December 1991
Volume 16
Number 12
Features
Home for the Holidays
Getting fired from a TV anchor job isn’t the best way to start the holidays — but, as Melodie Wilson recounts in this personal essay, it’s not all coal in her stocking, either.
By Melodie Wilson
50 Ways to Love Winter
From bend and breakfasts to breakfast in bed … from places to pretend it’s summer to summery getaways … here’s all you need to make it till March.
By Carolyn Kott Washburne
Paper Tiger
Can Keith Spore, the phone book-throwing new editor of the Sentinel, turn Journal Communications’ a.m. stepchild into a Cinderella success story? Read all about it.
By James Romenesko
Healthy Alternatives
Suddenly, cures once labeled “quackery” are finding a place on the medical menu. Here’s what to know before you explore your options.
By Amy Waldman
The Milwaukee That Wasn’t
A brief history of “unbuilt Milwaukee” — plans and pipe dreams, building designed to house everything from moon rocks to performing porpoises.
By Michael Horne
Telling Tales Out of School
The inside story on the nine nearly anonymous School Board members who manage our almost $610 million investment in Milwaukee’s future.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Departments
Outfront
The unpredictable world of TV news … and city magazines.
By David A. Fryxell
Letters
Your 29 cents’ worth.
The Insider
A “Cliff Notes” guide to the quickie Dahmer books. Plus: The people behind familiar voices, scholarships that outsmart themselves, the behind0bars diet, Pressroom Confidential, Plenty of Horne, Insider Reviews and
more.
Edited by Stephen Filmanowicz
Metroscene
Don’t be snowed under by the blizzard holiday happening: Consult our guide to the best bets in December.
Edited by Ann Christenson
Dining Guide
Restaurant news to whet your appetite, plus a complete guide to area eating.
Columns
Politics
Proof that, even in politics, money isn’t everything.
By Bruce Murphy
Restaurants
The Main Street Bistro brings upscale dining to downtown Racine. Plus a second look at Fleur de Lis.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
How might our history be different if Solomon Juneau had never lived? One thing’s for sure: “It’s a Wonderful Life, Milwaukee.”
By Braden Tedesco
On the Cover:
Photograph by Heungman Raymond Kwan. Styling/wardrobe by Diane Yokes. Floral arrangements by Floral Expressions by Ron. Nolan Miller suit courtesy of Marshall Field’s “28 Shop,” Mayfair.
