Arts and Culture

13 Dec 2023

The Best 🎁 You Can Give Me for My Bday

It’s crazy to think that, at this point, I’ve been doing Broke-Ass Stuart for almost half my life. In that time it’s been A LOT of things: a couple zines, 3 books, a travel TV show on IFC, and oodles of fun projects and web series. And of course, there’s always

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13 Dec 2023

What San Francisco Looks like from a Visitor’s Perspective

“I really like this city,” Camille says as she, Kayla, and I sit in our kitchen eating Brussels sprouts and bacon. It’s Camille’s last night in San Francisco after spending a week with us. Camille and I met 13 years ago in a hostel in Galway, Ireland. I was working

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12 Dec 2023

Best Bay Area Events 12/12-12/18

Atmospheric Spotify By Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events Editor It’s that Spotify Wrapped time of the year, again. My most played song, you don’t ask? “Okay” by Atmosphere. Check it out, you won’t regret it. And, while you’re at it, give Eureka Sound a listen. They’ve got a great reggae,

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10 Dec 2023

Ohtani To The Dodgers for $700 Million. Are the Giants Paying Attention?

The Dodgers are betting against the market. As it pains me to say Shohei Ohtani is a Dodger. 700 million dollars over ten years. That’s 70 million a year and 48 thousand an inning but more on that later. He is making more than the A’s and Orioles entire payroll.

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08 Dec 2023

The Best Handmade Goods From Dickens You Can Shop Now

Dickens Fair is wrapping in a couple weeks and before it does I want to highlight some of the amazing handmade goods you’d find at the fair. With over 4 acres which have been  transformed into  holiday-themed shops, pubs, stages, and dance halls – there are over 100 small businesses

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08 Dec 2023

San Francisco: Are You Ready to Root For the…Cowboys?

I know it’s hard to even fathom, but here I am. That I’m even sitting here writing this as I stare out a snowy window in central Oregon, sipping my morning coffee, listening to the national media praise Dak Prescott while calling Brock Purdy a system quarterback. It’s time San

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07 Dec 2023

The Film Noir Game Full of Murder, Manipulation & Mayhem

As you could imagine, a typical shindig just wouldn’t cut it for our team here at Broke-Ass Stuart. This year, for our holiday party, we decided to spice it up by, you know, casually plotting each other’s demise. Okay, maybe not entirely kidding. We collaborated with The Racket, an immersive

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07 Dec 2023

All The Cool Titles On Netflix In December 2023

Hooray, the SAG-AFTRA membership has voted to ratify their new contract!  This strike is officially over.  As an added bit of karmic justice, Netflix, who’s part of SAG-AFTRA’s opposite number the AMPTP, is dealing with the fallout of foolishly handing over $55 million to a director who failed to produce

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