Ace General Store

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Hello! I have been thinking about you. It has been a year since we closed the shop, which feels like both a blink and a ...
05/25/2026

Hello! I have been thinking about you.

It has been a year since we closed the shop, which feels like both a blink and a lifetime. So much has changed, but my love for small business, for Ace, and for all of you is lifetime kind of love.

This Mother’s Day was the first in 9 years that I went to my favorite local nursery in Excelsior, Garden Patch, and instead of buying all my flowers for Ace, I bought them for my home. It was bittersweet. We transplanted the lily in this photo from our first year at the shop into our backyard, and despite lots of trampling by kids, it is thriving.

Our yard has been a labor of love — removing years of neglect. I’ve realized that the best way to get rid of the bad, is not only to pull it out, but to also plant the good. So every year, over and over, we add more good and slowly, there is no room for the bad to creep in. This is true of so many things lately. When the bad feels invasive, overwhelming, and everywhere. Keep planting. Foster community, support what you care about. Sow the good seeds, over and over.

Missing you and wishing you every good thing this holiday weekend and beyond. ❤️

I have been thinking about you, about the shop. About what it meant to be part of a community we love so much. I recogni...
01/23/2026

I have been thinking about you, about the shop. About what it meant to be part of a community we love so much.

I recognize the irony of social media and how it has played a role in the division and hate we are seeing spread like wildfire. I acknowledge that the content you consume is the content you will see and truth lives somewhere in the middle of it all.

Ace was a shop build around community. About being a conduit for connection.

What does it look like to be steward of your community? I’m working on that. It’s paralyzing and overwhelming, all that is happening in our beloved state. No matter what you think about this administration, I pray we can collectively call a wrong, a wrong. What is happening in our streets, on our sidewalks, in our schools, churches, homes, businesses. None of it is okay.

Since we have joined corporate America, my kids are still getting used to not seeing us as often. My youngest wakes up every morning and immediately asks where every member of our family is. She checks them off, one by one. Today I’m thinking of Liam. I see his face in the face of my son.

I’m not sure what it all means, but I have hope. I know people are good. I pray you speak up and speak out, on or offline. Have hard conversations. Hold the line. Remember your humanity and want for others, what you want for your own family. Defend the Constitution. Love your neighbor and find any way you can to use your resources to help so many who are in need.

Hate is easy online. It’s cheap. Judgment is a click away. Don’t take the bait. Don’t look away either. If someone walked up to your table hungry, would you feed them?

Loving you and missing you, always.

Hi! These updates start to feel like love letters. Writing to you, knowing you won’t write back, but wanting you to know...
12/28/2025

Hi! These updates start to feel like love letters. Writing to you, knowing you won’t write back, but wanting you to know that I’m thinking of you. Today there is a snowstorm in Minnesota and I imagine all of us are hunkered down, watching the snow.

How was your holiday? Ours was lovely. The first time in eight years we were truly able to rest — what a gift!

I also ached for the shop, for all of you. Not always, but enough times to notice. My muscle memory kicked in and I had the urge to step in and help out. There is nothing like the work of brick-and-mortar retailers during the month of December.

I miss our long talks and stoking the fire. I miss being together. I laugh when I think about all the times we would run out of bags or large tee shirts. I miss our neighbors. Our Excelsior family. Our ACE family.

I pray for you in the mundane ways I know how.

Small businesses are at the root of our communities — may they thrive.

Our neighbors are worthy of belonging — may they be loved and valued.

My wish for all of us in 2026 will always be longer tables, listening ears, and endless grace.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. We love you!

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356 Water Street
Excelsior, MN
55331

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

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+19522173217

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