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Support Lake Tahoe Businesses This Giving Tuesday!

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Photo by Nina Miller

It is no secret that COVID-19 has put a major strain on businesses, not just in America, but across the globe. The Tahoe Fund would like to take the opportunity this Giving Tuesday to share out two web pages that include dining options, websites, and gift cards for the Tahoe businesses that you love.

North Lake Tahoe

The NLTRA has listed out the local businesses that are offering gift cards ranging from health and wellness, to restaurants and bars, to retail and activities. Here you can find companies like Garwoods, Fifty Fifty Brewing, Homewood and more! Click on the picture above or visit the website at nltra.org.

South Lake Tahoe

The South Lake Tahoe community rallied to create the Tahoe.is page, displaying the status of their businesses and how you can help. This page gives links to menus, websites, and order online options that make it easy to support Tahoe South businesses. Click on the picture above or visit the website at tahoe.is.

Thank you for your support of local Tahoe businesses!

Custom Tahoe Tables by Breuners Furniture

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Breuners Furniture has had a long history of furniture making in California.

During the California Gold Rush, German-born cabinet maker, John Breuner, came to Sacramento looking for his fortune. He quickly learned he could make more money building “gold cradles” for prospectors instead of prospecting himself. This creation was the start to John Breuner building a business that would last for 148 years. Breuners Furniture began in Sacramento, expanded to the San Francisco Bay Area and eventually had a presence from coast to coast.

John Breuner went on to have a large, extended family. Over the years, Breuner sons took turns running the family business while also making their way to the west shore of Lake Tahoe for family vacations. Four generations of Breuners have now had the privilege of feeling like Lake Tahoe is home, enjoying all its beauty and recreation.

This is the marriage between furniture making and Lake Tahoe. Fast forward to our current global pandemic. Twin sisters, Heidi and Gretchen Breuner, along with Heidi’s husband, Derek, have resurrected Breuners Furniture with the introduction of their hand-crafted, customized Tahoe coffee table. Heidi’s former business closed over-night due to COVID-19, but with that closure was the (re)birth of Breuners Furniture.

Using tools handed down from their grandfather (Wallace) Heidi, Derek and Gretchen are thrilled to see their Tahoe coffee table receiving such a warm welcome. Locals and Bay Area friends and family have loved sharing their stories of having visited a Breuner furniture store during their youth, and Heidi and Gretchen are honored to be carrying on a family tradition.

Most importantly, these Breuners are not only grateful for the warm reception of their tables, but they are also so grateful to have something to share with others, about the lake they love.

10 percent of all proceeds from the Tahoe tables will be donated to the Tahoe Fund in order to support critical environmental improvement projects around the Tahoe basin.

You can see their Tahoe coffee table, as well as other custom creations, on their website at breunersfurniture.com

Lake Tahoe Fun Fact: 2 Million Years

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Lake Tahoe is estimated to be 2 million years old. That’s roughly 730 million sunsets! If you’re craving one of Tahoe’s beautiful sunsets, tune into the Tahoe Fund’s Facebook live feed every night to get your daily dose. It’s clear to see that Tahoe and it’s beauty will be here for us when this is over. We will see you then!

8 Ways to Enjoy Tahoe During Quarantine

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Thank you to everyone who is respecting the current requests to stay home until this passes. We know many of you are missing out on your favorite Tahoe traditions. Here is a list of things you can do at home to make you miss Tahoe a little less:

1. KT Powder Day Prep

This one can only be done with your current quarantine peeps. Gather together in a very tight space. If need be, feel free to hang nylon ropes on each side of you.  Then practice creating personal space with your pointy elbows as you imagine that the gates to the KT-22 Chair miraculously open on the best powder day of the year. First one to the “chair” wins. Remember, there are no friends on a powder day. 

2. Northstar’s Champagne “Tost”

Everyday at 2pm, sit outside in the sun on a comfy chair (or a bean bag in the color of Veuve Clicquot orange if possible) with a glass of bubbly. Close your eyes and imagine you are looking out across Martis Valley from the Tost Bar on the east ridge of Northstar after a day of quad burning groomers. 

3. Tahoe Road Construction Season

This one requires a vehicle and possibly someone wearing a safety vest and carrying an orange flag. Go sit in your car. Pretend you have somewhere really important to be. You don’t actually have to start your car, as you won’t be going anywhere. 

4. Wet Woody Wednesdays

On Wednesday, fire up the blender and puree strawberries with rum. When you are done, pour an excessive amount of rum on top. Now find the biggest straw you can (preferably made of paper) and suck down that imposter Wet Woody until you have a brain freeze or can’t remember what day of quarantine it is. 

5. Ski Boot Time Trials

Looking for a good physical activity for the day? Need to meet your kids’ daily PE hours? Buckle up those ski boots and see how quickly you can run around your house or block. For extra bonus points, make sure you carry your skis and all of your kids ski gear.

6. Tahoe Blue Vodka Tahoe-tinis

At the end of a long day, take off those sweatpants and pour yourself a gourmet cocktail. We recommend a Tahoe Blue Vodka Tahoe-tini. Mix Tahoe Blue Vodka with a splash of vermouth and curacao. That blue sip of magic will make you feel like you are drinking up the blue of Tahoe. 

7. Daily Sunset

Missing those Tahoe sunsets? Tune in nightly to the Tahoe Fund Facebook page to see a livestream of the sunset. Or binge Tahoe sunsets on the Tahoe Fund IGTV channel. Note, this can be done in combination with #4 and #6. 

8. Zoom Backgrounds

Stuck on video calls all week? Download the Tahoe Zoom backgrounds provided by photog extraordinaire Justin Majeczky on the Tahoe Fund website. 

Tahoe will still be here when this passes. And thanks to your continued support, the Tahoe Fund will be here working hard to improve the Tahoe environment for all to enjoy.

Special thanks to Squaw|Alpine, Northstar, Gar Woods, Riva Grill and Tahoe Blue Vodka for their long-term support of the Tahoe Fund.  To support them and other local Tahoe businesses now, consider purchasing gift cards to use when Tahoe re-opens. Check out these North Shore and South Shore websites for more information.

Did we miss a favorite Tahoe tradition? Send your traditions our way at info@tahoefund.org or share on our Instagram or Facebook pages


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