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FREE Royal Flush Festival and Women Behind the Lens
FREE Royal Flush Festival Opening Night Party on Thursday There once was a little festival known as the Evil City Film Fest. This little fest grew up, changed its name to the Royal Flush Festival, and added live music, underground art openings, and music videos to its lineup of killer

Broke Ass Financial Coaching: Overdrafts and Other Bank BS pt. 2
Most banks automatically give you overdraft protection, the fees upwards of $30 when you overdraft. Oh Thank YOU! Wow. The guy who invented “automatic overdraft protection” made the banks billions and billions of dollars, for the convenience factor. You know when you are out fine dining you don’t want to be embarrassed that your card was declined, oh no! Well the fear of worrying what others think of our financial situation sure is motivating.
Don’t you think the technology exists for your card to simply be declined when you don’t have any money left in your account? Why would the banks implement something so seemingly customer service oriented and give up billions of dollars? Right.
Outside of a desperate or survival mode purchase, wouldn’t you prefer for the card to be declined instead of paying a $35 fee on top of a $3.00 coffee purchase?

Berkeley’s Urban Ore: The Best in East Bay Salvage
One of my old roommates gets immediately overwhelmed by large, overstocked stores. As soon as she enters a thrift shop, a library, or a salvage yard, she has to pee’”it’s some sort of physiological phenomenon triggered by clutter. For her, Urban Ore is the worst (the bathrooms are nothing to

6 Horrible First Date Outfits
Ever since Ashley’s Children’s Lit Fashion Spread post, I’ve been obsessed with Polyvore. I almost wish I had one of those day jobs where I was bored shitless all day to have more time to play with it. Almost. So what better way to out use to Ashley’s great discovery
Not the Tired Chinese Lunch Plate and Cheapie Dim Sum in Bernal- The Jasmine Tea House
In San Francisco, one takes it for granted that good and genuine Chinese food is to be found if one so desires. However, you have to be invested and either traipse over to Chinatown or Clement Street if you want the really good stuff. That said, sometimes you just want

Putting the ‘Ho’ in Halloween
We all love the time honored tradition of the slutty Halloween costume, and like most traditions if you want to keep it going, you gotta get em while they’re young. You can’t work yourself up to slutty cop without starting somewhere. While little boys get to be Power Rangers and

Schnitzel Sundays and Open House New York
Ah yes October, home to two of my favorite holidays: Halloween and Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest is like St.Patrick’s Day, it’s all about boozing and celebrating your “heritage” but with way better beer and no lame ass food coloring. I’ve heard many tales of those who have actually attended the real deal