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Even though we've lived here for more than six months, we're just now getting to know our city. You miss a lot when you drive around in your car all the time. There is too much detail that blurs by to be noticed or is altogether forgotten because you're stressed about traffic lights and not hitting the peds. Well thanks to Phersty WE were the peds the other day. She insisted that we leave the car and just walk around the nucleus, downtown area on the search for what this city has to offer. This city (Salt Lake City) is amazing. It's replete with quaint detail from the old-school barber shop, once glorious hotels now turned business building, and down right seedy nooks. I love it! It's a great place to walk around. One of the things I always wanted to do was check out the Heavy Metal Shop. Not that I'm really into heavy metal, although my recent bout of School of Rock (watched three times in succession and I'm still laughing about it) has somewhat swayed me to that direction, if only for curiosity sake. I think because its so seeds, so flavorful, that is why I wanted to check it out. So we went in and were abused by the blaring music coming from the complacent store owner who sat perched behind the counter watching a video of some unnamed rock legend melting peoples faces with his music and dancing around with a plastic mannequin. We browsed through the either pornographic or otherwise intentionally explicit jacket covers and generally felt the vibe of The Heavy Metal Shop. After about four minutes, we were successfully imbibed with more that we could handle of said vibe and left. I had to do it and I'm glad I did. I can check that one off my list.
Another gem we saw was the Royal Eatery, a classic, old diner in the bottom floor of what once was (and still may be) the Grand Hotel.
After teaching a morning yoga class and running in preparation for my marathon in two months, I parked my car in front of the Royal Eatery and dined like a king on "Cakes and Eggs", as the menu read. Believe me, this diet is complimentary to those of us who are training for a mammoth feat of physical exertion. This is perhaps the only eating establishment in the valley that is proudly NOT Atkins approved. As I sat at my table sipping my cocoa, two locals who looked like they'd been working the eatery since the day it was opened, cheerfully took my order and started dancing around the kitchen, cracking eggs and flipping "cakes".
As I sat and waited for my food to be cooked, I looked around at the regulars sipping their coffee and reading over the newspaper.
THIS is why I live in the city.
THIS is why I live in the city--Scottro [2004-03-10]
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