Formerly located in far northern Door’s Ellison Bay, Blake and Lauren Schar opened the doors to their transplanted Fireside Restaurant in Egg Harbor on January 1st of this year. With more space in the huge quarters (the former Liberty Square), they can host private gatherings and even have a “Gallery space” for a wide range […]
Edge of Park Bicycle & Moped Rental
Edge Of Park Bicycle & Moped Rental Edge of Park Delivers A Unique View of County’s Interior Beauty Exploring the beauty of Door County’s unusually beautiful state parks is one of the most authentic ways you can experience this unique Peninsula. A visit to Edge of Park Rentals allows you to glide through an especially […]
Beach People Keeps Summer Alive
Beach People Keeps Summer Alive By Laurel Ciohon If you’re starting to get the fall or winter blues with these drizzly days and cooler temperatures, a trip to Beach People in Ephraim or Fish Creek could be the key to keeping your Door County summer alive! Step into either store and immediately be swept away […]
Treasures Galore: Bargains Unlimited
Treasures Galore: Bargains Unlimited By Laurel Ciohon Bargains Unlimited in Sister Bay is an amazing place for finding treasures at unheard of prices. Located next to the Scandia Village Senior Living Community, nearly all proceeds of the fantastic resale store benefit Scandia’s residents and staff. Items are constantly changing each day as new amazing donations […]
Beautiful & Inspirational Jewelry: Angela Lensch Gallery
Beautiful & Inspirational Jewelry: Angela Lensch Gallery By Laurel Ciohon As I stepped into the gorgeous space that is Angela Lensch Gallery, I was instantly in awe. Natural light and track lighting made each piece of jewelry and art in the gallery pop from every angle. The attention paid to even the smallest details is […]
Eagle Bluff Lighthouse
Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Beginning in 1868 this brick lighthouse, perched on a 76 ft. high bluff, guided schooners and steamboats passing through the Strawberry Channel. It is now a museum with some of the ‘keepers’ original furnishing and authentic period antiques. Docents provide guided tours of the lighthouse and grounds. A park sticker is required. […]
The Living Past: Commercial Fishing in Door County
The Living Past: Commercial Fishing in Door County by Trygvie Jensen Commercial fishing is one of the oldest professions known to man. The industry has survived for nearly two hundred years on the Great Lakes. Commercial fishermen are our living past, but confronting an uncertain future. They epitomize the American Dream: independent, ambitious, and hardworking. […]
THE WRITER’S LIFE – Roadside Gardens, Birdfeeders, Wind Chimes…Silence
THE WRITER’S LIFE Roadside Gardens, Birdfeeders, Wind Chimes…Silence -By Norbert Blei Though I’ve never been much of a gardener, flower or vegetable, I appreciate their presence in my midst, whether from a distance or visiting friends with flower gardens glowing in color throughout the seasons, not to mention gifts from vegetable gardens–asparagus, beans, spinach, lettuce, […]
A Fifty-Year Reminiscense
A Fifty-Year Reminiscense By Hjalmar R. Holand (Abridged version of an essay written by author H. R. Holand in 1948…remembering Door County as it was in 1898.) It is fifty years this summer since I first saw the Door Peninsula. I was then a student at the University of Wisconsin and thought that the Madison […]
“The Bridges of Madison County” Comes to Peninsula Players
FISH CREEK, WI, July 26, 2017 — Audiences are likely to be swept away by the life-changing, four-day love affair in the lush musical “The Bridges of Madison County” at Peninsula Players Theatre July 26 through August 13, 2017. One of the most romantic stories ever written, “The Bridges of Madison County” first captured the […]
