April 2008

April 2008

Features Best Places to Work On average, people will spend a third of their lives at work. Which employers make their staff happiest? We know. by Erik Gunn Bittersweet You can’t catch him, he’s the chocolate man…. Despite the curmudgeon facade (is it real?), Jim Fetzer creates a fever with his confections, luring zealots to his King Drive store. by Martha Bergland Spring Fashion The kind of clothes and accessories we’re all dying to break out now. by Nichole Weresch Behind the Curtin Jeremiah Curtin, that is. He’s a hometown hero, of sorts, a 19th century author. And a fraud?…

Features
Best Places to Work On average, people will spend a third of their lives at work. Which employers make their staff happiest? We know. by Erik Gunn


Bittersweet You can’t catch him, he’s the chocolate man…. Despite the curmudgeon facade (is it real?), Jim Fetzer creates a fever with his confections, luring zealots to his King Drive store. by Martha Bergland


Spring Fashion The kind of clothes and accessories we’re all dying to break out now. by Nichole Weresch


Behind the Curtin Jeremiah Curtin, that is. He’s a hometown hero, of sorts, a 19th century author. And a fraud? So say today’s scholars. by Cheryl L. Collins


Departments

Outfront Sitting in for the big guy. by Kurt Chandler


Mail The public speaks.


Events Edo’s debut, the Rep’s take on Beckett, a big ballet and a chaste affair.


Insider
Driving in circles, plus an ethereal oil and a doleful update.
First Person Ministry of presence.
Pressroom What’s The Business Journal’s secret?
Reviews Alterra’s latest cafe, Mike Gousha’s show.
The Mil The Fonz, politics and eharmony.com.



Savvy
Home Green is the new, uh, black.
Shopping Wall wizardry and wind chimes.
Real Estate Condo caution?


Health The key to a good patient-doc relationship? An open line of communication. by Janine S. Pouliot


Arts Michelangelo’s Pietà is displayed far away in Italy. But a repro is here in town, a bronze copy that kindles an interesting conversation about “value.” by Debra Brehmer



Dining A balmy spot for spring, and a Riverwest bar with ’tude. by Ann Christenson

Endgame The things we feared would happen, and the fears that never came to pass. by Kurt Chandler