San Francisco's The Bold Italic Ceases Operations, Everyone Cries/Celebrates

After six years of operation, the Bold Italic has called it quits.
San Francisco magazine-y site The Bold Italic quietly and abruptly announced it was ceasing operations yesterday morning, and the reactions (at least in my Facebook feed) ranged from "Thank god" to "This stinks!" to "Fuck this website forever and ever."The site was as known for its bold design (giant photos, large pull-quotes) as it was for its adorable food reviews by four-year-olds and first-person essays on issues such as gent