We love the abundance of nature just out our door at A Sense of Place and Spring Street Inn in Stockholm. Our yard, a Certified Wildlife Habitat, is teeming with birds, butterflies, and beautiful plants. Up and down the street, flowers are bursting with color and fragrance. Eagles and hawks soar overhead. Across the Great River Road, Lake Pepin offers new sights every day.
We want to help you enjoy the natural abundance in our backyard and yours, too. With that in mind, we are building our stock of hands-on items for appreciating nature. You will find birdhouses galore at A Sense of Place, all of them locally handmade of durable, natural materials. Get a closer look at nature with our three different sets of binoculars. Choose a 10 power, a zoom 10 - 30 power, or a 5 power for kids.
Introduce kids to nature though a book from our selection that includes see-through pages, accompanying CDs, and other tools to capture their imaginations. Identify wildlife and plants yourself by using one of our nature guides which cover the entire Midwest. Whatever the depth of your reading experience, you will discover a book you’ve never seen before at A Sense of Place.
Buy a kite featuring animals or a rainbow of colors and experience the power of the wind. Our kites start at $10.
Stop by, and we’ll help you find more fun in nature. Stay the night at Spring Street Inn to absorb firsthand the wonders of nature in our backyard.
We’d love to see you again,
Paul and Pam Larson
A Sense of Place and Spring Street Inn
Stockholm
6/28/13
6/20/13
Celebrate the arrival of summer with us…
Celebrate the arrival of
summer with us at our annual Midsommer Swedish Festival this Saturday, June 22,
from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In
anticipation of the event, we have colored the village with beautiful
flowers. You’ll even see some of us
wearing wreaths of flowers on our heads Saturday, too.
You’ll find a bit of Sweden
throughout the village. From Swedish
music in all the shops to Swedish treats at the eateries, we merchants are
honoring Stockholm’s roots. Join us and
immerse yourself in the sounds and scents of Sweden. Take a class at Ingebretsen’s and learn a Swedish
craft. Get into the Midsommer spirit at
4:00 at SideSpot Park in decorating and raising the Maistang, the Swedish
maypole.
We’ve been eager for summer
a long time. This Saturday soak in the
spectacle of green along the Great River Road.
Take a drive to Stockholm and celebrate the arrival of summer with us.
We’d love to see you again,
Stockholm Merchants
6/14/13
Indulge in the relaxing decadence…
At TansyHus a historical vacation rental, we enjoy the comments our guests leave in our journal about their adventures while visiting. We love Heather C’s message in a child’s large but legibly-printed letters. “Heather C. is a funny monkey and wants to live in this house FOREVER AND EVER! Well, at least for a decade.”
Another
group of guests were “off to pick apples
at Maiden Rock Winery and Cidery. We
headed home in the rain. We will be back
next summer on a sunny day to pick berries.”
Sometimes,
our guests’ purpose is to do nothing at all.
“This house is bigger, brighter,
and cleaner than my own and has a faster Internet connection, too! The place is loaded with charm and comfort… On day one we just rattled around this big
ole place with no pretense. It seemed so
very decadent. We read and walked, read
and napped, read and ate, read, and then retired for the night.”
Last
fall, a guest and her husband extended their stay after discovering the Great
River Wine Trail. They deemed the wine
from locally-grown grapes quite outstanding, much to their happy surprise. As the day ended, they relaxed on the veranda
and watched a storm roll in.
We
invite you to book a stay at TansyHus, relax on our veranda, savor the local
produce, and indulge in the decadence of charm and comfort. Call
Sandra on her cell at 626-523-8910 or e-mail smyklebust@tansyhus.com.
We’d love to see you,
John and Sandra
6/6/13
Our pie flavor dilemma
Sometimes customers at Stockholm Pie Company can’t make up their minds as to which pie they want to order. “All your pies look good,” they remark. In an effort to decide which to get, they continue with questions. “What's your best seller? What's your favorite pie?”
These are difficult to answer.
We don't have one best selling pie. Returning customers often like one particular flavor too much to try another. We have one customer who orders triple chocolate pecan with chocolate ice cream. Another wants sour cream raisin every time. A friend of mine has learned to come early if he wants to get his favorite, coconut cream. At this time of the year, we have trouble making enough rhubarb pies. Since appearing on Gourmet.com's list of the 53 best things they ate in 2012, double lemon pie disappears quickly.
