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The Last Best Plates - Exploring the Big Sky One Bite at a Time Exploring the Big Sky One Bite at a Time
  • eat
    • From Pasture to Plate: Raising Steaks
      From Pasture to Plate: Raising Steaks
    • James Bar: Stylish & Comfortable
      James Bar: Stylish & Comfortable
    • A Grand Feast
      A Grand Feast
  • drink
    • Cowboy Winemaker
      Cowboy Winemaker
    • James Bar: Stylish & Comfortable
      James Bar: Stylish & Comfortable
    • A Grand Feast
      A Grand Feast
  • stay
    • A Grand Feast
      A Grand Feast
    • Moose-ing Around in Whitefish
      Moose-ing Around in Whitefish
    • Werner Peak Fire Lookout is Really Cool
      Werner Peak Fire Lookout is Really Cool
  • play
    • What The Hay?
      What The Hay?
    • Bulls, Burgers & Beers…and a Parade
      Bulls, Burgers & Beers…and a Parade
    • Moose-ing Around in Whitefish
      Moose-ing Around in Whitefish
  • cool
    • James Bar: Stylish & Comfortable
      James Bar: Stylish & Comfortable
    • The Whitefish Architect of Alchemy
      The Whitefish Architect of Alchemy
    • Think Local in Kalispell
      Think Local in Kalispell

Donnie Sexton

Donnie has been with the Montana Office of Tourism since 1990. For the last ten years, she has split her time between working with travel journalists and photographing anything and everything that lures people to visit our great state. Her unquenchable passion for photography and travel has shaped her life, with the Far East being among her favorite destinations to explore. Home base is Helena for this wife and mother of two sons. Donnie's work has been published in Sunset, National Geographic Traveler, Horizon Air, Delta Sky Magazine and Via, as well as several Montana newspapers and magazines. Check out her work at donniesexton.com.

Spotted Bear Distillery Whitefish, Montana
cool, drinkApril 10, 2017

The Whitefish Architect of Alchemy

By Donnie Sexton

I have great admiration for soft-spoken Lauren Oscilowski. While I’m no authority on gin and vodka, I’m immediately taken with her vodka, for the…

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Think Local - Kalispell, Montana
coolNovember 4, 2016

Think Local in Kalispell

By Donnie Sexton

Montana has no shortage of remarkable artists and craftsmen, but sometimes locating where to find their work is challenging. This isn’t an issue in…

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Photo by Donnie Sexton
play, stayFebruary 24, 2016

Moose-ing Around in Whitefish

By Donnie Sexton

After years of traveling, I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t really care for the bed and breakfast stay. I always feel a…

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Best Small Town in Montana is Philipsburg, Montana
drink, eat, play, stayOctober 22, 2015

Philipsburg: The Gem of the Treasure State

By Donnie Sexton

I’m a Montana native, so if you ask me my favorite small town, hands down, it would be Philipsburg, or “Pburg”, as the locals…

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cool, drinkJuly 2, 2015

Americana on Last Chance Gulch

By Donnie Sexton

Ray Domer will say that when he was only 4 years old, he told his mom that he wanted to sell tea when he…

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Archie Bray Ceramic Arts
coolMarch 19, 2015

A Passion for Clay

By Donnie Sexton

I have a passion for clay – functional pottery, ceramics, sculpture, you name it. I studied this medium while attending MSU and honestly, I…

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