June 2004
Volume 29
Number 6
Features
The Insider’s Hot-to Guide to Milwaukee
Now that the season is telling you to do, do, do, we’ll tell you how, how, how at our most authoritative best. This is our move-it-or-lose-it, places-to-go, things-to-do story.
Edited by Natalie Dorman
Odd Jobs
What’s it like to be a pro beer taster or the Bucks’ mascot? The photos and quicky Q&A bring it all to life.
By Kevin J. Miyazaki and Mindy Benham
City Essays
-The idea of Milwaukee: By John Koethe
-The Sexiness of Wisconsin Dirt: By Martha Bergland
-Self in the City: By Shauna Singh Baldwin
The Art of the Rummage Sale
In Milwaukee, we’ve got a way of doing everything, not the least of which is selling our own junk.
By Susan Lampert Smith
Dissing the Domes
Funding is down and a proposed expansion is on hold, but all is not lost at those three conical hothouses in Mitchell Park
By Maryalice Koehne
Departments
Insider
-Sticking Points: Our bumber stickers are liable to be collectors’ items one day – maybe
-Night Vibes: Area nightclubs: hot to look, drink and dance the part
-Devilish Delights: And these guilty pleasures belong to…
-May We Recommend…: Those hotel concierges are all wet.
-Six Degrees of Seperation: Not Kevin Bacon, but some prominent national folks have spent time here.
-Pressroom Confidential: Readers/listeners of local media let it rip
Your Health
A medical moment: Join us in cheering on the top local advances of the past 20 years.
By Carolyn B. Alfvin
Education
“Going to college” could be years of hallwalking or months of logging on to your PC
By Kathleen Winkler
Dining Guide
You can’t anticipate every meal, but we can. Find your restaurant patio, late-night eat, brunch, pizza, et cetera – once, twice, a thousand times
Endgame
The Milwaukee that woulda, coulda been if certain events in history had never happened
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
