Welcome to the January 2025 Issue

The holiday décor might be on its way back into storage, and the confetti has landed after New Year’s eve parties, but the festivities are far from...

Do you invite color and texture to take up residence in your home?

Eminent Interior Design Embraces Color and Texture

Orono home embraces a bold fusion of color and texture. A story is well told when a confluence of different, sometimes conflicting, elements come...

Feel Weightless and Wonderful at Sanctuary Float Spa

A Minnetonka float spa offers sensory deprivation therapy to support bodies and minds. Call it what you want—float therapy, reduced environmental...

Chef Sarah Ann Haugen Offers up Her Greatest Hits at Vitalist

Sarah Ann Haugen has brought a flavorful feast to the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Last May, Haugen opened Vitalist by Sarah H on Shoreline Drive in...

Hammer Travel Offers Destinations—Near and Far

Swimming with dolphins, taking in the view from the top of the Empire State Building or riding the London Eye—while many of us take traveling...

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...

Welcome to the January 2025 Issue

The holiday décor might be on its way back into storage, and the confetti has landed after New Year’s eve parties, but the festivities are far from...

Eminent Interior Design Embraces Color and Texture

Orono home embraces a bold fusion of color and texture. A story is well told when a confluence of different, sometimes conflicting, elements come...

Feel Weightless and Wonderful at Sanctuary Float Spa

A Minnetonka float spa offers sensory deprivation therapy to support bodies and minds. Call it what you want—float therapy, reduced environmental...

Chef Sarah Ann Haugen Offers up Her Greatest Hits at Vitalist

Sarah Ann Haugen has brought a flavorful feast to the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Last May, Haugen opened Vitalist by Sarah H on Shoreline Drive in...

Hammer Travel Offers Destinations—Near and Far

Swimming with dolphins, taking in the view from the top of the Empire State Building or riding the London Eye—while many of us take traveling...

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...

Chef Sarah Ann Haugen Offers up Her Greatest Hits at Vitalist

Featured, Restaurants, Wellness

Sarah Ann Haugen has brought a flavorful feast to the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Last May, Haugen opened Vitalist by Sarah H on Shoreline Drive in...

Klondike Dog Derby Sets Its Return Course

Giving Back, Outdoors, Pets

Excelsior’s annual sled dog race returns after weather conditions caused last year’s pause in the action. Prepare to be swept away by the spirit of...

Hammer Travel Offers Destinations—Near and Far

Featured, Travel

Swimming with dolphins, taking in the view from the top of the Empire State Building or riding the London Eye—while many of us take traveling...

Lake Minnetonka Ice

Photo Contest

Abstract photo provides clear look into winter on the lake. Lucas McGary, 12, starts off the year with his second-place photo, Lake Minnetonka Ice,...

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