Presented without commentary and in no particular order, our favorite utterances from the April Issue of San Francisco's most exclusive news magazine:

  • "Do you believe everything you hear or see on the web, or are you more likely to believe the printed word? I do." - From Publisher Lois Lehrman's Letter to Our Readers, page 4.

  • "This might sound rash, but most wine lovers should ignore wine point scores!" - Ed Schwarz, in his article "Point Scores Miss the Point", page 8.

  • "If a subway runs from Union Square to Chinatown, won't people opt to ride rather than walk - and miss all that window-shopping?" - Unattributed sidebar item "Subway Blues", page 11.

  • "In my opinion it will, nonetheless, be hard to pry those Audi, BMW, or Mercedes owners away from their cars, especially in San Francisco, where Cadillac doesn’t even have a dealer." - Martin Swig's "Inconvenient Facts", page 24.

  • "It all happens at the zoo, even weddings. Tie the knot in the 75-year-old zoological park’s Educational Center in the Great Hall, including a 'wetlands' patio where your guests can roam freely." - Kellie Ell's "The Wedding of the Year", page 22.

  • "Most of the mainstream Hollywood movies today are made to appeal to the taste level of teenage boys." - Movie critic Jan Wahl's "There's No Business Like Show Business", page 32.

  • "Spending money on healing our psyches is often a better investment, and more gratifying, than investing in our appearances with creams and solutions, or doctoring our moods with chemicals and pharmaceuticals." - Subhed from Caroline Jaffe, Ph.D.'s health section article "Invest In Action Oriented Therapy", page 34.

  • "A more conventional approach for IRA investments would be to invest in Build America Bonds, which are issued as taxable bonds, but would not be taxable in an IRA." - Lee Munson's "Raising Yield in Your IRAs", page 21

  • "There is a terrific book by Billy Shore, Building the Cathedral Within, a must-read for any budding philanthropist. Billy tells the story of how the fifteenth century European cathedrals were built. The planners realized it would take several hundred years before they were completed, yet they were fully committed and willing to work tirelessly to create those architectural masterpieces, which soared to the heavens. Carpenters, masons, cooks, and shepherds all had a role to play in bringing an idea bigger than they were to fruition. The [34th America's Cup] is that type of mission, and will be a towering presence in its own right." - Ted Regan's piece "Our Cup Runneth Over", page 30.

  • "Your Ad Here!" - page 37.