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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

Oakland’s Ruby Room Closing After 24 Years

We hate seeing such a great place close its doors, truly. In an Instagram statement on December 7th “Oakland’s living room”, Ruby Room, announced that they will be closing their doors by the end of the year – 24 years after they originally opened. In a joint statement, owners said

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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

Interviews with Infamous San Francisco Bippers & Thieves

It’s a familiar view of San Francisco.  When outside journalists, bloggers, and film crews come to SF these days, the news is rarely about the next unicorn startup or landmark progressive legislation, the coverage is almost always about crime, open drug use, homelessness, and the commercial vacancies taking place in

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07 Dec 2023

Frank Somerville is ‘Cool’ Again & He’s Letting the World Know

Today, Frank is flexing on Facebook, saying that he’s “6 months clean and sober.”  You can read his post below, and admire his guns.  As he says in his post, “Pretty cool that I can rock a compression muscle shirt at 65 years old and not embarrass my two daughters.”

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06 Dec 2023

You May Be Able to See the Northern Lights in California This Week

A couple years ago we had an April Fools’ Day joke article saying that we’d be able to see the Northern Lights in San Francisco in the day time. People totally fell for it. Unfortunately, I don’t think we will ever be able to see the aurora borealis in San

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06 Dec 2023

Guess Which SF Institution is NOT Shutting Down!

Too many of our favorite Bay Area institutions have closed down in recent years. The good news is that BrokeAssStuart.com plans on always being here for you. But we need your help to do so. As you likely saw a couple weeks ago, I laid out just how expensive it is to

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