February 2006

Features

Live from New Orleans
A volunteer medic encounters misery, loss and hope in the wake of a hurricane’s devastation. by BARUCH ZEICHNER

Cultivating Hope
SF’s Garden Project gives prisoners a chance to rebuild their lives from the ground up. And the Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz helps wanderers put down roots. by JASON MARK

Spa Brain
Rancho la Puerta is the perfect place to relax — as long as you know how to avoid “Spa Brain.” by STEPHEN ALTSCHULER

The Gaudi of Emeryville
Visionary architect Eugene Tsui just may be the Bay Area’s most innovative and iconoclastic designer. by TRACI HUKILL

Journeys: Can You Dig It?
A political campaigner abandons the activist grind to turn over a new leaf — and lots of sod. by JASON MARK