Holiday Guide - Dec. 18, 2008
10 great ways to avoid mall holiday mayhem
Cluttered with shoppers rushing to grab last-minute gifts, the mall becomes a waiting game. You wait in your car to find a parking spot. You wait behind crowds of shoppers wandering up and down store aisles. You wait at the register to check out. And considering you've got only a week before the big holiday, I'm guessing you don't have too much time to wait. So, to avoid the consumer chaos at Mayfair, Bayshore or Southridge, head to any number of the stores listed below, guaranteed to lighten the stress and increase the ease.
Tags: paperboat, milwaukee public market, sprout, broadway paper, esselle, goldi's, four corners of the world, lotus land, artist and display, downtown books, spice house

Arts & Entertainment - Jan. 29, 2007
Fashion meets function: Becky Tesch's duct tape creations
Ohio's Duck Products offers a college scholarship to the person who makes the best prom outfit out of duct tape, and in Milwaukee, artists like Becky Tesch use it to construct wallets and purses.
Tags: Tesch, duct tape, Bucketworks, Fasten, Art vs. Craft, Paperboat, HGTV, Maureen Kane