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The Technical Reasons Why People Are So F**king Wrong About That Dress
If you're reading this right now, it means your roommate and/or significant other didn't murder you in your sleep last night for disagreeing on whether this goddamn dress is blue and black or it's...
View ArticleIconic Waterfront Restaurant is Closing After 32 Years
San Francisco lost a couple of great things recently: 21 Club, a longtime dive bar in the Tenderloin, will close to make way for a new cocktail bar, while a proposed performing arts center in the same...
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Wedding Planning Truths: Explained in 6 Charts
Wedding planning can be pretty rad and also turn into a big headache, but The Bold Italic is here to help. Come check our second annual wedding expo, Love/Make, on March 8th. You'll find over 75...
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The Top Five Moments of Leonard Nimoy (RIP) Our Once And Future Friend
Today our galaxy lost a really cool life form. Leonard Nimoy died at the age of 83 after going into the hospital for chest pains earlier this week. I had been primed to hear this news ever since he...
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The Best Places to Stuff Your Face in an Acai Bowl in SF
Look, it was just going to be another story, a fun exploration of a food trend on the rise in San Francisco, but it turned into a legit problem. And so I caution you, before reading any further, that...
View ArticleAsk These People if the Anti-Tech Movement is Over
After a yearlong battle, tenants being evicted from their home in the Mission by a Google executive took their demands — and a petition — to Google's San Francisco headquarters in a rally attended by...
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There's a Big New Brewery to Love in the Outer Sunset
I’d heard about a new brewery/restaurant opening up in the Outer Sunset and expected a modest, cozy operation … you know, like almost everything else in the neighborhood. But I was immediately blown...
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VIDEO: A Look at the Rare San Franciscan Without a Cellphone
Behold "Phone Life," a video made by Ivan Cash that looks at the life and phone habits of two San Franciscans. One is Mathew, a fine artist and UX designer who lives without a cellphone, and the other...
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A Guide to the "Basic Bitches" of the Bay
Although San Francisco in and of itself is a vibrant and unique city that fosters eccentricity, you will still see those who fall prey to the growing contagion of the Basic Bay Bitch. Without...
View ArticlePhotos of San Francisco's Gorgeous as F*ck Weekend Sunset
This past Saturday evening, my roommate asked/forced me to shave his head, insisting it would only take "six minutes, tops." As he laid out a comprehensive set of eight different grades of buzzer-tops...
View ArticleFive Cool New Places to Eat in March
After an explosion of restaurant openings in the Mission and Tenderloin this year, we finally get to send you to some different neighborhoods this month. And the East Bay! Ready, set, eat! Dragon Beaux...
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Map Shows SF Drug Crimes by Neighborhood
Data scientist Lance Martin delved into 12 years of SFPD crime records to map San Francisco’s drug activity by neighborhood. Although the resulting charts get a little technical, some clear trends...
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When Business Owners Criticize Bike Lanes, Yelpers Take Revenge
If you think the saga to extend bike lanes on Polk Street is like pulling teeth, it might be more accurate to say it’s like flushing a scratched cornea. When Dr. Ronald Hiura (pictured above on the far...
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The Bay Bridge Lights are Coming Down This Friday
For the last two years, The Bay Lights have given the Golden Gate Bridge a run for its money in the most beautiful bridge contest. After this Friday morning though, the Bay Bridge will be dark for...
View ArticleAre You a Mimi-Rose or a Hannah? Girls Season 4 Ep. 7
In last night's episode of Girls, the very apparent differences between Hannah and Mimi-Rose were busted wide open as the two women shared an uncomfortable but arguably necessary night out together....
View ArticleEvictions Could Signal the Approach of More "Monsters" in the Mission
Once one monster finds a home in the Mission District, more monsters are sure to follow, and together they’ll tromp all over the affordable housing, community, and commercial spots that have long...
View ArticleHow to Ditch Your Cubicle and Become a Successful Freelancer
“Working for yourself does not mean working alone. Establish a trusted network of friends and colleagues. Find your tribe.” — Arianna OrlandSuccessful freelancing in a creative field is both an art and...
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Six 20-Something Dykes You Meet on OkCupid
Ask any dyke in her twenties living in San Francisco what she’s doing for booty. Ask her where she goes to meet new, “down-to-earth” (or even up-in-the-air) lesbians — go ahead, I’ll wait. Ready?...
View ArticleSnail Patty with Foie Gras is SF's New Decadent Burger
Here’s your latest stunt food alert: Bisou Bistronomy, a lively French restaurant in the Castro, has just put an escargot burger on the menu. A petite slider served on a sesame bun, it’s garnished...
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Students at UC Berkeley Turn the Tables on a Racist Professor
The “no business as usual” ethos of the Black Lives Matter movement has shut down highways, shopping malls, and government buildings, but last week that disruption occurred inside a classroom at UC...
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