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04 Aug 2011

Remember the Alamo at the Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure Bike-In Friday

Sometimes an event comes along that’s so awesome that I feel like I’m bastardizing it by doing anything other than writing in all caps with an exclamation point after every word. Tomorrow night’s Wonderdonk Bike-In Movie  featuring Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure is one such an event, but there are so many

Jill S. 0
03 Aug 2011

Get your Craft on!

So I’m a huge craft nerd, …like seriously. I can spend hours and hours in Michael’s (it drives my boyfriend crazy). But I figure that anything I can make myself is waaaay better than anything I can purchase. I mean, it might not come out as crisp and clean, or

Paulette Greenhouse - The Penny Pincher 0
03 Aug 2011

Shop at Kaplan’s Surplus!

Of the bare basic resources that everyone who lives in this city should know about, I would say that Kaplan’s should always be close to the top of the list. Along with burritos, corner store sandwiches, park/festival booze, thrift stores, etc., it’s just one of those staples that you can

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0
03 Aug 2011

Me Like Cafe Bunn Mi

I know what you’re thinking. Another Bahn Mi restaurant on Clement St.? Cafe Bunn Mi literally just opened and I have to admit, although it looks a bit non-authentic (and the name seems a bit Americanized), it really is. The outside looks more like a coffee shop than most Vietnamese

Heidi Smith - The Ultimate Scavenger 0
03 Aug 2011

Career Paths I Considered During My Identity Crisis of ’09

In Spring of 2008, I graduated from college.  I had gone on scholarship, and before that I was high school valedictorian, so my parents kind of expected Big Things from me.  Imagine their surprise when I turned out to be a broke “screw-up” without a money-making  job title or life plan!

Carrie Laven - Pretty Penniless 0
03 Aug 2011

Free Bowling TONIGHT at Village Voice Tweet Up

Tonight, all of the hours you spent learning to bowl by watching The Big Lebowski repeatedly can be put to good use thanks to the next installment of the Village Voice’s “Tweet up” series. From 5-9PM at The Gutter, they’re offering up free bowling AND knocking $5 off pitchers of

Jill S. 0
03 Aug 2011

The NEW Book, ‘Young, Broke & Beautiful

The new book, ‘Young, Broke & Beautiful’! ORDER NOW  

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0

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