John Lopez, body piercer By Jenn Shreve
He pierces everything from tongues to nipples to, well, everything, but it's most fun when it's done with meaning.
(08/02/99)

Storm chaser By Jenn Shreve
Tornado expert Howard Bluestein says that cows don't fly, but cars do.
(07/19/99)

Flirting with success By Jenn Shreve
Expert flirt Francesca Gentille holds forth on the fine art of making eye contact, mirroring, transmitting scent, heat and wavelength.
(07/12/99)

Rocket man By Jenn Shreve
Pyrotechnician Jeff Thomas tells of an all-green fireworks show, working past midnight on New Year's 1999 and his mortal enemy: Fog.
(07/03/99)

Booty bash by the bay: Shake, shake, shake the vote! By Jenn Shreve
The Reform Party candidate for San Francisco mayor has already secured a ringing endorsement from one of his opponents. Warmly welcoming Mark O'Hara to the race, Mayor Willie Brown enthused, "Who the f*ck is that guy?"
(06/28/99)

"Promoting exposure of a person" By Jenn Shreve
Artist Spencer Tunick is in hot water with the NYPD for attempting to photograph 150 nude people in Times Square.
(06/21/99)

"She's a badass welder" By Jenn Shreve
For Misty Henry, going to work means crawling into tunnels, avoiding exploding hydrogen pockets and proving that underwater construction is women's work, too.
(06/14/99)

The best sheriff in America By Jenn Shreve
San Francisco's Michael Hennessey, the longest-serving sheriff in California, has brought art and acupuncture to his jails, thinks the war on drugs is a fiasco, and likes listening to "loud, obnoxious music."
(06/07/99)

Fingers will twitch . . . By Jenn Shreve
In 44 years of training morticians, Hugh McMonigle has seen fingers twitch, heads rebuilt and been properly freaked-out at least once.
(05/24/99)

Waiting (and waiting) for "The Phantom Menace" By Jenn Shreve
"Crazy K" is so crazy about "Star Wars" movies he's been in the ticket line for weeks.
(05/17/99)

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