Outer Circles in Utah

Writing for UtahOutsider means meeting new folks and asking questions. These are enjoyable tasks, but even with a few decades of newspaper reporting, they don’t come naturally. Turns out they don’t come naturally for most of us. Utahn David Sturt wrote in Great Work: How […]

Best Pancakes Ever

One could say I grew quite a lot while on the Redmond leadership week in Lake Powell. Above the neck, for sure. But in the waistline, too. The food, prepared by a team from Redmond’s Real Foods stores and full of their premium products, was […]

A trek to Big Sky country

Last week, we headed Outside of Utah to Bozeman, Montana, to visit with Unbranded’s creative team and to see bits of the film. The team is busy with last minute details before submitting it to major film festivals. The trip allowed for some quick detours […]

UtahOutsider interviews TEDx Organizer, Part I

In this three-part series, we talk with Anna Decker, organizer of the TEDx program at the Leonardo (and additional simulcast sites) Saturday, September 20. Decker, 31, is a University of Utah graduate student with experience in event planning. She wanted to use the TED platform […]

Klymit is Cool

Ever have one of those random public transit encounters in which everything turns out friendly and even fortuitous? I had such an encounter, taking the train home from the Outdoor Retailer this summer. In my fog, I’d forgotten to take off my OR badge. An […]

Klymit is Cool

UtahOutsider Interviews TEDx Organizer, Part II

Part II: New Features and Ways to Engage Read Part I Read Part III In this three-part series, we talk with Anna Decker, organizer of the TEDx program at the Leonardo (and additional simulcast sites) September 20. Decker, 31, is a University of Utah graduate […]

UtahOutsider Interviews TEDx Organizer, Part III

In this three-part series, we talk with Anna Decker, organizer of the TEDx program at the Leonardo (and additional simulcast sites) September 20. Read Part I Read Part II Decker, 31, is a University of Utah graduate student with experience in event planning. She wanted […]

UtahOutsider Interviews TEDx Organizer, Part III

UtahOutsider at Outdoor Retailer

How odd to be inside all week. At UtahOutsider, it goes against the grain. This week, however, was spent entirely indoors, horseless, dogless, trail-less. Small sacrifice for what will be gained for our readership! Specifically we were at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt […]