The Bold Italic is Looking for Opinionated Writers
We read the comments sections of our stories, and we know our readers have fiery, passionate opinions about San Francisco (and, ahem, some of our stories). But why limit yourself to an anonymous...
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Of Course a Berkeley Man Leaves Charming Note to Guy Stealing His Paper
News website Berkeleyside shared a photo of a note one Berkeley neighbor left to another who has been taking his Wall Street Journal for years. The author of said letter is Marty Schiffenbauer, who...
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This Man is Transforming Oakland One Awesome Custom Bike at a Time
I first met Tall Paul as he was walking out of the Oakland Home Depot toting a giraffe of a bike. It was orange with gold accents — pedals, spokes, and pinwheel-shaped mags — and its body was made of...
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Chinatown Breaks Ground on Massive Gourmet Food Emporium
When it comes to food, Chinatown is a wonderland of bakeries, seafood restaurants, Dim sum houses, and tea shops, but now it's about to break ground on what the Chronicle is calling “the most ambitious...
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The Full House Meets House of Cards Mash Up You Never Knew You Needed
One is the story of a family trying to get by in a harsh city and how they deal with every day trials and tribulations and one is Full House.Jason Jurgens (aka YouTuber BeefJurgy) posted this genius...
View ArticleNew Lawsuit Proves BART Takes Itself Very Seriously
"I had a great time on BART," said nobody ever, but now your favorite 42-year-old transit agency wants to solidify its buzzkill status by blocking a local craft brewery from using its name. Bay Area...
View ArticleThese Products Capture the "Authentic" San Francisco, According to Two Natives
Living in San Francisco these days means having to constantly say goodbye to people. Whether they want to go — or just can't afford the place anymore — you can now remind them of the city by sending a...
View Article5 Dates To Take Yourself on This Weekend
This weekend why not go out on a date with someone nice, someone who always agrees with you, someone who's been there with you through thick and thin, someone gorgeous who you've had sex with more than...
View ArticleEven if You Were Born Here, You Missed the Real San Francisco
San Francisco is over. You missed it. This ain’t the Summer of Love. Punk is dead. Die yuppie scum. Die techie scum. Fuckin' hipsters. Or, as Broke Ass Stuart proclaimed in The Bold Italic this week,...
View ArticleAlton Brown, You Can Improve Upon Your Questionable Taste in SF Bloody Marys
Dear Alton Brown,Can I call you Alton? I am excited that you are here in the city today to do your Edible Inevitable show. SF Eater reported on it, it sounds really cool! For one, you claim to make "a...
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Exclusive First Look at Mark Zuckerberg’s Noe Mansion
As we know, big tech bosses are slowly but surely taking over the world Mission. Mark Zuckerberg, king of the Book of Faces, bought a Dolores Heights mansion with his wife and has spent the past year...
View ArticleAre There Fat Asians? Yes. I’m One of Them.
When BuzzFeed recently sourced questions for its “Ask An Asian” video on Facebook, more than 7,000 responses came in. One of the comments was “Are there any fat Asian people? I’ve never seen one.” I...
View ArticleEveryone You Want to See from Game of Thrones is in SF Today
Winter is coming to King’s Landing. Or, in other words, HBO will be wooing the tech-savvy and Westeros-obsessed alike with the Game of Thrones season five premiere at the War Memorial Opera House this...
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You're Gonna Wanna High Five and Then Immediately Scold These SF Teens
San Francisco teenagers are wylin' 'cause they're young. The above video footage, shot on Sunday, was posted on Reddit by Scott Brio and makes me feel a confusing mix of pride and worry. On the one...
View ArticleMy Weirdly Strong Feelings about People Who Don't Sleep with a Top Sheet
March is Sleep Awareness Month, a campaign that seems . . . not super-necessary but that provides me the opportunity to rant like a prude, slightly unhinged bed traditionalist about all the sickos who...
View Article10 Amenities Bay Area Transportation Should Steal From Other Cities
It may give you a good laugh to learn that the Bay Area often gets high marks for public transportation when rated against other cities and regions. We know we could do a whole lot better, though,...
View ArticleNew Map Improves Upon Popular Poop Map of SF
Back in November, Jennifer Wong's (Human) Wasteland Map took the Internet by (shit) storm. As comprehensive as the original map was in terms of showing poop by location, it only represented about 4,000...
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Every Single Mission Taqueria Mapped for Your Burrito Craving Pleasure
We are a burrito-obsessed city. I mean, here at The Bold Italic alone, we've mapped the best ones by neighborhood, thoroughly analyzed the breakfast varieties, and profiled the local champ who ate her...
View ArticleBeing the Adult When Your Parents Act Like Children
My father recently rang to ask for advice about his online dating profile five minutes after I finished a call with my mother. Mom had called for the sole purpose of informing me, yet again, how sexy...
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