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Celebrating the culture and lifestyle of the Door peninsula Autumn 2021 • Volume 19 Issue 3

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CURIOSITIES 14 OUTDOOR A Run for Everyone 18 The Door County Half Marathon preps for a special autumn edition

ART The Artists of the North 26 Creativity continues to thrive at the tip of the thumb

LITERATURE From Writer to Author 32 Publishing on the Door peninsula

DOOR TO NATURE Royal Fall Wildflowers 38 CAMEO Compassionate Law 44

B R I L L I A N C E AWA I T S .

Personal experience compliments legal knowledge for immigration attorney Luca Fagundes

More than Clothes 64 Shannon Mough curates connections and community

PODCAST Essential Listens from the Door County Pulse podcast 49 HISTORY 75 Years of Fall Fest 60 TRANSFORMATIONS A Blissful Transformation 68 Marketplace breathes new life into downtown Sturgeon Bay

Björklunden, Lawrence University’s northern campus in Baileys Harbor, welcomes lifelong learners for seminars that run the full gamut of the liberal arts—from history to literature to the natural sciences. Come learn from expert instructors while enjoying the natural beauty of one of Door County’s treasures. L E A R N M O R E A B O U T B J Ö R K L U N D E N AT

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INTERIORS Artistic Flair 73 FAIRWAYS To the Caddy Shack and Back 76 Golf takes Nick Kwaterski to new places — and now back home

IN YOUR GLASS Crafting a Cocktail Scene 80 ON YOUR PLATE Easier Than Pie 84 Celebrate autumn with an apple galette

EDITOR’S NOTE 11 CONTRIBUTORS 13 RESTAURANT GUIDE 88 DOOR COUNTY MAP 98 cover Larry “Thor” Thoreson works at his wheel in the company of his 11 year-old border collie, Ollie. Photo by Brett Kosmider.

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EDITOR’S NOTE

The Autumn Essential The hoodie. Simple. Versatile. Essential. How many Door County evenings have been made better by its presence? How many have been ruined by its absence? In early spring, I jump the gun, shedding the thick layers of winter at the first sign of the sun to don a thick pullover. Soon my hands are jammed into the pockets, too stubborn to reverse course. I’ve committed. Hoodie season is here. When I moved to Chicago in 2012, I quickly realized I had to upgrade my wardrobe. Jeans and the hoodie would no longer do. I purchased a couple decent pairs of jeans, a second pair of “nice” shoes, and my first sports coat. I had never owned a sports coat before. To tell the truth, I didn’t really know the (Top) The stretch of Waters End Road between Old Stage Road and Highway 42 just outside Sister Bay presents a stunning fall canopy near rows of fruit trees. (Inset) The editor with his newsie-in-training, Connor.

difference between it and a suit coat, so I bought one of each just to be safe. Over time I got used to it, and even liked the feeling of dressing a little less like a slob. Tucking my shirt in. Acting like an adult. But when I moved back to Door County five and a half years later, I let my wife in on a secret — we might never have to dress up again! This wasn’t quite the selling point for her as it was for me. But the hoodie, I told her, was the sports coat of Door County. Dress it up or down, acceptable in most occasions. Necessary in almost all of them. Sometime in mid-May, the heavy hoodie gets a break. I can slip into the lightweight model — my spring hoodie. Sure, I might get bit by this choice from time-to-time, but it’s May and after the always long, always disappointing March and April, I’m desperate to feel the weight off my shoulders, a little more swing in my arms. Some will go a step further and commit to the long-sleeve t-shirt. The wise ones among us laugh at them. “Maaaaybe he’ll get lucky...but I doubt it.”

On rare occasions in July and August I’ll leave the hoodie home, but only after several minutes of serious contemplation on the front porch, gauging the wind, checking the radar. Sometimes I still slip up. Fooled by the humid weather in Sister Bay, I’ll head to the office in Baileys Harbor, step out of the car to feel the brisk harbor air — 20 degrees cooler than Sister Bay — and curse my stupidity. At 42, I should know better. But autumn is here now, and it’s no time for games. Leave the house after Sept. 1 and the day could take you anywhere, and when you get wherever that is, you’re going to want that hoodie within reach. At the campfire. On the shore watching the sunset. At morning coffee in Baileys Harbor and devouring evening custard in Fish Creek. Watching the late afternoon innings of a Brewers game at the Garage Bar. And definitely on those last fall boat rides. And at least in Door County, just about everywhere else.

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CONTRIBUTORS

Door County Living and Peninsula Pulse copy editor PAULA APFELBACH really should get around to using words such as “élan,” “jejune” and “ersatz.”

GRACE JOHNSON is the special issues editor and a book nerd. Her overweight cat and a floppy paperback bring her much joy.

SALLY COLLINS is a librarian at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College who lives in Sturgeon Bay with her photographer husband, geese-obsessed daughter and snuggly cat.

When BRETT KOSMIDER isn’t wandering off into the wilds, he usually has a camera in front of his face taking photographs or, as a co-founder and the creative director of Peninsula Filmworks, is producing videos about the people and places of Door County.

Writer and editor MYLES DANNHAUSEN JR. has been searching out stories for Door County Living since 2005. A board member of Write On, Door County, he lives in Sister Bay with his wife, Anne; and their son, Connor. JESS FARLEY is a sales manager for Door County Living and the Peninsula Pulse. Food is her passion, and practicing creativity in the kitchen is her happy place — preferably when paired with good company, great music and a full-bodied cabernet. DEBRA FITZGERALD is a recently repatriated Door County resident and journalist who serves as the editor of the Peninsula Pulse. She is thrilled to be back and is enchanted daily by her reacquaintance with the peninsula’s people and places. She’s living the good life in Sevastopol with her partner, Louis “Luther” Cole. TOM GROENFELDT of Sturgeon Bay writes about financial technology for Forbes.com and The Financial Brand in addition to writing profiles of Door County artists for the Peninsula Pulse.

Prior to writing for the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living, SARA RAE LANCASTER was an editor with Reader’s Digest Association and a freelance writer for Milwaukee Magazine, The Writer and several local newspapers. Today she splits her time between writing about the people and places of Door County and operating OneEighty Petals Flower Farm in Fish Creek alongside her husband, John; and their young son, Jack. Since her husband Roy’s passing in 2016, CHARLOTTE LUKES writes to fulfill his mission to help educate and inspire readers to learn, care for and protect our native species and the natural world. Door County Living and Peninsula Pulse creative director RYAN MILLER excessively exercises his imagination to keep creatively fit. Outdoors enthusiast CRAIG STERRETT of Egg Harbor has more than three decades of journalism experience, with most of those years spent serving readers in three Illinois counties as an editor and writer.

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CURIOSITIES

The Totem at Peninsula Golf Course As you tee up on the ninth hole of the Peninsula Golf Course, the primary hazard in your vision isn’t a sand trap or a pond, but a 40-foot-tall totem pole and monument. Good golfers have no trouble avoiding it, but bad golfers will either be drawn into it or find themselves in the adjacent driving range trying to avoid it. The pole has stood there for almost as long as the course has existed. The brainchild of Door County historian Hjalmar Holand, the pole was erected in 1927 to honor the Potawatomi tribe, some of the earliest inhabitants of the peninsula. Holand proposed the design of 26 different scenes interspersed with Potawatomi symbols laid out in horizontal bands representing important segments of the tribe’s history. A Belgian artist named

(Top and right) The totem pole near the 9th fairway at Peninsula State Park Golf Course honors Chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados. Photos by Brett Kosmider.

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C.M. Lesaar carved the pole, and at the top, master carver Robert Petschneider placed a small bear, positioned to look over the Ephraim Harbor. The pole was dedicated Aug. 14, 1927, during an elaborate program attended by 32 Potawatomi and thousands of others.

After the ceremony, Potawatomi Chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados (1851-Nov. 27, 1930), the last descendant in a line of chiefs who ruled the tribe for several centuries, worked with the Door County Historical Society to arrange for his burial near the pole. When Kahquados died near Blackwell, Wisconsin, he was living on just $10 per month in government assistance. But when he was interred beneath a nine-ton boulder near the pole on Memorial Day, 1931, the ceremony was attended by a crowd estimated at more than 10,000 people. In 1970, the pole was replaced by a laminated pine replica created by Adlai Hardin. The new pole features an additional band designed by Chief Roy Oshkosh to honor the Menominee tribe. When Peninsula Golf Course was looking for a new logo in 2000, it leaned on this history as well, adopting a design featuring the bear at the top of the totem.

JJ’s Best Customers James “JJ” Johnson is known to have such an eye for a deal that he has a hard time passing them up. That’s how he once ended up coming back from a restaurant auction not with a cooler or a pizza oven, but with the whole darned restaurant. Early in his days as a restaurateur, Johnson worked a much smaller deal that has brought him his most consistent customers. “This guy in a motorhome pulled up and had some brochures and wanted to sell me one of these characters, as he called them,” Johnson said. “Well, I go out there with him and step inside and the whole motorhome is full of these things.” JJ being JJ, he worked a deal and stepped out with two characters: a pirate and an old man named Mallard. They were the first of several to come that became hallmarks of the JJ’s La Puerta experience. Diners love taking photos with the mannequins at the bar, and sometimes they like to do more. One female mannequin was broken when a regular decided to take her dancing in the street. And on slow nights at the bar, the exotic blonde character named Wanda has helped to drum up business. “Sometimes, when it’s slow, we’ll sit Wanda at the corner of the bar,” JJ said. “Well, guys think it’s a chick, and they will drive by and do a U-turn. They come in and give her an eye down the bar for a few minutes before they realize she’s not real.” Then there’s a disappointed “Pfff” and maybe a choice word or two, but by then, they’ve already bought a drink, and another JJ deal has paid off once again.

James “JJ” Johnson cozies up to Wanda at the end of the bar at JJ’s La Puerta. Photo by Brett Kosmider.

The Pine Grove Resort at left sticks out amidst the white buildings of Ephraim. Photo by Myles Dannhausen Jr.

Ephraim’s Brown Thumb Picture Ephraim, and you’ll certainly conjure up an image of white buildings lining the shoreline, the two white steeples of the Ephraim Moravian and Bethany Lutheran churches popping out of the treeline, and sailboats moored in Ephraim Harbor.

north end of the village: two stories of brown pine standing on the edge like an ostracized sibling in a family photo.

That last point — “naturally weathered wood” — is the caveat that allowed Pine Grove to buck Ephraim’s trend.

So what gives? How did that splash of brown slip through the cracks?

A handful of buildings add splashes of color to the palette. There’s the quaint Firehouse Museum nestled into the hillside, the red-and-white awning of Wilson’s Ice Cream Parlor, the graffiti on the Hardy Gallery on Anderson Dock. Then there’s the Pine Grove Resort on the

The uniformity of the village look is by design. The Ephraim Historic District Ordinance (governing property between Highway 42 and Moravia Street and extending to the southern end of the village along the highway) calls for all buildings to be white or naturally weathered wood.

“Surprisingly, I don’t remember it being much of an issue,” recalled longtime clerk Dianne Kirkland, who was at the start of a 26-year career with the village when the resort was built. For the staff at Pine Grove, it does offer one added benefit: When people ask how to find the resort, they just tell them to look for the only brown building in town. Autumn 2021

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A Run for Everyone The Door County Half Marathon

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A half marathon means different things to different people. For some, it’s an opportunity to travel, see new landscapes and make new friends. For others, it’s a chance to test their physical limits on a challenging course. Then there are those who use the experience to find themselves again after a major life change. And for the business owners in the community, events such as this offer an economic pick-me-up.

The Door County Half Marathon offers the opportunity for all of the above — and by design.

BIG RACE, SMALLTOWN ATMOSPHERE Blending the challenge of more prestigious race courses with the low-key vacation vibe and unmatched

natural beauty of Door County, the Door County Half Marathon has grown into a sought-after hidden gem in the long-distance-racing world. Those who stumble upon it feel as if they’ve found something truly special, which is evident by the number of repeat runners the race attracts. When David Eliot, one of the event’s founders, first discussed the idea for the Door County Half Marathon over breakfast at Al Johnson’s in 2007, creating a Midwestern version of the Boston Marathon was in his mind. Eliot grew up outside of Boston in northeast Massachusetts and recalls the annual race being considered more of a state holiday than a local sporting event. “The state closes down for Patriots’ Day, and people travel into the city from throughout the state,” Eliot said. “It is a big party, and the state all pauses for the day to see who wins the race.” Both Eliot’s wife, Krista; and Lars Johnson, owner of Al Johnson’s, had run the Boston Marathon and agreed having an event that captured the local community’s attention — while also showcasing the best of Door County to visitors — was extremely appealing. A little more than a year later, on Saturday, May 3, 2008, the Door County Half Marathon welcomed its first runners to the starting line. The state of Wisconsin may not come to a standstill for the 13.1-mile run through Peninsula State Park, but over the years, it has earned a reputation as the unofficial start of Door County’s tourist season, prompting local businesses to open a few weeks earlier than they used to. These runners fill hotel rooms, carb up in local restaurants and even do a bit of sightseeing and shopping before fueling up their cars for the drive home. But equal in importance to kick-starting the local business scene was creating an event that touted all the professionalism (Left) Runners await the start signal on Shore Road in Peninsula State Park. Photo by Len Villano.

