January 2005
Volume 30
Number 1
Features
Great Stuff Cheap
How long can we go? Find smart shopping tips for wallet-happy fashion, home goods, food and entertainment. And see what happens when two local style pros go on a bargain blitz.
By Natalie Dorman
Broken Bonds
Kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder have nightmarish rages. Is there a little pill to make it all go away? No such luck. Treatments are either conventional or controversial.
By Carolyn B. Alfvin
Valiant Lady Vel
Her past is a list of impressive firsts – Afro-American judge in the state, for one. At 80, outspoken, enterprising Vel Phillips can still captivate an audience.
By Barbara Miner
On the Cover
Photograph by Kevin J. Miyazaki
Departments
Outfront
Living nightmares.
Letters
Are pens really mighty? We think so.
This Month
Performance art, a double bill (twice as nice), Broadway parodies and history paintings.
Edited by Charlene Mills
The Insider
Patronage run amok, portrait of a quilt, immersion education and an apprentice who doesn’t need “The Donald.”
Edited by Natalie Dorman
Pressroom Confidential
The Journal Sentinel has an Achilles heel- at least one.
By Peter Robertson
Critical Eyes
Cool to the sixth power.
Edited by Ann Christenson
Dining Out
Mayfair Mall’s reason to curse the parking lot. Milwaukee Street’s reason to parallel park.
By Ann Christenson
Your Health
Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman.
By Carolyn B. Alfvin
Savvy City
Home
How to next with the latest, greatest trends.
By Colleen Heather Rogan
Real Estate
The East Side’s got competition.
Edited by mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Style
It’s about shape, baby. Jeans, eyebrows, brassieres.
By Colleen Heather rogan
Travel
Sleeping bags on a bed of snow, dogs with sleds.
By Mario Quadracci
Dining Guide
The beneficiary of hundreds of area restaurants (details included) is you.
Nightlife
East Side transitions. A tender trades glasses for a guitar.
By Stacie Williams
Endgame
Waukesha wants Lake Michigan water. What’s it willing to give in return? Not much.
By Kurt Chandler
