Q: Dear Half-Price Headliner, Is it rude to show up at a holiday party empty handed?  If so, how can I bring something and not go broke doing so? A: It depends on the party.  If the gathering is casual and impromptu, then BYOB is the general rule, and you

While the French are just now begrudgingly admitting that California puts out some badass wine, we here in the Bay Area have known this for years.  In fact it’s probably harder to get bad wine in San Francisco than it is to get good wine…not that I can really tell

It’s Sedaris week in NYC! In case you missed Amy’s reading last Thursday, David Sedaris is reading at Barnes and Noble tonight. But his will involve less crafts and more anthropomorphism. His newest book, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, is short stories about animals where squirrels and chipmunks go on dates, owls

I know it’s been awhile since we’ve done one of these Broke Bucks deals, but, shit I’ve been busy.  So because of this I wanted to bring you something special for our first deal in months. Whether you call it “rubbing one out”, “busting a nut”, “getting off”, or simply

This art installation was suggested by Ashley over in our NYC bureau.  It sounds pretty fucking cool, the only draw back is that it’s only open on the weekends.  Still, if you’re in the East Bay, it certainly warrants checking out.  I’ll let the Doug Garth Willams’ artist’s statement do

All You Can Eat. Those words bring up a lot of connotations, not all of them good. For some, they’re a challenge. For others, they mean a dump truck’s worth of mediocre food. For others still, they induce Vegas flashbacks. Well, my weary gamblers and skeptics, I come armed with

Breakfast dates. Kinda awkward sometimes, right? I don’t know who these people are that go on breakfast dates, but it’s just kind of weird to me. Like, there’s clearly no possibility of going home with the other person, you just sort of awkwardly part ways afterward and carry on with

The beauty of sangria is that there’s so many different ways to make it and it’s totally easy to do at home with an extremely cheap bottle of wine.  But sometimes your apartment might be a tiny bit dirty and you don’t want to have friends over for drinks.  So