Renderings for Mirabelle showcase an elevated and vintage ambiance throughout the dining room and bar area.

Mirabelle and Shiki Shake up the Excelsior Restaurant Scene

Two new eateries will be housed above Parlour on Water Street. The restaurant group Jester Concepts announced exciting news for foodies in the Lake...

Welcome to the May 2025 Issue

Welcome, readers, to our 20th anniversary as the Lake Minnetonka area’s premier community lifestyle magazine. We couldn’t be prouder of our...

Art Girls Starts New Chapter in Deephaven

Hollie Blanchard helps clients visually express their décor and personal narratives. Attributing a positive outcome to being in the right place at...

AJ Lindstrom-Oye Uses Art To Explore Identity

One Minnetonka painter finds healing—and her sense of identity—on the canvas. Minnetonka painter AJ Lindstrom-Oye found her way to art, so she could...

Jayded AF founder Alexa Fitzpatrick holding a cocktail

Jayded AF Offers up Ready-Made Cocktails

A local woman’s medical crisis kickstarted her business venture. Alexa Fitzpatrick was happily living the American dream when a sudden medical...

Bryanna Schuette posing with a sign that says Notes for Mama

Notes for Mama Encourages Creativity

A new Excelsior business looks to make craft activities for young kids easier and more affordable for parents. As a busy mom, Bryanna Schuette saw a...

Lake Minnetonka Magazine April 2025 Issue

Welcome to the April 2025 Issue

Welcome to this month’s homes issue. As always, our writers develop articles with you, Readers, top of mind. The goal is to not only highlight local...

Mark Williams owner of Mark D. Williams Custom Homes Inc.

Twin Cities Builder Looks To Turn a Philosophy Into a Reality

Deephaven home leans into Scandinavian architecture and design. If anyone can bring a home’s philosophical design to life, it’s Mark Williams. Full...

The fireplace elements for a home on Breezy Point Road in Woodland, illustrate some of the homeowners’ special interests, and Erik Wyckoff was able to bring their vision to life through his work. “The design was significantly influenced by the clients’ extensive travels and philanthropy to many African villages,” says Jason Kruell, vice president with Charles Cudd Co. “Erik’s design allowed them to express their commitment and involvement in those communities.”

Woodcarver Brings Bespoke Details to Homes

Woodcarver’s work embraces a sense of enchanting timelessness. Consider the possibilities when a school fieldtrip ignites and inspires a student’s...

With Lake Minnetonka a whisper view away, spending moments on one of Barbara Burgum’s porches allows for hitting the high note with solitary or group gatherings.

Lakeside Home Has a Porch for Every Season

A 1905 Lake Minnetonka home blends the indoors and outdoors on its century-old porches. When you speak with Barbara Burgum about her 1905 Craftsman...

Plan Mother’s Day With Sweet and Savory Brunch Specialties

Restaurants around town are celebrating moms through a variety of brunch options. This has to rank right up there on the special occasion stress...

Bricks to Bread Creates Opportunities for Students

Two local girls help build a brick oven in Costa Rica for a family in need. During the summer before high school, students might fill their days in...

Mirabelle and Shiki Shake up the Excelsior Restaurant Scene

Two new eateries will be housed above Parlour on Water Street. The restaurant group Jester Concepts announced exciting news for foodies in the Lake...

Welcome to the May 2025 Issue

Welcome, readers, to our 20th anniversary as the Lake Minnetonka area’s premier community lifestyle magazine. We couldn’t be prouder of our...

Art Girls Starts New Chapter in Deephaven

Hollie Blanchard helps clients visually express their décor and personal narratives. Attributing a positive outcome to being in the right place at...

AJ Lindstrom-Oye Uses Art To Explore Identity

One Minnetonka painter finds healing—and her sense of identity—on the canvas. Minnetonka painter AJ Lindstrom-Oye found her way to art, so she could...

