Without science, no one would know the difference between zinc and copper or test tubes and glass finger puppets. Explore an invaluable discipline with today’s Groupon: for $18, you get admission for up to four to The Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley (up to a $48 value).

University of California, Berkeley’s public science center, The Lawrence Hall of Science, inspires patrons to test hypotheses and explore natural phenomena with an array of hands-on exhibits. In the knowledge emporium’s Imaginate interactive exhibit, opening February 4, budding technology savants express creative impulses by plying cutting-edge tools and producing film shorts replete with stop-motion animation. Guests can even compose tunes on sound panels, rather than doing it the old-school way—by dipping a guitar neck in paint and scrawling music across a drum skin. Interactive floor projections can host high-octane games of air hockey or dissolve into customizable fireworks displays, whereas alternate exhibits showcase different earthly wonders. In Animal Investigations, visitors view gamboling creatures such as chinchillas and iguanas alongside dinosaur artifacts. Earth and Space, alternatively, simulates stargazing with a planetarium and draws connections between satellite data and large-scale phenomena such as weather and ocean currents.

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A neglected face will rebel by scowling during your wedding vows or sprouting a five o'clock shadow at precisely four. Soothe volatile visages with today's Groupon to Hand Job Nails and Spa. Choose between the following options:

• For $40, you get one 60-minute Organic Orgasmic facial or Raw Man facial (up to a $95 value).
• For $115, you get three 60-minute Organic Orgasmic facials or Raw Man facials (up to a $285 value).

The skilled aestheticians at Hand Job Nail and Spa put a sassy spin on their multitude of skin-pampering spa services in a professional, fun-loving atmosphere complete with relaxing perks including tea bar stocked with organic products. To begin their service, clients head to a softly lit treatment room sumptuously appointed with cushy chairs and cordoned off from the rest of the spa by sliding doors. The Raw Man facial puts masculine visages at home with products derived from rugged raw minerals, plants, and botanicals. During the no-nonsense service, an aesthetician spends 60 minutes giving skin a lit-from-within glow with a combination of aromatherapeutic products, hot and cold therapy, and reenactments of clients' favorite action movies. Alternatively, during Organic Orgasmic facials, facialists work to uncrinkle brows furrowed from a stressful workweek or a failed attempt at rewiring home-rollercoaster systems with a purifying treatment that cleanses, exfoliates, and massages faces into a state of total relaxation. Finally, a customized mask chock-full of beneficial botanical extracts caps relaxation time with the kind of one-on-one attention for which faces would gladly endure hours skiing in an itchy ski mask.

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A brighter smile bestows confidence, allowing one to breezily ask the boss for a raise, the lunch lady for an extra serving, and the Oracle of Delphi follow-up questions. Garner self-assurance with today's Groupon: for $129, you get a Zoom! teeth-whitening treatment at Oakland City Dental (a $450 value).

Oakland City Dental's leading lady, Dr. Dahab Gaime, gives dingy smiles star appeal using the Zoom! teeth-whitening system. As patients sit back in comfy dental chairs, a tech places a protective cover over gums and lips before daubing teeth with a hydrogen-peroxide-infused gel. A specialized low-level light then activates the gel to break up stains caused by frequent swishing of coffee, tea, or magic markers. After one 45-minute application, teeth emerge from treatments noticeably brighter.

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Massages soothe muscles sore from naps in uncomfortable chairs and long nights of aggressive rapid eye movement. Recover from relaxing with today’s Groupon to Jin Healing for Women. This Groupon is valid at all four locations. Choose between the following options:

• For $34, you get a 60-minute full-body massage (a $76 value).
• For $42, you get a 90-minute full-body massage (a $106 value).

Jin Healing For Women's attentive staff of female massage therapists pampers muscles with soothing, full-body massages that encourage relaxation, foster improved posture, and help to manage chronic pains. During 60- or 90-minute sessions, therapists' hands join the Hamburger Helper mascot to perform muscle manipulations that loosen tough knots and aim to alleviate symptoms such as high blood pressure and achy backs. The healing kneads also bring forth a flow of emotional benefits, including the reduction of stress and depression.

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Lasers control hair growth without the need for primitive tactics such as shaving, waxing, or screaming at the hairs until they fall out. Save your voice with today's Groupon to Aura Skin Spa. Choose from the following options:

• For $149, you get three laser hair-removal treatments (up to a $600 value).
• For $299, you get six laser hair-removal treatments (up to a $1,200 value).
• For $1,099, you get one year of laser hair-removal treatments (up to a $2,640 value).

