{"id":3670,"date":"2012-03-06T02:59:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2012\/03\/06\/rock-of-ages"},"modified":"2017-10-02T06:43:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T12:43:47","slug":"rock-of-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=3670","title":{"rendered":"Rock of Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The day before <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mywalkabout.net\/search\/label\/Jared%27s%20new%20business\">Halloween 2009<\/a> we were putting together the desks in the office of my brothers new business venture.<\/p>\n<p>He now employs my brother, sister-in-law, his mother-in-law, my parents have a franchise ( and my Dad can retire later this year because of this), and hundreds of people have work because of him. Plus, his cleaning business only uses environmentally friendly products.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t be more proud of him and all of his accomplishments. He works his tail off ( as anyone who has their own business can attest too), rarely having any time to relax. Luckily his wife decided to change that, and treated him and me to a great night out on the town of the SLC.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/62708-image2.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/62708-image2.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/3451b-image.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/3451b-image.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We decided to try an eclectic new restaurant in downtown, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecopperonion.com\/\">The Copper Onion<\/a>. From starting with ricotta dumplings and fresh asparagus, to Argentinian wine and zabaturon steaks with shredded brussel sprouts, it&#8217;s one constant party in your mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Or, your lovers mouth.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/div>\n<table class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/4ce6b-image6.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/4ce6b-image6.jpeg?resize=320%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Rock of Ages stage at Kingsbury Hall.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/a2eb5-image5.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>After a few hours of decadence, we headed up the dark streets to Kingsbury Hall to see the musical, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockofagesmusical.com\/\">Rock of Ages.<\/a>\u00a0I didn&#8217;t know anything about the show other than it featured \u00a0great 1980&#8217;s rock n roll<br \/>\nhair bands.\u00a0The music of our high school years.<br \/>\n<a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/a2eb5-image5.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/a2eb5-image5.jpeg?resize=320%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a style=\"clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/7068b-image3.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/7068b-image3.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Screaming and singing like a girl with a side ponytail and guys with big mullet hairdo&#8217;s, we rocked the almost three hour show. Funny, irreverent, and sexy, a perfect combination of entertainment for us. Hope my brother had a good time, as he certainly deserves it.<\/p><\/div>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ceHPFvCwoCQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day before Halloween 2009 we were putting together the desks in the office of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowqprcCw:productID":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7315],"tags":[589476282,406,586,589309960,1081194],"class_list":["post-3670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-day-in-the-life","tag-a-day-in-the-life","tag-family","tag-food","tag-jareds-new-business","tag-kingsbury-hall"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/a2eb5-image5.jpeg?fit=720%2C540&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99I7P-Xc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3670"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7108,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3670\/revisions\/7108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}