24 Aug 2010

Fabulous Fall Coats Under $150!

Updating and keeping with the theme of last week’s post, it’s time to talk coats. For us in SF, it’s impossible to think about winter warmth since our Indian summer has finally arrived and we’re stripping and sweating it out. But hopping on the right deals right now will help

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23 Jul 2010

Off the Grid: A Street Food Lover’s Paradise at Fort Mason Tonight

What happens when a bunch of street food carts and trucks join forces?  LOTS of eating, obviously, at an awesome FREE event tonight at the Fort Mason Center! Off the Grid is kind of like Thanksgiving — it brings together people from the same family with many differences and eccentricities

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14 Jul 2010

The State Might Owe You Money Called “Unclaimed Property”

This might sound like one of those late-night TV commercials where the guy in the question mark suit just yells at you about how the government owes you money, but it turns out there might actually be some cash floating around out there in the ether that actually belongs to

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28 May 2010

Unload Some Crap at the Really Really Free Market on Saturday!

I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of ready to be a grown-up and clean out the walk-in closet in my apartment, the doors of which stay perpetually shut to hide the staggering amount of sheer crap I stashed in there the first day I moved in and never

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27 Feb 2010

Upgrade Your Comfort Foods: Bougie Cupcakes

I don’t know why, but something about cupcakes makes them taste good like Daddy’s money.  Personally, when I eat a cupcake, the Marie Antoinette soundtrack cues in my head and I pretend like Sofia Coppola and I are in Versailles, holding flutes of champagne and wearing Alexander McQueen dresses made

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50% off New Glasses + Free Shipping!

We wrote about the 6 rad reasons why shopping for glasses on GlassesUSA.com will change the way you buy glasses forever. You can read about that here. But here's the important part: YOU GET 50% OFF + free shipping on your first pair of frames. Click to find out more!

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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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28 Nov 2009

Nobody Wants a Sweet Potato Ass – Uber Cheap Pilates

Now that you’ve stuffed your sweet selves full of delicious turkey/stuffing/mashed potatoes it seems like the perfect time to cuddle up for a long winter’s nap, as the gorge fest is over.  The warm, buttery truth of it is, this is only the beginning.  Thanksgiving marks the start of eating

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27 Nov 2009

Eat Dumplings, Skip Black Friday Shopping

Two Thanksgivings ago, my friend and I blew our loads looking at the filthiest of all broke ass porn: Ads for Black Friday sales. I’d always made the conscious effort to stay in on the day after Thanksgiving. The consumerism and commercialization of the holidays is pretty gross, and high

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