Editor’s Note

Photographer taking photos in the upstairs of the old fashioned with an art director

Old-fashioned fare at Madison's The Old Fashioned

We shot this issue’s cover at a little Capitol Square tavern you may or may not have heard of before.

We shot this issue’s cover at a little Capitol Square tavern you may or may not have heard of before, The Old Fashioned.

the book "The Painted Forest" on a table

The meaning behind the places we call home

Learning about a place’s history deepens our connection

Learning about a place’s history and the people who stood here before us deepens our connection to where we plant our roots.

Behling: Not enough

Behling: Not enough

It's just a bandage on a gaping wound.

I stopped at a coffee shop five minutes from my apartment, unsure whether I would be able to make it past the last hill before home.

Woman in the white dress

Woman in the white dress

Editor Andrea Behling remembers her family's story

I remember a family member once told me about a ghost encounter when I was younger.

Madison Magazine’s next chapter

Madison Magazine's next chapter

Editor Andrea Behling pens her first column

I think about the 400-some columns that have come before mine in this magazine’s 41-year history.