October 2005
Volume 30
Number 10
Features
Best of 2005
You’ll think our annual round-up of things great and homegrown is the best thing since sexy lingerie. Maybe you should turn the page now.
Edited by Mario Quadracci
Secret Agent Man
Before he became a prominent lawyer in town, 88-year-old Richard Cutler led a life spy fiction writers would have envied.
By Joel McNally
Meter Madness
Those annoying merge lights installed on freeway on-ramps are supposed to reduce traffic congestion. But do they really?
By Erik Gunn
On the Cover
Photo by Tim Evans
Photo illustration by Mindy Benham
Departments
Outfront
Great expectations.
Letters
Communication, our favorite word.
This Month
Hot-hot events.
Edited by Charlene Mills
The Insider
Losing when choosing, jabs at cabs, a vital spirit and a new Packer curd (no whey!)
Pressroom Confidential
Erring times for the JS and Charlie Sykes.
By Peter Robertson
Critical Eyes
Big cats, small plates, sugar highs.
The Mil
This is name-dropping central-Oprah’s mom to Herb Kohl.
Savvy City
Home
Texture adds warmth.
Real Estate
Trees that please.
Style
Two names: Sephora, H&M.
Travel
Apples and ATVs.
Dining Out
New visits and revisits: Taqueria Azteca and Fujiyama.
By Ann Christenson
Investigator
Fat cat lobbyists and Zimpher’s cop-out.
Arts
Two cousins feed their passion for filmmaking.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Health
The elusive, mysterious disease called lupus.
By Janine S. Pouliot
Dining Guide
A smart resource to have with you always: for restaurant info, best bets and more.
Nightlife
For those who like subterranean lairs.
Endgame
Doyle may have a tough opponent in the next governor’s race, but it’s not Scott Walker.
By Kurt Chandler
