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The above photo was taken by the incredible Victoria Smith in 2006. It’s from a photoshoot for Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in San Francisco, a book that came out the following year. While some really great pics came from that shoot, we had no idea that this one would end up gracing the header of a website that would mean so much to so many people.

You come to BAS to find out about what is really happening in the Bay Area, on the street level. You come to learn about the best in underground arts and to get hip to what events are happening. You come to soak up how small local businesses are creating meaningful culture. And most importantly, you come to BAS to drink in the San Francisco that is disappearing.

But to keep BAS from disappearing too, we need your help.

It costs over $10,000 to run BrokeAssStuart.com every month, and it’s constantly getting more expensive. By joining the Broke-Ass Stuart Patreon you can help make sure we’ll be here for you for for another 20 years.

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Howdy! My name is Katy Atchison and I'm an Associate Editor for Broke-Ass Stuart.

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Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap

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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.