travel

30 Mar 2015

Things Living in San Francisco Teaches You

Hello, I’m here to regale you with things I learned in San Francisco in 2013. I realize that I lack credibility because I’m not a native and it’s not my adopted city, and I realize my balls are made more of a koosh ball material than steel because I let

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21 Jan 2015

You Can Never Go Home Again: San Francisco in 2015

The Infamous Arrow Bar (Image taken from Yelp) I lived in San Francisco back when I used to puke a lot. And pee in alleys. Be it, cuz I was drunk, or high – my glory days – I would find myself in front of the Arrow Bar with some

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16 Apr 2014

The Newark Airport is a terrible place. Here are a bunch of funny tweets to prove it.

  If only this were true… Yesterday I was stuck in the Newark Liberty Airport (EWR) when my flight was delayed for six hours. The entire airport was using only 1 runway for all take-offs and landings. It was a like a bunch of Jersey stereotypes all thrown into an

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10 Feb 2014

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

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03 Feb 2014

Organ Grind: A South American Food Journal Part 6, Arequipa’s Frontlawn Restaurant

Clockwise from left: heart, corn, rocoto The flower of Peru’s glory is at its highest peak of florid magnificence when the traveler steps outside the bounds of urban settlements.  This can be difficult at times; the central yolk of most Peruvian cities is broken here and there and allowed to

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21 Aug 2013

4 Great International Hostels for Less Than €15

This post is sponsored by the fine people at HostelBookers.com. You interested in sponsoring a post or advertising on the site? Holler us at Info@BrokeAssStuart.com Once upon a time I imagined that if I wanted to see places like Berlin, Beijing, Porto and Cape Town on my shoestring budget, I’d be subjected

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24 Jun 2013

Dispatches From The Road: One Cold Night In Canberra, Australia’s Capital

It’s easy to give into your own prejudice and hate Canberra. As soon as you step into this place, the blood in your veins turns to ice. Winters here are chilly, and if you fly in, chances are you will be left waiting outside in the cold night for a

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14 Jun 2013

Libraries, Galleries, and Hostels: The Broke-Ass Traveler’s Sanctuaries in Italy

Photo by Leigh Cuen Italy is not a cheap place to travel. Expensive culinary delights call out to pedestrians like sirens. Italy’s famous museums are costly and offer the crowded feeling of Disneyland or a zoo. Visitors are herded past masterpieces in lines, which often snake around corners and out

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