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Features:
Antisocial Butterflies
Summer's here, the clubs, theaters and restaurants beckon, and ... aw, forget it. Why not stay home instead?

The Durst of Times: No tolerance, please, we're southern baptists.

Coronary Street: Efforts afoot to make S.F. biking a little easier.

Enter Stage Right: Gracie's mixes an oddly theatrical theme with its cuisine.

The Good Life: Communing with the Grape, and each other, at a wine tasting.

Worst Verse: Ouch! Some of this poetry makes Helen Steiner Rice's Hallmark card verse read like Allen Ginsberg.

Watch Out, Willie: D.C.'s Capitol Steps are coming to S.F., and they're bringing their sharp-edged political satire with them.

Don't Fear the Reaper: Carrie Nardello's grim art has gone gentle.

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