Quotables

And the Trent Lott Award for Bad PR goes to...

Joohee L. Muromcew

With no shortage of foot-in-mouth disease among public figures, Joohee L. Muromcew grills the media-savvy and press-perplexed on dealing with snafus.

"Own up to it and realize you made a mistake." — Garrison Hearst, 49er, New Mayor of Castro Street

"I live in fear of it every day! The key is prevention." — Dr. Seth Matarasso, Glitterati Dermatologist

"Hire a good publicist." — Allison Speer, Good Publicist

"You mess up....you fess up...and you clean it up." — Richard L. Word, Oakland Police Chief, Riot Actor

"Tom respectfully declines to comment." — Cisco Devries, Cheif of Staff to Tom Bates, Mayor of Berkeley and Errant Recycler

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008

Editorial intern and bluegrass musician Brian Heffernan reviews the eighth annual festival's highlights.

ARTS

Treasure Island Music Festival 2008

The eyes at San Francisco magazine capture two days of good, clean, carnival-themed fun at the second annual festival.

START/ EDIT NOTES

Nellie's gotta go

Irascible, iconoclastic, infectious—what made Don Nelson this way?

PUB NOTES

Publisher's note

When you’re traveling, sometimes knowing what’s ahead is even more exciting than anticipating the unknown.

Slaughterhouse redux

In a follow up to San Francisco's August feature on the future of slaughterhouses, Incanto chef Chris Cosentino offers a view of the past with a look at his collection of vintage abattoir photos.

Readers' poll: Best restaurants 2008

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BEST OF THE BAY

Best of the Bay readers' poll

Don't blame us—you said it.

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK

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.

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