- February 23, 2012
- City: Houston
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Butterfly or Planetarium Outings for Four at Houston Museum of Natural Science (Up to 56% Off)
History museums’ acquisitions always instill wonder in children who have become bored with their own closets full of skeletons. Discover a body of knowledge with today’s Groupon to the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Choose between the following options:
- For , you get four tickets to the Cockrell Butterfly Center (up to a value). Children younger than age 2 receive free admission.
- For , you get four tickets to the Burke Baker Planetarium (up to a value).
Seven days a week, the Houston Museum of Natural Science cultivates knowledge with interactive exhibits that shuttle minds into such far-flung realms as tropical rainforests and outer space. Housed inside three stories of glass, the butterfly habitat teems with more than 1,500 winged wonders from around the globe, which frolic in a 50-foot waterfall, flutter through exotic plants, and, most amazingly, pull nickels from behind children’s ears. Admission to the butterfly center also grants visitors access to a number of other attractions, including an entomology learning center where guests can romp in a giant beehive and admire the work ethic of leaf-cutter ants.
Filled with seats that tilt toward the heavens, the Burke Baker Planetarium inspires visitors to ponder life beyond the earth’s borders. Eyes marvel at the planetarium’s 30′x18′ full-dome digital theater, which casts more than 10 daily shows with curve-mirror projection technology, mimicking the perspective at the bottom of a fishbowl big enough for a whale. Families can visit a future lunar colony during We Choose Space! or float through the Milky Way during Dark Side of the Moon, which syncs to the mystical prog-rock of Pink Floyd.
Our customers loved this deal last year, earning the Houston Museum of Natural Science a spot on Groupon’s Best of 2011 list.
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The Groupon Guide to: Family-Portrait Backgrounds
Does Photoshop have a tool for adding liver spots?
- February 21, 2012
- City: Houston
- No Comments
UV- or Sunless-Tanning Sessions at Darque Tan (Up to 83% Off). Three Options Available.
It’s fair to think someone with a dark tan just returned from vacationing in the tropics or taking a long bath in wood stain. Let strangers wonder with today’s Groupon to Darque Tan, valid at 36 Houston locations. Choose from the following options:
- For , you get a Grand Tour tanning package (a 6 value) that includes one UV-tanning session in each level of tanning bed, from Level 1 up to Level 5
- For , you get two VersaSpa tanning sessions (an value).
- For , you get three Mystic Tan sessions (a 2 value).
Darque Tan emblazons bodies with bronze radiance using high-tech equipment and high-quality products. Five levels of tanning beds ensure a gradual tint transformation, beginning with Level 1, which emits darkening beams at 3,200 total watts over a 20-minute period. The skilled staffers also offer pH-balanced Mystic Tan and VersaSpa sunless-tanning systems to colorize pallid clients with a hydrating, natural-looking glow. Each booth sprays skin with multiple levels of a coppery concoction, which can be customized according to skin tone, desired shade, and spirit animal. Many Darque Tan locations have books, televisions, and kids’ play areas to keep children entertained while adults are bronzing.
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The Groupon Guide to: Ferrari Ownership
Which Ferrari-ownership tip is also the slogan for “War Horse”?
- February 20, 2012
- City: Houston
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All-Day Rock-Climbing Package or a Private Lesson for One or Two at Stone Moves Indoor Rock Climbing (Up to 58% Off)
Mankind’s underdeveloped climbing skills and inability to digest tin cans are two ways in which evolution left humans inferior to goats. It’s mind over Matterhorn with this Groupon.
