February
2010
Volume 35
Number 3
Features
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Political
featherweight—or hardy leader who’s grown to like the taste of blood? Will the
real Mayor Tom Barrett please stand up?
By Kurt
Chandler
High Society
In 1917, a
bewitching Southern belle married into the wealthy Milwaukee-based Schlisinger
family. Although the marriage was brief, the bride knew how to take advantage of a situation, a quality she shared with her father-in-law.
By B. Ellen
Von Oosterburg
The Sawdust Trail
Take a pulp
trip that begins in the 1840s with the state’s first paper mills. Learn how the
industry has evolved—Wisconsin ranks No. 1 in paper production—from limber
lumberjacks pushing logs downstream to the technological innovations of today.
By Leah
Dobkin
Departments
Outfront
Strategic
moves.
By Bruce
Murphy
Mail
May we
suggest a forever stamp?
Events
Lens of
truth, a recovering “bun-head,” elevator antics.
Insider
Milwaukee
Country Club’s brouhaha over bucks, the Calatrava “wings” on wheels, and
movement initiation.
First Person
The
scrap-yard artist
Pressroom
In this
corner, Cuprisin. In that corner, Dudek.
Reviews
Lip balm,
paper art, a Violent Femme becalmed.
The Mil
Local
blogging, traveling, networking, researching.
Savvy
Home
Smelling
sweet as a daisy—or a Valentine’s rose.
Shopping
Oil and
vinegar, a martini night and a house of style.
Real Estate
The home
smarts you need in this economy.
Health
Preventing
heart attacks, one LDL particle at a time.
By Janine S.
Pouliot
In Public
Fresh takes
on urban designs
By Tom
Bamberger
Dining
Prime Rib at
a prim piece of real estate, and a timely tapas conversion.
By Ann
Christenson
Endgame
A baby
boomer reconnects with his late father by hanging with the “old-timers.”
By Kurt
Chandler
