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For the Week of
May 4-10, 2005

Cover: Spring 2005 Fashion:
Art of the Deal: The haute culture of flea-market finds.
Grape Skin: Using grape seeds to recapture youth.
A Bird on the Head: Artist and avians share sense of style.
Silly Stuff: Cartoonist Violet Crabtree's intergalactic attire.

News: Wet Dream
Scoping Sonoma County's 'new' water project.

The Byrne Report: Patriot Parade.

Briefs: Place Your Bets.

Open Mic: Dark Ages: The renewed threat to academic freedom.

Rev: Boatcar: A complicated series of wings can be unfurled from the cockpit to create a hydrofoil once you hit water.

Critic's Picks: A guide to the week's best arts, theater and music events.

Big Bangs: On the combustive impact of 'Guide.'

Do It Like a G.O.!: Submit to the Go! Team's not-so-subtle charms.

Women's Work: Author Leonard Shlain brings science to the goddess debate.

Face Time: Author Brent Hartinger gives gay teens a model.

Books Beat: Bios you can tap your toes to.

By the Beautiful Sea: Thai restaurant is more bistro than Bangkok.

Swirl 'n' Spit: Hop Kiln Winery.

Cook It!: Mom's Meal.

News of the Food: Pyramid Schemes.