Salt Lake City, Utah

July 21, 2010

The land of Mormons is shockingly diverse. My cab driver from the airport was Iraqi and my cab driver to the airport was Pakistani... of course there aren't really any local cab drivers anywhere in the US so this isn't a surprise. The diversity goes beyond this though; there are Greek neighborhoods near downtown, the rodeo is filled with Hispanics (of course it was fiesta night) and the city had a fair share of non-Mormon churches.

After checking into the very ornate Grand America hotel I made my way into the city, but first stopped at a local restaurant to eat. I choose the place, the Royal Eatery only because the locals were pouring in and out of the dive. The woman working the register recommended the gyro so I ordered that with some fries and an oreo shake. After I asked for the fries she asked if I wanted "fry sauce." After inquiring what exactly that was she told me in her heavy Greek accent that I'd like it so rung it up before I could respond. Continue...

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