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Get Poked For Cheap at Community Acupuncture
Last month Coach $izzle (her real name, I promise) clued you in on some great, inexpensive ways to chill out and stop being so stressed about the fact that you have no money with her post on Broke-Ass Wellness. You should listen to her because she is both a “Coach”

So Wrong, It’s Wright
It’s no secret to anyone who knows me: I love Queen Latifah. (See last week’s post, doye.) Not in the sick, sordid sexual way that I love Natasha Khan, but in the sweet tender, pal-like way that you love your favorite college professor or your friend’s mom. I even started

Dreamland Orchestra at Clover Club
When you’re newly single, have witnessed not one but two hobo-jack-offs within 4 hours, just got an awesome haircut and are meeting up with your best friend after a mutually miserable day at work, you just want to fucking chill and relax. Such was my story this very evening when,

Broke-Ass of the Week – Lonely Planet’s US Travel Editor Robert Reid
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.

How to Get a FREE $10 Gift Certificate to Loving Cup
Two of my very favorite things in the world conflict on a fundamental basis: going out to eat and saving money. These things are pretty much mutually exclusive — EXCEPT in a world that has websites like CherryDeals.com, which offers money-saving daily deals. Because CherryDeals is an SF-based company, they

Times Square Does King Tut
I recently watched an episode of “Antiques Roadshow” where an interesting object came up for appraisal. My husband declared it a “piece of crap that wasn’t worth anything.” I countered by claiming that it was, in fact, an ancient Egyptian canopic jar worth a lot of money. When the words

Hot Chicks and Ass-Kicking: Why Haven’t You Been to the Roller Derby Yet?
I know what you’re thinking: That movie with Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore looked really bad! But don’t take that out on our San Francisco Bay City Bombers (did you know they’re the defending world champions?) because just looking at their website gets me fired up for a good round