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Features: Sweet Suites
Instead of leaving town for Valentine's Day, stay put with the object of your desire in one of San Francisco's many romantic hotels.

Paranormal Paradise: Bigfoot, Nessie and O.J. share space at an eccentric North Beach museum.

Hipper Than Thou: Our columnist goes looking for style in all the wrong places.

Buddha Polishing: Restoring local monuments.

Bad Neighbors: Local film production puts residents and production companies at odds.

A Dark Adapted Eye: Adapting literary works to the stage can be fraught with difficulties.

Dining from the Middle Kingdom: Just in time for the lunar new year, a roundup of SF's best Chinese dining spots.

Silent Treatment: Walking the picket line with the San Francisco Symphony.

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