February 2012 SWM
February 2012
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Marshall Franklin Long Weddings | Date Nights
Show Choirs throughout the Midwest perform at Waconia High School this month.
Main characters attempt to find the people they’re closest to in this months book selections.
Waconia’s Josie Jean Design specializes in wedding stationary.
Score points at half time with this recipe for sweet potato quesadillas.
Local chocolate maker is the sweetest spot in town for the holiday of love.
Eastern Carver County Schools’ Hooked on Books…And The Arts, too! event inspires literacy.
Four local couples design the perfect southwest metro wedding.
Massages and spa treatments help couples relax, rejuvenate and share romance.
Whether you’ve been together two weeks or two decades, these date night meals will keep the romance alive.
Chaska photographer Ashley Berg focuses on the details of a Native American wedding gown.
Most Read
Best of the Southwest Metro
Carolyn Pierson
25 reader picks for the people, places and businesses that make us happy to live here.
Shady Acres Herb Farm in Chaska
With plenty of ingenuity and creativity, Theresa and Jim Mieseler tend Chaska’s Shady Acres Herb Farm.
Southwest Metro Prep Elite 2011
5 of the area’s most promising and multi-talented students.
Inside the home of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s new director
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s new director lives on the arboretum grounds with his wife, Sandy.






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