Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator
Flash Your Zipcard Today for FREE Tacolicious Tacos at Noon
When I ran a red light a couple months ago and my 2000 Mazda 626 was totaled in a freak T-bone accident (that wasn’t freak at all, obviously, because I was the idiot that ran a red light), I thought my life was over. How would I, a Southern California
Eddie’s Cafe — The Cheapest Breakfast This Side of the Mason-Dixon
Sure, there’s something to be said for going to brunch at Andalu, spending $15 on bottomless mimosas and God only knows how much on ahi tuna tacos (the least appetizing-sounding hangover cure ever), but sometimes you just want that greasy, down-home egg, bacon and hash brown plate without the hibiscus
Off the Grid: A Street Food Lover’s Paradise at Fort Mason Tonight
What happens when a bunch of street food carts and trucks join forces? LOTS of eating, obviously, at an awesome FREE event tonight at the Fort Mason Center! Off the Grid is kind of like Thanksgiving — it brings together people from the same family with many differences and eccentricities
FREE Comedy Showcase at Bazaar Cafe Tonight!
Some people are naturally funny and don’t need extra attention by doing standup and exposing themselves to the criticism of a spiteful, intoxicated audience. I happen to be one of these people. But there are some awesome people that are naturally funny AND they work extra hard on humor because
The Costco Food Court — The Holy Grail of Cheap Eats
Some lucky assholes have parents who buy them Costco memberships just for the hell of it, but I’m not one of those lucky assholes. Rather, I am a young broke-ass who refuses to pay $100 a year for a membership to anything, even if that membership includes FREE samples and
Super Cheap Dance Classes at ODC Dance Commons
How many times have you been sitting around in your apartment watching reruns of “Intervention” on that shitty Ikea couch that your roommate broke (yes, broke) who knows how many years ago, but has never fixed and thought, “You know, I love watching this guy ruin his life by smoking
Impress Your Friends by Brewing Your Own Beer!
I recently had some effing delicious homebrew made by some friends, who I now think are some kind of wizards or something because how could beer made at home taste like anything other than butt? But seriously, this beer was comparable to anything you’d buy at any one of the
BART Double Play Wednesdays — See the A’s for $2!
In hopes of avoiding accusations of my being a traitor to the city that I call my home, I’m prefacing this post by stating that I don’t really care about the Oakland A’s. That said, I don’t really care about the Giants either. I’ve spent the majority of my life