Advice

28 Dec 2010

Crappy Holiday Gift Swap

Christmas is over. You’ve stuffed yourselves to the brim with holiday cheer and baked goods, and are preparing your livers for the New Year’s celebrations to come. The only think left to do is return the ugly fill-in-the-blank that you’re great aunt/uncle/cousin gave you for the fourth year in a

Alison Lambert - Half Price Headliner 0
27 Dec 2010

Guide To Hating Your BFF’s Significant Other

There are few worse things in this world to happen to a friendship when you absolutely hate your friend’s boyfriend or girlfriend. Perhaps it’s totally justified, and perhaps it’s not. Either way, it’s a pain in the ass that you’re going to have to either figure out how to live

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
23 Dec 2010

Things You Can’t Leave the House Without in San Francisco

It’s always good to make sure you’re prepared in a city like San Francisco, because you never really know what’s going to happen at any given moment. I put together this check list for all you cum dumpsters to make sure you’re ready when shit hits the fan: 1. Jacket

Ryan Miller- Depleted Resource Analyst 0
22 Dec 2010

Survival Tips for the Holidays

Some people absolutely love going home for the holidays.  Their Facebook status updates are all ‘œSitting ’round the fire with pie, wine and my wonderful family’,  ‘œLoving being home with my parents!’ or ‘œJust came in from building a gender-blind snowman with my loving supportive mother, multi-ethnic vegan nieces and

BAS Writers 0
21 Dec 2010

Broke-Ass Etiquette: Travel Tipping

Got a question about how to be a polite Broke-Ass? Email Half-Price Headliner with your queries and get schooled on how to be proper-like. Q: Dear Half-Price Headliner, I’m traveling for the holidays and never know what to tip for things like checking bags at the curb, airport shuttles, hotel

Alison Lambert - Half Price Headliner 0
21 Dec 2010

A Californian’s Guide to a Rainy Day

Northern California is known for many liberal and progressive changes. A place where a prostitute can approach the police after being assaulted without fear of a jail sentence. A place where we care so much about the environment that throwing an orange peel in the garbage can rather than the

Ryan Miller- Depleted Resource Analyst 0
21 Dec 2010

Christmas In NYC: The Time You Never Have

My family doesn’t give a shit about holidays. Not because they’re Jehovah’s Witnesses or something, but more because they just don’t see what the big deal is and have no real emotional attachment to them. Why go through the motions of pretending to be nice to each other one one

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
19 Dec 2010

Excellent Travel Advice

Awhile ago Kate wrote up a few cheap travel tips to help you all get your ramble on.  Considering that I spent roughly two years living out of a bag, her post inspired me to share some of my pointers with you.  These are only a few, but I’ll probably

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0