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19 Oct 2009

Heathers the Musical: What Next?

Since movie studios these days continue to rehash and drag through the mud of unoriginality any beloved cult film or TV series, Broadway has followed suit in destroying my childhood memories, remake by remake.  When I heard that Heathers, my favorite pre-klepto Winona Ryder movie is hitting the stage come

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
19 Oct 2009

FREE Abandoned Building Slideshow

Abandoned buildings attract a wide variety of people: heroin addicts, the homeless, architects, film students, etc. Their future usually involves demolition or conversion into a luxury condo, and some abandoned luxury condos have become home to heroin addicts as well. I’ll never be able to call the condos attractive, but

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
19 Oct 2009

Chicken? Lining Up For .99¢ Two Piece Fryers at Popeye’s

I can’t quite attest to the quality of Popeye’s, as that when I have that fast food fried chicken itch to scratch, I generally pay a visit to the colonel. I have noticed, however that Popeye’s fans are ardent in their loyalty to the one-eyed mariner’s chicken shack, extolling the

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0
18 Oct 2009

Apple Picking and Brooklyn Hippies

Being that it’s fall and all, I’ve been itching to embrace all sorts of Autumn-y activities. I’ve drank every variety of Pumpkin beer, watched numerous B-horror movies and now I’m going to tackle apple pie. If you missed the Apple Pie bake off at Enid’s yesterday, shame on you, but

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
18 Oct 2009

If You Gotta Nest, Get Inspiration for FREE

I have a secret obsession. Some people collect boxes and boxes of vintage G.I.Joe figurines.  Others watch sexy Nigella cook her food on TV religiously.  And some people walk around in Yankees Flannel PJs everyday during post season (my landlord). My obsession may seem fairly benign, even mundane ‘“ at

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0
17 Oct 2009

Wonderland Exhibit: Life in the Tenderloin

On my first visit to San Francisco, my friend drove me around on a tour of the city. While riding through the Tenderloin, I was looking at a woman vomiting and hiking up her skirt to pee on a trash can, when suddenly we crossed one street only to be

Ryan Miller- Depleted Resource Analyst 0
17 Oct 2009

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Sleepy Sun

In honor of the Treasure Island Music Festival happening in The Bay this weekend, we’ve decided to do some interviews with bands about how to survive as broke artists.  Stu and I got some press passes to the fest, but nobody’s PR people wanted to let us interview them (they

Monica Miller - The Intern 0

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