In the October issue Excelsior gallery owner Hayley Stoen shares advice for choosing your own fine art.
An antique pink door marks the entrance of the European chocolate shop on downtown Wayzata’s Lake Street.
October 2018 Lake Minnetonka Magazine
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Cathy Lingo, co-owner of The Garden Patch with her husband Tom, has been creating beautiful and spookily festive garden displays for over 20 years now. Just off of Highway 19, families can enjoy a fall afternoon learning about the historical traditions of Halloween.
[Arts]
Hayley Stoen has achieved something most people only dream of: turning her passion into her business. Stoen is the owner and curator of The Atelier Collection, a fine vintage art dealership in Excelsior.
Talk of alternative medicine seems to be everywhere these days. Once dismissed (at least in the West) as little more than pseudoscientific quackery, the practice has found its footing in the mainstream within recent years. But what makes it different from conventional medicine?
[Arts]
“I look at the world through the eyes of a child,” says Wayzata artist Wendy Shragg.
“I look around and I see pattern. Shape. Shadows. Color combinations. My mind works differently.”
Minnesotans are known for their fierce love of the state and its culture, but few cities inspire as much loyalty and passion as the ones around our beautiful Lake Minnetonka.
[People]
Artisan wood carver Erik Wyckoff has never actually lived in the Lake Minnetonka area. He’s a native of Connecticut and now lives and maintains a woodworking shop in South Minneapolis.
Before Nicole Lovald purchased Spirit of the Lake Yoga in Excelsior three years ago, she was a stressed-out working mother of two (Sophia, now 7, and Jackson, 11).
Food has a way of bringing people together—from Sunday brunch with a good friend to experiencing the food of another culture for the first time. We bake cookies for new neighbors, celebrate accomplishments with steak dinners and so on.
[People]
Professional athletes are a source of inspiration. We watch in awe during the Olympics as they perform nearly impossible feats—flips, spins, goals and record-breaking times.
Therese Thull, creative director and master formulator of local skin care company Rese & Co., has had close to 20 years of experience with skin care and skin health.
[Arts]
Bev Leckie and Pam Chenevert founded their business, Paint Paper Scissors, together in September of 2017.
At a newly opened school in Minnetonka, students ages 6 through 10 have the unique opportunity to spend time learning together.
[People]
Julia Ruelle, a junior at Minnetonka High School, had to endure a more difficult sophomore year than she expected. Last December, Julia was diagnosed with a tumor in the pineal region of her brain. While battling cancer, she found relief in the outdoors. “I love being outside.
Kassandra Kuehl is no newbie when it comes to the beauty industry. She attended the Aveda Institute in 2000 and owns her own successful salon, Beauty Ecology, in Wayzata.
This summer, local photographer Jim Douglas captured the spirit of Excelsior’s Firecracker Run, an annual Fourth of July tradition that’s been around for more than 40 years.