Choose from Four Options
for a rock-climbing package for one (a total value)
- All-day climbing pass (a value)
- Equipment rental, including harness, shoes, and chalk bag (a value)
for the above package for two (a total value)
for a private rock-climbing lesson package for one (up to a total value)
- One-hour private lesson (up to a value)
- All-day climbing pass
- Equipment rental, including harness, shoes, and chalk bag
for a private rock-climbing lesson package for two (up to a 8 total value)
Stone Moves Indoor Rock Climbing
Stone Moves Indoor Rock Climbing’s multicolored crags rise from padded floors, creating a safe environment for top ropers, lead climbers, and boulderers alike to practice their vertical virtuosity. Each climbing and lesson package includes rental equipment such as a harness, helmet, climbing shoes, and chalk bag, but does not come with any Spiderman webbing. During the one-hour private sessions, instructors tutor wall scalers on the basic techniques of climbing and belaying, and also cover safety tips before pupils test-climb their new skills. Bouldering walls rise at gradual and sharp angles, allowing novice climbers to achieve their dreams of being stalactites for a day and membership holders to gain unlimited access to the gym’s challenging crags.
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The Groupon Guide to: Sassy T-shirt Slogans
Which T-shirt is the best T-shirt to wear to a funeral?
- February 19, 2012
- City: Houston
- No Comments
$119 for Personalized Weight-Management Program Lasting Three Weeks Plus an Orientation at RedCircle Personalized Weight Management ($924 Value)
Shedding a few extra pounds makes people healthier, boosts their confidence, and makes them easier to catapult over a castle wall. Storm ramparts more lithely with today’s Groupon: for 9, you get a personalized weight-management program lasting three weeks, plus an orientation, at RedCircle Personalized Weight Management (a ,144 total value). This program includes the following:
- A comprehensive dietary and medical-history assessment (a 0 value)
- An advanced analysis of body composition (a value)
- Direct measurement of resting metabolic rate (a 0 value)
- Two MetaBoost B-12 injections (a 0 value)
- Two sessions with a RedCircle nutritionist (a 0 value)
- A one-month gym membership (a value)
- Two personal-training sessions at Medical Gym (a 0 value)
- 10 group run or fast-walk sessions with a personal trainer and coach (a 0 value)
- One month of limited e-Coaching by a RedCircle nutritionist and monitoring caloric intake and expenditure (a 9 value)
The team of doctors and dieticians at RedCircle Personalized Weight Management helps clients lose up to 6–8 pounds with a five-session approach tailored to their metabolism and body composition. Today’s deal is valid only at the flagship location on Richmond Avenue, where the slimming pros orient newbies and analyze their anthropometric dimensions, health history, and resting metabolic rate. Nutritionists dole out meal-planning advice and guerilla food-fight tactics, and MetaBoost injections jump-start sluggish fat-burning furnaces. The fourth and fifth appointments include weigh-ins and more B-12 injections, though no meal planning. Participants can also exercise at the flagship’s medical gym, where every jumping jack and caber toss brings them closer to their weight-loss goals.
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The Groupon Guide to: Field Trips
Is it moral to speak through a puppet?
- February 18, 2012
- City: Houston
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$10 for $20 Worth of Italian Dinner Fare at Nicole’s Italian Restaurant in Porter
Eating together, like being buried up to your necks in the same cube of cement, keeps families together. Build a solid foundation with this Groupon.
for Worth of Italian Dinner Fare
The menu features dishes such as chicken florentine (.95), fettuccine alfredo with shrimp (.99), grilled salmon (.99), and eggplant parmagiana (.95).
Nicole’s Italian Restaurant
A third-generation Italian family takes the helm at Nicole’s Italian Restaurant, topping the 12 dining tables with homemade lasagna, shrimp tossed with linguini, savory cuts of chicken and veal, and bubbling pizzas. Chefs call on generations-old South Italian recipes as they create dishes forged with low-fat milk and cheeses and free of MSG and preservatives, creating a health-conscious dining experience at the restaurant or at a catered party. On certain nights of the week, Nicole’s Italian Restaurant treats its patrons to entertainment that includes karaoke, live music, and spaghetti-knitting demonstrations.
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The Groupon Guide to: Field Trips
Is it moral to speak through a puppet?
- February 18, 2012
- City: Houston
- No Comments
$60 for Entry for a Team of Two into Great Urban Race on March 3 Presented by Red Frog Events ($130 Value)
Adventure races combine speed and clue-solving better than a fast-talking detective or a highlight reel from Columbo On Ice. Emulate a speed-skating sleuth with this Groupon.
for Entry for a Team of Two into Great Urban Race on March 3rd (0 Value)
Kicking off at noon at Lucky’s Pub, duos follow the course of 12 clues that pepper downtown Houston, competing in mental and physical challenges in up to a five-hour race that benefits St. Jude & awards a 0 grand prize.
