Advice

Broke-Ass Mom: Making Room for Baby
Living in an urban setting? Do you have a new squatter growing in your belly? Want desperately to retain your one-bedroom apartment from your bachelor days? Do it! You’ll be seen as the “cool parents” on the block, and even the suburbanites will yearn for your life. Just don’t let

Act like a local! Use Localmind to find the best places, on the go, in real time
You don’t find the hidden places by the sticking to the well-traveled routes. Skirt the tour buses, shoot past lines, and discover the best spots by asking the locals directly!

How to Be a New Age Freak on a Budget
Confession: I’m one spiritual lady. As a vegetarian/proud Leo-with-a-Leo-rising/Berkeley girl whose step-mom is a psychic, I’ve downward-dogged with the best of ‘em. When I’m not frantically phoning my second mom to find out why that Scorpio I went out with hasn’t called, I’m reading about 2012, attempting to understand Qigong, or

I love you, but baby I’m BROKE!!!
Ahhh, to be in love… Such a beautiful thing, that is unless of course you are a broke-ass. That just adds so many complications to an already difficult though enjoyable venture. So the question is how do you navigate the mazes of the heart with an empty wallet? Do you

Broke-Ass Mom: Who is This Mommy No Bucks?
“What makes life interesting is not the things you own, but the shit you do.” This is Broke-Ass Stuart’s mantra and I couldn’t agree more. Hi. I’m the new Broke-Ass Mom in town, but please call me “Mommy No Bucks”. I’ve recently shed my three piece navy suit, nude stockings,

Cheap-ass Prevention: Restaurant Advice
I don’t mean to make this an angry rant…buuuuuuuuuut…. One of my table I served tonight at work gave me $110 on a $107.09 tab…that’s 3.65percent tip! It took all of my willpower not to throw the money back at them, or snap a sarcastic remark about them needing the $2.91

Falling in Love with Food Service Workers
Everyone has a “type.” Some people like athletes. Some like skaters, hippies or bookworms. Me? I like a man who feeds me– well, because I can’t do it very well myself. My cooking skills begin at tearing the packaging off of my frozen pad thai, and end at plopping it

Fix a Broke-Ass Romance with An Almost FREE Creative International Stay-cation
Being broke is so much easier when you’re sharing your poverty with someone else. But pinching pennies doesn’t have to suck the romance out of your relationship. All you need is a good sense of humor and quite an imagination. Here’s one way to spice up your bohemian relationship: