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The SF Secret Cave Rave That Almost Wasn't
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (687+ words) Last night, we all "snuck" down the stone staircases and winding paths at Lands End. People entered a well-known cave next to Sutro Baths; one that's scrawled with a neon evil eye, a skull, and other graffiti from hikers and…...
I Ate Some $5,000 Cake and Met a Mars Scientist at the de Young. The Flowers Were Also Nice.
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (575+ words) My latest pastime is acting fancy. I go to an event in my self-made ballgown and pretend I belong among the women in Valentino who've been doing this for 42 years. As it turns out, Bouquets to Art is the kind…...
The Mendocino Trip Every San Franciscan Should Take
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (770+ words) You'll know you're close when your phone completely stops working. Your Zoom call drops and you become a "is that better?" meme. Somewhere past Philo, past the Anderson Valley vineyards, after the road narrows and the redwoods close in on…...
The Community Music Center Gala Raised a Record $425,000, and I Met Katya's Mom
1+ week, 5+ day ago (412+ words) Fancy parties need fancy food, booze, centerpieces, ambiance, and glittering attendees. They need performances, which means they need a one-time indoor entertainment permit from the Entertainment Commission. And if anyone at your party wants to dance? That's a whole separate…...
My weekend with ODC/Dance Downtown
1+ week, 5+ day ago (790+ words) I had a different thought: I thought about how fragile the whole thing was; How live performance is a house of cards, and at any moment, the balloon might pop. And of course one did during the performance. I'd spent…...
The Bay Bridge Lights Are Coming Back and We Need to Talk About Our Feelings
2+ week, 1+ day ago (258+ words) I got invited to a media reception for the relighting of the Bay Bridge Lights on Friday. Prime waterfront views, small bites, city leaders counting down to the big moment like it's New Year's Eve. The invitation described the return…...
Hunky Jesus Is Back, and Now He Has a Documentary
2+ week, 1+ day ago (296+ words) I don't celebrate Easter. I celebrate Hunky Jesus. These are different holidays: One involves a resurrection, while the other involves a pre-screening round for shirtless men near the tennis courts in Dolores Park. I've been attending the latter faithfully for…...
San Francisco Doesn't Have Air Conditioning. Here's How We Survive.
2+ week, 3+ day ago (732+ words) And if you're among the roughly half of SF metro area households that still don't have AC, you may be wondering how 870,000 people survive a heat wave in a city that was not designed for heat. The short answer: mostly…...
The Superfair Is Back at Fort Mason with Frameline Films and a Harp-Playing Mermaid
2+ week, 3+ day ago (175+ words) We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a sponsor! Superfair has also extended the code BOLD40at checkout to save40% on all ticket types. (Tickets are here. And, you guys, I launched a new events page for The Bold Italic! More…...
Brides of March Is the SantaCon You Actually Wanted
2+ week, 3+ day ago (510+ words) I should say upfront that I have never been to SantaCon. I've seen SantaCon. I've smelled SantaCon. I have watched a man in a Santa suit argue with a parking meter on Polk Street " while at a SantaCon house party....