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of its more prestigious counterparts while maintaining plenty of local flavor.

Although Fitzgerald is excited for the event to return to the first Saturday in May in 2022, this year’s date change doesn’t appear to have negatively affected registrations.

That’s why choosing Peninsula State Park as the course location just made sense, according to Brian Fitzgerald, co-founder of the Peninsula Pacers, who was brought on at the start as the half marathon’s race director. “I can still remember envisioning what the course could be,” Fitzgerald said. The course begins and finishes at Nicolet Bay, offering impressive views of the bay as it hugs the shoreline before embarking on a few challenging hills throughout the middle of the course. And, because the certified course is located entirely within Peninsula State Park, Fitzgerald Volunteer coordinator doesn’t have to Joni Witalison. Photo worry as much by Dan Eggert. about road construction changing the route the way organizers of races with courses that wind through city streets must.

2021 HALF MARATHON DATE CHANGE As with so many other running events, the COVID-19 pandemic caused race

1 organizers to make the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 event. Not knowing what early 2021 would bring, they decided to buy some time by turning this year’s event into a fall race, scheduled for Oct. 30, 2021. “I look at it as the right decision because it was too early to put on an event of this size back in May,” Fitzgerald said. “Late October is really the only other time of the shoulder season — weatherwise and availability-wise — to host the race.” Fitzgerald reasoned that the majority of the businesses that would participate in May are still open at the end of October. “And, traditionally, this weekend would mark their last hurrah for the season,” he said.

“We’ll hit capacity,” he said, which, for a race that’s purposely kept at a midsize event, comes in around 2,000 runners for the half marathon and approximately 500 runners for the accompanying Nicolet Bay 5K. The race is expected to include a mix of rollover entries from 2020’s canceled race, some new faces — including those who are first hearing about the race and those who cannot train for or attend a spring race — and a few familiar faces.

RUNNING FOR THE LONG HAUL Nancy Rollins is one of those familiar faces. She will step to the starting line of the Door County Half Marathon for the eighth time this fall. At age 74 and with 95 marathons under her running shoes, the Evanston, Illinois, resident has won the Door County Half Marathon in her age group several times before. Although she hasn’t set Co-founder Lars Johnson. her sights on reclaiming Photo by that title at the end of Dan Eggert.

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Nancy Rollins. Photo by Nate Perry.

this year’s race, she is looking forward to the challenge before her, especially competing three weeks after racing in the London Marathon.

“I’m usually pretty consistent within my age group,” Rollins said. “But, when you’re in your 70s, every year in your age group makes a big difference in your overall pace and performance.”

That’s why she approaches every race with a focused, but relaxed attitude. Yes, she is fiercely competitive with herself, but she’s also realistic. This year, in addition to being another year older, she’s also taking into account her recovery from some emergency surgery resulting from a bad fall in April 2020. “I don’t get too far ahead of myself,” she said. At the last Door County Half Marathon in 2019, Rollins, then 72, clocked a 1:48:50 finish in the half. That’s an average of an 8:19 pace. She placed first

1 Dave Eliot (left) and Brian Fitzgerald have built the Door County Half Marathon into one of the county’s signature events. Photo by Rachel Lukas. 2 Runners take off at the start on Shore Road in Peninsula State Park. Photo by Len Villano. 3 The course features stunning views of the bay and surrounding islands, including views from atop the park bluffs. Photo by Steve Brandt. 4 Four-time winner Rodee Schneider celebrates with his son at the finish line. Photo by Len Villano. 5 Molly Schneider is all smiles as she wins the 2014 Half Marathon. Photo by Len Villano. 6 The star of the half marathon is the course, which offers runners the chance to lose themselves in the views, forests and beauty of Peninsula State Park. Photo by Nate Perry.

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in her age group, 52nd out of 732 female finishers and 213th overall.

REDISCOVERING THE JOY OF RUNNING Katie Thoule of Green Bay first ran the Door County Half Marathon in 2009. The challenging, hilly course coupled with spectacular views (the top of Sven’s Bluff is her favorite) hooked her immediately. But what brings her back year after year is that the event made her fall in love with racing all over again after a major life change. Now, however, she’s no longer competing for her own time goals, but as someone who’s helping others to reach theirs. “I started as a participant,” Thoule said. “I love racing, and I love the challenge of trying to beat my time the year before. Then I had kids, and training at that competitive level just didn’t happen.”

pace — for the race with the goal of helping other runners accomplish a certain finish time. “I’ll be honest: That was a hard transition,” she said. “I went from loving the competitive nature of racing to having a kid and trying to train and race. It changes things. But with pacing, the pressure was off of me.”

Sometimes that’s as simple as asking runners what their goal is for the race. Other times, it’s giving them a few motivating words in the final miles, telling them to stick with you until the finish. “There is so much enjoyment in that that I don’t feel the need to be competitive,” Thoule said.

By shifting her focus away from her own racing goals and toward those of the runners she paced, “it reignited that passion for running and racing in me at a time I needed it most,” she said. “With pacing, the mindset is putting other people first. It’s not my day; it’s their day. I’m just there to encourage them along the way to do their best.”

Course director Myles Dannhausen Jr. Photo by Len Villano.

Not wanting to give up her racing career entirely, she got in touch with race organizers to ask whether they were in need of pacers: more experienced runners who help set the speed — or “We’re here to help you, provide encouragement and support for runners to keep that finish goal in sight,” Eliot said. The team is made up of two dozen experienced pacers, many of whom Eliot connected with while pacing races like the Chicago Marathon. That experience helps them keep a steady pace at anywhere from a 1:45 finish to a 2:30 finish.

Staying on Pace

For first-time runners the pacers are a huge help to stop them from going too fast out the starting gate, or from falling too far off the pace. The course is notorious for its hills, especially the climb to Sven’s bluff near mile five.

Runners don’t have to go it alone at the Door County Half Marathon. Krista Eliot, wife of founder David Eliot, has been leading the pace team since 2013, helping guide runners to a successful finish.

Pace team members aim to maintain their prescribed pace up the hills, but there will likely be a slower pace going uphill, and faster going downhill. They also slow or stop at aid stations, with slower pace teams taking slightly more time.

Eliot, a veteran of 40 marathons and both the New Balance and Nike pace teams, says her goal is simple.

While a few select runners set out to win the race, the pace team is there to help the rest of the runners win their own best race.

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Krista Eliot organizes the pace team that helps to guide runners to the finish line. Photo by Nate Perry.

Hit the Road! The pacer experience also gave her a newfound sense of belonging within the running community thanks to the camaraderie the pacing group shares. “We come from all over, and we’ve all gotten to know each other,” she said. “For the most part, it’s the same group of people year after year because we all love this race and Door County so much. It’s kind of like a big reunion.”

Upcoming runs and rides from the Peninsula Pacers The organization that created the Door County Half Marathon has created several events to keep the peninsula moving this fall.

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A PLACE FOR ALL RUNNERS There is no question the spirit of camaraderie makes the Door County Half Marathon a perennial favorite among many runners, including Lake Villa, Illinois, resident Bob Richards.

Bob Richards. Photo by Nate Perry.

“It’s mostly the fun atmosphere and the mixed bag of runners from all around the northern Midwest converging to take on the challenge of Peninsula State Park,” he said.

The “mixed bag” of runners is truly that. Nearly 92% of runners come to the race from outside Door County, with 25% hailing from the Chicago area alone. About 6% have never visited Door County before. Diversity also comes in the form of the age range the race attracts. At 72, Richards, who will complete his 10th Door County Half Marathon in October, runs alongside other age-peer competitors, a handful who are older and those who are young enough to be his children or even his grandchildren. It’s that diversity — both in the makeup of the event’s participants, as well as the course’s physical challenges and scenery — that helps make this race stand out on Richards’ crowded race calendar. “Each time I run,” Richards said, “it’s like I’m hitting my reset button, ready to take it all in all over again.”

As this issue went to press, registration for this fall’s Door County Half Marathon and Nicolet Bay 5k was still open. Visit DoorCountyHalfMarathon.com to learn more and register to run in Peninsula State Park.

PENINSULA CENTURY FALL CHALLENGE SEPT. 18, 2021 Peninsulacenturyfallchallenge.com The Fall Challenge bike ride has a route for every rider. Ride 25, 50, 62 or 100 miles of beautiful Door County back roads, snack on great food from local restaurants, then finish with live music and food at Sister Bay’s Waterfront Park.

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The Artists of the North creativity thrives at the tip of the thumb

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Sister Bay are sometimes surprised by what they find near the tip of Door County. And often it’s the Ellison Bay Art Crawl, held in spring and autumn, that draws them north. “Often we see people from Sturgeon Bay, and they said they didn’t know this was up here,” said John Dietrich, who owns Ellison Bay Pottery. Dietrich moved to Ellison Bay in 1974 after six years as an apprentice to the late Fish Creek potter Abe Cohn. Dietrich bought a property with a barn and not much else, aside from his vision of a studio and where his house would be.

“I spent the first winter insulating and rewiring and crosscountry skiing,” he said. “Skiing kept me on track. I would take showers at Peterson’s Wagon Trail. I had an outhouse which was fully functional; in winter, I would cut out a piece of Styrofoam to sit on. I heated it with wood. In 1982, I got to have a real kitchen, real bedrooms and finished off the gallery. New windows came much, much later, but the space was just great.” Like the late writer Norb Blei, who wrote from a chicken coop in the woods between Ellison Bay and Gills Rock, artists such as Dietrich were drawn to the slower pace — and less pricey property — to be had north of Sister Bay.

(Opposite and this page, clockwise from top left) Rob Williams, Judy Thoreson and Mary Ellen Sisulak.

“We like to think of this as the top of Door County,” said Judy Thoreson, who owns Gills Rock Pottery with her husband, Larry Thoreson. The gallery was originally located in Gills Rock — thus the name — before relocating to the heart of Ellison Bay. “It is a wonderful community

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we have here. It’s hard for me to think of anywhere else I’d rather live, except maybe in the wintertime.” Other artists followed. It’s not crowded, but it is certainly busier than it used to be. The Thoresons’ gallery is right on Highway 42, so she sees the cars, trucks and campers. “There are times when I can’t believe how much traffic is on the highway — more than it used to be,” Thoreson said. Up the Ellison Bay hill, just south of town, stands Clay Bay Pottery, where David and Jeanne Aurelius have created hand-thrown pottery and tiles for 45 years. They moved to the property in their 20s. With a few thousand dollars from David’s parents, they scraped together a down payment for two houses in need of a lot of work. Jeanne told Door County Living in 2020 that the couple bought the property because “we really thought it was going to be a good place.” They had an old furnace, no insulation and no luxuries, but that didn’t bother them. They had a home and a studio, and they set about creating, quickly becoming mainstays of the county’s art scene.

(Above and below) Larry Thoreson works at his wheel at Gills Rock Pottery.

Because Ellison Bay is beyond the more popular tourist towns, its artisans find that they attract a different sort of visitor. “We had a gallery in Egg Harbor for five years, and I have to say the people who come in here are a different clientele from people who would just walk in after an ice cream cone,” said Mary Ellen Sisulak, owner of Turtle Ridge Gallery. “We’re a destination. You have to want to come here.”

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Turtle Ridge isn’t on anyone’s beaten path. Located in the pines along Mink River Road, the small gallery displays a range of work from originally designed — and reasonably priced — leather bags, to paintings and mixed media with paint, leather and stones that can run up to $12,000.

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art, along with some graphic design for area businesses. From the beginning, she did well with leather bags — something she had started designing and making in college. A local arts group, Ellison Bay Arts, started about a decade ago to bring together local artists and pool money to buy advertising. “We started with potteries because there were so many of us,” Thoreson said. “Then we realized there were painters living here, too, and some food people like Kick Ash Coffee, which produces coffee and their own granola.” The group also includes painter and retired art teacher Rob Williams, even though he lives in Gills Rock. Williams is constructing a new studio/gallery that will be open for business next year. His current gallery, just off the highway, opened in 2004, but he had also been teaching at Peninsula School of Art and showing at the Hardy Gallery in Ephraim. Door County galleries develop a following both for the galleries themselves and for their artists, whether they represent one or many more than one.

