Wandawega Blog Archive

The squad cars arrived. And then the fire trucks.

No joke. When the amazing Rohan Anderson of WHOLE LARDER LOVE came to camp to cook up a storm, our stove vent failed us. Big time. It was amazing. and somewhat surreal. Here is an an excerpt from his post on the weekend: “We loaded up the wagon and headed to Wisconsin to eat cheese curds, cook Wisconsin steak and stay at the phenomenal Camp Wandawega. I was a tad drained by all the Kentucky fun, the travelling and the late nights talkin’ world savin’ stuff so I dozed off to the sounds of American hip hop. The beat of gritty hip…

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PARENTS Magazine Camp W feature!

Many of our friends, coworkers and family attended KIDS CAMP last year, and so participated in this summertime shoot- we just got a copy of it! If you are one of the 100+ guests who attended last year, go pick up the August issue- (your kids might be pictured in it 🙂 Thanks for Jane Goodrich & Kathryn Gamble for the great shots! And William Golden for the awesome snow cone bartending action (follow up post on his amazingness with outtakes coming soon!)

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SAY CHEESE

i love this. A little moonrise kingdom. A little dirty dancing. A whole lotta ARTCAMP Check out this behind the scenes action on one sunny afternoon of CAMP. Thanks, Karen Coscarelli (of Roam and Home) WHAT IS ART CAMP? It started 5 years ago, when my friend Angela Finney (of post27 store) and I started co-hosting a creative retreat for artists at camp. David and I shut off rentals for the weekend and donate the entire use of Camp Wandawega for a few days of inviting our artistic friends & creators to enjoy the great outdoors. For peeks at prior…

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ART CAMP 2013

It gets better every year! wood block printing sushi making collaging music making button making  and merry making. This year we kicked it off on a Thursday- and crafted, created and collaborated all the way through Sunday departure. This is my favorite time of year. We select a curated group of artists who brought their craft to the group and share. We had illustrators, painters, filmmakers, button makers, sculptors, musicians, graphic designers, furniture designers, industrial designers, photographers and chefs attended and made merry. Thanks to my partner in crime, Angela Finney for another great year! A few shots from the…

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the last line of this story made me cry.

Which is more than a little embarrassing, given that I sit in an open-cubed newsroom style office –and I’m making a mess of my keyboard and mascara.But sometimes you just can’t help it. Today is one of those days. Thank you, Jourdan for the lovely story.You are always, always welcome back. here is her story.

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