Advice

30 Jul 2018

Patron of the Week: Finny Balboa

I love any opportunity to support the folks who support me, which is why I’m so excited to be doing this Patron of the Week series. From art to activism to non-profits, so many of the people who support Broke-Ass Stuart on Patreon do really wonderful things. And this is

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30 Jul 2018

What Would Life Be Like Without Roommates?

I first moved to San Francisco when I was 21 for an internship in the booking department at Bill Graham Presents. It was the summer of 2002, a simply magical time in my life, and the genesis of the over 15-year love affair I’ve had with The City.

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25 Jul 2018

Little Choices, Big Difference: How to Give A Crap About the Environment

Have you ever gone to a bar and tried to ask for a drink without a straw?  The bartender looks at you like you are crazy. And if you try to explain that you don’t want a straw because it needlessly wastes plastic, that look intensifies.

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23 Jul 2018

We Wanna Give You a 2018 Oakland Beer Passport!

Step into a world of adventure with the Oakland Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore Oakland than to literally drink it in. The Oakland Beer Passport is amazing, you get 28 beers at 28 bars for $35. It honestly doesn’t get much better than that, unless you get one

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23 Jul 2018

Alt-Right Frat Boys Descending on Oakland Tonight. Local Businesses Fighting Back.

The Proud Boys, everybody’s favorite Alt-Right frat boys, have planned a meet-up in Uptown Oakland tonight. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center the Proud Boys are anti-muslim misogynists, and that “rank-and-file Proud Boys and leaders regularly spout white nationalist memes and maintain affiliations with known extremists.” Don’t they just sound lovely?

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23 Jul 2018

As San Francisco Goes, So Goes Oakland

The last time San Franciscans talked this much about Oakland was in 1906. The City was ablaze and 100,000 residents fled across San Francisco Bay, many never to move back to San Francisco. They say the population of Oakland doubled in roughly 72 hours. 

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22 Jul 2018

Why America’s Healthcare Model Is So Inferior

America spends 17% of its GDP on healthcare, which is over 50% higher than the next two developed nations Taiwan and Switzerland which are 11% of GDP. The financial metrics are only one part of looking at the input and outcomes of the health-care system, one must factor in availability,

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22 Jul 2018

The Do’s and Don’ts of Good Road Head

By Conor Coxxx This is an incredibly relevant topic to me as I have just recently luckily received road head so it is fresh in my mind what I would recommend to do and NOT recommend to do. A lot of these tips were applied during a recent scene I

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