East Bay

19 Feb 2011

Get Discovered (And Probably Screamed At) By Tyra Banks

This is it! This is your ticket out of brokeassdom! That is, as long as you’re at least 5’7″ and a female between the ages of 18 and 27. You probably need to possess some kind of unique beauty, too. Oh, and you’ll have to be okay with forfeiting your

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17 Feb 2011

East Bay Unwrapped: Berkeley Marina

Spring has almost sprung in the Bay Area, and you know what that means: prepare to fight for a plot on the beer-soaked, bohemian-smattered lawn of Dolores Park.  But it doesn’t have to be so.  Why not reconnect with nature in the beautiful and boundless Berkeley Marina? The Marina, with

Mia Di Pasquale - Scroungy Scribbler 0
16 Nov 2010

Spruce Up Your Ag Skills at the Mills Community Garden

I started out on BrokeAssStuart.com as the crunchy, garden-loving, East Bay correspondent and it’s about time I got back to my roots. Pun! If you remember, I told you last year how to set up a garden for FREE (Part I & II). Now I’m coming at you with some new gardening opportunities. Mills

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0
17 Mar 2010

Major Drinking Holiday Means More FREE Cab Rides

In case you haven’t noticed the pattern, pretty much any time there’s a major drinking holiday in the Bay Area our very responsible friends at Berg Injury Lawyers like to pay for your cab ride home. Even though I have no idea how this is at all profitable for them,

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07 Mar 2010

Cheap Drinks — Yelp Drinks Week!

I hope you’re paying attention because THIS IS IMPORTANT: Today is the last day of San Francisco’s Yelp Drinks Week.  Twenty-five participating bars and restaurants are selling selected drinks for half off.  That’s halfway to FREE.  Get on that shit! Yelp says that these deals are good all day “until

Rebecca Pederson - Cheap Date 0
13 Jan 2010

So You Think You Can Draw? Wanna Win $250?

A few years ago Oaklandish began with a simple idea: design a logo that would celebrate the history and culture of Oakland.  But the ‘œroots’ logo became so popular it set off a domino effect and now there is a clothing company, an awesome website, a farmers’ market rig, and

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0
29 Dec 2009

FREE Legal Advice – In Case New Year’s Gets a Little Too Crazy

We all see our friends do a lot of crazy and embarrassing things on New Year’s, but as a non-drinker, I actually remember it all the next day (much to the chagrin of my friends). In case you get a little too crazy this year, and life imitates art (and

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