Shopping, Style and Beauty

11 Dec 2009

DIY Diva: Top 10 Handcrafted Gifts of 2009

Heyo, the DIY Diva here!  So, as broke as I am, I simply don’t have time to handmake a holiday gift for everyone I have on my list this year. Instead of giving big mega corporations my hard earned and horded money, I figured I’d do things a little differently

Kate Kotler - DIY Diva 0
09 Dec 2009

Mission Holiday Block Party This Friday

Since not everyone on your holiday shopping list will want some of this awesomeness, you’ll probably have to do at least some of your gift buying somewhere else.  Luckily the merchants of the Mission District know you almost as well as I do and realize that you might want to

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
08 Dec 2009

Six Products to Beat the Winter Pasties

Well the winter is here, and as I sit here I can feel the cold, horrible air outside and the hot skin-drying air of the heater inside.  For you West Coasters, things may be getting only slightly mild, but for those of us on the Eastern seaboard, that winter chill

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06 Dec 2009

Top 5 Cupcakeries in San Francisco

I like cake.  A lot.  I mean, it’s an addiction that I am not ashamed to admit by shouting it from the top of a bakery (which I am obviously about to enter to get my next fix).  I have even toyed with the idea of becoming a baker/pastry chef,

Alison Lambert - Half Price Headliner 0
06 Dec 2009

Indie Mart Vintage Party TODAY 12-6!!!

TODAY, SF’s beloved Indie-Mart is back with another vintage event: 12 of the best vintage vendors, rebuilt vintage, accessories, a taxi cdc super sale, mimosas, bloody marys, beers, treats and sweets. All kinds of goodies for the ladies and fellas (4 vendors carrying mens as well).  I, along with 11

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0
06 Dec 2009

The Bust Holiday Craftacular

The holiday season is now in full swing, and since New York doesn’t have an abundance of malls (heavy sigh of relief), pop-up markets are springing up all over the city. Last week I wrote about the Winter Market at Public Assembly, which will be returning this Sunday as well.

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
05 Dec 2009

Debutante Hour Presents and Candy Crack

America’s favorite accordion/drum/cello power trio, the ‘œDebutante Hour,’ presents a Variety Show Telethon Bash with 20 old, Soviet rotary phones, and a silent auction (bid on great stuff like the Debutante Hour makes you cupcakes or plays a personal show in your living room or takes you canoeing in the

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0
04 Dec 2009

FREE Flapjacks with Your Holiday Shopping

Most of the time, when I’m out doing holiday shopping, the only FREE thing I get is utter annoyance. It’s like: really lady why are you walking so damn slow and down the middle of the isle so I can’t get past you?  Did Jesus put you up to this

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0