Provo, UT

On our first date, Mike and I went to a movie at the Wynnsong theater in the Riverwoods, and after the movie we walked up and down the Provo River. Ever since then we’ve always enjoyed going down there. There are so many things to do in the Riverwoods, from shopping to eating to yoga to seeing movies to riding bikes up the canyon.

The Shops at Riverwoods is an outdoor mall right on the corner of University Avenue and 4800 N, which turns into Orem Center St. There are lots of stores and restaurants there–there are clothing stores, like Abercrombie & Fitch, the Buckle, Victoria’s Secret, and Kaleidoscope (none of which are cheap stores, for the record); there’s a yoga studio called It’s Yoga, an art store, Bath & Body Works, a children’s clothes store, and lots of other retailers; there’s Macaroni Grill, Happy Sumo (a fantastic Asian restaurant), Tucano’s Brazilian Grill, Bajio’s, Subway, and a few other restaurants, and a Hogi Yogi across the parking lot from the theater. Sometimes we’ll see a movie at the Wynnsong theater, too, which has been recently redecorated inside.

There’s a biking trail running through the Riverwoods that goes up to Provo Canyon, so you’ll see lots of people riding past as you walk around the eastern side of the mall. The Provo River also runs past the west side of the mall, and there’s a gorgeous walking path along it.