July 4
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By George McIntire
Independence Day is upon us, and that means hella fireworks shows. Given the landscape of the Bay Area, it’s the perfect place to witness colorful explosions in all their glory — barring that Karl the Fog doesn’t get the munchies and consume half the night sky. Below we’ve put together seven places where you can get your firetwerk on.
Island Party
Both Angel and Treasure Islands will be holding special fireworks viewing parties. Since a good number of the fireworks will be occurring on or by the water, witnessing them from an island gives you a totally unobstructed view. However, the Angel…
By Wendy Steiner
I’ve always been fascinated with what makes something “San Francisco.” It feels like the kind of thing the city will never really agree on, and that’s why it’s great. I thought I’d ask The Bold Italic’s readers their examples of things that felt very SF-as-an-adjective and some tender patterns of acceptance, adventure, and sadly, poop on the streets came through. Please feel free to share your most SF moment in the comments. I can’t wait to read them.
A few weeks after moving from Texas, I saw a feather boa rolling down the side of Octavia in the wind, like…
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