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Two Perfect Days in Napa! Page 14 Volume 25 • Issue 19 • No. 466 • October 11, 2012 • outwordmagazine.com Two Perfect Days In Napa! page 14 Suit Filed Over Use of Photo page 8 Nadia G Offers Tips for a Knock-Out Holiday Party page 16 New Streisand page 19 Food Beverage Nightlife! Annual Special Issue COLOR COLOR AETNA ANTHEM BLUE CROSS PRUDENTCopyright © UC Regents, DavisBUYER campus, 2011. All Rights Reserved. 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