The Bold Italic
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A publication celebrating the spirit of the Bay Area. Our newsletter:
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What's the worst rent increase you've ever just quietly accepted because moving is worse?
about 1 hour ago
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I lived in SF for years and had never heard of Ingleside. Then I got tired of dragging myself up Telegraph Hill, started thinking about a kid, and found a flat neighborhood with its own BART stop and pho on every corner. Five years later, I'm not leaving.
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Why I Love Living in Ingleside
A San Francisco neighborhood with everything youâll ever need.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/why-i-love-living-in-ingleside/
about 3 hours ago
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Have you ever looked up at Coit Tower and thought about its, ahem, structural symbolism? Turns out we're not the only ones.
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How to Have Coitus at Coit Tower
Part III of our Sex in Weird Places series
https://www.thebolditalic.com/how-to-have-coitus-at-coit-tower/
about 16 hours ago
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Only in San Francisco will someone describe their walk-up in Russian Hill as 'the gym,' and they're not entirely wrong.
about 19 hours ago
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The internet swore a $6 croissant didn't exist in San Francisco. It exists, and I have eaten two of them at Arsicault Bakery.
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Let's talk about the $6 croissant at Arsicault Bakery
Arsicault Bakery went from an unassuming neighborhood storefront to a national sensation overnight, and they sold me the best croissant I've ever eaten.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/lets-talk-about-the-6-croissant-at-arsicault-bakery/
about 21 hours ago
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Happy Pride weekend. đ
about 22 hours ago
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The most famous color consultant in San Francisco doesn't actually paint. He got fired from his only real painting job after two weeks for not knowing what he was doing. Then made a million dollars by age 28, just from picking shades of color.
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Just Who is Bob Buckter, Color Consultant?
One of the things I love about San Francisco is the color. Itâs everywhere: from murals in hidden alleyways to the bright shades of the houses that line our streets. A leisurely stroll in this city could put your Crayola colors knowledge to the test. Ever wonder how or
https://www.thebolditalic.com/just-who-is-bob-buckter-color-consultant-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/
about 23 hours ago
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Getting coffee in San Francisco means a barista asking my opinion on the roast like I'm qualified to have one before 9am.
1 day ago
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Maybe you don't know this about Pride, but you don't have to register for a contingent or even tell one you're coming. Show up at Beale and Steuart around 9:30, find the best music, and walk. Free calorie burn before you party in Civic Center.
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An SF Pride guide from someone who actually goes
Here's my extensive experience with Pride that began as an insecure 30-something with a severe case of FOMO.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/an-sf-pride-guide-from-someone-who-actually-goes/
1 day ago
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What's the best cheap thrill in San Francisco that still feels free in a way almost nothing here does anymore?
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I Peed Standing Up for a Week. The Results Were Messy
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I Peed Standing Up for a Week. The Results Were Messy
I tinkled while the shower sprinkled. I probably peed on myself but cannot confirm. I pissed myself in ideal conditions.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/i-peed-standing-up-for-a-week-the-results-were-messy/
1 day ago
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Ask any server and they will tell you the quality of service barely moves the tip. What moves it is stuff like hair color, breast size, and whether you wear a flower in your hair, which is a real documented thing.
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The 10 Types of Tippers, According to Servers
We bring you the 10 types of tippers youâre most likely to find at a restaurant.Which one are you?
https://www.thebolditalic.com/the-10-types-of-tippers-according-to-servers/
1 day ago
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What's the worst $19 cocktail you've ever ordered and finished anyway out of spite?
2 days ago
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The Civic Center party is a clusterfuck of security lines and sizzling hot dogs that smell way too good. You'll get photographed, you'll run into a rando from childhood who's also gay now. Rainbows for everyone. Genuinely worth it.
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An SF Pride guide from someone who actually goes
Here's my extensive experience with Pride that began as an insecure 30-something with a severe case of FOMO.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/an-sf-pride-guide-from-someone-who-actually-goes/
2 days ago
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The more I live in San Francisco, the more I wonder why I keep trusting the weather app when it has never once been right about Twin Peaks.
2 days ago
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Your guide to walking Irving Street like a boba pilgrimage: the aggressively pink one, the chain with the real pineapple-plantation origin story, the loud institution with the syrup wall, and the OG candy store.
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The Boba District of San Francisco
Irving Street has more boba shops per block than some cities have total. It is a boba street that also has other things.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/the-boba-district-of-san-francisco/
2 days ago
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SF Civic Center cuddle puddle. đ¸ by Curious Connie
2 days ago
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After living in San Francisco for a long time you will finally understand that the seasons are Fog, Fleet Week, and Falling Rent Promises, and they arrive in no particular order.
