Shopping, Style and Beauty

13 Mar 2010

Hair: Awesome Salon in Greenpoint

I’ll wear clothes that are falling apart, I only put on make up for job interviews, but I feel like less of a person when my hair looks like shit. But the idea of spending $60+ on a haircut makes me want to vomit. So since moving to New York,

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12 Mar 2010

Look Good While Doing the Walk of Shame

Anna G’s Guide to The Walk of Shame We’ve all been there: the day after unplanned sex.Whether you’re gearing to get the hell out of there as soon as humanly possible, need to make the inevitable trek home after an amazing morningtime fuckfest, or just need to head to brunch

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10 Mar 2010

Who Wants to House Sit a Mansion?

This originally appeared in my book Young, Broke & Beautiful: Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply. Remember when your dad got married for the third time and left you to watch his place while he went to the Bahamas for his honeymoon?  Despite it being kinda weird that you had

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09 Mar 2010

Anarchist Book Fair This Weekend

Overgrown beards, crazy backwoods haircuts, homemade tattoos,  screenprinted patches, questionable hygiene, freegan roadkill eaters’oh yeah and books.  These are the things you will find at the 15th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair (how fun are stereotypes?!).  Since 1996, the Anarchist Book Fair has been a meeting place for anarchist

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09 Mar 2010

Who Wants a FREE Road Trip?

If you’ve ever wanted to go on a road trip but couldn’t for some reason (like don’t have a car, or your car is a piece of shit and won’t make it) you should look into Auto Driveaway. Basically what they do is take someone who needs their car transported

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05 Mar 2010

Spring Cleaning: You’re Not Using That Crap Anyway

Moving sucks. Moving to a better apartment is always great, but the process is usually a huge pain in the ass. Pretty much the only other good thing about it is that you usually end up finding a bunch of shit you forgot you even had. Sometimes this works out

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04 Mar 2010

White Elephant Sale Saturday and Sunday in Fruitvale

White elephant sales- the ultimate combination of trash and treasure!  Overflowing in possibility for the cash-strapped, collectors and pack rats and a nightmarish trip to the brink of a nervous breakdown for the fastidious and organizationally obsessed- they are as part of the American landscape as tractor pulls and taco

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04 Mar 2010

Free Treats and Discounts at Meet a Microhood: The Mission Mid-Twenties Tonight

Neighbourhood designation is a debate that never tires in this town.  I suppose that’s true of most places, but before you know it you’ll be at a party where two people are squaring off over what amounts to a one block radius.  Old Todo guides are cited and people are

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