Larry O'Sullivan's (allchristie) Blog

Springtime in The Plaza, Salt Lake City UT   It's is called The Plaza in Salt Lake City UT. It is bordered by Temple Square, The Joseph Smith Memorial Building (the century old Hotel Utah), The Church Office Building (26 floors), Beehive House and Lion House. Actually the Plaza is the roof of a m...

Visitors and Weddings mix in Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah Spring is a season of refined beauty in Temple Square, Salt Lake City UT. It is a generally shaded area, blossoms out, leaves still to appear. Gardens are neatly manicured and hold myriad blooms carefully selected and cared for to a...

Living up to a naming. Nearly two decades ago, a business colleague made me a stack of business cards with my name shown as Larry O'Sullivan BC. His explanation; the BC was really a warning to others of my status of "before computers".  He used to advise me that "Hardware was something that you c...

Sandy UT is well served by TRAX My city of Sandy Utah enjoys the services of the Utah Transit Authority light rail system TRAX. At Historic Sandy, we are a stop on the Blue Line (the oldest), easily linking to Red and Green lines with attendant bus services to allow the Salt Lake Valley to be eas...

Easter - recollect and renew For a pause in proceedings, often in a very busy schedule, I hope you all have time to be able to share with your loved ones all the Blessings of the Season. It is a time for recollection and renewal, time for rebirth fortified by approaching Spring. A time for genuin...

City Creek, Salt Lake City 12 months on...                                         City Creek Center in the heart of Salt Lake City UT has had its first birthday This beautiful shopping complex stretches over three city blocks following the water course of historic City Creek. With its 90 Brand a...

Evidence is there if you look hard enough Since it the right time indicated by calendar and almanac, I set out to find local evidence of Spring. First stop - my yard in Sandy UT. Nary a sign. No flowers, no buds. Our neighborhood produced the same results. Must be still winter: last snow was last...

What's with a bump or two every so often Everyone should have a hobby. Mine just happens to be observing seismic events (earthquakes).  My area of interest is the Intermountain Corridor (Utah to Yellowstone). Draw an X from corner to corner ~ the cross-over indicates where I live in Sandy UT. Thi...

You can have a day off on me. Even in advancing years, I find it easy to give meself approval to act up a little for this special, once a year, day that is with us gain tomorrow. I am reminded of my heritage, passed through my father and mother, of the devotion and celebration to the mid-March Da...

Did he not see his shadow, or does he need glasses? Some eastern rodent, called Phil, made his annual media jaunt recently in predicting an early Spring.  Seemed like something that I might understand considering we had the previous month with maxima below freezing.  Heavy snow just sat there wai...