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14 Feb 2010

Give Cupid the Boot: Three Ways to Celebrate February 14th

There are a lot of V-Day haters out there, and I admit, I often share their disdain for the hyper-consumer, sickeningly-sweet pseudo holiday. What I don’t agree with is the without question condemnation of Valentine’s day and all it stands for. I agree, the celebration of love and affection has

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14 Feb 2010

A Valentine’s Guide for Lovers and Haters

Valentine’s Day is a weird little holiday. With fuzzy historical origins, no significant religious ties, and mostly exclusive to half the population,  it’s the Sarah Palin of holidays, loved by some and despised by a lot. It sneaks up on you every year with pandering shitty movies, Duane Reed starts

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
13 Feb 2010

Broke-Ass Porn: Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations

Once a week we present Broke-Ass Porn. It’s visually stimulating material for the financially impaired. If this shit doesn’t get you going, you’re not as broke as you thought.

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13 Feb 2010

A Relaxing Friday Night In

While living in NYC it can seem unnatural to stay in on a Friday night.  That particular transgression falls somewhere between uncool and downright unpatriotic.  After a particularly grueling week that left me wanting to hibernate, I decided to throw caution to the wind and’stay in my apartment this Friday

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13 Feb 2010

Pop-Up Wedding: Vegas Comes to San Francisco

Wanna get hitched? Feel like making some mistakes usually reserved for trips to Vegas? Well UrbanDaddy is hosting a Pop-up Wedding event at the W Hotel this Sunday where you can renew some vows, get legally bound, or just watch others take the plunge while drinking FREE champagne. They promise

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12 Feb 2010

Housing Works V-Day Mixer

I know that even those of us in relationships are sick to death of all of the Valentine’s Day coverage that the Internet spews forth like so many partially chewed-up conversation hearts.  That being said, it IS almost Valentine’s Day and we DO all have to do something with ourselves tonight.

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12 Feb 2010

Upgrade Your Comfort Foods: Drinking at Breakfast (Again.)

We’ve talked before about brunch, but since the weekend is coming up and you’ll (hopefully) be sharing some pre-noon cocktails with that special someone this weekend, I thought I’d focus today on those alcoholic beverages which are deemed acceptable breakfast-fare by the general population. Everyone is familiar with the ubiquitous

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