Eloise Looks To Offer an Intimate Dining Experience
Wayzata restaurant is designed to be a community hub. Does the menu for your dining plans include an intimate dinner with wonderful food, innovative...
Deephaven Abode Offers Unique Spaces With a Historical Twist
When an address includes Walden, the home practically has a responsibility to embrace the property’s natural surroundings, providing owners a place...
Cozy up to Some Warm Wintertime Drinks
Heat up this frosty season with toasty beverages. There’s nothing quite like a warm cuppa. Engaging its chameleon-like properties, it’s the beverage...
Snow Cone
If you can’t beat it, dive into it. Sarah Happe found a willing subject in the depth of winter. “She was diving into the snow, smelling little...
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Excelsior Paint & Design Carpet One
Our 5,400 square foot showroom features hardwood, carpet, luxury vinyl and laminate flooring; HunterDouglas blinds; Benjamin Moore and Fine Paints of Europe paints and stains; Cambria, Dekton, Silestone, and MSI Quartz countertops; wallpaper by York, Schumacher, Thibaut and more. Whether you’re building a brand-new home, looking to redecorate a room or refreshing a color palette, our designers are here to help you from inspiration to installation in making your house your home. Hard to find but worth the trip, you’ll find our two-story building with ample parking next to Youngsteds Car...
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Gathering Beauty
Martha Rehkamp loves to gather floral and fauna from her garden to showcase in her work. As you gather with friends and family, take in the beauty...
New Guidebook for Arboretum Adventures
It’s difficult to become an expert on a place as big and beautiful as the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, but thanks to a new 50-page guidebook, your...
Celebrate Romance with “A Holly Jolly Diwali”
A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli introduces readers to the practical and level-headed 29-year-old Niki Randhawa who typically does what is...
Volume Up for Positivity
From time to time, it’s fun to refresh one’s podcast lineup. If you’re interested in finding local hosts, consider Hyperbole: The Best Podcast Ever....
Events
BeLikeTommy Project Golden Gala 2024
The Golden Gala features live music from The Selmer Effect. It will be a fun evening of dinner, drinks, live auction, silent auction, activities and...
Santa Claus Lane Grand Opening
This holiday season, skip the chaos of big-box events and join us for an action-packed day filled with heartwarming magic at Santa Claus Lane—an...
Santa Brunch: A Holiday Feast for the Whole Family
This holiday season, skip the rush and savor the magic at Santa Brunch, catered by Kowalski’s Market. It’s more than just brunch—it’s a time to...
Orono Lions Club Snowball Open 2025
The 38th annual Snowball Open is set for February 1, 2025. 18 holes of Ice Golf on Long Lake in front of Birch's. Come for brunch at 9 a.m., golf...
In This Issue
Welcome to the November 2024 Issue
Oh, hi, November. You snuck up on me this year. I guess I was too busy last month transforming my backyard playhouse turned “she shed” turned satellite work office into holiday pop-up bar and...
Project Got Your Back Serves Those Who Served
Nonprofit helps veterans connect to programs. “I think it’s the perfect name, and I wished I would have thought of it,” says Paul Davis, executive director of Project Got Your Back. “It’s...
Crown Warehouse & Delivery Services Delivers Big
The high point of many HGTV home shows is the grand reveal. The mess and stress of remodeling are resolved, the music swells and homeowners are welcomed back to a new, well-appointed space, bringing...
Behind the Buzz of Excelsior’s Airbnb The Apiary
Home away from home offers holiday visitors a room (and more) of their own. Here come the holidays, and with that—here come family and other out-of-towners. Not every home (or host) has the space or...
Gathering Beauty
Martha Rehkamp loves to gather floral and fauna from her garden to showcase in her work. As you gather with friends and family, take in the beauty they offer and give thanks for the wisdom in our...
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