Saintless

Ok, maybe Sego Lily Spa doesn’t love me yet, but they are going to absolutely adore me, after they choose me to be the Sego Lily Blogger. I can’t quite count this in my Local First series though, since I haven’t yet had the pleasure of visiting their little piece of heaven on earth, yet.

Can’t you just imagine how impressive the quality of my writing would be after partaking in an Ionithermie Algae Detox? Because I can! I would come home, prepared to tell the world, or at least Utah, about something like how to read an egg carton. The stress of the day will have washed away, and my mind would be clear enough that maybe I would take the time to research what options we have in healthy and environmentally sustainable eggs here in Utah, how local the eggs are, and maybe even post a photo of a yummy quiche I whipped up.

See, this would not only benefit Sego Lily Spa, but it would benefit my blog. Which is why I would be willing to “take one for the team” and commit to monthly visits to both the Midvale and the Layton locations.

While expounding on the reasons why Sego Lily should choose this blog, I want to point out that I firmly believe in tipping, even when a service is otherwise free. So, even their employees will love and appreciate me during our yearlong mutual commitment. Provided the rules of the contract would let me, that is.

I’m wondering, though, if the Couple’s Massage Class is included in the package? I may have to go ahead and purchase that package, without waiting to find out. Being able to give my boyfriend a shoulder massage without my hands aching in the first 5 minutes would be so useful!

I wonder if they’ll want me to put photos up of my face covered in green goo and cucumbers, though?

If you, dear reader, would like to help me in this endeavor, please leave a comment on the Sego Lily blog about me. Or enter the contest yourself. A little healthy competition never hurt, right?

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I spent this past weekend at Sundance, and will be seeing a few movies later this week. I’m guest-writing for Park City Voyeur. Here is the first of the articles for the Voyeur:

Jimmy Newquist, lead singer for the band Caroline’s Spine, played acoustic on Sunday evening at the Star Bar. He will be returning Monday night, January 19, with the whole band.

If you aren’t familiar with the music of Caroline’s Spine, there are a few songs that are not to be missed. His song “Sullivan” is the true story of the five Sullivan brothers lost during WWII. He recently played this song at the opening of the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum in Waterloo, with the Sullivan brothers’ family in attendance. Crowd favorites also include “Work Song”, often known as “The Ice Cream Song”, and “Varsity Blues” from the title track of the movie with the same name.

Jimmy Newquist has an amazing voice that almost anyone will fall in love with. You may find yourself singing along after the first verse of many songs, because the band really knows how to excite the crowd, and pull everyone into the songs they play.

The free show begins at 9 PM at the Star Bar, with the local band Jack Jones opening.

I’ll try to post a link to the Park City Voyeur once it’s live on their site.

I also had the chance to see a longer acoustic show on Thursday at Allure, in Sandy. My friend Maria turned me onto the band a while back, and I intend to see the band whenever they come to Utah. Thursday I met the wife of Jack Jones’ lead singer, Dustan Neil. Ginger, Dustan’s wife, talked to us for a bit after Jimmy’s show. She’s pretty excited that the Jack Jones band is able to open for Caroline’s Spine when they play in Utah.

Is it just me, or is music more fun when you’ve met the people behind it?

Update: Link to article on Park City Voyeur.