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23 Feb 2010

Mad for Chicken: Koreatown Gets it Right

Hot wings may have gotten their claim to fame in Buffalo, but upstate New York pales in comparison to the Korean fry masters at Mad for Chicken. Having gone to a state school, I’ve eaten my share of fried chicken wings. I also grew up in what was voted multiple

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23 Feb 2010

This Week’s Events for the 5 Senses

Wondering what to do for fun this week?  Feeling a little dead inside?  Wake yourself up with an affordable event for each of the 5 senses! HEAR: The Noise Pop Festival invades the city this week.  It features over 100 local and big names bands but you probably can’t afford

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23 Feb 2010

Broke-Ass Financial Coaching: Wedding Party Woes

“I am standing up in my friend’s wedding. I am really struggling financially and I have spent over $400, and I just found out that the dress is going to be $250! I am freaking out… what should I do?” – SD

Standing up in a wedding for someone you love and support is a huge honor and it is one of the biggest financial commitments people make to their friends. Some would say that in that type of situation money “shouldn’t matter.”

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22 Feb 2010

A Proper List of All the FREE Noise Pop Events

I originally wrote this for The Bay Bridged, but I figured it would be something you fine folks that visit this site would dig.  So now go out and see some FREE shows! The Miracle of Noise Pop: 8 Days of Amazing FREE Events I’ve been really good so far

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22 Feb 2010

Luscious Foods, Brooklyn

The truth is that I’m really super lazy. To a horrifying extent, actually, as I have realized more and more in recent weeks. If you can believe it, in the wintertime I am even lazier. I do love the idea of coming home in the evening, putting on some music,

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22 Feb 2010

Vienetta Discotheque – Cheap Booze and No Cover Every Monday

For the discerning palate.. There was never enough of you to go around was there?  So continental, so refined, why couldn’t you come in a larger size?  How many dinner parties were transformed into sticky melees because of you? Well unlike its namesake, Vienetta, the latest disco at the UndergroundSF,

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22 Feb 2010

FREE OCD Lecture: The Secrets of Jet Propulsion

While growing up in The Bronx, my friend’s dad used to build rocket ships to launch off of buildings. And he used hamsters as pilots. While I will remain silent on my opinion of hamster misuse in the situation, I will say that my friend’s dad is now a physicist

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21 Feb 2010

My Awesome Invention

I come from a long line of inventors.  The most highly developed in our lineage was my grandpa Ralph.  It all began, he told me, when he invented a basket that he lowered from his second floor bedroom as a child, into the kitchen below.  He claimed that his mother

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