At the Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., San Francisco, CA.  7pm. Broke-Ass Stuart has been called “an SF cult hero” (SF Bay Guardian blog), “Best Local Writer” (SF Weekly) and “the pimp daddy of budget travel” (Everywhere magazine), but to those familiar with his work, he’s just “that  douchebag who

  The Broke-Ass Stuart hook-up:   Jon O’Connor, one of my best friends from growing up, has put together an amazing 12 day guided tour of Nepal this September. He and I talked recently, and decided that in exchange for me being a sponsor, I’d be able to offer a

So, for any of you who check this website often, I’d like to officially apologize for not blogging more.  I’m currently deep into finishing writing Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in New York and because of that I really just haven’t had to time to do anything.  But never

So this is the email I got the other day from a guy named Todd: vile low dirty nasty hetero narcissistic self-aggrandizing ugly inferior overweight squalid disgusting vicious homophobic cunt. GAY PRIDE WORLDWIDE 365 DAYS A YEAR. TOMORROW BELONGS TO US. NOT BIGOTS LIKE YOU. Hey Todd- Vile? Not Really.

Wanna make me smile like this?   Then go vote for me as “Best Writer” in the SF Weekly’s “Best of SF” issue.  It’s really easy, just follow this link:  http://sfweekly.com/php/polls/san/bestof08/index.php and vote! If you’d like some more suggestions as to who else deserves your vote, just email me and

my man, Ashkon brings it…

  Are you on myspace?  How about facebook?  If so let’s chill electronically.  Add me as your myspace friend so that you can stay SUPER updated with all things Broke-Ass.  I’m a myspace junkie  Here is the link: myspace.com/broke_ass_stuart  Also I’ve started a fan page on facebook.  I’m not really quite

I was out doing research in Tribeca a couple days ago when I went into a store called Western Spirit (www.westernspirit2000.com). I had wandered in here a couple times before simply amazed at the randomness of finding a store in Lower Manhattan that sold shit like cowboy boots, replica Winchester