At Gills Rock Pottery, Thoreson spends a lot of time in the gallery talking to visitors. “We don’t just look at the people coming in as customers,” she said. “A lot of them keep coming over a period of time — seasons, years. We have families who have come back, grandparents and their kids, and then their kids.” The relative isolation of the community — though it’s only a few easy highway miles from Sister Bay — creates a bit of natural selection, attracting people who are looking beyond convenient entertainment for quieter nature and new artistic discovery. Contributing to that thoughtful, even earnest, atmosphere is The Clearing, which runs weeklong workshops in arts and crafts. The Clearing attracts people who are lifelong learners, said its director, Michael Schneider. Students at The Clearing, many of whom have been taking courses for years, are attracted by both the classes and the grounds, created by legendary landscape architect Jens Jensen, who founded the school in 1935 after moving from his home north of Chicago. Nearly a century later, the same rural setting that drew Jensen north continues to draw artists — and art lovers — to the quiet roadsides near the tip of the peninsula.

“There is a social thing about the gallery,” Williams said. “I had never thought about the idea of having a gallery as a social connection with a lot of people. But a lot of people, if they buy a painting one year, will come back and say hi.” (Top left) Turtle Ridge Gallery. (Top right) Rob Williams’ gallery. (Left) Clay vase made at Gills Rock Pottery. (Inset) Leather bag made by Mary Ellen Sisulak. (Right) Owl detail on a clay piece made at Gills Rock Pottery. Autumn 2021

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by Sally Collins

From Writer to Author Publishing on the Door peninsula

Door County is known for its thriving arts community. An array of talented and accomplished visual artists, musicians and thespians call this place home. Consider the many galleries, art schools, theaters and stages. The peninsula is bursting with creativity, and one medium that was once under the radar is truly starting to soar: writing. As Ann Heyse of Sand Beach Press in Baileys Harbor said, “Door County is starting to be recognized for more than visual arts, theater and music. People are saying, ‘Let’s read and write, too!’” Thomas Davis of Four Windows Press in Sturgeon Bay echoed Heyse’s observation when he said, “The Dickinson Poetry Series; Write On, Door County; the writing groups up here — [Door County] has become one of the most important literary centers of the Midwest. I don’t think people understand just how important Door County has become in the writing world.” Both local publishers work to turn writers into authors. It’s hard work. It’s

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expensive. And it’s a lot trickier than you might think, as Heyse learned when she set out to publish her children’s book, Good Morning, Door County. “I self-published my book and learned so much in the process: finding the right printer, securing the ISBN, cover design. There are a lot of pieces to the puzzle,” Heyse explained. After her experience, she helped a friend who wanted to publish, then another, then a friend of an acquaintance — and Sand Beach Press was born. Her services include prepress offerings such as editing and finding an illustrator or book designer — services for which she charges by the hour. “Some writers are almost done and just want some help with grammar. Others are not done at all and want a lot of help,” she said. With clients putting up the cost, Heyse can get books off to the printer, ISBN and all. It’s a small operation and sometimes tedious work, but as a retired English teacher, she relishes the broader goal of helping writers achieve their dreams.

“I love encouraging people, being a coach,” she said. “It’s very joyful to get a book in print.” Many Door County residents — more than you may realize — have experienced that joy. They are writers of novels, memoirs, historical fiction, romance, poetry. They’ve done it: They’ve published their work, whether through a publishing house after submitting a manuscript, or working with a press such as Heyse’s, or simply printing on demand. However they do it, it’s a big deal. There’s something about seeing one’s words in print — crisp and neat and officially finished — for others to read and hopefully find meaningful in some way, large or small. “Every writer, artist, musician, actor, singer, sculptor wants an audience to read, hear, see their work,” said Dan Powers of Sturgeon Bay, who recently self-published How Long a Shadow, a work of fiction he spent six years creating.

“At first, because the story was based on family genealogy, I thought of it as writing for nephews and cousins and wanted to be able to give them a copy. By the end, it seemed a waste of time to write a novel no one knows about or reads.” Age ultimately pushed Powers toward self-publishing: “I felt I am too old to go the traditional route of finding an agent and waiting months and months for rejections.” So he turned to his friends to edit the manuscript; attended workshops facilitated by Door County Learning in Retirement and Write On, Door County; did some online research; and found the right fit. Judy DuCharme of Ellison Bay found the right fit with traditional publishing. Her first book, The Cheesehead Devotional — Kickoff Edition, was published in 2012 after she took another seasoned writer’s advice: “Get to a [writing] conference. That’s where you meet publishers, agents and editors.” Indeed, that’s where she met her first publisher and found great success: Wayne Larrivee, among others in the Packers’ sphere, endorsed the book. DuCharme has since released six more books with two other publishers, her latest a work of historical fiction set in Door County: Lainey of the Door Islands. J.P. Jordan of Sister Bay also found luck at a writing conference. He began his quest to publish his book — a mystery thriller called Men of God — as you might expect a writer is supposed to: He sent pages and query letters to publishers. “It was a frustratingly slow process, with most publishers never responding,” he said. Once Jordan had attended a conference, he learned more about writing and preparing a manuscript before finally finding his publisher in a process he compares to speed dating.

(Right, from top) Ann Heyse, Thomas Davis, Ethel Mortenson Davis, Dan Powers, Judy DuCharme, J.P. Jordan, Katherine Hastings.

“Writers get roughly 10-15 minutes to make their pitch [to a publisher] and answer questions,” Jordan said. “If you have a good day, you get to send some pages off for evaluation.” Finally, a publisher offered him a contract, and Men of God was released last September. Author Katherine Hastings of Sister Bay has gone multiple routes when it came to publishing the nearly dozen books she has penned, but becoming an author happened almost by accident. Her first manuscript, a romance novel called A War Within, sat on her computer for years. “I wasn’t a writer,” she said. “I was just someone who wrote a book. That was a big difference in my mind. Still completely unsure if it was total garbage, I found an editor who agreed to take a look.” That editor soon told Hastings that her book was worthy of publishing. She wrote query letters, sent them off to agents and publishers, and “got very lucky,” she said. “I received an offer on my book relatively quickly.” But the model of traditional publishing didn’t work for her. “My expectation … was that I could just write books,” Hastings said, “and the publisher would handle everything else, especially marketing.” But she soon discovered — as many authors will tell you — that a lot of the marketing falls solely on the author. “Marketing is a different skill set than writing,” DuCharme said. “So for many writers, marketing is tough.” Jordan agreed, saying, “You can have the best story and characters, have the best cover, be the best writer, but if you don’t have a credible marketing plan, your book will be lost in a sea of competition.” The control that authors have when they self-publish their work intrigued Hastings — who also happens to be a social-media marketing manager — so she took the process into her own hands and has created Flyte Publishing to release her work. And with her marketing savvy, “My self-published

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books have vastly outperformed my traditionally published one,” she said. When Hastings was feeling stuck or confused, she did what more and more writers in Door County and across the country are doing: She turned to Write On, Door County. “Without [Write On, Door County], I’d probably still have a book on my computer and no books published,” she said. Jerod Santek, artistic director of Write On, Door County, is happy to answer questions and point writers toward classes, resources and individuals who might help. But he encourages those interested in publishing to continue to work on their craft. “Sometimes it feels more people are interested in learning how to get published than learning to write better,” he said. “First learn to write really well; then worry about getting published.” And DuCharme agreed: “No matter how good you are, you need to improve.” “The more time you spend on writing, the better you get,” Jordan said. His

advice to aspiring authors is to attend workshops and conferences, and invest in yourself — even, he said, “if it means taking a refresher course in basic English.” Door County authors also encourage the public to invest in and support local writing: to buy books by local writers or check them out from a library, attend poetry readings and author talks, and buy books released by local press operators such as Thomas and Ethel Davis of Four Windows Press in Sturgeon Bay, who are doing their part to get writers published. The couple recently published Halfway to the North Pole, a collection of poems by the Door County Poets Collective; as well as No More Can Fit Into the Evening, a collection of poems by 39 poets from around the world. Both Thomas and Ethel are accomplished, published writers — among many other things. Thomas was a provost at Navajo Technical University who has multiple degrees, and Ethel is a fine artist whose paintings have received many accolades and grace the covers of many books.

“It’s not easy to get published,” Thomas said. “We’ve been lucky in a lot of ways. We’ve been able to have books published by other publishers. As we’ve gotten more published, it gets easier.” Together, they release four or five books a year. “It takes a lot of effort,” said Thomas, who does most of the editing; and Ethel helps primarily with design, formatting and a bit of editing. “We’re getting to our mid- to older 70s,” Thomas said. “[I] don’t know how many more years we can do it.” But for now, they spend their retirement time painting, writing and publishing. And according to Heyse of Sand Beach Press, there are so many stories waiting to be told and shared on this peninsula. “We have an untapped older population up here who should write memoirs,” Heyse said. “Write these stories down!” “Every single bestselling writer in the world started right where we did: with an idea for a book and absolutely no idea what they were doing,” Hastings said. “You never know until you try.”

Mark the Date! Sept. 15 is deadline Hal Prize for creative writing and photography Do you have a story to tell? Take your chance to get published in 25,000 copies of the Peninsula Pulse and in the inaugural 8142 Review, the new literary journal from the Peninsula Pulse and Write On, Door County. Now in its 23rd year, the Hal Prize offers prizes for works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and photography. Work will be judged by a prestigious panel of writers and photographers. The daughter/father team of Coburn and Tad Dukehart will lend their eye to the photography contest in 2021. Coburn is the multimedia director for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, and Tad retired to Door County after a 40-year career in news photography in Washington DC.

Faith Adiele takes on the mantle for nonfiction this year. Adiele has won a Pen Award, been featured in a documentary for PBS and was Thailand’s first Black Buddhist nun. She has worked in collaboration with HBO’s Calm, where her story was read by actor Idris Elba. Lan Samantha Chang joins this year’s lineup as the fiction judge. This Appleton native is is the director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has received creative writing fellowships from Stanford University, Princeton University, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Mark Wunderlich, the author of four books and winner of the Rilke Prize, will judge poetry. He is a member of the Literature Faculty at Bennington College in Vermont,

where he became the first director of Poetry at Bennington. He is the recipient of Writers at Work Award, the Jack Kerouac Prize and fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference and the MacDowell Colony.

Prizes First place in all categories receives $250 and a Hal Prize mug from Clay Bay Pottery Second place in all categories receives $100 Third place in all categories receives $50 The 8142 Review will be published in November 2021, when winners are announced. Visit TheHalPrize.com to enter and for more information.

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Royal Fall Wildflowers The exciting array of showy wildflowers that decorates northeast Wisconsin’s country landscape in all directions might be called the “royal purple and gold” of autumn. One of my absolute favorites is the New England aster, which is in peak bloom by late September. Asters — sturdier and more successful than most wildflowers — are in the composite family, the largest in the United States. This amazing plant family has representatives in the great majority of yards, gardens and fields. Ornamental flowers include zinnias, dahlias, chrysanthemums, asters and sunflowers. The scientific name for the genus has been replaced by new labels, but nevertheless, we can still call them asters. These conspicuous, widespread plants are largely perennials that range in color from white to blue, lavender, pink, purple and a host of intermediate shades. An aster blossom is made up of thin, outer, strap-shaped ray flowers and a closely packed cluster of disk flowers, so that what is referred to as one flower is actually many individual flowers. Pick an aster blossom, carefully pull it apart down the center, and you can easily examine the individual parts. A magnifying lens will help considerably. Each ray flower consists of what is normally called a petal. Attached to the inner end, angled upward, is a small, Y-shaped stigma. Fastened to the inner end of the ray flower, which is a pistillate flower, but angled downward, is the ovary,

which, when fertilized, will produce a fruit. This is often erroneously referred to as a seed.

to prairies, deciduous to evergreen woodlands, and environments that are practically deserts to cold, wet bogs.

Fastened to the upper tip of the ovary is the pappus, a cluster of tiny hairs or bristles that takes the place of the calyx, or group of sepals, in individual flowers and eventually serves as a parachute to carry the ripened fruit to a new location.

The other widespread autumn wildflower that graces many fields and roadsides is goldenrod. Wisconsin is home to about 28 species and varieties — a rather large percentage of the approximately 100 species found in the United States.

The central part of the blossom — the cluster of staminate disk flowers — is usually yellow at first, but it turns to red as the flower ages. Each tubular disk flower contains a thin, Y-shaped stamen. Long-tongued insects such as bumblebees and butterflies can reach the nectar in the tubes, and some animals, including ruffed grouse, tree sparrows, cottontails and even whitetailed deer, occasionally make use of the “seed” heads as food.

The genus name for goldenrod is Solidago (sol-i-DAY-go), from the Latin “solidare,” meaning “to join or make whole.” In olden days, it was common to cut goldenrod plants into small pieces, boil them in water and use the cooled liquid as a healing wash for wounds.

