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Nov. 19 -Nov. 25, 2003 • Vol 38, No. 9


Microclimates
This winter, San Francisco's underground fashion designers heat up.
By Marisa Meltzer

Wine country for cheapskates
Shop the vineyards without breaking the bank.
By Jeremy Russell

Craft it!
DIY gifts that channel your inner Martha Stewart.
By Sarah Han

Beyond the valley of the strollers
Independent toy shops are packed with treats for children of every age.
By Miriam Wolf

Gifts for your pet
By Dan Engber

• news & culture


In this issue

Editorial: The Alioto-Newsom mess

Opinion: What would Harvey do?
by mara math

Campaign Watch
News from the races for governor, mayor, district attorney and other fall ballot contests

Obituary: Ron Curran, hell-raiser
1960-2003

Mayor's race stirs up waterfront battle
Newsom in hot seat over Mills Corp. project
By Savannah Blackwell

Lockdown Miami
By Matthew Hirsch

Neighborhood Business:

The corner drugstore
Locally owned pharmacies are changing to meet the times.
By Dan Engber

Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene


School's in
The runoff may turn on something the mayor has no direct authority over: public education.
By Tali Woodward

Gonzalez's ragtag army
Can the grassroots volunteers take down a highly organized foe?
By Matthew Hirsch

Behind Alioto's move to endorse Newsom
A strange political marriage is off to a rocky start.
By Steven T. Jones

Being There
Go North
By Dinah Sanders

alt.sex.column By Andrea Nemerson

Double Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo

Flat Earth By Lynn Rapoport

Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz

Hall monitor

Alerts

food & drink


Dine
Hope finds the range

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
I presume

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
A day in the life

By Dan Leone

Fond of you
Brioche turkeys, duck for three, tamales and rum for all.

By Masha Gutkin

Free turkey
Where to get a square meal on Thanksgiving.

By Laura Paskell-Brown

Table Ready
Green party

By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Proles on ice

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Some like it raw
By Miriam Wolf

Take That
Sugar, sugar

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
On the Q.T.

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more
...

The Blender

• a & e


Film: Extreme makeover
Marina de Van’s In My Skin enters and exits the cutting room.
By Johnny Ray Huston

Film: It's a gift
Bad Santa has Claus, but does it have claws?
By Johnny Ray Huston

Film: Macrocosmo
21 Grams feels the weight of the world.
By Dennis Harvey

Film: Critic's Choice -‘Tamala 2010’
By Dennis Harvey

Film: Critic's Choice -‘The Missing’
Wayne-ing
By Dennis Harvey

Music: Pleased to meet you
Talking ’bout tofu, politicos, and pop hooks with San Francisco–Nevada City band the Pleased.
By Kimberly Chun

Music: Testing your metal
Enter whining and gnashing: here comes the latest musical mutant, emo metal.
By Will York

Art: Critic's Choice - ‘Stillwell Student Show’
By Lindsey Westbrook

Stage: Critic's Choice - San Francisco Ballet's ‘Nutcracker’
By Rita Felciano

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Plus One By Vivian Host

Script Doctor

Grooves

Local Grooves

2nd time around

The Void

Local Live

Full Circle

The Mix


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Life During Wartime
The Bay Guardian's regularly updated section dedicated to war-related news and perspectives from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, protest and event information, and web links.

Media Beat
Instrument of propaganda: Linking the occupation of Iraq with the "war on terrorism." 11.26.03
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
Energy and greed: Ferocious lobbyists fight for billions in subsidies. 11.26.03
By Ralph Nader


Focus on the Corporation

Corporations and their proxies defeated in Miami -- but they refuse to give up
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman


Journalists under fire
Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe

First amendment alerts

The shame of Hearst
By Bruce B. Brugmann, 11.14.01

Anniversary Issue
The case for MUD: A public power agency could cut electric rates by 20 percent – and still make millions of dollars.

It's funny in Kansas
Joke of the day

Superlist
All the world's a cinema: Outdoor film, celluloid and supper, bar movies, and more.