July 2000
Volume 25
Number 7
Features
Charlie’s Bully Pulpit
Talk show host Charlie Sykes is smart, articulate, connected. But crack open the shell and watch the contradictions spill out
By Kurt Chandler
Mirror, Mirror
Like many women, this writer wanted cosmetic enhancement not found in a bottle. Here’s her story about going under the knife to reduce the signs of aging
By Janine Pouliot
The Boys of Summer
You’ve seen ‘em hawking roasted corn or rifling through dumpsters for bottles and cans. For these dudes, summer is the god of all seasons.
By Tim Zahner
Lakeside Living
A lakefront cottage that balances the warmth of home and the cool simplicity of nature
By Colleen Heather Rogan
Departments
Outfront
Illuminating topics
By John Fennell
Letters
Comments, backlash and forms of praise
This Month
All the best summer doings – from Summerfest to Rainbow Summer on down the line
Edited by Charlene Mills
The Insider
Young cops and cops with something to hid, the M.F.K. Fisher of slushes and ices and politically correct loafers
Where Are They Now?
Catching up with our city’s answer to Madonna. Come on, you remember her.
By James Romenesko
Pressroom Confidential
Combustible relationships and things about our daily paper you can only read here
By Peter Robertson
Inside Views
No stone is left unturned. This month, it’s jazz piano, haircuts, motorcycle mechanics…
Edited by Ann Christenson
Dining Out
One for you folks in Lake Country and another for the fried chicken and corn bread crowd
By Ann Christenson
City Beat
Behind the opening of the state’s first women-owned bank
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Your Health
Getting older and wiser about keeping in shape. What strength training can do for seniors
By Gary Legwold
Dining Guide
The easiest, finger-friendliest dining guide in the universe. Plus the skinny on Milwaukee Press Club’s nifty new bar.
Endgame
A new high-tech high school: ingenious plan or big mistake?
By Bruce Murphy
