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...

Education

Eden Prairie Montessori

The Exercises of Practical Life Article by David Scheller John Locke said a child's mind is like a blank slate; or, to put it more contemporarily, an iPad without software. He believed experience alone determines who a child will be.  Perhaps some dispositions are bred in the bone. Who can say? But Locke sure was right about one thing. Children do learn from experience. In fact, it’s the only thing they’ll ever learn from.  Decorum. Propriety. Savoir faire. You have these qualities in...

Food + Beverage

Baker's Ribs

In Barbecue Miles, Dallas and Eden Prairie Are Neighbors Article by Bill Scheller | Photography by Pete Rose Al Killion’s sign promising “Real Texas BBQ” isn’t a boast, it’s a fact. “Baker’s is a longtime star in the barbecue scene here in Dallas,” says a buddy of mine who hails from Big D. My friend says he’s surprised to hear Baker’s has a foothold in Minnesota – but Eden Prairie BBQ connoisseurs aren’t surprised at all. They know that Baker’s in Dallas is where Al got his start in the...

Travel

Flying Cloud Airport’s 2040 Long-Term Plan

The Future of Aviation in Eden Prairie Article by David Scheller The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit is the United States Air Force’s most expensive plane. For each hour the $2 billion jet spends in flight, it spends another hundred hours in maintenance. That includes regular and total disassembly: every part is taken apart, inspected inside out, and gingerly put back together again. Such scrutiny, planning and focus on safety are required of all elements of aviation – including the development...

Food + Beverage

Brazin’s Spinach Artichoke Dip

From Chef Kevin of Brazin Public House: Something Special That Will Warm You Up Article and Photography by 8 oz Cream cheese (room temperature) 1 pint Heavy whipping cream (38% fat or higher) 4 oz Parmesan cheese, grated (BelGioioso or similar – not Kraft) 3 cloves Garlic, minced ½ each Red onion, finely diced 1 each Jalapeno, seeded & finely diced (optional) 1 each Fresno pepper, seeded & finely diced (optional) 1 – 16 oz jar Marinated artichoke hearts, roughly chopped 1 –...

Home + Design

The Mustard Seed

Paradise, West of Eden Article by David Scheller | Photography by Pete Rose The February cold nips at your ankles with the savagery of an unloved Chihuahua. It doesn’t faze you. You are determined to be somewhere summery … joyful … alive! … brimming with beautiful houseplants that can become your beautiful houseplants, so you continue traversing the few remaining feet separating your car from The Mustard Seed’s greenhouse. You pause to drink it all in: an impossible pocket of verdure...

Professional Services

Arctic Wolf

Envisioning a Future Without Cyber Risk Article by David Scheller /!\YOUR COMPANY NETWORK HAS BEEN PENETRATED /!\ All your important files have been encrypted! Medusa’s message to Minneapolis Public Schools on March 7th, 2023 began with that chilling warning. The ransomware gang proceeded to explain it had seized over 300,000 of the school district’s files and would restore them in exchange for $1 million. On the advice of the FBI, Minneapolis Public Schools did not submit to Medusa’s...

Wellness

F.Y.T. Health & Wellness

Doing the Little Things That Make the Greatest Impact Article by David Scheller Your body is a universe. Your mind is immeasurable. And your soul? It is beyond Eden Prairie Lifestyle’s powers of estimation, though suffice to say it is rather big. Barriers. Imbalances. Disconnections. Machines can’t detect when these things are in your body, mind and soul. But they don't need to. You can sense them well enough – as well as address them, with Vanessa Nordstrom’s help. Vanessa’s mother was a...

Health + Wellness

The Dental Specialists Orthodontics

Dr. Sperl Sets Things Straight Article by David Scheller Maybe you are a teenager and are currently rewarding yourself for finishing your homework by reading your favorite magazine. Or maybe you haven’t been required to learn algebra since rotary phones were in vogue. No matter. So long as you still have them, it’s always a good time to straighten your teeth.  And you live in the best place to do it because our town is home to the practice of Dr. Adam J. Sperl. As a member of The Dental...