2 days ago
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In content monetization, our most profitable days this year were on topics that gaslit conservatives about LGBTQ+ issues.
3 days ago
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What's the worst neighbor noise you've normalized like it's white noise at this point?
3 days ago
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The $1 oyster used to be everywhere in this city. Now it's basically an endangered species. We tracked down the few SF spots still holding the line, before inflation finishes the job.
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Every Oyster Happy Hour and Deal I Could Find in San Francisco
Your complete guide to cheap bivalves across the city, from $1 holdouts to splurge-worthy shucks.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/every-oyster-happy-hour-and-deal-i-could-find-in-san-francisco/
3 days ago
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Remember the chinstrap, the official face of every ska band ever? It ranks shockingly high here, which the writer insists is an indictment of everything below it, not praise.
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Menâs Facial Hair Options, Ranked from Worst to Best
Here is my exhaustive ranking of the best uses of facial hair, from worst to first.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/men-s-facial-hair-options-ranked-from-worst-to-best-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/
3 days ago
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The more I live in San Francisco, the more I wonder why the sea lions at Pier 39 have more stable housing than half my friends.
3 days ago
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I went in a card-carrying ballet snob. War Memorial chandeliers, the hush, the whole thing. Three days at ODC's Dance Downtown cracked me open a little. Turns out my idea of a night at the dance was a little narrow.
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My weekend with ODC/Dance Downtown
The truth is that I go to these things for the people. The art is what sneaks up on me while I'm busy having a good time.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/my-weekend-with-odc-dance-downtown/
3 days ago
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We celebrate straight love in nearly every song on the radio and at all 2,430 ballgames a year. After the Giants' Pride Night, the comments still wanted to know when heterosexuals get their parade.
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Responding to comments on the recent SF Giants controversy
We celebrate straight love in nearly every song on the radio and at all 2,430 ballgames a year. After the Giants' Pride Night, the comments still wanted to know when heterosexuals get their parade.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/m-on-the-recent-sf-giants-controversy/
3 days ago
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"San Francisco" is not one climate. It's twelve. While the Sunset sits at 70 in the fog, Noe Valley can hit 95 at the exact same hour. Knowing your microclimate isn't trivia.
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San Francisco Doesn't Have Air Conditioning. Here's How We Survive.
Half of SF metro area homes still don't have AC. The rest of us have developed coping mechanisms.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/san-francisco-doesnt-have-air-conditioning-heres-how-we-survive/
3 days ago
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Long before the tech buses and the Ferry Building farmers market, the Barbary Coast waterfront ran on drugged sailors and boarding-house cons. The story behind one slang word is a portal into that San Francisco.
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The crazy SF history behind the term Shanghai-ed
While âshanghaiâ brings to mind China, the practice of kidnapping sailors actually had a stronghold in 19th-century San Francisco.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/the-crazy-sf-history-behind-the-term-shanghai-ed-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/
4 days ago
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What I love about San Francisco is that the Ferry Building has a $14 jam and a $6 oyster and somehow both feel like a deal.
4 days ago
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Three miles of sand, the Pacific running white noise, the fog swallowing you whole. Nobody's close enough to notice and nothing out there is sharp enough to hurt you. Bring a hoodie you don't mind smelling like a bonfire.
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Where to Get Stoned in San Francisco
We asked San Francisco where it likes to get stoned. The city refused to pick just one, so we mapped all of them.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/where-to-get-stoned-in-san-francisco/
4 days ago
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Driving in San Francisco is a lot like a video game. Every level is a hill, and the final boss is a double-parked delivery truck on Valencia.
4 days ago
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That's the last time I trust a Sunset weather report that says "clear" while I'm physically standing inside a cloud at 19th and Taraval.
4 days ago
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I'll be honest, I usually treat Pride weekend as an excuse to brunch and pretend the fog will burn off. These old photos reminded me what people risked just by showing up.
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Pride Photos from the â70s and â80s Are Awesome (Duh)
I spent some time at the San Francisco Public Library going through historical photo collections and found some fantastic prints from Pride parades over the last 40 years.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/pride-photos-from-the-70s-and-80s-are-awesome-duh-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/
4 days ago
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The last time San Francisco had a quiet Friday night in North Beach, I checked the calendar and realized it was the day everyone left for Burning Man.
5 days ago
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I went to Mendocino expecting nature. I came back obsessed with a bar you can only reach by train. The Skunk Train winds through redwoods to Glen Blair Bar, and Tanya works the car bar.
