The Arboretum Sparkles And Shines This Season
Around Town
Nine women are transforming the face of travel in Excelsior with the help of one historic Minnesota home.
Minnetonka High School’s (MHS) Homecoming Parade moved along Excelsior’s Water Street, which was lined with parade goers. The event featured MHS cubs, sports teams, grades and members of the Homecoming Court.
Stretching down Lake Street from Broadway Avenue to Ferndale Road, James J. Hill Days is set for September 10–12 with festivities kicking off Friday evening from 5–10 p.m. and continuing Saturday from 10 a.m.–10 p.m.
Strap on your helmets, and load up your bike racks—Minnetonka’s 16th annual Tour de Tonka returns after being canceled last summer and replaced by the smaller Fall de Tonka ride in the autumn.
In February, precious little seems to be growing in the woods. Except lichen.
Enjoy our early-fall weather outdoors this month with St. David’s Center’s 13th annual Get Out and Grow fall festival on September 28.
A staycation is friendlier on the wallet, while still doing the mind and body good.
Need a way to shake off those early-spring blahs? iFly Indoor Skydiving opened in Minnetonka in December.
Across the street from Ridgedale Center sits the newest Voxel Virtual Reality Parlour, which opened this summer (its original location is in St. Paul). Voxel offers an array of virtual reality experiences.
No one needs another pair of socks, a generic coffee mug or the latest pop-nonfiction bestseller to clutter up the closet (or the bookshelf, or the kitchen counter … you get my drift).