DIY

07 Apr 2010

Turn Your Craftiness into Cashflow with New Classes at Workshop

It’s no secret we love Workshop around here, because who doesn’t love learning how to decorate your $10 IKEA side table with old MUNI transfers or watching girls participating in Aerobics set to a Def Leppard soundtrack? Up until now most of the classes have been “For Newbies”, intro-level kind

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0
21 Mar 2010

DIY Summer Sangria, aka "Mom's Special Punch"

When I was younger, my mom really loved fruit punch.  Everywhere we went — soccer games, my middle school orchestra concerts, Applebee’s — there my mom would be with her plastic to-go cups bought in bulk from Costco (née Price Club) filled with extremely pungent, blood-red juice. OR SO I

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
25 Feb 2010

Earn Your Way to FREE Classes at the Crucible in Oakland

People who like Oakland seem to like it because they think it has a certain grit that the wine-and-cheese-shop-lined streets of San Francisco are be missing. Personally, I’m not a big fan of Oaktown and I cannot claim to be very Oaklandish, but every now and then there’s an event

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0
08 Feb 2010

San Francisco Brewcraft

So you wanna be a beer brewer? At SF Brewcraft you get all the gear you need and the ingredients to brew 5 gallons of the beer of your choice, plus a free step-by-step brewing class all for $94. Sweet right? Plus you get to go in and hang out with

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
27 Jan 2010

This Week’s Events for the 5 Senses

Wondering what to do for fun this week?  Feeling a little dead inside?  Wake yourself up with an event for each of the 5 senses! HEAR: Who doesn’t love weird art?  Well, a lot of people, but if you do love it, here is yet another Berkeley Art Museum L@te

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0
27 Jan 2010

Beer and Fitness: Heavy Metal Aerobics at Workshop

I know Monica raved about Workshop back in October (Full Disclosure: We’re all great friends!), but I’ve never actually been to one of Kelly Malone’s DIY classes even though I live two blocks away and walk by all the time just so I can look longingly through the window at

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0
07 Jan 2010

FREE Vintage Paper Fair This Weekend

The San Francisco Vintage Paper Fair comes around every few months, but I’m going to go ahead and say I still had no idea what it was. Vintage Paper? Like old posters? Or like Grandpa’s old letters to Grandma? Or maybe just the soggy brown bags from malt liquors passed?

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