A publication celebrating the spirit of the Bay Area. Our newsletter: https://tbi.fyi/newsletterhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtp67bhxtp2pToday in San Francisco, I watched a guy in a full three-piece suit eat a Mission burrito over a trash can.22 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp67bhxtp2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtoxilbc6r2mA Musk made a soft-core rom-com set in San Francisco, and it's clearly the least believable thing about our city. No gay people, no rent crisis, and a $9 cable car commute treated like a normal Tuesday. https://www.thebolditalic.com/tosca-musk-made-a-movie-about-sex-in-san-francisco-its-exactly-as-weird-as-it-sounds/22 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoxilbc6r2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtoqs2opz62mThere have been children at Burning Man since it started in 1986. Not a new trend. A Burning Man rep told NPR it will "always be a family-friendly event," and by their principle of radical inclusion they welcome kids of all ages, as long as you accept that you alone are legally responsible out there https://www.thebolditalic.com/who-brings-their-kids-to-burning-man-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/22 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoqs2opz62mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtok3ge3za2fWalking into a bar on a Wednesday and stumbling onto a live jazz trio playing ten feet away is the most San Francisco thing you can do that doesn't involve complaining about rent. Here's where to find it. https://www.thebolditalic.com/bars-with-live-music-in-san-francisco/22 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtok3ge3za2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtmupovyvk2aA field guide to Netflix documentaries engineered to put you to sleep, from Tesla's tragic pigeon saga to a subtitled film about a foul-mouthed man selling chowder in Worcester. Bookmark it for the next time you are staring at the ceiling at 2am. https://www.thebolditalic.com/netflix-documentaries-to-fall-asleep-to-an-illustrated-guide/21 Aug 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmupovyvk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtmnqvelkt2fHere are some fighting words for a Friday: Pizza sucks in San Francisco. According to one of our writers, anyway. https://www.thebolditalic.com/why-pizza-sucks-in-san-francisco-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/21 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmnqvelkt2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtmgzvdqz225In San Francisco it's normal to own a $4,000 bike, a $200 lock, and to still bring the front wheel inside the bar.21 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmgzvdqz225https://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtlzmlmmzq25What is the most quintessentially Muni thing you have witnessed, an impromptu lecture, a full musical performance, a fight broken up mid-Van Ness, or something so specific you have never told anyone? Muni gives, and gives, and gives. https://www.thebolditalic.com/oh-muni-i-love-you-so-much-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/21 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlzmlmmzq25https://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtk5bd5mkr2iAsked if Nirvana still saw themselves as an underground band, Cobain said: 'What's alternative? What's cool? Who knows? Who cares? If chasing cool is important to you, you're an idiot.' He said it in San Francisco. https://www.thebolditalic.com/hanging-out-with-kurt-cobain-in-san-francisco/20 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk5bd5mkr2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtjwl3rrkc2vSan Francisco gave me weirdly strong opinions about the word 'summer,' which I now use only inside air quotes.20 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjwl3rrkc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtjpubcfvz2aThe literal highest point in San Francisco is not Twin Peaks. It is Mount Davidson at 928 feet, topped by a 103-foot concrete cross, and almost nobody makes the hike up through its fog-fed eucalyptus. https://www.thebolditalic.com/here-are-amazing-san-francisco-views-you-dont-have-to-pay-for/20 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjpubcfvz2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtjj5uzvgn2qBirch, Laurel, Euclid, Tamarind. Those aren't a suburban housing tract, they're software projects. A look at why tech loves to code-name everything after trees. https://www.thebolditalic.com/decoding-tech-jargon-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/20 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjj5uzvgn2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mthtjabb4m2wThe San Francisco tax is watching half your paycheck vanish into a studio the landlord calls 'charming' and the fire code calls 'concerning.'19 Aug 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthtjabb4m2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mthmt3muxs222014: hating everyone in tech was basically a personality. Turns out one Googler ruined my whole worldview by being kind, into astrology, and weirdly into my frizz. Inconvenient. https://www.thebolditalic.com/crystal-powers-my-date-with-a-googler/19 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthmt3muxs22https://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mth7fd4ngl2vThe flat sheet between your body and your blankets is not optional bedding. I will be taking no questions and writing an entire defense instead. https://www.thebolditalic.com/my-weirdly-strong-feelings-about-people-who-don-t-sleep-with-a-top-sheet-the-bold-italic-san/19 