When I'm asked my favorite, I reply, “Everything but raisin sour cream.”
On the other hand, Amy, who makes our pies’ flaky crusts and tremendous breads, loves raisin sour cream. Melissa, who is responsible for many of the single crust pies, savory pies, and quiches, likes to eat chocolate cream and peanut butter fudge for breakfast. Leora, who helps fill in the gaps and smiles at the counter, shares with customers that her favorite is triple chocolate pecan.
Therein lies one of our big dilemmas. Each day we wonder who is going to want a particular pie, how many we need, and what flavors should we make. Some days, triple berry pies are gone in a few hours. Other days, they sit on the shelves while customers can't get enough caramel apple crunch. Often times, new customers will want what the person sitting outside at the table is eating. Those days, that pie sells out quickly.
We do have a standard list of pies that we make every day. If you come in early enough, you most likely will find apple, caramel apple crunch, apple crisp, double lemon, peanut butter fudge, pecan, triple chocolate pecan, triple berry, and several cream pies. Depending on the day of the week, we add other fruit pies such as cherry, berry cherry, and key lime. We also like to try new pies. This week we are making a coconut cream brownie pie.
We really dislike disappointing you when we don't have your favorite pie. If you want to make sure you get your favorite pie, here are some suggestions. Call ahead and place an order, whether it's for a whole pie or slices. Order cream pies by noon a day ahead. Be certain to come early, especially on a weekend. By the middle of the afternoon, choices are limited .
Earlier you can also enjoy our breakfast sandwiches, chicken pot pies, savory pies, individual vegetarian quiches, pulled pork sandwiches, or grilled sandwiches. Add a slice of pie for a great lunch or follow Melissa‘s example and have a piece for breakfast. Like some customers, you may want to eat the pie first.
We’d love to see you again,
Janet Garretson
Stockholm Pie Company
These are difficult to answer.
We don't have one best selling pie. Returning customers often like one particular flavor too much to try another. We have one customer who orders triple chocolate pecan with chocolate ice cream. Another wants sour cream raisin every time. A friend of mine has learned to come early if he wants to get his favorite, coconut cream. At this time of the year, we have trouble making enough rhubarb pies. Since appearing on Gourmet.com's list of the 53 best things they ate in 2012, double lemon pie disappears quickly.
When I'm asked my favorite, I reply, “Everything but raisin sour cream.”
On the other hand, Amy, who makes our pies’ flaky crusts and tremendous breads, loves raisin sour cream. Melissa, who is responsible for many of the single crust pies, savory pies, and quiches, likes to eat chocolate cream and peanut butter fudge for breakfast. Leora, who helps fill in the gaps and smiles at the counter, shares with customers that her favorite is triple chocolate pecan.
Therein lies one of our big dilemmas. Each day we wonder who is going to want a particular pie, how many we need, and what flavors should we make. Some days, triple berry pies are gone in a few hours. Other days, they sit on the shelves while customers can't get enough caramel apple crunch. Often times, new customers will want what the person sitting outside at the table is eating. Those days, that pie sells out quickly.
We do have a standard list of pies that we make every day. If you come in early enough, you most likely will find apple, caramel apple crunch, apple crisp, double lemon, peanut butter fudge, pecan, triple chocolate pecan, triple berry, and several cream pies. Depending on the day of the week, we add other fruit pies such as cherry, berry cherry, and key lime. We also like to try new pies. This week we are making a coconut cream brownie pie.
We really dislike disappointing you when we don't have your favorite pie. If you want to make sure you get your favorite pie, here are some suggestions. Call ahead and place an order, whether it's for a whole pie or slices. Order cream pies by noon a day ahead. Be certain to come early, especially on a weekend. By the middle of the afternoon, choices are limited .
Earlier you can also enjoy our breakfast sandwiches, chicken pot pies, savory pies, individual vegetarian quiches, pulled pork sandwiches, or grilled sandwiches. Add a slice of pie for a great lunch or follow Melissa‘s example and have a piece for breakfast. Like some customers, you may want to eat the pie first.
We’d love to see you again,
Janet Garretson
Stockholm Pie Company
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