Great Urban Race Presented by Red Frog Events
Great Urban Race sends teams of two or four on adventure courses that zigzag through major metro areas. Following the trail left by 12 clues or the scent of other, pot-roast-bearing racers, the four to eight mile trek takes anywhere between one-and-a-half to five hours to complete. Along the way, pairs will be called to complete brawn- or brain-based feats that may include everything from solving cryptograms and riddles to taking tae kwon do lessons, with a 30 minute penalty given out for each incomplete or incorrect challenge. Race organizers invite teams to dress up, and they hand out an award for best costume after teams cross the finish line. Top race finishers take home a 0 prize and free entry into the national championship race, which rewards winners with their choice of ,000 or a lifetime supply of shoelaces. All racers take home a T-shirt, munch on post-finish refreshments, and can imbibe a free beer if they’re of age.
Red Frog Events, the organizers of Great Urban Race, encourage participants to raise funds for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by donating to each participant that registers as a St. Jude Hero. Only teams that raise the suggested 0 will be eligible for special race-day rewards, which are given out to the first Heroes team to cross the finish line as well as the team with the highest fundraising total.
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The Groupon Guide to: Field Trips
Is it moral to speak through a puppet?
- February 18, 2012
- City: Houston
- No Comments
Golf Outing for One, Two, or Four with Cart, Balls, and Meal at Moody Gardens Golf Course in Galveston (Up to 64% Off)
A good golfer must repeat complex actions over and over again, such as consistently producing the same swing, teeing the ball up at exactly the right height, and legibly keeping their score with microscopic pencils. Keep your golf game on point with this Groupon.
Choose From Three Options
for a golf outing for one person (up to a .75 value)
for a golf outing for two (up to a 1.50 value)
9 for a golf outing for four (up to a 3 value)
Each outing includes the following per person:
- 18 holes of golf (up to a value each)
- Golf cart rental (up to a value each)
- 60 range balls (a value each)
- One hot dog (a value each)
- One bag of chips (a .50 value each)
- One 20-ounce soft drink (a .25 value each)
Our customers loved this deal last year, earning Moody Gardens Golf Course a spot on Groupon’s Best of 2011 list.
Moody Gardens Golf Course’s rates fluctuate throughout the day and week. Check ahead of time to make sure you are getting the most out of your Groupon.
Moody Gardens Golf Course
Originally known as the Galveston Municipal Golf Course, a million renovation in 2008 imbued the current Moody Gardens Golf Course layout with eye-pleasing tropical flair while preserving the best of the original seaside design. Multiple holes run alongside the rippling waters of the Gulf and its intervening waterways, which form intimidating hazards and house a thriving civilization of Merpeople who use golf balls for currency. Moody Gardens’ tee-to-green dreamscape was cultivated with paspalum grass, a perennial turf that cheerfully withstands exposure to both saltwater and sappy messages-in-a-bottle, making it a desirable organic carpet for seaside links. Among many refurbishments, the course craftsmen planted more than 500 palm trees throughout the emerald labyrinth to enhance the coastal aura, which players can overlook from the patio of the Pelican Grille.
Course at a Glance:
- 18-hole, par 72 course
- Length of 6,816 yards from the farthest tees
- Course rating of 72.6 from the farthest tees
- Slope rating of 127 from the farthest tees
- Five tee options
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The Groupon Guide to: Field Trips
Is it moral to speak through a puppet?
- February 17, 2012
- City: Houston
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$14 for Two “Texas Monthly” Award Burger Baskets and a Large Basket of Fried-Pickle Chips at Burger Fresh ($28.43 Value)
The hamburger, America’s national meal, has always been served during Independence Day cookouts and the competitive-eating portion of presidential debates. Feast on a patriotic bite with today’s Groupon: for , you get a burger meal for two at Burger Fresh (a .43 total value). The burger meal includes the following:
- Two Texas Monthly Award burger baskets (a .44 value), which include the following in each basket:
- Half-pound hamburger
- Fries
- Soft drink
- Large appetizer of fried-pickle chips (a .99 value)
Choose from the Conroe, Montgomery, and Tomball locations.
