Diane’s Place Honored as Restaurant of the Year 2025
Food & Wine magazine singles out the Northeast Minneapolis eatery as this year’s best. When chef Diane Moua opened Diane’s Place in April 2024,...
Bring Fall Inside the Home
When it’s time to say goodbye to your outdoor garden for the year, it can be bittersweet. The good news is Ryan McEnaney of Bailey Nurseries has...
How Custom One Brings the Outdoors In
Whether it’s the outdoor water features, the more than 100 windows offering optimal natural light or a double island in the kitchen, an...
Connor Dainty Shares How His Love of Collage Aims To Inspire
Woodbury alumnus makes a name for himself in the world of collage art. Art always had a way of pulling Connor Dainty in. Even while attending...
Shop Local
Dodge Nature Center
Come nourish your need for nature! Enjoy the beauty and restorative power of the big woods, farm fields, and prairie grasses at Shepard Farm, Dodge Nature Center’s property nearby in Cottage Grove. Only 11 miles from the heart of Woodbury, Shepard Farm offers 140 acres of greenspace for people of all ages to experience the outdoors and learn something new in nature. There’s lots for you to do: Hike the trail through the 100-year-old woods. You’re welcome every day from sunrise to sunset—and it’s always free! See farm animals like cows, goats, and sheep in the wide pastures Garden and grow...
Noteworthy
Designing for the Daily Hustle
As the school year kicks off, families everywhere are shifting gears—from lazy summer mornings to packed lunches, permission slips and evening...
Readers’ Choice Voting Opens September 8
We want to hear what you think, Readers! Make your voice heard by helping us choose the Readers’ Choice winning photograph in the 27th annual Focus...
Vintage Finds at the Heritage House
Does this vintage popcorn popper look familiar to anyone? I am old enough to remember my family using this to make popcorn at home before the...
“The Rose Code”
In 1940 England, three women find themselves at the center of Bletchley Park, where the best of the British work to decode German messages. Osla, a...
Events
Prenatal & Postpartum Class
Join us at Casa de Corazón – Woodbury for a free, hands-on class designed for expecting and postpartum parents. Led by doula Hayden Brame with...
Halloween Hoopla
Come dressed in your best costume for an afternoon of family fun. Children will search for a mini pumpkin to decorate, trick-or-treat at various...
Memory Café
Memory Café is a welcoming place for those with memory loss, such as Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, and their caregivers. Cafés occur on...
Halloween Costume Swap
Have any old and gently-used Halloween costumes from past seasons? Participate in this sustainable Halloween costume swap, hosted by Washington...
Family Fall Night at Belle Âme Vineyard
Join us on October 17 from 5–9 p.m. for a cozy fall evening at the vineyard. Admission is just $3 per person, and we’ll have food and treats...
In This Issue
Dirty Soda Shop Bevvie Opens in Woodbury This Fall
Visitors can expect to enjoy classic, custom and innovative sips. Dirty sodas are taking the country by storm, and first-time entrepreneurs Hadier Jassim and Mitch Riebow are bringing the tasty...
Readers’ Choice Voting for Focus on Woodbury 2025
From July1–August 31, we invited you to submit your photos of Woodbury. Now, it’s time to vote for the Readers’ Choice! Scroll through our image gallery below and vote for the images you like best...
Diane’s Place Honored as Restaurant of the Year 2025
Food & Wine magazine singles out the Northeast Minneapolis eatery as this year’s best. When chef Diane Moua opened Diane’s Place in April 2024, she says her inspiration stemmed from a desire to...
Welcome to the September 2025 Issue
By the time this issue is published, it will have been just about one month since my husband and I moved back home to the East Metro. However, as I sit at my desk writing this Editor’s Letter, I...
Connect With Nature at the Fall Equinox Walk
Recharge with a mindfulness walk in the woods. As the leaves begin to change colors and the nights stretch longer, Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park’s Equinox Walk offers a peaceful chance to...
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