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Cover: Beyond Live/Work
The architectural fallout of the dotcom decade.

Child's Play: Forget spinning, the hottest way to exercise is... skipping!

Job Interview: Todd Bauer the pastry cook is so fine they had to put him on the SOMA Bare Chest Calendar 2000.

Hoop Dreams: Party down in style with the Golden State Warriors.

Global Fashion: Is personal style possible in the matrix?

One Card Monte: Girlfriend Grief.

Reality Check: Throw that comfy couch away... there's art to be sat on!

Tara's Advice: Writer Blocked.

Urban Libations: The deep, bright whirl of Demeter's Delight pops the buds--and how!

Time Warp: This ain't your mother's facial.

Concrete Runway: Keaka Akahai at Haight and Webster.

Style Mavens: Return of the century mustaches find a home with Ryan and Bryan.

When We Were Kinks: 'Divine Trash' is the ultimate John Waters documentary.

Film Picks: Reviews of 'La Ciudad,' 'The Jaundiced Eye' and 'Judy Berlin.'

Club Guide: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more.

Pretty Hoisin: Michael Stabile dines in Murray's Glasshouse and doesn't throw stones.

Out of Leftie Field: Jim Grimsley ditches the niche market with 'Comfort and Joy.'

Book Picks: Reviews of 'Eating the Cheshire Cat' and 'Green Eyes, the Greenest Fields.'

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