A new tradition started in summer 2025, when TMLA began informal gatherings at Rendezvous Brewery and Barrel & Vine in Hackensack.

Once a month, Ten Milers are invited to enjoy a cold beverage and warm conversation among fellow lake friends old and new.

In 2027 these get togethers will include TMLA Trivia in celebration of our 75th Anniversary!

Please join the fun on the 3rd Saturday each month, 5:00-7:00 p.m. No rsvp, just come as you are from the lake.

2027 DATES:

May 15 - Barrel & Vine

June 19 - Barrel & vine

July 17 - Rendezvous Brewery

August 21 - Rendezvous Brewery

September 18 - Rendezvous Brewery (no trivia this time, just fun!)

Late in the 1970’s several men on the north shore decided it would be fun to get together on a regular basis to meet for coffee and solve all the world’s problems. The early movers and shakers included Ross Melgaard, Claude Miller, Don Hall, Ed Ytzen and Ted Rasmussen. Early coffees included homemade yeast rolls made by Inez Ytzen, but in later years donuts from Hackensack Bakery became the official treat. Today each host decides what treat they might serve. Popular conversations include fishing stories as well as lake safety, water clarity, preventing aquatic invasive species from invading Ten Mile, and the annual Ice Out Pool.

Men’s Coffees are generally held late May through September on Tuesdays at 10 AM. 

You may volunteer to host a coffee at your cabin by emailing Paul Seel at pseel@comcast.net.  And email Paul to sign up for reminder emails for each men’s coffee location.

2027 DATES:

Stay tuned for dates.

In 1995, Dorothy Mills, Elinor Chase, Gail Becher, and Joan Urbanski were having a cup of coffee together and they decided it was time that the women of Ten Mile Lake stood up for women’s rights everywhere! It was time for us to have our own get-togethers, and so, the TML Women’s Coffee was born. Women graciously open their homes to anywhere from 15 to 30 TML friends every other Wednesday at 10 AM, often having homemade goodies to serve. In recent years, we have also added a Wine and Cheese Party on one Wednesday evening.  Our topics of discussion vary from the men’s, but we try to solve all the world’s problems, too. Not so many fish stories, though.

Please join the fun conversation at a Women’s Coffee, late May through October. 

You may sign up to host a coffee by contacting Cindy Kaldor at dckaldor@aol.com. Please email Cindy to sign up for reminder emails for the next women’s coffee location.

2026 DATES:

October 28, 2026

2027 DATES:

Stay tuned for dates.