Click here for a list of available treatment areas. For the one-year package, you can schedule treatments for the available areas once every four weeks. Those who choose the one-year option also have the exclusive option to treat the full face, extended bikini, Brazilian bikini, or shoulders once every six weeks. This Groupon may be used toward upgrades for areas that are not included on the option-specific list.

The board-certified physicians and staff of aesthetic nurses at Aura Skin Spa stop production of unsightly hairs on a variety of bodily areas with FDA–approved technologies. High-intensity alexandrite and YAG wavelength lasers beam through top dermal layers, delivering charged photons and cease-and-desist letters to hair follicles. The high-intensity equipment removes strands from fair skin, and the low YAG light effectively smoothes darker hairs and complexions. The GentleLase's dynamic cooling device keeps topmost tissues chilled with a breezy burst of cryogen, and the Cutera laser's chill-tip handpiece ensures minimal discomfort. Specialists also enlist the help of topical anesthesia, such as lidocaine cream or ointment, to soothe tender skin and eliminate sudden bouts of ticklishness. Clients typically need to schedule four to six sessions spaced four to eight weeks apart for best results on a single treatment area.

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Light comes in many forms—be it beautiful, like a rainbow, practical, like a laser, or awe-inspiring, like an applause sign’s first live studio performance. Harness the beautifying power of light with today's Groupon: for $600, you get six Zerona laser treatments at BodySculptMD in Oakland (a $1,200 value).

Under the expert guidance of Dr. Janice Vaughn, the staff at BodySculptMD harnesses the FDA-approved Zerona cold-laser technology, designed to reduce corporeal circumferences by an average of 3.5 inches. During each session, clients relax beneath a beam-slinging apparatus for 40 minutes as it glides low-light lasers over their waistline, back, hips, arms, and thighs, emulsifying adipose tissue so that fat can sneak its way out of the body. The disintegrated lipid depots can then be absorbed by the body’s obsessively tidy lymphatic system and expelled through the body’s natural detoxification process and complex system of water slides. The noninvasive treatment requires minimal recovery time.

BodySculptMD's technicians perform the six sessions during the span of two weeks, with appointments available on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Patients can boost results with healthful eating habits, daily exercise, and regular hydration. Like sumo-wrestling costumes, caffeine and alcohol decrease the procedure’s potency.

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While this little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home and invented a cure for toenail fungus. Keep your hardworking toes healthy with today's Groupon to Isis Skin & Body in Oakland. Choose between the following options:

• For $199, you get a laser nail-fungus-removal treatment for one foot (a $595 value).
• For $299, you get a laser nail-fungus-removal treatment for both feet (a $995 value).

Though typically used for feet, Groupon customers can also apply these options to one or both hands, instead.

The staff of Isis Skin & Body, which is helmed by a board-certified physician, takes a beauty cue from the Egyptian goddess Isis and wipes toenail slates clean with noninvasive laser nail-fungus-removal treatments. After a a consultation to determine if they're a candidate for the treatment, customers make an appointment for the 20-minute session, where a laser specialist tends to feet by sending painless blasts of heated energy careening through each discolored nail. Once below the keratin's surface, the focused light rays storm the secret settlements that are home to fungus, bacteria, mold, yeast, and the ghosts of toenail clippings past. Most clients only require one session to permanently eliminate the infection, though it may take up to one year for a healthy, new nail to grow in. Isis Skin & Body guarantees a lifetime 75% discount on any necessary follow-up fungus-removal treatments.

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Fruits are known for their regenerative properties, which is why fruit salads are never completely finished at potluck dinners. Feel the power of never-ending nutrients with today’s Groupon to Food Body Me. Cleanses are picked up at the Wellness 264 Center. Choose between the following options:

• For $99, you get one three-day juice cleanse (a $360 value).
• For $179, you get two three-day juice cleanses (a $720 value).
  
  

Food Body Me’s juice cleanses build a 12-day program around three different blends of organic juices made from locally sourced fruits and vegetables. Clients find guidance during a nutritional counseling session to determine which of the cleanses would be best. The Winter Glow cleanse boosts the lymphatic and immune systems with green juices, such as cucumber to eliminate excess waste, kale to add calcium, and celery to draw out ants in search of peanut buttery logs. Ginger tones down blood pressure in the energy cleanse and a blend of carrots, beets and parsley aid in the detoxification process. Clients can also get a head start on their weight-loss goals with a slimming cleanse that boosts the thyroid with alfalfa sprouts and apple. On each day of the cleanse, clients drink six tonics selected by a nutritionist according to the client’s allergies and seasonal availability of the juices.

