We're feeling completely neglected by the Chron. This weekend's section produced only a few things worth mentioning, and even they confirm our developing theory that the H&G section editors live in large manses with even larger gardens.
SIGNATURE STYLE: Walter Ratcliff: Interesting to read that one person, East Bay's post turn-of-the-century City Architect, defined the look of Berkeley with municipal buildings and homes that emphasized enduring value and comfort rather than iconoclastic style. With "pleasing proportions, a love for the out-of-doors and restrained but effective decoration," Ratcliff's hallmarks sound right in tune with the East Bay of today. Writer Dave Weinstein includes a list of his star local buildings.
The problem w/the Chron home page is that it's mostly wire service stuff, so much of it feels stale because it was in the Washington Post or the NY Times, or the LA Times before and you've already seen it. Not enough local features.
The next week's H&G is even worse. Traffic school? This is a decorating issue how? Wild animals? I suppose that goes under Garden?
For May 10, the Oakland paper's H&G had a feature on a potentially interesting artist:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_3792906
wende - haha. i was thinking the SAME thing when i saw today's paper!