The Cockette Who Sold the Stones Stylish Clothes
For years there have been individuals that I’ve seen around town who captured my imagination....
1927 Cartoon Map of SF is Awesome and Adorable
With so many new buildings going up all around the city, it’s sometimes easy to forget how old San Francisco really is....
Bill Murray Drove an Oakland Taxi Last Week
As the world plunges deeper into chaos and uncertainty, it’s important to remember that no matter what happens in the near future, at the very least we’ll have real-life genius, and potentially omnipresent deity, Bill Murray, to draw inspiration from....
Original Real World SF House is Up For Rent
The building was renovated after a fire in 2007, but that shouldn’t stop you from renting it with six twenty-something strangers and setting up a webcam. At the very least I hope the new tenants throw an awesome ’90s themed housewarming party....
New In the Shop: SF Topography Map
Our newest Shop item is a letter pressed topography map of our hilly city. Designed exclusively for The Bold Italic by Melissa Small and printed by local printshop Western Editions....
Graphs for People Who Hate Doing Laundry
The pile, the delay, the emergency sock purchase. Laundry avoidance, plotted honestly....
Design Yourself a Custom-Made Suit in Hayes Valley
San Francisco is a pretty casual city, but there’s still nothing like a dude in a suit, especially when that suit is custom-made, and he designed it himself....
This LA Cemetery Hides a Huge Secret
My dearly departed father resides in one of the more historic cemeteries in Los Angeles, Forest Lawn Memorial Park....
Just Released: Plans for a New Presidio Park
Yes, one of the five teams selected by the Presidio Trust to design a land bridge park above Crissy Field also conceived Manhattan’s High Line....
LEAKED! Snood Photos of Jennifer Lawrence
This week, the internet yet again hammered home that humanity can be a huge dick by “leaking” (aka: tenaciously hunting down, stealing, and then proudly publicly posting) nude photos of multiple female celebrities....
Calm Down People, Popeyes Was Just Remodeling
When Hoodline and SFist ran stories last week about the Divisadero St. Popeyes closing for a mysteriously-sudden construction project, the comments came fast and furious....
Why I Love Living in Temescal
Having grown up in the East Bay, my affection for the Bay Area runs years deep. Twenty some odd years spent exploring the different neighborhoods afforded me plenty of opportunity to connect with the unique mishmash that is the Bay Area....