Shops & Business

New grandparents, godparents and your friends without kids are unlikely to be in the know when it comes to the latest baby and toddler gifts.

How can would-be volunteers get connected? Carynn Roehrick, community resources and volunteer program manager for Edina Public Schools (EPS), is very glad we asked.

Nicole Jennings of Edina has recently expanded her unique online boutique, the Posh Mommy, to include a brick-and-mortar location in Bloomington. The Posh Mommy is a resale retailer of the highest caliber.

Braemar figure skating instructors Eleanor Fischer and Jean Pastor created Edina’s first ice show in 1966.

If getting organized made it onto your list of New Year’s resolutions or if your desk accessories could use an upgrade this year, russell + hazel in the Galleria has just what you need.

How did Edina’s fledging hockey program of the 1950s become a state powerhouse in such a short time? Former youth coach Bill Ryerse answers in a word: “Traveling.”

It pays to do a little planning before holiday shopping. For some, gift buying is exhilarating—which is great—but can also make you vulnerable to overbuying and impulse purchases.

When Tyler Brower’s plans to play hockey his freshman year at Gustavus Adolphus College were interrupted by injury, hours that would otherwise have been spent on the ice loomed, empty, in front of him. In response, the 21-year-old Edina High School graduate chose to act on faith.

“No water, no life. No blue, no green,” says Sylvia Earle, National Geographic explorer-in-residence. The simple yet powerful sentiment is shared by Edina business owner Tim Murphy. “You can’t get people healthy unless they have clean water,” he says. “It’s a basic necessity of life.”

Miguel “Michael” Aguilar found a way to mend his broken heart. As a boy, he worked as an apprentice tailor in a town two hours south of Guadalajara, Mexico. “The finer the clothes, the more I was interested,” he says.

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