Several easily seen characteristics will help you learn about some of the asters. Your knowledge of plants in general will improve as you study features such as the leaf size and shape, the margins of leaves, whether the leaves clasp the stem, the size of flower heads and the color of ray flowers and the stem. Asters are primarily North American flowers, with around 150 species found here. They grow sparingly elsewhere around the world. Canada has 60-70 species, and Europe and Russia each host 10. What’s exciting about asters is that they live in so many different habitats, from wetlands

A favorite that used to grow in our front yard is Canada goldenrod. Some plants grew to a height of six feet and had large flowers. Another that’s easy to identify — because of the tendency of the flower tip to bend over — is gray goldenrod, or dyer’s-weed. Due to poor soil in the ditches where many of these plants grow, they are frequently no taller than 10 inches. They’re small, dainty plants with fine hairs on the stems that give them a grayish cast. One of the earliest to bloom, often in August, is the flat-topped Ohio goldenrod, which can be found near the shore of Lake Michigan. One of the rarest species — dune goldenrod — is also seen along sandy beaches in a few areas. It can be identified by its

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6 1 New England asters can range in color from pinks to various shades of purple. 2 Tall, garden-grown sunflowers produce seeds that birds and humans enjoy. 3 A single aster blossom shows the central disk flowers surrounded by purple ray flowers. 4 Canada goldenrod has a large, spreading blossom. 5 Dyer’s-weed, or gray goldenrod, is easy to identify by its simple, bent-over blossom.

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Native Americans knew this plant well and used its seeds for food, flour and cooking oil; its stalks for fuel; and its ashes as fertilizer. What the Native Americans may not have realized technically, but knew through many years of use, is that sunflower seeds are extremely nutritious: They’re rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, thiamin, riboflavin and niacin. Sunflowers — wild, as well as those grown in gardens — also belong to the composite family. It is the disk flowers that develop into the wonderful seeds that humans and many bird species relish. Get out to enjoy the landscape’s purples and golds during the “royal” days of autumn. Take time to slow down, observe carefully and be grateful for the last “rays” of summer as we enter the fall season.

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government plays in immigration law and policies, and the wide range of situations that fall under the scope of immigration law, from obtaining a green card to deportation. So when a former co-worker approached Fagundes with an immigration-law question during his first year as a general-practice attorney in Sturgeon Bay, he quickly realized he knew nothing about the field. “I took one course in immigration law while I was at UW-Madison, and it was a cursory class,” Fagundes said. “A survey of immigration law and international policy.” However, that naïveté may be what launched his career. What Fagundes lacked in knowledge and experience, he had in time, as he was beginning his practice. He reached out to a law school colleague who was practicing immigration law in Chicago. That colleague gave Fagundes a list of resources and told him to “look into it.” And he did. Not only did Fagundes see a need for immigration attorneys in Door County and the surrounding area, but he discovered that he had a toolbox of skills and experiences that appeared tailored to this career path. One childhood moment in particular stood out to him. “When I came to the U.S., my mother, who taught English in Brazil, immediately put my younger sister and me in summer school,” Fagundes said. He shook his head at the memory and called his mom’s DIY languageimmersion plan for his nine-year-old self and his younger sister “traumatizing.” At the time, Fagundes knew 10 words in English, including “chocolate milk.” “Because, my mom told us, ‘When you get to lunch, they are going to ask you if you want regular milk or chocolate

milk,’” he said. “So I had memorized ‘chocolate milk.’ But other than that, I knew nothing.” The memory of the anxiety and fear he felt from being in a classroom with 30 English-speaking peers, unable to understand anything that was going on or being said, still generates a visceral reaction 30-plus years later. “I can still picture it,” Fagundes said. “I can’t understand anything. Kids are laughing at me. And although it’s not something that applies to all my clients, I can get a bit nasty about it when someone is upset that my client doesn’t speak English because being in those shoes is not a fun place to be.” Fagundes practices two areas of immigration law: family-related immigration and deportation defense. The first deals with situations in which a U.S. citizen marries someone who is not a citizen and the spouse needs a green card. The second, deportation defense, generally involves someone who is entering deportation proceedings. Sometimes Fagundes meets a client who is facing both criminal and deportation issues simultaneously. That was the case with Patricia and Luis Perez. They engaged Fagundes for what felt like a “Hail Mary” effort, Patricia Perez said. “We had gone to five lawyers before him, trying to share our story, and everyone told us either not to try or that it wasn’t worth trying,” she said. “Except for Luca.” Their dire predicament began as a small paperwork issue, but it grew and resulted in years of fear, stress and challenges. Luis Perez first came to the United States from Honduras when he was 16. He crossed the border without the proper documentation and was

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There are early experiences we have that, in the moment, appear to be isolated incidents or even nothing more than a meaningless part of the everyday minutiae. Unbeknownst to us, however, these tiny blips on the timeline can actually become cornerstones for some other aspect of our life down the road.

In immigration law, attorney Luca Fagundes finds personal experience and empathy complement legal training and experience.

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apprehended at the point of entry. He was held in a jail cell for a few weeks before being released under the condition that he would appear for his court date, which was to be scheduled in the future. Perez moved in the meantime, however, and the notice of his court date never arrived at his new address.

“Luca was definitely one of those people for our journey,” she said.

“Life went on,” said Patricia Perez, a U.S.-born citizen who married Luis in 2008.

“When people come to me, it’s usually because they need an attorney, and they need an attorney right now,” Fagundes said, adding that the majority of his clients are in low-income, non-Englishspeaking families.

Soon after the couple was married, they began checking with lawyers to resolve the issue and get Luis his green card. But there were two problems. The first was the fact that, when Perez did not appear for the court date, the court made the decision in his absence that if he was ever found, he could be deported on the spot without a court date. That was the deportation part of the case. “Every time he left the door, you didn’t know if he was coming back or what that next phone call would bring,” Patricia said, recalling the fear her family experienced knowing that her husband, and the father of her two children, could be removed from the country at any moment. The criminal side of the case involved an incident when Luis was still a minor. “He entered a high school with a friend and was picked up for not being a registered student,” Patricia said, and it went on his record as a criminal offense. Before Luis could address the deportation issue, that criminal part of the case had to be reopened and resolved. It would involve a delicate dance of timelines, an enormous amount of strategic planning and, most of all, persistence. “The entire process requires a lot of financial and even medical records,” Patricia said. “And you have to be willing to be interviewed about it. It makes you feel exposed to the world.” Becoming your own advocate — and finding others to advocate for you — are also key.

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Luis ultimately applied for and received his green card and is working toward full citizenship. The Perez family’s situation illustrates the immediate, urgent needs that Fagundes sees with most of his clients.

“They come to me when they’re about to be deported or because they finally have the courage — and the savings — to go through the legal process to obtain lawful status, which is very expensive. It can be thousands upon thousands of dollars just to complete the green-card application process.” In both areas of his practice, Fagundes finds that empathy and trust — fostered by and filtered through his own life experiences — are his most-used and most valuable tools when working with clients. “Beyond being able to speak their language, beyond sharing the experience of coming from a different country, remembering the friction of being a kid raised in the United States by parents who aren’t from the United States has probably had a greater value for me when it comes to understanding my clients and their situations,” he said. “When you aren’t from here, or you are raised by parents who aren’t from here, every single difference is highlighted.” Fagundes said that remembering those experiences and the feelings they stirred has helped him to tune in to his clients’ fears, anxieties and questions when they go to see him. After a decade of working with families facing immigration issues, one of his biggest pet peeves is when he hears or reads comments that people like his clients should “get in line.”

“The idea that people who are here without status need to go back and get in this imaginary line where you sign up, and within six months, you’re in the United States — that’s just not the case,” Fagundes said. “It’s not a thing, and it doesn’t exist.” He explained that those who do enter the country without the necessary documents and status — as his parents did — already have some sort of financial means to do so. “You hear people say, ‘Well, come here through the legal process because so-and-so came here through the legal process.’ Well, so-and-so is a physician. He had the means to come here. That person had the means in their country or benefited from some situation to have the ability to come to the United States,” Fagundes said. “To compare a person like that to somebody who has a sixth-grade education from rural Mexico and who may or may not be able to read and write in their own language, it’s just a really hurtful, insensitive and uninformed comment to make.” For all these reasons, the work can feel like a never-ending battle, but it also offers deep rewards. “The lows are lows, but the highs are highs,” Fagundes said. “When you’re an attorney, everything is adversarial. I tell my wife, ‘I get paid to fight.’ But when your client does get that green card, or the judge decides that your client — who has been in this country for 20 years and has raised five children here — is going to be able to stay with their family, that’s very rewarding.”

(Top right) Before he was an immigration lawyer, Fagundes (front, wearing white) was a serious road racer. Submitted.

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past June, competing in the Tour of America’s Dairyland race in Manitowoc.

about from me just taking pictures of stuff I would see while I was out riding,” Fagundes said.

There seems to be a pattern in Luca Fagundes’ life in which his childhood experiences directly influence his interests and direction as an adult, from his career to his hobbies, cycling included.

He recounted his return to racing on his Facebook page.

“When I was very young, I was a gymnast,” Fagundes said, but a torn meniscus in his left knee put an early end to any gymnastic aspirations. With limitations placed on which sports he could participate in, he picked up cycling.

He described the experience as a “sufferfest” but took pride in the fact that he was in the lead group for 42 of the 50 laps.

A cloud-covered sky, a meadow at sunset, an abandoned farmhouse: These are just a sampling of the sights he captures from behind the lens while cycling the county’s back roads. In addition to being a creative outlet, photography provides Fagundes with a sense of completion that he doesn’t always get from practicing law.

“I started road biking, eventually doing some racing,” he said. But behind the nobig-deal tone of this statement is an impressive list of racing accomplishments, both in and outside the United States, as well as a few pro races. Fagundes took a break from professional racing when he entered law school, but he decided to jump back in this

“2006 was my last year racing,” he wrote. “Fifteen years later, I decided that I wanted to give my kids a glimpse of my past life.”

“My kids watched me suffer like a dog,” he said, “but they were my most important spectators. It was a good time.” Aside from being a stress reliever, cycling has opened doors to new interests and creative outlets for Fagundes — specifically in photography. He shares his love of Door County through photographs, mostly taken on his bike rides, which he then posts on Instagram under the handle @ doorcountyshots. “The photography thing is funny because it came

“Sometimes, even when you close a case, it doesn’t feel finished,” he said. “There are times I can’t put a bow on it and say, ‘I’m done.’” Photography, he said, is different. “If I capture a nice photograph of something, and I do a little tweaking and editing on it, I can put it out there as a form of art for people to enjoy. That is a really rewarding feeling,” he said. “It’s like saying, ‘Here, I did this. This is something I was able to put out there completely finished.’”

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Each week Andrew Kleidon, Myles Dannhausen Jr. and guests bring you two episodes featuring the movers, shakers and just plain interesting people that make the peninsula community what it is. Get the story behind local news and the issues everyone is talking about. Learn about what’s going on each week, the shows you can’t miss and the places you need to go. And meet the people toiling in our kitchens, attacking our problems and creating the next Door County scene.

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Tourism in Door County: How much is too much?

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The Debate Over Short-term-rentals For some, turning a home into a vacation rental is a way to get a foot in the Door. For others, it’s the very thing that is changing Door County for the worse. We look deeper at an issue tourism communities nationwide are struggling with.

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Peninsula Pulse co-founder Tom McKenzie stopped by the office to reminisce about the paper’s early, not-socertain days with David Eliot.

Tad and Coburn on Making A Great Photograph The father/ daughter photography team joins forces to judge this year’s Hal Prize for photography. They sat down to talk about what goes into a great photo, and what they’ll be looking for in this year’s contest.

Affordable Housing and NIMBYism The housing crisis is nothing new to Door County, where NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) voices have thwarted efforts to create affordable housing for at least 25 years.

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No season in Door County ushers in change that’s more palpable than autumn. Hot, humid air gives way to crisp, dry breezes. The lushness of summer surrenders to blazing fall foliage. Beaches go quiet, and days get shorter. 54

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Photographing a Door County autumn can be described as “hurry up and wait.” With the jet stream plunging south from Canada — and bringing lowpressure systems and their related soggy, windy weather with it — being in the right place at the right time becomes a greater challenge in the fall.

(Left) Tamaracks are unusual conifers that lose their needles every fall, leading many to think the trees are dying along the peninsula’s roadsides. The name for the species in the Algonquian language is “akemantak,” which means “wood used for snowshoes.”

(Above) Fall means apples in Door County. The crew at Seaquist Orchards hand-harvests more than 30 varieties of apples from orchards throughout the northern peninsula every year.

(Below) Looking down the length of Detroit Island from Rabbit Point — so named because it had once become infested with rabbits. The privately owned island sits at the entrance to Detroit Harbor and can be seen from aboard the Washington Island Ferry.

