U of U Overnight Tailgate Party

To celebrate the University of Utah's entry into the Pac-12 on July 1st, the Red Zone store in Sandy is hosting an overnight tailgate party. The party kicks off Friday, June 30th at 9:00 pm and goes until Saturday at 1:00 am. There will be games and prizes, plus you will be able to pick up U of U gear bearing the Pac-12 logo.

Go Utes!

U of U tailgate party

10497 South State Street in Sandy

June 30th 9:00 pm- 1:00 am

More information found here

Giveaway

Enter to win 1 of 3 VIP passes to 

Cottonwood Heights Parks and Recreation passes

Cottonwood Heights Rec Center activities include:
Ice skating
Racquetball
Swimming
Tennis
Wallyball
Aerobic and Aquacise classes

Cottonwood Heights Parks and Recreation Center

7500 South 2700 East

Monday to Friday 5:00 am - 9:00 pm

Saturday 6:00 am - 8:00 pm

Sunday 12:00 - 5:00 pm

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Giveaway ends at midnight on Sunday, July 3rd
Winners will be notified by email
Winners will be chosen by Random.org

Chicken Express

 by Julie Knaphus with inspiration from The Box

 

When in South Salt Lake at lunch time we can't resist stopping in Chicken Express for tasty Greek cuisine and flame roasted chicken.  Like their name suggests, they do chicken well and you won't have to wait long.

Chicken Express has a large menu with options from gyros to sandwiches to kabobs, salads and much more.  We love their incredible chicken kabobs, the roasted chicken, and their chicken salad.  The servings at Chicken Express are impressive but they don't cheat you on taste.  And they have reasonable prices too. The staff at Chicken express offers friendly service.  They remember you after just one visit.  And we know you'll want to go back more than just once.

Chicken Express

3440 South State Street
Salt Lake City

(801) 487-7373

The Living Planet Aquarium

Recently we had the opportunity to visit The Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy.
Have you been yet? If not you should schedule an excursion soon.

The Living Planet Aquarium is fun for all ages. Little ones will enjoy all the hands on fun, especially petting a sting ray or story time which takes place weekdays at noon. Big kids and adults will love it all.

There are 1250 animals and 267 species on display in the three main exhibits at The Living Planet Aquarium.

Discover Utah is host to many of Utah's endangered species. Kids will love the simulated boat ride across the Great Salt Lake.
Journey to South America  here you will see animals from the rain forests of South America like an Anaconda or Piranha and electric eels. You can also find the penguins here.
Ocean Explorer features ocean life from all over the world. You will get the chance to see jellyfish, octopus, sea turtles, stingrays and sharks. 

The Living Planet Aquarium  is open Sunday to Thursday 10:00 am - 7:00 pm and
Friday and Saturday 10:00 am - 8:00 pm


The Living Planet Aquarium
725 East 10600 South
Sandy, Utah
(801)355-FISH

Barbacoa Mexican Grill Giveaway

Barbacoa Mexican Grill has been serving up their fresh huge burritos for over 12 years.  We love that their big burritos, burrito bowls and burrito salads are made fresh to order right in front of you.   

With several locations across the Salt Lake Valley and even more in Utah and Davis counties, there's bound to be a Barbacoa nearby.  Stop by and try a burrito or their burrito soup.  Or one of the many other offerings.

This week I Heart Salt Lake is giving away a $10.00 gift certificate to Barbacoa.  If you love Barbacoa, you'll want to win.  And if you've never tried Barbacoa (we suggest you do, today) then now is you chance to give it a try.

 Barbacoa

www.eatbarbacoa.com

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Giveaway ends at midnight on Sunday, June 26th
Winners will be notified by email on Monday, June 20th
Winners will be chosen by Random.org

Last Minute Father's Day Gifts

Salt Lake Bees tickets

$7-$24

Plaid shorts from Old Navy $10

Bucket of golf balls at mulligans $5.50- $9

When The Game Was Ours at The King's English Bookshop $15.95

Venture Outdoors Festival

The 6th Annual Venture Outdoors Festival held on Saturday, June 18, 2011, is a celebration of outdoor recreation. This unique festival, held in Millcreek Township, is designed to increase awareness, participation, and appreciation for the many recreational opportunities available in Utah. This free, family-friendly event features live music, recreation clinics, guest speakers, giveaways, creative children's activities, and great food all day long.

So bring the family and your friends, because life is better outside.

Venture Outdoors Festival

Canyon Rim Park
3100 South 2900 East
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Festival 3pm - 10pm
Venture Activities 8am-3pm

Check out the website for all the info you need

Click here for a full downloadable schedule

Ice Ice Baby Giveaway

Summer is here. The kids are out of school.  It's now time for some refreshingly good Hawaiian shave ice.  Do you know the kind?  Ice Ice Baby does.

 
Ice Ice Baby is a great place for Hawaiian shave ice.  With a great location on Highland Drive at 3701 South, we dare you to stop by and see just how great it is.

Ice Ice Baby uses Hawaiian style shave ice machines.  The ice is so fine.  They also have over 40 flavors and that doesn't include their specials.  The special board has some great combos just waiting for you to try like Shrek (lemon-lime and pineapple) or The Justin Bieber (banana and strawberry).

Ice Ice Baby can make your Hawaiian Shave Ice with frozen custard.  Ice Ice Baby also offers several toppings like boba, mochi balls, tigers milk (sweet cream), cream and shaved coconut. 

