December 2004
Volume 29
Number 12
Features
Budget Dining
Twelve value-conscious restaurants that’ll make you carol, not curse
By Ann Christenson
Pilgrim
UWM basketball coach Bruce Pearl is the Panthers’ valued gem. Does that make his days here numbered?
By Daniel Libit
Humbug!
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat… Enough of that nonsense. Mounting a holiday satire is easy. If you believe that, you’ve drank too much spiked punch
By Edward Morgan
The Final Gift
A man dies and his grieving family decides to donate his organs. The next 24 to 48 hours are a race to fulfill his last wish
By Denise Lockwood
Departments
Outfront
A human story
Letters
Come on – don’t hold back
This Month
Milwaukee Ballet cracks nuts, the Symphony Pops swings and much more action.
Edited by Charlene Mills
Insider
Flush Selig, a light in the black community, eBay stinkers and Schwartz Bookshops’ latest pages
Edited by Natalie Dorman
Pressroom Confidential
Dick… we mean Mr. Vice President, what’s that in your pocket? Read the skinny on the Journal Sentinel’s eye-popping photo
By Peter Robertson
Critical Eyes
Twelve eyes are better than two
Edited by Ann Christenson
Your Health
Why day spas shouldn’t be confused with trained doctors
By Janine S. Pouliot
Savvy City
Home
Modular sofas, Kate Spade plates and two conversation starters for your walls
By Colleen Heather Rogan
Real Estate
You’ve heard of “McMansions”? Make way for the “Whoppers.”
Edited by Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Style
Big wrist watches, fishnet stockings, airbrushed makeup and “self” gifts.
By Colleen Heather Rogan
Travel
Places to prepare for the holidays or escape them
By Mario Quadracci
Dining Guide
Four critic’s picks flow into our pleasingly plump restaurant listings
Nightlife
The goods on Lex and Club Ladybug and a networker named Nirvana
By Stacie Williams
Endgame
Getting past the guilt about moving from city to suburb
By Natalie Dorman
