Broke-Ass of the Week

Broke-Ass of the Week – Marissa Barker

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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.

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I don’t know much about Marissa other than she’s a broke-ass, she likes beer, and gets down to Dee Dee Bridgewater..  Sounds like our kind of person.  Read below to get her tips on brokeitude.

Name: Marissa Barker

Age: 25

Occupation: Admin Whore/Aspiring Something Else

What neighborhood do you live in?: Noe Valley, SF

What are you listening to these days?: The Dee Dee Bridgewater station on last fm.

Best money saving tip: Put whatever you can in savings every month. Don’t touch it. Pretend it’s not even yours.

What do you refuse to spend money on?: Cabs. I only take them when absolutely necessary.

Most expensive thing you’ve ever bought: My trip to Europe last year.

How’d that feel?: Totally worth it.

Favorite cheap eat: This tiny place between the Twin Peaks bar and Castro Theatre on Castro Street. I have no idea what it’s called because there’s no sign but they sell a bunch of quick, cheap food. It’s great to grab a $1 hot dog before a movie.

Favorite dive bar: Trad’r Sam in the Richmond. The purple drink is the best.

Best deal you’ve ever gotten: Lip balm I was essentially paid to take when I got way too much change back at an Urban Outfitter and didn’t realize it until after I had left. Please don’t tell anyone (that this happened or that I shopped at Urban Outfitter).

Favorite free thing to do: Bring a book to Dolores Park or Washington Square and not read it because there are too many interesting people and cute dogs to watch instead.

If you woke up a millionaire, what’s the first thing you’d buy?: An apartment so I’d never have to move again. I hate moving.

Despite not having money, do you still love your life?: Of course.

Do you own my book?: No. But in broke-ass, moocher fashion, I’ve borrowed it from my roommate.

Best hangover cure: Chicken fried steak from Toast on 24th Street.

Are you a hipster?: Nopester.

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Stuart Schuffman, aka Broke-Ass Stuart, is a travel writer, poet, TV host, activist, and general shit-stirrer. His website BrokeAssStuart.com is one of the most influential arts & culture sites in the San Francisco Bay Area and his freelance writing has been featured in Lonely Planet, Conde Nast Traveler, The Bold Italic, Geek.com and too many other outlets to remember. His weekly column, Broke-Ass City, appears every other Thursday in the San Francisco Examiner. Stuart’s writing has been translated into four languages. In 2011 Stuart created and hosted the travel show Young, Broke, and Beautiful on IFC and in 2015 he ran for Mayor of San Francisco and got nearly 20k votes.

He's been called "an Underground legend": SF Chronicle, "an SF cult hero":SF Bay Guardian, and "the chief of cheap": Time Out New York.