The Smells of Salt Lake.By: Victoria Varnedoe

At Salt Lake City Utah in front of the LDS Business Col-lege the city has a strong smell, thick and tangled with many different scents. The aroma is trapped in the valley, locals call smaug. Analisa Zimmerman a business process analyst for Wells Far-go Bank was a woman with long brown hair and glasses, who smelled like strong perfume and rose petals. She had a wide smile and blue jeans with a black t-shirt. Zimmerman and her husband was lost. Zimmerman was with her husband was in Salt Lake trying to find the nearest mall to meet up with her husbands old high school friend. In all the fuss she painted the picture of her background as she questioned a local for directions. Zimmerman said, We are here for a Bob Seger concert, and to meet up with my husbands friend from Arizona Thun-derbird High school.Zimmerman said that she was from a town called Fallen, Neva-da. Fallen was about an hour away from Reno. She described how she and her husband met and how she went from a girl in Nevada to a wife in Arizona. Zimmerman had been divorced and had two twin girls. She took her girls to a daycare everyday while she was at work. Her twin daughters became very good friends with an-other little girl. One day the three girls introduced their par-ents to one another and now Zimmerman is happily re-mar-ried with three daughters. We met through kids at a daycare, been married almost 20 years now, said Zimmerman.

Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman.

Concert Board

Cody Almond a homeless man from Utah had a very distinct smell. One that made your nose stop to a halt. It smelled of garbage and feces. It was very unpleasant. His hands were beaten and his face was scabbed, bruised and dirty. He had the look of a 30 year old but the eyes of a juvenile, battered and worn out from his past. I came from a broken and abusive home, said Almond, I dont want that out of life. His eyes looked down as he fiddled with his fingers. What am I feeling? Almond continued, Im feeling kinda hopeless, Im feeling kind of helpless. I want a job but I dont know what I have to do, so I can get an ID, to get a job. Without doing something dishonest, because Im not that kinda person. Atleast Im trying to be honest, I dont wanna be a criminal. His face had an overcasted shadow as the sun peaked behind his head. Cars zipped by, it was hard to hear his sullen voice. He looked up suddenly with a smile on his face. Almond said, Ive been with some of the most beautiful women in the world, and they didnt look the best, but they had a wonderful heart, Almond contin-ued,I dont abuse women I dont put them down. I wanna take care of them. Theres a couple different girls I could stay with but.. I dont wanna do that. I wan-na feel like a provider I dont wanna live off of her. I having faith that things will work out, Im trying to do the right thing, said Almond. You worry about how you can clean your clothes, or where you can keep your stuff? Almond said, the look that people give you, it makes you feel worth-less. I wish people would know where I come from and who I am...

Catholic homless shelter.So many people!

You could recognize him from a mile away. He was tall and wearing a costume that had a scared up mask and metal bars sitting on his shoulders. Hanging from the bars was a mask and a head. When you got closer you could smell the plastic silicone mask and the oil based makeup. He smelled like a walking backstage horror makeup crew. Ricky Keepers a car salesman for a GMC car dealership, is also a freak for fear factory. Keepers said, this is one of the costumes I wear on the job. Fear factory is a haunted place and a haunted house.Its kinda like when you drink soda, said Keepers you drink one you think ill have one more, you think one more wont hurt, next thing you know you are drinking 3 or 4 cases a day. Well with this when you get your first scare and you hear what people say about it you kinda wanna get a second scare then a third scare then you build a career around it. Ive been in it for 5 years, almost 6. Keepers began to laugh, with a grin that seemed to stretch out forever.It was a really sad roommate guilt trip, Keepers said, a roommate of mine came to me, I just got off work and I was sitting down, I just started to relax. And he said hey dude come on lets go, just one scare for tonight! Well he quit the scaring and now Ive been doing it for 5 years going on 6. His first time scaring was painful, literally. I was in a grave digger costume overalls my face was all covered in dirt, my hair a mess, said Keepers, There was a hallway with holes to stick your head in I was waiting and waiting and then I decided to do it I stook my head out and said How you folks doin? and wack! Obviously not good! It hurt but I kept acting.

Rickys mask

Rickys costume