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26 Nov 2011

Treasure Island Flea Market this Weekend

  For those of you who just can’t get enough of this whole Black Friday shopping extravaganza, your weekend just got better. Head over to the Treasure Island Flea Market this Saturday and Sunday, November 26th and 27th. The market will be open from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. both days. The entrance

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26 Nov 2011

Tea: FREE And On The Cheap

Tea has long since been a preferred drink of the broke ass. It’s a great all purpose drink serving as everything from a hangover remedy to a relaxing sleep aid. Tea is the shit. A great location for all of your tea needs is a place called Aroma Tea Shop.

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26 Nov 2011

Pingers and Pongers Unite: Berlin-Style Ping-Pong

Berlin-style ping-pong is blowing up. Not only has it been the subject of a great essay by the Bold Italic, it’s been explained, over and over again, by Youtube videos  and holds a devout group of paddling proponents throughout the city. If you didn’t read the essay or just watch

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25 Nov 2011

A Broke-Ass Mom Is Thankful For…

Contrary to popular belief, Thanksgiving is about being thankful and not about gorging yourself on turkey and mashed potatoes.  I imagine every Broke-Ass Mom is thankful for different things, but below is a list of what I’m thankful for this year. Things a Broke-Ass Mom is thankful for: I’m thankful

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23 Nov 2011

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Shenandoah Davis (Sat @ SFCMC)

I’m a musician and a music journalist. I make judgment calls in the first 30 seconds of listening to something because I don’t get paid enough to spend more time than that. Also, I hate 99% of all music I hear. I might sound like an asshole right now but

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23 Nov 2011

Being a Broke-Ass is Like Being on a Mid-90s Soap Opera

Legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland once said, “We all need a splash of bad taste; no taste is what I’m against.” I wholeheartedly agree with this statement– which is why I am unashamed to do things like: lick the Tapatio-drenched remnants of an exploded on-the-go burrito off of my shirt,

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22 Nov 2011

Broke-Ass Kitchen,Thanksgiving Edition

Break out the sweatpants and the boxed wine, it’s Thanksgiving time, ya’ll! (OK, I also feel it’s appropriate to do this on any given evening during winter.) As much as I wish this holiday meant laying around with my family and shoving my West Virginian grandma’s bacon fat-laden food down

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