COMING SUMMER 2025To celebrate our 100 year anniversary, weve found a second home for Wandawega- in Chicago. Weve been dreaming of having our own urban brick & mortar for years, and this is the year were finally making it happen. Open on occasion for creative projects, people, and brands.Follow along at @bureauoftourism as we turn a 144 year old Chicago storefront into a place for creative endeavors, people, brands and quality time.
February 14, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram
One of the perks of being in my inner-inner circle is without question the field trips. I will txt you at random and say…do you wanna go to a summer camp in Wisconsin with me next week….and off well go to camp wandawega after I pick you up at the Chicago airport. Truly insufferable being my friend. – @benashby of @folkmagazine Ben basically has a room named after him here now.
February 11, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram
Aint got no cigarettes.But we do have some papers Endless useful applications: Facial blotting papers The cleaning of glasses and camera lenses Emergency fuel for starting fires Absorption of moisture in wind instruments And other uses. Not in Wisconsin of course.Reminds us of The Wandawega Inn as our cards said in the 1950s – (now little orphan Annies bar). This place was always full smoke.Please be careful fire can be hot @stemsandforks @nathanbobey @iamcraigsteven @erikengstromphoto
February 8, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram
The tiniest market on two wheels is re opening this spring. Youll find it parked at our front gate, open for campers who have a taste for locally made goods.Stocked with a seasonal rotation of jams, jellies, pickled beets, dilly beans, apple butter & whatever looks good for the season.Campers self serve / buy through a link But like every farm stand Ive ever grown up with- The Honor Box will be there (for those inclined to embrace the way its always been done)..Thanks Betty at @stemsandforks for lending your Lens & eye
February 4, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram
Last season we finally added something for the green thumbs (and to stock the grounds & garden shed & help out our herb garden). Somebody sent us this & were here for it :Garden as though you will live forever. – William Kentthe Wandawega Seed Co. Garden Kit1x Packet Watermelon Seeds1x Packet Greenbean Seeds 1x Packet Basil Seeds 1x Packet Dill Seeds1x Packet Wildflower Seeds1x Packet Sunflower Seeds 1x Standard Issue Green Hand Trowel 1x Standard Issue Wandawega Lake Resort Garden Gloves1x Wandawega Newspaper.Photos shared by friends : @stemsandforks @nathanbobey @richardOriginal @ Bob Coscarelli @vote4peter @jessica.eileen.drogosz
February 3, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram
Winter moments.By our friend @benashby of @folkmagazine always has a different way of seeing this place – in all seasons
February 2, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram
Winter camp Visit from our friends at @amundsensports
February 1, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram
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January 31, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram
A snowy visit from our friends at @amundsensports. looking forward to seeing the gang again at the Chicago Collective Menswear show this week (and so many our favorite brands whove weve hosted here from Pendleton to Shinola)Excerpt from Jens Christian Lvenskiold & Henry Hunts adventure journal story:(Full story in their site) After a few hours drive deep into the Wisconsin woods, we arrived at the mysterious camp after dark and were greeted by camp warden, who welcomed us into Wandawegas main lodge with a crackling fire.After only a few moments on site, we realized we had stumbled into perhaps the most beautifully curated destination we had ever laid eyes on. We had stepped into a lodge turned- summer camp from the 1920s (its original function), with every detail down to matchboxes and marbles indicative of an era wed never known. As quickly as you could imagine, the three of us reverted into our childhood selves running from room to room, calling out to one another about the treasures wed discovered. We were immediately filled with the curiosity, enthusiasm, and imagination that is so potent during childhood sensations which, if not fostered, become ever more elusive.You have got to be kidding me. One day cant do this place justice, were coming back!With every door opened and corner turned, we were inundated with the marvels of a simpler time. We became consumed with a feeling of nostalgia, nostalgia for an era we hadnt lived yet, it was strangely familiar to us. Though none of us were born within a stones throw of the period that Wandawega represents, the simple pleasures of adventure and play endure across the decades.With visions of summer days spent tying sailing knots and angling flies, to collecting arrowheads and turtle shells; the oft-forgotten joys of a simpler time filled us with nostalgia for days wed not known since childhood.
January 30, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram
Last summer, a crew of Twin Cities creatives road-tripped it to Wisconsin for a few days getting to know one another and finding inspiration from the natural surroundings at camp wandawega, a camp in Elkhorn, just south of Milwaukee. Take a look inside the Wes Anderson-like lakeside lodge.- Shared by @mspmaghome today . *included in the Home & Design 100 people places & fresh finds issue, photography@taylorhallobrien
January 27, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram
