Lakebound began in 2007 when I was looking for a map of my hometown lake, Lake Coeur d’Alene, and couldn’t find one. I was living in L.A. at the time and wanted a piece of home. So my friend Chris, a graphic designer and also a Coeur d’Alene kid, made one. While ho...

There’s this thing about running your own business; about building something from the ground up. Over time, you gain some serious resilience and stick-with-it-ness. You get gritty and scrappy. You learn to take a problem and see it as an opportunity. Don’t get me wr...

"I'm always dancing around balancing a sense of adventure with sense of grounding and foundation. It's fluid - sometimes I’m more focused on exploring new things and new life adventures, and sometimes I’m very focused on home and roots. I think that’s one reason I ...

Photo credit: Nancy DiDonato Every morning, without fail, Nancy DiDonato gets up before dawn and takes her trusty camera out to take photos of her beloved Trout Lake in NY. She's not a famous Instagrammer, or trying to sell anything; she's simply someone who loves h...

There are many important firsts in life: first steps, first words, first love and of course, the first time you discover the lake.  Last month I got to dip my son's toes in my hometown lake for the first time. It was chilly but he was still enamored with it, just l...