Inside the Mission Bicycle Factory (Photos)
Photography by Chris Michel San Francisco is a city of cyclists. According to the 2015 US Census, roughly 82,000...
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How Two Photographers Captured the Soul of the Tenderloin (Photos)
When Brenton Gieser and Felix Uribe set out to document San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, they didn’t want to...
Stunning Photos from Día de los Muertos in the Mission
The Mission’s Día de los Muertos celebration is more than just another calendar holiday; it’s an assertion and...
The Ever-Inspirational Big Sur
By Christopher Michel Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson all knew it: Big Sur is one of the...
Follow This SF Instagram Account if You Like Attractive People on Bikes — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
I don’t think I’m revealing anything too groundbreaking when I say that San Francisco likes its Instagram and...
Portraits from SF’s 2015 Hunky Jesus Contest
This year’s winner: Baby Jesus! The Bold Italic is a not-for-profit media organization, and we publish first-person perspectives about...
Throwback Alert: Photos of Divisadero in the 80’s and 90’s — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
Like many streets in SF, Divisadero has changed a lot over the years. In 2009, a piece in the San...
This Man is Transforming Oakland One Awesome Custom Bike at a Time — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
I first met Tall Paul as he was walking out of the Oakland Home Depot toting a giraffe of a...
Stunning Photos of San Francisco From Above — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Molly Sanchez I think sometimes we get jaded. We get so caught up in our lives that we forget...
Rare Photos of Sutro Baths on its 119th Anniversary — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Sierra Hartman When Sutro Baths opened on March 14th, 1896, it was the definition of opulence in San Francisco....
Photos: Gay SF in the ’70s Was a Lot Cooler Than the Gay SF of “Looking”
In our era of Grindr and Manhunt, Fischer’s slice of gay San Francisco has a kind of DIY charm. Forty years ago, an earring or a leather jacket was charged with layers of symbolism and sexual bargaining....
These 3D GIFs of SF Are Trippy And Strangely Beautiful — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Ann-Marie AlcĚÁntara We’ve all seen beautiful photos and GIFs of San Francisco, but nothing is quite like Doctor Popular’s 3D GIF series “3D City.” The GIFs are hauntingly beautiful and make every day...