The Deliveranceville home that I grew up in only got two TV channels until I was about seven years old, and one was from Montreal and therefore useless to me. Finally my parents invested in a satellite dish like you’d see in stock footage from a 1950s sci fi movie — a giant vegetable strainer of a thing. That satellite dish gave me Nickelodeon.
Window World of Fargo
Simply the Best for Less
How gratifying a feeling it is to point to Fargo and say “Here is a city that people can move to and start a successful business.” Carter and Melissa Broer, who hail from an exotic land to the east called Wisconsin, did just that when they established Window World of Fargo in 2017. The business quickly become the one to turn to for everyone’s window, siding, and patio door needs!
Schmidt’s Gems & Fine Jewelry
Shopping for jewelry can be daunting. Few of us could say very much about precious metals and stones just by looking at them, so we must rely on jewelers’ expertise in the matter. The occasions for which we buy jewelry may be the most special of our lives, so leaving things to chance simply will not do. That many stores incentivize their staff to sell aggressively can be off-putting, and to entrust a beloved heirloom to a new acquaintance for mending demands the highest degree of confidence in their abilities.
Downtown Christmas Fun
Christkindlmarkt
1666 1st Ave N, Fargo
Nov 21st & 22nd 5:00 – 9:00pm, Nov 23rd & 24th 12:00 – 5:00pm
Inspired by the traditional holiday markets of Europe, Christkindlmarkt is downtown Fargo’s preeminent winter shopping experience. Held by Folkways, whose mission is to better connect locals while improving their quality of life, Christkindlmarkt features every kind of vendor you could need help from to put on a homey Christmas. Browse artisanal pottery, chocolates, jewelery, and ornaments, enjoy mulled wine and hot German food, and finally nip inside Drekker Brewing Company to dance to the live music there, which comprises everything from classical to polka. How better could you get into the holiday spirit?
Andes Tower Hills
The Anderson brothers not only fell in love with skiing when they first tried it out in the 1970s, but wanted to share that newfound passion as well. The entrepreneurs thus found an conveniently placed steep slope just 90 minutes southeast of Fargo in Kensington, MN, and opened Andes Tower Hills. Now nearly four decades later their wish has been fulfilled: a world-class ski resort where anyone from the tri-state area can go to shred to their hearts’ content.
Fargo Snow
If you are reading this, then by now it is very likely that the Midwest’s winter has shown her surly side. Snow can be very pretty, but let’s face it — the most beautiful thing in the world wouldn’t do you any favors if you regularly had to shovel several hundred pounds of it. When snow has covered your driveway, sidewalk, even your doorstep, you want the greater Fargo area’s preeminent snow removal specialist in your corner. That is Fargo Snow.