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Every day in October, I check the weather almost hourly. It’s part science and part intuition, this mix of chance and process that makes my pursuit so exciting. It’s not the perfectly clear and calm moments that make the most stunning photographs, although a crisp, clear golden hour sure helps to make a subject pop. Instead, the best photographs are most often made on the edge of daylight, or just before storm clouds roll in or after the snow squall passes. Those are moments that make you feel alive.

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More than the stunning autumnal colors, it’s the mercurial moods of the season that are my true muse at this time of year. Sometimes I get lucky. Some years I get rained out.

(Left) Ephraim is picturesque any time of year, but that’s especially true when the white buildings nestled below the bluff pop amid the autumn colors. (Bottom left) The change of season is especially poignant as the leaves fall on the headstones of Blossomberg Cemetery in Peninsula State Park. Those stones feature the names of some of the county’s most influential residents. (Below) Little Lake on Washington Island is part of a 32-acre Door County Land Trust preserve that includes 1.25 miles of hiking trails and 5,500 feet of Lake Michigan and Little Lake shoreline.

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This Oct. 15-17, Sister Bay will celebrate its 75th Fall Festival. The big party was postponed for a year because of COVID-19, which means that residents and visitors will be even more fired up to commemorate the annual end-of-season bash. The festival is a huge moneymaker for nonprofits and local businesses, some of which make enough during the weekend to carry them through the slow winter months. It’s also a party. A chance to dance to nonstop live music. To stuff your face with brats, curds and amazing street food, then wash it all down with beers and bloodies. But it’s also a homecoming: a weekend when families and friends reunite with everyone else’s family and friends between the curbs and under the tents. When we all lift a glass to the community we’re fortunate enough to call home. So here’s to 75 years of Fall Fest and the community that makes it what it is!

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THEN AND NOW The street scene has evolved over the years, eventually getting so busy that Highway 42 was completely cleared of cars to make way for the crowds. Photo at left courtesy of the Sister Bay Advancement Association. Photo at right by Myles Dannhausen Jr. in 2019.

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At Twisted Tree, Shannon Mough curates connections and community As with trees, sometimes the biggest dreams can grow from the smallest seed. For Shannon Mough, her daily yoga and meditation practice planted the seed for a new home and a new career. “I was living in Chicago, doing meditation and yoga, and somewhere along the way, I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll open a yoga studio in Door County,’” she recalled. At the time, Mough didn’t know where in Door County exactly, but her husband, Mike Tomasian, who had been visiting Door County for longer than she had, remembered when the old pharmacy was the cornerstone of the Country Walk Shops in Sister Bay. “We looked at this building, which had been vacant and needed so much work,” she said. But more than the necessary repairs, Mough noticed the surrounding stores. “I saw all these other stores here where people were really trying. This store, at one point, was those other stores’ anchor,” she said.

“My happy place is anywhere in nature or in the woods,” she said. “I spend a lot of time outside.” Even before the couple purchased 20 acres in Liberty Grove, the outdoors was a big part of Mough’s life. She spent

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the majority of her free time outdoors, seeking out local parks and forest preserves when she lived in Chicago and, before moving here, escaping to Door County whenever she had a free weekend. So when the idea of a Door Countybased athleisure apparel and retail store began to work its way into Mough’s thoughts and business aspirations, it was no surprise that trees would inspire

not only the aesthetics of her new business, but its mission as well. “I really wanted to call it Twisted Tree. I felt really strongly about it,” she said, explaining that the inspiration came from Ram Dass’ poem “Trees.” “The poem basically says that when you go out into the woods, you’ll see all these different trees of various shapes and sizes. Some are bent; some are

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In that moment, Mough remembers feeling nudged to roll the dice and turn the vacant space into that anchor store once again. But then when a yoga studio opened across the street, she began to shift her focus.

>> When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree. >> — Ram Dass twisted, but when you look at a tree, you don’t judge it. It’s a tree,” Mough said. Her mission with Twisted Tree is to “turn people into trees,” she said, “meaning, I appreciate them for just the way they are.” One way Mough strives to do that is by trying to make every shopping experience a positive one. The store carries a variety of styles and sizes for all body types (up to a 3X and sometimes a 4X if the brand offers it), as well as a masculine apparel line. She also makes it a priority to coach her staff members to be guides who help customers to become not only their best-dressed — but also their best-feeling — self, versus trying to make a sale. “When I decided to open this place, I wanted it to be a positive shopping experience for everyone, regardless of body type,” Mough said. “So often I’ll hear some women say, ‘I’m too curvy. I can only shop for shoes and jewelry.’ What fun is that? I wanted something different for people.” And different it is. Stepping into Twisted Tree evokes all the feelings of stepping into nature. From the moment customers walk through the doors, the calming presence of nature is inescapable, thanks to the store’s creative, purposeful design, which blends warm wood accents into large, airy spaces washed in natural light. “[Mike] had the vision for this place, of bringing the outdoors in,” Mough said. “He told me exactly how everything would look. With the terrible condition the building was in, I’m not sure how he even saw the potential in it.” Relying on his years of experience doing commercial build-outs, he knew exactly how he wanted to design the store’s layout and traffic flow. The metal railings along the upper loft — designed

by Cutting Edge Metals in Superior, Wisconsin, and based on inspiration photos the couple submitted — were also part of his vision. The result was a work of art: twisted, leaf-covered vines that meet at a large metal tree at the front of the store. It’s the shop’s Giving Tree, which is a collection point for charitable donations for community organizations.

excited about this vision she had for the business,” said Scimeca, who worked in the social-media industry at the time and eventually became Twisted Tree’s social-media manager. “She made it feel like an adventure and like we, as the audience, were a part of the growth. Like you’ve been there with her through the dirt and the grime and the process.”

Across from the Giving Tree, on the opposite wall, a mural of Ram Dass’ poem is a nod to the store’s name, and in each dressing room, the mirrors display quotes and sayings that promote positive self-image and body image.

But more than Mough’s innate knack for branding and using social media to build a brand community, Scimeca said Mough’s genuine care for what she’s building and for whom she’s building it help Twisted Tree to stand out in a forest of retailers.

“I feel like people, especially women and people who identify as women, look in the mirror and immediately begin picking themselves apart,” Mough said, pointing out her favorite dressing-room quote: “The size of my waist has nothing to do with my worth.” “Even if these messages resonate with just one person, I feel like I’ve made a positive difference with my work,” she said. Mough admits that retail was never her first choice — nor did it come naturally. Instead, she learned on the job, relying on friends who did have retail experience to help guide her in merchandising and creating displays. “There were definitely times I was up late at night, crying, trying to put together a display and wondering, ‘Why did I do this?’” she recalled. But she didn’t hide those feelings, instead documenting Twisted Tree’s infancy on Instagram long before the doors opened. It was that sense of vulnerability and honesty while building this dream that first caught Claudia Scimeca’s eye while browsing on Instagram one day. “From the beginning, even before the store opened, she was getting people

The dream for Twisted Tree was never about creating another retail store. It was about creating connections — with customers, the community and the mission of the brands she carries. “Brand is important to me — the story of the brand, what they’re doing to give back to the community, how they are respecting the environment,” Mough said. “All of that is really important to me.” And although it requires a little extra homework, she also makes it a point to not select brands that other area retailers carry and to include her fourlegged customers with an entire section dedicated to pets. Five years in, Mough continues to marvel at the twists and turns her journey has taken and how, in the process, they have shaped both her business and her life. “When I think about the benefits of being here, doing what I am doing, verus the hardships, there is not much to complain about,” she said. “I’m incredibly privileged to be here, to have this space and to be doing what I’m doing. It’s been a wild ride, but it’s been great.”

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A BLiSSful Transformation Marketplace breathes new life into downtown A centerpiece of old downtown Sturgeon Bay sat empty for two years, leaving the city scrambling to find a tenant who was willing to take on the former Younkers building at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Louisiana Street. It turned out that city administrators didn’t have to look very far to find a perfect fit. In November of 2020, Bliss and The Marketplace brought a blast of classy retail to the building. “I’ve heard a lot of people say it reminds them of Marshall Field’s in Chicago,” said Todd Trimberger, who, with his partner, Dr. Kelton Reitz, reimagined the building as the new home of their

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longtime Jefferson Street store and The Marketplace. The ground floor is home to Bliss, Lola May’s women’s boutique, and a branch of Monticello, nicknamed Monti, that carries an array of items such as pajamas and cashmere sweaters, but leaves the more complex and customized wardrobe outfitting for the larger and more intimate main store on Jefferson Street. “I went in there kind of reluctantly,” said Monticello owner Diane Magolan, who has run her store on Jefferson for 26 years. “So I did a pop-up. My business was really hurting [in 2020], so I thought I had nothing to lose. But from the minute I walked in there, it was just delightful. The design was unbelievable, and I have been having a great time there since.”

The three stores flow into each other with no barriers, and they complement each other through an emphasis on design, quality and occasional bits of the unexpected. A wall along the edge of the mezzanine has been removed, revealing the original wrought-iron railing and opening up the space that a second branch of De Pere’s SmithMaker Artisan Co. occupies. It sells crafts, attire and organic dog food, mostly from Wisconsin makers. It is also the location of Shear Style Plus salon, which moved from Institute and has been relabeled as KMS. The space has been transformed, but the core is original. Dave Phillips, the construction executive for Bayland Buildings who supervised the Bliss project, said his team found the building’s original drawings, which

guided workers in moving and removing walls. “The other thing that helped a ton is that when a building is old, they don’t make you update it to today’s standards,” he said. “Otherwise, you’d almost have to tear it down.” So the stairways and railings might not meet today’s requirements, but the state’s historic-preservation building code allows them to remain. The biggest change from the outside is that the windows on Louisiana, which had been blocked by masonry, now use energy-efficient glass, giving the face a handsome, inviting look. “People asked us to leave the copper awning and to leave the wood floors,” Trimberger said. “We tore off the tile and carpet and refinished the wood.” The City of Sturgeon Bay contributed $100,000 for the public restrooms and $25,000 to eliminate the tunnel and skywalk behind the store. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation also supported the project with a $275,000 grant to the City of Sturgeon Bay that enabled the installation of an elevator in the shaft when the original plan was to leave it closed. “Anytime you lose an anchor tenant like the Younkers store, it is a huge hit,” said Pam Seiler, executive director of Destination Sturgeon Bay. “We were

incredibly concerned about it — a big building, with historic sentiment. Leave it to Todd and Kelton to take something like that, and preserve it, and make it new for our community.” The concept for The Marketplace is organic and still growing, so Trimberger and Reitz are looking for businesses that are independently owned and complementary to each other to offer shoppers a new experience. “The Marketplace is going to transition — to what, I am not sure,” Reitz said. “We will be choosy in the partners we bring in.” Opening Bliss at The Marketplace in late November 2020 was a bit of a rush, said Trimberger, who decorated the new space for Christmas in 10 days — a task that usually consumed two weeks in the much smaller store on Jefferson Street. But the holiday season was a success, and the business has been evolving steadily since then. He has received business from people who have moved to Door County permanently because they can work remotely. But first, of course, they want to make their home cozy, and Trimberger thinks a real store, where you can walk through and touch items, is much better than buying through a computer screen. “Ordering stuff on the internet doesn’t inspire you,” he said. “When

you’re walking around in a store, you can take this pillow over to that chair and see your vision come to life.” For Trimberger, it’s been quite a trip from his early career as the marketing director for Valley Bank (later subsumed by M&I) and helping to launch the state’s first supermarketbased bank branch. But he wasn’t content in the banking field. “I was surrounded by a lot of people that stayed in banking for the benefits and the seniority and the vacation,” he said. “I was 24 years old, and I thought, ‘Well, I can always go back to that if this doesn’t work, so let’s give it a whirl.’” Trimberger opened a floral and homeaccessory shop called Petal Pusher in Green Bay, then sold it to open Bliss in Sturgeon Bay in 2001. “We called it Bliss because the name was neutral, and we didn’t know if it would become more of an art gallery or if it would become a home-accessory store, or both, or gifts,” he said. Even in retrospect, he thinks their caution was justified. “The retail environment and Sturgeon Bay were very different then. Jefferson Street was just starting to blossom, and Third Avenue had some vacancies,” Trimberger said. Now the city core is being rediscovered. Reitz, who has lived in Sturgeon Bay for almost 15 years, said it has evolved to become more of a destination, rather than just a place to drive past on the way north. Some of that is because of new attractions such as Graham Park, the Jim Kress Maritime Lighthouse Tower and new restaurants on 3rd Avenue. And some of that is due to The Marketplace: an old mainstay made fresh and new again.

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The large, 67-inch (1) soaking tub has a hand-held shower, and the wall-mounted Kohler toilet is both stylish and functional.

