10 Things I Love to do in Salt Lake City

10. Visit with friends La Beene and Cecily/Gretel/Lindsay, and whomever else happens to be in town.
9. Go to Jazz games… back in the glory days, that is!
8. Eat at La Caille and stroll down wedding memory lane…
7. Take the tram up the mountain and ride the alpine slide at Solitude
6. Shop at the outlets (for kid clothes, not Mindy clothes)
5. Have girl time with tomato soup at Zinn Bistro and a pedicure with Christy Knight
4. Eat at Hires (Roquefort Bacon H with fries and a caramel shake… life does not get much better than that. Nor does one’s cholesterol climb so high with the intake of any other one single meal…)
3. See a movie, get an apple pie caramel apple at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, and watch the dancing fountains at the Gateway
2. Ride the train and see the bird show at Hogle Zoo with Nana and Papa. And visit Pioneer Park across the street.

1. Hang out at Shady Oaks (the Hunter family home) with my family!!! Walks on the golf course at sunset (or in winter, sledding down the hill in their back yard), playing in the playhouse with the kids in the gully, swimming twice a day, shooting hoops with Gar and Spencer, eating mom’s food, playing Scum and 5 Crowns, supervising cousin sleepovers, watching chick flicks and eating caramel popcorn with the sistas… you get the picture. It's my happiest place to be.

This last weekend over President’s Day weekend we joined Nana and Papa and the Cranneys to do some of the above – we hit #6 and most of #1 (they went to Hires before we got there, unfortunately, but maybe I should count that too). Am looking forward to the summer when we will knock down most of the rest of the list as well!