Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator

13 Jul 2011

The Street Taco Is Not a Lost Art at Chile Jalapeno in Oakland

Yeah, I guess San Francisco has some decent Mexican food — but the Easy Bay has Chile Jalapeno Taqueria. Chile Jalapeno preserves the art form of creating the perfect street food, serving their famous street tacos for only a buck and a quarter each. In these shitty economic times (seriously,

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29 Jun 2011

Win A Pair of Tix to ‘Happy’ Screening at the Roxie

Happiness is one of those elusive emotions that I’ve always thought is really interesting to hear psychologists and social-whatever experts talk about and try to quantify.  I’m pretty sure Oscar-nominated director Roko Belic agrees, because his new non-profit feature documentary, called Happy, explores societal factors, like money, fame and relationships,

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28 Jun 2011

Broke-Ass Giveaway: Win a Customized Belt Buckle from Sportbuckle!

Without a doubt, one of the most entertaining things to do on an airplane is to peruse the SkyMall catalog.  Where else can you learn about such treasures as the Underwater Cell Phone System, the Solafeet Foot Tanner, and the Day of the Week Clock? Once in a while, though,

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23 Jun 2011

Win Sold-Out VIP Tickets to the Hard French Hearts Los Homos Pride Party

OMG OMG OMG, it’s PRIDE WEEKEND IN SF!!!  You know what that means:  a huge parade, Trans March, Dyke March, costumes, copious amounts of alcohol, and lots and lots of tits, ass and wiener.  Awesome! With so many activities going on, it’s easy to get overwhelmed when deciding where to

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23 Jun 2011

Broke-Ass of the Week – Travel Writer Mary Polizzotti

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude.  Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not. Wanna be a Broke-Ass of the Week?  Holler at us here and we’ll send you the questionnaire. Your broke-ass of the

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16 Jun 2011

Broke-Ass of the Week – Dave Heventhal

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude.  Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not. Wanna be a Broke-Ass of the Week?  Holler at us here and we’ll send you the questionnaire. Our featured broke-ass this

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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

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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

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