Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator

17 May 2010

Guide to Getting Your Park on in Alamo Square

Of course Dolores is the awesomest park to see and be seen in the city, but contrary to popular hipster belief, things exist outside of the Mission. There are parks in other neighborhoods, including mine. Its name is Alamo Square Park. Yes, there are some tourists. Yes, sometimes it’s a

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14 May 2010

Celebrate Ritual Coffee's 5th Anniversary on Saturday!

You’ll be up at 7 a.m. for Bay to Breakers on Sunday, so you probably don’t want to party TOO hard on Saturday.  Solution:  head to Ritual Coffee’s 5th anniversary party!  The festivities start at 2pm and end at 9pm, so it’s kind of perfect.  The event is FREE and

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12 May 2010

Meet Author/Cartoonist Daniel Clowes on Thursday Night!

So you saw Ghost World when you were 15, dyed your hair black and cut it in an unflattering, butchy bob like Thora Birch.  Then you watched Art School Confidential a couple years ago while you were, in fact, enrolled in art school and laughed sardonically at the oh-so-true irony

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09 May 2010

Gchat Status Icons — Deconstructed!

Anyone who’s anyone has a Gmail address nowadays, and why the F not — it’s FREE and enables a crazy distracting feature called Gchat. Sure, it’s not a new idea. After all, I still have my AIM screen name, SMP1155, from seventh grade. But because the chat windows pop up

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07 May 2010

Indulge Your Inner Fat Kid for FREE at BaconCamp!

For David Hasselhoff, it’s alcohol and cheeseburgers.  For Amy Winehouse, it’s the pesky crack rock.  For Lawrence Taylor, it’s 16-year-old girls.  For me, it’s bacon.  Everyone has their weaknesses, but luckily mine is not punishable by hard time in the slammer and can be innocently indulged this Saturday at San

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05 May 2010

FREE DVD Release Party for "The Recess Ends" with FREE Booze!

Ever wanted to take a road trip across the United States?  Ever wanted to make a documentary while doing it?  If you answered yes to both questions, maybe your name is Brian or Austin Chu, because they actually did that shit.  Six months, one crashed car and probably lots of

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02 May 2010

Types of Kids I Wouldn't Be Ashamed To Call My Offspring

In general, I’m of the opinion that most children are bratty, snot-nosed runts that are good for nothing until they hit age 18, but recently my good friend got knocked up and I got to thinking that maybe I wouldn’t be so adverse to the idea of having a little

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