Broke-Ass Culture: NYPL
So I’m still new here. I’m also jobless (and actively looking for work), which means I have a lot of time on my hands to explore the city. My current favorite place (which I don’t think will change for as long as I live here) is the main branch of
Madonna Book Signing (Mr. Madonna, That Is)
Paul Madonna could be called San Francisco’s sketchiest man, but it would only apply in the utmost literal of senses. Known for his pen and ink depictions of SF streetscapes and architectural details, the artist was Mad Magazine’s first-ever art intern before snagging a weekly comic strip in the Chronicle.
An Allegory for Life on the Dirty Paws of A Cat
Animal Control doesn’t handle cats. This is what I learned first as I stood, phone to ear, staring the orange mass of grime and fur moaning under a white Cadillac. “Pontiac,” I corrected myself to the man on the phone. Further: Rescuing an animal and bringing it to a shelter
8 Great Dates Across America for Under $20
Dating Mistake Numero Uno: Spending the better part of a paycheck when you’re not even sure he or she is gonna put out. Seriously. If you just dropped a few hundred dollars to impress someone and they don’t so much as feel you up through your clothes, it was a
6 Wistful Thinking Tracks
You know what’s the best? When you’re either so set on someone, you can’t stop thinking about them and how right it all feels, or when you’re not really stuck on anyone in particular to the degree that you’re not even thinking of anyone from your past. Either way, there’s
50% off New Glasses + Free Shipping!
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Dope Pushin’
If you’re like me, you are old enough to have lived through the debut of Debbie Gibson’s Electric Youth album, the fall of the Berlin wall,the three-year window where wearing two pairs of brightly colored tube socks was acceptable, and the American Drug Panic of the 1980s. With the advent
Travel Books You Want to Read This Fall: Part 1
Being a Broke-Ass means so much more than not having a lot of money. For you, it might mean spending less in order to live it up more. For others, it means working less in order to simply enjoy life more. And others choose to take on six different part-time
Bookish Events This Week!
Some people are made for the club scene. They enjoy the dressing up, taking shots at home, traveling with friends to an underground spot, and then dancing and sweating it out for the rest of the evening, letting go of all inhibitions while teasing and attracting other wild and sexy