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Travel Diaries
Rurutu: Into the Mouth of the Dragon
Rurutu by Jeanne Cooper. When a man of few words and many muscles literally offers you a leg up on…
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At Home With
At Home With Bridget King
Bridget King, wearing her own jewelry designs, in her Atherton living room, with a Massimo Listri photograph behind her. Photo…
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Good Works
A New Lesson Plan
Journalism teacher Esther Wojcicki by Spencer Brown. Palo Alto High School journalism teacher Esther Wojcicki wants to transform the classroom…
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Food & Wine
Toast of the Town
Unlike some contemporaries, husband-and-wife San Francisco restaurateurs Michael and Lindsay Tusk are not all about stamping out cookie-cutter establishments one…
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Personalities
Alex Chases, the Perfectionist
With exuberant warmth, stylist Alex Chases — his lanky six-foot-four frame impeccably dressed in a crisp white button-down and perfectly…
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Personalities
The Profile: Jose Antonio Vargas Is (Re-)Defining ‘American’
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist releases a new memoir about his life — and work — as an undocumented immigrant. Vargas…
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The Essay
The Essay: Instagram vs. Reality
Are we all just doing it for the ’gram? It’s a social media world (whether we like it or not).…
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Personalities
Perspectives on Beauty
On a very chilly winter day last month, San Francisco photographer Spencer Brown set out to find a rare vista…
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Interviews
The Interview: Joe Cotchett Still Has Big Fish to Fry
Joe Cotchett by Spencer Brown When I think of Joe Cotchett, three words come to mind: bigger than life. At…
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Food & Wine
Manufactory Food Hall Takes Flight
Pim Techamuanvivit, Chris Jordan, Elisabeth Prueitt, Chad Robertson and Gabriela Cámara partnered to revitalize — and upgrade — the cuisine…
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