November 1988
Volume 13
Number 11
Features
Rediscovering Winter
We’ve found five weekend getaways that can help you rekindle the spirit of childhood winters.
By Bonnie Wach
Florence Nightingale is Dead
What does the nation’s nursing shortage mean for nurses, hospitals and — most important of all — patients?
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Holy War in Brookfield
The battle ostensibly was about the freedom of speech of pro-life protesters versus the right of privacy of the doctor whose quiet, suburban home they picketed. But after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision on the case, this gray area of the law seemed only grayer still.
By Louis Barbash
Some Wursts Are Better Than Others
Milwaukee is known for its German restaurants, but do Milwaukeeans really know their German restaurants?
By Willard Romantini
Style Quarterly
Colorizing the winter season. Plus: Hit the slopes in comfort, go in search of the perfect shirt and get a leg up on style.
By Leslie Ratay
Departments
Outfront
A profession in transition.
By Judith Woodburn
Letters
Speak to us.
The Insider
The sugar plums and bouncy dolls of the Olympics, in search of red-haired Jewish doctors who golf, the Germaning of Germantown and guns and money. Plus: Pressroom Confidential, Ask the Insider, The Milwaukee Primer, The Insider Review, our Pick of the Month and more.
Edited by Simon N. Dumenco
Misc.
Wrap up the fast-approaching holidays in high style.
By Kristin Slabey Fish
Metroscene
Kentucky folk theater and “The Art of Design” at UWM, “Wildlife in Art” at the Milwaukee Public Museum and Judy Onofrio’s “Constructions” at the Tory Folliard Gallery.
Edited by Dawn M. Behr
Dining Guide
Milwaukee’s most complete listings.
Columns
Wisconsin, D.C.
How convicts are stealing work away from Wisconsin businesses.
By Louis Barbash
Business
The secrets of Milwaukee’s bewildering retail market revealed.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Performing Arts
Where have all the audiences gone?
By Bruce Murphy
Restaurants
The Wyndham Hotel’s two additions to the Downtown dining scene.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
Maybe it’s time to demand that television — which has drawn sizable windfalls from telegenic campaigns — share some of its wealth.
By Bruce Murphy
On The Cover:
Inset photograph of The Greene House by Tom Fritz. Background photograph by Kathleen Graff, Third Coast Stock Source.
