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Ocean Beach went full crop circle at this massive sand art gathering
Last weekend looked like TikTok-famous 2024 aliens had ditched the cornfields in 2025 to gentrify Ocean Beach — upgrading the coarse, unkempt sand with sprawling geometric patterns. Spirals, peace signs, and sunrays stretched across the sho...
Why I love Mission Bay
People talk about Mission Bay like it’s not a real neighborhood. Just a sterile expanse of glassy biotech buildings and aggressively modern condos — and sure, there’s a lot of that. Sometimes you get the sense that the whole thing was gener...
What I love about Chinatown, San Francisco
San Francisco’s Chinatown is a living, breathing experience, wrapped in the scent of fresh pastries, the clatter of mahjong tiles, and the hum of a city within a city. A stop at AA Bakery and Cafe means buttery egg tarts straight from the o...
‘Cool Britannia’ slaps like a pop anthem that belongs in a sci-fi epic
This performance is what I assume happens in a ballet dancer’s apartment when they wake up: A White Stripes song comes on. Everyone is in matching nude cami sleepwear, and without a word between them, the dancing begins.
This was Bad Roman...
Your relationship might be a mess, but this SF show roasts it
My job as a reporter has taken me to so many new experiences that I never would have otherwise sought out. Performance arts have been the meat of this lately and probably the one with which I’m most unfamiliar.
I find stand-up comedy, in p...
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We are The Bold Italic, an online magazine celebrating the spirit of San Francisco. Brought to you by GrowSF and edited by Saul Sugarman.
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