July 2011
Volume 36
Number 7
Features
American Beauty
A garden
that stops traffic? We offer 10 such here—the area’s most fetching private
gardens.
By Mary Van
De Kamp Nohl
Laurie’s Last Days
Convicted of
murder in one of Milwaukee’s most sensational crimes, Laurie Bembenek died
trying to clear her name.
By Erik Gunn
Best Wurst
The
old-world methods of sausage-making are running strong in the 12 local shops.
Enjoy their, um, links to the past.
By Maureen
Post
Departments
Outfront
Mystery
woman.
By Bruce
Murphy
Mail
Just
spilling over with letters.
Events
Chilling in
a bandshell, watching The Monkees and listening to a novel in German-tinged
English.
Insider
Cons in
college, progressive school practices, a co-op tavern.
First person
A
filmmaker’s reel/real transgendered life.
Pressroom
Truth or
bias in the JS’s coverage of BPA?
Reviews
Orphaned
artwork, a coffee-table sports boo k.
The Mil
The page
that inspires conversation.
Savvy
Home
Treat those
entering wedded bliss to these treasures.
Shopping
Repurposed
vintage, handcrafted chutzpah.
Real Estate
Got a
million bucks? Buy one of these homes.
Health
Keeping
those pearly whites. The wonders of modern dentistry.
By Carolyn Kott
Washburne
In Public
The war
waged over the Marriott Hotel project in Downtown Milwaukee.
By Tom
Bamberger
Dining
“Scratch
Italian” with a Brewer’s name. How Parkside 23’s garden grows.
By Ann
Christenson
Endgame
Will Scott
Walker’s go-it-alone strategy benefit him down the line?
By Kurt
Chandler
