matthew's blog
The Seven Hour Happy Hour
Submitted by matthew on October 16, 2009 - 10:05am.Unfortunately, I really can't vouch for their burgers -- they might be awesome for all I know!
Top 5 Things to Do in the Rain for Cheap Bastards in San Francisco
Submitted by matthew on October 13, 2009 - 10:30am.The rain is torrential, positively Biblical (at least by San Francisco standards), what do you do? Play in the flash flood that formed outside your house? Slide down the muddy hills in Dolores
Get CPR certified for FREE!
Submitted by matthew on September 21, 2009 - 10:17am.Sports Basement on Bryant street will soon be offering free CPR certification in Spanish (it is already offered in English).
Gas-Free Fridays for a Cheaper San Francisco
Submitted by matthew on September 15, 2009 - 11:35am.We've said it before, but we'll say it again: Free beats Cheap anytime! It goes without saying, really, but it bears repeating. And what's a better way to get something for free than by just giving it up? We're referring, of course, to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's Gas-Free Fridays.
It's not that you need a special excuse to leave the car behind when you're commuting, or otherwise travelling around the Bay, but SFBC's Gas-Free Fridays campai
Cheap Rent in San Francisco
Submitted by matthew on September 10, 2009 - 4:14pm.
Maybe the title of this post should be "Cheaper Rent..." After all, San Francisco, as you know, is not a cheap place. And the #1 expense for most folks is rent - that huge chunk of change you fork over every month to the person (or faceless corporation) that owns the building you live in. (Hell, even if you"own" your place, it's the bank that really calls the shots -- and they won't even fix your toilet if it backs up!)
Occasionally Free Ben & Jerry's ice cream
Submitted by matthew on July 17, 2009 - 2:11pm.Every now and then, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (a subsidiary of the Unilever soap company) gives away sundaes at their scoop shops (There's apparently more of them in SF than I thought, accordi
San Francisco Bay Guardian's "Free" Issue
Submitted by matthew on July 17, 2009 - 10:50am.Sunday Streets
Submitted by matthew on July 14, 2009 - 10:23am.
In addition to being absolutely free, walking is the best way to see San Francisco. (Sure, the cable cars are fun, but $5 a ride with no transfers is too rich for our blood!) Really, you have to put on your comfy shoes, pick a neighborhood, and hoof it to get the real fee
Bon Odori and the Ginza Bazaar
Submitted by matthew on July 7, 2009 - 3:04pm.In the middle of June, Japanese Buddhists celebrate Obon, a festival in which the dead are remembered, appreciated, and celebrated. A part of this celebration is the Bon Odori, a joyful dance to remember our ancestors.
Living on a Budget in San Francisco
Submitted by matthew on July 6, 2009 - 3:20pm.A donkey's age ago, way back in 1993, Snoop Dogg released the song Gin and Juice, which instantly became a West Coast G-funk hip hop classic (much to the delight of frat boys everywhere). But with the seemingly materialistic chorus "with my mind on my money and my money on my mind," was Snoop actually offering advice to the Cheap Bastard in all of us?









