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A Hater’s Guide to Levi’s Stadium

Two years after construction started, the 49ers new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara is ready to go for the 2014–15 NFL season....

Servers Get Rich in SF, Cooks Left Behind

I’ve worked in the restaurant industry as a server, bartender, manager, busser, dishwasher, pizza cook, food runner, and every other conceivable restaurant position besides chef, for the past 14 years in various cities…...

Meet the Fall Interns: Caleb Pershan

Some years ago — never mind how long precisely — having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on the East Coast, I thought I would travel about a little and see the Western part of the world....

What It’s Like Being Lonely in SF

I’ve been living in San Francisco for almost two years now and I’ve made almost no friends. I’ve found that I can trick myself into feeling like I’m talking with a friend while I listen to a podcast....

Masterchef 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?...

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 Bold Italic Now Covering Los Angeles Too

Starting this month, you’ll be seeing more Los Angeles content on The Bold Italic....

The Year I Went Without Sex

Being single means having unattached sex with multiple partners whenever available, right? To varying degrees, yes, it does, but for me it meant being celibate — for an entire year....

Best Camping within Two Hours of San Francisco

When you’re trying to plan a weekend camping trip, and half your friends work until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, you can be sure you’re not getting to Yosemite or Big Sur before nightfall....

What 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 before or after the Folsom Street Fair....