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FEATURES

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Fishing in the CitiesNo need for you to go up north to fi nd fi sh.

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Intentional LivingStunning Lake Minnetonka home features Mediterranean design.

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Fishingin the Cities

You don’t have to go up north to fi nd fi sh


They’re talking fi sh at TJ’s Bobby and Steve’s Auto World in Minneapo-

lis’ Bryn Mawr neighborhood. TJ’s might be the only place you can buy a

dozen minnows in all of south Minneapolis.

“I don’t know what it weighed,” Troy Lark says about a muskie he once

hooked. “But I held it by the gills like this,” he demonstrates, holding his

arms up, like he’s lifting weights, “and the tail touched the ground.”

He pauses, then adds, “A big dude was watching me, and he had his little

boy with him. The fi sh was twice as tall and twice as fat [as the boy].”

Conrad Robertson works behind the counter at TJ’s. “My boss says we’re

the only bait shop within a nine-mile radius.” Makes sense, then, that he

hears big-fi sh stories all day long. “They tell me you can see big muskies

from the dock over at Cedar [Lake],” he says. “They say they look like

logs.”

As Robertson says this, a co-worker grabs for his phone. “My buddy

caught this fi sh the other day,” says Jon Mansell, of the image of a 15-pound

muskie on his smartphone. “Caught it on a kiddie pole; said it fought like

crazy.”

Lark fi shes from shore. He’ll fi sh Calhoun, but he prefers Lake of the

Isles. His tactics are simple: Cast from a spot with minimal weeds, move,

and repeat.

“I use purple worms like [a] seven-inch twisted tail,” he says. “Bass re-

ally hit it. I like catching the old ones, fi ve to seven pounds.”

He caught the big muskie he was talking about on the same set up.

“The hook was in the edge of his mouth,” he says. “That’s why he didn’t

break the line.”

Today, he caught a smaller bass that he eventually hands over to a friend.

“I usually catch and release,” he adds.

His friend accepts the fi sh with a smile.

“The way we cook it, bass is good,” Lark says, “but you’ve got to use the

right seasonings.”

When the talk turned to eating northern, the discussion bogged down

in a disagreement on the right way to remove Y bones.

You’d be surprisedIf what you remember as a kid of Minneapolis’ lakes are its panfi sh and

carp, you’ve missed the boat.

“They’re not jogger lakes,” said Kalon Jones, who fi shes Lakes Harriet,

Calhoun, and Lake of the Isles. “They’re fi shing lakes.”

“I think people would be surprised at what comes out of these lakes,” says

TJ’s Robertson. “Especially the people who think you have to go north to

catch fi sh.”

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Chris Zimmer and Jennifer Nowlan cast their lines from The Point on Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis on an early evening in June. Zimmer is using a special lure to fi sh for bass. Nowlan is baiting with leeches and nightcrawlers in search of crappies and panfi sh.

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Still, count Robertson a skeptic. “It’s just another fi sh story,” he says, “Un-

less you bring a picture.”

He then walks to the front of the store and what he calls the Hall of Fame:

a wall of photos of anglers and their fi sh.

“That’s Cedar,” he says, pointing to a picture of someone holding a big

muskie. Then he points to several others. “He’s Harriet. He’s Calhoun. That

big catfi sh came from the river. This walleye did, too.”

Outside looking inZak Gens says there’s something to be said to be for fi shing only15 to 20

minutes from home. “The numbers aren’t exceptional,” he says, “but there’s

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After all, Gens has a 45-inch muskie to his credit, a 27-inch walleye, and

a bucket load of bucket mouths. “If you work hard enough,” he says, “you

could probably catch a seven- to eight-pound bass. Five-pounds isn’t all that

uncommon; threes are kind of run of the mill. I caught a couple [of bass] in

2007 that were phenomenal.”

Although he’s caught some of these fi sh from the shore and some through

the ice, his ride of choice is a kayak, yellow in color, wide in transom.

“You have to get out past the milfoil to have a chance,” he says.

After Isles gets too weedy, he’ll concentrate on Harriet and Calhoun. He’ll

get past the milfoil and fi sh the deep edges just outside the weed line. He’ll

throws big baits; believing that big baits catch big fi sh.

“July is one of the better muskie months,” he says, “but October can be

pretty good too.”

He doesn’t face a lot of competition out in the middle of the lake, but he’s

not totally alone either.

“If I fi sh Harriet or Calhoun, there are usually fi ve to six boats out there,”

he says. And he’s not talking about sailboats or windsurfers.

Secret fi shing holesAnglers are none too quick to give up their hot spots.

Tom, who fi shes the Mississippi River, is an example. He wouldn’t reveal

his last name. “I prefer to stay incognito,” he says.

After putting gas in his car at TJ’s, he buys a bucket of minnows and puts

it in his trunk.

