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October 2005

Features

Help! A Guide To Finding Top Household Staff

How to get the best work from your nanny, gardener, maid or driver. Hint: Good business practices work in the home, too.

Faces and Races

Faces and Races

Two museums host “Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self,” an exhibition that aims to illuminate our sometimes-imperfect attempts to understand race.

The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Right

More and more families with children are turning their backs on San Diego’s suburbs and heading for the city

Departments

From Our Readers: A Letter from the President

From Our Readers: October 2005

City Files: Front Pages

San Diego's resident ghostbuster is working overtime. Plus: Pamela Anderson almost misses the boat; the Nick and Jessica show comes to town; and Donna Frye's "sun poisoning."

Restaurant Reviews: Tower 23

Foodie Gossip: Hot Stuff

What’s hot. What’s not. Who’s in. Who’s out.

Stuff: Texturize

Accent your home with textured fabrics and organic materials to add warmth and motion.

Tom Blair's I on San Diego: Life in the City

Profile: Jim MacLaren

Dialogue with Tom Blair: Jeff Prescott

Business: Charting a New Course

A San Diego boatyard owner fulfills a childhood dream, making what he believes is a smart business move. But will it keep the 67-year-old business afloat?

Journal: Truth, Justice and Mike Aguirre

Our city attorney makes spectacular claims about political corruption and malfeasance. What do we do if he’s right?