Shopping, Style and Beauty

A Great Volunteer Opportunity for MLK Day
I’m basically just cutting and pasting this from the facebook invite because there’s a ton of info and rewording it would be annoying. So if you wanna be a mensch tomorrow, please read below: For this year’s National Day of Service and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, A Good Idea

Book Giveaway – Finding the Sweetspot: The Insider’s Guide to Parking in SF
I’m doing an awesome giveaway this week. I’ve got 5 copies of David LaBua’s book Finding the Sweetspot: The Insider’s Guide to Parking in San Francisco. As you guessed, it’s all about practical and creative solutions to finding parking San Francisco. Anyone with a car who lives in the Bay

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

The Art of Winter Layering
While I’m looking forward to the spring trends Ashley talked about, one of the things that pisses me off about the “fashion world” is that it’s never in sync with the actual seasons. I came home the other day only to discover a Victoria’s Secret’s swimsuit catalog in my mailbox.

Broke Ass Financial Coaching: Credit Scores, Why Care?
Why should I care about my credit score? – c.c.
Ok so what I am hearing is, “Why should I care about my credit score when it doesn’t matter because I’ll never afford to buy a house in sf/nyc?.. and I don’t need a car.” I can understand this…

Escape from New York – Cheaply and Easily
We all love New York. Everything about it is amazing, if you can Make It Here, big lights will inspire you and streets will do other stuff and everything is suffused with the glow of magic. But sometimes you just need to get the fuck out. Whether it be for

A Guide for Out of Town Guests
I love having friends from out of town stay for the weekend, but what initially is an exciting prospect can become stressful very quickly. I live in an apartment not a condo so this is not a guest soaps and extra bedroom sort of affair. But there is some preparation
$25 Trips Between San Francisco and Los Angeles Through CA Shuttle Bus
Thanks to our fearless leader in Sacramento, it will probably be some time before we ever see that magic bullet train become a reality, if ever. Until that point if you need to make the trip between LA and SF, your options are pretty standard and not always that cheap.