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Tag Archives: salt lake city
Saturday Night In Salt Lake City With Marc Gafni
Full video here:
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Saturday Night In Salt Lake City III
Full video here: Chaim Amalek emails: Where Luke once hobnobbed with the Blogger Elite of LA (thanks to the late Cathy Seipp), he now hangs out with the likes of Marc Gafni in Utah. Even Elliot Stein is giving Luke … Continue reading
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Saturday Night In Salt Lake City II
All videos from my weekend trip here:
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Wasatch National Park Sunday Afternoon
From my visit this weekend to Salt Lake City:
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Even Salt Lake City Gets Smog
Check out this inversion layer from yesterday afternoon:
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I Spent The Weekend In Salt Lake City
Marc Gafni hosted me. We shot some video at the national park up in the mountains. Here are some photos from 8550 feet elevation today: D. emails: "If the clues from your childhood weren’t enough–the all-too-close "friendship" with young Wayne … Continue reading
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Marc Gafni Vs. The Demons
Marc blogs: Hi friends, Good Morning here in Salt Lake City. On my way to Ca. this morning to spend a week with a group of friends, spiritual teacher types, some great rabbis, and other folks to vision together what … Continue reading
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On The Flight Home: 10,000 Feet Above Salt Lake City
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Into The Utah Desert With Marc Gafni
After flying from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City July 18, 2008, I drive over three hours into the Southern Utah desert with Marc Winiarz and discuss Torah and the meaning of life and travel.
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