a great new blog, FATHOM.com, just did a little story on a recent visit to camp wandawega, i loved the story so much (Chicago Editor of Daily Candy, Emily Fiffer) i wanted to put the whole thing here. check out the the slideshow here The happiest I remember being was in Eagle River, Wisconsin, when I was 11 years old. I was barefoot, unshaven, grass-stained, and awkward as hell. But, hey, it was camp. The only things that mattered were cabin songs, kayak strokes, and figuring out how to get the daddy longlegs out of the shower. Eighteen years later, camp…
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i stumbled on this house last weekend while on a tv shoot production… a small town in michigan- a late 1800s farmhouse, belonging to one family for nearly 6 generations. its mostly boarded up, clearly abandoned. this place is the definition of time capsule. you enter in a kitchen that is buried in debris from missing windows, yet the 1930’s wall decor remains intact, the wallpaper peeling around it. upstairs in the bedroom hanging on the back of the door is a 1920’s woman’s black wool dress coat. every room is perfectly decaying. boxes of family photo albums, wartime letters…
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7th annual kids camp means… s’mores. bonfire. potato sack races. sometimes a zipline. sometimes ponies. always camp crafts. and canoes, hiking, fishing, boating. wiener roasts and bug catching. fireworks and an outdoor movie theater. horseshoes, badminton, tennis, volleyball, basketball and shuffleboard. toad catching and rope swinging. how we love summertime.
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Rural Sophisticates: Cabin Chic House Tours So what the heck exactly is cabin chic anyway? Requiring a little more attention to detail than just throwing some antlers on the wall, I would say cabin chic is defined by the juxtaposition of vintage or modern pieces with natural elements in a way that tells a story of escape. Pops of accent colors and bold textiles amidst rustic structural elements like wooden floors and walls help steer this look away from kitschy-cabin and give it a contemporary feel. Collections are also key. Vignettes like flea market treasures, small stones or shells in…
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our friend jessica @ timeout wrote the best story- it makes us 🙂 CHECK IT OUT HERE with some local stuff to do & see… The highlight: Camp Wandawega A relaxing vacation in Camp Wandawega in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. By Jessica Herman Lawrence Welk is playing on the stereo. I’m nestled under a plaid blanket wearing a thick, isle-print sweater, stretched out on a hulking leather couch. (It’s an unusually cold night despite the fact that it’s nearly June.) The fire is crackling, and there’s a bowl of nuts, a plate of cookies and a bottle of wine on the coffee table….
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last weekend we set up an old school campfire in the sand, broke out the smores and had a old fashioned weenie roast….
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we always wondered why the staircase from the old hotel dropped down the hill and ended up in the lake. where did it go? a boathouse? an old peir now long gone? wandawega was built in the 1920’s. over the decades, entire sections have dissapeared, including peirs, verandas, small buildings and… boardwalks. we finally got our answer when a few years ago the Chicago Tribune paid us a visit and did a little story on band camp – soon after, folks started coming out of the woodwork to share stories of visits here dating back to the 1940’s, when it was run…
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51 handmade butterflies (of painted feathers) wide head nails in the wall, we weilded our glue guns with wild abandon & 30 minutes later had a room full of butterflys. (and some moths) (…and we had a couple left over for hair peices.) charlie girl loves hers 🙂
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the weekend’s spoils from the Walworth County Flea Market!
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i’ve been debating this… sappy. corny. sentimental. um…yeah, but– this makes me so ridiculously happy that i couldn’t NOT share it. a subject that 99% of the universe does not care about. (….this is for the 1%) here’s a little piece of our favorite subject. happy fathers day to everyone who has their own little ‘charlie’ DISCLAIMERS: * she’s not really drinking that beer. promise. * Id love to take credit, but erik law is completely responsible for this video (thus, the chugging shot) * if you appear in this video, thank you for letting me exploit your lovely face….
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