October 2007

October 2007

October 2007 Volume 32 Number 10   Features Best of 2007 Never predictable, always provocative, our yearly high-five to our hometown will make you feel like getting married to Milwaukee all over again. Edited by Mario Quadracci   The Prodigal Son Michael McGee Jr. made himself into his own man, eschewing his controversial father’s example.  Was that what sent him spiraling downward? By Kurt Chandler   The Call of the Wild Cabela’s, the catalog devoted to all things outdoors, now has a behemoth of a store in Richfield, a visit to which sends this writer philosophizing, rhapsodizing and reminiscing By…

October 2007

Volume 32

Number 10

 

Features

Best of 2007

Never predictable, always provocative, our yearly high-five to our hometown will make you feel like getting married to Milwaukee all over again.

Edited by Mario Quadracci

 

The Prodigal Son

Michael McGee Jr. made himself into his own man, eschewing his controversial father’s example.  Was that what sent him spiraling downward?

By Kurt Chandler

 

The Call of the Wild

Cabela’s, the catalog devoted to all things outdoors, now has a behemoth of a store in Richfield, a visit to which sends this writer philosophizing, rhapsodizing and reminiscing

By C.J. Hribal

 

Departments

Outfront

Insider Straight

By Bruce Murphy

 

Mail

What we’re hoping you’ll send us

 

Events

Toothsome theater, innovative art and macabre music. (It is Halloween, after all.)

 

Insider

Noisy classrooms, a home for wayward pianos and blogging to stop anorexia

-First Person: The hands behind Gee’s Clippers

-Pressroom: Legitimate news or sensationalism?

-Reviews: Sublime spaces, Stirred martinis, fictional time travel and Russian blackberry jice.

-The Mil: Text you’re compelled to read

 

Savvy

-Accessories: Ten jaunty jackets

-Where to Shop: Pumpkins, posh pets, pedicures

-Real Estate: The city’s love affair with condos

 

Art

Keymaster Jeffery Hollander lights up the Pfister Hotel’s lobby bar

By Michael Drew

 

Health

Important news for women hampered by premenstrual syndrome

By Janine S. Pouliot

 

Dining

Mi*key’s takes on Jefferson Street with its eclectic menu.  And Trattoria di Carlo’s Italian hold in Oak Creek

By Ann Christenson

 

Endgame

Learning from Tommy

By Bruce Murphy