Winners of 13th place for the 50 Best Burgers in Dallas by Texas Monthly, chefs at Burger Fresh craft award-winning classic diner fare, from po-boy sandwiches and thick malts to burgers patted with wild game or certified Angus beef. Crispy fried-pickle chips sprinkled with parmesan cheese and served with creamy buttermilk ranch awaken appetites like a swallowed alarm clock. A duo of Texas Monthly burger baskets present the prize-winning patties atop sourdough jalapeño buns alongside fries and a soft drink. Juicy bites of the half-pound beef patty ferry flavors of spicy double pepper jack cheese, cool avocado, bacon, grilled onions, and crisp bell peppers.
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The Groupon Guide to: Subtle Self-Promotion
How much bragging should you do in your will?
- February 17, 2012
- City: Houston
- No Comments
All-Inclusive Shooting Packages for One or Two or Membership at Spring Guns and Ammo (Up to 53% Off)
Humanity’s long history of projectile weaponry spans from hurled rocks to modern firearms to rockets––all developed to quench an insatiable desire to scare away the moon. Continue the quest with today’s Groupon to Spring Guns and Ammo. Choose from the following options:
- For , you get a shooting-range package for one person (up to a total value). The package includes:
- One hour of range time, including one target (up to a value)
- One 9mm rental gun (a value)
- One box of 9mm ammunition (a value)
- Eye- and ear-protection rental (a value)
- Two additional targets (a value)
- For , you get a shooting-range package for two people (up to a total value). The package includes:
- One hour of range time for two, including one target each (up to a value)
- Two 9mm rental guns (a value)
- Two boxes of 9mm ammunition (a value)
- Two eye- and ear-protection rentals (a value)
- Four additional targets (a value)
- For , you get a one-month range membership (a value).
For all options, customers can bring their own guns, but must use ammunition purchased at Spring Guns and Ammo; one box of 9mm ammo starts at .
At Spring Guns and Ammo, shooters sharpen their aim in a 15-lane rifle and pistol range sheltered inside a 9,600-square-foot, climate-controlled environment. Trigger fingers fire rounds at paper-thin foes, riddling targets with holes to showcase pinpoint accuracy or spell out a marriage proposal in a hunter’s native tongue. Each 25-yard lane is equipped with a sound-absorbent fascia envelope and blast-shield dividers that cut down on the din of blasts. Membership unlocks unlimited range visits, which are limited to an hour only if others are waiting for the shooting lane.
Our customers loved this deal last year, earning Spring Guns and Ammo a spot on Groupon’s Best of 2011 list.
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The Groupon Guide to: Subtle Self-Promotion
How much bragging should you do in your will?
- February 17, 2012
- City: Houston
- No Comments
5, 10, or 15 All-Day Entries to Southside Skatepark (Up to 62% Off)
It is hard to master basic skateboarding stunts without first practicing at a skate park or on the moon. Overcome gravity’s grip with today’s Groupon to Southside Skatepark. Choose from the following options:
- For , you get 5 all-day passes (up to a value).
- For , you get 10 all-day passes (up to a 0 value).
- For , you get 15 all-day passes (up to a 0 value).
Unleashing the public upon its fixtures since 1994, Southside Skatepark’s ample ramps, rails, and bowls help skaters master airborne dynamics. Metal rails squeal beneath boardslides and 5-0s as riders grind on and off of the fun box or hurtle in ollie impossibles above the 16,000-square-foot venue, riding the momentum granted by the halfpipe, originally invented by engineers to fire sewage into space. The onsite pro shop rents helmets and lockers to protect personals and prevent wooden nickels from flying out of pockets.
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The Groupon Guide to: VHS Horror Movies
Is Murder Day in Terror Town the top-grossing horror film of all time?