Park City
When given the chance to tag along to Park City Utah for Sundance, I jumped at the chance. Seems Hollywood has been a little quiet and boring for me lately and of course I'd jump at the chance to travel anywhere. My "actor" friend had accomodations at some place called The Canyons which was really nice. Since we arrived Friday night we've spotted Tommy Lee, Jennifer Aniston, Lucy Liu, and Adrian Grenier among many others. It was my first time ever being completely inland (not by any major coast) besides living in Chicago. I decided to go based more on the fact that I had never been anywhere like that before rather than following "Hollywood" to a nearby city for endless partying. The mood here, although chilly, was very warm. People are friendly and unlike some other cities that would go crazy at the site of celebs, everyone seems to remain pretty calm and contained. While there the first night, we headed to the Brew Pub and thanks to an overly friendly bartender, I was given this lesson on Park City.
Apparently during Sundance, this little town, population 7,000 turns into a mini party with several businesses shut down privately for the likes of their coastal visitors. Most hotels/resorts have been booked since last summer and it's nearly impossible to find parking in the city. Most beer sold here is at a 3.2 level of content, which as you fellow beer drinkers know is relatively low. This is what most "public" places carry. However, for the hard core drinkers, you need to purchase memberships at the "private" clubs to drink the higher end stuff...lol. Brace yourself since membership can cost up to about, oh say in the neck of $5. Yes, that's right, 5 bucks. I wanted to laugh when he was explaining until I realized he was deathly serious. Yeah...so basically, if you come here during Sundance and not part of the "in" crowd, be prepared to drink low content beer and hitting the local McDonald's (if they even have one) since getting in anywhere is as easy as finding a parking spot here. Luckily, I didn't have that problem but it was still a pain in the ass doing things. But alas, the goal of getting hammered never fails. Park City's beer may be at a 3.2 but I give Park City an 8.0 out of 10.