“I’m fi shing the river,” he says, “and I fi sh from shore. My best is a six-

pound smallmouth, fi fteen-pound northern, three-pound white bass, and

ten-pound walleye.”

Where on the river?

“Oh I don’t know,” he says, fl ashing a sly smile. “Somewhere between St.

Anthony [Falls] and the Ford Dam.”

Daniel Huss is the sports editor of the Eden Prairie News.

Yes, catching a big fi sh out of a kayak can be a challenge. The challenge wasn’t too great, though, for Minneapolis’ Zak Gens, who landed this Lake of the Isles muskie. Photo courtesy of Zak Gens

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LIFE ON THE LAKE

Doctors David Feldshon and Archelle Georgiou built their 6,500-square-foot, neo-classical home in Orono in 2003. Constructed on a long, narrow splice of land between Tanger Lake and Brown’s Bay, the house offers lake views from every room.


Not everyone would have seen the potential of a narrow strip of

land, sandwiched between two bodies of water along northern Lake

Minnetonka. To build a house on a lot so restricted by bluff and shore-

line seemed foolish to former owners.

But doctors David Feldshon and Archelle Georgiou saw what few

others could see – their dream house.

Their white stucco home conjures images of the Mediterranean with

its red tile roof and lofty vantage. Inside, the house is an ode to the

doctors’ ethnic roots and neo-classical tastes.

“We both came from immigrant families without a lot, and we feel

like the house is a refl ection of everything they gave us, combined

with our hard work of bringing it to this,” says Georgiou, 49, a health

care consultant. “It’s really the crystallization of everything from the

American dream to just working hard.”

Built in 2003, the house is a stunner. Perching over well-manicured

landscaping and tiered patios where the couple and three daughters of-

ten eat summer meals, the 6,500-square-foot house is a peaceful retreat

from everyday life.

For Feldshon, 60, a gastroenterologist, its lake location brings back

childhood memories of fi shing from the Long Island pier.

“To me, it’s just the ultimate kind of living when you’re on water,”

Feldshon says.

Well designedThe East Coast natives, who met while practicing medicine in

San Francisco, moved to Minnesota in 1997 when Georgiou became

United Health Group’s chief medical offi cer.

The adjustment wasn’t easy for the couple or their daughters, Ariel

and Athena, now 22 and 19, (Zoey wasn’t born yet), and at times, the

Feldshons contemplated moving back to California.

But in 2001, they decided, instead of leaving, they would bring a

piece of what they considered home to Minnesota.

Within a month, the Feldshons had sold their Eden Prairie house

and soon after found a narrow lot between Tanger Lake and Brown’s

Bay in Orono, which had been vacant since 1996. They tapped luxury

homebuilder Keith Waters to design their dream house.

Waters encouraged the couple to think about how they lived, moved,

and entertained in their home. With a meticulous eye and attention to

detail, the Feldshons spent a year designing the house on paper before

breaking ground in June 2002.

“We wanted them to think about how they’re going to use the spaces

and not what they’re named,” Waters says.

Looking back, Georgiou and Feldshon say the time was well spent,

for when they moved into the house the night before Thanksgiving

2003, it was exactly what they wanted.

“It was like a dream come true for us,” Georgiou says.

In the detailsRunning the length of the house is a wide galley with limestone

fl oors, Doric columns and fl oor-to-ceiling windows, reminiscent of a

colonnade.

Intentional living Stunning home on Lake Minnetonka features a Mediterranean design

Story and Photos By Kristin Holtz

A beautiful home is all in the details. Doctors David Feldshon and Archelle Geor-giou, pictured in their family room, spent a year designing their home on Tanger Lake with custom homebuilder Keith Waters. They turned to Ramsey Engler for the house’s interior design.


To the left, a formal living and dining room welcome guests with

dramatic drapes and special fi nishes, like an under-lit onyx sideboard.

The family room sits at the back of the house with large comfortable

furniture and within close proximity to the kitchen and family offi ce,

known as “home central.”

“We deliberately put [the offi ce] next to the kitchen because that’s

where all the activity takes place, so I can sit there and do my work and

hear everything that’s going on,” Feldshon says.

The natural fl ow between rooms was intentional, as was the balance

between formal and informal living, according to Georgiou. The house

is ideal for both formal and casual entertaining, she says, noting she

threw 22 parties the fi rst year living in the house.

“We love contrast, visually and how we live our life,” she explains.

“So we’ll have really formal dinners, and we’ll have really casual din-

ners, and we wanted all of those options.”

What immediately stands out is the attention to detail. From custom

painted cabinets that match the iron railings to coved lighting and

walls painted to look like wallpaper, nothing was overlooked.

“[The Feldshons] are really into details and they have a really good

eye for design,” Waters says.

