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I’m sipping a lavender-infused coffee while my wife, Tip, enjoys a cool lavender lemonade. We lean back in our Adirondack chairs and the world before us is the color of ... well, lavender. The breeze rolls through it like a purple wave, and the air hums with the pure delight of hundreds of bees. I suppose the nectar is lavender-infused as well.
Like an open-air spa, Fragrant Isle Lavender Farm lies at the heart of Washington Island, a different side of Wisconsin’s Door County.
A Touch of France
Martine Anderson was born and raised in France, and her husband, Edgar, hailed from Honduras. Their paths crossed in Miami Beach. Each had a successful and busy career—she in couture management for Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue, he with his own ad agency and a corporate executive job with McDonald’s that took him all over the world for the better part of 21 years.
Kevin Revolinski is an avid traveler, craft beer enthusiast, and home-cooking fan. He is the author of 15 books, including “The Yogurt Man Cometh: Tales of an American Teacher in Turkey” and his new collection of short stories, “Stealing Away.” He’s based in Madison, Wis., and his website is TheMadTraveler.com
