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Broke-Ass Porn: El Paletero

Once a week we present Broke-Ass Porn. It’s visually stimulating material for the financially impaired. If this shit doesn’t get you going, you’re not as broke as you thought.

New York

Greenpoint 'Last Saturdays' Block Party

Even if you don’t have a wad of cash in your pocket, who says you can’t enjoy a little window shopping. Fellow Broke-Ass Anna G has already clued us into stress-free sanctity that is Franklin Ave in Greenpoint, and after making a pilgrimage myself, I have to agree with her.  After trying to escape the ... Read More →

San Francisco

Street Food Anniversary Party

Some may argue that the “too much of a good thing” curse has fallen upon the street food trend in San Francisco. I say meh. There is no such thing as too much good, cheap food, so shut up and eat your delicious adobo/gumbo/creme brulee!
In honor of their first anniversary, the ever popular ... Read More →

Hooray for Ray's Candy Store

Hooray for Ray’s Candy Store

Posted by Jill Strominger - Budget Baller
Eats+ New York

Okay, guys, ready? One, Two, Three… “COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF.” So, you know how people who have lived here long enough to still call Hi-Fi the bar Brownies and remember when Tompkins Square Park was a shanty town (although it still kind of is… one homeless man once presented me with a bat and told ... Read More →

Milkshakes Made Out Of Pie at Chile Pies (& Ice Cream)

Milkshakes Made Out Of Pie at Chile Pies (& Ice Cream)

Posted Friday-Jul. 30 by Rebecca Pederson - Cheap Date
Eats+ Reviews+ San Francisco

Thanks be to my coworker and her birthday girl demands; without her, I never would have heard of Chile Pies (& Ice Cream) and their milkshakes with pies blended into them.
Chile Pies is the dessert store that’s in cahoots with and sits a block down from Green Chile Kitchen. They let you pick your own ... Read More →

A Broke-Ass Book Buying Guide

A Broke-Ass Book Buying Guide

Posted by Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler
Featured+ Shopping

Obviously public libraries are great. They’re free, they have an endless supply of books, and they generally don’t care if you’re a little late with the returns. But certainly there have been times in your life, as you find yourself careening towards grown-up-ness, when you feel like a modest collection of books is something that ... Read More →

Cool Ass Building: Arby's on Fulton Street

Cool Ass Building: Arby’s on Fulton Street

Posted by Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher
Eats+ New York

For fast food in a fancy atmosphere, there are two options: 1. Wait until Valentine’s Day when White Castle on Metropolitan covers their tables in with cloths and offers table service. 2. Go to Arby’s in downtown Brooklyn. It’s the exact same menu that’s been a staple of suburban high school lunches for years, but ... Read More →

Ty Segall, Bare Wires and The Sandwitches at Amnesia Tonight!

Ty Segall, Bare Wires and The Sandwitches at Amnesia Tonight!

Posted by Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator
Entertainment+ San Francisco

Do you have any idea what Southpaw Records is?  Well, if you’ve ever heard Ty Segall, Bare Wires, or The Sandwitches, you do, because they’re all on this label that’s celebrating its first anniversary at, in my opinion, one of the best bars in the Mission, Amnesia.  Tonight for a $5 cover, you can see a set by ... Read More →

Karnival of Kuriocites and Dangerous Ingestions

Karnival of Kuriocites and Dangerous Ingestions

Posted by Ricardo Bilton - Penniless Pundit
Entertainment+ New York

Foremost on the as-yet compiled list of Things You Should Not Ingest, I’d imagine, would be razor blades. Common sense dictates that sharp edges plus soft internal flesh equals pain and possibly a very bloody death. Eating swords is similarly discouraged.
And yet, ingesting dangerous things is something that people do on a daily basis. To ... Read More →

Missed Connections for the Murder Averse

Missed Connections for the Murder Averse

Posted by Katy B. - Economic Inexpert
Advice+ Featured+ Sex & Dating

I have posted a Missed Connections exactly once, and the weird thing is, it worked. I was watching TV and saw a guy in the audience on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, decided he was adorable, wrote a post, and by some miracle, he saw it. This was exciting and amazing until the second date, ... Read More →

