Lake Minnetonka Magazine December 2025 Issue

Welcome to the December 2025 Issue

What a year! As we close out 2025, I want to give one last nod to our 20th anniversary year. While May was our “official” anniversary month, when we...

Open up a World of Experiential Gifting

Make gift giving easier this season by leaning into a specialty theme or carefully curated focus. With experiential gifting maintaining its holiday...

Donamae’s Sweet Studio Pulls Double Duty

Let holiday desserts serve up sweet flavors and stunning table décor. Does anyone else fall victim to SHDF—seasonal holiday decision fatigue? The...

shopping, winter holidays and people concept - happy senior couple at christmas market souvenir shop on town hall square in tallinn, estonia

What to Expect at Christmas in Excelsior

Water Street will be aglow with lights and holiday cheer. On November 28 and 29, downtown Excelsior will transform into a festive winter wonderland...

Lake Minnetonka Magazine November 2025 Issue

Welcome to the November 2025 Issue

While tucking in for a chat with a cabin neighbor, I noticed a plaque hanging in her kitchen, just outside of dining room guests’ view: “Be like a...

Swedish Meatballs With Egg Noodles are a top contender when it comes to naming an all-time favorite comfort meal for holiday celebrations and weekday mealtime menus. We vote for seconds of this classic dish.

Let’s Dish Offers Conveniently Delicious Dishes

Let’s Dish celebrates two decades and expands its ready-to-bake options. When the holiday season kicks into high gear, the heat is on—especially in...

The Answer to “What Should We Bring?”

Some recipes know how to behave while traveling for Thanksgiving. Whether you’re driving a couple of hours, heading across the Metro or just...

For buyers interested in mixing and matching with vibrant colors and lasting design, Ginori 1735’s Oriente Italiano Malachite features beautiful, handcrafted porcelain pieces in gorgeous and coordinating colors, including Albus (white and black), Aurum (white and gold), Azalea (lavender and blue), Castagna (newest/brown and white), Citrino (yellow and blue), Iris (aqua blue and blue), Malachite (green and blue), Meringa (newest/taupe and white), Pervinca (periwinkle and blue) and Popora (pink and red).

Fox & Willow Shares Tabletop Trends

From holiday celebrations to weekday dining, tableware brings timeless elegance. Preparing a dining table or buffet for life’s special occasions,...

How You Can Outsource Your Thanksgiving

Invite delicious take-out options from local markets and restaurants to Thanksgiving dinner. As long as the regulars or interesting fresh takes make...

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...

Esther and Frank Weigel, photographed with their children, have reimagined and reinvigorated what is now Everly Farms. Even more additions are coming this summer!

Everly Farms Winery Is a Family Affair

The owners of Everly Farms create a gathering place, focused on food, drinks and family. When husband-and-wife team Frank and Esther Weigel closed...

Welcome to the December 2025 Issue

What a year! As we close out 2025, I want to give one last nod to our 20th anniversary year. While May was our “official” anniversary month, when we...

Open up a World of Experiential Gifting

Make gift giving easier this season by leaning into a specialty theme or carefully curated focus. With experiential gifting maintaining its holiday...

Donamae’s Sweet Studio Pulls Double Duty

Let holiday desserts serve up sweet flavors and stunning table décor. Does anyone else fall victim to SHDF—seasonal holiday decision fatigue? The...

What to Expect at Christmas in Excelsior

Water Street will be aglow with lights and holiday cheer. On November 28 and 29, downtown Excelsior will transform into a festive winter wonderland...

Welcome to the November 2025 Issue

While tucking in for a chat with a cabin neighbor, I noticed a plaque hanging in her kitchen, just outside of dining room guests’ view: “Be like a...

Let’s Dish Offers Conveniently Delicious Dishes

Let’s Dish celebrates two decades and expands its ready-to-bake options. When the holiday season kicks into high gear, the heat is on—especially in...

The Answer to “What Should We Bring?”

Some recipes know how to behave while traveling for Thanksgiving. Whether you’re driving a couple of hours, heading across the Metro or just...

Fox & Willow Shares Tabletop Trends

From holiday celebrations to weekday dining, tableware brings timeless elegance. Preparing a dining table or buffet for life’s special occasions,...

How You Can Outsource Your Thanksgiving

Invite delicious take-out options from local markets and restaurants to Thanksgiving dinner. As long as the regulars or interesting fresh takes make...

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...

Everly Farms Winery Is a Family Affair

The owners of Everly Farms create a gathering place, focused on food, drinks and family. When husband-and-wife team Frank and Esther Weigel closed...

Donamae’s Sweet Studio Pulls Double Duty

Entertain, Featured, Gift Guides, Local Makers

Let holiday desserts serve up sweet flavors and stunning table décor. Does anyone else fall victim to SHDF—seasonal holiday decision fatigue? The...

Fun on the Rocks With Skybrothers Paragliding

Outdoors, Sports

Frozen Lake Minnetonka serves a wintry mix of outdoor activities. When Lake Minnetonka—in all its dynamic beauty—sits right in your community...

Open up a World of Experiential Gifting

Book Club, Featured, Gift Guides

Make gift giving easier this season by leaning into a specialty theme or carefully curated focus. With experiential gifting maintaining its holiday...

Raising Her Voice With Angelica Cantanti

Arts, Education

Local singer set to take the Ordway stage with Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs. How many performers dream of looking out at an audience from the...

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A Pretty Penny

Giving Back, Noteworthy, Shops, Style

If a penny saved is a penny earned, then there are plenty of pennies to go around by shopping at PennyWise Thrift Store. Treasures abound at the...

History of Giving

History, Noteworthy

While Christmas gift-giving fuels today’s consumer economy, its roots go back to the 1870s and 1880s, following the growing traditions of Christmas...

Stress Less, Wag More

Noteworthy, Pets

Getting members of your household ready for holiday photos can be a logistical challenge—from photo-ready outfits to fresh haircuts. You, spouse and...

Maple Pound Cake Recipe

Noteworthy, Recipes

This recipe is light and fluffy, filling the kitchen with the dreamy scent of maple syrup. And that buttery maple-rum glaze? It forms a golden,...

Events

Auxiliary Holiday Sale

Arts & Performance, Fashion & Shopping

This is a one-of-a-kind annual Auxiliary Holiday Sale. There will be exquisite seasonal gift items that are handmade with winter or holiday themes...

Holiday Bake & Take

Knock out your holiday treat prep in one fun night. Make baked and no-bake goodies—10 dozen to take home plus a recipe booklet to use anytime. If...

Winter Lights: Family Nights

Arts & Performance, For the Kids

Create memories, sip something warm and share the wonder of Winter Lights with your loved ones. Bring the whole family to enjoy the magic of Winter...