Georgiou credits the look to designer Ramsey Engler, who came on

board in March 2003 and put her whole fi rm on the project.

Upstairs, each bedroom has its own personality with special details,

such as the handmade seashell mirror in daughter Athena’s room and

crystals hanging from lamps and window treatments.

Homebuilder Keith Waters said homeowners Archelle Georgiou and David Feld-shon had a clear vision of what they wanted when they began designing their $2.6 million custom lake home in April 2001. The white-stucco house with red-tile roof wouldn’t seem out of place on the Mediterranean, Florida, or California coasts.

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Georgiou calls the house’s style neoclassical, and with 18 columns and

dozens of arches, it defi nitely evokes images of the Mediterranean.

For example, above the family room fi replace hangs a 7-foot painting

by Italian Nazario Fusco, commissioned specifi cally for the house. The

Feldshons came upon Nazario’s work during an anniversary trip to the

Amalfi Coast. The piece, Fusco’s largest ever, took him four months to

complete and depicts a village staircase.

Family rootsMore than just an ideal space, the Feldshons’ home also honors the

family’s past.

An alcove off the foyer celebrates the Feldshon roots as photographs

and immigration papers from the family’s 1920s entry into the United

States fl ank the Feldshon’s grandfather’s refurbished rabbi chair.

Georgiou’s Greek roots are evident in the basement’s rustic family

room, complete with white-washed walls and a large semicircle fi replace

that wouldn’t be out of place in her family’s ancestral home island of

Rhodes.

Georgiou’s mother’s hope chest (her fi rst purchase after immigrating

to the U.S.) and her father’s sewing machine where he made his living as

a tailor are also displayed.

“We can’t go to Greece very often, but we can come down here,” she

says.

Georgiou and Feldshon agree their Lake Minnetonka house is the

result of a lot of hard work, sacrifi ce, and risk by them and their parents.

It’s something they don’t take for granted.

“We really feel blessed to be able to be in this home,” Georgiou says.

“It’s just a house, but what it symbolizes to us is so important.”

Kristin Holtz is a writer and editor for Southwest Newspapers, which pub-

lishes Dockside Minnesota.

David Feldshon and his wife, Archelle Georgiou, love the peacefulness of lake living and also being close to the action. They can often be found Monday nights eating burgers at Lord Fletcher’s or walking to downtown Wayzata for coffee Saturday mornings.

The home’s circular stair-case is a classic Keith Waters’ architectural design element. In the alcove below, the fam-ily pays tribute to its Feldshon Ukrainian roots.

The Feldshons prepare for 9-year-old Zoey’s piano recital on a rainy Saturday morn-ing. They love to entertain, but when not entertaining guests, family members can be most often found in the home’s kitchen or offi ce.


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close to blue herons, or even surprise a snapping turtle,” the Lotus Lake resident

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“Although when I see a snapping turtle, I wish I was louder,” she jokes.

Soaring in popularity within the last few years, this unconventional sport offers

something for everyone—relaxation, exercise, and a chance to get closer to nature.

Although it may seem counter-intuitive to stand on a surfboard in completely fl at

water, you don’t need to rely on waves to enjoy paddling.

Evan Lawrence, owner of MN Surf Co., reached via email, says that he thinks

stand up paddling is gaining recognition due to its user-friendliness.

Give it a try!Are you ready for paddleboarding? Here is a se-lected list of some local rental locations:

Wheel Fun Rentals, located at Lake Calhoun, Lake Harriet, and Lake Nokomis ($16/hour)

Lebanon Hills Regional Park ($10/hour)

Bryant Lake Regional Park ($6/30 min)

Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Kayak & Paddle board rental ($19/hour)

Interested in a class or tour?

MN Surf Co. offers paddling lessons, yoga classes, and instruction for fi shing on a board (mnsurf.com)

Stand Up MN provides “Paddle Pub” tours of downtown Minneapolis, as well as yoga and team-building outings (standupmn.org)

Twin Cities Paddleboard holds two classes, yoga and “Paddleboard Bootcamp” (tcpaddleboard.com).

EVENTS BREWING ALL YEARMinneapolis’ Harriet Brewing hosts and participates in many diff erent events throughout the year, including beer tastings, music festivals, and events at its brewery at 3036 Minnehaha Avenue. To fi nd out what’s brewing now, visit Harrietbrewing.com.

PICNICS AND TOURSCannon River Winery invites guests to stroll the vineyard and enjoy a bring-your-own picnic in the winery’s beautiful setting. Various Saturday dates are set for these tours. Visit the winery’s website for more details. Also, you can become a part of Cannon River Winery’s Fall Harvest Crew and experience this

exciting part of the grape growing year. Visit Cannonriverwinery.com.

