- My List of Salt Lake City Restaurants
- My List of Columbus Restaurants
- Fresco Italian Cafe (Salt Lake City)
- Cucina Toscana (Salt Lake City)
- Ems (Salt Lake City)
- Northstar Cafe (Columbus)
- Jenis Ice Cream (Columbus)
- Mitchells (Columbus)
- Lindeys (Columbus)
- La Chatelaine (Columbus)
- Chipotle (omnipresent)
- Wall Street Journal (real estate)
- Indexed (brilliant)
- The Ohio State University (alma mater)
- Strobist (photography lighting)
Author Archives: Jake Crockett
Why I Oppose SkiLink; and/or, Why My Dad Calls Me a Tree Hugger
***Warning: I am about to step onto a soapbox like I have not heretofore done on my blog. So, hide your kids and hide your wife. I simply cannot take it anymore I grew up in the shadows of the Wasatch. I moved away. But I returned, and the Wasatch are a big part of [...]
Welcome Back, and Lake Blanche Spectacular
It has been too long since I last updated the ol’ blog, but who’s complaining? I haven’t missed the occasional blog update at all–I’ve spent most of the last year and a half on my bikes and/or in the mountains. This is one of the two reasons we moved back to Utah (living close to [...]
Turn on your heartlight
You may have heard that I had what the doctors called a heart attack. So many people have asked “What happened?” that I thought I would take a minute and post the details from beginning to present. On the evening of Friday, March 19, 2010, I began to feel ill and awoke the next morning [...]
Welcome
Welcome to my new blog, which looks much like my old blog but for its new location. While I re-work my site, here is a recent picture for your enjoyment (my brother Brett at Solitude). Thanks for taking time to visit.
Fall 2009
Here are some of my favorite things about fall. Hope your fall is as enjoyable as mine.
Vail, Colorado
After neglecting my family for the better part of 2 months, we took a much needed, but quick, vacation to Vail, CO. If you’ve never been there before, you’re missing out. As usual, many more pictures are available at my Flickr.
Farewell Good Friend
For those of you who did not have the pleasure of knowing J during his short life, you missed out. He was one of a kind, and I’m proud to have called him my friend. J, thanks for the good times. I’m sorry we didn’t see much of each other over the last few years [...]
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Noah: hey mom? What do giraffies at the zoo eat in their cages? Ali: uh, hay and tree leaves Noah: yeah, and chocolate chip cookies [he always refers to chocolate chips as "chocolate chip cookies"] Ali: chocolate chip cookies?? No, I don’t think so. Noah: yeah huh, they are all over the floor in their [...]