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...
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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...
Welcome to the October 2025 Issue
When beauty and fashion come together, as they do in this issue, creative self-expression can take center stage. Readers, how do you blend the two...
Welcome to the September 2025 Issue
Little did I know that, when I was a grade schooler, I was already a fan of chicory. Specifically, frisée (curly endive). Let me explain. My parents...
Welcome to the August 2025 Issue
As I write, I’ve just returned from New York City after a whirlwind weekend of family memory-making and lengthy walks throughout the city. While...
Welcome to the July 2025 Issue
I love a good mystery. Whether it’s through a gripping book, captivating podcast or binge-worthy streaming platform, I’m there for all the twists...
Welcome to the June 2025 Issue
I had never heard sounds like I did that day. I had never felt as though an entire building disappeared before my eyes. I had never watched as...
Welcome to the May 2025 Issue
Welcome, readers, to our 20th anniversary as the Lake Minnetonka area’s premier community lifestyle magazine. We couldn’t be prouder of our...
Welcome to the April 2025 Issue
Welcome to this month’s homes issue. As always, our writers develop articles with you, Readers, top of mind. The goal is to not only highlight local...
Welcome to the March 2025 Issue
The memory is embedded in my mind. It was about this time of year. We had just moved to the Twin Cities—for the second time. I sat one evening at...
Welcome to the February 2025 Issue
Readers, you’re always on the top of our invitation list to join us in celebrating the latest issue of Lake Minnetonka Magazine, but this month is...
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...
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...
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...
Welcome to the October 2024 Issue
“Ah, lovely October, as you usher in the season that awakens my soul, your awesome beauty compels my spirit to soar like a leaf caught in an autumn...
Welcome to the September 2024 Issue
This month welcomes you to our homes issue. As temps begin their rollercoaster ride downward, September nudges me back into home décor mode. By this...
Welcome to the August 2024 Issue
Does any other month slip by as quickly as August? For those who either work in education or have school-age children, 31 days hardly offers up...
Welcome to the July 2024 Issue
I love a good party, don’t you? Summertime soirées are the best of the best—when summer winds embrace the celebration, clear skies tent the...
Welcome to the June 2024 Issue
Our June issue is built around the themes of family, pets and senior living—about all of which we care deeply. We’ve woven articles throughout the...
Welcome to the May 2024 Issue
I find it fitting—in such a lovely, organic sense—that the themes of outdoor living and art join together to create this month’s issue. In so many...
