The iPhone has changed so much about how we live and interact with one another that it’s hard to believe that the original iPhone went on sale just over 10 years ago, popularizing the concept of the ...

You grew up in one of these five counties: Marin, Santa Clara, Orange, Loudoun or Westchester. You went to a private high school that cost $40,000 a year to attend, yet when you mention it, you ...

There’s a great little kitschy dive bar in Lower Nob Hill in San Francisco called the Owl Tree. From the window seat, you can sip a dirty martini and look across the intersection of Post and Taylor at ...

Berkeley has a reputation for weird. It’s also known for political activism, great food, and those smarty-pants at Cal, but the city’s inherent quirkiness pervades its past and present. For the most ...

San Francisco has always been a live music city. But if you're looking for something smaller than a concert hall and more interesting than a Spotify playlist, the bar scene is where it's at. These are ...

Here's the thing about oyster happy hours in San Francisco right now: most of them got more expensive. The $1 oyster used to be a reliable weekday fixture, the kind of deal you could count on at a ...

It was a month ago when I first noticed the tigers. Grindr was leaving me feeling ground down, and OkCupid had been just, well, OK. So I thought about plumbing the untapped well of dating potential ...

We've added this article to our What It's Like series, where we at The Bold Italic tell you what a place in San Francisco is actually like. Based on our own experiences and those of our readers. There ...

When I first saw Eastern Bakery’s huge neon sign, perched at the intersection of Grant and Commercial, it reminded me more of an old American diner sign than that of a Chinese pastry shop. I later ...

This is part of a series called "What It's Like" where we at The Bold Italic tell you what a place in San Francisco is actually like. Based on our own experiences and those of our readers. Tartine ...

Restraints at The Armory at 1800 Mission St. Photo by davitydave. It’s 2 pm on a January afternoon, and I’m lying on the floor of a room being hogtied by one of my closest friends. This is The Armory, ...

This week in The Bold Italic, we are publishing A Californian’s Dilemma, a series that goes beyond the headlines about the “California Exodus,” featuring essays from San Franciscans about why they’re ...