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PA Ad Agency Might Be First And Last People to Ever Say "Hipsters Wanted"
Dispatch
May 23
Are hipsters the new Nespresso machines? That is, you want them in the office to look pretty, but they're overpriced and you never get that much out of them.This is the sick, sad question that came to my mind when I read about this Pennsylvania Ad…
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Sponsored: SWOON SF Guy of the Day, Jamael Savage
Dispatch
May 23
SWOON and The Bold Italic have found your SWOON local guys of the day. SWOON is available on both Android and Apple, so it has thousands of faces to…
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What To Do in Santa Cruz
Feature
May 23
traveling between the forested campus, the surfer-packed beaches, and the cheesy old boardwalk. This town will always have a special place in my heart (which my friends well understand, as I force them to go on a…
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My Favorite SF Artist Got a Nickelodeon Show
Dispatch
May 22
Although he left San Francisco for LA a couple years ago, I still see Jay Howell as a quintessentially SF artist. I love his Forest City Rockers series (which often included clips of local punk bands playing The Eagle) that he collaborated on when…
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10 Jobs You’ll Probably Work Right Out of College
Feature
May 22
People told me that college would be the best time of my life. And you know what, it wasn't. Working to pay student loans and accepting that the only apartment I could afford came with a 65-year-old roomie and three cats opened my eyes real quick.…
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The 9 Most Entertainingly Terrible Celebrity Authors (So Far)
Dispatch
May 21
James Franco at a recent book signing in Palo Alto. Image courtesy of Laura SorianoSometimes famous people are not satisfied just being famous for one reason. When this happens they often call in some reinforcements and decide to dip their toes in…
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Civic Hero App Makes Reporting SF Problems Easier
Dispatch
May 21
Civic Hero is a new app from Accela that aims to make do-gooding easier. We all know San Franciscans love letting other people know about their problems so this fun and easy way to report excessive noise, busted streetlights, or whatever is pissing…
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Sponsored: SWOON SF Guy of the Day, Broke-Ass Stuart
Dispatch
May 21
SWOON and The Bold Italic have found your SWOON local guys of the day. SWOON is available on both Android and Apple, so it has thousands of faces to browse.Name: Stuart Schuffman, aka Broke-Ass Stuart (@brokeassstuart)Neighborhood: I call…
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What Is the San Francisco Dream?
Feature
May 21
When I was a kid, I was sure I’d grow up to be a writer. I imagined living in Los Angeles with my best friend, working toward our ultimate joint-life goal of becoming the next Tina Fey-Mike West hybrid genius television-writing …
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SF Restaurant Forced To Close Over Bacon
Dispatch
May 20
I've known bacon to do a lot of things – mend friendships, cure hangovers, and even walk seven miles through San Francisco – but I've never known it to lead to the death of a restaurant. And before this weekend, I didn't think it possible for anyone…
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Whilst in SF: Arrested Development Edition
Feature
May 20
If you haven't used at least three different highlighters in your calendar to mark the release of Arrested Development's fourth season this Sunday, you've made a huge mistake. To celebrate, Don and I collaborated on an exclusive, special edition of…
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Poop Delivery Service?! Yup, It's for Real
Dispatch
May 17
Recently, a friend introduced me to the founders behind IPoopYou.com, an SF-based company that sends "high quality, farm raised, and eco-friendly, hand-picked animal poop" via snail mail. You can send the package to yourself or to anyone you choose,…
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Why Star Trek is as San Franciscan as Sourdough Bread
Dispatch
May 17
(San Francisco’s first appearance in the Trek universe, in 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture)  Star Trek is known for boldly going where no one has gone before, but Star Trek Into Darkness, the franchise’s latest offering, spends about 50 of its…
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Bars You Can Hit When You’re Homesick
Feature
May 17
   San Francisco is such a transplant city, chances are if you’re reading this, you’re not from here.    (Comments on just about every Bold Italic piece will remind you of this.) While you may be enamored by    the multifarious ways in which SF is…
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Sac vs SF? Sure, Let's Do This
Dispatch
May 16
Photo by bsterling                                                               Photo by Mr. Babyman Sacramento Magazine published its long anticipated story Sac vs SF yesterday and we gotta say, LOL. Sacramento is awesome. I'll give you that. And…
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