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05 Oct 2011

Broke-Ass Band Interview: The Bins (FREE show tonight!)

Here are BrokeAssStuart.com, we love music and we love FREE shit, and we especially love FREE music. Tonight (Wednesday, October 5th)  1320 Records (founded by live electronic pioneers STS9–Sound Tribe Sector 9) presents a FREE showcase at Temple SF featuring “the San Francisco debut of UK producer Little People, along

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0
05 Oct 2011

Why You Probably Shouldn’t Get a Discount Massage in a Foreign Country

In a lot of ways, being broke is about picking and choosing where to spend your money.  Maybe you shop your dad’s closet, but pay $13 at the independent movie theater every week.  Maybe you eat $2 dumplings year round, but blow your wad on cool vacations a couple of

Carrie Laven - Pretty Penniless 0
04 Oct 2011

Broke-Ass Kitchen: White Bean Dip

For me, this recipe is kind of like the bottle of Trader Joe’s wine you always keep stashed under your bed in case of hosting/party guest/shitty day emergencies. (If you don’t do that, start doing that!). It was basically born from a day when I needed a dip and had

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03 Oct 2011

Jonesin’ for Jones

It’s hard to believe that this bar with a banging outside patio is located in the Tenderloin. The name of the place is Jones, and it is tucked away off of Jones St. in a corridor-like setting. There is an bar that is covered and the rest of the patio is open.

Heidi Smith - The Ultimate Scavenger 0
03 Oct 2011

Hot Sauce and Panko

Now that I may have worn out my welcome at Shanghai Dumpling King thanks to a overly rowdy birthday party (one attendee was dressed as a handjob), the news that similarly cheap Outer Richmond restaurant was opening sounded like manna from heaven. The fact that it would be serving chicken

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03 Oct 2011

Monday’s Twerk: Not Just a Made-up Word Anymore!

Do any of you guys remember a song called “Whistle While You Twurk”? I think it dropped when I was in middle school in the late ’90s, and a more, shall we say, “experienced” friend informed me that the strange neologism meant a certain sexual act I was definitely not

Sarah M. Smart - Red-Light Special 0
03 Oct 2011

Financial Independence and Dating for the Ladies

If you are reading this, you might be a young lady who works hard for her money and may not have much of it to begin with. So what do you do when it comes to dating? Are you to wait around for Prince Charming with fat pockets to come

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