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Working Two Jobs Is Hard
I’m running on five hours sleep. In the last 48 hours I’ve had a total of ten hours of rest. I’m not exactly strapped for cash but I’m not exactly living the lifestyle of the rich and famous either. At the moment I’m looking to leave the job I’ve been

When Is IKEA Not Your Friend? When You’re Furnishing a One-month Sublet
In hindsight, I believe the logic used to implement this idea went like this: “I am a cheapskate who wants to explore NYC, but I’m deathly scared of bedbugs. No furniture equals no hidden places that those darn cretins can hide.” This is a valid concern since bedbugs are known

Ireland’s 32 is Just Plain Awesome
People come to Ireland’s 32 to get drunk. Period. I’m not talking a little stumble and a brick-scraped elbow on the way home drunk. I’m talking blackout, after hours bacon-wrapped hot dog stained shirt, pass out on top of your bed fully clothed, worst hangover headache in a while drunk.

Get Your Greek On – Belmont Greek Festival
With your roommates at Burning Man and the family preparing the potato salad for Monday’s traditional BBQ you should have quite a few openings in your dance card this weekend. Why not fill those holes in said dance card with Greek Food and Dance at one of the Bay Area’s

A Broke-Ass Guide to Fashion’s Night Out
In most cases, designer fashion and bring broke don’t have a very strong correlation, unless you count something of the derelicte variety. But that doesn’t mean one cannot enjoy and appreciate nice things. For those of you who don’t know, next week is Fashion’s Night Out (FNO) or “fah-no”, which

Spectacular Spicy Chicken at Chino’s Taqueria
Chino’s and I have a relationship that most just won’t understand. You see when I was a simple skater-kid from Marin county Chino’s introduced me to my first real burrito sending me on a wonderful tortilla wrapped odyssey.

Gut Bombs for Broke-Asses at Buttermilk Channel
Just because I may not be able to afford to buy a new iPhone so I can put an end to strangers asking me if my shattered screen is an app (Like, really? Why. Just please think about why someone would want an app that makes their very expensive phone

Good Meals in a Weird Hood at Mazzat
Did you know Brooklyn has a “Columbia Street Waterfront District”? Nope? Me neither. Kind of right there with Kips Bay in the “Neighborhoods people smile and nod and maybe even think you’re a douche when you bring up” category. Well, it’s located on Columbia Street (see what they did there!?),