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Bear in Heaven and Zola Jesus Play Seaport Music Festival
The Seaport Music Festival has brought attuned New Yorkers an impressive array of artists these past few weeks. The series opened up a fortnight ago with the jaunty sounds of the Apples in Stereo before transitioning during its second week to the lo-fi wonders that are Beach Fossils and Woven Bones. Week number
So You’re Dating an Expat
Or a “foreigner,” as your parents might think it’s hilarious to put it. Well, first off, congratulations! You’re dating someone, which is a critical first step. The second, equally important step is to continue dating them, and this is where problems arise. Particularly with expats. For one thing, their stay
FREE Enchiladas and Surf Flicks for a Good Cause
Salty wardens of the waves, Surfpulse.com is throwing another one of their Second Surf Sundays this weekend at Joxer Daly’s to help raise fund for ArtSeed.com and their continuing effort to bring youngins in to touch with artsy types. The carrot to entice you on your journey to the damp
Tamale Happy Hour to Raise Money for AIDSWalk
Local housing heroes Dolores Street Community Services like a good shindig and tonight they’re holding their WowWowWowWow Happy Hour featuring the cookies and milk of barflies, tamales and beer, to raise some masa for their AIDSWalk sponsorship. You get two different kinds of tamales for $8 and can wash them
Mythbustin’ NYC with Anna G.
Everyone, including native New Yorkers, looooooooove giving advice to people about living in New York. Half the time, you’ll hear the same things over and over and over again. But which of these oft-repeated pieces of advice or factoids are actually true? 1) Traffic! ONLY IN NEW YORK! AMIRITE?!? If
$1 Negra Modelos at Las Estrellas in Hayes Valley
When I lived in Hayes Valley I pretty much assumed every single drinking option nearby was going to be way above my price range, and all of the restaurants were full of fatcats who had Opera tickets later. But if you look close enough you can find a couple watering
FREE Screening of the Wizard of Oz
So, it seems that summer is the time for FREE movies here in New York and on Brokeassstuart.com. In the same vein, I am offering up yet another complementary film. Now, this one may seem like it is for kids (it may even say that) but I assure you this
$3 Stargazing at the Robert Ferguson Observatory in Sonoma
Summer can mean a lot of different things to a lot of people: there’s the requisite picnicking, summer music festivals, trips to secluded swimming holes, etc etc. But if there’s one outdoorsy excursion we tend to overlook in our pursuit of places to drink beer outside, it’s finding a nice,