29 Aug 2009

Grab Your Sack and Let’s Swap: Clothing

My friend recently told me about a time that she was working at a bar in Portland in the early 90’s. Courtney Love was on tour and came in after her show only to be seen using toilet water to shoot up and blowing chunks all over herself. Later that

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28 Aug 2009

DIY Diva: Shit, Why Can’t I Knit?!?!

Heyo — the DIY Diva here. When BAS asked me to write this column I kind of giggled a little bit. Because I am possibly the least crafty person I know. Seriously, I have never scrap booked, decoupaged, crocheted, sewed or knit a damn thing in my entire life. I

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27 Aug 2009

Long Beach Blanket Bingo!: An LBC Native’s Guide to LB, LI

OK, so I’m not technically a Long Beach, CA native, but I did go to school there for 4.5 years, so i think I might have some authoritwahhh, as they say.  Also, this is primarily based on my experience this past weekend. Step 1:  Get someone to drive your ass,

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24 Aug 2009

Island Earth Farmers Market = Broke-Ass Food Porn

Calling Island Earth a farmers market is a bit of a misnomer.  It should really be called “heaven”.  Ok, I’m exaggerating, but really it’s a lot closer to being the best food court in the world, than it is to being a farmers market. Basically, the people who run the

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24 Aug 2009

Broke-Ass Guide to Staying Cool

As I sit here typing all hot and bothered in my steamy apartment, I say to myself, you can do it, just one more month. I’m not a masochistic person, but I do have a soft spot for low electric bills and have always been able to handle the heat

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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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24 Aug 2009

New York, I Love You Part Deux: Times Square

In some article I was reading awhile back, the author talks about what it can be like to be a tourist in NYC.  He says that with other cities one travels to, it’s easy to experience the old aphorism that it’s “a nice place to visit but I wouldn’t want

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23 Aug 2009

How to Make a Garden in Berkeley for FREE Part I: Steps 1 & 2

We may be heading towards September, but there is still time to plant a fall crop (consult a Planting Schedule), and if you follow these steps, you can do it for absolutely FREE! I lived in Berkeley for 6 years, but it was the 6th year which solidified my love

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22 Aug 2009

Warm Up (like you need help doing that) at P.S.1 Today

So it’s almost the end of August.  Remember all those plans you had way back in May and haven’t gotten around to yet?  Well it’s time to get started folks. Head over to P.S.1 ‘“ like right now ‘“ because today (Sat. Aug. 22) the MoMA extension in Long Island

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