Horror in the Public Library: A True Tale of Terror
One day, I was waiting in line to wash my hands in the bathroom at the San Francisco Public Library....
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The Oldest Bars in San Francisco
Why not drink where you can taste history too?...
Iconic San Francisco Authors: What They’d Be Up to Today
By Katie Lewin “Ginsberg wouldn’t have a start-up.” As far as bar-bathroom graffiti goes, this was relatively...
Rare Photos of Sutro Baths on its 119th Anniversary
By Sierra Hartman When Sutro Baths opened on March 14th, 1896, it was the definition of opulence in San Francisco....
Old Photos Of Dogpatch Show It’s Always Been a Cool Looking Hood
By Ann-Marie AlcĚÁntara Dogpatch’s melding of stark industrial and cozy neighborhood aesthetics is like no other part of...
Amazing Private Collection of 120-Year-Old Photos of Western SF
By Sierra Hartman If you think this city has changed a lot in the last ten years, you wouldn’t...
Cool Old Photos of Bernal Heights in the ’40s
Bernal Heights is a neighborhood of many names. There’s “Nanny Goat Hill,” referencing the goats that used to graze...
Fifty-Nine Illustrated Facts about San Francisco
By Kathleen Kowal The Bold Italic is a not-for-profit media organization, and we publish first-person perspectives about...
The Fight Against HIV/AIDS Isn’t Over in SF
By Ellen Black In preparation for World AIDS Day on December 1, we’ve partnered with San Francisco’s own...
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...
The crazy SF history behind the term Shanghai-ed
While “shanghai” brings to mind China, the practice of kidnapping sailors actually had a stronghold in 19th-century San Francisco....
Why I Love Living in Victor Heights
After a brief sojourn in the Bay Area to finish school, I was torn between staking a claim in a new city or returning to the one I had always called home....