“Easy to clean under, and takes up way less space,” Heller said. New crown molding, baseboards and (2) a suspended shelf completed the project before splashing on that happy, dreamy blue. Designing touches that personalize the space include (3) a Japanese stool repurposed from the garden as a bath-side table top; (4) a mirror from her parents’ living room that Heller upcycled with chalk paint to give it a newly restored feel; and (5) art from friends to decorate the walls. “So this has been my dream for years,” Heller said, “to be able to read a book, soak in the tub and enjoy a glass of wine.” Spa-tastic!

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To the caddy shack and back Golf takes Kwaterski to new places — and now back home Few golfers can successfully hoist a 317-yard drive over the woods and onto the green, cutting off the dogleg on the 353-yard 10th hole at Peninsula State Park Golf Course. But, it’s a feat that Peninsula general manager Jason Daubner has seen Nick Kwaterski pull off. “I’ve never seen a player with as much raw ability as Nick,” Daubner said of Kwaterski, a former Gibraltar High School and Western Illinois University golf standout. Golfers often calculate the risks versus rewards of trying a difficult shot, and cutting that much of the corner spells disaster for most players. Kwaterski’s abilities to weigh risks and make things happen have put him in great and unusual positions again and again — both in golf and occupations. Kwaterski just finished four years as the caddie services manager at Sand Valley Golf Resort, a premier golf destination in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, that ranked as Golf Digest’s Best New Course of 2017 and No. 18 on the magazine’s list of

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best public courses in 2019. And now a new opportunity in golf and growing obligations to family are bringing him back to Door County. In late summer his wife Cameryn landed the position of executive director of Destination Sturgeon Bay and Kwaterski told Sand Valley managers he could help to train an interim manager this summer and explore new opportunities this fall. “I had a great time at Sand Valley. Right now I’m just open to something different. I’m not sure what that’s going to be,” he said, though he may stay in the golf world in Door County.

Golf experience and knowledge continue to open doors for Kwaterski, though taking next steps in life can be as difficult as keeping a drive out of the trees. Like many of his efforts — such as his Arizona State walk-on try after a stellar high school career and then his later move to Western Illinois University, where he quickly earned a scholarship — Kwaterski took quite a risk before landing his Sand Valley position.

Five years ago, he had a comfortable, money-making gig as a caddie at the McArthur Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida. He was playing some tournaments and getting to know great golfers such as course co-owner and three-time major golf championship winner Nick Price. Kwaterski also caddied for celebrity members such as longtime NFL coach Bill Parcells. He was banking generous tips as a daylong caddie for the likes of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg when he found out that Sand Valley would need someone to manage more than 200 caddies. “I heard about this resort being built in Wisconsin that was going to have a caddying program, and I’m like, ‘This sounds like the job for me,’” Kwaterski said. “I caddied the first year in 2016, and busted my butt and tried to impress the right people. They hired one guy; he only made it for, like, three months and then got burned out. I was kind of at the right place at the right time in 2017, and they offered me the job, and here we are, five years later.”

(Opposite) Nick and Cameran Ehlers-Kwaterski are returning to Door County this fall. (Above) Kwaterski served four years as caddie services manager for the acclaimed Sand Valley Golf Resort. Photos submitted.

Kwaterski enjoyed training caddies of all ages at the “walking-mandatory,” $200-per-round Sand Valley and Mammoth Dunes courses in Nekoosa. He also took pride in one of the junior caddie program’s greatest successes. Ten of the junior caddies have earned Chick Evans Scholarships: full-ride scholarships to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as Evans Scholars. Kwaterski helped to promote those caddies and provided support for finalists when they traveled to southern Wisconsin for intense interviews with representatives from the Western Golf Association. Kwaterski said he and seasoned caddies helped junior caddies to develop their interpersonal skills. The best caddies not only can carry a bag that weighs

25 or 30 pounds for 36 holes in a day, but they also have — or develop — a good personality for interacting with guests. They need to be able to have and sustain a conversation, in addition to providing prompt, accurate on-course information. “They work seven days a week,” Kwaterski said, “and each day, they’re going to meet somebody else.” In early summer, Kwaterski was not focusing on his golf game. But that changed in late July when he finished in a tie for second at NorthBrook in Luxemburg to qualify for the Wisconsin State Open. His 1-over-par round and top 10 finish got him into the Open in August at Sheboygan at Pine Hills, a private club that had been, he said, one of the courses on his “bucket list.” He’d qualified to play at Blackwolf Run a couple of times in previous Wisconsin State Open tournaments, but this was an exciting new venue for him.

“I still really enjoy tournament golf,” Kwaterski said. “It gives you a chance to get out of work and compete, and to possibly make a few bucks in the tournament.” He has recently been directing most of his non-work time to his family, including young daughter, Lucy. He and his wife Cameryn met nine years ago while both were working at the former Mission Grille in Sister Bay, and he said great opportunities seem to keep opening up for them at the right times. In this case, the Kwaterskis can return to their home county to raise their baby girl and to allow Lucy’s grandparents to spend more time with her. “I think like a lot of people in Door County, you kind of take it for granted,” said Kwaterski, who left the county 18 years ago. “You want to get out and see different places, but once you get away you realize how good of a place Door County is.”

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Crafting a Cocktail Scene When Mike Holmes and his partners launched Wickman House in 2012, he knew he wanted to create a lively bar scene centered around a craft-cocktail menu. There just wasn’t a clear path to his vision. The first hurdle was the marketplace: Most residents and visitors didn’t know what a craft cocktail was, let alone an entire bar built around them. Door County’s bar scene had instead been built around light beer and highballs (rum and Cokes, whiskey sevens and the like). The second hurdle was location. Ellison Bay may not be at the end of the road, but it’s close. Holmes would have to create a scene reliable enough to draw diners and drinkers from 20–30 minutes away. Then there was the matter of getting a liquor license because the previous owner had sold the one that belonged to the property.

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It took a year, but they solved the license issue. They addressed the other two challenges by being relentless about the menu, the quality of the food and drinks, and the service. Holmes and lead bartender Travis Ward greet every customer as if they’re greeting an old friend. The bar stays open late — and the kitchen, too — even way up north. And the barkeeps master a dizzying menu of 50 cocktails, sating experienced imbibers and educating newbies with every sip.

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Easier Than Pie Celebrate autumn with an apple galette Step outside into the brisk, autumn breeze of Door County. Put your arms in the air, and turn your body so the wind brushes your face and blows through your hair. Take a deep breath in; let the deep breath out. Then repeat. This time of year beckons to me to slow my pace and embrace the change in the weather. One of my favorite things to do in the fall is drive the backroads. I try to get lost and take in the scenery as the trees and fields shift from greens to shades of gold, orange and red. I search for roadside stands and their end-ofseason bounty: vegetables, pumpkins and apples. This time of year is perfect for putting on your apron and your favorite music and spending some time in the kitchen.

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My go-to baked treat in the fall is something with apples. The aroma of baking apples commingled with a little butter and cinnamon is one of the very best. Cortland and McIntosh apples are easily found here, and they’re perfect for baking. They were some of the first varieties introduced to Door County back when our ancestors discovered how perfectly the county’s climate and certain varieties of fruit trees accompanied one another, and honestly, the rest is history. In recent years I’ve discovered the galette: a rustic French pastry that can be made sweet or savory. It’s a cousin to the pie, but it’s less complicated and just as beautiful and delicious.

I’ve traditionally made mine using a simple pie crust, but you can use a storebought pie crust or puff pastry when you’re in a hurry. A galette takes less time than a pie to assemble and bake, and you can enjoy it for breakfast or dessert. Apple pie goes great with a slice of Cheddar cheese slightly melted over the top, and so does an apple galette. I also recommend pairing your galette with homemade whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla or cinnamon ice cream. When the wind starts blowing from the north and the trees give us their magnificent display of color, settle into your kitchen, preheat the oven and get baking. The galette is a beautiful, rustic pastry to share. Enjoy!

Apple Filling 3–4 medium to large apples (Variety matters! Cortland, McIntosh and Granny Smith are great options for baking.) 3–4 Tbsp of sugar, preferably brown Juice of ½ lemon 1 tsp cinnamon Pinch of salt 1 egg white 1–2 tsp flour for dusting the fruit Turbinado sugar (sugar in the raw) for sprinkling over the galette Peel, core and slice the apples into 1/8-inch half-moons. Toss in a bowl with the sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and pinch of salt. Toss until the apples are coated equally. Arrange the apples in the middle of the dough in a spiral pattern from the middle of the dough outward toward the edge. The apples can lean against each other like fallen dominos. Leave about two inches of dough around the edge of the apples. Fold the dough up over the edges of the fruit. You may have a bit of overlap of dough on dough to complete the circle, but that’s OK — this is a rustic pastry, so there’s no need for perfection here. Preheat the oven to 400° F. Whisk the egg white into an egg wash. Then, using a basting brush, paint the edges of the dough with the egg wash. Sprinkle the dough with the turbinado sugar.

Crust 2½ cups flour 1 Tbsp salt Pinch of cinnamon 1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon-sized pieces 6–8 Tbsp ice water Place the flour, salt and pinch of cinnamon into the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter, and pulse until the butter forms pea-sized balls in the flour. Add the ice water one tablespoon at a time, pulsing in between. Once the ingredients start binding together, remove them from the bowl and finish mixing them by hand so that all of the ingredients form a ball of pastry dough. Wrap the ball in plastic wrap, and refrigerate it overnight if possible, or a minimum of two hours. Remove the dough from the plastic wrap, and place it on a large piece of lightly floured parchment paper. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a circle until it’s approximately 1/8 inch thick. Transfer the parchment paper and dough to a baking sheet. Place the rolled-out dough back in the refrigerator to keep it cool while you prepare the apple filling.

Bake for approximately 45 minutes. Remove the galette from the oven halfway through the baking process to brush the exposed fruit with the galette glaze (recipe follows). This step is not absolutely necessary, but it adds a professional-looking gloss to the finished galette. Serve warm with your choice of Cheddar cheese, whipped cream or vanilla and/or cinnamon ice cream.

Galette Glaze 1 Tbsp peach or apricot jam 2 Tbsp hot water Whisk the jam and hot water together until it has a syrup consistency. Brush over the galette’s exposed fruit halfway through the baking process. Variations • Use half pears and half apples instead of all apples. • Add a handful of dried Door County cherries or other dried fruit to the apples. • This recipe is not very sweet because I like to allow the fruit to take center stage. If you want to add a little more sweetness, however, I recommend adding a drizzle of maple syrup over the individual pieces right before serving.

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Washington Island Ferry Line Carol Meyer 920-847-2546

Over 20 Varieties of Apples Through the Fall

Open Thurs. - Tues. Through October; Close Wed. 2 Miles North of Sister Bay on Hwy. 42 920-854-4199 www.seaquistorchards.com

Restaurants are listed in alphabetical order by town. Information is subject to change. Contact individual restaurants for hours of operation. Inclusion in this directory should not be considered an unqualified endorsement by Door County Living. Restaurants are encouraged to email us with up-to-date information at info@doorcountyliving.com.

RESTAURANT GUIDE

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$5-10* $10-15* $15-20* $20* Full bar Beer and wine only Outdoor seating available Kids’ menu available Offering breakfast Offering lunch Offering dinner Reservations accepted Open during winter (hours may vary)

*Price range based on average dinner entrée (if available)

BAILEYS HARBOR AC Tap 9322 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2426 $LD JT Baileys 57 7998 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2114 Baileys57.com $BLDT

Bearded Heart Coffee 8093 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9111 beardedheartcoffee. com $BLT{ Chives Restaurant 8041 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2000 chivesdoorcounty. com $$$ L D T (

Clover & Zot 8054 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2587 cloverandzot.com $$ L D { Cornerstone Pub & Restaurant 8123 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9001 baileysharborcorner stonepub.com $$ B L D J T { Coyote Roadhouse 3026 Cty E (920) 839-9192 $$ L D J T { Located on the shore of Kangaroo Lake, we offer a full-service bar, appetizers, lunch and dessert selections in a casual and comfortable setting. Children’s menu available. Family friendly. Florian II Supper Club 8048 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2361 $$ D J

Harbor Fish Market & Grille 8080 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9999 harborfish market-grille.com $$$$ B L D J T {( A full-service restaurant in the heart of Baileys Harbor. Open seven days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. We have a full bar; seasonal, pet-friendly waterfront garden dining; and holiday buffets. Contact us for information about hosting your wedding or special event. Harbor Frozen Custard 8080 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9999 ${ Heirloom Cafe & Provisions 2434 Cty F (920) 839-9334 heirloomcafeand

provisions.com $$ B L MAX at Maxwelton Braes Lodge 7680 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2321 $$ L D J { PC Junction Corner of A and E (920) 839-2048 $LD JT{ Pen Pub County Hwys A and E (920) 839-2141 $LD T{ The Blue Ox 8051 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2271 $LD { Top Deck Restaurant & Bar 1420 Pine Dr. (920) 839-2331 gordonlodge.com $$$ B D J { ( Vino! Vino! and Boccé at Stone’s Throw Winery 3382 Cty E Vino! Vino! (920) 839-9760 Boccé

(920) 839-9665 $$ L D T Vino! Vino! is a contemporary Tuscan wine bar and tapas experience. Boccé serves oakbarrel-fired pizza at Stone’s Throw Winery. Traditional northern Italian-style pizza like no other! Join us for great wine and fresh food in an atmosphere of friendly, casual elegance.

