There's never a shortage of new people, events, decisions and ideas in Milwaukee, some moving the city forward and some holding it back. In this subjective and light-hearted article, we take Milwaukee's temperature for the end of November 2008.

Sizzling: OnMilwaukee.com's "100 Hottest Milwaukeeans" list -- Are you on it? Cafe Centraal -- Is this place ever not packed? Great Lakes Distillery Pumpkin Seasonal Spirit -- You can have your pumpkin and drink it, too. Obama -- This blue state has spoken. Luc Richard Mbah a Moute -- Bucks forward looking like a second-round steal. Hot: Thanksgiving weekend -- Eating. Football. Shopping. Yes. Packers' Aaron Rodgers -- Is he still "The Man?" Film in Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Film picks up where MIFF left off. Brewers manager Ken Macha -- Welcome to the team. Titanic at MPM -- Big lines and its own beer! Warm: Beer dinners -- If food can have courses, why can't beer? Ginger -- It's open in the ex-Barossa space, but is anyone going? Holiday music on WMYX -- Like it or not, Santa Claus music is coming to town. Gas prices -- They're dropping, but at what cost to green energy? Leggings -- Literally warm. Cool: Sigg water bottles -- Haven't we found an even safer water bottle yet, or something? JS's redesign -- Yes, it looks better, but does it work better? T-mobile's G1 -- The poor man's iPhone. Local malls -- Southridge and Grand Avenue suffer, Mayfair's parent company is broke. Cold: Indoor smoking -- Water Buffalo recently banned it. Who's next? Sick leave ordinance -- It passed, but the MMAC says no way. Sub-zero: 94.5 WKTI -- Are you feeling The Lake effect? Nightfall by 4 p.m. -- Not cool. The housing market -- Now's the time to buy that $150,000 house for half the price ...