November 2009

November 2009

Volume 34

Number 11

 

Features

Cheap Eats

What’s in your wallet? Maybe a lot more if you make a habit of eating these bargain bites at 40 area restaurants.

By Ann Christenson

 

King Coal

Milwaukee, the strip-mining capital of the world? From a manufacturing standpoint, that’s fact. But our increasing dependence on coal has serious environmental implications.

By John Kaufman

 

Lakeside Luxury

This home isn’t old, but the mix of contemporary and 18^th-century Georgian design makes it feel like it has a rich history.

By Colleen Heather Rogan

 

Departments

Outfront

Coal dependency.

By Bruce Murphy

 

Mail

Need a letter opener?

 

Events

A Russian expat/ folk music virtuoso kicks off our new arts column. Also: Turandot in high-def, and humanity behind the headlines.

 

Insider

Pit bull politics, modern masonry, a glutton for glitz.

 

First Person

The ice man scoreth.

 

Pressroom

One big, happy family?

 

Reviews

Going Whole Hog, pondering the unwearable.

 

The Mil

Salaries, sports, Sykes.

 

In Public

The magic beauty of our city’s “near-ruins”.

By Tom Bamberger

 

Dining

A few enchiladas and some apple pie to go with the reams of restaurants we serve up by cuisine and location.

Edited by Ann Christenson.

 

Endgame

Replace the Hoan Bridge? Yes, and here’s why.

By Kurt Chandler