Cirrus Wood, The Billfold

Cirrus Wood

The Billfold

Berkeley, CA, United States

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  • The Billfold
  • Hoodline
  • The Bold Italic

Past articles by Cirrus:

The Cost of Repurposing a Garden

Here’s a breakdown of everything I’ve spent in landscaping, excluding plants. → Read More

What I Learned as an Artist Model

I’d never expected to embrace any kind of nudity, still less be paid for it. → Read More

Why I Didn’t Legally Change My Name

Just to file a petition for a name change costs $435 in the California court system. → Read More

In Praise of Pumpkinmas

What's Pumpkinmas, you ask? Pumpkinmas is a pumpkin-themed autumnal gathering. A celebration in which all invitees bring a pumpkin or a pumpkin-themed dish. → Read More

Why I Don’t Pay for Streaming Media

Guest access on my friend's Netflix and HBO accounts already gives me more programming than I could watch in my lifetime. → Read More

Roadside Redemption: Earning Money By Picking Up Bottles and Cans

I gave myself another financial challenge: for a month I would pick up every single nickel deposit I saw littering the street. → Read More

With California fires raging, agency takes action to prevent a blaze in the East Bay hills

The East Bay Regional Park District aims to prevent fires from starting and spreading from the East Bay hills to urban neighborhoods. → Read More

All About the Hamiltons: My $10-a-Day Spending Challenge

Every day, for a month, I'd give myself ten dollars of discretionary money. At the end of the day, whatever money remained unspent would roll over to the next. → Read More

Temescal's 'Repave Telegraph!' campaign gets results

Residents and merchants took direct action to call attention to the poor state of the roadway. → Read More

Run For The Border: Boosters Install Temescal Mural In Bushrod

The Temescal Telegraph Business Improvement District wants adjacent neighborhoods to consider themselves stakeholders in Temescal. → Read More

The Cost of a Roman Holiday

Mostly I travel two ways: by armchair and by stomach. → Read More

'Chow Oakland' Opens On Piedmont Avenue

“Oakland has a spirit you can relate to," said owner/founder Tony Gulisano. → Read More

Making Plans for My Money (and My Body) After I Die

The following is to be read upon my death — and also, I hope, well before. → Read More

'Four Barrel Coffee' Drops 'Tide' Rebrand, Will Depart Jack London Square

The company lost half of its wholesale business after allegations of sexual harassment went public. → Read More

Staying Put and Staying Broke

Why I don't plan on leaving Berkeley. → Read More

When You Don’t Know What’s Coming, Plan Anyway

As the year rounds out, I'm realizing the lengths I go to just so I can avoid being caught out unawares. → Read More

The Cost of Learning That Your Gig Economy Job Counts as a Business

I owe business tax and late payment fees for my work as a bike messenger. → Read More

The Cost of Not Going Home for Christmas

And the benefits. → Read More

My Index-Card Cookbook

Everything I need to make dinner is available at a glance. → Read More

How Much Money Did My Garden Save Me?

An end-of-season roundup. → Read More