These are pictures from our first visit to Salt Lake City...back in March a few years ago. The pic of us together, smiling, is before we went into our first bar here. We get to the door and the bouncer says, "are you members?" Members? What is that about? Um...is this a library? Suddenly, a man behind us says "I'll sponsor them." huh? Well, thank you kind sir. But, don't you get a sponsor to quit drinking? Not in Utah! In Utah, you have to have a bar membership to get into "private clubs." Which, considering the amount of tourists here, is ridiculous and, beyond that, a little weird. It's sorta like a cover, but not really because it applies to all bars. Today, that law is gone! No more memberships! On NPR this morning, the legislative branch is overheard saying, "tear down that wall..." all Reagan-Berlin-wall-ish. Hilarious. A small step for mankind, a giant beer guzzling step for Utah. The other pic is us at the final bar of the night...
it was so hilarious and unexpected. Mosh pit! The last pic is also another amazing Utah thing. When people cross the street here, they carry big orange flags. At first, I thought it was so silly...however, now, I totally need an orange flag to cross! I don't want to get hit by a car, so, I carry two flags.
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Oh those Utahns..or Utahans..or Utes..whatever they are, thank you for finally coming to reality. The weird thing about the whole concept is that this membership idea was actually something the Gays have done for years in their bathhouses/steamrooms/sex clubs. Kind of ironic that the city that houses the most biased religion of all time has the same concept as the group of people that they PUBLICLY FUNDED TO DENY MARRIAGE to. This goes to show that Salt Lake City is making a statement, that there are more than Gay hating mormans in the state, but there are in fact, wonderful, glorious, equal rights raving people that we love and drink wine and sometimes hit the goodwill with!
And eat Bubble Pizza!!!
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