In the June issue we're talking summer nights with some Stillwater date ideas from three SCV couples, and we're checking out revamped restaurants in a new culinary section.
On a 20-acre site of wooded land along the St. Croix River sits a small, historic cabin built around 1915. Set atop the river bluff with a porch overlooking the water, the cabin just north of Marine on St.
During the day, Tin Bins in Stillwater might seem like your typical locally owned coffee shop.
GROWING UP in a big family in Mahtomedi, the Woodford sisters learned early on how to find imaginative ways to have fun. “We had lots of time for creativity,” Allyssa Woodford Hughes says.
Atmosphere is the white whale of the restaurant industry: The harder one tries to capture it, the quicker it slips through the weather-worn grasp. A perfect catch is the balance between a destination eatery and the neighborhood bar, where friends are always near at hand.
Artists and bird lovers from throughout the Valley joined together to support ArtReach St. Croix on April 24 at the annual silent and live auction event in Stillwater.
For nearly 50 years, the Barbary Coast Dixieland Showband has been entertaining audiences of all ages with live shows featuring a distinctive blend of toe-tapping music, humor and showmanship.
Often this time of year, you’ll find the Hamilton family biking or walking the Zephyr trail, or from their house to the Lake McKusick bridge (with a stop to look for turtles) with kids Ella, 12, Oren, 10 and Lewis, 7. Like so many, they long to get outside after a winter spent at the St.
Before the days of European settlement, millions of bison thrived in the expansive grasslands of North America, roaming freely from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
For those of us who might have considered acupuncture but found we weren’t sure enough about how it works, or how its practitioners are trained, or what a session might actually feel like, St. Croix Valley Magazine has some points to ponder.
Stillwater is known for its charming streetscapes and historic riverside, but a part of the city’s downtown is hidden beneath rock and concrete.
If you like to periodically revamp your wardrobe or update furniture and home décor—and who doesn’t?—consignment shopping offers a cost-saving and environmentally friendly alternative to an otherwise single-use world.
When Stillwater native Laurie Wright teamed up with business partner Chad Nakano to launch Modern Envy Apparel in May 2015, their goal was to create a line of fashionable, high-performance socks that would appeal to children, athletes
St. Croix Festival Theatre has been providing professional live theater for residents of the St. Croix Valley for more than 25 years, thanks to a bit of serendipity and a lot of passion from a handful of key individuals.
In its 39th year, the Rivertown Art Festival returns to Lowell Park in Stillwater for two days of art, food and fun June 4 and 5. The community event features more than 100 local artists and vendors, making it the St.
In Sweden, Midsommar Dag is second only to Christmas as the biggest holiday of the year. Midsommar Dag (Midsummer Day), is an annual celebration of the summer solstice that includes feasting, dancing and general revelry.
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