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04 Oct 2009

Why I Stopped Being a Vegetarian

After 13 years of being a vegetarian, I recently crossed back over to the dark side.  However, my reasons for being a vegetarian had nothing to do with the idea of human consumption of meat.  As a faux-hippie, semi-political teen in Los Angeles, I took on the label of Vegetarian

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03 Oct 2009

5 Reasons You Should Head To Workshop

So as I was shooting the shit yesterday with Stuart on my day off, we both realized that we have robbed our readers of a real explanation about what Workshop is. Kelly Malone, one of the closest comrades of BAS and an amazing friend, has finally kicked off her dream

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03 Oct 2009

One Thing Far, One Thing Close, One Thing Movin All Over The City

I don’t usually head out to Jersey on a Saturday night, but this looks really, really cool.  The community-run, depression-era grand Loew’s Movie Palace in Jersey City is showing two films from the 1920s today: the Marx Brothers’ first film The Cocoanuts (1929) at 4pm, and Safety Last with live

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03 Oct 2009

More Wholesome Than Folsom: Castro Street Fair

The Castro is known for many things. Referred to as ‘œAmerica’s anus’ by Dave Chappelle, it’s a cozy little spot where you can pretty much get away with whatever you want. With all of the bright lights, countless bars and fairies skipping around the streets, I like to think of

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02 Oct 2009

DIY Diva: Composting Bins for Under $20

Heyo- the DIY Diva here with part two of my “grossest project yet” post about building composting bins. So, faithful readers, I took a bit of crap last week from commenters who objected to my post about the process of researching how to build a composting bin to prepare mulch

Kate Kotler - DIY Diva 0
02 Oct 2009

Two Wheelin: Advice for Biking in NYC

New York City is full of surprises, and some of them aren’t pleasant. Like on my first trip here when I was fourteen. I spaced out while I was walking on the sidewalk with my school group, and I got hit square in the nipple with a cart loaded up

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02 Oct 2009

Benefit for Hurricane Ondoy Victims TONIGHT at Little Skillet!

I know it’s pricey, but if you’ve been unable to make it over to Farmerbrown’s take-out outpost, Little Skillet, you’re seriously missing out. One of the few places in the Bay Area that actually serves chicken and waffles the right way, this place has been creating quite the ruckus in

Monica Miller - The Intern 0

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