Honestly, this blog DID help me see all the many sides of Provo...and I already loved it!

My twin sister moved to Provo from England. Reading your blog helps me miss her less by getting to know more about the town where she lives. It reminds me of the places I've been with her and gives me plenty of ideas for more adventures next time I visit!

Your Post about the Surf N Slurp has changed my life. Literally. My mom is planning on buying a house in the area just because I took her to get an American Dream with cream.

I have been dying to get out of Provo for the last 4 years, but now that I read your blog faithfully, I feel somewhat differently.

I was a nervous freshman at BYU 10 years ago in August. I fell in love with Provo then. I still live in Utah County, but this blog reminds about all that I love about Provo and makes me want to return more often.

I love this blog and read it everyday. I moved to Provo from North Carolina 10 years ago as a teenager, but I still find I don't know it that well. Even though I have lived in Springville, for the past year I still spend a lot in Provo.

I'm in the same boat as Christina. I started at BYU almost 8 years ago and miss it all the time! My husband and I have moved away, but, since he still has family in Utah, we're able to return almost once a year. I always miss the food.

I'm a born and raised Utah Valleyian, but just moved to Provo a couple of years ago and I so love it! I loved finding your blog and a shared enthusiasm for this place. Your blog has steered me on lots of new Provo adventures, with many more to come! Thanks cjane!

Oh, yes. I have sped through Utah Valley on my way to Yellowstone several times. We always admire the scenery, but never think of stopping anywhere other than for a quick overnight. Now I actually want to stop for a couple of days in Provo and explore. Hike the Y, eat at Cafe Rio, and try all the frosty treats.

I live across the country and I've never had any strong opinion one way or the other about Provo.

This blog makes me want to visit it someday. It makes me want to come and eat at all of the places you write about. This blog makes me want to eat, period.

I love this blog! Thank you!

I love Provo. I love this blog. I love Surf N Slurp.
You should do a feature on the Veterans Memorial Pool on 5th N and 5th W. That place is THE BEST!

To quote the American Idol judges (and we all know they are indeed a credible, quotable source)...CJane, you could write/sing the phone book and we would all be mesmerized and return and return!! If it's a link on your blog...we are goin' there, Provo or not!
PS. I think you need another "o" in your Ooh La La Lava Cake. I think.

I love you, your blog, and Rooster. And of course I LOVE PROVO! So much that I wish I lived there and didn't have to make the 20 minute drive from Spanish Fork.

Also, a few years ago I e-mailed your brother, Chris, to ask him a few questions. I told him that your (other) blog was making me homesick for UT. (This is when I still lived in NY.) I couldn't take reading about the Creamery on 9th and Lon's Cookin' Shack anymore. I needed to be near them!

And here I am. And I love Provo and the UC even more every day.

Happy B-day to your blog and Rooster!

My grandparents lived in Provo for 50 years (right by Timpview High!), and we visted them every summer when I was growing up, and I also lived and worked there from 1984-1990. I know that I will most likely never move back there or spend much time in Provo now that both my grandparents have passed away, and I live far away in Illinois with my family, but it is always fun for me to see Provo and the things that have changed and the things that are still the same . . . .

As Simy's former visiting teacher, Rooster holds a special place in my heart--I haven't eaten there yet (I live in California--that's a long drive) but my two daughters ate there for me and pronunced it divine. Our family started in Provo where my husband and I had our first date and married and lived there in a house converted from a chicken coop and had our firstborn at Utah Valley Hospital. So far 4 of our 8 have lived in Provo and gone to BYU. So we HEART Provo!

my favorite was when i won the snowflake watch. hola! i don't live in utah now, so i won't be as in touch with the weather system this year ;) but it's nice to read about good ole' p-town every once in a while. it makes me miss utah in a weird way i can't explain. thanks cjane!

I visited both Communal and Rooster on your advice. Thanks!

Suggestion: Check out Smashburger, near Rubios.

I LOVE this blog. I've been in Provo for almost two years, but I never really appreciated it until I found your blog. Soooooo many great food places and fun adventures to find. Thanks C Jane! :)

I lived in Provo for three years while my husband finished school and sadly didn't find this blog until after we moved. We liked Provo and finding local places to eat on date night such as Sammy's, Stan's, Smokehouse and milk shakes from the Malt Shoppe. Reading this blog has made me really miss Provo and wish I'd appreciated it more. We even came down this past weekend for a getaway and had to get donuts at the Provo Bakery and go to J Dawgs (much to my husbands horror they've moved from the shack).
Thanks in part to you we decided this weekend that we want to find a way to get back and raise our family in Provo. There's no place quite like it. Most people I know complain that it's a bubble. I say what in the heck is wrong with a bubble. I've got my daughter in bubble wrap right now.
Oh, and to make a long comment even longer I'm dying to try Rooster. Maybe next time.

is it weird that i've never been to provo, but your blog makes me want to visit with a fierce passion? it does! happy birthday to this joyous blog. your enthusiasm for your hometown is undeniably infectious.

This blog just serves as a daily confirmation that I am right (as always) about Provo.

