The Bold Italic

An SF Pride guide from someone who actually goes

Here's my extensive experience with Pride that began as an insecure 30-something with a severe case of FOMO....

An Evening with The Bold Italic and SF Symphony

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....

I love you, roommates of San Francisco!

The cool part is, we lived with a total fucking stranger and made memories....

What to Actually Check Before Renting in SF

The listing photos are lying to you. Here's what San Franciscans actually check in those nine frantic minutes before signing, from the trash chute to the rent-control loophole that decides whether you get to stay....

The Ice Cream Map of San Francisco

An exhaustive, possibly unhinged guide to every ice cream shop, cart, pop-up, and restaurant extra I could find in San Francisco....

Here's Where Celebrities Drink at San Francisco Bars

Sam Smith ended a 20-night residency by walking Kim Petras to a Castro bar for one more round. That's the kind of night this map is made of....

Where to Get Stoned in San Francisco

We asked San Francisco where it likes to get stoned. The city refused to pick just one, so we mapped all of them....

How to Do San Francisco Without a Car

San Francisco is seven miles by seven miles, which sounds adorable until you remember that many miles go straight up. You need shoes that won't betray you and the willingness to get gently lost....

Where Famous People Eat in San Francisco

Kesha at a piano bar. Adele in a brunch line. Zendaya at a worker-owned co-op. The most San Francisco thing about celebrity dining is how un-fancy it gets....