Good Deal: Free Coffee Bean Ice Blended!

It's almost summer, so enjoy a free, refreshing Coffee Bean Ice Blended drink in one of their new flavors! I know I'll be checking out the Mocha Mint Chip today when I need my mid-afternoon caffeine fix.

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Good Deal: Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day

It's that time of year again! Stop in to your local Ben & Jerry's from noon to 8pm to receive a free ice cream cone. Ice cream is already delicious, but everything tastes better when it's free!

Check out their new flavors you can try:

• Late Night Snack: Inspired by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – Fair Trade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with a Salty Caramel Swirl & Fudge Covered Potato Chip Clusters (the fudge uses Fair Trade cocoa, too!)
• Bonnaroo Buzz: – Light Coffee & Malt ice creams with Whiskey Caramel swirls & English Toffee pieces. This flavor, inspired by the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, is back by popular demand in Scoop Shops and now available in pints!
• Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream: Vanilla ice cream with fudge covered waffle cone pieces & a caramel swirl. A long time pint favorite, so popular we made it a scoop shop flavor for the first time this year!
• Clusterfluff: Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Caramel Cluster Pieces, Peanut Butter & Marshmallow Swirls

For more info on Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day, visit their official website.

Good Deal: Any 2 Jamba Juice Smoothies for $5

While it may not be summer weather just yet, you can get in a summery mood with a delicious and discounted Jamba Juice. From now until March 30, stop in at your local Jamba Juice with a print out of this coupon and enjoy any 2 smoothies for just $5.

[Thanks Taryn!]

Good Deal: Free Pancake Day!

This snuck up on me! Typically it's been about a week later, but this year IHOP just couldn't wait. Visit your local IHOP for some free pancakes. No print out needed, no coupons or secret code. Just enjoy some pancakes and then maybe donate a few bucks to charity. Easy peasy and delicous!

Good Deal: Free Firecracker Chicken from Panda Express

In honor of Chinese New Year (Year of the Rabbit!!), Panda Express is offering a free item of their FireCracker Chicken Breast. Just print out the below coupon and use it at your local Panda tomorrow, February 3.

Enjoy the free Chinese fast food!

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Good Deal: Jamba Juice for $1

From now until Wednesday, Jamba Juice is offering a few of the items on it's menu for $1-$2

You can get their oatmeal and a probiotic fruit and yogurt blend go for $1, and their coldbuster smoothie is only $2.

Accomplish two news resolutions in one: save money and eat healthy! 

[the BEAT]

Good Deal: Buy 1 Get 1 Free at Starbucks

Tis the season! To celebrate the approaching holidays, Starbucks is offering a "Buy 1, Get 1 Free" special on their holiday drinks. The catch is it's only available 2 - 5pm, so most 9-5ers can't partake until the weekend. Boo.

This year's holiday drinks include the caramel brulée latte, peppermint mocha, peppermint white chocolate mocha, peppermint hot chocolate, gingerbread latte and eggnog latte. Mmmmm I'm excited to pick up a peppermint mocha and caramel brulée latte this weekend!

Good Deal: Two Free Tacos at Jack in the Box Today

Just a quick notice that today after 2pm, you can swing by your local Jack in the Box and pick up 2 free tacos. No purchase necessary, no coupon needed. It's the easiest way to get free food since you lived at home!

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Bacon, Bacon Everywhere!

Just when you thought bacon had already been in everything you could think of, Jones Soda just upped the game!

Jones soda is famous for their off the wall flavors - like a Thanksgiving dinner set just for the holidays - but now they've done it. They just introduced Bacon Soda!

Now I love bacon, but I don't know if I want it carbonated. What do you guys think?

[PopCandy]

The Gummy Bear Shot

I love the song, but the visuals and little behind the scenes stuff at the end is really interesting too. Maybe I'll get this shot glasses as a awesome small gift for a friend?!

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8 Facts You Didn't Know about M. Night Shymalan - while he gets a lot of hate now, I actually really liked Unbreakable. At least, I remember liking it. I wonder if my opinion would be different if I saw it again today. 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Studies: The Boys of Summer - a great look at the inherent sexism in (500) Days of Summer.


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Good Deal: Free Kobari Beef at Panda Express

Panda Express has a new menu item and they really want you to try it! Stop in to your local Panda Express to try the Kobari Beef: Bold Asian Beef. It's not spicy, just delicious beef with sesame seed sauce, red and green peppers, onions and mushrooms. I tried some earlier this week and it may just become my go-to second item.

Print out the coupon and try it today!

Glow was Lackluster

You know something's wrong when the highlight of your event is the food trucks.

Last night I went to the GLOW event at Santa Monica. It sounded cool and had a lot of press and buzz about it leading up to the event. I'm sure it was a huge success considering how busy the area was - full parking lots, slow traffic, and lots of foot traffic around all the exhibits.

However, the exhibits themselves were a disappointment. I don't know what I expected, but this did not live up to the hype. Many of the exhibits were just screens set up with an original film projected on it. The two I stuck around to watch seemed more like random images and moments, than anything cohesive or with meaning. One was a video of two men playing ball on the beach. The other was a video of clips of dogs projected on a Hot Dog on a Stick shack.

The best exhibit was Muscle Beach Glow - they had acrobats, tightrope walkers, and other stunt type performers dressed in white and neons so they popped under the blacklights they had set up. They had a DJ to liven up the performances, and glow in the dark facepaint so the kids could participate a little as well.

The highlight of the evening was the India Jones truck. I'd never been able to try it before since I never seemed to be able to catch it when it stop on the Westside. I got the butter chicken and pork vindaloo with basmati rice. This truck has been around for a while and I can see why; it was delicious! Just the right amount of spice for what I ordered. I will definitely be ordering from there again.

Overall, I had a fun time but it had little to do with the addition of the GLOW exhibits. The event just served as a reason to hang out with some friends on the beach with beautiful weather and great food. Did anyone else check out GLOW? Did it get better as it got later? I was there for a couple hours at the beginning, maybe many of the exhibits just needed more time to get into the groove.

[For more photos, check out GLOW's Flickr]

Good Deal: Free Thai Cashew Chicken from Panda Express

To promote their newest menu item, Panda Express is offering a free order of Thai Cashew Chicken for TODAY only. No purchase necessary, but you do need to print out the below coupon.

Enjoy!

Good Deal: Free Slurpee

Today is the annual Free Slurpee Day at 7-11. Every year on July 11 (7-11 get it?) you cam walk in to any 7-11 convenience store and grab a free 7.11 oz slurpee in any flavor. Enjoy the refreshing beverage on this (hopefully) warm day.

Good Deal: Free Chick-Fil-A

Today is the now infamous Dress Like a Cow day at Chick-Fil-A! Dress up in your best cow costume and mosey on over to your local Chick-Fil-a. Once there, your humiliation will be rewarded with a free chicken sandwich and waffle fries. Arguably the best fast food chicken around, I'd say it's worth it, especially in this economy!

Good Deal: Free Coffee Bean

Stop in to your local Coffee Bean to enjoy a free iced beverage! It's unseasonably chilly here in LA, but it's always a good time for a cold drink.