May 2005
Volume 30
Number 5
Features
Restaurants of the Year
The few, the proud, the 25. Our dining bright lights join four notable new places and three chef dynamos. A package deal.
By Ann Christenson
A Fall From Grace
Former Ald. Jeff Pawlinski spent seven months in prison for embezzlement. With Pawlinski’s life irrevocably changed, what’s left for him?
By Kurt Chandler
The Lesson
Two elementary schools, one valuable lesson about the achievement gap between white and African-American kids.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
On the Cover
Roots Restaurant & Cellar’s seared scallops.
Photographed by Kevin J. Miyazaki
Departments
Outfont
The folks who bring you the stories.
This Month
Leaping ballerinas; plays, plays and more plays; profound strings; a last performance.
Edited by Charlene Mills.
The Insider
Cop complaints, Calatrava now, a Latino force and “ The Mil,” our new monthly column.
Edited by Natalie Dorman
Pressroom Confidential
A bozo move by a star Journal Sentinel columnist.
By Peter Robertson
Critical Eyes
Skee-ball, burger tees, teen angst and the meeting of wine and art.
Savvy City
Home
20th century foxes.
Real Estate
The going rate to own “Up North.”
Style
Urban-chic kids’ wear.
Travel
Housboat or B&B?
Sports
Brewers owner Mark Attanasio: wooing us from L.A.
By Daniel Libit
Your Health
The painful truth about back pain. And a new way to end it.
By Janine S. Pouliot
Dining Guide
Antigua’s Downtown breakfast tops the monthly best bets. Our restaurant listings are more than 300 strong and growing.
Nightlife
Poetry and pretty people.
Endgame
We elected Scott Walker to reform the county pension system. So why didn’t he do it?
By Bruce Murphy