Clients receive a pamphlet of suggestions for how to prepare for the seven days before cleanse with a modified diet, as well as how to ease the body back into action and award gold stars to kidneys following its solid-food-free days. When clients retrieve their bundle of 18 juices, they can attend a complimentary yoga class to kick-start the healthful process with a detoxifying sweat that fosters limber muscles and physical balance.

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Wine makes a charming companion to cheese and chocolate, yet ignores buffalo wings at parties and adamantly refuses to be photographed with Funyuns. Stay on wine’s good side with today’s Groupon to Bin 32. Choose between the following options:

• For $29, you get 6 different bottles of Napa, Sonoma, and Lake County wine (a $99 value).
• For $54, you get 12 bottles of six different Napa, Sonoma, and Lake County wines (a $198 value).

Customers can choose red, white, or both.

Approachable wine wizards at Bin 32 cut through the mystification of selecting wine by handpicking vintages from a vetted assortment of labels handcrafted in the United States. Clients choose from red, white, or mixed blends of six varietals to tickle palates, complement meals, and entertain guests with hilarious anecdotes about soil pH.

The Six Sigma sauvignon blanc combines hints of green apple and grapefruit, and the Terroir Napa Valley chardonnay introduces taste buds to a silky, robust flavor undiminished by the uvula’s constant surveillance. Red wines such as the Beaver Creek Vineyards zinfandel bring to mind chocolate and hearty meats, and the Ramsey merlot blends diverse grapes for a complex quaff. Clients who receive 12 bottles receive 6 vintages with duplicates of each type of wine.

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A perfect table setting requires pristine linens and polished cutlery, except at off-Broadway restaurants, where waiters set every table in postapocalyptic Vienna. Avoid avant-garde eating with today’s Groupon to Redwood Creek Grill in Redwood City. Choose from the following options:

• For $35, you get an American dinner for two (up to a $78 value). The dinner includes:
  • One appetizer (up to a $14 value)
  • Two entrees (up to a $25 value each)
  • Two glasses of wine (a $7 value each)

• For $70, you get an American dinner for four (up to a $156 value). The dinner includes:
  • Two appetizer (up to a $14 value)
  • Four entrees (up to a $25 value each)
  • Four glasses of wine (a $7 value each)

• For $23, you get an American lunch for two (up to a $47 value). The lunch includes:
  • One appetizer (up to a $14 value)
  • Two lunch items (up to a $14 value each)
  • Two fountain drinks (a $2.50 value each)
    
    

Renovated and reopened by a new team of culinary savants in October, Redwood Creek Grill heaps plates with domestic fare. Chefs send out tantalizing appetizers such as crispy calamari to lure out taste buds building snow forts behind molars, whereas succulent short ribs and steaks, accompany glasses of house wine. Noontime diners dig into signature burgers such as the Big Blue burger, whose substantial patty is crowned with an edible toupee of tangy, creamy blue cheese. While not included in this Groupon, guests can bring dogs along to dine from a canine-friendly menu out on the porch.

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What You Get

• For $20, you get an easy-pour glass decanter by WMF Americas, Inc. (a $39.50 value).
• Shipping is included.

To get this deal, use the buy button on this page.

Overview

The graceful curves of the easy-pour glass decanter move deposits downward, allowing the bouquet of red wine to bloom fully. Up to 51 ounces of wine mature within the carafe, whose hourglass base has an increased surface area that allows oxygen to flow and breathe life into libations. The swan-like neck enables expert pours, freeing tablecloths and wedding dresses from unwanted freckles.

Features

• Glass decanter
• Separates wine from any deposits in the bottle
• Holds 51 ounces
• Enhances flavor, bouquet, and SAT scores of red wines
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How to Get Your Goods

Step 1.
Purchase your Groupon using the buy button on this page.

Step 2.
No need to do anything else! By purchasing this Groupon and providing your name and shipping address, you've completed the order for your Easy Pour Decanter and it should ship within 7-10 business days.

Step 3.
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Love means never having to say you're sorry, but beauty means never having to pause at stoplights. Shift your appearance into fifth gear with today’s Groupon to Metamorphosis in Walnut Creek. Choose between the following options:

• For $89, you get a spa package for one (a $179 total value).
• For $159, you get a spa package for two (a $358 total value).

