When hearing the words ‘œraw fish’ and ‘œcheap’ in the same sentence, it’s easy to envision two days hunched over the toilet wishing your mom was there to make you soup and tell you everything is going to be alright. Going out for sushi is perfect when you’re in the

You know how in places like Israel and Switzerland it’s mandatory for every citizen to spend a certain amount of time in the military?  I’ve always thought that it should be the same in the US, but that instead of the army or navy, Americans should have to be in

There is no question about it, the gentrification is well underway in Bushwick. A place billing itself as a “cafe/wine bar” just opened up a stone’s throw from my front door. It features overpriced food on a menu full of the tell-tale signs of pretention: ten-dollar cooking adjectives (“shaved”, “braised”,

Remember when bowling was fun?  I don’t.  I hate being bad at things and I am bad at bowling.  Though I haven’t logged much practice time, I have spent many hours watching others play.  As it happens, a few of my favorite movies are loaded with awesome bowling scenes.  Buffalo

We here at Broke-Ass Stuart remember a kinder, gentler, funkier time when there was an entire network devoted to playing awesome new music videos. Men named Pinfield and women named Idalis would introduce block after block of original music videos from various genres interspersed with interviews with musicians and video

Kimchi is such a staple food in Korea that the first South Korean astronaut brought some into space. The government spent years developing a bacteria-free, anti-gravity friendly version of side dish made of cabbage, garlic and peppers. Judging by the cardboard taste and texture of the freeze-dried astronaut ice cream

While being young, broke and beautiful is all well and good, some people’s finances are more jacked than others.  That’s why we’ve invited Betsy Crouch (aka Coach $izzle) to come onboard and dole out some much needed advice.  She is a professional financial coach after all.  If you’ve got a question