February 1989
Volume 14
Number 2
Features
Getting More, Spending Less
Presenting our new, improved compendium of places where you can get the best deals in town on just about everything. A shopper’s salvation.
By Chris Grant
The Forgotten La Follette
Wisconsin remembers its La Follettes, but one of the most influential and active members of the clan, Belle Case La Follette, has largely been forgotten. A remembrance of the most important woman in Wisconsin’s political history.
By Jocelyn Riley
The 30-Second Campaign
Thanks in part to the work of Milwaukee advertising firm Frankenberry, Laughlin & Constable, Willie Horton and the Boston Harbor were etched in television viewers’ minds during last November’s election. Here’s the inside story of the making of what some are calling one of the nastiest presidential campaigns in memory.
By Tom Bamberger
Style Quarterly
Warm up the winter season with elegant, classic lingerie. Plus tips on working color into your life and some timeless jewelry creations from a nationally famous Milwaukee designer.
By Leslie Ratay
Departments
Outfront
Selling a president
By Judith Woodburn
Letters
Responses to “Florence Nightingale” and the “Milwaukee Follies.”
The Insider
A priest who can run red lights, a voice for the voiceless, teachers who speak about MPS (and put it in writing) and an existential encounter with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Plus Pressroom Confidential, where to go if you’re a closet musician, opinions galore in The Insider Review and a Pick of the Month to satisfy even the most esoteric sweet tooth.
Edited by Simon N. Dumenco
Misc.
Bolster your Valentine; let it rain (or sleet or snow); and bottle your Obsession in style.
By Kristin Slabey Fish
Metroscene
“Objects of Bright Desire” at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Susan Kwa’s first one-woman exhibition at M K E, “Wisconsin Photography ‘89” at the Wusum in Racine and the Paganini Trio at the Conservatory.
Edited by Dawn M. Behr
Dining Guide
Milwaukee’s most comprehensive restaurant listings, plus a thoroughly British Meal of the Month in Bay View.
Columns
Performing Arts
A renaissance of early music in Milwaukee.
By Bruce Murphy
Wisconsin D.C.
Why your man in Washington is about to get a 50 percent pay raise.
By Louis Barbash
Restaurants
Two new out-of-the way eateries that are well worth the trip.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
Escape of the guilty, or how Ralph Adam Fine is about to pull the wool over voters’ eyes once again.
By Bruce Murphy
On the Cover: Photograph by Bill Emrich, shot at the Coffee Trader. Model, Cynthia Waite; suit by Claude Montana, I. Magnin, Chicago; shoes by Charles Jourdan; hair and makeup by James Burns; stylist, Rodney Patterson.