$3.00 Luxuries in Little Saigon

$3.00 Luxuries in Little Saigon

Posted Thursday-Jul. 29 by Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder
Eats+ News+ San Francisco

The ornate columns flanking Larkin at Eddy may be the newest landmarks designating the southern corner of the Tenderloin known as Little Saigon, but one of the most well known and beloved landmarks is the delicious Saigon Sandwiches.
It’s a pretty straightforward, albeit tiny, operation specializing in the delectable banh mi, or Vietnamese sandwich.  If you ... Read More →

Broke-Ass of the Week - Jonathan Gregorio from Funsherpa

Broke-Ass of the Week – Jonathan Gregorio from Funsherpa

Posted by Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap
Broke-Ass of the Week+ Featured

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude.  Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.
Wanna be a Broke-Ass of the Week?  Holler at us here and we’ll send you the questionnaire.

Jonathan is the dude over at the NYC section of the site funsherpa.com. ... Read More →

Terrorist Attacks and Doin' It!

Terrorist Attacks and Doin’ It!

Posted by Ashley Friedman - Cornerstore Correspondent
New York

I generally buy books. I either buy them on Amazon or at The Strand or sometimes even full price at a place like McNally Jackson or St. Marks Books because I am all about supporting local outfits. All of that made me sort of forget about the fact that there are places where FOR FREE, ... Read More →

If Etsy Were a Real Place: Renegade Craft Fair this weekend at Fort Mason

If Etsy Were a Real Place: Renegade Craft Fair this weekend at Fort Mason

Posted by Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler
DIY+ Entertainment+ San Francisco+ Shopping

Since it’s 2010 and you seem like a reasonable person who likes to buy nicely made, unique things for a low price, you probably already know what Etsy is and have probably also spent far too much time at work looking for the cleverest Mother’s Day gift ever. Well, if you ever wondered what Etsy ... Read More →

Packing is like a Circle of Hell, But It's Air Conditioned

Packing is like a Circle of Hell, But It’s Air Conditioned

Posted by Polina Yamshchikov - Flirt Poor
Advice+ Featured

WTF IS A MOVING KIT AND HOW DO I ACQUIRE ONE

I am in the process of packing up my entire apartment and goddamn, it is terrible. I’m predestined to be horrible at packing because I’m naturally horrible at organization. You might think that’s a personal choice of mine, but oh no, sir, you’d be wrong ... Read More →

Cheap Laughs at the UCB Del Close Marathon

Cheap Laughs at the UCB Del Close Marathon

Posted by Jill Strominger - Budget Baller
Booze+ Entertainment+ New York

Every year, I worry my Midwestern parents by telling them I am spending the entire weekend in the dank basement of a Gristedes in Chelsea, drinking cheap beer until I either run out of money or I fall asleep. I try to explain that it’s all to see stars and writers from SNL, Colbert Report, ... Read More →

Flash Your Zipcard Today for FREE Tacolicious Tacos at Noon

Flash Your Zipcard Today for FREE Tacolicious Tacos at Noon

Posted Wednesday-Jul. 28 by Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator
Eats+ Entertainment+ San Francisco

When I ran a red light a couple months ago and my 2000 Mazda 626 was totaled in a freak T-bone accident (that wasn’t freak at all, obviously, because I was the idiot that ran a red light), I thought my life was over.  How would I, a Southern California born-and-bred lady (with a steel ... Read More →

Free (Quality!) Languages Classes from the BBC

Free (Quality!) Languages Classes from the BBC

Posted by Jill Strominger - Budget Baller
Entertainment+ New York

Sometimes after watching the delightfully charming movie “Amelie” or eating a chocolate croissant, I take a few minutes to dream a little dream in which I am bicycling around Paris without a care in the world, admiring its twinkilng lights with Nutella dripping down my little excited face. But then I realize I do have ... Read More →