Adults, it’s time to take back Halloween. Sure, the holiday might seem to revolve around the kids, all decked out in costumes romping the streets in search of the year’s supply of candy, but why can’t moms and dads embrace All Hallows’ Eve, in all its culinary glory? Read more about Monster Bites
St. Croix-area micro-brew options are multiplying so quickly they filled a feature story in this magazine this past June. Now, two more breweries are pulling up a seat to the proverbial table.
Hop and Barrel Brewing, Hudson
Attorney Justin Terbeest called a friend to tell him about a crazy idea he had: to open a micro-brewery in the heart of Hudson. Read more about Two New Breweries are Joining the Micro-brew Scene This Fall
For more than 100 years, a small grocery store has stood on the corner of Myrtle and Owens streets in Stillwater. Although ownership has passed through various hands several times, Len’s Family Foods has occupied the corner store for more than two decades—and has no plans to leave any time soon. Open 365 days of the year, the grocery store is a neighborhood gem, well-loved and well-known in the Valley as a warm and welcoming place to shop. Read more about Mom-and-Pop Shop
Summer is gone, but that doesn’t mean that family fun has to stop. Throughout the St. Croix Valley, there are plenty of indoor activities to keep the youngest members of your family active and engaged in the chilly months ahead. Read more about Kid-friendly Indoor Activities Are the Perfect Antidote to Cabin Fever
Bad Larry’s Hard Coffee comes as quite the blessing to coffee lovers who aspire to fill their days with the caffeinated brew. Now your love of the buzz can continue from morning into night as you sip on this inventive mix. Combining 45 percent real cold-brew from St. Paul’s Blackeye Roasting Co. and 50 percent malt liquor from City Brewing in La Crosse, Wis., Bad Larry’s is the brainchild of Matt McGinn. He has 13 years of experience when it comes to coffee. Read more about Bad Larry’s Hard Cold-brew Is Now Available Across the Valley
Jill Foote and Donna Fjelstad, members of St. Croix Paranormal, are both passionate about ghost investigation. “I’ve had things around me all the time,” Fjelstad says. She started showing abilities at an early age.
Foote, on the other hand, began exploring the paranormal as a way to understand death. “I was afraid of dying and feeling like, ‘If you die, that’s it.’ I couldn’t deal with that,” Foote says. “I had to know for myself. So I ask a lot of questions to them as to what’s going on over there.” Read more about Ghosts in the Valley
You don’t need to travel to northern California or Tuscany for a food tour. Founded by Nancy McNulty and her daughter Liz Lettner five years ago, Foodies on Foot takes locals and tourists alike through the best culinary Stillwater has to offer.
Inspired by food tours the two took while on vacation, “I kind of thought Stillwater has everything that’s needed to do a food tour,” McNulty says. “We’ve got the history, we’ve got amazing restaurants, and it’s just a cute little river town.” Read more about Savor Stillwater
In the October issue we're checking out Foodies on Foot, food tours that give a taste of the best in Stillwater. Read more about October 2017 St. Croix Valley Magazine
Here
is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger
Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby
sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this
rollicking musical. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy
Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as
the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as
"Greased Lightnin'," "It's Raining on Prom Night," "Alone at the
Read more about SAHS Theatre Department presents GREASE!
Proceeds
of 9th Annual Valley Vine & Harvest Throwdown will benefit
Canvas Health’s mental health services
Lake
Elmo, Minnesota - On Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, seven local chefs will take part in
an epic culinary competition with the goal of raising money for local mental
health programs, substance use programs, and Minnesota’s suicide prevention
phone lines. Read more about Valley Vine & Harvest Throwdown
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