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What Facebook Knows About Our Hookups & Breakups
It’s hard to deny that we experience the start, progress, and end of our friends' relationships though social media. Though Facebook doesn’t provide any real information on what possesses people to...
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What Happened to the Fillmore?
By Jamal RobinsonI was born in a neighborhood that I will always be achingly in love with: the Fillmore. When I say, “The Fillmore,” my heart feels warmer, my voice feels more soulful, and the beat in...
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Is Down the Most Sex-Positive App Available?
Colin Hodge does not look like a sex radical. With his perfectly symmetrical haircut, deep dimples, and casual cardigans, he seems like he’d be more comfortable on a golf course than at a swinger...
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Cheat Sheet: 100 Foods You Might Be Saying Wrong
Sometimes it feels like you need a dictionary to read a menu in San Francisco. Even people who know food pretty well often have to ask the server to explain listed ingredients. So I was interested when...
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Bounce in this Adult-Sized Castle Tonight
The Will Brown gallery had me at "bouncy castle." The 24th St. art space has earned a solid rep in this city for pushing the boundaries of conceptual and installation art, and now they've upped the bar...
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So This Housing Flier is Depressing
Every time I get sick of living above a loud restaurant, or tired of stepping around Haight Street mystery chunks (poop or puke?) and I consider moving a little further away from the madness, I realize...
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Nostalgia and NIMBYism: Rebecca Solnit’s San Francisco
Editor’s note: this editorial is part of The Bold Italic’s ongoing mission to publish opinions that help move the current tech and culture debate in San Francisco forward. If you have strong opinions...
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Fake-Likes on Instagram Are Bad for Humanity
Last week, a new service called Lovematically was blocked by Instagram. The app, which claims to "spread the love," was developed by Rameet Chawla and allows users to automatically like every post in...
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Everyone Should Download Secret So That I Can Read Better Secrets
Secret is a newish free iPhone app that lets you share messages with the contacts in your phone anonymouslyish. I say anonymouslyish because although there are no profiles or names attached to posts,...
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The San Francisco Whiskey Map
By Broke-Ass StuartSan Francisco has fostered a long love affair with whiskey. It was both the cause of and the solution to people’s problems during the Barbary Coast days. In fact, while much of the...
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What Binging on House of Cards Taught Me About Politics
1. Nothing stops moving in D.C. House of Cards' second season picks up right where the first one left off, so although we may need a moment to catch our breath and to remember each person’s twisted,...
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If You Love San Francisco, You'll Love This Book
Does the image above look familiar? It's by the talented San Francisco illustrator Wendy MacNaughton, who created it for Broke-Ass Stuart's story on The Bold Italic, Living in SF Means. If you loved...
View ArticleWhy is Facebook Telling Me When To Get Married?
Whether you “believe” in marriage or not, you can’t escape the social pressures that encourage everyone to tie it down. Sometimes it seems like no matter where we turn, women are faced with white...
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Clowns Are Dying Just as SF Needs Their Jokes
When I first read this article about how America’ clowns are dying, my first thought was: Hurrah! Clowns are terrifying! (See: John Wayne Gacy, iconic Stephen King horror stories). But they are also...
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Silicon Valley Has Its Eyes on Oakland Next
Two years ago, I had my San Francisco dreams dashed. How was I supposed to know that the very tech boom that was allowing me the luxury of my dream would be the same to make it unaffordable to live it...
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The Bay Area Is Home to 29 James Beard Award Semifinalists
The James Beard Foundation announced its 2014 restaurant and chef award semifinalists this morning. As it turns out, the Bay Area is home to 29 of the 420 nominees; we were only geographically eligible...
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Left Wishes For His Son to Grow Up In SF
According to the New York Post, late Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman left some interesting instructions regarding where his son should grow up. Hoffman wrote in his last will and testament...
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So You’re Thinking about Seeing a Therapist…
By Mark ShrayberYou can’t throw a brick in San Francisco without hitting a therapist – and if you're throwing bricks maybe you should be seeing one? But deciding to work with one isn’t as easy. First,...
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Earn $100,000 to Create Art for Mid-Market
A hundred grand is a huge amount of cash – especially if you're an artist or a non-profit. And that's the amount that the Kenneth Rainin Foundation is offering an individual or team that presents the...
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Damn It Might Cost $6 to Ride the F-Line?
On Tuesday, Muni presented a proposal for possible fare hikes at City Hall. If it passes, riding the bus and underground could cost you $2.25, a quarter more than it does now, and the F-line fare could...
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