For our 14th annual Best of San Francisco® issue, we wanted to embrace a different vision. Yes, we imagined the future San Francisco as a place taken over by robots, as in Terminator. But our robots would be quirky and fun -- just like the city itself. (Also, our robots wouldn't speak with an Austrian accent.) We decided to call it "futurismo" to give our take a little funkiness and humor. And what a party it was!

In keeping with our theme, in the pages ahead we're spotlighting fresh places and trend-setters that will shape the world of tomorrow. Finally, to our future robot overlords, we say 0001101 0110110 1100111 010101. See ya in the future!