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FREE Concert and Art Show at 111 Minna Tomorrow Night
If you’re looking to get your eardrums pummeled on Thursday night, but aren’t too jazzed on the Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay lineup at Mezzanine, then may we suggest an alternative? SoMa disco gallery, 111 Minna will be hosting the folks from YoursTru.ly (which is the best URL ever)
A Broke-Ass Book Buying Guide
Obviously public libraries are great. They’re free, they have an endless supply of books, and they generally don’t care if you’re a little late with the returns. But certainly there have been times in your life, as you find yourself careening towards grown-up-ness, when you feel like a modest collection
The 90s Are Back! We Have Color Changing Shirts!
As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon
If Etsy Were a Real Place: Renegade Craft Fair this weekend at Fort Mason
Since it’s 2010 and you seem like a reasonable person who likes to buy nicely made, unique things for a low price, you probably already know what Etsy is and have probably also spent far too much time at work looking for the cleverest Mother’s Day gift ever. Well, if
Thursday Night Plans: $5 Tequila Tasting in Noe Valley
I don’t really watch a lot of cooking shows because I like to get all improvisational in the kitchen, but if you’re a fan of PBS’s Cooking Class then I’m sure you’ll be excited about tomorrow night’s Tequila Tasting event at Omnivore Books with the show’s host: Joanne Weir. For
How to Win at Dinner Parties
Let’s face it, being broke means you don’t often entertain guests because nothing sucks more than trying to live on the cheap and ending up floating dinner for some freeloader. But I’ve recently realized that, if you play your cards right, you can host a reasonably exciting dinner party (I
Papusas: The Taco Alternative at Balompie Cafe
With all the talk about Mission Burritos and Taco Trucks, people tend to forget that Mexicans aren’t the only ones in the Mission cooking up delicious dishes from their homeland. Of course, there are a ton of Peruvian places around town these days and there’s that Venezuelan place on Valencia,
Real Cocktails and Beer on the Cheap at KoKo Cocktails
In a city full of dive bars, KoKo Cocktails is one of those tiny hole in the wall joints that you tend to overlook unless either a) your friend who lives in the neighborhood loves it and tells you to meet there for drinks or b) you’re out in a
Downgrade Your Trendy Foods: 5 Kitchen Gadgets That Make You Look Like a Tool
Following hot on the heels of Polina’s air-tight Do Not Buy Tupperware post, we’d like to highlight several other kitchen items that are just not necessary for you to spend money on. These are the sorts of kitchen gadgets that every urban Foodster (That’s: Foodie + Hipster, I guess) thinks