Leonard Flynn School is no different than every other education facility in the city --- it has no money! Thanks to ongoing budget cuts, local parents have been shouldering much of the cost for the fun part of the kid's education, like art and music. In the latest endeavor to help out San Fr ... More >>
Alison PebworthFreshly sculpted facial hair at the YBCA eventWhere: Comstock Saloon, 155 Columbus (at Kearny), 617-0071 When: Mon., August 15, 7 p.m. contestant registration, competition at 8 p.m. Cost: $5 Boothby cocktails, sidecars, and tastes of St. George Single Malt Whiskey The rundow ... More >>
Is Ed Lee a whisker away from making history? First Mayor With Facial Hair Since 1944? When Mayor Gavin Newsom suggested his successor during the San Francisco Giants World Series parade, he borrowed one of the team's catchphrases: "Fear the beard." Tightly wound progressives at the time thought ... More >>
Jack Passion in recent years; his beard has grown bigger, though no redderJack Passion is, quite simply, the John C. Holmes of beards. The Walnut Creek native's facial hair resembles a rhododendron bush. He's the only person we know who could smuggle a bottle of champagne into a ballpark in his b ... More >>
The 2009 'Stache Bash @ Rickshaw Stop Not everyone can grow a mustache in four weeks. Some people can grow only a gentle patch of downy meadow grass or a few sprouted outposts lashed to an otherwise barren upper lip. Surely, these people are real men, and when they take the stage at Rickshaw Sto ... More >>
Too brilliant to last?Last season, the University of San Francisco's rugby squad lost every game it played -- including a drubbing by a San Jose State team that hadn't won a game in five years. But USF looked great. How's that? While the "Defenders of the Faith" weren't the most adept rugby ... More >>
Two staged stories explore women's role in early 20th-century society
Sonic Nurse
Les Cent Culottes
Albanese Hair Salon
Combing the aisles at the World Beard and Moustache Championships
Week of 2003-06-18
A 369-page illustrated primer on how to turn high fashion into high tedium
Sherri Wheeler
Garbo's and Amore Animal Supply
Louie Hair Salon
Platinum Plus
Union Square
An afternoon with Mandy Aftel and the ineffable magic of natural perfume
A San Francisco hairstylist tries to set a Guinness world record
Harper Greer
Six Brady
Saks Fifth Avenue Men's Store, Designer Sportswear, Fifth Floor
Our style panel helps S.F. politicians look as good as the city itself
How Al Abayan's penchant for deconstruction has become so constructive
