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Cover: Swinging in the Rain
In dating-dampened San Francisco, do women really need men ... or just an umbrella?

House of Cards: Tarot tugs on heart strings.

Tara's Advice: Tara undresses for success.

1:15: Gossip columnist C. Silo.

Frisco Utopia: Hank Hyena redecorates Treasure Island.

Transglobal Underground: Cheb i Sabbah proves the fusion of Eastern samples and Western beats goes beyond Deep Forest or Enigma.

Music Picks: Reviews of the latest CDs by The Freestylers, Dr. Frank and Low Hum Satellite.

Club Guide: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more.

Weekend Pass: Art and abstraction descend on San Francisco for a Dave Muller 'Three Day Weekend.'

Color Me Rad: Painting hair by the numbers with Fudge.

Miss Pinkie Shears: The debonair miss gives her fashion advice.

Concrete Runway: G at Polk & Union.

Mommy Queerest: Jenny Offill's 'Last Things' chronicles the scenic and psychotic relationship of an SF mother and daughter.

Book Picks: Reviews of the latest books by Elizabeth Stark, Diane Leslie and David Foster Wallace.

Full Belly: Amira's Middle Eastern fare provides visual and culinary Turkish delight.

Sweet Relief: Michelle Goldberg gets girl-drink drunk.

Cinematic Knockout: The directors of the documentary 'On the Ropes' jab and gab with Christine Brenneman.

Basingstoke Blues: 'Get Real' tells the story of a cheeky gay teen from Britain.

Film Picks: Reviews of Another Day in Paradise, Divorce Iranian Style and François Truffaut: A Retrospective.