July 1991
Volume 16
Number 7
Features
Our Offices, Ourselves
Your office is more than just a place to work; it’s also a reflection of your personality. A peek at the offices of five prominent Milwaukeeans — and the movers and shakers who work there.
By Glenn Deutsch
Sanity For Sale
In their slick ad campaigns, are for-profit psychiatric hospitals pitching more care than most people need? A special report examines the balance between patients and profits.
By Stephen Filmanowicz
Tourist Distractions
Places where gravity runs backward, Mars has rings and the unwary or taste-deprived are separated from their money. Can we get Illinois visitors to take these “attractions” back home with them?
By Michael Horne
A Monk For All Seasons
Depending on whom you ask, Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland is either the greatest threat to the Catholic Church since Luther … or its salvation. A profile of the man behind the paradox.
By Bruce Murphy
Departments
Outfront
We hate to brag, but …
Letters
Calibrating our Meter … the bottom line on CMC … and other reader responses.
The Insider
“Plenty of Horne” comes to Milwaukee Magazine, as columnist Michael Horne eavesdrops and party-crashes to learn what’s what among the local who’s who. Plus: UPAF’s second-class citizens speak up, a prominent gumshoe trips up and Alpine Valley springs a “leak.”
Edited by Stephen Filmanowicz
Metroscene
Can summer in Milwaukee be too much fun? Before you burn out, check our survival guide to the hottest happenings this month.
Edited by Ann M. Christenson
Dining Guide
By cuisine and location, here’s what’s cooking. Plus news from the restaurant beat.
Columns
Business
Pleasant Rowland’s American Girls Collection proves that a Wisconsin cornfield is a pretty good place to grow old-fashioned values — and profits.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Restaurants
A tale of country mice and city mice: The Gracey’s comes to town, while a former John Byron’s chef opens The Riverside in West Bend.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
A family fishing trip can teach your kids a lot — like some interesting new four-letter words.
By David A. Fryxell
On the Cover: Photograph by Dave Schlabowske.
