October 2001
Volume 26
Number 10
Features
Best Places to Work
Twenty great companies. Through a blend of surveys and interviews, we found the local workplaces whose pay, benefits and perks have no rivals.
By Erik Gunn
Outside the Box
Vibrating color, whimsical humor and folk art define this dramatic River Hills home.
By Colleen Heather Rogan
The Good Samaritan
After the brutal slaying of her father when she was a child, Cordelia Taylor could hardly have predicted she’d come full circle as an adult, making peace with whites and running a successful group home in Milwaukee, fittingly called Family House.
By Amy Waldman
High Notes
You don’t have time to see every show of the fine arts season. But if there were sacred minutes, they should be devoted to these 20 must-sees.
By Charlene Mills
Departments
Outfront
Methods that work.
By John Fennell
Letters
Let it all out – you’ll feel better.
This Month
Vampires, weird characters, string musicians, dancing Russians and plenty more people.
Edited by Charlene Mills
Insider
A disisive neighborhood, a petrified ham sandwich, big old trees and Mark’s world.
Edited By Natalie Dorman
Pressroom Confidential
The Shepherd clanks swords with the State Journal.
By Peter Robertson
Inside Views
Six things you may not have heard of before.
Edited by Ann Christenson
In Public
The not-so-friendly streets of Milwaukee.
By Tom Bamberger
Dining Out
El Farol and Miller Park Way Pub & Grill enlighten in very different, tasty ways. Plus the results of our annual Reader’s Choice poll.
By Ann Christenson
Your Health
Dem bones, dem bones… Treatments for osteoarthritis.
By Carolyn B. Alfvin
Dining Guide
Find several short reviews folded into a thick batter of restaurants.
Endgame
Alpha-Bits and Philly Cream Cheese are great, but see what else Phillip Morris makes.
By Kurt Chandler