BRUSSELS/LITTLE STURGEON Chaudoir’s Dock 10863 Cty N (920) 493-7075 chaudoirs.com $$ L D { Compass Rose 9254 Lime Kiln Road (920) 824-5334 $$ L D J { Gilmo’s Bar & Bistro Wavepoint Marina Resort, 3600 Cty CC

“Best Small Town Bar in Wisconsin” - Thrillist

Home of Smilen Bob’s Legendary Chili

Check Out our New Waterfront Coffee Shop

COFFEE

Espresso | Breakfast | Lunch _________________________ Come Find the Bayside Shops and Cafe Located Just Steps Behind the Tavern

Bayside Tavern Bayside Tavern Drinks | Dining | Shops Drinks | Dining | Shops

Bayview Patio Serving Full Menu and Bar

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DO WNTOWN FISH CREEK | 920.868.3441 | BAYSIDE TAVER N.C OM

(920) 824-5440 wavepointe.com $$ L D J T { ( Idlewild Pub & Grill 4146 Golf Valley Dr. (920) 743-5630 $$ L D { Joe Rouer’s Bar E1098 Cty X (920) 866-2585 facebook.com/ Rouer1952 $LD T{ Johnny G’s Fishing Hole 6962 Cty M (920) 743-9814 facebook.com/ johnnygsfishinghole $$$ L D J Rouer’s Grand Slam 9710 School Road (920) 493-6556 $$ L D Rouer’s Roadhouse 8649 Cty C (920) 824-5100 facebook.com/ RouersRoadhouse $LD Sunset Grill 3810 Rileys Point Road (920) 824-5130 $$ D J T { The Belgian Delight 1100 Cty C (920) 825-1111 belgiandelight brussels.com $$ B L D (

Carrington Pub & Grill 7643 Hillside Road (920) 868-3205 thelandmarkresort. com $$$ B L D J T {( Casey’s BBQ & Smokehouse 7855 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3038 caseysbbqand smokehouse.com $$ L D J T Matthew Peterson established Casey’s BBQ & Smokehouse in the spring of 2008. Matthew, a Door County native, wanted to put a Door County twist on Southern-style BBQ by using cherry wood to give our meats a rosy cast with a delicious, mild smoked flavor. We also offer a fabulous fish fry, locally famous burgers and many other tasty treats. Fireside Restaurant 7755 Hwy 42 thefireside restaurant.com $$$ D J (

Glacier Ledge 8103 Hwy 42 (920) 868-1333 $$ L D ( We are casual fine dining, offering an eclectic menu with small plates made to share. We offer unique items with a blast of flavor. Our chef has traveled the world and is bringing all those delicious flavors right here. With a newly added bar serving wine, beer and lowalcohol speciality cocktails. Greens N Grains Deli 7821 Hwy 42 (920) 868-9999 greens-Ngrains.com $BLJT{ The Greens N Grains Deli features a selection of vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and rawfood cuisine. The deli also features a juice bar with freshly pressed veggie juices, fruit smoothies, a healthful bakery,

tea bar and organic coffees. Log Den 6626 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3888 thelogden.com $$ L D J T { ( MacReady Artisan Bread Company 7828 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2233 MacReadyBread Company.com $LDJT{ Mojo Restaurant Group 7778 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3274 mojorestaurant group.com $$ L D J T { ( Parador 7829 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2255 $$ D {( Shipwrecked Brew Pub 7791 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2767 shipwreckedmicro brew.com $$$ L D J T { The Harbor View Grill 7821 Horseshoe Bay Road (920) 868-5064 theharborviewgrill. com $$ B L D (

ELLISON BAY Brew Coffee 12002 Hwy 42 (920) 421-2739 $BLT{ Fill’er Up Deli at The Last Stop 12018 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2088 thelaststopwi.com $L Hügel Haus 11934 Hwy 42 (920) 633-4080 $$ D J T (

SPEND YOUR DAY OLD FASHIONED WAY!

CARLSVILLE Carlsville Roadhouse 5790 Hwy 42 (920) 743-4966 $LD T Door County Coffee & Tea Co. 5773 Hwy 42 (920) 743-8930 doorcountycoffee. com $BLJT{ Little Caesars Express 5493 Monument Point Road (920) 743-1700 $LD Rusty Tractor 6216 Hwy 42 (920) 743-8704 rustytractordoco. com $B

Lunch, Dinner & Cocktails Year-Round

A German-inspired, Wisconsininfluenced restaurant located on the hill in Ellison Bay serving Deutschland classics and inspired Wisconsin favorites, including Door County’s best cheese curds! Nightly specials and daily happy hour with German bier, wine and specialty cocktails. Open year-round and selfproclaimed as “Door County’s Wurst Bar.” View our menu and hours online at hugelhausdoor county.com. Kick Ash Coffee 12001 Mink River Road (920) 421-1041 kickashproducts. com $BL T{ Mink River Basin 12010 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2250 minkriverbasin.com $$ B L D J T {(

Waterfront Dining * Outdoor Rooftop

Come for the Fun, Stay for the Food!

Nightly specials include supper club favorites like slow roasted prime rib and broasted chicken & ribs Mondays Bowling & Bar: 4:00pm – Bar Close No lunch served. • Dinner: 5pm – Close Tuesday-Sunday Bowling & Bar: 11am – Bar Close • Lunch: 11:30am-3pm Dinner: 5pm – Close (Fridays 4:30-10pm)

BOATHOUS E ON THE BAY

EGG HARBOR Big Easy Bagel & Beignet 7755 Hwy 42 (920) 868-9600 bigeasydoorcounty. com $BL{ Buttercups Coffee Shop 7828 Hwy 42 (920) 868-1771 $B

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Best Voted ry Fish F d Ol t & Bes ed n Fashio

Hwy. 42, Downtown Sister Bay

920-854-2841

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The Orchards at Egg Harbor 8125 Heritage Lake Road (920) 868-2483 orchardsategg harbor.com $L J{ Village Cafe 7918 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3247 $$ B L J { Wild Pizza Works’ Pizza Romana at One Barrel 4633 Market St. (920) 868-9453 wildtomatopizza. com $$ L D T{

Lunch/Dinner * Full Bar Grill * Seafood 920-854-3223 www.boathousedcw.com 10716 N. Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay

RESTAURANT GUIDE 920-823-2404

SquareRiggerLodge.com

BEACH VIEW

FREE WI-FI

OPEN DAILY

Motel Rooms, Cottages + 286 feet of Private Sand Beach

6:30am – 4:30pm JACKSONPORT

1 BLOCK NORTH OF CTY V

Rowleys Bay Restaurant & Pub 1041 Hwy ZZ (920) 854-2385 rowleysbayresort. com $$ B D J { ( The Viking Grill 12029 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2998 thevikinggrill.com $$ B L D J { T Wickman House 11976 Mink River Road (920) 854-3305 wickmanhouse.com $$$ D { (

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Local and fresh food prepared in your kitchen

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+ Condos + Resorts + In-home + Daily + Weekly + Special events and dinners dcfreshchefs.com | 920.621.6391 dcfreshchefs@yahoo.com | @dcfreshchefs O V ER 2 5 YE AR S OF C U L I N AR Y E X PER I EN C E

Chef’s Hat 9998 Pioneer Lane (920) 854-2034 $$ B L D JT {( Czarnuszka Soup Bar 9922 Water St., Unit 7 $LT{ Good Eggs 9820 Brookside Lane (920) 854-6621 $BL { Joe Jo’s 10420 Hwy 42 (920) 854-3232 $$ L D Old Post Office Restaurant 10040 Hwy 42 (920) 854-4034 oldpostoffice-door county.com $$ B D J{( Pearl Wine Cottage 3058 Church St. (920) 633-5006 pearlwinecottage. com $$ D { Prince of Pierogi 9922 Water St., #6 (920) 421-8619 princeofpierogi.com $$ L D { Summer Kitchen 10425 Water St. (920) 854-2131 $$ B L D J{(

Located between Ephraim and Sister Bay, Door County’s garden restaurant, the Summer Kitchen, is open every day for breakfast, lunch dinner, and it’s well known for its soup bar and homemade pies. In addition to its extensive menu, the Summer Kitchen also serves authentic Mexican food. Sunset Harbor Grill 10018 Water St. $$ B L D J Trixie’s 9996 Pioneer Lane (920) 854-8008 $$$ D ( Wilson’s Restaurant 9990 Water St. (920) 854-2041 wilsonsicecream. com/main.htm $LDJ{ Located in the heart of Ephraim since 1906. A classic Door County landmark that possesses the enchantment to take even the youngest visitors back in time with its old-fashioned soda fountain, ice cream specialties, homebrewed draft root beer, flame-broiled burgers and juke boxes playing the classics.

FISH CREEK Alexander’s Contemporary Cuisine & Fine Spirits 3667 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3532 alexandersofdoor county.com $$$$ D J T { ( Specializing in seafood, steaks, contemporary cuisine, catering and special events (fully licensed and

insured). Bar opens at 4 pm; dinner at 5 pm. Sunday brunch starting at 9 am. Barringer’s Restaurant 1 N. Spruce St. (920) 868-3738 barringersdoor county.com $$$$ L D { T ( Bayside Coffee The Shops at the Bayside baysidecoffee cottage.com $BLJ Fish Creek’s only waterfront cafe. Beautifully situated across from the Town Dock. Outdoor seating with a view. Featuring piping hot or iced Colectivo Coffee Espresso drinks and Rishi Teas, Breakfast and Lunch Sandwiches, Salads and Bakery. Bayside Tavern 4160 Main St. (920) 868-3441 baysidetavern.com $LD JT For an unpredictably great time, visit Fish Creek’s favorite tavern. Serving cocktails, beer and our famous Bayside Coffee. Our shortorder menu features hearty homemade soups, sandwiches, burgers, homemade pizza, Friday fish fry and Smilen Bob’s chili. Open daily year-round! Blue Horse Beach Café 4113 Main St. (920) 868-1471 bluehorsecafe.com $BLJT{ DC Chocolate Design 9341 Spring Road, Unit A6 (920) 868-5155 dcchocolatedesign. com $BL T{

DOOR COUNTY’S GARDEN RESTAURANT 10425 N. Hwy 42 • North Ephraim 920.854.2131 TheSummerKitchenDoorCounty.com

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Outdoor Patio Seating Beer & Wine • Kids Menu

HOMEMADE SOUP BAR

ALL ENTREES INCLUDE ONE CUP OF SOUP

To all Patrons of the Fish Creek Grill You can still find some of your favorite FC Grill dishes at the Summer Kitchen!

