21.   Oakes exercises almost daily at the YMCA near her downtown San Francisco restaurant, working with a personal trainer.

22.   Of all the stories about bottled water bills that have circulated, this one, overheard recently at a stylish downtown Italian restaurant, might be the most memorable.

23.   Nothing bygone clings to this crisp, slender woman who strides across the downtown Atlanta restaurant as if on a mission.

24.   One, Anne Oxendine of Fleishman-Hillard public relations firm, talked about it over lunch the other day at a downtown restaurant.

25.   Over a dinner of steamy pasta at a trendy downtown restaurant, she talked about reconnecting with her family and living drug-free.

26.   Secretary of State Warren Christopher was initially turned down for a reservation at Nobu, the downtown Japanese restaurant, but was squeezed in on Monday night.

27.   Supermarkets may be ringing up sales for working lunchers, but so are downtown restaurants.

28.   The downtown restaurant was closed in November after failing an inspection.

29.   The owners of two downtown Des Moines restaurants that closed in the last year blamed Prairie Meadows for siphoning off customers.

30.   These days, the name brings to mind a downtown restaurant and celebrity golf, not necessarily rock and roll.