Welcome to the October 2025 Issue

When beauty and fashion come together, as they do in this issue, creative self-expression can take center stage. Readers, how do you blend the two...

Lens on Lake Minnetonka 2025 Winners

Photographers bring the Lake Minnetonka area into focus. Over the past year, residents have been cataloging local life around Lake Minnetonka. This...

Custom leopard print pajama set from Highcroft

Bespoke, Luxury Sleepwear at Wayzata’s Highcroft

Highcroft and Wendy Carr match up to craft elegant and custom pajama sets. Sleepwear has been having a moment, which doesn’t seem to be...

Decision fatigue can be wearing, especially when it comes to choosing what to wear from work day to evening events. Excelsior’s Big Wood Collective has a remedy.

Big Wood Collective Solves the What-To-Wear Dilemma

Excelsior shop showcases versatile menswear. Even for the most style-savvy among us, it can be difficult to know how to dress in a post-pandemic...

Hand adding cilantro to a skillet of campfire nachos

Three Fun Fall Recipes To Cook Over a Campfire

Some food just tastes better cooked over an outdoor fire. Let’s be clear; we will always support s’mores as the bonfire foodie champ. No doubt. No...

Minnesota Bound co-hosts Bill Sherck and Laura Schara with black lab Millie.

Minnesota Bound Celebrates 30 Years on Air

The outdoor adventure show shares a profound love of nature with viewers. Ron Schara’s professional background started as a journalist with the...

Welcome to the September 2025 Issue

Little did I know that, when I was a grade schooler, I was already a fan of chicory. Specifically, frisée (curly endive). Let me explain. My parents...

Open shelving in a brushed brass finish allows for an evolving display of spirits and curated barware for this St. Albans Bay home.

Haus of Rowe Revamps the Home Bar

Haus of Rowe helps homeowners embrace effortless, refined entertaining style. Home bars have long been a popular feature, ranging from tucked-away...

Chicories Add Flavor, Texture and a Healthy Bite of Nutrition

For those looking for a leafy green packed with nutrition that can be grown at home or easily found at local farmers markets, chicories are an ideal...

Delicious Ways To Put Chicories on the Menu

Knowing what we now know about chicories, how do they fit into a recipe box? “Chicories have a medium weight flavor profile,” says chef Spencer...

Outdoor kitchen and pool area of Orono home

Gordon James Crafts a Zen Escape in Orono

One serene Orono property brings home the amenities of a spa resort. It’s something most of us have wished for: to bottle the essence of a luxury...

Stack of Chocolate Chip Cookies from Oven Fresh Cookies

Oven Fresh Cookies Knows if You Give a Kid a Cookie …

… they’ll probably want it served warm. Food, whether it’s a full meal, a dessert or a snack, often goes hand-in-hand with important life events....

Alan Bergo, with his harvest of edible native plants that he grows at home, appreciates earthly bounties.

Chef and Author Alan Bergo Discusses Mushroom Hunting

The Forager Chef educates on how to discover a wild harvest in your neck of the woods. If you’ve ever been on a woodland hike and noticed a cluster...

Editor Renée Stewart-Hester looking out at Lake Minnetonka

X Marks the Spot

Visit some of my favorite spaces to read, create and just be. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had a favorite spot to read, reflect or...

An aerial shot of the historic Lafayette Club on the shores of Lake Minnetonka.

Lafayette Club Embarks on an Exciting New Partnership

The historic club has entered into a reciprocity agreement with Windsong Farm Golf Club. For over a century, the iconic Spanish Mission-style...

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Welcome to the October 2025 Issue

When beauty and fashion come together, as they do in this issue, creative self-expression can take center stage. Readers, how do you blend the two...

Lens on Lake Minnetonka 2025 Winners

Photographers bring the Lake Minnetonka area into focus. Over the past year, residents have been cataloging local life around Lake Minnetonka. This...

Bespoke, Luxury Sleepwear at Wayzata’s Highcroft

Highcroft and Wendy Carr match up to craft elegant and custom pajama sets. Sleepwear has been having a moment, which doesn’t seem to be...

Big Wood Collective Solves the What-To-Wear Dilemma

Excelsior shop showcases versatile menswear. Even for the most style-savvy among us, it can be difficult to know how to dress in a post-pandemic...

Three Fun Fall Recipes To Cook Over a Campfire

Some food just tastes better cooked over an outdoor fire. Let’s be clear; we will always support s’mores as the bonfire foodie champ. No doubt. No...

