Finance + Legal Services

JH & Associates

Payroll, Accounting, Income Tax Article by David Scheller John Q. Magazinereader minds his business. He does his job well. He takes care of his family. He carries himself with dignity and grace, and makes a positive impact wherever he goes. He might even be somewhat like you . Unfortunately for Magazinereader, he lives in a perplexing reality: where the government knows how much taxes he owes, and how little he can get away with paying, and won’t tell him. Unless he successfully navigates...

Home + Design

The Mustard Seed

Pieces of Eden for Sale Article by David Scheller | Photography by Pete Rose The Garden of Eden hasn’t been seen since the events of Gen. 3:23, yet our love for the place lingers on. Being surrounded by leafy things brings us back to a time without worries; when we smelled the roses without stopping. It’s almost as though our billions of ancestors were rewarded for seeking out fertile environments, and gradually developed a heritable preference for greenery in response. A novel idea! Our...

Local Services

SouthWest Transit

This Is the Dawning of the Age of Autonomy Article by David Scheller It’s easy to lose sight of how far we’ve come: horse-drawn carriages to autonomous vehicles (AVs) in only the thinnest of slivers of human history. Think about that. Even the writers of The Jetsons assumed George would have to drive his own car. Eden Prairie isn’t late to the future. Our town’s own SouthWest Transit unveiled autonomous driving technology here last year, and plans to roll out five self-driving Toyota...

Shopping

Bill’s Toggery

Nearly One Century of Refined Style Article by Bill Scheller | Photography by Emily John Billy Wermerskirchen has a good idea of what’s in any gentleman’s closet – and what’s probably not.  “Men often don’t have dress clothes in their closets,” says Billy, third-generation owner of Bill’s Toggery, the Shakopee shop founded 93 years ago by his grandfather William Wermerskirchen, Sr. “If they do, what they’re likely to own is either dated, or no longer fits. Or it just isn’t there at all.” As a...

Life + Culture

Eden Prairie Historical Society Museum

Article by David Scheller “Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?—every, every minute?” – Thornton Wilder, Our Town It’s 1858 . I am prone, crawling through tall grass, edging closer to whooping and reports of smoothbore muskets. A band of Ojibwe up to 200 strong has come to exact revenge against the Dakota people, and announced their arrival by slaying a man while he was fishing. The Battle of Shakopee is the latest chapter in an eons-old blood feud. It is also the last...

Food + Beverage

Nothing Bundt Love

Nothing Bundt Cakes Owner Kim Cassens Is Spreading Joy One Sweet Treat at a Time Article by Lauren Beaubaire A sweet expansion is here. Kim Cassens, franchise owner of Nothing Bundt Cakes in Eden Prairie, recently opened her fifth location in Prior Lake-Savage, enabling more dessert lovers to indulge in the delicious cakes that Nothing Bundt Cakes bakes up. “I’ve always wanted to open more than just one store,” says Kim. “It’s just been really exciting to grow and be a part of helping even...

Food + Beverage

Music Bingo at T.J. Hooligan’s Pub & Grub

Article by David Scheller Bingo. It’s the ultimate thrill. There are numbered orbs . There are fluorescent daubers . There is even G57 . Many wonderful people have a wonderful time playing this wonderful game. If you’re one of them, then I insist you put this magazine down (gently, for it is a good magazine) and proceed forthwith to the nearest bingo hall. …okay. All clear. Now that the bingo enthusiasts are away from their magazines, I can finally open up and be honest about bingo. ...

Life + Culture

Wondercure

Just What the Doctor Ordered Article by David Scheller Imagine a city managed exclusively by rock stars. There would be Joe Walsh, director of liquor operations; Ozzy Ozborne, director of wildlife management; Sting, chief of the fire department; and Ted “Motor City Madman” Nugent, director of ironic job title assignation. Such a city would surely rock. It might just rock a little too hard to support refined society, however, which is why I say it’s for the best that our own city’s staff...

Fitness

Lonna Mosow's Center for Mind Body Fitness

Helping Shape Peoples’ Lives Article by David Scheller | Photography by Pete Rose You want to move freely and painlessly throughout all your decades. And as delightful as all doctors are, you’d rather spend as little time around them as possible. More precisely, you want to become a “super-ager.” Lonna Mosow will help. Upon meeting her at her Center for Mind Body Fitness – or during her first visit to your home – you will know Lonna practices what she preaches. After speaking with her, you...

Life + Culture

Pet Evolution Gives Helping Paws a Helping Hand

Article by David Scheller Every dog is priceless. A Helping Paws golden or Labrador retriever just so happens to be worth that much plus $35,000. Now that’s what I call “big dog money.” A Helping Paws dog is worth every penny, too, for they are fiercely intelligent and perfectly gentle, aglow with equal parts enthusiasm and sweetness, and trained to be as helpful as caninely possible to a person with a disability, or a veteran or first responder with PTSD. The Eden Prairie nonprofit has...