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth7fd4ngl2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtgyootlqq2wBefore Patricia's Green and the boutiques, Hayes Valley sat in the shadow of the Central Freeway. Here is the neighborhood in the '90s, before everything changed. https://www.thebolditalic.com/photo-of-hayes-valley-in-the-90s-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/19 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgyootlqq2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtforhbesz2iNobody warns you that in San Francisco August is the coldest month and September is when you finally get the summer everyone else already had.19 Aug 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtforhbesz2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtfd27ydne2iEveryone treats a night at the movies like a logistical event now: timed tickets, reclining seats, $9 popcorn. The Roxie has been quietly outlasting all of it since the silent era. https://www.thebolditalic.com/san-franciscos-oldest-movie-theater-the-roxie/18 Aug 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfd27ydne2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtevn6tvzb2vFor ten years, a woman in a Bettie Page dress has been running a storytelling show in the Mission where the only rule is that the stories have to be true and filthy. When her friends heard the pitch, they assumed the night ended in an orgy. It does not. https://www.thebolditalic.com/san-franciscos-sex-story-underground/18 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtevn6tvzb2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mteiajzgrs2aHandwritten directions, a cash box, and two guys dressed as an ostrich and a bear. What actually happened to the Bay Area's '90s rave scene? https://www.thebolditalic.com/acid-dance-unity-what-happened-to-the-90s-bay-area-rave-scene/18 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteiajzgrs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtd6cx5zsd22Ever wondered who actually lives in those postcard Victorians on Steiner? One of them belongs to George, whose family's been in SF since the Gold Rush, whose dogs are TikTok influencers with their faces on Starbucks mugs. He gives tours. https://www.thebolditalic.com/you-can-tour-this-painted-lady-for-30/18 Aug 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtd6cx5zsd22https://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtcslbw5ym2vMy favorite San Francisco is one that still runs a cable car full of tourists past me while I pretend I'm too local to enjoy the sound.17 Aug 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcslbw5ym2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtclv3p4mu2cI love a Michelin tasting menu as much as the next person, but I'd trade it for a malted milkshake with two straws at St. Francis Fountain. Open since 1918, no Yelp required. https://www.thebolditalic.com/why-i-love-the-outer-mission/17 Aug 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtclv3p4mu2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtc6hhuwg62vThe San Francisco version of a flex is mentioning, very casually, that your rent has not gone up since Twitter was still called Twitter.17 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtc6hhuwg62vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtbxqxgd4j2iYou can do the whole thing without a car, which I love. Take the 30-Stockton, the 43-Masonic, or the Presidio GO shuttle up to the start. From Fort Funston, the 58-Lake Merced connects to Stonestown for the M, or you double back to the Zoo for the L-Taraval. No parking stress, all coastline. https://www.thebolditalic.com/sfs-new-golden-gate-dozen-is-a-13-mile-trail-that-bags-12-national-park-sites-in-a-single-day/17 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbxqxgd4j2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtantnjzyg2vEveryone's got their San Francisco. Mine lives at 36th and Balboa, where the coffee is from Simple Pleasures and the locals are deep in a parklet debate about city politics you'll never fully understand. https://www.thebolditalic.com/my-favorite-corner-of-san-francisco-sits-in-balboa-village/17 Aug 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtantnjzyg2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mtac46k4tb2sEleven years here, four forced exits, zero lessons learned. If you've ever ghosted San Francisco and crawled back, this one's a mirror. https://www.thebolditalic.com/sf-i-love-you-unrequitedly/16 Aug 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtac46k4tb2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mt7nyjin3w2qCalifornia is the country's top cannabis producer, with a crop estimated around 13.8 billion dollars. Naturally we looked into what San Francisco actually consumes. https://www.thebolditalic.com/the-most-commonly-used-drugs-in-san-francisco-the-bold-italic-san-francisco/16 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7nyjin3w2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mt7hbutjq62vI love San Francisco until I'm standing on a Muni platform watching three inbound trains pass while my outbound one 'ghosts' off the app entirely.16 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7hbutjq62vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebolditalic.bsky.social/post/3mt65eocdpw2aEveryone calls Mission Bay soulless, a glassy biotech wasteland built for LinkedIn profile pics. I used to agree. Then I found the parks, the croissants, and a giant Jenga game I didn't ask to join. It's not soulless, it's just playing hard to get. https://www.thebolditalic.com/why-i-love-mission-bay/16 Aug 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:k4e643hypvfekhqvmvfv53mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt65eocdpw2a