Travel

They offer personalization on passport holders, luggage tags, toiletry bags and more from California brand Boulevard. Read more about Travel with Style While Shopping Local with Personalized Accessories from Bean + Ro

An on-the-clock getaway can be a great refresher - just remember, you're NOT on vacation. Read more about How to Work from Home Away from Home

Twenty years of keeping a secret is a good run but when National Geographic calls you out in their Best Trips in 2019, it’s time to come clean in the beautiful waters of South Walton Beach on Florida’s panhandle. Read more about A Winter Getaway to This Florida Vacation Spot Offers Virtually Private Beaches

Mary Stanton, a grantee, alumni and board member of the Fulbright Association, was there as the organization's highest honor was awarded outside of the U.S. for the first time ever. Read more about Meeting Merkel: Edina Resident Attends Historic Ceremony Honoring German Chancellor

This once in a lifetime opportunity gives many of the high school band members their first opportunity to travel out of the country as well as share their love of music. Read more about Edina High School Concert Band Headed to Hong Kong

Curiosity makes the food and travel writer. Edina resident Terri Peterson Smith loves exploring new cuisines and culture. Interminable passion leads her to destinations worldwide but great finds are close to home too. This award-winning author’s latest book, Unique Eats and Eateries of the Twin Cities, covers 89 restaurants within Minneapolis and St. Paul, along with one suburban honorable mention (Robbinsdale-based Travail Kitchen and Amusements.) Some of the restaurants featured are nationally renowned, while others are lesser known, yet worthy finds. Read more about A Hunger for Travel

Per Christensson of Edina is part Swedish, part Danish and part Japanese. At least that’s what he tells his friends. Read more about Around the World with a Travel Enthusiast

Mayor Jim Hovland has been at the helm of city government in Edina since 2005. Meanwhile, his wife LaRae Ellingson Hovland has enjoyed a fulfilling career as a French teacher in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district. She started there in 1981, the same year as fellow French teacher Linda Albertson. Since then, the two have led dozens of trips to France. These educational trips were initially only for their high school French language students. More recently, the two began to co-lead separate adult trips to France for friends and friends of friends. Read more about French Teachers Can Make the Best Tour Guides

Spring Break for Edina Public Schools begins March 27 and that means many students and their families will enjoy some downtime together before finishing out the school year. Grace McGurran, an Edina High School senior, tells us what she’ll be doing during her time off. “I am most excited to have a week in paradise with my best friends. Many of us have been best friends since pre-school and elementary school and I cannot wait to celebrate our last 13 years in school together.” Grace is planning some tropical travel this spring break that will include swimming and snorkeling. Read more about Fun in the Sun