Jayded AF Offers up Ready-Made Cocktails

A local woman’s medical crisis kickstarted her business venture. Alexa Fitzpatrick was happily living the American dream when a sudden medical...

Notes for Mama Encourages Creativity

A new Excelsior business looks to make craft activities for young kids easier and more affordable for parents. As a busy mom, Bryanna Schuette saw a...

Welcome to the April 2025 Issue

Welcome to this month’s homes issue. As always, our writers develop articles with you, Readers, top of mind. The goal is to not only highlight local...

Twin Cities Builder Looks To Turn a Philosophy Into a Reality

Deephaven home leans into Scandinavian architecture and design. If anyone can bring a home’s philosophical design to life, it’s Mark Williams. Full...

Woodcarver Brings Bespoke Details to Homes

Woodcarver’s work embraces a sense of enchanting timelessness. Consider the possibilities when a school fieldtrip ignites and inspires a student’s...

Lakeside Home Has a Porch for Every Season

A 1905 Lake Minnetonka home blends the indoors and outdoors on its century-old porches. When you speak with Barbara Burgum about her 1905 Craftsman...

Plan Mother’s Day With Sweet and Savory Brunch Specialties

Restaurants around town are celebrating moms through a variety of brunch options. This has to rank right up there on the special occasion stress...

Bricks to Bread Creates Opportunities for Students

Two local girls help build a brick oven in Costa Rica for a family in need. During the summer before high school, students might fill their days in...

Jayded AF Offers up Ready-Made Cocktails

Drinks, Featured, People

A local woman’s medical crisis kickstarted her business venture. Alexa Fitzpatrick was happily living the American dream when a sudden medical...

Explore the Sprawling Gardens of a Deephaven Home

Garden, Landscape, Outdoors

Retired landscape architect Barbara Burgum highlights native species in her Deephaven gardens. The 1905 Craftsman home on the shores of Lake...

101 Years and Counting at Orono Orchards

History, Outdoors, Sports

Orono golf course’s history is on par. Your golf course has some history when cut hayfields served as fairways and borrowed tomato cans, spade into...

Your Wedding, Our Pages

Noteworthy, Weddings

Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life—filled with romance, the love of family and friends and, of course, all those wonderful,...

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We’re Celebrating 20 Years in the Community

History, Noteworthy

Lake Minnetonka Magazine celebrates its 20th anniversary this month. Enjoy a look back at some of our iconic covers from the last two decades....

These Cupcakes Are a Triple Threat

Noteworthy, Recipes

When you take Strawberry Daiquiris and Tres Leches Cupcakes and add in an anniversary or Cinco de Mayo celebrations, consider this clever recipe,...

Celebrate 20 Years With Elegant Emeralds

Noteworthy, Shops, Style

With a celebratory nod to Lake Minnetonka Magazine’s 20th anniversary, stylist Jessica Hilde leans into the traditional gemstone that marks 20...

Top Book Picks From 2005

Book Club, Noteworthy

In celebration of our 20th anniversary, walk down memory lane with us to revisit some of 2005’s top titles. In no particular order, these books and...

Events

Minnetonka Jazz Band: Spring Concert

Arts & Performance

Enjoy the Minnetonka Jazz Band during its spring concert.

Wayzata Musicales Presents Brad Olson’s One Man Band

Arts & Performance

Wayzata Musicales finale concert of the season will feature a high energy performance by Brad Olson’s One Man Band at 7 p.m. on May 31. This concert...

Tommy’s Olympic Speed Walk 2025

Community, For the Kids, Health & Wellness, Outdoors

The BeLikeTommy Project invites the community to experience a day built entirely around community, inclusion, and fun at the 4th Annual Tommy’s...

“Just Try It” With the Wayzata Yacht Club

Outdoors, Sports

The Wayzata Yacht Club is a sailboat racing club … except for one day a year. This is our only event that is free and open to any adult who wants to...