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We’ve Moved the Blog!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Frightfully Fun Halloween Party
Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ari and I had a great time at the Festival Theatre’s Halloween party Friday night. They had tours of the theatre with volunteers acting out the history of the theatre in a most ghoulish fun way. There were wine and beer tastings, food, games, and great music (Monster Mash and Ghostbusters of course). The party [...]
Hot Soup Downtown
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now that it’s chilly outside, and sometimes down right cold, a cup of soup is just what I need for lunch so I was really happy to see that Fine Acres Market, downtown St. Croix Falls, is offering fresh soup made on site using ingredients from the store – local produce when possible.
Fine Acres also [...]
What’s Slow Food?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe you’ve heard of the “slow food” movement – or maybe you haven’t? Well, I’m going to give you a dilly of an example in just a bit.
But first, slow food, as listed on the Slow Food International website, “is to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance [...]
Community Mosaic Project
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Each Autumn Fest we try to have a community art project. This year with the help of artist, Cynthia Rintala, we had a mosaic project. Using glass and pottery we had more than 70 people work on the project this year. Here are some pictures to share. We’ll try and post the final mosaic after [...]
Wayne’s Cafe Wins Autumn Fest Chili Contest
Posted in Uncategorized on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the second year in a row, the community chose Wayne’s Cafe as the winner of the annual Autumn Fest Chili Contest held at the Overlook St. Croix Falls on September 27th. This year the race was tight, with fewer than ten votes separating first from last place. Over 200 members of the public came [...]
Autumn Fest – A Great Success!!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Autumn Fest 2009, September 26 and 27th was a great success. We doubled our attendance on Saturday with a conservative estimate of 2000, and it sounded like vendors and guests were all very happy with the day.
We’ll post pictures of the events as they come in, so keep checking back. Thank you to Gary Noren [...]
Dine Fresh Dine Local – I’m Full!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re reading this before dinner time on September 11th you still have time to catch a fabulous meal – featuring local ingredients – at 7 area restaurants. I have done my part to enjoy the offerings (and to show my support) and I’m really getting full, but boy is it worth it!
So here’s the [...]
Inn Serendipity Visits SCF
Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
St. Croix Falls was fortunate to have some visitors last week who absolutely love our town. They definitely saw how we’ve really created something special and unique in our city. The trails, the energy, the flavors.
The visitors were Lisa Kivirist, her husband John Ivanko and their son Liam. Lisa and John operate a bed and [...]
Local Food and the Health Care Debate
Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The most recent op-ed piece from Michael Pollan is titled “Big Food vs. Big Insurance.” Because it’s two pages long, I’ll just post the link here for people who are interested in exploring links between the health care debate and the local foods movement.
