Welcome to the December 2024 Issue

I love the scent of December—frosty air filling the outdoors, fresh pine visiting the indoors and cookies baking in an over-worked oven, all of...

Professional Women’s Hockey League Welcomes Local Players

Three area players light up the roster of Minnesota’s professional women’s hockey team. It’s not for nothing that Minnesota is often called the...

RoundWreath Creates Wreaths for More Than Just the Holidays

A Mound resident circles back to a new career. Little did Laura Lecy know that a COVID-19-induced craft exercise would result in a burgeoning...

Hand dipping a cookie in a glass of milk

Area Bakers Share What’s in Their Cookie Jars

Get them out of storage, and get ready to fill those holiday-themed cookie jars that are hungry for some sweet (and sometimes savory) dough...

Let’s Fuel Growth Founder Inspires Others to Tackle Their Own “Everest”

Wayzata man climbed “the mother of all mountains” to spread awareness about addiction and mental health issues. Ryan Rivard has conquered a lot of...

Hagen Burrows, a Tampa Bay Lightning 4th round pick #128, is currently playing for the Denver Pioneers in NCAA hockey.

Catching Up With Mr. Hockey 2024

Minnetonka’s Hagen Burrows joins the Denver Pioneers’ rookie class as a forward. For over 30 years, talented high school seniors across Minnesota...

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...

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...

The Gartners’ home was originally designed in 1892 by Harry Wild Jones for William Peet who chose not to build the cottage. Shortly after, fellow Minnetonka Yacht Club member William Rolph of Minneapolis had it built. According to a 1949 Minneapolis Tribune article (written about the family when it lived in the cottage), Rolph’s sons, “… docked their scows across the bay at the cupola-peaked yacht club, which was also designed by Jones.” Notably, the home was close to the Hotel St. Louis, which was dismantled in 1907, according to Elizabeth Vandam, author of a Jones biography.

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...

Spiced Apple Cider With Irish Whiskey. Mug: Ceramika Artystyczna Polish Pottery Bubble Mug, handmade in Poland; The Abundant Kitchen, Excelsior. Photo: Chris Emeott

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...

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...

Multi-Ethnic family shops at Shopping Mall during Christmas Time with Santa Claus. Santa Claus is asking the children what they want for Christmas. Brother and sister happy to see Santa Claus. They are hugging. Santa has arms around children. Boy has gift in his hands. Photo was taken in Quebec Canada.

Santa Claus Lane Brings Holiday Magic to Excelsior

The event’s creator hopes to provide accessible Christmas activities for families to enjoy. A new holiday experience designed for children and...

Maha Abouelenein’s Seven Rules of Self-Reliance

Wayzata entrepreneur shares her expertise in new book. Maha Abouelenein has been busy since we last spoke with her for our March 2022 issue. The...

What a difference a coat of color makes, especially for this coffee and sugar set. Could the other duo be next in line for an elevated look of their own?

Julia Moss Designs Turns Old Silver Into New Treasures

Say goodbye to polish, and embrace a new way to add elegance to serveware. Who wants grandma’s silver? What was once an automatic inheritance plan...

In a pleasing echo of the main house, the guest house boasts a lower level that walks out to a wide patio, offering views of Lake Minnetonka and a shady, secluded spot for drinks or solo pursuits, reading, daydreaming or come what may. “The furnishings we used on the patio were selected based on linear silhouettes and the clean geometry of midcentury modernism,” Aniuska Payares says. “We selected neutral colors and materials, with wood tones and the use of stone for the coffee table, side table and fireplaces, adding different textures to the whole composition.” An upper-level deck has plenty of seating, too, and a clever awning that shades the space from the sometimes-harsh summer sun.

Hendel Homes Guest House Mirrors Its Larger Counterpart

An exquisite Lake Minnetonka guest house mirrors the shape and style of the original home. On the eastern half of the land between Lake Minnetonka’s...

Welcome to the December 2024 Issue

I love the scent of December—frosty air filling the outdoors, fresh pine visiting the indoors and cookies baking in an over-worked oven, all of...

Professional Women’s Hockey League Welcomes Local Players

Three area players light up the roster of Minnesota’s professional women’s hockey team. It’s not for nothing that Minnesota is often called the...

RoundWreath Creates Wreaths for More Than Just the Holidays

A Mound resident circles back to a new career. Little did Laura Lecy know that a COVID-19-induced craft exercise would result in a burgeoning...

Area Bakers Share What’s in Their Cookie Jars

Get them out of storage, and get ready to fill those holiday-themed cookie jars that are hungry for some sweet (and sometimes savory) dough...

Let’s Fuel Growth Founder Inspires Others to Tackle Their Own “Everest”

Wayzata man climbed “the mother of all mountains” to spread awareness about addiction and mental health issues. Ryan Rivard has conquered a lot of...

Catching Up With Mr. Hockey 2024

Minnetonka’s Hagen Burrows joins the Denver Pioneers’ rookie class as a forward. For over 30 years, talented high school seniors across Minnesota...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Santa Claus Lane Brings Holiday Magic to Excelsior

The event’s creator hopes to provide accessible Christmas activities for families to enjoy. A new holiday experience designed for children and...

Maha Abouelenein’s Seven Rules of Self-Reliance

Wayzata entrepreneur shares her expertise in new book. Maha Abouelenein has been busy since we last spoke with her for our March 2022 issue. The...

Julia Moss Designs Turns Old Silver Into New Treasures

Say goodbye to polish, and embrace a new way to add elegance to serveware. Who wants grandma’s silver? What was once an automatic inheritance plan...

Hendel Homes Guest House Mirrors Its Larger Counterpart

An exquisite Lake Minnetonka guest house mirrors the shape and style of the original home. On the eastern half of the land between Lake Minnetonka’s...

Area Bakers Share What’s in Their Cookie Jars

Featured, Local Makers, Recipes

Get them out of storage, and get ready to fill those holiday-themed cookie jars that are hungry for some sweet (and sometimes savory) dough...

RoundWreath Creates Wreaths for More Than Just the Holidays

Entertain, Featured, Interior Design

A Mound resident circles back to a new career. Little did Laura Lecy know that a COVID-19-induced craft exercise would result in a burgeoning...

Let’s Fuel Growth Founder Inspires Others to Tackle Their Own “Everest”

Featured, Giving Back, People, Wellness

Wayzata man climbed “the mother of all mountains” to spread awareness about addiction and mental health issues. Ryan Rivard has conquered a lot of...

Berry Nice Winter

Photo Contest

A resident finds beauty in the depths of winter. “I woke up to the most magnificent frost on a frigid January morning,” says Berit Francis of a...

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Crostini Are the Perfect Appetizer for the Holidays

Entertain, Noteworthy, Recipes

While hosting friends and family for holiday dinners, home cooks often need a go-to nibble to keep hungry guests at bay until the meal is ready for...

Celebrate Christmas, Highcroft Style

History, Noteworthy

From 1895 to 1953, in Wayzata’s Ferndale neighborhood, stood a magnificent, red brick mansion—Highcroft—on a 110-acre estate. Built by the Frank H....

Expert Wine Recommendations

Drinks, Entertain, Noteworthy

Wine can play different roles, especially during the holidays. The team members at Glen Lake Wine and Spirits suggest these wines as ones they...

“We Begin at the End”

Book Club, Noteworthy

With highly memorable characters, deep emotion and a story that stays with you, We Begin at the End tells the tale of several residents of a coastal...