11 San Francisco Birthday Party Ideas that are More Fun than a Bar or Restaurant
So we’ve already established that group birthday dinners are the worst. The worst!...
Hidden SfA collection of 34 posts
Have You Seen the ‘Anti-BART’ Mural at BART?
About 14,000 people a day enter or exit through the 24th St. BART terminal....
The Lesser Known Treasures of Lands End
Lands End is my favorite part of San Francisco. Rain, shine, or fog, there’s never a bad time to go....
Rare Look: Remnants of Valencia St.’s Past Lives
When the first round of urban settlers came to the Mission in the 1850s, the landscape was not flat....
The Princess Diaries House is For Sale
Good news for people with fond memories of teen movies from the early 2000s. Engine Company 43 was originally built in 1911 and a look inside confirms that it is exactly as dreamy as you imagined....
This Golden Hydrant Saved The Mission
The real devastation of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as history buffs never tire of noting, didn’t come from the quake itself....
A Rare Look at An Abandoned SF Shipyard
The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is the largest piece of unused land in San Francisco....
Opium and Prostitutes: Chinatown Map of 1885
The sights and sounds of inner Chinatown may feel foreign compared to the slick and modern Financial District only a couple blocks away, but it’s worlds apart from the Chinatown of 130 years ago....
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....
Photos: Lands End Shipwreck at Low Tide
I think it’s safe to say that shipwrecks are universally intriguing. They’re old and just the right kind of dangerous, and no matter how much you know already, there’s always something mysterious about them....
The Mission’s Gorgeous Secret Venue Goes Legit
Viracocha, the Valencia St. antique store with a secret basement venue (where The Bold Italic once hosted a speakeasy-themed party) has been closed for remodeling since June....
Life Inside SF’s Vanishing Single Resident Occupancies
There are approximately 530 single resident occupancy (SRO) hotels in San Francisco....