The recession is reportedly coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean people are ready to start spending quite yet. In honor of those who are still watching their wallets, I’m sharing some freebies to get you through the the weekend. It may just help to offset the cost of the candy and costumes you have to pick up for Halloween:
Stop by your local Taco Bell store on Saturday, Oct. 31 from 6 pm to midnight and pick up a Black Jack Taco for free.
If you don’t have a costume yet, dress like a burrito, head to Chipotle, and they will give you a free burrito for dinner (Saturday, 6 pm - close)
La Madeleine is offering a free pastry to customers who print out a coupon from their Web site. You can find the coupon here.
Maggiano’s Little Italy wants you to have leftovers “Today & Tomorrow.” First, choose an entree from a special selection of items priced at $12.95 — then Maggiano’s will give you a second selection to take with you after your meal to enjoy as your dinner the next day. The promotion is available for dine-in only and is good through Nov. 25.
All month long, with a minimum adult purchase of $6, two children can eat free at Boston Market. Kids must be present to eat free.
Enjoy a free game of bowling at the Allen Bowl on Greenville Avenue in Allen, TX. The offer is good through the end of the year, though you will need to print out a coupon to receive your free game. You can get the coupon here.
Not valid during the weekend, but it’s still a great deal: Posadas is offering a free nacho bar Monday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The nacho bar includes beans, meat, queso, lettuce, tomato, salsa and one sopapillia.
I’ve always loved pictures that, when taken from the right angle, change a normal photo into something completely unexpected. I’ve taken a few of them over the years, but I ran across a site tonight with a great collection. Here are a few of my favorites:
And some from my own collection:
Gary in Milan
Washington DC
Pisa
Holding up the tower
The “W” in Dallas
Central Park, NYC
NYC Subway
For more great pics, check out the “DamnCoolPics” blog here.
With Halloween only a few days away, you may be feeling the urge to watch a scary movie — ’tis the season! I’m not a big fan of the typical slasher movies or eery evil spiritual flicks, but I do love a good thriller or zombie movie, so here are my top picks for what to watch this weekend:
1. Zombieland. This movie is in theaters now, and it is hilarious. If you’re looking for a fun new zombie comedy, check it out.
2. Sean of the Dead. Another zombie flick, but definitely worth the rental fee. It’s a funny look at how a man tries to turn his life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living.
3. Scream. It’s an “oldie” from the 90s, but I think it stands the test of time. Scream is an intelligent version of the mindless teen horror/slasher films. After an anonymous killer guts two high school lovers, a mysterious rise in fear and rumors rise in a peaceful Californian town. A killer starts killing high school teenagers, with a young teenage girl, an eccentric and dramatic cop, and a selfish and ambitious reporter trying to investigate the murders.
4. I Am Legend. I wasn’t crazy about the ending of this film, but I have to admit it was a great movie. It was intense, well acted, and worth watching. Starring Will Smith it centers on the story of the sole survivor in NYC years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters.
Thousands of people will head to the movies this weekend. When they arrive, many will head for the concession stand to grab a few snacks. After all, what goes better with a movie than fresh popcorn? But if you’re watching your calories (or just trying to eat healthy), be warned. Mindless snacking during a show can add hundreds of calories to your daily intake.
During a Cornell study, theater patrons with large buckets of popcorn ate nearly twice as much as those with medium buckets. And it gets even worse: some of the large buckets had two-week-old kernels instead of freshly popped corn. Those with the stale popcorn still ate 34 percent more than those with medium buckets. It just goes to further prove that absentminded snacking is your enemy.
To help you make better choices at the movies, the authors of “Eat This, Not That!” developed a guide to movie theater snack survival. The results are interesting. They say the worst snack at the movies is buttered popcorn. The butter used at the theater triples the calories and is full of trans fat (39 g fat total for a medium!). Instead, they recommend a soft pretzel (plain). It has no fat and only 290 calories.
The guys and gals from Improv Everywhere are at it again. This time, they staged the improv action in a grocery store as a follow-up to their popular “food court musical.” It’s pretty funny. Check it out:
For more information on how they pulled it off and enlisted the help of Scott Brown & Anthony King (authors of the hit Off-Broadway musical, Gutenberg!) as songwriters, visit the Improv Everywhere blog.
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