OMC: What's a day in the life for you at work?

SH: It's not terribly exciting. I get up in the morning and turn on my computer immediately. It's changed quite a bit since we've had the Web site. The print product is just once a week. We have our calendar with 20 to 25 event picks, a feature and a food story. Now, with Decider, it's four stories per day, as well as all the event picks and restaurant write-ups. A lot of the day-to-day stuff is written by me. When you see a byline that says "Decider Staff," a lot of times, that's me. As far as having a schedule, that doesn't really happen.

OMC: How different is your job from when you worked for a daily newspaper, the Appleton Post-Crescent?

SH: It's gotten a lot more similar, actually, since we implemented the Web site. I used to be on a daily schedule. When I came here and we were just a weekly, that wasn't true, and it was a lot easier in a way. Now, it's very much like that daily model again, which gives us a lot more flexibility and freedom and lets us be more timely. It also makes us much more visible in the city. We have our own identity, I think.

OMC: I read that The Onion is closing its Los Angeles and San Francisco print newspapers. How are things in Milwaukee for the business?

SH: (L.A. and San Francisco) are closing. I can say that the decisions that were made pertain to those markets, specifically, and don't have anything to do with us. There's no guillotine over my head or anything.

OMC: You're not a Milwaukee native, but you seem to be embracing it nicely.

SH: Well, my dad lived here since '86. I lived with my mom up in Appleton, but my dad was here since I was 8 years old. I was coming down here pretty regularly, but it's different when you're not hanging out with your family. I spent a lot of time at the Zoo as a kid.

OMC: So you moved to Milwaukee specifically for The Onion?

SH: Yes, that was in October of 2006.

OMC: And now, at least two Milwaukee online magazine editors live in Bay View. We're almost neighbors, so I'll ask you the questions everyone asks me: What's your favorite restaurant? What's your favorite bar? Music venue?

SH: I'm going to show my Bay View bias here. My wife and I have to make a concerted effort to leave the neighborhood, and a lot of times I do it because of my job. But if I'm just going out for fun, Palomino and Burnhearts are high up. I like Lulu a lot. I love EE Sane on Farwell. It's hard to argue against the Pabst Theater. I used to come down the Cactus Club all the time before I lived here, so it has sort of a sentimental place in my heart. I also like going to shows at Sugar Maple, because it's smoke-free.