Poop Delivery Service?! Yup, It’s for Real
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....
Bars You Can Hit When You’re Homesick
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 magical, unless the Giants or the Niners are kicking ass…...
Sac vs SF? Sure, Let’s Do This
Sacramento has its charms, and we will happily grant them. A point-by-point case for why San Francisco still wins....
Where Are the Cheaper Rents in SF?
There’s nothing more depressing than reading the news about apartment prices in San Francisco....
All the News that’s Fit to Embroider: Works by Lauren DiCioccio
We at The Bold Italic have been longtime fans of the artwork of Lauren DiCioccio....
8 Things People Should Stop Saying Like, Literally, Right Now
We’ve all done it. You can try and play it down with awkward laughing, claim you were just kidding, or apologize and break eye contact indefinitely, but you will always be remembered as the person who said “YOLO” at a funeral....
San Francisco Is Too Nude
The first time I went to my boss’ house I didn’t expect to see her breasts. She was the director of an after-school program where I was one of the lead teachers and she wanted to check in with me and brainstorm ways to better our programming....
Is San Francisco Friendlier than the Midwest?
When I tell people I moved to San Francisco from Chicago, the first reaction I usually get is something about Midwest weather....
Berkeley’s Most Lovable Weirdos
Since The Bold Italic and San Francisco are home to so many proud Bears (Cal Bears, gay bears, and gay Cal Bears), we present a list of Berkeley’s most notable eccentrics....
Why Does Coffee just Taste Better Out of a Boob Mug?
By Andria Lo....
How to Survive a Divorce
I thought when you fell in love and married, it was forever. I ruthlessly judged the few divorces I witnessed as moral failures....
SF Giants Get Their Own Wine
What’s the connection between the Giants and Mumm Napa sparkling wine? Awesome sparkling celebrations like the ones after the 2010 and 2012 World Series, duh....