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20 Feb 2011

A League of Your Own — a Guide to SF Adult Sports

Spring’s a-comin’ in just a few short weeks, and you know what that means — WINTER WEATHER FOR SIX MORE MONTHS!  Not really.  Well, maybe really, but spring also signals the beginning of many adult sport leagues in the city (because usually it’s much, much too freezing in the first

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18 Feb 2011

Broke-Ass of the Week: Comedian Alex Grubard

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit – probably not. Wanna be a Broke-Ass of the Week?  Holler at us here and we’ll send you the questionnaire. Our

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18 Feb 2011

Check Out San Francisco Made of Paper Tonight at The Curiosity Shoppe!

It’s no secret that we residents of San Francisco loooooooove our city.  If we didn’t, we wouldn’t live paycheck-to-paycheck, in, like, the fifth most expensive place in the country.  Yeah, it’s foggy sometimes and flipping over the handlebars of your bike when the wheels get stuck in the MUNI tracks

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16 Feb 2011

Scoutmob Giveaway: $100 to Spend at Weird Fish!

One of the first things I do after I wake up in the morning (or afternoon) is check my inbox for those daily deal coupon offers.  More often than not, though, I’m like, dude, I don’t WANT a Brazilian Rainforest Body Wrap or an hour-long salt air treatment (whatever those

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13 Feb 2011

Stock up on Cheap Vegetarian Eats at Rainbow Grocery

We’ve mentioned Rainbow Grocery before on Broke-Ass Stuart, the super hip co-op grocery store in the Mission, but after my trip there last week, the first one in a long while, I decided to provide a list of things that are really cheap and are worth making the trek through

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11 Feb 2011

FREE Fool's Gold Show at the Clift Hotel Tomorrow Night!

So yesterday I was playing with BandMate, the coolest iPhone app ever.  Basically it’s the who/what/when/where/why of live music and includes tiny venues that I would probably never think to check, like Your Mom’s Sex Chamber.  (There isn’t really a venue called Your Mom’s Sex Chamber.  You wish, sicko.) Anyway,

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09 Feb 2011

FREE Veggies This Thursday (And All Month Long!) at Ferry Plaza Farmers Market

My New Year’s resolution to be a healthier lady (and, in turn, gain the body of a young Cindy Crawford) is going pretty well.  I joined a CSA, started chewing Trident Tropical Twist (the best gum in the world) instead of chocolate-covered pretzels while watching my beloved Hoarders, and made

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