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17 Oct 2017

Don’t Lose the Lesson – Three Things to Learn from the Fires

The fires are still burning and the smoke is still making the air unhealthy to breathe. It’s never to early to learn from hardship though. Here are three thoughts on the fires and three things we could consider changing. 1. Three Little Pigs We all know the story of the

Sam Devine 0
07 Nov 2016

Alternative Thanksgiving Recipes

If you are ready to bring a little sugar and spice to this year’s Thanksgiving dinner, here are some not so normal Thanksgiving foods to try.

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

BAS Editorial Team 0
09 Jan 2016

Roy Choi & Daniel Patterson Bring Fast Food Alternative to East Oakland

I feel like I have been waiting forever for a Locol – Roi Choi and Daniel Patterson’s affordable and healthy fast food alternative venture announced at MAD 4 in 2014 – location to finally open up; or maybe I just feel like we’ve been talking about this shit forever.

illyannam 0
12 Jan 2015

Broke Ass Artist of the Week – The Deep Thinker, Rivky G (Part 1)

  Brokeassstuart.com proudly presents the Broke Ass Artists series where we give our readers an insight to the struggle of some up and coming talent in music.    I first met Rivky Gee while she was a contestant of Stonewall Sensations at the legendary Stonewall Inn in the West Village.

Freddie Cosmo - Associate Debtitor 0
28 Oct 2011

Broke Ass Nostalgia: You Won’t Believe That These Albums are Twenty Years Old

The 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind has been given a lot of attention in the last few months, deservedly so. It was a total game-changer; not only did it revolutionize alternative music but also the way in which people relate to music. Just listening to those opening

Robin Hardwick - Cost-Conscious Connoisseur 0
23 Apr 2011

Celebrate Alternative Easter Ideas

Easter always seems like a weird holiday to me. I mean, the rest of the Christian world gets a week off of work for Semana Santa in Latin countries or Paaske in Scandanavian countries. Here in America, we don’t even get one day off of work! But many Americans do

Heidi Smith - The Ultimate Scavenger 0
25 Dec 2009

Chinese Food, Movies and Booze for a Really Good Cause

While Stuart pointed everybody to the alternative-to-Christmas activities going on in San Francisco last night, New Yorkers have their own alternative to Christmas happening today. The long held tradition of non-Christmas celebrators ordering Chinese food and going to the movies is a great one, and the venerable 92nd Street YTribeca

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