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THE GHOSTS OF WANDAWEGA. Over the years, many guests have reported that theyve seen ghosts here.Perhaps the suicide of a jilted lover in 1941. Or the madame who went to prison In 1942, and upon her release 8 years later returned home to find that her Wandawega Hotel had been taken over and ceased to be her livelihood (gin-running brothel operation). Or the remnant spirits of the working girls who occupied rooms the hotel/brothel.We cant claim to have seen them ourselves. But there are spirits who we are certain are with us. The priest Father B who blessed the camp with his annual tradition each spring of walking the grounds to read from the good book and sprinkle holy water…cleansing this places sordid past..We have pieces of Father Bs life scattered around camp – his hat- fishing gear- some sermons and books.Father B was good luck to this place from the day her took over back in 1961 – providing a refuge for displaced persons who where forced to flee their war-torn Latvian homeland. One of those families was Davids immediate and extended family.When father B sold us this sinful- turned-holy place he was 91 and stil fishing everyday that the weather allowed. Up until the very end, until he made the journey back to his homeland of Latvia and passed away there..Do you believe in ghosts? Its hard for us to deny it- When we see the physical marks hes left everywhere at camp. What he left behind was more than his tackle boxes and rain boots and vestments – it was a beautiful legacy of acceptance.We cant deny that his spirit lives on.In this place. So yes – we do believe in ghosts..Say hi to father Boleslavs Baginskis next time you see a fisherman on the lake when it almost too darkto see (that was his favorite time) * His memorial marker is on the hillhtop among the birches *Photos:@richardoriginal @evantsheehan @tylerbartley @ellie.d.lights @samlandreth @candidleykelsey

October 31, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

and just like that, she turned 8.feels like yesterday she was turning one in the woods- and then on saturday shes presenting her modern treehouse at #TodayAtApple.i asked her what she wants to be when she grows up.she gave me 10 different answers, and they’re all perfect.(she knows she doesnt have to pick)bday photos: @kathryngamblephoto for @SweetPaulMagazineApple photos: @shiho.kit

October 29, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

Charlies playroom / guestroom at camp …one of the stories we shared when we spent an evening last week talking with some folks that inspire us everyday. Thanks, @CB2 for having us at Soho House to join your creative leadership meeting to talk about projects, making things and how to get (and keep) inspired..Photo from @dominomag to promo the by the Land of Nod line, now @crateandkids …….styling: @melissa.ann.elias shot: @danetashima

October 22, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

HOG HEAVEN: These folks know how to do fall : Chef @juanmanjuan of @lasirenachicago & @elchebarchicago creates feasts for days over an open flame for the @bacardi creative retreat we hosted last week // photos: @jgfeldt7 @legendofleisure @selenagrace @rumthestreets @duanef1

October 20, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

VICE for APPLE at camp

October 19, 2018 • Published by Allison Schaffer

watch full film HERE The Big Draw is a Visual Literacy charity dedicated to promoting visual literacy. It runs the world’s biggest drawing festival for all ages, aimed at getting everyone drawing — even those who think they can’t. We are so excited for to be a part of #todayatapple to support this amazing charity. Join us on Saturday, October 27th from 1-2:15 at the Apple Michigan Avenue store, for an inspiration hour on how the power of a sketch to come to life in so many ways (in the case of Camp treehouse, a playhouse to scaled model toy,…

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seeing this feels was like when i accidentally reverse camera view on your phone and scare yourself to death and cant *cringe* hit the reverse view fast enough. ( oh my god. who is that person? mom?) #realitysucksbut taking a deep breath and sharing this anyway, cause i really believe in this. that if we stop listening to the haters being scared of what people think/do/say… and we start listening to that little i wish voice then we can really make anything we want, and the only limits we have are those that we put on ourselves. maybe having a creative identity crisis is ok. why do we have to pick a lane? heres to going into a new year with new possibilities. a new year of being less afraid and of making more things.Thank you @VICE for coming to film a little sliver of our world….For following us to camp on a rainy saturday afternoon to trudge through the mud shooting outhouses & treehouse and talking about making stuff that makes us happy. thank you @APPLE for shipping these nice folks in from the UK to CA- and for asking us to share our story about hoping for something better. *full film on the blog. Join us saturday, oct 27th 1pm at#TodayAtApple (Michigan Ave) for a sketch workshop about manifesting reality from napkin sketches (link to reserve a spot on todays profile line) #TheBigDraw is a charity dedicated to promoting visual literacy. It runs the world’s biggest drawing festival for all ages, aimed at getting everyone drawing even those who think they cant. .2019 we are all in for supporting friends to try the things that they think they cant do. https://apple.co/2pM3GZy

October 19, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

This past weekend Charlie decided it was time to bring her bunny softie indoors. She couldnt bear the the thought of her freezing her tail off out in the rabbit cabin. #luckybunny

October 16, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

The Big Draw is a Visual Literacy charity dedicated to promoting visual literacy. It runs the world’s biggest drawing festival for all ages, aimed at getting everyone drawing even those who think they cant. We are so excited for to be a part of #todayatapple to support this amazing charity.Join us on Saturday, October 27th from 1-2:15 at the Apple Michigan Avenue store, for an inspiration hour on how the power of a sketch to come to life in so many ways (in the case of Camp treehouse, a playhouse to scaled model toy, to a book, to tiniest venue for entertaining)Workshop Highlights : .HEAR: about how the tiny cabins of camp (like the treehouse) all started as sketches .CREATE: in a mini class “how to sketch on an iPad Pro & Apple Pencil” .LEARN: the true behind-the-scenes story of how house in a tree came to be .MAKE: your own treehouse design on the Procreate .PLAY: with the 3 foot scale models of the treehouse .WATCH: the animated promo short for the story .SEE: to the book projected on a wall almost as big as the real tree .GET: to take home an actual piece of the tree as a lucky inspiration talismansign up for a spot at apple.com/today (link in bio) _limited space – take-home talismans while supplies last -first 35 guests get the iPad to work on while at workshop

October 16, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt