Spring is in the Air
It’s spring time at Brookside, and because we live in Northern Minnesota we know it’s going to be short. And while most Minnesotans just find this to be the price we pay to enjoy the best summers on Earth, we [...]
We Went on a Family Vacation: All You Got Was Kitchen Shears
The Wallenberg and Keller families are right in the middle of developing our family vacation traditions. Really, we’re our own target market….except for that whole NO free time in the summer. So, what do you do when summer vacations are [...]
It’s Winter….but we are (Always) Thinking Summer
It’s cold. And snowy. And the sun sets at 5:11 pm up north these days. So there is nothing we like to do more [...]
Birthday Sunsets
My word for year #34: Create
The Night We All Became Peacemakers
Summer 2017 wrapped up a few weeks ago and it was all the usual fun you expect from a summer at Brookside….plus one tiny little out of the ordinary thing that we need to tell you all about. And that [...]
The Summer Vacation You Have Been Looking For: A “Mom and Pop” Resort
Have you ever heard of a “Mom and Pop resort”? Well, that is one of our favorite terms to throw around in the resorting biz. It means that – literally - Mom and Pop are the ones who are running [...]
A Summer in the Life of a Brookside Lodge Lady….
After 4 years of cones, malts, and sundaes, this Lodge Lady is taking a hiatus from her spot behind the snack bar. And as summer rolls around and I think about all of my summers at this special spot up [...]
The Biker’s Guide to Brookside
With two brand-new bike riders at our house – we are spending a lot of time making bike-riding plans for the summer. And that got me thinking about all of those bike racks I see pulling into Brookside every Saturday [...]