Headed to Salt Lake City for the first time! Send me any of your fave spots there (and tips for a winter girl dealing with the heat).

@vickysteeves If you have time, can rent a car/drive, & want to see non-city sights, I highly recommend heading out to Spiral Jetty: https://diaart.org/visit/visit/robert-smithson-spiral-jetty My partner & I drove there from Boise for her birthday last summer & we can't wait to go back. The drive takes you past Golden Spike Nat'l Monument, too: https://www.nps.gov/gosp/index.htm Driving up to Park City would get you out of the heat & that town has great eats, drinks, hikes, & views.

@vickysteeves As far as stuff in SLC, there's a Thai restaurant called Sawadee that's very tasty and has pleasant outside seating, and it's close to a comfy coffee shop called Café on 1st. All beer on tap is "small beer," but you can get good full-strength local beers at liquor stores. Epic Brewing's "Son of a Baptist" is a very good coffee stout—one of my faves. Oh, and if it's your first time in a desert, bring a sweater/hoody for when the heat drops after sunset.