02 Jun 2011

Friday: Bike in the Name of Love

Who is ready to ride bikes around SF this Friday night after work? Meet in the Panhandle (Ashbury and Oak) at 7:30 pm to ride into the wind at 8 pm with those who put on the San Francisco Bike Party every first Friday of the month. Jump into June

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02 Jun 2011

Frolick Freely at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

If you are a normal human being, from time to time you may find yourself in need of a break from the gum wad-laden concrete and non-stop honking of New York City’s streets. So. Much. Honking. Lucky for you, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is offering up free admission to its

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01 Jun 2011

Variety Cafe Lives Up To Name, With Some Cheapo Bonuses

So you’re in midtown. Whoops. Perhaps you need some crazy diamonds, or you’re praying to some pagan god for discount Book of Mormon tickets, or you just took a wrong turn in Hell’s Kitchen. No matter what way you slice it, the homogeneity of the landscape is dulling to the

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31 May 2011

FREE Tix to ‘The Best and the Brightest’ Starring Neil Patrick Harris and Amy Sedaris (!)

Heyoooo, Bay Area!  This week we’re stoked to be giving away four pairs of tickets to this Thursday’s advance screening of the new Neil Patrick Harris, Amy Sedaris and Bonnie Somerville comedy ‘The Best and the Brightest.’ To be honest, we don’t even really care what the movie, set to

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31 May 2011

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Yesway

Here’s what’s up. Kacey Johansing was once in in The Blank Tapes and Geographer. She currently performs under her own name and in Honeycomb and The Botticellis . She sings like an angel and plays percussion like nobody’s business. Emily Ritz has played in Devotionals, heads up Honeycomb, and somehow

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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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31 May 2011

4 Things You Can Totally Live Without in NY

When you lose your job, or you simply have to make some serious cuts in your current lifestyle to be able to continue to live or save up for something, it can be tough to think about what you’ll need to axe out of your life (like the lady in

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29 May 2011

Sexy Fleet Week Memorial Day Tours in New York (Meet Some Sexy Sailors for FREE, You Broke-Ass)

This piece is actually by Francesca McCafferty Ahhh, yes. Fleet Week in Manhattan. Many girls and boys of all stripes are excited to see those sexy sailors walking around town for a week, decked out in their tight white suits and cute caps worn with an angles flair. Whether they

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28 May 2011

Super Cheap Things To Do In This Summer Weather

So after a long, snowy winter, summer like weather is finally upon us here in NYC. In the home of the $1,000 pizza, how is a cheapskate supposed to enjoy oneself? Here are a few suggestions for those of us who like to pay next to nothing to get our

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