
Get Thai’d’ Up at Pad Thai
I went to this place called Pad Thai in Bernal Heights last Monday night. My roommate Heddy took me there. It was kinda way out there, but it pretty much hit the spot and was hella cheap. We had three dishes and beers for about $30. Perfect. We didn’t do

Broke-Ass of the Week: Natasha Tanksley-Perry
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.

Fall Fashion on a Budget: Dress Like a Cool Schoolgirl
Here in New York, temperatures have dropped from unbearably hot to only slightly sweltering. Unexpected rainy days make me yell curses when I accidentally step in puddles that fill my jelly sandals with water. Obnoxious kids in school uniforms have suddenly appeared on the train that I take to work,

Broke-Ass(ish) Interview: Pat Brown of Different Fur Studios (43rd Anniversary Party Friday @Café Du Nord!)
Usually I ask a bunch of broke-ass musicians to give you advice on how to become a musician. Stupid. The blind leading the blind. (I just mistyped blind as “bling.” If only it were the bling leading the bling). Today I talk to someone who actually made good on his

Living a Life of Leisure, Broke-Ass Style
Most Saturday nights, I want to shake off the stale stench of the work week by partying it up with my friends, staying up too late, and cursing myself on Sunday mornings when I have to post on this website (JK! I’m not hungover when I write these articles!*). However,

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Get Your Janky Cheese Tonight at the California Academy of Sciences
Calling all cheese lovers, wine connoisseurs and freaks of nature! Tonight is your night to shine at the weekly event Nightlife at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. Not only can you check out the rad albino crocodile and play in the rain forest inside the museum

DIY Stencils
Image Courtesy Workshop.com If you’ve lived in San Francisco for any length of time you probably know Jeremy Novy’s Koi fish stencils – in fact, it’d be hard not to notice them since there are over 2,000 koi stencils spread throughout the city. I have a particular fondness for the

Broke-Ass Band Interview: AB & the Sea
AB & the Sea are playing this Friday, April 29, at the Rickshaw Stop with the Soft White Sixties. A full night of dreamy beachy surf pop, complete with fifteen year old girl band sensations, the She’s! Check out the Facebook invite here. Caught up with AB & the Sea