This little note makes us so happy! 🙂 Congrats, guys!! David and Tereasa- I’m not sure how we can put into words how wonderful you, your property team, and Camp Wandawega was for our wedding. Our family and friends are still talking about the fun they had. We could not have had the wedding of our dreams were it not for you and this magical place you created. I keep telling my husband that a one year anniversary is reason enough to rent out the camp again for a party but I can’t seem to get him on board yet. 🙂…
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Just bumped into a great blog called THE SCOUT MAG.and are sort of… obsessed.SOME OF MY FAV FEATURES:SMITH AND MILLS, BROOKLYN: BROOKLYN PHARMACY & SODA FOUNTAIN HOLLER & SQUALL and found a great story on camp!- thanks, guys 🙂an excerpt:We visited the private camp grounds of Beaver Brook yesterday. A destination that we all wish we had access to. Today we travel to Camp Wandawega, a getaway that’s available to the public. Camp Wandawega is located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin where David Hernandez and his wife Tereasa Surratt have transformed a former camp devoted to the Latvian priesthood into a stylish…
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Always excited to see new ways to camp and travel. Check out Cabin Time, a traveling creative residency to remote places. Creative, original and exciting.
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We were thrilled to have Good Beer Hunting and Buckshot Sonny’s out at Camp Wandawega this past fall. Loving the boys weekend rundown that DryHop posted. Such kind words about Camp Wandawega and we are so happy they all had such a great time. Nothing like good people, good friends and a bunch of fun at camp! Photos by: Michael Kiser – Good Beer Hunting
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so we finally finished the new pantry! …and learned in the process that sometimes it pays to hoard. David pulled out of a secret stash that he’s had tucked away somewhere – bin a piled high with vintage hardware: vintage towel bar,ancient meat grinder,iron wall hooks,commercial utensil racks,and a fabulous random decorative iron wall mount broom organizer. and I pulled out of the nether regions of the basement:every possible commercial kitchen appliance imaginable.(i had no idea where we got a milk pasturizer, or a commercial deli slicer, but now it takes pride of place in the pantry.where i might use…
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mary’s dad was quite ill when he walked her down the aisle…so when I read the title to her post: “A great New Years gift: getting to see video of my dad walking me down the aisle at our Camp Wandawega wedding” …i knew i would probably cry even before i watched the film. and so of course i only made it the first 10 seconds in…i watched it and now im crying… because i remember dad walking me down the aisle, too in the same spot. and that he could only manage the last 10 feet, so i met him halfway. a…
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Our basement is a hellhole. Really and truly…an episode of Hoarders without exaggeration. It’s that dark space that we try to hide when folks come over. We deny that it’s there but they always find it. So, last weekend after nearly a decade of failing to avoid the ugly truth, we put on gloves and hip-waders and literally dug ourselves out. Out of the mind-numbing culmination of 80 years of old trash that consumed our basement: skeletal mice, canisters of hardened cleaners from the Hoover administration…really, too painful to get into much detail here. The good news? There is a plan! Inspired by the parred-down simplicity of…
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our favorite style photographer Ryan Plett posted some gorgeous broll on his blog … check it out
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We will be hosting a small weekend gathering of fun and creative women up at Camp this weekend… A chance to get away from the city for a few days- to make new friends, learn a few crafts, exchange holiday cookies, eat some great food and relax at camp. Our friend / guest blogger and lovely party planner Hillary Schuster came up with the idea — and we can’t wait. Here is more info on the co-hosts….check back for the post with the shots! HILLARY SCHUSTER – A designer and aspiring event stylist, Hillary lives in Chicago with her awesome…
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this little post is ode to Hudson Bay…. a long love of mine. (and while out surfing one fine day stumble upon camp wanda featured on their facebook page) they have a fun collection that features the iconic Hudson bay stripes– as found & submitted by fans. here are some of my fav pix from their posts….
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