Streetcars on the Waves | Enrich Yourself
Tom Rob Smith's debut novel, Child 44, remains to this day one of the best thrillers I have ever read. Exciting, adventuresome, at times disturbing and extraordinarily original, Child 44 is one of those rare debuts that seems impossible to top.
Professional photorealistic painter David Holmes says he’s always doing things to inspire his children. That’s why he created a chalk drawing of the Mona Lisa on his driveway last summer.
Snapping a picture of Tucker was not an easy feat. “He doesn’t sit still much,” says Al Whitaker, the photographer and owner of the 1-year-old Morkie, a Maltese and Yorkshire terrier mix.
Some of us just don’t have a green thumb. The experienced among us point and laugh while we toil in the beating sun watching our efforts lead to nothing—not even a single sprout. That could all change at the annual Spring Garden Fair at the Southshore Center.
College costs are high and rising at a rate of 5 percent per year. According to Christina Boyd, managing director of investments at Merrill Lynch in Wayzata, average annual tuition for a public university in Minnesota is $25,000.
Judy Cyr watched a 1,000-pound slab of granite get hoisted with pulleys into her new screened-in porch. That was followed by two pieces weighing 400 pounds each and a final piece weighing in at 800 pounds.
The importance of reading can’t be overstated. Children who become competent readers are more successful in school and in life.
Last November, Steele Fitness opened its fifth location in the Mason Motors building in downtown Excelsior.
Get ready to get beautiful from the comfort of your own home. Now anyone can experience the myriad of exquisite fragrances available at Excelsior’s La Petite Parfumerie by visiting their recently launched online shop.
Minnetonka’s Emilee Metcalf is known as a “hair farmer” since she has donated her hair three times to organizations benefiting those diagnosed with cancer. Her previous donation came after she battled uterine cancer in 2011; the cancer is in remission.
MyChelle Dermaceuticals recently launched Visia Complexion Analysis at Whole Foods stores across the country.
To further beautify the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Wayzata residents Alfred Harrison and Ingrid Lenz Harrison recently donated more than 20 outdoor sculptures to be displayed along Three-Mile Drive.
Tom Rob Smith's debut novel, Child 44, remains to this day one of the best thrillers I have ever read. Exciting, adventuresome, at times disturbing and extraordinarily original, Child 44 is one of those rare debuts that seems impossible to top.
A new language immersion program that opened in September in Minnetonka is having great success in its first year.
Tucked away in Tonka Bay is the home that architect Jack Griswold designed and built in 1956. Griswold constructed a three-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Scandinavian style with clean lines in which to raise his three daughters.
There’s a world traveler in our midst. Minnetonka’s own Laura Bowman, along with 19 other American players and two coaches, took a hockey trip to Moscow last fall.
Kamut, quinoa, teff, spelt, freekeh, farro, amaranth and millet. Sound like a list of exotic destinations? Not quite. In fact, they’re names of whole or alternative grains, and you can experience them right here in our lake-area neighborhoods.
Does the thought of adult education remind you of the movie where Rodney Dangerfield goes back to school and humiliates himself? Put that image out of your mind and check out the following continuing education opportunities in the lake area.
If you ask Tyler Middleton what he loves about his new home, his thoughts barely make it past the front porch. “I think the porch reinforces the neighborhood culture of yesteryear. You sit on the porch and invite neighbors to stop by and have a seat,” Middleton says.
Loungers around the lake in the summer can’t help but notice the flashy yellow antique steamship with a triangular red flag proclaiming “Minnehaha” as its smokestack puffs away into the blue sky.
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