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We Understand #Jinglebeards are Now a Thing
San Francisco (and the whole world it seems), has kind of a thing for beards. There are beard clubs, beard hats, and even a dating service dedicated to face fur. However, beards were due for a festive...
View ArticleLarge Protests Tomorrow in Bay Area, Nationwide
Across the country, protests against police violence – in particular, grand juries' decisions to not indict police officers for the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in...
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Bernal Heights Microhood Holiday Stroll
Last week, The Bold Italic teamed up with the Bernal Business Alliance for the Bernal Heights Microhood Holiday Stroll. Over 1,000 people came out to kick off the holiday shopping season and enjoy...
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Holiday Manicures Taken Way Too Far
It’s that time of year when everyone and their mother (literally) is flaunting their holiday manicures. My Instagram feed is so filled with sparkly Santas and snowflake French tips, it makes me yearn...
View ArticleA Year in SF's Sad Closures & Happier Openings
2014 saw a lot of churn among iconic San Francisco businesses, particularly in the food and beverage scene. Family-owned burrito joints (Cuco’s), decades-old neighborhood institutions (Villa Romana,...
View ArticleUber Charges $100+ to Flee Hostage Siege
If you’d like a quick run-down of everything that happened last night in Australia, it’s fairly straightforward. An Iranian-born self-proclaimed sheikh with dubious religious qualifications and a...
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5 Creative Hot Drinks for This Winter Weather
The worst of the storming may be behind us, but with more rain and cool temperatures on the way, non-basic bitches need some options beyond that damned pumpkin spice latte. How about a sweet potato...
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Cozy New Music Venue Opens Inside Symphony Hall
Want to experience an array of music spanning genres and centuries from a pocket venue located inside the San Francisco Symphony's Davies Symphony Hall? Ok ... and how about no assigned seating, swanky...
View ArticleNew Dating App Gives Grades And Expulsions
The thing I hear the most about online dating is that some people are simply the worst, which is unfortunate because there aren't many consequences for those who behave badly. A new free iOs app called...
View ArticleBillionaire Refuses to Open Public Beach Access
What is the matter with Vinod Khosla? The venture capitalist and co-founder of Sun Microsystems just does not want to let people go to the beach and apparently, even court orders aren’t stopping him....
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Watch This SF Time-Lapse Shot Over 8 Years
Nothing like a time-lapse to make you ache to live in San Francisco, even if you already do. This video posted today by Nick Acosta is especially beautiful, with overlapping, puzzled-together shots...
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Beautiful Portraits From SF's Millions March
The perseverance of the activists bringing attention to the massive anger and frustration around racial profiling, racial discrimination, and our busted justice system for disciplining cops is...
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10 Great Speakeasies in Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a city of exclusivity. After all, it’s where all the movie studs and starlets have chosen to reside and hide. Clandestine clubs and secret passwords run in our blood, and people are...
View ArticleJury Duty Skippers Beware!
If you thought you were pretty clever for pretending you never got your jury duty notice, then found out you were caught for your no-show and ordered to pay a bunch of money because of your "Failure to...
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Alternative Christmas "Trees"
Christmas trees are beautiful and majestic, but they are also big, heavy, and cost more than I realized. Even though it's not practical for me to purchase a large dying plant and lug it up three...
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SF Startup Using Tinder to Catch Its Burglar
The last thing I expected to see Tinder used for was a 21st century version of a wanted poster. But that's exactly what a startup has coopted the dating service for: to catch a hoodlum who’s been...
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10 WTF Worthy Holiday Catalog Items
Unless you’ve been living in a barren cave somewhere you know the holidays are coming. Every storefront, radio station, and bell jingler reminds you loud and clear that “there are only x more shopping...
View ArticleFrench Laundry Tasting Menu Now a Lottery Prize
Playing the California Lottery may or may not be a foolish way to spend your hard-earned dollars. Mathematically, it’s completely pointless, but scratch-offs sure are fun, and you can always justify...
View ArticleRobin Williams Getting the Full SF Art Tribute in Jan
On January 3rd, 2015, SF Public Works is hosting an event: Robin Williams Life Tribute and Art Show. Anyone who was touched by his work — his movies, his stand-up, his television, or public service —...
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