Upcoming parties you shouldn't miss, and dispatches from the best parties on this side of the Bay Area.
Hilary Hahn was flawless, the floral arrangements beautiful, and the French 75 cocktails were custom made. But the SF Symphony's 2026 gala played it so safe that I doubt it said much to a younger generation....
Tens of thousands of people will pay four figures and drive six hours to a place with no shade in order to be somewhere hot and dusty. Meanwhile, San Francisco's real summer starts almost exactly when the buses pull out....
The festival is good. The lineup is good, and the food is allegedly great. But the luxury tiering has crossed from expensive into a little cartoonish....
After roughly seven months of work there is now a gold-tiled bar, a fresh crop of murals, a crocodile-textured wall upstairs. Oasis leans hard into a maximalist, Moulin Rouge cabaret....
I once ran afoul for briefly calling Dore Alley a "sex fair." And let's be honest for a second because yes: there's plenty of sex happening at it. But it is also more than that....
I put $500 toward free cocktails, or bubbly, or something. I actually haven't determined what. But it'll be fun....
Here's my extensive experience with Pride that began as an insecure 30-something with a severe case of FOMO....
I'm very excited to announce The Bold Italic's first sponsored collaboration with San Francisco Symphony. June 18, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Celebrate our recently passed music director and queer icon Michael Tilson Thomas....
Carnival is one weekend the Mission gets to be exactly as loud, sequined, and unbothered as it wants....
The charity bro pageant raised nearly $1 million for cancer research before disappearing into the pandemic. Also it was bonkers....
Yes, Bay to Breakers is a frat party. It is also, sometimes, the most San Francisco day of the year....
Long before any student paid tribute to Halston, he had already sold his name. He watched his legacy turn to addiction, mass-market deals, and a brand he no longer controlled....
