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The third California Design Biennial is a fantasy shopping experience come true featuring consumer products, graphic design, furniture, fashion and transportation.

Pasadena Weekly | Julie Riggott | 09-18-2007 | Art

Tags: visual arts

Enjoying Italian Wines -- By Way of the West Coast?new

The interesting irony of Italian winemakers promoting French viticulture now takes on a new twist with the so-called "Cal Itals," which are somewhat difficult to find but worth the hunt.

Philadelphia City Paper | Peter Burwasser | 09-18-2007 | Food+Drink

New Bill Hopes to Reform Beer Sales in Pennsylvanianew

The bill seems to have gained support of the state's beer consumers, but the distributors and brewers have mixed feelings.

Philadelphia City Paper | Tim Hyland | 09-18-2007 | Food+Drink

Kayaking the California Coast ... for a Causenew

Six men make their annual 57-day, 1,094-mile paddle up the coast of California, this time to benefit the Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara Independent | Jessica Morreale | 09-18-2007 | Sports

Tags: sports & fitness

Philadelphia Weekly's Fashion Guidenew

Our look as a city is singular, and says a lot about who we are: We take the lowest forms and elevate them to high art, and not just by pasting random shreds together with Elmer’s. It’s a fashion informed by hand-picked care and love, and fused into something uniquely Philadelphian.

Philadelphia Weekly | Staff | 09-17-2007 | Fashion

Tags: fashion

Chicago Fall Fashion 2007new

We invited a dozen regular Chicagoans with singular style into the studio and asked them to create an outfit on the spot from clothes and accessories provided by local designers and retailers -- combined with some of their own favorite items, of course.

Chicago Reader | Heather Kenny | 09-17-2007 | Fashion

Tags: fashion