DIY

27 Jan 2010

This Week’s Events for the 5 Senses

Wondering what to do for fun this week?  Feeling a little dead inside?  Wake yourself up with an event for each of the 5 senses! HEAR: Who doesn’t love weird art?  Well, a lot of people, but if you do love it, here is yet another Berkeley Art Museum L@te

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27 Jan 2010

Beer and Fitness: Heavy Metal Aerobics at Workshop

I know Monica raved about Workshop back in October (Full Disclosure: We’re all great friends!), but I’ve never actually been to one of Kelly Malone’s DIY classes even though I live two blocks away and walk by all the time just so I can look longingly through the window at

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26 Jan 2010

Fashion Feud Finals: SF’s Very Own Project Runway!

If you are excited that Project Runway is back, if you love to hate bitchy fashion show judges (of whom Nina Garcia reigns queen), if you wish you could go to fashion week in NY but can barely make rent in SF, then you should definitely check out Fashion Feud

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0
24 Jan 2010

Learn to Make Your Own Yogurt

I grew up with a Greek step-family.  Despite the many years of being in close proximity to Greeks, I am still markedly not ‘˜one of them’.  I have a Papou but no grasp of the language.  I drink Ouzo in Astoria but can’t shake my thing like a bellydancer.  I

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20 Jan 2010

Brooklyn Pie Contest!

Hey what’s better than eating pie? Two answers: 1. eating lots of pie and 2. eating pie to raise money for a good cause. BK Farmyards is a group that turns abandoned areas in NYC into usable farmland. Saturday, they’re the charity benefiting from Megan Paska’s annual Brooklyn Pie Contest.

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16 Jan 2010

DIY Diva: Fascinating Fascinators

Heyo – the DIY Diva here!  Happy 2010 fifteen days late, yo.  Sorry for the delay in a column in this new year!!  I was down for the count with first the stomach flu, then there were issues w/my computer… it’s been a little janky over here in my corner

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15 Jan 2010

How to Make Your Own Kahlua

White Russians: A contributing factor to kahula’s popularity. Same goes for bathrobes. I know I’m a friggin’ pinche when I deny myself White Russians because of the price of kahlua. And god damnit, sometimes I don’t wanna drink my vodka neat, chased by a pickle, like a real white Russian.

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13 Jan 2010

So You Think You Can Draw? Wanna Win $250?

A few years ago Oaklandish began with a simple idea: design a logo that would celebrate the history and culture of Oakland.  But the ‘œroots’ logo became so popular it set off a domino effect and now there is a clothing company, an awesome website, a farmers’ market rig, and

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