This is Where You Should Be Going In Pasadena
Pasadena is usually associated with the Rose Parade and football games, but there’s much more to the city than those seasonal attractions....
The Ten Types of Flakes Everyone Knows
It’s Friday (ok, it’s Tuesday but who’s counting?) so you obviously have plans to get dinner and drinks later....
Stop Renting In SF And Own A House In Oakland Instead
These days, paying $3,000 for a one-bedroom apartment anywhere in San Francisco is increasingly hard to rationalize....
One SF Supervisor Has a “Drastic” Plan to Save the Mission
If one neighborhood exemplifies San Francisco’s bittersweet attitude towards development, it’s the Mission....
“Girls” Went Off the Rails and I’m Into It
If this season went any longer without telling us WTF was going on with Hannah and Adam, I was gonna cut a bitch....
This Timelapse Makes San Francisco Look Like a Blockbuster
San Francisco makes it easy to pretend you’re in a movie, but usually it’s a sweet movie, set to a toy piano or a sickeningly twee ukulele....
5 Things SF’s Kink Community Wants You to Know About “Fifty Shades of Grey”
The Fifty Shades of Grey franchise has became a pop culture phenomenon fueled by equal parts fandom and furor over its kinky storyline....
A Field Guide to San Francisco Penises (NSFW)
It used to be that you couldn’t live in San Francisco for long without seeing a penis (or five) on the street at some point during the year....
New Blind Dating App Makes Men Compete for a Date
Let the dating games begin for real. A new dating app launching in beta today in San Francisco let’s men compete to be a woman’s date....
Cheap Ass Things to do on Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s, Galentine’s, Anna Howard Shaw Day to you all. Whether you’re taken, single, or trussed up in a love dungeon somewhere, you’re gonna want to do something fun tomorrow....
The Missed Connection Muni Website of Your Dreams is Here
If you’ve ever pined after a beautiful stranger on Muni but couldn’t work up the nerve to introduce yourself, a new site could change your life (or just your commute)....
Our 20 Favorite Entries for the State Bird Dinner Contest
During my time at The Bold Italic I’ve launched quite a few contests with some pretty great prizes on the line, but never have I seen anything so fiercely competitive as the battle for a Valentine’s Day Dinner at State Bird Provisions- and I should mention that we once gave away a trip to New…...