Food + Beverage

Summer Sips with Torani

Meet Jordan River City Lifestyle’s Dirty Soda: Jordan’s Stone Cold Quencher Article and Photography by Heather L. King If there’s one place in America where dirty sodas are a cultural phenomenon, it’s Utah. Long before this creation became a national trend, Utahns were mixing flavored syrups, fruit juices, carbonated drinks, and cream into creative and customized beverages. Today, the state is widely regarded as the epicenter of the dirty soda movement—and Torani’s 153 flavored syrups have...

Health + Wellness

Storytime with Dogs

How Reading Education Assistance Dogs® Help Children Find Their Voice One Book at a Time Article by Heather L. King | Photography by Jen Fox Photography Inside a neighborhood library, an unlikely reading partner is helping children discover the joy of books. Sitting cross-legged with a story open in their lap, a child hesitates over a difficult word, carefully sounding it out. They glance around the room, worried someone might laugh or correct them. Then they look down. Curled quietly beside...

Shopping

Comfort Wrapped In Love

Family-created bedtime Huggabuddies products help children feel safe, loved, and connected. Article by Kellene Ricks Adams | Photography by Courtesy of Huggabuddies The inspiration for Huggabuddies began with a quilt and a newly blended family. After marrying Megan Erickson and creating a blended family, Steve Nelson was touched when her mother, Elaine, almost immediately made quilts for his four children. The blankets weren’t store bought. They were cozy and handmade. He discovered that...

Life + Culture

No More Garbage Bags

The Christmas Box International’s Mission to Help Foster Children Article by Abi Falin Horspool | Photography by Jen Fox Photography Every six months, Celeste Edmunds packed her entire life into a garbage bag. Growing up in the foster care system meant instability, starting over frequently, and not knowing how long she would stay. And at one point, it meant losing a brother and sister because there wasn’t someone who could take care of all three of the siblings together. Now the executive...