a haunted house. After getting the grand tour and checking out all of the spook traps and sound effects, i had a feeling that this was going to be fun. and then, we started getting ourselves scary. Lets just say that make-up, hair, and clothes can all be used to make one look haunted, dead, and just plain creepy. Masks are fun as well. Well, after we were all ready and the teenagers had all arrived and been watching the creepy episodes of Supernatural, we decided to take our places to scare and get the show on the road.
I took up my post in the attic and awaited my first visitors. I was a little nervous about what to expect, but after hearing our first victims screams as they were going through the yard and the house I was feeling more confident about our abilities. And by the time they got to me, I knew that we had succeeded and that they were creeped out. There I sat in the dark rocking back and forth in my chair singing ring around the roses just waiting for them to come around the corner. And oh what fun it was to hear their screams again when they did and see them rush to get to the next room. Needless to say, I found it highly enjoyable and couldn't wait to hear the next victims screams. Good thing we had more people waiting their turn and got to do all over again many times.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Friday's Fabulous Find
As you have probably noticed, I never got around to posting the Fridays fabulous find from over a week ago. Which means that you get that Friday find and the Friday's find we just had in the same post.
The Friday find from over a week ago comes from an interesting store called Unhinged. It is a small store located in Sugarhouse right on 2100 south. I went there with the intention of having the store be my Friday find. And although the store was pretty neat on its own and I enjoyed the time I spent there, I felt like what I purchased was the true fabulous find. This is what I purchased:
This lovely treasure is a diary book. It is made from an old Peter Pan book that was falling apart. So instead of throwing it away they saved the pages they could and added in some blank ones, giving you both parts of a book and a place to write, draw, and dream. This store had a basket full of different books like this. I first inspected them out of cuiousity because I was seeing book titles that I liked. I soon found out what they were and had to get one. When I found Peter Pan I picked it right up. I love the idea of having pieces of a favorite story mixed in with the reality of mine. It makes me want to keep dreaming and living as much as they did in my everyday adventures. And even though I may never fly to Neverland, I still believe that I can learn to fly.
This last weeks Friday's Fabulous find is a little bit different. For you see, I didn't go anywhere to find it. I didn't go to a new store. I didn't go to a new restaurant. And I didn't buy anything new at all. My Friday find is a skirt that looks like this
A skirt that I found in my very own closet. There is something you should know though. I did not find this skirt looking like it does now. I found by going through my closet and pulling things out I no longer wear. I put a bunch of stuff in the DI pile, but there were a few things I thought I could make into something better. One of them was an old brown dress and one was a shirt that I had never worn. I looked at the two items for a moment and decided that they would both be much better if they were combined to be one instead of two. So on Friday night after work and after I had gone toy shopping, book shopping and food shopping, I got to work to make me a skirt. I cut and stared and thought and sewed and cut and thought and sewed, and cut and sewed. Then I stared some more and thought some more and sewed some more and that skirt is what I ended up with. I think it turned out rather cute and wore it to church today with a red shirt, some chunky jewelry and cute brown high heels. Needless to say, I felt cute in it too. So, if you are ever cleaning out your closets and come across some old clothes you never wear, it just might be worth it to think about what you could turn them into before you throw them out. They may just turn into a Friday Fabulous Find.
The Friday find from over a week ago comes from an interesting store called Unhinged. It is a small store located in Sugarhouse right on 2100 south. I went there with the intention of having the store be my Friday find. And although the store was pretty neat on its own and I enjoyed the time I spent there, I felt like what I purchased was the true fabulous find. This is what I purchased:
This lovely treasure is a diary book. It is made from an old Peter Pan book that was falling apart. So instead of throwing it away they saved the pages they could and added in some blank ones, giving you both parts of a book and a place to write, draw, and dream. This store had a basket full of different books like this. I first inspected them out of cuiousity because I was seeing book titles that I liked. I soon found out what they were and had to get one. When I found Peter Pan I picked it right up. I love the idea of having pieces of a favorite story mixed in with the reality of mine. It makes me want to keep dreaming and living as much as they did in my everyday adventures. And even though I may never fly to Neverland, I still believe that I can learn to fly.
This last weeks Friday's Fabulous find is a little bit different. For you see, I didn't go anywhere to find it. I didn't go to a new store. I didn't go to a new restaurant. And I didn't buy anything new at all. My Friday find is a skirt that looks like this
A skirt that I found in my very own closet. There is something you should know though. I did not find this skirt looking like it does now. I found by going through my closet and pulling things out I no longer wear. I put a bunch of stuff in the DI pile, but there were a few things I thought I could make into something better. One of them was an old brown dress and one was a shirt that I had never worn. I looked at the two items for a moment and decided that they would both be much better if they were combined to be one instead of two. So on Friday night after work and after I had gone toy shopping, book shopping and food shopping, I got to work to make me a skirt. I cut and stared and thought and sewed and cut and thought and sewed, and cut and sewed. Then I stared some more and thought some more and sewed some more and that skirt is what I ended up with. I think it turned out rather cute and wore it to church today with a red shirt, some chunky jewelry and cute brown high heels. Needless to say, I felt cute in it too. So, if you are ever cleaning out your closets and come across some old clothes you never wear, it just might be worth it to think about what you could turn them into before you throw them out. They may just turn into a Friday Fabulous Find.
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