Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.
Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve
Parks & Outdoors
Feathered pit stop nearby: Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve is a surprisingly serene loop-and-lookout escape, with a boardwalk trail and a four-story observation tower that puts you eye level with American avocets and black-necked stilts, and migrating flocks by the thousands.
Good hair days ahead: Blonde & Blossom Salon is a go-to close to home for precision cuts, highlights, balayage, and blowouts, plus lash and brow shaping that actually fits your face.
Clean, Aveda-powered cuts: Salon E11even in nearby Kaysville keeps things simple, clean, and cruelty-free, with Aveda products and stylists who actually listen.