by Madeline Kopiecki | Sep 15, 2023 | Featured, Photo Contest
In July and August, we invited you to submit your photos of the Lake Minnetonka area. From action shots on the lake to scenic spots on land, you shutterbugs did not disappoint! Now, we’re opening the poll for the community to select our Readers’ Choice...
by Madeline Kopiecki | Sep 8, 2023 | Featured, Outdoors, Sports, Style
The family-owned shop has spent half a century outfitting locals for adventure. In downtown Wayzata, Sun & Slope has served as an outfitter for outdoor adventure since Jim started the business in 1972. “I came from a family that was very outdoor-oriented,”...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Sep 1, 2023 | Featured
Our September issue focuses on art and fashion, and our community has a wealth of creatives, who bring these elements to the fore via all sorts of ways—from canvases to clothing, from words in print to the spoken word and more. In our Book Club, meet Elizabeth Weir,...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Sep 1, 2023 | Featured, Interior Design, Renovate
Mound’s Alexis Walsko followed her dreams—right to Lake Minnetonka. They say timing is everything. Is a home sitting on the market for more than 200 days a good thing? The answer: It depends on who you ask. For Alexis Walsko, it was a good thing—a very good thing. It...
by Aaron Person | Sep 1, 2023 | History, Interior Design, Noteworthy
Wayzata and the 55391 zip code have been regarded as a hotbed for modern design, beginning in 1892 when Frank B. Long constructed Squirrel’s Nest on Wayzata Bay. It took another 20 years for modernism to proliferate worldwide. In 1913, architect George Elmslie...
by Emily Gedde | Sep 1, 2023 | Featured, Restaurants
Malt shop celebrates 40 years with customers, staff. Anniversaries are milestones, but when there’s a 40 preceding it, that anniversary can be a legacy, especially when it’s for a family-run restaurant with a reputation for serving some of the best burgers and malts...
by Katie Tomsche | Sep 1, 2023 | Drinks, Noteworthy, Recipes
Crisp gin and bitter Campari are perfectly balanced with tangy grapefruit juice and rich Concord grape juice in this supremely sippable cocktail. Royal Sour ½ oz. Campari ½ oz. Hendrick’s gin ½ oz. fresh grapefruit juice 1 ½ oz. Concord grape juice ½ oz. simple syrup...
by Clare Greeman | Sep 1, 2023 | Arts, Outdoors
September shines bright with local festivals. As the sun starts to set on summertime activities, Excelsior and Wayzata shine the spotlight on their longstanding end-of-summer events. In Wayzata, Lake Street serves as the epicenter of James J. Hill Days, a fun-filled...
by Emily Gedde | Sep 1, 2023 | Book Club, People
Wayzata poet shares how growing up in England to becoming mayor of Medina shaped her creativity. Writers find inspiration everywhere. Past experiences, surroundings, interests and influences are often credited for the ideas generated before the pen hits the paper. For...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Sep 1, 2023 | Senior Living
Mound mayor Jason Holt and executives from Artessa Development honored the groundbreaking of Artessa Mound Harbor, a 52-home cooperative community for people 62+ in Mound, during a soil melding ceremony to commemorate the community’s construction. The ceremony...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Sep 1, 2023 | Featured, Shops, Style
As the season turns, it’s time for a wardrobe refresh. Embracing fall colors is part of autumn’s seasonal celebration. While leaf transformations take center stage, wardrobes can also share in the spotlight. Blazers. Jeans. Sweaters. Let’s not forget headwear and...
by Jody Carey | Sep 1, 2023 | People
TikTok post opens the door to new social connections. There was a time when Erica Schulte King felt isolated. She had moved from Connecticut to Minnesota in 2002. While trying to establish herself and her family in the new community, she experienced the challenges of...
by Hollie Blanchard | Sep 1, 2023 | Arts, Noteworthy
Fashion and art are simultaneous. Designers drape and sculpt yards and yards of fabric on a human form that can create a visceral response from the wearer. I love John Christenson’s series, Window Shopping, where one gets a glimpse of the frocks adorning the...
by Elizabeth Larson | Sep 1, 2023 | Book Club, Noteworthy
The delightful biography series Little People, Big Dreams offers children a simple introduction to famous artists, scientists, athletes and others. Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara, the creator of the series, wanted to show children that future accomplishments often start...
by Rachael Perron | Sep 1, 2023 | Noteworthy, Recipes
The formula for a great salad comes down to just two things: texture and flavor, specifically the proper balancing of each. Crunchy, creamy and crispy, I always say, is the formula for superior salad. Same for taste. You need sweet, salty and sour, at a minimum, to...
