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23 Jul 2011

Indie Mart Returns on Sunday, July 24th!

After a far too long hiatus Indie Mart is back with a vengeance this weekend at Thee Parkside in Portrero Hill. It appears that summer is finally upon us, and in San Francisco that means you have the wonderful dilemma of trying to decide which awesome outdoor events you will

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22 Jul 2011

The New Broke-Ass Stuart Book is NOW on Shelves!!!!

Yes indeed, here it is!  Young Broke & Beautiful: Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply is now on shelves!  Holy shit this is exciting.  Not only did I work on this book for two years, I also had some of your favorite writers from this site contribute.  And let me

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22 Jul 2011

The Best Food Cart on Quesadilla Avenue

When you get off the L or M train at Myrtle / Wycoff there are taquerias all over, so many in fact that the street has been coined “Quesadilla Avenue”. But the best, the very best in my opinion, is the food cart right outside of the train station. There

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22 Jul 2011

Broke-Ass Giveaway: Tix to Advanced Screening of ‘The Devil’s Double’

Like FREE advanced movie screenings? So do we. And this one on Wednesday, July 27, for Lionsgate’s The Devil’s Double, opening in select theaters August 5, sounds like the Scarface of Arabia: check out the trailer on the movie’s Facebook page. Basically an Iraqi army lieutenant is commissioned to be

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
22 Jul 2011

FREE Brunch & Mimosas at Annabella’s Boutique Tomorrow

What’s better than a mimosa brunch? A FREE mimosa brunch, of course! Tomorrow, Annabella’s boutique in North Beach is hosting a shopping/brunching/drinking event at 1pm with FREE brunch snacks, mimosas, and hot, affordable women’s clothes. You could obviously just drop in for the FREE grub, but postcards trumpeting the event

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
21 Jul 2011

Broke-Ass of the Week – Isaac Fitzgerald, Editor at The Rumpus

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. Wanna be a Broke-Ass of the Week? Holler at us here and we’ll send you the questionnaire. If

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21 Jul 2011

Giordano Bros – All in One Sandwiches

A good friend first brought me to Giordano Bros on St. Patrick’s Day and since then I seem to have forgotten that any other restaurants in North Beach exist. For the uninitiated, Giordano Bros serves “All in one sandwiches” which essentially means they throw a healthy handful of French fries

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