San Francisco

When No News is Bad News: Remembering the SF Bay Guardian
January 28, 2012 — The night protesters clashed with police in downtown Oakland, the college kids on my train home from San Francisco were counting on their fingers how many of their friends had been arrested. At the time it went over my head. Then Monday morning I turned up

Win Tickets + Cookbooks: A Conversation w/ Mario Batali + Tyler Florence!
Sat, Nov 1 2014 – 7:00pm – Mario Batali in conversation with Tyler Florence @ Nourse Theatre. Tickets can be purchased HERE! Every ticket comes with Batali’s newest cookbook, America – Farm to Table! Beef cheek ravioli with fresh squab livers and black truffles, bucatini all’Amatriciana with house-cured guanciale, farfalle

Win Tickets to Un-Scripted Theatre Company’s Halloween Murder Mystery!
For four nights only this Halloween, experience Un-Scripted Theater Company’s “A Murder Most Un-Scripted”. Set in Agatha Christie’s world, the who, what, and where (and the murderer!), change nightly in this 2-hour fully-improvised murder mystery. Everyone has something to hide…especially the killer. Will you determine “whodunit” before our sleuth does? Un-Scripted Theater Company brings their

Win Tickets to Late Nite Art @ SOMArts!
LATE NITE ART it is an evening of collaborative art-making, gratuitous beats, delicious food and facilitated discussion. In a few words, it’s a social art experience. Alongside a locally-sourced 3-course meal by Azalina’s Malaysian Catering, our evening will focus around the theme “Resilience.” LATE NITE ART is not an event

Win Tickets to Big Freedia @ Mezzanine!
New Orleans’ queen diva of bounce is set to arrive on her throne @ MezzanineSF on Thursday, October 23, 2014. Win tickets, to what is sure to be an insane show, by entering our giveaway! [promosimple id=”5c67″]

How to Find True Happiness in San Francisco
Money…Money…Money Money inhabits the majority of the real estate of our discussion – blogs, conversation, and articles all seem to revolve around money. The impossible rent and cost of living, the monied population and arguments over culture grab and gentrification. The culture surrounding $4 toast, $16 cocktails, $50 haircuts and

Local Legend of the Week: Author Michelle Tea
We here at BrokeAssStuart.com like to show love to the people who make cities like San Francisco and New York special. That’s why we’re doing a series called Local Legend of the Week. This is our chance to hip you to some of the strange, brilliant, and unique folks who populate

Visit These Wonderful Urban Wineries in San Francisco, Oakland, NYC and Portland
This guest post is by Charlotte Chipperfield, founder of The Wine Key DogPatch WineWorks in SF As city dwellers, we often have good intentions of visiting the beautiful wine country that surrounds our great cities but may get caught up in a cup of Stumptown, Four Barrel or the ever so addictive