Ask a Grown Up: Can I Fake a Boyfriend?
Hello you young, broke and beautiful readers! Welcome our new weekly column, “Ask a Grown Up” in which you can ask and have your most burning questions answered by a grown up. I am Kate, the supposed “grownup” offering you advice – think of me like a crazy, tattooed, older
The Amazing and Cheap Insanity of the Barcelona Flea Market
As a kid, growing up in Italy, I used to often read the Babysitter’s Club series, along with similar kids’ books about everything American, such as tree houses and baseball and shopping malls. I remember being particularly stuck on the concept of garage sales. My mind was boggled by the
Your Startup Sucks: Apps that Remind You When to Breathe and When to Selfie
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. – Ferris Bueller This week we are slowing down, taking a breath, writing in our journals, and of course, taking a selfie. Can apps and gizmos put the brakes on the acceleration
April Fools Day: Best Video Pranks 2015
Today is April Fools Day, which means I’ll be going to the 36th annual St. Stupid Day Parade (Justin Herman Plaza at noon) to put on weird clothes and march around SF celebrating absurdity and human stupidity. And in the spirit of the stupid and absurd, lets have a laugh shall we? One day
NYC is Looking For Writers and Interns
Broke-Ass NYC is Looking for Unabashed Interns & Writers Besides being named “Best Local Website” by the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Broke-Ass Stuart has been called, “The Chief of Cheap” by Time Out New York, “an Underground Legend” by the SF Chronicle, and “Best Local Writer” by SF Weekly. But
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TONIGHT: NY Magazine’s “Best Comedy Show” Late Night Basement with Chris Rose
Team Broke-Ass would like to congratulate Chris Rose and company for having Late Night Basement named New York Magazine’s “Best Comedy Show.” And tonight you can see why they earned that title! Friday, March 27, the doors of Pine Box Rock Shop will open at 9pm for another installment of Late
How to Cheaply and Easily Make Your Own Bread
It is my ultimate destiny to bake bread: I am too broke to buy it every day, and bread is delicious. It is only a natural progression. Unfortunately, said natural progression didn’t happen so naturally. Initially, I wanted to blame most of my inability at baking bread (actually, all of it)
Broke-Ass of the Week: Novelist Fayette Fox
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. Wanna be a Broke-Ass of the Week? Holler at us here and we’ll send you the questionnaire. Please welcome
