Release the stress and GTFO of Slack — By The Bold Italic’s Editor-in-Chief, Matt Charnock The pandemic has changed how we work…. which also includes what we think of work. Notions of carrying around these bags of macronutrients and enzymes to mundane desk jobs to perform monotonous tasks have become a taxing reality millions have put under a…

For one: We will lose entire neighborhoods to the sea — By The Bold Italic’s Editor-in-Cheif, Matt Charnock San Francisco is a bastion for all things pertaining to environmentalism, conservation, and biophilia. Those among us who call this 49-square-mile city home are blessed to live no more than a seven-minute walk to a City-maintained greenspace. …

An ode to chosen families and where to find them — By Matt Charnock, Editor-in-Chief of The Bold Italic As we opined in February: Going into 2022, one of our collective intentions was to consciously, and actively practice additional gratitude exercises that centered around living in San Francisco. For the most part, we’ve been quite good about honoring that intention. We’ve…

It’s important to know what’s going on in your city… even if you haven’t stepped away from your WFH setup (or showered) in two days — By Matt Charnock, Editor-in-Chief of The Bold Italic In my comparatively short time on this planet, I’ve never lived in a metropolis with such a thick network of hyperlocal news outlets. On any given day, no matter the hour, there’s an endless number of rabbit holes to fall into. …

And five things that seem normal now, but would’ve been albatrosses twenty-four months ago — By Matt Charnock, Editor-in-Chief of The Bold Italic I was in the Target off Mission Street when it was announced that the City and County of San Francisco, as well as six other Bay Area counties, would enact a history-making shelter-in-place (SIP) ordinance on March 17th, 2020. Mind you, I…

Take this weekend to stand in solidarity with Ukraine — It’s been almost two weeks since Russia enacted a war against the sovereign state of Ukraine. Nearly a million people have fled the country, seeking refuge elsewhere. Collectively, thousands of military troops participating in the war have died. Hundreds of Ukrainian civilians are believed to now be dead. …

Mother Nature’s a big fan of The City by the Bay — Going into 2022, one of our collective intentions was to consciously, actively practice additional gratitude exercises that centered around living in San Francisco. We wanted to start this string of journal entries in January, mind you. …

Y’all really like it when we wax poetic about taxing the rich — As the year comes to an end, we’re finding ourselves grateful for a number of things. First and foremost: We’ve very, very grateful to still be around, publishing hot takes and left-of-center pieces about Bay Area life that might otherwise get a blind eye by, say, more “traditional” publications. …

Being alive can feel like a lot these days — but local businesses and makers can help us find gratitude in seeing our chests continue to rise and fall — As 2021 comes to an end, most of us are saying “damn, this year flew by” when compared to 2020’s latticework of hoopla, political unrest, and the start of a global pandemic… that would change life as we know it. Things are looking up (sort of, kind of). 2021 saw…