English Inn 3713 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3076 theenglishinn.com $$$ D J T ( Fika Bakery & Cafe 3903 Hwy 42 (920) 868-5233 $BL{ Gibraltar Grill 3993 Main St. (920) 868-4745 gibraltargrill.com $$ L D J{ Greenwood Supper Club Intersection of Cty A and F (920) 839-2451 greenwood supperclub.net $$$ D J Julie’s Park Cafe & Motel 4020 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2999 juliesmotel.com $$ B L J{( Loft 4170 Main St. (920) 868-5242 $$ L D J { Nicolet Beach Concessions 10170 Shore Road (in Peninsula State Park) (920) 854-4486 $LDJ{ Not Licked Yet 4054 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2617 notlickedyet.com $LD{ Pelletier’s Restaurant Founder’s Square (920) 868-3313 doorcountyfish boil.com $$ B L D J{( Shiny Moon Café 4164 Main St. shinymooncafe.com $$ B L In the heart of Fish creek serving breakfast and lunch with full service coffee bar, beer and wine. Vibrant food for the soul

that makes you feel good! Skaliwags 4135 Main St. (920) 868-3634 $$ L D { Skaliwag’s in Fish Creek serves lunch and dinner daily. Our specialties focus on custom ground burger patties; the best hand-cut steaks; fresh Hawaiian seafood; big, sexy pasta; and famous sandwiches found around the country, perfected with quality ingredients. Join us! The Cherry Hut 8813 Hwy 42 $$ L D J{ Whistling Swan 4192 Main St. (920) 868-3442 whistlingswan.com $$$$ D JT( White Gull Inn 4225 Main St. (920) 868-3517 whitegullinn.com $$$$ B L D J T( Serving breakfast, including the famous Cherry Stuffed French Toast as featured on Good Morning America, as well as a full menu daily. Featuring fish boils in the summer, fall and select winter nights, along with candlelight dinners. Reservations recommended for dinner. Wild Tomato Wood-Fired Pizza & Grille 4023 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3095 wildtomatopizza. com $LD JT{

FORESTVILLE The Bullpen 213 W. Main St., #9691 (920) 856-6199 $$ L D T

GILLS ROCK Shoreline Restaurant 12747 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2950 theshorelineresort. com $$$ L D J { Start at the top of the county in Gills Rock. Visit the Shoreline Restaurant, where every meal is served with a view overlooking the western waters of Green Bay. We serve lunch, 11 am3 pm; and dinner, 5-9 pm, May through October. Featuring whitefish and nightly specials. With a full menu featuring delectable dishes, desserts and full bar options.

and

LaPuerta of Sister Bay

Hwy. 42 North end of Sister Bay 920.854.4513 MEXICAN & AMERICAN FOOD ~ World Renowned Margaritas ~

jjslapuerta.com

JACKSONPORT Island Fever Rum Bar & Grill Cty V and Hwy 57 (920) 823-2700 $LD JT{ Little Bit of Coffee 6332 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2408 $B T Located in Jacksonport at the Square Rigger Lodge, you will find us serving delicious coffee, quiche and baked goods. Come for the coffee, and linger for the great water view. Mr. G’s Logan Creek Grille 5890 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2112 $$$ D J T {

HARBOR Fish Market & Grille

Distinctive Waterfront Dining Serving Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner 7 days a week Outside Waterfront Dining (Weather Permitting) 8080 Highway 57 Baileys Harbor 920.839.9999 www.harborfishmarket-grille.com

CASEY’S BBQ & SMOKEHOUSE Subscriptions Please send $25 to: Door County Living, 8142 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 920.839.2120 doorcountypulse.com/subscribe subscribe@doorcountypulse.com

brisket • ribs • wings salads • soups • sandwiches burgers • friday ﬁsh fry saturday smoked prime rib saturday night karaoke

7855 hwy 42 • downtown egg harbor 920.868.3038 • caseysbbqandsmokehouse.com

Town Hall Bakery 6225 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2116 townhallbakery.com $B J

SISTER BAY

Custom Ground Burger Patties The Best Hand Cut Steaks Fresh Hawaiian Seafood Big, Sexy Pasta Famous Sandwiches Found Around the Country Perfected With Quality Ingredients.

Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant 10698 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-2626 aljohnsons.com $$ B L D JT Boathouse on the Bay 10716 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-3223 $$$ L D J { Flip-flop into Boathouse on the Bay for outside seating, the majestic marina and grand sunset views. Stay for the good people, great food and specialty drinks. With our restaurant patio seating, our Fly Bridge Bar and dining area with floor-to-ceiling windows, you can’t miss the beautiful panorama of the marina — or a stunning Door County sunset.

Carroll House 2445 S. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-7997 $BLJ Chop 2345 Mill Road (920) 854-2700 $$$ D JT{( Door County Bakery 10048 Hwy 57 (920) 854-1137 doorcountybakery. com $$ B L T { ( Door County Creamery 10653 Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-3388 $LD T{ Door County Ice Cream Factory 11051 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9693 doorcountyice cream.com $LDJ{ Fat Belly Bowls and Burritos 10621 N. Highland Road (920) 854-3500 fatbellybowls.com $$ L D { Grasse’s Grill 10663 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-1125 $$ B L J{

Husby’s Food and Spirits 10641 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-2624 $LD JT{ JJ’s La Puerta Restaurant 10961 Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-4513 jjswaterfront.com $$ L D J T { Travel to the north end of Sister Bay for the liveliest setting around! Enjoy Mexican and American dishes and fantastic margaritas — a local favorite! LURE Intersection of Hwys 42 and 57 (920) 854-8111 luredoorcounty.com $$$ D J T { ( McEvoy’s Culinaria & Catering 2602 S. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-8029 $LDT{ Northern Grill & Pizza 10573 Country Walk Dr. (920) 854-9590 $$ L D J T { Roots Kitchen 2378 Maple Dr. (920) 854-5107 $L T{

Sister Bay Bowl 10640 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-2841 sisterbaybowl.com $$ L D J T Famous for its Friday-night perch fry and its prime rib, this throwback to yesteryear is located in the heart of Sister Bay, open yearround. Featuring a full dining room, grill and bar, and Northern Door’s only bowling alley. Skip Stone Coffee Roasters 10678 S. Bay Shore Dr., Building 2 skipstonecoffee.com $BL JT{ Stabbur Beer Garden at Al Johnson’s 10698 Bay Shore Dr. 920.421.4628 $$ L D { Sub Express at Sister Bay Mobil 2579 S. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-6700 $BLDJT{ The Kitschinn 10440 Orchard Dr. (920) 854-5941 $BJT{ The Waterfront 10961 Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-5491

FRESH SEAFOOD HAND-CUT STEAKS FINE SPIRITS

THE SHORELINE RESTAURANT

Full menu on our website

Reservations accepted

(920) 868-3634

Open Year Round

Serving Lunch 11-3pm Dinner 4-8pm

where every meal is served with a view overlooking the bay

4135 Main St. Fish Creek, WI

IN GI LLS ROCK 3667 Hwy 42 | North of Fish Creek

Skaliwags.com

920.854.2950

920.868.3532 alexandersofdoorcounty.com

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RESTAURANT GUIDE waterfront-DC.com $$$$ D T { ( The Waterfront features upscale, elegant dining overlooking the beautiful Sister Bay waterfront. Our menu features Door County’s finest steaks and innovative fresh fish and seafood. Look for The Waterfront when you’re in Door County. It promises to be a memorable dining experience! Thyme Restaurant + Catering 10339 Hwy 57 (920) 421-5112 Thymecatering DoorCounty.com $$ L D { J T ( Thyme restaurant has a new home in sister bay. Join us at our brand-new restaurant, bar and outdoor dining space, where we’ll be serving up fresh, new dishes as well as some of our classics. Next door is twelve eleven provisions + wine

bar, where you can enjoy a variety of wines sourced and produced from grapes grown in Sonoma and Mendocino County. Our private, openair dining space and gabled meadow are available to rent. See you soon! twelve eleven provisions + wine bar 10339 Hwy 57 (920) 421-9463 $$ L D T{ twelve eleven + Thyme Cuisine are pleased to collaborate in a fullservice restaurant with indoor and outdoor dining, private events, wine bar and provisions shop in Sister Bay. Our provisions shop will offer wine selections from our namesake, as well as two additional California base labels, whose winemakers hail from Wisco and the Mitten. In addition to slinging juice,

the shop will offer a selection of artisanal cheeses + charcuterie, bread and a carefully curated selection of local wares. Wild Tomato WoodFired Pizza & Grille 10677 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-4685 wildtomatopizza. com $LD JT{

DOOR COUNTY’S ‘WURST’ BAR Full Bar, German Drafts, & Nightly Specials

STURGEON BAY 5th and Jefferson Café 232 N. 5th Ave. (920) 746-1719 $BLD{ Birmingham’s 4709 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 743-5215 birminghamsbar andcottages.com $$ L D J T Blue Front Café 86 W. Maple (920) 743-9218 $$ L JT( Brick Lot Pub & Grill 253 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 743-9339 bricklotpub.com $LD JT

WOOD ORCHARD

OPEN YEAR ROUND,

Dining Room, Bar Seating, or Carryout Available

11934 Highway 42 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 920-633-4080

Find our hours, menu, & specials on

hugelhausdoorcounty.com German Inspired, Wisconsin Influenced

Winner of GMA’s “Best Breakfast in America Challenge”

MARKET

Different from all the rest!

Open May - November • WoodOrchardMarket.com • 920-868-2334

Located in beautiful Door County, just north of Egg Harbor on Hwy 42

Truly Unique

Warmth and charm greet you as you enter the market. A large selection of art & decor fill the walls with style and design. The children’s area is complete with gifts to delight children of all ages!

Totally Delicious

SweeTango ® and Honeycrisp Apples straight from our local orchard. Local cherries are featured in our jams & jellies. Always popular: Cherry Salsa, homemade Cherry Strudel, fudge and fresh Apple Cider Donuts.

breakfast • lunch • dinner

traditional Door County fish boils

4225 Main Street • Fish Creek • 920.868.3517 innkeeper@whitegullinn.com • www.whitegullinn.com

RESTAURANT GUIDE Bridge Up Brewing 129 N. Madison Ave. (920) 743-2300 sonnyspizzeria. com/bridgeup-brewing/ $LD T{ Cedar Crossing Restaurant & Bar 336 Louisiana St. (920) 743-4200 innatcedar crossing.com $$$ B L D J T( Corner Café 113 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 743-1991 $BLJT( Crate — Sushi & Seafood 136 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 818-1333 $$$ D T{( Dan’s Kitchen 50 S. 3rd Ave. (920) 818-1300 dans-kitchen.com $LD T Door County Fire Company 38 S. 3rd Ave. (920) 818-0625 $$ L D J T El Sazon Mexican Restaurant 1449 Green Bay Road, Suite 2 (920) 743-6740 $BLD JT Fatzo’s 46 Green Bay Road (920) 743-6300 $LDJT{ Get Real Café 43 S. Madison Ave. (920) 818-1455 getrealcafedoor county.com $$ B L D Glas 67 E. Maple St. (920) 743-5575 glascoffee.com $BL T{ Greystone Castle 8 N. Madison Ave. (920) 743-9923 Greystonecastle bar.com $$ L D J T Hoffman’s Red Room 66 S. 3rd Ave. (920) 743-3913 $LD T Hot Tamales 26 E. Oak St. (920) 746-0600 hottamaleswi.com $BLD JT Institute Saloon 4599 Hwy 57 (920) 743-1919 institutesaloon. com $LD T

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Kick Coffee 148 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 746-1122 $BLT{ Kinara Urban Eatery 25 N. Madison Ave. (920) 743-8772 $LDT Kitty O’Reilly’s Irish Pub 59 E. Oak St. (920) 743-7441 kittyoreillys.com $$ L D J T { Lodge at Leatham Smith 1640 Memorial Dr. (920) 743-5555 $$ L D J T { ( Melt Shoppe at Renard’s Cheese 2189 Cty DK (920) 825-7272 $BL JT{ Now offering more great options. The deli has a great variety of meat, egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches, as well as a full line of gourmet coffee and tea. Lunch features Renard’s pizza, hot and cold sandwiches, hot dogs, soup, salad and a grilled cheese of the week. Offering a variety of alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages. Mill Supper Club 4128 Hwy 42/57 N (920) 743-5044 $$$ D J T Morning Glory Restaurant 7502 Hwy 42 (920) 743-5355 $BLJ Old Mexico 901 Egg Harbor Road (920) 818-1500 oldmexicowi.com $$ L D J T { Poh’s Corner Pub 164 N. 3rd Ave. $LD T Samuelson’s Creek Pub & Grill 1009 S. Oxford Ave. (920) 743-3295 whitebirchinn.com $$ L D J T ( Scaturo’s Café 19 Green Bay Road (920) 746-8727 $BL JT{( Sonny’s Italian Kitchen & Pizzeria 129 N. Madison Ave. (920) 743-2300 sonnyspizzeria.com $$ L D J T (

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Stone Harbor 107 N. 1st St. (920) 746-0700 stoneharbor-resort. com $$$ B L D J T {( Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club 600 Nautical Dr. (920) 743-6934 $$$ L D ( The Nightingale Supper Club 1541 Egg Harbor Road (920) 743-5593 $$$ D J T The Spoon 210 S. 1st Ave. (920) 818-0250 $LD{ Trattoria Dal Santo 147 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 743-6100 trattoriadalsanto. com $$$ D T( Wanda Jean’s 846 Egg Harbor Road (920) 743-0105 $BLDJT Waterfront Mary’s Bar & Grill 3662 N. Duluth Ave. (920) 743-3191 waterfrontmarys barandgrill.com $LD JT{

VALMY Donny’s Glidden Lodge Restaurant 4670 Glidden Dr. (920) 746-9460 gliddenlodge.com $$$$ D J T {( The Hitching Post 4849 Glidden Dr. (920) 818-1114 thehitchingpost doorcounty.com $$ B L D J ( Valmy Happy Hour 4418 Whitefish Bay Road (920) 743-6236 $LD JT

WASHINGTON ISLAND Albatross Drive-In N7W1910 Lobdells Point Road (920) 847-2203 $LD{ Bread & Water Café 1275 Main Road (920) 847-2400 washingtonisland food.com $BL{

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Door County Living - Autumn 2021

Articles inside

Easier Than Pie

Artistic Flair

A Blissful Transformation

Crafting a Cocktail Scene

To the Caddy Shack and Back

More than Clothes

CURIOSITIES

EDITOR’S NOTE

Compassionate Law

The Artists of the North

Essential Listens from the Door County Pulse podcast

CONTRIBUTORS

75 Years of Fall Fest

A Run for Everyone