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29 Jan 2010

Restaurant Behavior: Avoid Irritating the Waitstaff

I’ve been waiting tables off and on for about 10 years, and I spent my first year in Brooklyn waiting tables at a diner in Park Slope. It was a fantastic cultural introduction to New York. When a lady ordered an egg cream, I had to go ask the other

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
29 Jan 2010

Upgrade Your Comfort Foods: Broke-Ass Girl Scout Cookies

Ha! I bet you thought I was going to give you some cheap and crafty recipe to make your own samoas or whatever. Nope, this week I’m flipping the usual “Upgrade Your Comfort Foods” because I want to talk about one of my favorite things in the grocery store: knockoff

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0
29 Jan 2010

Super Cheap Massage

“Oh wow…this is awkward.  I was expecting a completely different kind of pussy at this massage.” I bet you thought you knew where this was going didn’t you?  You immediately assumed this was gonna be about hitting up one of the Tenderloin rub n tugs and getting a little something

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
28 Jan 2010

Take Your Pick of FREE Movies on Divisadero

With all the recent rain around the Bay, I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m not the only one who just wants to hibernate inside some warm cave somewhere while zoning out in front of a big screen that transports me to any magical fantasyland imaginable. But tickets to Avatar are

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0
28 Jan 2010

VBar Cafe NYC

Everyone knows the tired cliches of people setting up their laptops in public and banging away at the keys to make themselves feel more writerly. But sometimes you really do need to work someplace that isn’t your messy house, or a depressing, urine soaked library. For that purpose, my favorite

BAS Writers 0
28 Jan 2010

Broke-Ass of the Week – Animator Patrick Hosmer

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.

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
28 Jan 2010

Pearl Paints Closing – Entire Store 75% Off

Everything seems to be closing up these days and now comes the sad news that Pearl Paints is the latest to be leaving.  NOOOOOO! Whether you had a project due for school or you needed supplies for your latest efforts, Pearl was the place to go for good quality art

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

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