Los Angeles

Dear SF & LA: Shut Up And Hug It Out
Shhh. Stop whining. Let’s all eat burritos on a beach, together. “Blah blah blah, TRAFFIC, blah blah blah SUPERFICIALITY! REALITY SHOW REJECTS!” is what I constantly hear from San Francisco citizens about my current residency in LA. “Yackity shmackity, ZILLIONAIRE TECH ASSHOLES! PRICE OF RENT!” is what I hear about

This Is Why Broke-Ass New Yorkers Love MyFreeConcert
Hello?! The name of the website leaves little to the imagination and much to the bank account. If you haven’t visited this super-amazing-slice-of-internet-heaven then get your shit together, team. Originally launched in New York City, MyFreeConcert is a website dedicated to bringing you the best free/cheap events all over town.

Dear Everyone: Shut Up About How Much LA Sucks*
*I’m talking to myself, too. Aloha, ladies and gentlemen. It’s been a while, I know, omg whatever, but I’m still in LA and it’s almost been a whole year – a thought that has this kind of effect on me where I’m like “Trippy, man” but also “Not-so-trippy, man” because everything

I Sold My Soul and Moved from Portland to Los Angeles
This is what I look like when I’m moving. Or, drunk. Or both. I haven’t written anything in a while because I have been moving. And maybe drunk? Perhaps a giggly combination of the two. But I’ve been happy, too, which always makes spilling my guts onto the internet a

Being a Californian in New York City
I am a Californian living in New York City. I was born in the suburbs of Los Angeles, raised in the suburbs of San Diego, and went to college in the Bay Area, so I’d kind of consider myself somewhat of a semi-expert on Californianity. Living as a Broke-Ass-West-Coaster-Gone-East for

BA of the Week: Andrew Grey Johnson
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.

See Art Collective “My Barbarian,” FREE at NYU This Thursday
I don’t know about you, but I like my social and political commentary with some rhinestones and jazz hands. For this reason, Los Angeles-based collective My Barbarian is totally awesome. Using theatrical performance and video installations to comment on historical dilemmas and current political crises, the trio– Malik Gaines, Jade

The Underground Rebel Bingo Club in Brooklyn
The organization’s name is pretty self-explanatory. They are a bingo club. They are very discreet and below the radar, which explains the whole underground and rebellious part. What they do? They host bingo games in different venues across the world. From New York to Los Angeles to London, they’ve been