Welcome to The People's Party, a new kind of Best of the Bay. Instead of filling these pages yet again with mostly our own opinions, we decided to do something different this year. Think of it as a virtual party where we get to talk about our favorite stuff, but we also invite a whole lot of other people to do the same — from the famous and the quirky to just regular folks and, of course, the most important people of all: you, our readers.

This Best of the Bay is all of us, hanging out and talking about what we love at one big party.

So pour yourself a drink, put on some music and prepare to meet some of the most interesting people in the Bay at The People's Party – Best of the Bay 2003

CONTENTS:

Staff PIcks

People's Picks

Reader's Picks

Pundit's Picks – Arts

Pundit's Picks – Film

Pundit's Picks – Food

Pundit's Picks – Heroes

Pundit's Picks – Music

Pundit's Picks – Performance