You don’t have to give up your beauty routine while you’re on the road. We don’t know about you, but we love a good vacay for many reasons. One...
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Is a Balanced Life Even Possible?
Give up striving for perfection. Many of us strive to live a more balanced life. We want more balance between our work life, our home life, our...
Tips for First-time Destination Festival Attendees
Jump on the music festival bandwagon this summer. Let out your wild side—just for a weekend. For our summer entertainment issue, let’s chat about...
In 1909, Thousands Watched a Fiery Funeral for Lake Minnetonka’s Largest Boat
Onlookers watched as a decommissioned vessel was set ablaze. In 1901, Dr. George LaPaul had a stern-wheel steamboat built bearing his name at a cost...
Summer is the Season for Mushroom Foraging in Minnesota
Summer mushrooms are a delicious delight. August is a month of mushroom magic in Minnesota. Mushroom “roots,” known as mycelium, do their work...
Chamber of Commerce Director Shares Why She Loves the Lake Minnetonka Area
Chamber director Laura Hotvet shares her lifelong passion for the Excelsior area. “I live in Shorewood, not far from where I grew up,” says Laura...
This Summer on Lake Minnetonka, Watch the Dramatic Flight of the Dragonfly
Nature’s beauty is rich and intense this month. The drama of Lake Minnetonka in July is hard to resist: the boats, the teenagers, the sparkle of the...
Need to Walk More? Get a Dog
Pets can change our lives in big ways. For my job, I spend too much time sitting at my computer cranking out social media content for local...
Plan a Staycation to Experience the Best of Lake Minnetonka
Top picks for a mini vacation. Plan a staycation this summer with a handful of our favorite places to stay, eat and explore near the lake. Book a...
How to Make the Most of Summer in Minnesota
Make the most of this fleeting season. Minnesotans live for the summer. Every year when the days get longer and sunnier, our spirits begin to...
Tips from a Psychologist for a Successful Staycation
Take a “staycation” and enjoy home in a new way. You don’t have to go far to experience a change of scenery and get all the benefits that come from...
The Tragedy of Lake Minnetonka’s Halsted Brothers
The lives of the Halsted brothers ended sadly near the Lake Minnetonka bay that bears their name. After serving in the Civil War as a Navy captain,...
3 Food Presentation Tips from a MasterChef Junior Competitor
Ariana Feygin shares tips for plating like a Masterchef. It is a universally known fact in the culinary world that you eat with your eyes first. For...
You’re Never Too Old to Learn Something New
Natalie Webster goes back to school. I’m 48 years old. Though I didn’t go to college, I never stopped learning. I don’t have a formal education in...
Don’t Cut Corners and Other Cooking Tips from Grandma
Kitchen tips from another generation. For Lake Minnetonka Magazine’s senior living edition, I thought of one of my most amazing mentors in the...
This Month, Read Chef Marcus Samuelsson’s Culinary Chronicle
We dig in to Marcus Samuelsson’s memoir. Marcus Samuelsson is a renowned Ethiopian-Swedish chef and restauranteur who, among other accolades, was...
The History of Boulder Bridge Farm
Boulder Bridge Farm, once owned by the Daytons, was at one point the largest of Lake Minnetonka's "gentleman farms." At one point, Boulder Bridge...
Learn the History of Woodbury from Those Who Were There
Recordings preserve history worth sharing. If journalism—my beloved former trade—isn’t quite a first record of history, oral history surely is....
A Guide to Cooking for One
Tips for cooking—and enjoying—a solo meal. The hectic days of feeding a large family are a thing of the past, with my kids off to college and my...
How to Take the Stress Out of Traveling with Kids
A family trip doesn’t have to be a headache. You’ve heard it, and maybe even said it: “A trip with kids is not a vacation.” Well, we dare to propose...
