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Kirstin Woody, a fellow competitor for the Rhodes scholarship, first met Hanzich when the two were in San Francisco for final interviews in the competition. Woody and Hanzich both studied in England the following year and grew to be close friends...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: '06 Grad Found Dead in New Haven | 9/16/2007 | See Source »

...self-generated phenomenon, the product of too-high prices and too-crazy lending practices. Now the "housing market is dragging down the rest of the economy," says Alan Gin, an economist at the University of San Diego. The same is true in and around Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Miami, Washington, New York City and Tampa, Fla.--all metro areas where house prices skyrocketed until 2006 and have since fallen in the face of otherwise positive economic news. Nationally, house prices dropped 3.2% in the 12 months ending in June, while the economy grew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coping With a Real-Estate Bust | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

...equipment and packaged kits to help them make their wines. Wineshops and vineyards are offering blending seminars, tutored tastings of grape varietals where you can create your own blend and take home a bottle of the mix. But for those who want the full winemaking experience, Crushpad, a San Francisco urban winery, allows clients to create a custom wine, from vine to uncorking, without having to move to wine country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Exclusive Vintage Is Your Own | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

Crushpad is the creation of Michael Brill, a former home winemaker who once ripped up his San Francisco backyard to plant Pinot Noir and Syrah vines. He found that lots of people shared his desire for a wine-country lifestyle but lacked the millions of dollars needed to make their dream come true. Tired of his career in software marketing, he quit his job and created Crushpad in 2004 to connect amateur winemakers with West Coast vineyards. It's the best of both worlds. Customers get access to far finer grapes than they could grow themselves, at a fraction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Exclusive Vintage Is Your Own | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

...Like Posen, Francisco Costa, the Brazilian designer who several years ago took over for Calvin Klein when he retired, has mastered a sleek and chic kind of casual style. As far as continuing the sensibility of Klein, it works. To the simple sportswear shapes, Costa brings a refined sense of color and an appreciation for innovative fabrics. He opened the show with a passage of skinny, high-waisted pants in shades of chalk, pale pink and putty and then punctuated a crisp, natural palette with two drop-dead simple organza T-shirt dresses in grass green and - what else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clear Skies Ahead | 9/12/2007 | See Source »

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