When we stayed in SLC on vacation, it was the only place I had ever seen people saying grace in a restaurant (maybe this is more normal in the US than here in heathen England). I was also amused to see that there seem to be Mormon and non-Mormon NPR and PBS stations. I came to the same conclusion as you about the hipsters, we read a copy of the alternative paper in a coffee bar or somesuch, and it was clear that they benefited from a common 'enemy'. I was also amused that thanks to God telling them how wide the roads were that not only was there enough room to put a LRT system in the roads but that they could put it in without closing the roads.
As you probably know, the thing about alcohol was more amusing before the laws were relaxed (in time for the winter Olympics), supposedly it used to be the case that restaurants could sell alcohol but not mention it so you had to ask for the alcohol menu. Then, of course, if the waiter / management were LDS you would be told they didn't do it and get the cold shoulder for the rest of the evening.
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Date: 2009-09-08 08:32 pm (UTC)I was also amused to see that there seem to be Mormon and non-Mormon NPR and PBS stations.
I came to the same conclusion as you about the hipsters, we read a copy of the alternative paper in a coffee bar or somesuch, and it was clear that they benefited from a common 'enemy'.
I was also amused that thanks to God telling them how wide the roads were that not only was there enough room to put a LRT system in the roads but that they could put it in without closing the roads.
As you probably know, the thing about alcohol was more amusing before the laws were relaxed (in time for the winter Olympics), supposedly it used to be the case that restaurants could sell alcohol but not mention it so you had to ask for the alcohol menu. Then, of course, if the waiter / management were LDS you would be told they didn't do it and get the cold shoulder for the rest of the evening.