The boyfriend's back for spring fling
Sylvia Rubin, Special to The Chronicle
Now is the time when spring merchandise is at its peak, but there's a big difference this year. As retailers hope to lure back shoppers, it's much easier to find the basics: T-shirts (many with ruffles or other...

Creating prize a 'natural thing' to Goldmans
Carolyne Zinko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Long before it was stylish to drive hybrid cars, eat dolphin-safe tuna or e-mail party invitations to save trees, Richard Goldman was encouraging people to act green. His incentive was green, too: cash. In 1989, he came...

The Buzz: The week that was
As a heat wave enveloped the Bay Area in the early part of the week and Mayor Gavin Newsom tweeted his intention to run for governor, the literati and fashionistas were out in force. Of particular note: -- Wednesday...

An around-the-world, 66-year love story
"One look at him and that was that," says Yvonne Ridgway, 88, about her husband of 66 years, Douglas. She offers up a picture of a debonair young gentleman holding a pipe. "He was always handsome." She reaches to grab...

Fierce footwear gets toehold
Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle
Shoe designers have gone mad. From Alexander McQueen and Donald J Pliner to brands such as Nine West and Tahari, styles are showing up this spring ready for battle. Shoe collections - and the designers behind them - are...

IN DEFENSE OF ... / Pasty White Shirtless Guy
Justin Berton
With the excruciating heat wave that scorched the city this week, we're here to offer a window of amnesty - albeit a window that slams shut June 1 - to Pasty White Guys who want to remove their shirts in public. No...

Pix
To submit a charitable event for consideration, send a selection of 8 images or fewer to pixpage sfchronicle.com. Photos must be at least 300 dpi and sent as jpegs with the event name, date and location, full names of...

BENEFITS
This week Tee Off for Breast Cancer The PlumpJack/LINK Golf Classic raises funds for the Northern California Cancer Center. $150 dinner, auction, cocktails and awards ceremony; $400 golf, dinner, auction, cocktails and...

Native son in torrid affair with S.F.
Delfin Vigil, Chronicle Staff Writer
Good luck finding someone who appreciates San Francisco more than the man who co-founded a group called the San Francisco Appreciation Society. For David Katznelson, appreciating the finer things in life is what he does...

Helen Breger's fashion illustrations
Sylvia Rubin, Special to The Chronicle
Before newspaper fashion photography became the norm, illustrators supplied the artwork for many newspaper fashion stories and supplements. From 1954 to 1960, that job at The Chronicle went to freelance artist Helen...