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06 Dec 2011

Stunner of the Month: Rad New Sunglasses Each Month for just $9!

Awhile ago I joined Stunner of the Month, a monthly sunglasses subscription service that was started by four friends in their Cole Valley attic.. Yeah, I didn’t know that kind of thing existed either.

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
06 Dec 2011

Mission Impossible: Catch A Cab On A Saturday Night In NYC

It’s early Sunday morning, you’ve had a lot to drink and you’re ready to go home. The train might not show up for another hour or so and you’re slowly dozing off on the subway platform. You tell yourself, “screw this, I’m going to catch a cab.” Well…good luck there,

Enrique Grijalva - Mr. Minimum Wage 0
06 Dec 2011

Broke-Ass Kitchen: White Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Bark

Ahh the holidays. A special time of year for having internal melt-downs about how you’ll afford all of the presents you have to buy and wonder why the hell your parents had to give you so many damn siblings. Thankfully the struggling economy of recent years has made appreciating homemade

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06 Dec 2011

FREE Holiday Tree-Lighting Celebration in Madison Square Park Tonight

The holidays are like a double-edged candy cane.  On one end, traveling, crazy family members, and the sheer cost of making the holidays “happen” can be total bummers.  On the other end, it’s really hard to not at love hot cocoa, cozy sweaters, and cuddling up with the people who

Carrie Laven - Pretty Penniless 0
05 Dec 2011

Free Pet Ideas

A while back I wrote a little post on two then-promising pets I had just purchased who I was sure were going to not only brighten my life but provide me with calm, unwavering companionship in dire times. What ended up happening to Trent and Eileen is a sad story.

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05 Dec 2011

“Reyka Presents: Iceland Wants to Buy You a Drink” Open Bar Tonight

Open bars are the adult equivalent of being a kid in a candy store -albeit a boozy, occasionally overcrowded candy store. But, after you maneuver your way through the fray, and finally get your hands on an ice-cold free drink (maybe two if you double-fist it to optimize the open

Tiara Francis - NY Know-it-all 0
04 Dec 2011

Awesome Times in Austin

Austin. What is it about this city that makes it so cool? Is it the live music scene that is so abundant, is it the weirdness that overlays the population, is it the big college crowd, or is it the trailer park food scene? This is my first time in

Heidi Smith - The Ultimate Scavenger 0

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