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BA of the Week: Jessica Tiare Bowen from UsedYorkCity
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.
Win a Copy of Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply
I figure it’s been awhile since I did a giveaway for what a few drunk bums in the public library consider the best book of all time, Young, Broke & Beautiful: Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply. But since I’ve now found the rad new giveaway platform PromoSimple I figured it
Sketch San Francisco Class
Want to sketch a Mission adventure? This is your kind of class. Local artist Courtney Cooper has a series of Skillshare classes going where she leads groups through different SF areas on sketch-friendly walk-abouts. You get a sketch-friendly tour of a sometimes-sketchy neighborhood from a sketch-artist. Sounds sketch-tastic. I love
Hooch, Harlots, & History: Vice in San Francisco
As you probably know, I’m a huge history nerd and major SF fanboy, so the opportunity to fuse these two loves is awesome. On March 14th I’ll be speaking about some of SF’s most notorious and nefarious characters from her strange and storied history. The event is called Hooch, Harlots,
Late Night Basement with Chris Rose featuring Andrew WK at Legion Bar
Late Night Basement had a successful opening show at Brooklyn’s Legion Bar in late January, with a full house enjoying live stand-up from two of the best comedians today, Brooke Van Poppelen and Dave Hill. Since then, Chris Rose’s Puppy Bowl Pep Talk from the first show was featured on HuffPost
Chasing the Perfect Hairstylist in New York
One of my most vivid childhood memories is of me standing in front of a mirror in my dining room, alternately laughing hysterically and then bursting into tears. I was confused and unable to reel in my emotions, and the image of myself sobbing in the mirror only made me
NorCal Traditions At Kinder’s BBQ Truck Service
Whenever clear blue skies start to peek between tiers of the fluffy cumulus floating by, I start to think of the warmer months to come. And when I think of the warmer months to come, I think of barbeque being consumed straight off the grills. Cold beers. Happy faces. Creative