WINE AND BBQCrofut Family Vineyard continues its Vineyard BBQ Fridays on Aug. 3, 17, Sept. 7, and 21. Plus, a large number of other events are planned for August and September, including Grape

Stomp 2012, on Sept. 8 and 9. Visit Crofutwinery.com.

LIVE MUSICCarlos Creek Winery, near Alexandria, has live music every Saturday of the year and is one of the few Minnesota wineries that is open year-round. The winery expands its live music

to every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Memorial Weekend through Labor Day Weekend. Also, look for its Grape Stomp and Fall Festival September 14-16. For more information, visit Grapestompfestival.com and Carloscreekwinery.com.

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“The sport [is] accessible to almost

everyone,” says Lawrence. “Stand up pad-

dling is something anyone from 7 years of

age to someone in his or her late 80s can

do.”

Hammett agrees, saying that it didn’t

take her long to feel comfortable with the

new sport.

“I learned to paddleboard in California,

on a tiny lake with warm water and no

wind,” she says. “I fell in love right away.”

Although Hammett was inexperienced

at the time, she says stand up paddleboard-

ing was not a diffi cult sport to pick up, and

that she would urge others to try it, even if

they are not overly athletic.

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EDIBLES Building a Better Burger?Just ask your friends for advice

Say the word burger and I imagine one of those big restaurant ones

with cheddar, garlic-butter mushrooms, and crispy, breaded onion

straws. This is good for a treat, but I was hearing this burger’s siren

song once a week — not good for the wallet or the waistline. And so

the search began with a simple Facebook post: “Anyone have a burger

recipe (turkey or beef, hopefully healthy) that will make me scorn res-

taurant burgers? Please share.”

In an hour or so, I had at least a dozen responses. There are lots of

theories about what makes for a great burger. Some say you need to fl ip

it at the right moment, while others warn about smashing down as it

cooks. Some say it is the grill, others say it is the meat. I’m defi nitely

learning a thing or two about how to build a better burger. Here’s what

I’ve found in my search for the best burger ever:

HEAT MATTERS: You can cook an excellent burger on the stove

or on an outdoor grill. The key is heat. Pre-heat your grill pan or skil-

let so the patties

will sizzle when

they go. With

grills, the better

your control of

the heat, the bet-

ter the result. I

would say tools

are important,

too, but I think

it may be fi nding

the right tools to

make you a better

cook. We’ve had

better results

from stainless

steel grates than

cast-iron, and for

us, a high-quality

gas grill gave us

better control

than a charcoal

grill. Indirect

cooking methods

and the right

level of heat made

for tender, juicy patties as opposed to hamburger pucks. You may fi nd

the opposite.

SEASONING MATTERS: Burgers cook beautifully with most any

recipe. But, the wow factor is personal taste, pure and simple. A ranch

burger (ranch dressing mix with ground beef or turkey and maybe

shredded cheese) got raves from friends. The burgers came off the grill

juicy and ready to eat. And, I took one bite and almost spit it out —

preferring simple seasoning salt, or a bit of Worcestershire. My favorite

health-boosting tip was to mix in diced tomatoes or zucchini—an

excellent use of farmers’ market bounty.

SHAPE MATTERS: There was some debate about the best type of

meat to use—100 percent grass-fed buffalo and beef or organic turkey

were recommended for being

earth-friendly and humanely

raised. And, some swear the

fl avor is better. I found that my

perfect patty had little to do

with whether it was 93 percent

lean ground sirloin or grass-

fed buffalo. I simply looked

for something fairly lean and

within my budget. The key is to

shape the patties by hand and

create a small dip in the center

of each one. The burger shrinks

as it cooks. That thinner center

ensures the end result is a fl at

patty with no cracked edges.

MAGIC ONION BURGER TOPPER

Pretty much everyone agreed that grilled onions were a must. So, I took my favorite onion recipe—the Magic Onion which was fi rst shared with me by Tessa Leung, owner of Söntés in Rochester—and turned it into a quick and easy version for the stovetop.

1 onion

2 tablespoons salted butter

1 beef bouillon cube

Dice that onion. Cook it in a frying pan with the butter with the bouillon cube until onions are soft and starting to burn just a little bit. Serve this with your other favorite burger toppings—bleu cheese is a popular partner to slightly sweet grilled onions.

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1 pound ground beef

1 packet onion soup mix

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

2 tablespoons Jack Daniels No. 7 Barbecue Sauce

Mix it all together and form into patties. This makes 4-6 burgers. “Make them large and use Kaiser rolls and garnish with condiments and vegetables of your choice,” says Dennis Casey of Burnsville, who shared this recipe with me. He uses ground sirloin and says onion soup is the trick. He also adds hot sauce to taste. I’d say part of the magic is the smoky barbecue fl avor from the Jack Daniels sauce.

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