Advice
The Live Local Card: Support Local Business While Getting Discounts
Have you heard about the Live Local Mission card yet? It’s pretty fucking badass and probably the perfect stocking stuffer for your favorite Missionite.
Everything You Need to Know About Being a Leading Lady, You Can Learn from Queen Latifah
As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in the spotlight. The shiny hair, the outfits, the fake laughing while delicately holding a champagne flute… all these things spoke to me. Unfortunately, I was born more of a Judy Greer than a Judy Garland. What I
Broke-Ass Guide to Being Alone on Christmas
Spending Christmas alone is nothing to be ashamed of. Flights are expensive, maybe you don’t have the money to fly to see your family. Maybe you hate your family. Perhaps you are Jewish. Don’t let other people feel sorry for you- Christmas by yourself is awesome. If you find yourself
What Does a Broke-Ass Kid Want for the Holidays?
I thought I’d do a two-parter starting this week: One part “What does a Broke-Ass kid want?” and one part “What does a Broke-Ass Mom want?” You know what’s so great about kids? Up until a certain age (I’ve yet to discover at what age this changes) kids love the
Laundry Locker: Affordable, Green Laundry Service
Sometimes people invent the most amazing things. And then you always wonder, “Gee, why didn’t I think of that?” Laundry Locker is an environmentally friendly dry cleaning and laundry service that is one of those great concepts somebody thought up before you did. Arik Levy came up with the idea
How to Achieve the “Tom Hanks Factor”
There’s a favorite memory amongst my friends Leyli, Marie and me– a memory about the three of us waiting on a subway platform, and being met by the putrid stinkeyes of a gaggle of stiletto-heeled, shiny-dressed bitches. They were all gussied up (likely for a night of rubbing up against
Free Pet Ideas
A while back I wrote a little post on two then-promising pets I had just purchased who I was sure were going to not only brighten my life but provide me with calm, unwavering companionship in dire times. What ended up happening to Trent and Eileen is a sad story.