Each package includes the following per person:

• A 30-minute massage (a $50 value)
• A 30-minute detoxifying gel body wrap (a $99 value)
• A facial mask, which includes a hot-towel steam and five-minute head massage (a $30 value)

The skilled professionals at Metamorphosis Spa deliver rejuvenating body treatments to individuals and pairs in a relaxing atmosphere. To begin sessions, therapists guide clients to comfortably outfitted treatment rooms with sharp-as-a-pin sound systems that set the mood for relaxation with gentle ambiance. Clients unwind on the treatment table as countenances reboot to original factory settings during a collagen-lifting facial mask. First, pores open with a soothing hot-towel steam before a mask is applied, absorbing into skin while skilled hands dole out a five-minute head massage. To extend clients' budding relaxation down their spines, massage therapists deliver 30-minute Swedish massages that destress muscles and boost circulation with long, gliding strokes. Following massages, body-pampering specialists tuck clients into body wraps that work with high doses of herbs and minerals, including aloe vera, eucalyptus, and lavender oils, to help bodies purge toxins from cells. To maximize treatment effects, the spa recommends that visitors drink plenty of water before and after treatments and avoid showers or clowns wielding seltzer-water bottles for four hours after.

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Eating authentically prepared food lets you taste the very essence of a country and draws far fewer angry glares than chewing on its national flag. Respectfully savor foreign flavors with today's Groupon to Stroganoff Restaurant. Choose between the following options:

• For $20, you get $40 worth of Russian and Thai cuisine.
• For $35, you get $80 worth of Russian and Thai cuisine for tables of four or more.

The chefs at Stroganoff Restaurant cull culinary traditions from the eastern corners of Europe and Asia to craft a menu of Russian and Thai specialties. Meal-prefacing portions of pirozhki ($6) package meats, potatoes, or cheeses into a pastry delivered to mouths' doorsteps. Nibbling on seafood dishes such as sea-scallop panang curry ($12), diners can sample the flavors of the Pacific without the hassle of learning to breathe underwater to attend an all-mermaid dinner party. Duck lumpia's ($8) roasted duck and shiitake mushrooms scribble epicurean prologues across tongues in hoisin plum sauce, and cabbage stuffed with meat and rice ($12) takes gastronomic joyrides down esophagi. Postmeal cooldowns begin with blintzes ($5), which sneak fruit and berries into mouths to throw surprise parties for unsuspecting incisors.

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Like Mike Tyson, wine is usually robust, is often boxed, and should never influence tattooing decisions. Imbibe the spirit of a champion with today's Groupon: for $17, you get one wine-tasting pass at the Union Street Valentine Wine Walk, hosted by Steven Restivo Event Services (a $35 value). This event takes place on Thursday, February 9, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Bring this Groupon to the ticket booth in front of the Metro Theater to receive a wristband, wine glass, and map. Participants must be at least 21 years old.

Back-dropped by Union Street's romantic sights from Gough to Steiner, and Fillmore Street's illustrious shops from Union to Lombard, the Union Street Valentine Wine Walk fills glasses with vine-ripened flavors from around the state and across the world. Although this event is free to the public, a wristband grants participants access to wine tastings, saving them the trouble of fumbling with billfolds and retina scanners. Participating wineries include Santa Rosa's Sexy Wine Bomb, Alder Springs Vineyard, and Terra Sávia, a champion of organic vino. Myriad merchants punctuate the sipping with opportunities for singles or couples to browse such bountiful commodities as organic food, cosmetics, and jewelry. Although parking is available downtown, attendants are encouraged to consider public-transportation options so they can leave their cars, trucks, and saddled walruses at home.

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Like cheese and investments in birthday-candle companies, wine only gets better with age. Revel in aged sophistication with today’s Groupon: for $10, you get a wine tasting for two at Ryhan Winery in Livermore (a $20 value).

Ryhan Winery’s elegant tasting room reverberates with the clink of glass on glass, each filled with the burgundy and golden fruits of vintages. Pairs choose from the sizeable collection of wines to fill their flights, sipping three 1-ounce samples apiece and comparing their individual flavors, aromas, and shirt-dying abilities. The 2004 Rouge-Sang blends four of the winery’s reds into a fragrant, crimson potion presenting flavors of berries and black cherry, and the award-winning 2005 malbec complements its base of 100% malbec grapes with hints of black currant and blackberry. Five varieties of sparkling wine fizz into tasting glasses, with flavors including almond, raspberry, peach, and pineapple. Tasters also receive a 20% discount on any additional wine purchases made post-sipping marathon.

