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Our lovely February issue is devoted to travel, food and wine, and you’ll find articles and nuggets of information on these topics sprinkled throughout the magazine. Read more about Read the February 2022 Digital Edition

We’ve spent the better part of the last two months thinking about our dinnertime fares with the holidays commanding their spots at the dining table. Let’s switch the narrative. This issue’s Tastemakers section takes a rearview look at lunch—specifically those shared in school cafeterias around the globe and the context that served a multitude of experiences. Read more about Read the January 2022 Digital Edition

Understandably, we tend to find ourselves buttoned up come wintertime—ensconced in our homes, snuggled up near a fire, cozied up in a favorite chair or, if ambition strikes, engaged in indoorsy endeavors. Admittedly, we are good at getting out on the ski and sled hills, off to outdoor community events and the like, but how much contact are we having with our neighbors? In fact, how well do you know your neighbors or fellow residents? Read more about Read the December 2021 Digital Edition

Is it too early to think about holiday gift giving? I don’t think so, especially when this issue offers a few inspired-giving ideas, rooted in gratitude—the word of the month. Read more about Read the November 2021 Digital Edition

Aesop is said to have stated, “Good things come in small packages.” As for great things—I think they sometimes arrive in bespoke miniature proportions.

When Anne Marie Ruff Grewal of Wayzata reached out to me about an article idea for the magazine, her suggestion resonated with me a personal level. Let me explain. Read more about Read the October 2021 Digital Edition

Fresh starts. A little tabula rasa does us all good from time-to-time. Looking forward affords us the opportunity to embrace change and accept new challenges. For some, January is a good starting point; for others, September is the launching pad for moving in a new direction. Read more about Read the September 2021 Digital Edition

We’re well on our way through summer with fall in our sights. Typically, this issue would include our annual Prep Elite article. Each year, we ask area high schools to nominate incoming seniors, who exemplify the schools’ standards of excellence in a multitude of areas. Our editorial team then highlights four or five of the students in our pages. Read more about Read the August 2021 Digital Edition

Welcome to one of the most anticipated issues of the year—the annual Best of Lake Minnetonka Readers’ Poll results, showcasing community members’ favorite businesses and services, and, in my estimation, this issue can’t come soon enough. Read more about July 2021 Digital Edition

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The end of the school year can find some of us itching for a vacation—that is during “normal” years. The public’s comfort level when it comes to travel this summer remains to be seen, but one thing is for sure—our area is chock-full of respite spots and outdoor recreation opportunities. Read more about Read the June 2021 Digital Edition

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Pundits, commentators and the like have been discussing parts of the societal fallout of the most recent pandemic. Making comparisons from historical events to the present is a common and necessary course of dialogue, and one of the current topics includes predicting if society will be similarly impacted as it was post the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. Read more about May 2021 Digital Edition