Eye of the - emotional - storm

Eye of the (emotional) storm

Zisman made his living in the Israeli textile industry before moving to the United States in 1972 and becoming a founding partner in the Anna Miller Pies chain. He said he sold his interest in the pie concern in 1981 to capitalize on the groundswell of interest in fresh pastas and upscaled take-out with the opening of PastaBella I a year later.On one side, customers slide trays along a line that is framed overhead by strings of dried peppers, garlic, and deli meats and zigs and zags around wine racks and display cases packed with salads, desserts, and cheeses.PastaBella II, with its 20-foot-high ceiling and two walls made almost entirely of glass, has a striking, wide-open feeling and three different faces.Photo: Customers file past the retail goods display at the original Pasta Bella in the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco.The sale of retail items, including sauces and even a house-blend coffee, accounts for 10 percent of total sales at both restaurants, Zisman said. And during the warmer spring and summer months, he said, better than half of his business is take-out, with pasta salads responsible for most of that traffic.

Fifteen patients experienced recurrences of the eye problemseveral minutes to three days after new psychological disturbances, they add. The disturbances were not as severe, however, as those that had preceded the initial vision loss.