I recently stumbled upon a brochure for a potentially awesome new business. It’s called Rentalic, and despite it’s name sounding a little like an escort service, its concept of person-to person rentals for cheap seems pretty great to me! It’s basically a service to match people who need to borrow

I love me some DIY, and this weekend is the 5th annual Maker Faire! The two-day DIY extravaganza is happening in San Mateo. How does one get San Mateo you say? Well, I don’t effing know, but lucky for you (if you have a bike) there is an organized ride

I need your help to keep BrokeAssStuart.com going. In 2024, we wrote over 800 articles and published over 4,000 social media posts serving the San Francisco Bay Area. We’ve covered striking workers, fine artists, corrupt politicians, fantastic drag performers, colorful weirdos, cherished small businesses, and the vital news that the

Ah, Facebook. A vital piece of some 400 million users online lives, the social networking tool that many of us boast to be early-adopters of has taken a quick turn down Creeper Street recently. The past few years of corporate buy-outs and less-than-transparent privacy setting changes has shaken some sense

If someone were to invite me to a party that started at 7:00 AM on any other weekend but this, I would probably have to reconsider our friendship. First of all, because they obviously don’t know me well enough to know that I am not a fully functional human being that

This is the story I was born to tell. The story of the Giant Squid. When I first learned of the existence of this mammoth animal, I was mesmerized, enraptured; a fan for life. I quickly became an authority on all things giant squid. Few could school me on the

For many of you high school students of yesteryear, prom night held a promise of glitz, glamour, crazy ‘œafter party’ opportunities, and the glimmering hope of awkward prom sex. If, however, you hated high school with a fiery passion and the mere mention of prom brings back horrible memories of

I’m not sure if I mentioned this before, but May is my birthday month, and I friggin LOVE birthdays! I also live for any excuse to dress up like a fool and p-a-r-t why? ‘CAUSE I GOT TO! In my experience, everyone loves a good theme party, but it seems

If you fancy yourself a pirate, a bibliophile, a treasure hunter or all of the above, then I know what you’re doing this Saturday night! McSweeney’s is celebrating it’s newest book release, The Clock Without a Face, with a FREE party and nationwide treasure hunt. How awesomazing is that!? Twelve