There are lots of different kinds of friends. There’s the Friend-With-the-Hot-Roommate, the Work-Friend, the Back-in-the-Day Friend, the Quirky Friend, the Friend with a car, the Ginger friend. I myself am the Friend-You-Can-Rely-On. Need to know how to spell something? Forget where you left your green sweater? Nextbus? Where the next

I used to allot myself one pampering splurge per month to make myself feel like a fancy lady who says things like “pampering.” My usual special treat was a trip to the nail salon for a little mani/pedi action. I did my research and found the greatest deal for value

Let’s be real: I have a serious problem with paper. That stuff is’ everywhere. Organized in fans across the top of my desk, stacked on top of nightstands, filling trunks and stashed in between pages of books are sheets of paper from spiral notebooks, magazines, graphic novels, flyers for shows,

I love me some DIY, and this weekend is the 5th annual Maker Faire! The two-day DIY extravaganza is happening in San Mateo. How does one get San Mateo you say? Well, I don’t effing know, but lucky for you (if you have a bike) there is an organized ride

So you’ve got a friend (or friends) moving in to a new place, and in another one of those attempts to feel like a responsible grown up human being who people actually like outside of Happy Hour settings, you’ve decided that you should give some gift to your friend (or

It makes sense that the DIY-ers and the Environmentalists get along ‘“ both are founded on a founding principle of reuse, recycle, renew. DIY is less about compost and sustainable food and more about finding a new uses for things, or repurposing items into something new but still, the ethics

Buttons are undeniably awesome. They’re whimsical, tiny and fit on hats, ties, jackets, shoes, wristbands. They’re also often the cheapest thing at a merch booth, which means for a buck or two (or free! flirt with merch guys!) you can support your favorite comic/zine/band/sarcastic slogan. But’what about when you start

While being young, broke and beautiful is all well and good, some people’s finances are more jacked than others.  That’s why we’ve invited Betsy Crouch (aka Coach $izzle) to come onboard and dole out some much needed advice.  She is a professional financial coach after all.  If you’ve got a question