Our dear friend Nathan Michael posted this recently on his instagram feed: “Last week someone hacked & closed my Instagram account. They tried to rob me of the community I share with each of you. After 5 days of silence, I truly believed it would all be gone. During that time I was reminded what the Instagram community is really about: Us. The stories we share. The way we capture life & preserve special memories. The new life long friendships we create by being intentional to connect with others. The support we give our communities at whole. They could have…
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Not sure who was asleep at the wheel when Camp Wandawega snuck in the backdoor to be included in this– But whoa! are we grateful. (Well, equal parts shocked and gratetful.)We are in complete awe of this new book. HERE’S THE DEETS: “In this eighth annual edition of The World’s Greatest Hotels, you’ll find more than 700 significant properties, including: – Secret Hideaways in Mexico, Marrakesh, French Polynesia– Affordable Discoveries in Texas, Puerto Rico, Paris– Classic City Hotels in New York, Bankkok, Rome– Romantic Beach Retreats in Jamaica, Mozambique, the Maldives– Culinary Getaways in Belize, Tokyo, Sydney Along with over 250 images from Travel +…
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We’ve wanted one of these forever. My brother-in-law is a carpenter, so he built this for us this week. The lumber was sourced from my brother’s house. 4×4 redwood beams once used to turn a barn into a house. This is a 8-foot, 250 pound chair. 2 heavy coats of enamel later, We outfitted it with a hand painted vintage sign, Lifesaving ‘rope bag’ (meant to throw to rescue) and a lifering. Designed in the traditional lifeguard tower style- it’s built to last. Shots of my nephew alan (16) building this in their woodshop in Beardstown, Illinois 15 hours. they…
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Last weekend we hosted one of the best parties we’ve ever had.We teamed up with Nathan Michael (photographer / designer) & Heather Sperling to host an event for local chicago food favorites. We present to you (a sneak peek) of“The Tasty Nugget”. The film is being edited.The photo documentary series is being curated.Here are a few looks from the Social Media feeds from the weekend: THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE: thetastynugget.us THE NUTSHELL:The Tasty Nugget is a weekend getaway for Chicago’s creative cooks & food people alike. Located at Camp Wandawega in Wisconsin, this invite-only event is created for leaders in the community who have a…
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Jessixa Bagley is enormously talented.I found her online while researching children’s book illustrators for my new (secret squirrel) project… Then I started cyber stalking her.…Soon to discover that she is married to an equally talented man, Aaron. So I coaxed them into flying out to ARTCAMP. They of course, were instantly loved by everyone. They painted, sketched, hung out- and participated in all things camp. Here are a few pages from their sketchbooks.(I think these would make gorgeous little postcards for the rooms!) jessixa’s siteand her amazing blog, where she’s written about her ‘adventures at camp wandawega’ some pages from…
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Gluten-Free Breakfast Recipes from Art Camp Wandawega A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to receive a coveted (cue the schoolgirl squeal) invitation to spend the weekend at Camp Wandawega’s 5th-annual “Art Camp” thanks to my talented and generous pal Sage Reed. Check out her whole post HERE
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…Is Michael Kiser. The dude has a gift. Check out this excerpt from his latest ‘collaboration post’ on Ronan Anderson’s visit here to camp: “Enter the fire department. A bit lost in conversation, and a bit heady from the brews, none of us noticed the bit of smoke rolling off the steaks and into the lodge. A few failed attempts at entering the cancel code and we had guests. Hungry guests. In his apologies for tying up some of Elkhorn, Wisconsin’s finest, Rohan passed around a few plates and made some new friends. They returned from their trucks with beef jerky and…
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Some shots from GARRETT CORNELISON and THERON HUMPHREY of ‘This wild idea’ check out his amazing book ‘maddie on things’ Maddie in Charlie’s high chair in the camp kitchen (having a rat for breakfast) and… Maddie on the dock this morning at sunrise. (Be still my heart) Morning on the lake…. Garrett did this self portrait for instagram’s call for folks to send in new headshots of themselves. My mother painted this portrait of Abe when she was 16. We found it 50 years later when we were cleaning out my grandmother’s attic. Abe now hangs in the card room at camp. Stay tuned….
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Sometimes you meet a talent that just blows your mindand our minds have been sufficiently blown. May we (re)present to you the talented mr. oneal: Otherwise introduced to us as MO. Some choice selects from his recent visit with us at Camp. (Michael- thanks for sharing your perspective with us!) And some shots of our friends that he took outside of the campground:
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My favorite time of year.The most inspiring time of year.Coming together with friend and creatives, old and new-to make art, cook and hang out. Nobody could document the weekend better than Bob Coscarelli. Check out his whole series HEREand his ‘camp’ section on his website HERE
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