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Giving yourself a massage, like throwing yourself a surprise birthday party or asking for your own hand in marriage, is a surefire disappointment. Leave kneading to the knowledgeable with today's Groupon: for $99, you get a couples aromatherapy-massage package at Orchid Bloom Spa in Los Altos (a $220 value). The package includes:

• A one-hour couples massage
• Champagne and organic tea

Orchid Bloom Spa's licensed muscle magicians perform vanishing acts on bodily gloom during one-hour couples aromatherapy sessions. Inside a private room, pairs recline on side-by-side massage tables while staffers untangle knots and limbs stuck in overly ambitious yoga poses. The enticing scent of essential oils fills the air during the 60-minute treatment, enhanced by aromatic sips of organic tea and bubbly champagne. Before sessions commence, guests can lounge, read, or devise odes to proffered strawberry beverages in a sunlit waiting area.

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Movie theaters deliver an experience unavailable at home, giving people views of larger-than-life explosions and the chance to practice life-size shadow puppetry in front of an audience. Witness a high-resolution rendition of Hollywood with today's Groupon to see One for the Money The Movie, playing in theaters nationwide beginning January 27. This Groupon is valid for movie tickets offered through Hollywood Movie Money. Choose between the following options:

• For $6, you get one ticket (up to a $15 value).
• For $12, you get two tickets (up to a $30 value).
  
  

From the producer of Devil Wears Prada, One for the Money enshrines Janet Evanovich's best-selling 18-book mystery series on the big screen with a star-flecked cast and pulse-hiking display of fast-paced action-comedy. Katherine Heigl stars as street-smart Jersey girl Stephanie Plum, who, after losing her job, her car, and her ability to pronounce the word indemnification, takes up work as a bounty hunter at her cousin's bail-bonding firm. Perp hunting and handcuffing get personal when Stephanie confronts her former high-school flame and current bail-jumping murder suspect Joe Morelli, played by Jason O'Mara, dramatically altering the chemical composition of the screenplay with an infusion of volatile romance.

While dodging explosions and potentially rekindling her love life, Stephanie manages her tight-knit, meddling family and newfound career of crime fighting with razor wit and stubborn determination. Check out the trailer (below) for a taste of the film’s sizzling chemistry, fast-paced banter, and heart-pounding paperwork montages.

Prices for regular adult admission average $12 per person. Ticket prices vary by region and theater, and today's deal is valid for tickets to any participating theater. Participating theaters are subject to change.

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Muscles melt under the pressure of human touch, providing an easy way to test if someone is a cold, unfeeling robot or an undercover M&M. Flaunt your humanity with today's Groupon to Yvonne Street, C.M.T., in San Anselmo or Mill Valley. Choose between the following options:

• For $35, you get one 60-minute deep-tissue massage (an $80 value).
• For $90, you get your choice of three 60-minute massages (a $240 value).

The eponymous owner of Yvonne Street, C.M.T., alleviates pain lying deep within fascia with one-hour massages tailored to customer complaints. During the deep-tissue massage, pressurized kneads relieve areas of localized tension resulting from heavy lifting or attempting to see one's own neck. Ms. Street specializes in treating chronic or acute pain associated with injuries, customizing the trio of massages with a choice of Swedish, shiatsu, deep-tissue, prenatal, or trigger-point-therapy modalities. These one-hour sessions combine long, gliding strokes, pinpointed kneads, and relaxing prods to leave bodies loose enough to help a genie move into its apartment.

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Like lying to a grand jury, exercising fosters heavy perspiration. Take an oath of fitness with today's Groupon to The Studio in Danville. Choose between the following options:

• For $29, you get 7 passes (a $175 value).

• For $49, you get 14 passes (a $350 value).

• Passes are valid for the following activities:

  • Unlimited use of fitness center
  • Yoga classes
  • Indoor-cycling classes

The Studio's high-end workout facility espouses active lifestyles with a 2400-square-foot fitness center and a schedule of group classes staged inside five exercise-specific studio rooms. Endowed with 7 or 14 day passes, guests can hone ghost-story plot lines near the lounge area's fireplace or incinerate calories with the fitness center's free weights or medley of strength and cardio equipment—including a smith machine, circuit line, ellipticals, and treadmills. One-hour cycling classes churn heart rates with a fleet of stationary bikes equipped with CycleOps PowerTap technology, which monitors progress by tracking the force behind each pedal. Yoga instructors demonstrate poses inside a studio with wooden floors and an arched window that mimics the arch of spines and dutifully impressed eyebrows as students tackle a variety of yoga styles, such as gentle, Hatha, Iyengar, Vinyasa, or Yin.

