October 2003
Volume 28
Number 10
Features
2003 Best of Milwaukee
Kind of now, kind of wow. Our annual city kiss is nine pages of lip-worthy discoveries.
Edited by Ann Christenson
The Chick on the Bus
West Side activist Sandy Folaron’s mayoral campaign included plastering her mug on the side of a city bus. Does this dark horse have a chance?
By Kurt Chandler
Going Organic
Meet a farming family that’s putting pesticide-free produce on Milwaukee tables.
By Carolyn Kott Washburne
Man of Style
He lived and looked flashy and gave us a quirky number called the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. But designer Brooks Steven’s life wasn’t always as bright as his clothes.
By Debra Brehmer
Departments
Our city—conventional?
By John Fennell
Letters
What readers are talking about.
This Month
For the art lover, theater buff and music aficionado.
Edited by Natalie Dorman
Pressroom Confidential
The Journal Sentinal’s disturbing Jayson Blair-like episode.
By Peter Roberston
Inside Views
Reasons to go to two spots in Wisconsin and one in Iowa.
By Mario Quadracci
Dining Out
Hot-button dining at Barossa and Palomino.
By Ann Christenson
Your Health
If it’s not cancer, then what? Treatments for breast lumps.
By Carolyn B. Alfvin
City Beat
Two senior media fellas who are still throwing pitches.
By Helen Pauly
Dining Guide
By location and cuisine; brunches and fish fries. One plural word: restaurants.
Endgame
A mayor in retrospect.
By Tom Bamberger
On the cover
Illustration by Eric Hanson.
