Advice

Bacon Bacon: The Food Truck Dedicated to the Noble Pig…
Before finally giving in and reluctantly surrendering my greenbacks to a truck called Bacon Bacon – that was recently parked outside the F*ck Your New Year’s Resolution Party – it was obvious that people have always had a strong affection for bacon. Why else would they have molded phraseology around what now describes the person

The Weekly COLORING BOOK PARTY, Color Me Badd, is Back w/ a New Location!
Color Me Badd is Back with a new location, and extra amazingness! In the profound words of a wise man, “Yeahhhh boyyyy!!!” Starting Wednesday February 12th I’m teaming up with Monarch, Matt Haze, and Dj Alarm to bring you Color Me Badd: A Weekly 90′s R&B Jam AMAZING HOUR! Yes,

Broke-Ass Last Minute Ideas for Valentine’s Day
We’ve all been there, dude. You’re happily single, watching True Detective from a stolen source of cable, pretending the chicken in your fridge is still ok to eat, Peter Panning your way through life on a meager salary, when, BAMM! The perfect person comes along, and you’re screwed (literally and

So You Want To Write A Valentine’s Day Card: The Music Edition!
Because life’s more fun when you have to be creative AND wait to the last minute. Another corporate holiday is slowly upon us, ladies and gentlemen, and if you’d like to opt out of those prix-fixe meals and simply skip to the wine or champagne before sex (which, let’s be

The Deeper Problem with “Willie L. Brown, Jr., Bridge”
This is a portion of an op-ed piece that John Lumea wrote yesterday. John is heading the Emperor’s Bridge Campaign, which is trying to name the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge after Emperor Norton. You can read the entire op-ed piece here. Tomorrow morning on Treasure Island, the California NAACP together with

Dear Everyone: Shut Up About How Much LA Sucks*
*I’m talking to myself, too. Aloha, ladies and gentlemen. It’s been a while, I know, omg whatever, but I’m still in LA and it’s almost been a whole year – a thought that has this kind of effect on me where I’m like “Trippy, man” but also “Not-so-trippy, man” because everything

How to Behave in a Bar…Part 1
Drunk people do drunk people things. That’s pretty much the best way to describe what working in a bar is like. There are a lot of really great aspects to bar work like cash tips, meeting rad new people, getting laid, a flexible schedule and getting well taken care of

BA of the Week: Yoga Teacher Erin Mariani
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not.