Angela Does Everything

When events and things pop up on my facebook feed - wheter as a suggestion from a friend, a suggestion from facebook, or an ad, I pay attention. I have found so many things to do just by checking out ads and posts from facebook. This event is an example of random thing I found on facebook. But now, I am a total fan. Their name is Utah Taste Off . They are pretty new, but boy do they know how to throw a party . Seriously, these peeps know what they are doing! Utah Taste Off  runs events where different vendors participate in food taste offs. They have done a sugar cookie event in the past and I'm sure there are more awesome parties to come . But the event I went to: Donuts!! I honestly didn't know what to expect . I knew very little about how the event would set up. I kinda envisioned a bunch of donut booths that would be handing out samples. Nope. It was waaaaaay cooler than that. When we arrived we were seated at one of their long tables (I like sitting). As we waited...

This is my last post in my series on The Gateway . There are so many things to do and see at The Gateway and writing an individual post about all of them would get tedious and boring. But I don't want to stop sharing about this place. They have updated a lot of things there in recent years and are still adding more new things . Below are just a few more suggestions of things to do at The Gateway. Things I've done and loved: Rocket Fizz - Specialty candy and soda shop . There are many locations throughout the country, but only two in Utah (the other is in Vineyard). Salt and Honey - A maker's market . This place has locally made, independently produced items that are fun and unique. Many artists and makers use this store as a platform to sell their handmade creations. Dave and Buster's - Another place that is all over the country - but this is the only one in Utah. Think Chuck-e-Cheese's, but for grown ups . Still family friendly, but does serve alcohol ...

Next up on our trip around The Gateway : Love Letters Museum I cannot say enough good things about this place. This museum is all about the love of letters (not postal writings to ones you love - but isn't that a fun play on words?) It was so fun and nerdy. I come from a big word-nerd family . So when there is a museum all about words and letters, I had to check it out.  There were so many fun parts to the museum. Sculptures made out of books, a giant book to slide down, letter blocks and magnets , fun art pieces . And it wasn't just a boring museum, either. There were amazing interactive parts too. We got to create a button to take home. We got to use rubber stamps to create a little card to take home (mine has flowers and the word "love" on it and it currently being used as decoration to cover up the phone jack in our house - cuz who uses those anymore??). They even had postcards you could write and then mail. I sent my postcard to my sister. I made m...

The next installment for my series on things to do at The Gateway is finally here. Yay! Dreamscapes is an art installation that I found absolutely enchanting . Everything there is meant to look like it could be a dream. And they nailed it! According to their website , over 50 artists came together to make this dream a dreamesque reality. As you walk through the museum, you enter new world after new world designed to look like a different dream world. You have forests and oceans and ball pits ; climbing and clouds and stickers . My favorite room is one where everything is white . It's like a normal living room with chairs and tables and books. But it's all white. At first. Each guest gets a set of small stickers - one of each color of the rainbow. And you get to put the stickers anywhere you want in the room. It was really neat to see how people - strangers - at different times - but together - worked with each other to create designs and patterns. This...

The Gateway is a large open-air mall with shops, businesses, activities, restaurants and more in downtown Salt Lake. It has so much to do that the whole family took an entire day to hang out there and experience the things The Gateway has to offer. This particular Goat Yoga experience happened on a different day, but I figure I'll use it to start off my Gateway series of posts. Goat yoga. Have you heard of it? It's a new fad I've been hearing about. You do yoga while goats prance around you and jump on you. Let's start with the cons: *Ouch ouch ouch! A goat jumping on me?? Ouch! At one point there were 4 goats on my back at one time. There hooves hurt. I left with scratches and bruises. *I couldn't hear the instructor giving the yoga instructions. (This con would of course be based on what company you have your goat yoga experience with) *The yoga mats are pretty dirty. You can bring your own - but then it might get goat dirty too. *Yo...

Mountain America Credit Union Kids' Cash Fair I've been procrastinating writing this post because this was an event that I wasn't a huge fan of. And I'm not out to bash Mountain America. I could tell that they put a lot of effort into this event. And the concept was super cool. But the execution just left the whole thing kinda blah. This is the blurb that was used to advertise the event on facebook: Help your kids learn about finances! Join us Wednesday, August 7, for the Kids’ Cash Fair at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy. Your kids will earn and spend play money while participating in fun financial games. When you checked in to the event, each child got a pretend wallet. There was a checklist of activities to go to (some just for younger kids and some just for older kids). You would go to each station, participate in the activity, get your wallet stamped and got a pretend dollar to put in your wallet. At the end, you could exchange your preten...