April 2018 Archives - Lake Minnetonka Magazine

Local Business Leader and Author Sue Hawkes Collaborates with Her Daughter on a New Book

Sue Hawkes, a natural entrepreneur since she started a business in fifth grade, has a passion for sharing her talents to help others achieve their...

Wayzata Native Andrea Loth Opens Mobile Gift-wrapping Business

Gift Guides

When the holidays arrive, Andrea Loth’s friends and family can expect perfectly wrapped gifts—complete with a bow or two. While attending Orono High...

Lens on Lake Minnetonka: A Very Hungry Caterpillar

Photo Contest

Mound photographer places in our annual contest. A photogenic caterpillar and a vibrant color scheme of green earned Mound’s Chris Grace second...

Battle of the Lake Area Brunches

Restaurants

We’re approaching that glorious time of year when the breakfast-lunch mash-up is the center of attention. For special occasions like Easter or...

Easter on the Lake

Entertain, Outdoors

Hop your way to these family-friendly events. Easter is on April 1—celebrate with your family around Lake Minnetonka. Find some Easter eggs, choose...

Minnetonka Resident Seeks to Create a Better Night’s Sleep

Interior Design, Shops

Need to hit the reset button on your sleep habits? The Better Pillow might be able to help. The idea for the specially designed pillow was born when...

An Apple a Day

Garden, Landscape, People

Local surgeon shares his passion for gardening. Ralph Bashioum is a plastic surgeon by day and avid gardener and nurseryman by night, weekend—and...

Saving the “Trapper’s Cabin”

Book Club, History

Wayzata resident chronicles her work to save historic cabin in new book. Irene Stemmer, sharp as ever at age 92, is leafing through her book, The...

Behind the Lens with Tiffany Kokal

Arts

Photographer Tiffany Kokal finds her niche working with small local businesses. Tiffany Kokal spends hours behind a camera, but photography hasn’t...

Good Clean Fun with Evangeline Stacy’s New Sustainable Bath and Body Line

Shops, Wellness

Wayzata massage therapist launches a line of clean bath and body products—and is making the world a better place, too. Evangeline Stacy is one of...

Garlic Mustard: What You Need to Know to Identify and Remove This Invasive Weed

Garden, Landscape

Spring ushers in all sorts of good things, especially budding trees and blooming flowers. But not all new plant life is necessarily good—take garlic...

An Excelsior Early Childhood Center Expands Its Programming for Toddlers

Education

For mom Kate Stevens, choosing childcare for her two young sons was no easy task. “We toured a number of different places, and I left a lot of them...