FEATURE
Armory Park
Dave Wielenga talks to architect Brian Ulaszewski about the proposal to convert the southernmost block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue into a park—and to Chief Traffic Engineer Dave Roseman about why putting a park there could turn the whole area into a parking lot.

NEWS
Marching Orders
Three pacifist veterans groups who were excluded from the 2007 Veterans Day parade will be marching in this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. parade—but not the Veterans Day parade. Not yet. Plus, human waste in Vector Control and Criminy!

MUSIC
Valley Arena
Talking sex and life with Valley’s Warren Woodward. Also, The Vandelles.

ART
D+Lirium
Rebecca Schoenkopf inspects artist Walter Goldfarb’s show at the Museum of Latin American Art. And Theo Douglas introduces you to the late Adolf B. Spreckels III, 1970s soul surfer and the subject of a new book.

FOOD+DRINK
Surati Farsan Mart
Miles Clements snacks on Little India’s more mysterious treats, then chows down a fine bowl of turkey chili. Jim Hall drinks some Good Vibes with a Berry Kaleidoscope and another installment of Blottery.

DEPT. OF COMMERCE
Ten Salon & Spa
Ellen Griley gets painted in mud, takes the best shower ever. In Buy Curious, Joshua Peralta clues you in to the best day trip you can take for less than five dollars.

FINE PRINT
Water Fowl in Foul Water
Josh Peralta found the Willow Street Estuary lousy with birds—the good lousy.

FILM
There Will Be Blood
Our reviewers love-love There Will Be Blood (the best kind of love) and consider The Orphanage sort of spooky.