City Guide 2008 | Get Oriented: Free for All

How to live the good life when you have nothing left to lose.

POSTED // Feb 1,2008 - If there’s a point in your financial life when cheap still isn’t making financial sense, then welcome to my club. There is no price to join.

City Guide 2008 | Get Oriented: See And Do Downtown & Around Town

POSTED // Feb 1,2008 - Clark Planetarium: Experience daily star shows, 3-D music concerts and 3-D Imax movies. Located in the Gateway Center in west downtown Salt Lake City, open seven days a week from 11 a.m.

City Guide 2008 | Get Oriented: Mighty Neighborly

Your guide to the sweet little ’hoods we call home.

POSTED // Feb 1,2008 - Brigham Young settled Salt Lake City in 1847, but the ensuing decades created its character. This is a city of pocket neighborhoods, libraries and eccentric family restaurants.

City Guide 2008 | Get Oriented: Speak Up, Baby

How to get your political groove on in Salt Lake City.

POSTED // Feb 1,2008 - In a 2006 interview with Christopher Lydon, novelist Philip Roth said this about the condition of political activity and leadership throughout our nation:

City Guide 2008 | Get Oriented: Know Your Numbers

Ignorance of city ordinances is no defense.

POSTED // Feb 1,2008 - 0: The number of convicted murderers allowed to be buried in city cemeteries under city code (Salt Lake City ordinance 15.24.320)

City Guide 2008 | Get Oriented: Brave New Metropolis

Downtown dwellers ride the wave of Salt Lake City’s comeback.

POSTED // Feb 1,2008 - When City Weekly asked me to write a piece about Salt Lake City, I must confess it brought some precious memories. I was born here and never really considered another hometown.

City Guide 2008 | Get Oriented: A Mayor's Welcome

POSTED // Feb 1,2008 - Dear City Guide reader: More than 30 years ago, I made the decision to move to Salt Lake City—it was one of the best decisions of my life.