So much drama in the SLC...UPDATE!

Is Salt Lake City a cool place to go? I mean, it can't be right? I guess it suffers from stereotypes just like the South, so we'll just have to see if it lives up to its reputation. I've been through the SLC airport once or twice, and the only thing I recall was the complete lack of ethnic balance. Lots of blonde hair, blue eyes, pale skinned folks. Not much color there. It was a bit eerie actually. Like I was in a horror movie, and everybody knew it except me. I hope this next trip is different. Full report to come on Monday. Until then, miss me.

UPDATE...
Turns out Salt Lake City is pretty fun. Some nice restaurants, nice people, and awesome weather.
However, I noticed some significant areas of concern that inquiring minds should be aware of:

1. Liquor drinks require the addition of "sidecars" - I had no idea that such a thing existed. I'm used to bartenders wanting to get you tanked so you either forget your card or give them a monstrous tip. These folks pour shots in thimbles and then dump them into mammoth high ball glasses. You are forced to order and additional shot (aka "sidecar") to bump up the alcoholic content to a satisfactory level.
   
2. The streets of downtown City del Salt Lake are so wide that when the white walking man stops chirping and the red hand starts counting down from 20, you better already be halfway, or else you're going to get run the eff over. Saw it happen. To a bum. It was just a nudge, but one the poor hobo will remember it for quite some time.
3. There is a dramatic difference between the two main hotels: The Little America and The Grand America. I mean, I should have guessed from the name, but Little America left a lot to be desired. I mean, it was cool that there was a phone next to the shitter. And that they actually give you keys to your room instead of those convenient credit card-looking keys like every other hotel I've been to in the last 15 years. And that the whole place smells like rotting fish. Or a burning laundromat. Depended on the time of day. Now the Grand America was top notch. And within spitting distance of Little. Which made it suck. Why put two similarly named, affiliated hotels right next to each other if there is such a wide discrepancy between the two? Am I wrong here? I just don't understand the logic that the Americas had when they built the Grand. Why put it right next to the Little? And was it even called Little before Grand came along? Or was it just America? Kind of makes you think...maybe they'll build a third and call it The Biggest America. But then they couldn't open a fourth one without changing the naming scheme to something more appropriate. Something like: Shitty One, Much Better than Shitty One, Just Slightly Better than Much Better than Shitty One, and Only Slightly Better than Slightly Better than Much Better than Shitty One. Yeah, that would make a lot more sense.