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When I snapped off an aloe branch to squeeze out the goo to treat sunburn in Hawaii, I became mesmerized by the natural ways to treat ailments. While I’m still faster to pop some Aleve than seek a holistic alternative, I do think that naturopathic...
If you’ve ever have a free night and want to go out dancing, but don’t have a partner, check out the monthly Friday night hoopla put on by the Single Circles Square Dancing Club. They’ll teach you the steps and find you a partner, and you might be...
The best part about my job is getting to meet all kinds of folks – folks who are passionate about one thing or another and have parlayed that passion into something fabulous. And that’s just what Mike Hillesheim, president of Creek Hill Custom Homes...
When it comes to philanthropies, there aren’t many causes more worthy than feeding a famished population of people. And there may not be a pocket of the world more in need than drought-ridden Somalia, which Antonio Guterres, head of the United...
Fri, 2012-02-10 17:34 in Food Drive, Food Packing, Impact Lives
Anyone with an aspiring young dancer or ballerina should read about Maple Grove’s own dance company artistic director, Julia Levina.The Ukrainian transplant has been running a performance company in Chanhassen for going on 10 years. She has taken...
You can hear it in Jesse Paul’s voice: the passion to snowboard and earnestness to be the best. “One of the biggest things is being committed,” Paul says. “Snowboarding as much as you can because it does take a lot of time to get good.” Adds his...
If there was ever someone to develop the perfect Valentine’s Day recipe, it’s Alice Tanghe. She has a lot of backup. Built-in shelves in her office hold over 500 recipe books, grouped according to region, type of food, type of cooking vessel, Junior...
My daughter recently got engaged, and we are thrilled! We adore her fiancé and are so utterly happy for them and this crazy, wonderful journey on which they are about to embark. That said, it’s hard not to think back to that sweet, little child...
The Shoppes Go Red for Women, a campaign by The Shoppes at Arbor Lakes and the American Heart Association aiming to spread heart disease awareness, will take Maple Grove's outdoor mall by storm in February. Shop windows will be decked out in red,...
There’s nothing like venturing out on your own to do something you truly love. Liz Schiller, mother, dreamer, fashionista, and proprietor of newly opened women’s boutique Juniper is a great example of someone who knew what she was good at and didn’t...
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