My friend is writing a screenplay about the life and times of people our age. Recently, while we were brainstorming about one of the characters and his relationship to his parents, she said something funny. She said we writer-types think we’re just delightful creatives, living the life everybody wants and

Get your broke-ass down to Potrero del Sol Park this Saturday, July 16th for the 1st ever Phono del Sol – a unique experience where music meets food. This FREE festival is all-ages and runs from12-6pm. You can snack and dance and mingle all at the same time in while

When I first heard the new tUnE-yArDs album, whokill, I thought someone had dumped happiness pop rocks in my ears. The woman behind the uke, Merrill Garbus, has been causing a stir with her hootin’, stompin’, strummin’ ways since her debut album BiRd-BrAiNs, so much so that I once saw

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. Wanna be a Broke-Ass of the Week?  Holler at us here and we’ll send you the questionnaire. Too lazy to shoot

There’s something extremely comforting about a great neighborhood sandwich shop. Just knowing that there will be a healthy dose of bread and meat (or veggies) waiting for you in your time of need can put even the most neurotic noshers at ease. Lou’s Café in the Outer Richmond accomplishes this

This article is courtesy of Dena Stern of Exercise.com and a former Broke-Ass of the Week. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2010 over two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese. That means that more people in this country are now overweight than not –

Did you ever think there was anything cheap in the North Bay? Sure enough, there is this amazing supermarket in San Rafael close to the canal called Mi Pueblo — it is pretty much like the Mexican Disneyland of all supermarkets. It is bigger than any Safeway I’ve ever been