 Slippery slopeAt Google’s new offices, it’s all fun and games until someone has to choose the color of the slide—or gets hurt. | |
 The coffee bardGreg Sherwin is San Francisco's self-appointed guide to the city's increasingly obsessed coffee culture. |  The admissions whispererWhen it comes to applying for college, some well-connected Bay Area kids have a secret edge: a coach named Mary Clarke. |
The ex dishes on DanielleLarger-than-life Silicon Valley pioneer Tom Perkins took Genentech and Google public, built the world’s biggest yacht, and beat a manslaughter rap in France. So what’s the most compelling chapter in his juicy new memoir? The one devoted to his memorable 17 months inside a certain Washington Street mansion. | It’s Oakland’s turnAnd we don’t mean Rockridge: One nightclub, art gallery, renovated building, shop, restaurant and condo at a time, downtown is becoming the place to be. Resident JAMES O’BRIEN rejoices in the changes, worries about the future, and explores what it means to be an Oaklander now. Plus, check out all the elements of our “Guide to the New Oakland” on the right. |
Politics: The 10 women to watchOK, so there’s a dearth of young female successors to Hillary, Di-Fi, Barbara, Nancy, and the other pathfinders who’ve changed American politics for the better. But not all is lost: The Bay Area still boasts some younger women with political rockstar potential. We pick the most likely to succeed. |
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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
San Francisco's Best-Dressed, 2006
In this special edition of Outtakes, we applaud the people who give these pages style each month.
METROPOLUST
Just doing it
Complicated intimacy with women and men was nothing new to Anna. But when your sex buddy changes gender, the rules change, too.
BUSINESS
Supporting local business
5/16/08—Small Business Week is almost over, but the sidewalk sale is yet to come.
CULTURE
Opening a Treasure Box
At the new Asian Art Museum, an unrivaled collection gets a splendid display, at last.
SOCIALIST
Remembrance of Things Past
Eight years after Herb Caen's passing, a slice of old San Francisco celebrates a world fading from view.
THE PROFILE
The believer behind bars
A time traveler from the incorrigible '60s, the brilliant criminal defense lawyer Tony Serra has been conducting his antiauthority career as if nothing has changed in the last 40 years. With Serra stuck in prison, BURR SNIDER assesses the legal legend's stubborn (but principled) resistance to convention and wonders: is Serra an anachronism or is his mistrust of government power more relevant than ever?
