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15 Jun 2011

Stuart’s on TV! Celebrate at the Young, Broke & Beautiful Viewing Party This Monday

We’ve been hyping Broke-Ass Stuart’s new TV show, Young, Broke & Beautiful, for a couple months now, but it’s FINALLY time to reveal this shit!  YB&B will air on Friday, June 24 at 11/10C on IFC, but Stu’s throwing a viewing party four days early to celebrate and thank everyone for their

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
05 Apr 2011

Yelp Does Something Worthwhile, Gives You Cheap Booze

Allow me a second to pour on some haterade. Yelp provides a good basic service at its core, but it leads to abuses of power that drown out any actual establishments voice in its own reputation. Frankly, any star system seems pretty petty when trying to objectify an opinion, and

Dan Cerruti - 99 Cent Store Cowboy 0
10 Apr 2025

Eat, Game, & Sing in San Francisco This Spring!

It’s Springtime in San Francisco, which means it’s time to put your phone on silent for a while and step out into our fair city to sing, eat, and play with the wonderful people and programming on offer. Whether in the flesh or on a live stream, the journalists and

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27 Feb 2011

Win a FREE Haircut at Metamorphosis Salon

I wish I lived in a salon. Inspired by Sarah’s guide-to-cutting-your-own-hair post last week, I went digging in my really old and disgusting clear closet organizer thing where I knew an aging pair of shears were buried somewhere.  See, I used to have bangs, and I would always cut my

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
05 Jan 2011

5 Day Extension On Holiday Bingeing Courtesy of Yelp’s Holiday Hangover

Just when you thought you had survived the gauntlet that is the holiday season, San Francisco’s own arbiters of star-rating and the voice of maddening crowds, Yelp, have decided to include the latter in their annual holiday party. Like restaurants, bars and other service industry businesses, they’re having their shindig

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24 Oct 2010

Flipper’s — Your New Cheap Weekday Breakfast Joint

When most people think of Flipper’s, A Gourmet Hamburger Place, I’m betting they probably think of burgers.  While it’s true that the menu at Flipper’s features almost 20 different kinds of burgers, it’s actually more like a Squat & Gobble-type restaurant offering everything from salad to crepes to falafel platters.

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
12 Oct 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 a FREE event for each of the 5 senses! SEE: There’s nothing like a Charlie Kaufman/Spike Jonze collaborative mindfuck to topple you into an existential crisis. Catch a FREE screening of Adaptation this

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16 Jul 2010

Cheap Breakfast Burritos at Cafe Venue

My favorite new before-work, on-the-go, super cheap breakfast item is the breakfast burrito at Cafe Venue. The regular burrito comes with potatoes, eggs, cheese, salsa, and your choice of chicken, bacon, or ham for $4.25. You can get it with steak for $5.25 and the veggie burrito is only $3.75.

Rebecca Pederson - Cheap Date 0
19 Jun 2010

Yelp or Foursquare: Where would you rather check-in?

I have conflicting feelings about Foursquare. On the one hand, it’s a kind of boring concept ‘“ a phone app that lets people know where you are via check-ins? Sounds a lot like Twitter but with less words (and who knew that was even possible?) But in spite of this,

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