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When a window goes unwashed, it allows less and less light through over time, before finally changing careers and becoming a one-way mirror. Keep windows in your work force with today's Groupon to Associated Window Cleaning, Inc.. This Groupon is valid for these service areas. Choose between the following options:

• For $79, you get two man-hours of window cleaning (a $160 value). The team will have one member clean for two hours or two members clean for one hour.
• For $139, you get four man-hours of window cleaning (a $320 value). The team will have one member clean for four hours or two members clean for two hours.

In business since 1946, Associated Window Cleaning, Inc.'s insured team of glass shiners honors its forbears by descending upon clients' homes and offices to rid windows of clarity-compromising dirt and grime. Office owners can instantly brighten workspaces and homeowners can improve their views of incoming birds with window cleaning on the outside or on both the inside and outside of buildings. The crew carefully scrubs screens, sills, and tracks when working on window exteriors and makes diligent use of drop cloths and shoe covers when entering a home to clean the interior side. On top of the aesthetic benefits window owners enjoy, such regular maintenance can also prevent mold, mildew, and oxidation as well as keep sun-starved houseplants from mounting a populist revolt.

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Cooking often leads to too much time stuck in the kitchen, with entire days spent waiting for soups to simmer, ribs to marinate, and apples to wiggle themselves out of pigs' mouths. Avoid taxing culinary observation with today's Groupon: for $25, you get 12 Smart Body Complete meal-replacement shakes from Smart Minute Meals (a $68 value). Today's Groupon, which includes the cost of shipping (a $5 value), provides 12 pouches containing 24 total servings, each of which may substitute for one meal.

Smart Minute Meals delivers protein-rich, gluten-free Smart Body Complete shakes that arrive ready to replace unhealthy meal choices in less than a minute. When mixed with 8 ounces of water, milk, or the tears of a chocolate easter bunny, the dehydrated shake powder transforms into a velvety potion that maintains low blood-sugar levels and boosts energy throughout the day. Diners may sip merrily on either a vanilla or chocolate blend twice daily in addition to a light meal, knowing that all of Smart Minute Meals' mouthwatering creations are free of high-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, MSG, and artificial fillers and are safe for use with crazy straws. Shakes come packed two to a pouch, and each serving fortifies physiques with antioxidants and 50% of the recommended daily value of nutrients, including vitamin B12 and fiber.

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Pilots are the cowboys of the air, roaming the wide-open skies and herding children's runaway balloons. Giddy up, up, and away with today's Groupon: for $239, you get a brunch tour from Heloventure Helicopter in Petaluma (a $465 value). The tour includes:

• A helicopter flight for two
• $25 worth of breakfast or lunch for two at the Two Niner Diner; most items are between $8.50 and $13.95

Accomplished commercial pilots and aviation enthusiasts loft passengers over stunning California cityscapes and winery views. The chopper soars over the Sonoma Mountain Estates into Sonoma Valley, allowing eyes to imbibe the vineyards and estates below. Tours head up the Petaluma River, opening up stunning views of San Francisco, Oakland, North Bay, and the bridges that keep them from drifting into the ocean. The copter circles near the Infineon Raceway and over Napa Valley, allowing passengers to check out the season's arboreal trends before landing back at the airfield.

Guests relive flights over breakfast or lunch at the Two Niner Diner, a cozy restaurant located at the airfield. Diners watch small aircraft take off and land on the airstrip as semaphores usher in fluffy hotcakes, ham-and-egg plates, and steamy sandwiches such as the grilled pastrami and cheese. The California burger loads a third-pound Angus patty with pepper jack cheese and avocado, served with a side such as fries, salad, or potato salad. Cuisine is served until 1:30 p.m., so brunch-tour customers should plan accordingly if they want to spend chopper time exploring the valleys rather than plundering their produce.

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Like developing superpowers, developing a photograph always starts in a lab under the cover of darkness and ends with a transformative dip in a chemical bath. Discover your extraordinary photographic abilities with today's Groupon: for $16, you get eight color portrait sheets (a $144 value) plus a photo shoot at Picture People, valid at Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton, Sunvalley Mall in Concord, and at the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo. Photo sheets include eight sheets total of the same image, with one 10"x13", one 8"x10", four 5"x7"s, ten 4"x6"s, and 16 wallet photos divided among them.

