I found 30-proof whipped cream in various flavours at Ball Square Fine Wines this afternoon. As I suspected, the caramel flavour was a big hit at the party I took it to.

My Thai-dancing fingernails were also a big hit. For miss_chance: here they are in brass. Strangely, my quick search didn't turn any up in silver, like mine.

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Groupon 1: $20 for $40 of food and drink at Mantra. I went there for dinner a couple of years ago on dancingwolfgrrl's suggestion. Very tasty! Plus they have a bank-vault bar in the basement.

Groupon 2: $89 for two coats of paint on a room up to 12 x 15 feet; the house must be located within 40 miles of Framingham and you supply the paint. If my place wasn't ( Read more... )

So I bought me a pair of these in silver:


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People have been joking for a long time that the internet had reached the critical mass such that any porn/erotica you could think of, you could find ( Read more... )

I mentioned this company ages ago and totally dropped the ball on arranging to host a fitting party, despite a fair amount of interest. I will try to make up for it now by pointing to today's Groupon: $50 for a custom-fitted Zyrra bra, normally $95. You have two days and 15 hours from the time of this posting to buy the deal (assuming it doesn't ( Read more... )

Word to the wise: never give any payment information to spacebagstogo.com (and presumably their sister site, spacebags.com, is also dangerous ( Read more... )

Hey local yoga fans! Today's Groupon is $30 for five classes at Soni Yoga, which is near Fresh Pond, on the Harvard side. I have no idea about the quality of this studio. They mention that they have women-only classes, as well as pre- and post-natal.

Today's Groupon is quite the good deal if you're in the market for laser eye surgery: $2,600 for surgery on both eyes (normally $5,900).

If you were taking someone shopping in the Boston area to get kitted out for their first Burning Man, where would you go? Garment District, Buffalo Exchange...anywhere else? The someone is car-enabled, so we're not limited to the T. And also male, in case that makes a difference ( Read more... )

I'm headed to Ikea tomorrow with fennel. If anyone needs anything relatively small, let me know!