I have always been a night person. One of my earliest memories is waiting for my father to come home from the night shift so we could watch Johnny Carson together. My mother made sure I was enrolled in the afternoon kindergarten class-and still I was almost always later. Even now, a few weeks before graduating, my fear isn't finding a job, my fear is that I may find one that requires me to embrace the "early to bed, early to rise" lifestyle.

Honestly, there's nothing like partying all night and falling into bed with the early sun peaking through the curtain. Moreover, there's nothing like sleeping till 4 o'clock in the afternoon recovering. The only reason why I don't do it more often (besides being a student responsible for this magazine, among other things) is that the hangovers are getting progressively worse as I get older.

I love the wee hours. You see life in a different way, in a way that is unappreciated by the nine to five world. While the daytime is always active, the night is a well-balanced combination of insanity and solitude, of danger and peacefulness.

In this issue, we explore the traditional aspects of nightlife, like great bars, delicious diners, and after dark entertainment.But we also talk about some of the stranger things that happen in the early hours of the morning that you may not be aware of. Did you know that someone is waiting to pray for you at 2 a.m. if you need it? Or that nocturnal-bloodsucking insects have infested many major cities, including San Francisco? We'll also help you explain your dreams and tell you why your snoring may be a sign of something deadly.

This issue is dedicated to lovers of the night. It is also for those so-called "normal" people that rise with the sun each day and start annoying the rest of us with phone calls and emails sent at 5 a.m. If you are one of those people, well then this issue will let you know that the world continues without you while you sleep. You truly have no idea what you're missing. And if you don't care, that's OK too. But we night owls ask you to remember the golden rule...

Don't call before noon.

Amy Machnak