Minnesota Bound Celebrates 30 Years on Air

The outdoor adventure show shares a profound love of nature with viewers. Ron Schara’s professional background started as a journalist with the...

Welcome to the September 2025 Issue

Little did I know that, when I was a grade schooler, I was already a fan of chicory. Specifically, frisée (curly endive). Let me explain. My parents...

Haus of Rowe Revamps the Home Bar

Haus of Rowe helps homeowners embrace effortless, refined entertaining style. Home bars have long been a popular feature, ranging from tucked-away...

Chicories Add Flavor, Texture and a Healthy Bite of Nutrition

For those looking for a leafy green packed with nutrition that can be grown at home or easily found at local farmers markets, chicories are an ideal...

Delicious Ways To Put Chicories on the Menu

Knowing what we now know about chicories, how do they fit into a recipe box? “Chicories have a medium weight flavor profile,” says chef Spencer...

Gordon James Crafts a Zen Escape in Orono

One serene Orono property brings home the amenities of a spa resort. It’s something most of us have wished for: to bottle the essence of a luxury...

Oven Fresh Cookies Knows if You Give a Kid a Cookie …

… they’ll probably want it served warm. Food, whether it’s a full meal, a dessert or a snack, often goes hand-in-hand with important life events....

Chef and Author Alan Bergo Discusses Mushroom Hunting

The Forager Chef educates on how to discover a wild harvest in your neck of the woods. If you’ve ever been on a woodland hike and noticed a cluster...

X Marks the Spot

Visit some of my favorite spaces to read, create and just be. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had a favorite spot to read, reflect or...

Lafayette Club Embarks on an Exciting New Partnership

The historic club has entered into a reciprocity agreement with Windsong Farm Golf Club. For over a century, the iconic Spanish Mission-style...

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Three Fun Fall Recipes To Cook Over a Campfire

Entertain, Featured, Outdoors, Recipes

Some food just tastes better cooked over an outdoor fire. Let’s be clear; we will always support s’mores as the bonfire foodie champ. No doubt. No...

The Wayzata Boo Bash Dash Is Frightfully Fun

Entertain, Outdoors

Wayzata’s Boo Bash offers family-friendly competitions, community events and scary-good food. The Wayzata Boo Bash Dash returns on October 25 in...

Real (Good) Food With Emily Maxson

Book Club, Local Makers

After a Crohn’s disease diagnosis and years of unsuccessful treatments, Emily Maxson landed upon a solution that brought her back to the kitchen:...

Lens on Lake Minnetonka 2025 Winners

Featured, Photo Contest

Photographers bring the Lake Minnetonka area into focus. Over the past year, residents have been cataloging local life around Lake Minnetonka. This...

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At Bundl Home, we believe that a clean and well-maintained home is the foundation for a happy and comfortable life. We want you to have time for what really matters and maintaining your home shouldn't be what stands in your way. We are unwaveringly committed to delivering exceptional home cleaning, specialty cleaning and home maintenance services to our clients. Our team of skilled professionals are committed to delivering the highest standards of cleanliness and attention to detail, ensuring that every nook and cranny of your home is...

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Stunning Natural Silhouettes

Landscape, Noteworthy

To create an authentic, late fall backdrop (including Halloween), refrain from cutting back flowering plants. The seedpods turn shades of black,...

Explore the Edgy Side of Elegance

Noteworthy, Style

Fall is my favorite time of year when it comes to fashion. It can also be a time when we ask ourselves, “What do I wear this season, and what do I...

Get Personal With Gifting

Gift Guides, Noteworthy, Shops, Style

Sometimes, what’s old is … never really gone. From 2000–2011, Excelsior business owner Kelly Harrington ran Edina’s Serifina, which featured upscale...

Bookmark Home Ideas

Book Club, Noteworthy

Nothing short of a design revolution is underway as architects, artists, designers, engineers, and self-builders confront climate change, polluting...

Events

Women’s Empowerment Retreat

Benefits & Fundraisers

A transformative event designed to inspire, empower and connect women from all walks of life. There will be inspiring keynote speakers, panel...

Fall Color Trail Run

Health & Wellness, Outdoors, Sports

Experience the stunning fall color at the Arboretum at the 6th annual Fall Color Trail Run/Hike. This event is staggered over three days to prevent...

Spooky Sprint

Health & Wellness, Outdoors, Sports

Join us for the 2nd annual Spooky Sprint run, a spooktacular Halloween 5K and 1-mile race along the picturesque shores and charming neighborhoods of...