Before looking through the camera lens, the expert photographers at Picture People spend time getting to know their subjects, establishing a strategy for conveying their personalities in print. Then, film-ready clients pose in the bright camera rooms of Picture People's two area locations, airing teeth amid colorful backdrops and creative props. Following snapshots, snappees make their way to the selection station to choose their favorite photo from the session, which may be treated with sepia tones, color accents, and decorative borders to suit any wall, wallet, wallpaper pattern, or soundtrack by the Wallflowers. Finalized photographs are available within one hour.

Picture People encourages subjects to arrive 15 minutes early to the shoot and offers a variety of creative tips to help enhance mantel-dominating final results. The studio ensures satisfaction with a 100% guarantee on finished products.

Though Picture People sometimes offers discounted pricing online, this Groupon still offers the best deal available.

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Cheese is the secret ingredient in any crowd-pleasing meal, as proven by pizza, quesadillas, and moon sandwiches. Dig into dairy with today’s Groupon to Round Table Pizza, valid at the locations in San Francisco, Colma, and both locations in Daly City. Choose between the following options:

• For $14, you get a meal (a $29.75 total value) that includes:

  • One large pizza with up to three toppings (up to a $23.25 value)
  • Six garlic-parmesan twists (a $6.50 value)

• For $24, you get a meal (up to a $51.90 total value) that includes:

  • Two large pizzas with one topping each (up to a $19.35 value each)
  • Twelve garlic-parmesan twists (a $13 value)

For 51 years, Round Table Pizza’s nimble-fingered cooks have kneaded fresh, homemade dough into crust shapes and adorned each masterpiece with gourmet toppings. Wheat from Idaho family farms is transformed into delectable crusts, a far easier feat than weaving wheat stalks into decorative placemats. Diners design their own pies, opting for one of three crust types—original, pan, or skinny—and one of four sauce types—zesty red, creamy garlic, polynesian, or pesto. A three-cheese blend of whole-milk mozzarella, provolone, and aged cheddar elicits flavor more multifaceted than a Rubik’s cube constructed from Jolly Ranchers. Eight meaty selections including ham, primo pepperoni, and grilled chicken sidle up alongside 12 fruit and veggie selections, such as pineapple, chopped garlic, or zucchini. Any unfilled gaps in bellies meet their match in parmesan twists, whose scintillating blend of dairy and bread has earned them a permanent slot as pizza’s warm-up act.

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Before car detailing, wax was used only for candles, clay was used solely for sculpture, and wheel dressing was used exclusively on the king's cherished tire swing. Give your car the royal treatment with today's Groupon to Concierge Carwash and Detail, servicing Contra Costa County. Choose between the following options:

• For $75, you get a silver mobile detailing package with clay-bar treatment for a compact or mid-sized car (a $150 value).
• For $99, you get a silver mobile detailing package with clay-bar treatment for a large car or SUV (a $205 value).

The package includes the following:

• Exterior hand wash
• Window cleaning
• Dashboard cleaning
• Wheel-well cleaning
• Tire dressing
• Full interior vacuum
• Wax
• Clay-bar treatment

Concierge Carwash and Detail's cleaners travel to clients’ cars to perform two-and-a-half- to three-hour silver detail packages. A thorough hand wash leaves car exteriors glistening after detailers’ agile hands eliminate smears, splotches, and leftover shaving cream. Techs wash windows from both sides, scrape puddle scum from wheel wells, and lavish dressing on tires. On the inside, a wipedown transforms dusty dashboards into sparkling panels, and seats, floors, and mats give up loose debris to a vacuum, which also sniffs through the trunk. A coat of wax grants the car’s exoskeleton lasting shine and protection, and a clay bar removes contaminants, residue, and wisdom teeth from paint jobs, leaving a clean, vibrant appearance.

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Like violins, cars announce their need for a tune-up by squeaking shrilly and leaking oil every time you play Mahler. Keep your ride purring pleasantly with today's Groupon to Menlo-Atherton Shell in Menlo Park. Choose between the following options:

• For $39, you get three oil-change packages (a $149.25 value).
• For $59, you get five oil-change packages (a $248.75 value).

