Gov Agency Says SF 'Totally Affordable'
It’s taken as a matter of gospel among San Francisco residents that this city is expensive. Each week seems to bring a cavalcade of news about absurd rental demands, beloved businesses searching for...
View ArticleLet The Bold Italic Throw You a Party
The Bold Italic has a full-scale event production studio!Over the past few months, we’ve thrown events for Nespresso, Campari, Metromile, Findery, and others.And now we’d love to throw a party for you....
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Serial Stowaway Is Sneakier Than You Thought
The Bay Area's own Marilyn Hartman (no relation) has been making headlines this week following her most recent attempt to board an airplane without a ticket. Considering the multiple layers of...
View ArticleI Don't Want Taqueria Cancun to Win Best Burrito
Friends, a beloved Mission institution is in tremendous danger.Taqueria Cancún, the one located at 2288 Mission, is in a phenomenal position to win a legitimate “America’s Best Burrito” bracket.You...
View ArticleHelp Post-Quake Vallejo and Napa
Now that the damage from last week’s 6.0 earthquake has been mostly catalogued and the risk of a major aftershock has diminished a bit, the consensus seems to be that San Francisco and Oakland did OK,...
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BART Wants You to Report Crimes With This App
BART announced today that it is debuting a new security app that allows its riders to become the eyes and ears for police. BART Watch, the agency explains, is a response to riders' requests for a more...
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Will This Tech Dude Bring BART Into 21st Century?
As BART approaches its 42nd anniversary of operation, it’s clear to see that signs of old age are beginning to show. No longer is it the marvel of mass transit it used to be back in the '60s when...
View ArticleWhat to do With Your 3-Day Weekend
Labor Day weekend is upon us, dragging the tail end of summer along with it. Lucky for us that we live in San Francisco, where our biggest concern about the "end of summer" is if the fog will leave...
View Article9 Things I Learned About Earthquakes This Week
After Sunday's 6.0 quake in Napa, I realized I knew very little about earthquakes and decided to do some digging. I've read a lot about the natural disaster in the last week and thought I'd share a few...
View ArticleFlower Mart Battle Transcends San Francisco
The San Francisco Flower Mart, Martha Stewart’s all-time favorite and the second largest market of its kind in the U.S., remains as troubled as when we reported on it last month. A developer is looking...
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Infographic Breaks down BART by the Numbers
While those old wool seats make us feel like we know BART perhaps a little too intimately, there's still so much to know about our darling, frequently entertaining/gross Bay Area train. UNC produced an...
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Somebody Told Me to Tell You to Download This App
I came across Miranda July's video and app project, Somebody on Facebook and let me tell you, it was a breath of non-techy-app fresh air! If you could just pause what you're doing and start downloading...
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Best Camping Within 2 Hours of San Francisco
When you’re trying to plan a weekend camping trip and half your friends work until 5 p.m. on Friday, you can be sure you’re not getting to Yosemite or Big Sur before nightfall. Nobody likes setting up...
View ArticleSF Car Wash Has a Burner "Special"
Is your 1978 Mustang II looking a little caked with dust from a long drive back from Nevada right now? Does your Tesla Model S appear to be thoroughly coated, inside and out, with the skin cells of...
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Learn The First Rule of SF's Dim Sum Club
Da Vinci Villa Hotel in Russian Hill has brought in an unlikely new tenant, a restaurant called Dim Sum Club (2550 Van Ness Avenue). The focus is more on dim sum during the day, with a wide selection...
View ArticleThat Favorite "San Francisco Moment"
For years there have been individuals that I’ve seen around town who captured my imagination. This project, Drawn From the City, became an excuse to find out about their lives through interviews,...
View ArticleMeet the Fall Interns: Molly Sanchez
Molly Sanchez. The girl. The myth. The legend. Molly Sanchez is a writer and stand up comedian living in San Francisco. She can be seen telling blue jokes in all of the city’s best basements, pizza...
View ArticleMasterchef is Holding a Casting Call in SF
Are you a home cook who has dreamed of writing your own cookbook and/or getting yelled at by Gordon Ramsay? Today is your lucky day. Fox's Masterchef is coming to town September 13 from 10 a.m. to 6...
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The Most Cat Crazy Neighborhoods in LA Are...
It’s common knowledge that the two widest lanes of the Information Superhighway have been designated for the fast lane enjoyment of two pastimes: porn and cats. And although the occasional cute...
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