There’s a great little kitschy dive bar in Lower Nob Hill in San Francisco called the Owl Tree. From the window seat, you can sip a dirty martini and look across the intersection of Post and Taylor at ...

San Francisco has always been a live music city. But if you're looking for something smaller than a concert hall and more interesting than a Spotify playlist, the bar scene is where it's at. These are ...

You grew up in one of these five counties: Marin, Santa Clara, Orange, Loudoun or Westchester. You went to a private high school that cost $40,000 a year to attend, yet when you mention it, you ...

When I started showing up on San Francisco's black-tie circuit several years ago, I was told the golden rule of covering these things is to never be negative. "Don't say if the fish is too fishy," is ...

For nearly twenty years, the little castle clinging to the side of Telegraph Hill has been one of San Francisco's most beautiful empty buildings. This September, Julius' Castle is coming back. The ...

Berkeley has a reputation for weird. It’s also known for political activism, great food, and those smarty-pants at Cal, but the city’s inherent quirkiness pervades its past and present. For the most ...

Two hundred fifty years ago, in the mid-1700s, there were at least 10,000 indigenous people coexisting in about 40 distinct tribelets on the land between Big Sur and the San Francisco Bay Area. They ...

It was a month ago when I first noticed the tigers. Grindr was leaving me feeling ground down, and OkCupid had been just, well, OK. So I thought about plumbing the untapped well of dating potential ...

San Francisco did not invent the cocktail, but we have spent roughly 175 years acting like we did. The pisco punch was born here. The martini, depending on which barstool historian you trust, was born ...

I recently took my teenage daughter, Ava, to the post office to renew her passport. After waiting in a long line, sorting through legal documents, and paying a slew of fees, the clerk behind the ...

This week in The Bold Italic, we are publishing A Californian’s Dilemma, a series that goes beyond the headlines about the “California Exodus,” featuring essays from San Franciscans about why they’re ...

This article is part of I Love San Francisco, a feature series of essays that highlight what makes San Francisco iconic and irreplaceable. *In fairness: Adriana has since moved out of The Tenderloin.