Home + Design

Classic Company

“We Pour Our Hearts Into Every Project” Article by David Scheller Eden Prairie isn’t a concrete jungle. Thanks to Classic Company, our town is a concrete paradise, where any homeowner can have the walkway, driveway or outdoor living space of their dreams. Whether your idea is to remodel your home – or simply bring it to perfection with a matching fire pit and pool deck – the local specialists are standing by to make it concrete. “Our business was founded by Eric Nelson: a lifelong concrete...

Event Planning + Services

Bearpath Golf & Country Club

Many Ways to Serve You Article by David Scheller Don’t live in Bearpath? Don’t play golf? Then you’ll still love Bearpath Golf & Country Club. Its picturesque grounds, luxurious spaces, and full-service event planning team make Bearpath the ideal venue for any occasion.  Weddings. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Retirements. Charity fundraisers. Bearpath brilliantly accommodates events of all sizes. And if you would like to host a corporate gathering that makes a big impact, Bearpath offers the...

Home + Design

Access Design + Build

Live Barrier Free Article by David Scheller Minnesota will continue to stand strong so long as we have our most precious resource. I am speaking, of course, about baby boomers: that enlightened generation which gave the world cell phones, the internet, and music that can actually be listened to. That’s why I’m grateful to declare there will be no shortage of boomers for the foreseeable future. By the year 2030, one out of five Minnesotans will be a boomer! Unfortunately, the hips which spun...

Home + Design

Yetzer Home Store

Now a Chain. Still a Boutique. Article by David Scheller | Photography by Emily John Plywood that was previously used to secure windows during Hurricane Elena. Upholstery that would look right at home draped across the floors of an animal rescue. Dimensions that appear to have been devised by an AI which only has a dim notion of how the human body is proportioned. These are the hallmarks of cheap furniture – the specialty of many chain stores, not one of which bears mention in a...

Arts + Culture

David Smith Fine Art

Article by David Scheller David Smith’s father wasn’t a harsh critic. But as a good, pragmatic Midwestern man, he reasoned that a drawing should actually look like whatever was drawn. Whenever David’s latest piece contained something askew, his father’s keen eye for detail homed right in on it. That is the kind of parenting which drives a boy to photorealism: a good style for a young artist to embrace early on, as it fortifies their powers of representation. But in an all too common turn of...

Real Estate

Platzke Real Estate Group

#1 Coldwell Banker Team in Minnesota Article by David Scheller In 2023, Helgeson Platzke Real Estate Group closed 423 transactions for a total of $247 million in sales. Consider that a point of town pride: an Eden Prairie real estate agency surpassing the gross national product of two sovereign nations. Granted, Tuvalu and Nauru aren’t exactly economic juggernauts. Even so, Micronesia had better watch its back, because Ryan Platzke and his team are just getting started. Their goal for 2024? ...

Food + Beverage

Kona Grill

Weekend Brunch Served Saturdays and Sundays 10am–2pm Article by David Scheller This weekend, forget about breakfast and lunch. Head to Kona Grill for something a hundred times better: brunch! Ricotta cheese fritters nestled under blueberry-ginger compote, toasted honey butter and raspberry sauce. Spicy lobster avocado toast adorned with a quail egg and hollandaise – a sauce supreme in many ways. Steak and eggs, featuring a 12-ounce grilled ribeye in peppercorn sauce served with potatoes...

Home + Design

Monkey Wrench Plumbing

Plumbing Services You’ll Go Ape Over Article by David Scheller It is the year 20XX. You and your loving spouse have just received heartwarming news that your daughter has been elected president of the United States. This is a historic first! She won’t be the first female president (Taylor Swift already won that distinction), but she will become the first Minnesotan president. Her “ice fishing economy” platform wasn’t a huge hit with Southern voters at first, but she ultimately won them over...

Wellness

Snooze Mattress Company

Discover Your Perfect Mattress Article by David Scheller Online shopping is mostly safe. Sure – you might make a mistake here and there, such as ordering a sweater to give to your wife only to discover that it is made for a toy dog. Fortunately, most poorly advised online purchases aren’t life-altering setbacks. Just save the weird stuff you don’t want for a white elephant gift exchange. That’s what weird stuff you don’t want is for. But do you know what is a life-altering setback? Buying...

Wellness

Institute for Integrative Therapies

Transforming Society Through the Innovation of Psychedelic Therapies to Cultivate Wholeness, Healing and Meaning Article by David Scheller | Photography by Emily John Ketamine . It is an anesthetic with minor hallucinogenic effects; approved by the FDA in 1970, and now one of the most commonly used medicines worldwide.  When it is administered by a doctor – and when its recipient also receives therapy – ketamine can elicit numerous mental health benefits. It might already have become...