	Specialty Down with Kris Kringle By Cliff Samaniego (Dec 1, 2003) Days 'til Christmas are winding down and I have a strange recommendation for last minute shoppers: drive to your local San Francisco mall. When push comes to shove, shopping malls are the last place where you'd like to be during the holiday crunch, however, everyone could use a personal touch to their holiday gifts. Why not complement your Christmas presents to loved ones with a personalized photo of yourself with Santa Claus? More
	Specialty Dead in San Francisco By Cliff Samaniego (Nov 18, 2003) In the United States celebrating death is a macabre endeavor. Very seldom do we rejoice when departed souls diminish from existence and join the nether world. Dia de los Muertos, in the Mexican community, is a departure from our consternation. It celebrates death as the bedfellow of life, each sharing the yin and yang of our being. Visit Casa Bonampak and Studio 24 "en el Corazon de la Mision" (in the heart of the Mission) for Dia de los Muertos culture, education, and supplies. More
	Specialty Sophisticated Kitsch By Cliff Samaniego (Oct 18, 2003) How many times have you been caught empty-handed while attending a birthday, anniversary, or wedding? You're in a need of a quick gift, but procrastination got the best of you. Here are four gift stores that not only help you save face, but make you look hip in the process. Heartfelt, tutti frutti, Rainbow Station, and kar'ikter will make gift shopping as easy as ordering a Big Mac combo through your local drive-thru. More
	Specialty High as a Kite By Cliff Samaniego (Aug 18, 2003) As the hot air of the inland valley merges with the cool coastal winds, magic happens for many San Francisco kite enthusiasts. Winds sweep across Ocean Beach and the Marina Green and set the stage for a visual playground. Kites leisurely billow in the air. Like kids induced by a sugar coated high, you'll find kite flyers looking to the sky in wide-eyed excitement. More
	Specialty Chinatown Finds By grace chen (Aug 18, 2003) Under a jade and coral gateway, you enter Chinatown- one of the largest Chinese quarters outside of Asia. From this juncture at Bush and Grant, you encounter streets thick with herbs, tea leaves, jade jewelery and wisdom hats that crowd amongst the singing crickets and clamor of both locals and tourists. Forget about parking. The area is best covered by foot. More
	Specialty Kidrobot New Toys By Cliff Samaniego (Apr 21, 2003) While shopping Haight Street for the latest ironic t-shirt, stop in Kidrobot, a new store along the main strip. Nestled amongst shops filled with clunky shoes and whispers of "sticky kind buds," Kidrobot will appeal to anyone from dot-com techies to skateboard junkies and Marina prepsters or Mission hipsters. As Kora Thomas, Kidrobot manager explains, "So many different kinds of people come in here-it would be hard to put them in any category." More

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