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22 Jan 2013

7 Best Places To Pick Up Tourists in San Francisco

This amazing drawing that sums up SF’s tourists perfectly comes from Townme.com Lets face it — you’ve wanted to go there. You’ve wanted to have your cake and eat it too. There was never a moment where you thought maybe, just maybe, it might be totally exciting to get it

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10 Oct 2012

TODAY: FREE Lessons on Broke-Ass Living at Union Square

Today (that’s Wednesday – get with it), the Union Square Greenmarket will host an additional event called New Green City. Brought to you by the non-profit GrowNYC, the all-day “FREE event full of action and dialogue” will feature various workshops on sustainability, urban farming, bike sharing, recycling, and even solar

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30 Apr 2012

FREE Mini Burgers at Super Duper

Aside from FREE booze, FREE food is probably what the broke ass takes advantage of most. And it’s easier to find than you might think. Here’s your spot for the day. Super Duper Burgers will be giving away FREE mini burgers on Monday, April 30 beginning at 3:00p.m. All four

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27 Feb 2012

Underwear Party and FREE Stuff at Desigual in Union Square

Sure it’s freezing out in SF right now, but you won’t let that stop you from getting FREE stuff will you? Desigual, a funky Spanish clothing brand with a store in Union Square, is throwing their Undie Party this Friday, March 2nd. The first 100 people who show up get

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19 Jul 2011

Catch ‘Tales of the City’ Before It’s Gone!

The curtain will be dropping soon over A.C.T.’s Geary Theatre as the musical incarnation of Armistead Maupin’s ‘Tales of the City’ comes to the end of it’s maiden engagement in the town of it’s conception on July 31st. If the hijinks and rites of passage of those gentle children atop Russian Hill were

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14 May 2011

Sandwichian Rhapsody at Fredi

“Can anybody fiiiiind meeeeee… a sandwiiiiich to looooooove?” This is the question Fredi, a sandwich bar tribute to Freddie Mercury, wants to answer with a big glammy “Yes.” Located near Union Square, I’m pumped to have a new place to nosh beyond free samples from Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods.

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02 May 2011

Curbing Consumption: A Money-Saving Lecture for Broke Asses

Despite its annoying, clipboard-carrying solicitors stationed on the sidewalk outside every grocery store in this town, Greenpeace’s heart has always been in the right place. So it’s fitting that former Greenpeace CEO Paul Gilding is the brains behind tonight’s talk, “Curbing Consumption: Forming a New Economic Model,” sponsored by the

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02 Apr 2011

World Pillow Fight Day at Union Square

Are you passive aggressive, love flash mobs, or really just enjoy the cathartic act of hitting strangers in the face? Well you’re in luck. because today is your day with International Pillow Fight Day. In its sixth year running, New Yorkers have flocked to Union Square and all over the world

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