Each package includes:

• An oil change with up to five quarts of oil
• A 50-point inspection

The seasoned mechanics at Menlo-Atherton Shell extend engine lives and instill confidence in motorists through oil changes and inspections. Five quarts of fresh Supreme lube oust engines' corrupted oil, and new oil filters replace incumbents grown greasy from oil and bribery. Techs examine important car components during 50-point inspections and top off principal fluids before sending cars back on the road with a heightened sense of confidence.

Though Menlo-Atherton Shell sometimes features a discounted price online, this Groupon still offers the best deal available.

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Most baked desserts are made of three essential components—flour to give them structure, eggs to bind, and sugar to balance out each tablespoon of pepper. Experience these baking foundations at their pinnacle with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of fresh-baked cookies and brownies from Geoff & Drew's. This Groupon can be applied toward shipping anywhere in the United States.

The bakers of Geoff & Drew's freshly craft all-natural cookies and brownies with no preservatives or trans fat. Valentine's treats come gift-boxed and ready to be presented to a sweetheart or the county's handsomest dogcatcher, with a selection that includes 16 assorted brownies in flavors such as mint and toffee ($34). Four brownies mingle with four of Geoff & Drew's renowned cookies, a winner at 2009's New England Dessert Showcase, in a Pretty in Pink box that features decadent white-chocolate cranberry, oatmeal raisin, double fudge, and chocolate-chunk cookie flavors ($20). Distant loved ones can't help but grin as they crack open a yellow polka-dot box to reveal eight chocolate-chunk cookies ($20) made with pure Madagascar bourbon-vanilla extract and approved by the Greek god of baked goods.

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Like the hand inside a sock puppet, the spine supports the body's every motion and keeps it from collapsing into a formless sack of cotton and googly eyes. Maintain your vertebral integrity with today's Groupon: for $39, you get a chiropractic package at Vitality Chiropractic Center (a $290 value) in Belmont. The chiropractic package includes the following:

• Initial exam, consultation, and spinal adjustment (a $240 value)
• 30-minute massage (a $50 value)

Specializing in women's health issues, Vitality Chiropractic Center's team of therapists, led by Dr. Lisa Walsh, help male and female clients maintain structural, biochemical, and emotional health with holistic services. Chiropractic treatments begin with a consultation and initial exam, in which a medical professional and client convene to determine the source of the patient's problems and exchange vacation photos. After fully assessing spines, specialists realign clients' curvatures with a 15-minute round of applied kinesiology, total body modification, and neuro-emotional techniques to improve postures and assuage specific vertebral pressures. A 30-minute massage then unravels anxieties wrapped around backbones, fluffing up spinal cushions and sending clients home with extra energy.

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Elegant Inn Close to Pacific Coast

The gabled, butter-cream-colored MacCallum House Inn looks like a frosted gingerbread cottage airlifted from a fairy tale and set down on two flowering acres near California's coast. In reality, the Victorian-inspired inn was constructed in 1882 as a wedding present from an early Mendocino resident for his daughter, Daisy MacCallum, a socialite and world traveler. Now converted to an inn, her home has been romancing guests for generations with its quaint charm, period décor, and wide wraparound porch—qualities that helped the house merit mentions in the New York Times, Wine Spectator, and Coastal Living.

Inside the main house, uniquely decorated rooms (subject to availability) feature sloping ceilings, rich wood furnishings, and thick rugs. Some rooms have fireplaces, some have claw-foot tubs, and some steam-powered telephones, but all rooms have large windows looking out to the grounds or to the ocean.

At the nationally recognized MacCallum House Restaurant—where guests can take advantage of their dining credit—Chef Alan Kantor decorates plates with organic fare that draws from the area's seasonal produce, including wild chanterelle and porcini mushrooms from the surrounding forests. In the morning, the restaurant serves an extravagant breakfast supplemented by coffee or mimosas. Afterwards, guests can stroll around the magnificently tended gardens, take a leisurely soak in the tucked-away hot tub, or work out at the nearby Redwood Health Club, which offers complimentary passes to MacCallum overnighters.

Mendocino, California: Scenic Views in Oceanside Town

One of the oldest buildings in Mendocino, MacCallum House Inn sits in the town's center, providing near-instant access to Mendocino's quaint shops and galleries. Further out of town, nearby vineyards offer tours and tastings of their wines, from Esterlina Vineyard's cabernet sauvignon to Husch Vineyard's pinot noir. Horseback rides provide beautiful strolls among the redwood forest or along the Pacific coastline. From Mendocino, a one-hour scenic drive down Shoreline Highway eventually arrives at Point Arena Lighthouse, one of the West Coast's tallest climbable lighthouses.

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