In the Know

How not to be a naysayer

Actions speak louder than ideas.

Couples on the couch When problems in the bedroom involve drapes, throw pillows, and shag rugs, couples call on therapist/interior designer Rachelle Goodfriend.	To eat local, kill local With just one slaughterhouse remaining within 80 miles of San Francisco, we stand to lose not only our local beef industry, but our grazing lands as well. Now a thick-skinned herd of ranchers and environmentalists are determined to keep the cows close to home.
Anatomy of a DNA match Why finding a criminal through DNA testing is a much dicier process than you’d think.	Slow Food was here How a looming mega-event—Labor Day weekend’s four-day Slow Food Nation—prompted the gastronomically minded organization to finally back away from the cheese plate and get real about how America eats.

The best investment advice you'll never get For 35 years, Bay Area finance revolutionaries have been pushing a personal investing strategy that brokers despise and hope you ignore.	Chalkboard crusaders The lauded nonprofit Teach for America has finally landed in San Francisco, bringing amped-up idealists with little experience into the city’s toughest classrooms on the promise that they will instantly change thousands of young lives. Is it hype?
Living small—and green—in the real world Editor and writer Allison Arieff on changing the world, one 100-year-old house at a time.

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SOCIALIST

The Couture Club

A trio of designers from Paris, New York, and L.A., a legendary retailer, and a fashion editor are feted, while the Black and White Ball takes the town.

POLITICS

Staff blog

4/29/08—Supe Ammiano's crew is Dining Out for Life and tipping big. But one pal balks at the four percent surcharge. Scott Hocker asks: Irony, party of six?

SOCIETY

A fairly fair look at the city’s street fests

The summer outdoor festival season is upon us. With mass gatherings of shade tents, veggie corn dogs, and more muffin tops than the eye should see, San Francisco loves to celebrate itself. But let’s not forget that all street fairs are not created equal. Here’s the proof.

CULTURE

The L Weird

According to many women, the lesbian moment in the Bay Area has heteros acting very odd.

BUSINESS

Supporting local business

5/16/08—Small Business Week is almost over, but the sidewalk sale is yet to come.

THE PROFILE

American Dream catcher

International microfinance grabs all the headlines, but right here in the Bay Area, Ben Mangan is helping people who make $20,000 or less start businesses and buy homes.