Ice Ice Baby

3701 South Highland Drive

open 12:30- 11:00 pm

Ice Ice Baby is giving away 5 small Hawaiian Shave Ice and 3 regular Hawaiian Shave Ice.  So 8 of you lucky readers will get to enjoy one Ice Ice Baby.  Plus for the next 2 weeks, just mention that you read I Heart Salt Lake and Ice Ice Baby will throw in a free topping.

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Giveaway ends at midnight on Sunday, June 19th
Winners will be announced Monday, June 20th
Winners will be chosen by Random.org

Yogi Berry

By Ashlee Prisbrey from I'm Topsy Turvy

Today I want to share my favorite yogurt shop in Salt Lake! My kids attend school in North Salt Lake. So for the past year I have been driving by Yogi Berry's 2 times a day, EVERY day. About a month ago I finally stopped by with the kids. I am in love!

Yogi Berry's is brillant! Instead of charging you an arm and a leg and your first born child to get more than one topping (which if your anything like me choosing just one topping is torture, but it's not worth paying for two!) you get unlimited of whatever you want! You start by picking your cup size, picking your yogurt flavor(s) and then going to town on your toppings! All on your own, everything is self serve. Then you get your bowl weighed and you pay by the ounce! I LOVE it. Each of my kids makes completely different creations (one doesn't do toppings), and after paying for 5 yogurts I still had cash to spare! Also I use the punch card and every 10th yogurt is free!

Yogi Berry's has 6 different flavors of yogurt at all time. They ALWAYS have chocolate and Vanilla but the other 4 flavors change ever few weeks. I have LOVED the coconut, mint, pina colada and pistachio! The kids have loved the strawberry banana, mango, and of course chocolate. They have over 30 topping options at all times. The kids loved the gummy bears and sprinkles while I went for the Reese's pieces, crushed candy bars and hot fudge.

I think my kids like the pint size tables, chalkboard wall and cartoons even better than the yogurt sometimes. It's a very family friendly place and we go at least once a week now! The kids think I'm the best mom ever for spoiling them and I love how totally affordable it is!

Yogi Berry
395 North Redwood Road
North Salt Lake, UT 84054
Open Mon-Sat 11am-9pm

Giveaway

Remember when we posted about the new book  Introducing Hairietta Hairison The One, The Only Me by local author Jo Zumbrunnen? Well, today is your lucky day because we are giving away a copy of the book to two lucky winners.

You can find Introducing Hairietta Hairison The One, The Only Me at The King's English Bookshop. You can also purchase it at Jozy Books I Heart Salt Lake readers will receive 30% off. Use code iheartsaltlake.

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Swimming Pools in Salt Lake

Now that school is out and the weather is starting to warm up you may want to head to the pool.
We thought we would share some of our favorite public swimming pools with you.

Holladay Lions Club
1661 East Murray Holladay Road, Holladay
Indoor pool, lazy river, slide and bubble couch.

Fairmont Aquatic Center
1044 East Sugarmont Drive, SLC
Indoor pool, lap pool, zero-depth entry and interactive play features.

Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center
5624 South 4800 West, Kearns
Indoor and outdoor pools, splash pool, splash pad, 1000 gallon bucket and dive pool.

SLC Jewish Community Center
2 North Medical Drive, SLC
Indoor and outdoor pools.

Steiner Aquatics Center
645 South Guardsman Way,SLC
2 Olympic sized  pools and a jetted hot tub


What are your favorite locals swimming pools?

Bakers C & C

Bakers C&C is a great local company specializing in high quality bulk chocolate, cake decorating and candy making supplies.  With over 35 years in the business Bakers C&C has just about anything and everything that you may need for all of your cake decorating and candy making.

Bakers C&C carries fine chocolates such as Guittard, Merckens, Peters, and Callebaut.  they carry chocolate chips, over-sized chocolate bars, cocoa powders and even chocolate sprinkles.  Not to mention all the flavors and colors of their molding chocolates or wafers.

Bakers C&C carries the best selection of chocolate chips.  Your chocolate chip cookies won't ever be the same again after using their fine quality chocolate chips.

Bakers C&C carries just about every kind and color of sprinkles you could want for all of your cookie and cake decorating projects. 

We loved the supply of sixlet candies they had in every color!

Bakers C&C also has a great online store.  So if you can't make to their store in Murray, just order online.

Bakers C&C

44 W. Vine Street

Murray, UT 84107

Phone: (801) 487-3300

Mon-Fri: 9AM-6PM & Sat: 9AM-1PM

June Events

June 4th
Earth Fest
Gallivan Center
4:00 to 10:00 pm
More information here

June 9th-12th
Salt Lake Bees vs. Fresno Grizzlies
Spring Mobile Ballpark
More information and tickets here

June 10th- 11th
Mountain Man Living History Camp
This Is The Place Heritage Park
More information here

June 11th
Utah Asian Festival
South Towne Expo Center
10:00 am to 8:00 pm
More information here

June 13th-16th
Salt Lake Bees vs. Sacramento River Cats
Spring Mobile Ballpark
More information and tickets here

June 18th
Venture Outdoors Festival
Canyon Rim Park
More information here

June 20th
Monday Night Movies
The Gallivan Center
More information here

June 21st
Radio Disney Days
The Gallivan Center
More information here

June 23rd-26th
Utah Arts Festival
Library Square
More information here

June 25th-28th
Salt Lake Bees vs. Colorado Springs Sky Sox
Spring Mobile ballpark
More information and tickets here

June 27th
Monday Night Movies
The Gallivan Center
More information here