When my oldest boy saw your "Happy Birthday" teaser for this post on the Enjoy It blog he thought I was the best mom, ever and had convinced you to do a post about his 17th birthday today. (Can you believe he is SEVENTEEN?!)

He was wrong about the post, but when I take him to Rooster for lunch today and tell him that they share a birthday I will still be the best mom, ever.

I love the ideas you share for all sorts of fun and artsy and foodish things to do in this city that I love so much. Keep on keepin' on! And happy blog birthday!

This blog helps me appreciate Provo more than I did before. I mean puhlease, who from Canada doesn't go to Provo just for Cafe Rio??? Although most of our transplanted family members reside in ahem Orem, this blog reminds me on a regular basis how much I truly love Provo. I did not attend BYU but when I was 16ish, you can bet we took the BYU campus tour in the "stretch golf cart", and bought an alumni hoodie, just in case. We hit up such hot spots as the Training Table and fell in love with cheese fries and fry sauce... A few years ago I lived in Provo for a few weeks, I'm converted. If I could convince my hubby that living there wouldn't be as crazy as it sounds, you can bet I'd be at Rooster in a heartbeat and taking my kids up Y mountain on a sweltering hot day...sigh...

I'm a student at the Y but home in Alaska for the summer. Reading your blog is getting me so excited for the adventures and fun places to explore this fall. Thank you!

Happy birthday blog! I haven't lived in Provo since 2003 but this blog makes me miss it so. Maybe I'll go to my local Rooster and pretend I'm in Provo.

I have always disliked the way so many BYU students will rag on Provo because I love it here. This blog has given me many more reasons to love my temporary home.

Ever since you posted about Sudaf Greek Souvlaki my mom, sisters and I make a weekly trip over for a gyro! We're obsessed!

I love Provo and love reading all about it. Your blog has made me want to start a blog about my own city and things to do.
Happy blog birthday!

I went to the Sweet Tooth Fairy because you and Nie blogged about it. And I loved your Patriotic Photo Contest last July. Happy Birthday to your blog. :)

P.S. I also went to The Cocoa Bean Cafe after reading your post about it, but I still liked The Sweet Tooth Fairy better. And since I live in Orem, I keep thinking I should pay a visit to The Chocolate, since you posted about it too. But I'm already 30 pounds overweight, so I'm thinking I may continue to wait on that. We shall see. But, really, a girl can only drive past so many times before she becomes weak. After all, their billboard tells me to eat dessert first since life isunpredictable. :)

cjane I just love you and all your blogs!! I read everyday and this one makes me wish I lived in Provo. I have created a list of fun things to do this summer with my children and a bunch of your posts have inspired "must do's" on that list. I think we'll have to make many a trip to Utah County to fit them all in. Happy Happy Bday to your blog!!

My husband and I moved here 13 years ago just a couple weeks after we got married so he could go to school at BYU. I was still a fairly recent convert, and let me tell you, Provo, and all of Utah County was weird! My first day at my new job at the mall a guy walked down the hall whistling "Praise to the Man". I'm telling you, weird! Anyway, 13 years later, we are still here and as of this year I have lived in Provo equally as long as I lived in my beloved hometown. And I have grown to really love it here. As much as I love my hometown, I know moving back just isn't an option, and now Provo is my kids' own hometown. So I love this blog, it gives me a sense of being a part of the community. And I like that you love Provo with the ferver that I love Montana. Montana is such a part of who I am, and with this blog I see that Provo can be that same way for my kids. So thanks. And Happy Blog Birthday!

My favorite post has to be today's, with all of its comments praising Provo for what a great place it is. Keep writing! Your blog is a blessing to our community.

If I had a free ticket to the US and could choose between going to Provo and New York, I would always opt for Provo. Always. And I only "know" it through your blog.

Kristin (from Germany, who has never been to the US before)

I love Provo in a big way and this blog has made me love it even more. Thanks for posting all of the cool stuff you do. I love it! Gives me lots of good ideas for things to do. Keep it up!

I love this blog because it has made me realize what a cool place Provo is and how much there is to do there. Thanks!!

I went to the Y (graduated 94) and married someone from orem and was never a big fan of these 'small" towns. This blog has made me realize that Provo has really changed for the better. It has also made me feel more connected to my in-laws who are still there, made me nostagelic, and made me want to check out some of these cool places-esp the restaurants.
Thanks CJ for the blog!

Sorry I'm a little late to this party, but wanted to comment, as I am a regular reader. With my family in Orem, I have spent much time in UT county, but you have truly opened my eyes to the secret joys of Provo. :) Thanks for sharing the love.

your blog makes me wish i lived in provo. and i've never wished that in my life.

I saw the comment on the Greek restaurant, and just had to say that it's sad news, but they're closing this Saturday. Not enough business.

I just found them a couple of weeks ago and thought it the best food and a most excellent price, but the owner said "People in Utah Valley only like chain restaurants." No, no, no! They'll be opening in Salt Lake, but that's quite a drive. I'm so sad. :-(