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Labor Day Weekend Events for the Broke-Ass New Yorker!
Friday Mrs. Skannatto + Shipwrecks Play Brooklyn Knitting Factory Did you not win tickets to our giveaway? No worries. It’s only $10 ($12 at the door) to catch this amazing night of ska-rock at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory. The show begins at 8pm. Also, the Yonatan Gat Band will play the
How to Enjoy a New York Christmas When You’re a Broke Twenty-Something
Damon & Jo on a Dime is a travel show for those who cannot afford Travel Channel’s “Top Ten Hottest Beaches of Cabo” or for those who cannot relate to Samantha Brown and Anthony Bourdain’s luxurious travels. Damon & Jo are broke and want to travel too, dag nabbit! You’ve
The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally
FREE Ice Skating All Day Today in Union Square
Hey! I’m slammed right now so only have time to cut and paste this shit but here it is. It’s hella branded by Celebrity Cruise lines and Alaska Airlines, almost to a ridiculous extent, but they’re the folks footing the bill for you to get your skate on. Regardless, here
A New Tradition: Toast the Union Square Xmas Tree with Emperor Norton!
The fight to make the official name of the Bay Bridge, The Emperor Norton Bridge continues. Check out thus rad event. All the info is from the FB invite. Starting in 1880, and every year since, a grand tree has stood in San Francisco’s Union Square during the holiday season —
The ABC’s of Broke-itude
Being a Broke Ass – It’s elementary, my dear. Abstinence. From fancy ass parties in the Meatpacking District where a gin and tonic will set you back fourteen bucks. Blue, purple. Blue, purple. Blue, purple. AKA – all you see after a particularly draining day of job hunting on Craigslist. Crocodile
Faking It: Looking Rich When You’re Not
I have a past of being continuously screwed over. I’m pretty sure my leech of an ex-boyfriend who still manages to interfere with my present-day life is why I have this pipe dream of being swept off my feet by a wealthy B-list celebrity or a rich finance dude. Until
Economicomix: Leonard’s Job
Melba NYC: Meet People. Feast Together.
Nearly a month ago, I received an unexpected invitation to a private launch party near Union Square, inside of a fancy, dimly lit, loft apartment decorated with wine bottles from other guests. It was fitted with a narrow elevator directly opening into the apartment itself, along with an ostentatious piano,