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5,000 FREE BART Tickets Being Given Away Today
Thanks to Jennifer Canale for hipping me to this via my facebook page. My ass rides BART all the time, so I could surely use a FREE ticket. Read all the info below. I got it from Oakland Local. On Thursday, April 21 – in honor of Earth Day –

East Bay Unwrapped: Oakland Athletics 2011
Did you know that the Athletics have the best pitching in baseball right now? Or that Coco Crisp’s ‘fro is bigger than the Disney World Epcot ball? Or how about that there are some amazing deals and giveaways for the Oakland Athletics 2011 season? Well, even if you didn’t know

Raise Glasses and Funds at the Brokelyn Spring Gala Tonight
Tonight, it’s gonna be like someone put a peep full of fun in the microwave and it exploded all over Public Assembly! Or, that the folks at Brokelyn are as psyched about spring as you are and want to throw a big ole party to celebrate, and help out the

Tourist or Not: Twin Peaks is the Spot
Whether you live in San Francisco or are just visiting, Twin Peaks is always a great FREE way to get a different perspective of the city. Watch the fog roll in from Ocean Beach over the compact maze of Victorian houses, apartment buildings, parks and sky scrapers. The view is

Every Day is a Special at Epstein’s Bar
You know my favorite kind of special? The kind that’s every day. That way, there’s no obligation to take advantage of a $3 slime green shot night special on a Sunday and start the week puking at work just because that was the only time you could afford to go

DIY Headboards
Beds themselves are decidedly not broke-ass, trust me, I’m in bad need of a new mattress and shopping for one is beyond depressing and involves a lot of cussing, drinking and procrastinating. However, bed accessories like bedding and headboards are much easier to DIY, and so much more fun to

Making Money with YouTube with Little to No Effort
“Girl you have a problem”: my favorite comment on my video Let me tell you a morning time (or whatever time you are reading this, really) story. A long long time ago back when we were all younger, like four years ago, you couldn’t post videos to Flickr. I know,

FREE Picasso Exhibit
This guy got more ass than you ever will. Commonly known facts about Picasso: cubism, Guernica and the blue period. (Slightly) lesser known Picasso fact: he went through ladies as quickly as he did paint. And he frequently turned his mistresses into muses. One of his longest running affairs started with a barely