![]() ![]() ![]() The activities on this fall weekend were similar, well, except for that Sunday morning stroll down the shorepath followed by breakfast at lakeside Scuttlebutt’s, but other than that, the procedures were the same. Yet somehow, you’re more relaxed at the lake. On the surface, there’s not much different about the weekend spent in Lake Geneva when compared to the weekend spent back home. You’re back home by 5 in time to roast some squash and grill a few steaks lakeside. ![]() The fall colors set against the deep blue lake were really impressive, and the traffic a drop in the bucket compared to the suburban drive. A quick stop at Pearce’s to peruse the produce, and back home in time for dinner. Maybe a drive to Gordy’s for lunch, hugging the lakeshore along undulating, leaf littered lanes, and perhaps a little shopping at Clearwater Outdoor in the afternoon. Now pick yourself up, and plop down an hour north and imagine a weekend in Lake Geneva. It was, all in all, a fine day in the suburbs. The scenery, relatively dull, entirely the same, but not stressful really. Nothing really, considering you stopped at Starbucks for a quick coffee and chatted with a friend for most of the drive. Nothing particularly stressful about that day. You’re buying some pumpkins, then home for dinner. It’s one guy who orchestrates 20 or so trucks throughout the Twin Cities…) What was I saying? Right. Perhaps a stop at a roadside stand to buy a few pumpkins out of the back of some guys truck (by the way, my brother from Riverside called me this week to tell me that in Minneapolis, the kids in old trucks claiming that the pumpkins/squash/corn are from their parents farm are lying. Traffic is bad, but it’s something you’ve learned to deal with quite nicely. Maybe a trip to Williams and Sonoma to buy that new Shun knife you’ve been eyeing for months. Imagine a fall weekend spent driving around the suburbs. Our collective search for a less stressful life is a boon for the economy, as we go about our days trying to do things, to buy things, to spend our time doing things that just might make us a teensy little bit more relaxed. That search for balance that so many of us just cannot quite obtain. It’s that search for serenity that leads many to purchase a vacation home in Lake Geneva. As Frank Costanza famously said, “serenity now”. We live in a stressed out world, in stressful times, and yet we do our best to maintain our composure and function as productive members of society while stress from our job, our family, our finances, our socialistic president, and the thought of another long Chicago winter tears at our insides. Heck, it’s a driving motivator for anyone who purchases a vacation home anywhere for that matter. There’s little doubt that the desire to obtain thorough relaxation is a driving motivator for those who purchase vacation homes in Lake Geneva. ![]()
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