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Closing Time

'Don't be sad, be happy," said the young Latino server to his co-worker as tears streamed down her cheeks. "How good was it?" he...

Shorty Rock

Trombone Shorty tears the roof off

What’s Up, Doc?

In 1996, a young man named Robert Johnson moved from a shooting-ravaged neighborhood in San Francisco's Fillmore district to Sebastopol, where he became a...

Like a Refugee

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Waves of Film

03.16.11Jennifer Redfearn's documentary Sun Come Up opens with Eden-like scenes of island life: kids climbing posts and leaping into the ocean, contented locals feasting...

Goodbye to Red’s

07.08.09 Kathleen was sittin' down in Little Red's Recovery Room in her criminal underwear bra / I was naked to the waist with my...

First Bite

09.03.08Saigon BistroEditor's note: First Bite is a new concept in restaurant writing. This is not a go-three-times, try-everything-on-the-menu report; rather, this is a quick...

Heart and Hand

02.13.08It's tempting to say that Mauricio Rebolledo's bike-building shop feels like a museum or an art gallery. One can sense the reverence Rebolledo has...
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