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How to Set up a Kick-Ass Apartment on the Cheap
 Who wants a FREE desk? Three weeks ago, my partner Tyler and I moved into our first place together. Overnight we each went from established, shared houses with everything we needed, to our own one-bedroom apartment in Oakland with almost no furniture and no kitchen things. We love to cook
Surviving Thanksgiving in SF: The $30 Budget Basic Bird Day Belt Buster
It’s your first Thanksgiving away from your family. You’re one of the few people that stayed behind in the city. Because of this, most of us have handselected our own non-nuclear family consisting of voluntarily insane friends. But while we don’t crave the tradition of being grilled by our family members
Video: Margaret Cho Sings and Strips to Benefit SF Homeless
“I kinda have to take a shit, so that’s why I’m not performing right now,” said comedienne Margaret Cho, right before taking a break in her 12 Noon busking performance today at Castro & Market St. Margaret Cho is performing for free, several weekdays at 12 Noon in random spots
The Secret, Longhair, Radical Activist History of Mayor Ed Lee
Get this — SF Mayor Ed Lee was once a radical tenants’ rights activist back in the 1970s. Yes, I said tenants’ rights activist. The same Ed Lee who currently presides over a stratospheric real estate boom that’s evicting unprecedented numbers of ethnic working class families and elderly people once dedicated his life
Win Tickets to a Vinage Fashion Fair + Dance Party @ Alameda’s Vintage Pinball Museum
Celebrate Vintage Pinball Style at the Pacific Pinball Museum! Play, shop, laugh, and dance at this special all day event. Ticket includes all day access to the Pacific Pinball Museum where 100 pinball games are on free play. No quarters needed!A vintage fashion sale takes place 1pm – 5pm coinciding with the Museum’s current Pinball Style exhibit. See pinball fashions come to life! Clothing and
The Kinda Late Show has Incredible Guests
The very first “The Kinda Late Show with Broke-Ass Stuart is coming up SO soon! It’s is going down at Doc’s Lab on November 19th! And the best part about all of this is that our guests for this first show are DOPE! Check them out: Kari Byron (formerly of Mythbusters) Polly Superstar (Sex Culture
‘Polly: Sex Culture Revolutionary’ memoir launches with a bang Sunday at CSC
The newly released book “Polly” is a true ‘memoir for the boudoir’, detailing the fast times, debauched morals and life story of Kinky Salon and the creative superstar behind San Francisco’s favorite and longest-lasting sex party. The book rolls out Sunday night at the Center for Sex and Culture event Sex
Check Out My Latest Publication: Love Notes and Other Disasters!
I’m very excited to announce the release of Love Notes and Other Disasters. It’s been 10 years or so since I made my last zine. Back then I was doing Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply and that fat little bastard was packed with all the best cheap stuff I