San Francisco - The Bold Italic (Page 140)

Ode to Front Cafe

A farewell to Front Cafe, and to the kind of small neighborhood room this city keeps losing....

I Sparred with San Francisco’s Lightsaber Club and Didn’t Lose Any Limbs

Is the Force with you? Have you checked your midi-chlorian count?...

Saying Goodbye to (My) San Francisco

I’m on the 45, shitty coffee in hand, looking out at the fog that threatens to make every hair on my head a frizzled, wiry tendril, and I’m thinking, “God, I used to love you.” It’s a tender thought — not the hostile…...

The Night before Hipstmas

Twas the night before Hipstmas, and all through our dwelling, Not a creature was stirring, not even the corgi we named Tori Spelling....

Paxton Gate: San Francisco’s Cabinet of Curiosities

Since 1992, San Francisco has had its very own cabinet of curiosities. From the bizarre to the sublime, Paxton Gate has it all....

The Arts Are Struggling to Survive in San Francisco. Here’s Why.

Did you ever wonder why, in Beat novels like Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, the characters have so much time to sit around and drink and smoke pot, despite living in expensive cities like New York and San Francisco?...

Shop Local in San Francisco This Black Friday

If getting trampled at a Best Buy at 4:00 a.m. doesn’t sound like your ideal holiday shopping experience, think outside the big box this Black Friday....

A San Francisco War Vet Speaks Out about Veterans Day

Thanking veterans for their service should involve action, not just words....

The 10 Best TV Shows Set in San Francisco

All the shows that call the City by the Bay home....

Just Eat It: San Francisco Foodie Culture and the Return of Sam Wo

Before the invention of WhatsApp and underutilized fish, San Francisco was an obscure gay hamlet, notable mostly for its colorful characters and sourdough bread....