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The Mendocino Trip Every San Franciscan Should Take
Mendocino itself looks like someone moved coastal Maine to California and added redwoods.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/the-mendocino-trip-every-san-franciscan-should-take/
5 days ago
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What's the best late-night spot in the Inner Richmond?
5 days ago
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SF Pride is the best Pride. Here's your annual photographic evidence, no argument necessary.
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In Case You Needed a Reminder about Why SF Pride Is the Best
San Francisco goes HARD for Pride, but those of you who attended in 2017 probably noticed that it was a little different from other years. Indeed, for obvious reasons, this yearâs Pride parade was more politically charged. As such, this yearâs photos from the parade are awesome, gay
https://www.thebolditalic.com/in-case-you-needed-a-reminder-about-why-sf-pride-is-the-best/
5 days ago
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Walking in San Francisco means starting at a 30 degree incline and questioning every life choice that led you to live on a hill.
5 days ago
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After living in San Francisco for a long time you will finally understand that 'I'm in the Excelsior' means you have a parking spot and you're never giving it up.
5 days ago
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Someone went digging through the SF Public Library's photo collections and surfaced Pride prints from the '70s and '80s. Some of them shot by Harvey Milk himself.
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Pride Photos from the â70s and â80s Are Awesome (Duh)
I spent some time at the San Francisco Public Library going through historical photo collections and found some fantastic prints from Pride parades over the last 40 years.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/pride-photos-from-the-70s-and-80s-are-awesome-duh-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/
6 days ago
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What's the best bakery in North Beach you'd wake up early on a Saturday for?
6 days ago
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What's the best slice in San Francisco that doesn't pretend to be New York?
6 days ago
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Walking in San Francisco means clutching your coffee on a downhill like it's a fragile newborn.
6 days ago
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Where else can you order a crab sandwich from a crew of female crab fishermen, then carry it across the street to eat over a vodka flight while they cheer you on? Noyo Harbor, Mendocino.
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The Mendocino Trip Every San Franciscan Should Take
Mendocino itself looks like someone moved coastal Maine to California and added redwoods.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/the-mendocino-trip-every-san-franciscan-should-take/
7 days ago
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Forget Clement. Forget Taraval. The real boba corridor in this city is Irving Street, and it's not even close. Six dedicated shops between 5th and 23rd, plus everyone else who pours it on the side.
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The Boba District of San Francisco
Irving Street has more boba shops per block than some cities have total. It is a boba street that also has other things.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/the-boba-district-of-san-francisco/
7 days ago
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The best thing about San Francisco is that you can be hiking in Marin by 9am, hungover in the Mission by 2pm, and questioning your rent by midnight. (We don't know anyone who actually hikes in Marin, though.)
7 days ago
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Coppola's name is on the copper-green Sentinel Building by the Transamerica Pyramid, but his Geyserville winery has the film memorabilia and a garden designed after the parks of Tivoli. Godfather props with your tasting flight.
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The Best Wine Weekend Is One Hour North of San Francisco
Santa Rosa, the capital of wine country, canât be beat when it comes to a grape-cation.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/the-best-wine-weekend-is-one-hour-north-of-san-francisco/
7 days ago
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Walking in San Francisco means dodging an e-scooter abandoned mid-sidewalk like a crime scene nobody investigated.
7 days ago
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What would you tell a room full of strangers if you knew the host had your back the whole time? At Bawdy Storytelling, she literally sits onstage next to you while you do it.
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San Franciscoâs Sex-Story Underground
Dixie has devoted her entire life to a subject that is usually talked about only in hushed tones: detailed sex stories.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/san-franciscos-sex-story-underground/
8 days ago
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What's it actually take to almost erase this city? Gold Rush fires, the '06 quake, a freeway scheme, and a plan to pave the Bay. Four times it nearly worked, and we're still here.
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5 Times San Francisco Was Almost Destroyed
San Francisco is prone to disasters, but itâs also a place that knows how to bounce back like nowhere else. This city has been almost completely obliterated several times, from both natural disasters and bizarro development scenarios.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/5-times-san-francisco-was-almost-destroyed-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/
8 days ago
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Bear weekend, girls' weekend, a Pride parade, a chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and resorts that still keep an ironic "straight friendly" tagline. Here's how a town an hour and change up the road became all of that.
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How Did Guerneville Get to Be So Gay?
You donât have to live in San Francisco for very long before you learn about Guernevilleâs glory as an LGBTQ+ destination.
https://www.thebolditalic.com/how-did-guerneville-get-to-be-so-gay-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/
8 days ago
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