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17 Mar 2011

Scavenge Your Way Through SF St. Paddy’s Day

Drink up before midnight, or else you’ll turn into a Leprechaun… Calling all Leprechauns…get your green on and go out and get your drink on. Green beers preferred, but just remember this – SF taxis are FREE til 3 am!  I can’t promise that the cab drivers will be anything

Heidi Smith - The Ultimate Scavenger 0
17 Mar 2011

Broke-Ass of the Week – Sally Kuchar, Editor of Curbed SF

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.

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
17 Mar 2011

Catch “Litter” This Weekend For $5 At Zeum Theater

DRAMA! Children, children everywhere.  The earth may be buckling like the merry widow on an over-enthusiastic auntie post-holiday gorge, but you wouldn’t know it by the way them babies be popping out  these days. Well, anyone who’s Catholic or part of some other culture that subscribes to a loaves and

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0
17 Mar 2011

Cubana Social: Fancy Place for Your Lack of Cash

My deepest apologies to potatoes, but I think I’ve fallen in love with another fry. Sweet potato fries never charmed me, but yucca fries are quite possibly the greatest (savory) fried food I’ve ever eaten. Specifically, the yucca fries with tomatillo sauce from Cubana Social. The fries speak for themselves,

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
16 Mar 2011

Undo Damage Done with St. Patrick’s Tours at the Merchant House

It’s St. Patrick’s Day ya’ll, one of the few times all year when the rest of the world joins lushes like us in public inebriation before noon. In case you feel rightfully guilty for the booze damage done to your person during the FREE St. Patrick’s Day Parade starting at

Jill S. 0
16 Mar 2011

FREE Tickets to Tomorrow’s ODC Dance Performance for Two Lucky Broke-Asses!

Take in some culture before you black out on St. Pattie’s Day! I’m gonna come right out with the good news: ODC, our favorite dance company who calls the Mission home, is holding a special St. Patrick’s Day Small Plates one-hour performance at YBCA’s Novellus Theater, complete with a reception

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
16 Mar 2011

DIY Tyvek

Tyvek is so good, it just might be evil. Known mainly for its use in FedEx envelopes and house wraps, these “flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers” make for a light, flexible material that’s resistant to tearing, pretty much water resistant, and breathable. It’s basically a perfect base material for a ton

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0

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