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Though a popular sport in Canada, curling evolved from less successful ice-and-rock pairings, such as frozen-river stone skipping and flirting by throwing rocks at unsuspecting zamboni drivers. Learn the lineage’s latest form with today’s Groupon to Richmond Curling Club. Choose from the following options:

• For $44, you get an intro-to-curling lesson for two and a $10 cafe or lounge voucher (an $89.52 value).
• For $80, you get an intro-to-curling lesson for four and a $20 cafe or lounge voucher (a $179.04 value).
• For $143, you get an intro-to-curling lesson for eight and a $40 cafe or lounge voucher (a $358.08 value).

Courses meet Thursday from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon.

Richmond Curling Club’s experienced coaches satiate students’ desire to discover curling dexterity with informative lessons followed by delectable grub and drafts. Two-hour sessions assemble multiples of eight pupils onto one of the club’s eight sheets of curling ice to acquire information dispensed from instructors boasting regional-, provincial-, and national-level coaching experience. Apprentices absorb the game’s rules, discover how to throw rocks, develop placement strategies, and decide whether curling brooms shuttle stones more effectively than pickup trucks.

Grub constructors at the on-site Big Rock Cafe curate a menu of tasty treats that nourish pre- or postpractice tummies. As a tossed house salad’s cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots ($5) bounce into mouths, hand-cut yukon-gold fries ($4.50) delight diners and disappoint treasure hunters. Grill devotees can scarf down chicken burgers glazed in teriyaki sauce and ornamented with pineapple and mayo ($9.50) or can salivate over an 8-ounce rib eye served alongside a dollop of mushroom butter ($10). Boasting six drafts on tap and an abundance of ciders and white and red wines, Sliders Lounge entertains imbibing patrons with foosball and pool tables, dartboards, a dance floor, and a nightly ice-kissing contest.

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The Groupon Guide to: Drink Orders

How can I order a cocktail so that they give me wine?

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According to etiquette manuals, napkins may only be used to cover laps, clean up spills, or signal to the waiter that your table has hit an iceberg. Master restaurant etiquette over a gourmet meal with today’s Groupon: for $125, you get a dining experience for two at Raincity Grill (a $250 total value). The experience includes the following:

• A 10-course tasting menu for two (a $200 value). This is valid during lunch hours Monday–Friday and dinner hours seven days a week.
• A $50 gift certificate, valid for redemption beginning December 26. Entrees range from $19 to $36.

Nestled along the scenic False Creek waterfront, Raincity Grill dazzles palates with award-winning service and upscale Pacific Northwest cuisine. Executive chef Robert Clark leads the restaurant’s team of culinary wizards in transforming locally sourced ingredients into a 10-course tasting menu, which kicks off as a spoonful of seafood arancini opens for a demitasse of squash soup, melding toasted sunflower seeds and crème fraîche. Servers keep the food train chugging with North Arm Farm beetroot salad and Vancouver Island manila clams, followed by a mushroom risotto that fuels gustatory second winds with a motivational speech delivered by the parmesan. Confit of pork belly takes the arduous trek from plate to mouth with a steadfast sidekick of puréed quince, and Peace River lamb cheek flies into mouths wearing a cape of honey and horseradish.

Upon arriving at the three-course finale with all limbs intact, tandems flood mouth-caves with dulcet waves from an apple-and-pear sorbet, pumpkin pot de crème, and house-made hazelnut macaroons. While taste buds revel in the flavours, eyes can drink in panoramic views of the water and urban Sasquatches—vistas afforded by the multilevel dining room’s floor-to-ceiling windows.

Groupon Says

The Groupon Guide to: Drink Orders

How can I order a cocktail so that they give me wine?

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http://www.groupon.com/vancouver/

A weathered face can help one project wisdom or blend in at Mount Rushmore but is otherwise considered undesirable. Stand out from monumental mugs with today’s Groupon to Spa Boutique. Choose between the following options:

• For $15, you get an Éminence express facial (a $30 value).
• For $40, you get a series of three Éminence express facials (a $90 value).

Spa Boutique ‘s licensed aestheticians administer 30-minute express facials powered by Éminence organic skin care products. A trained spa guru calibrates each custom facial to the individual skin type, whether dry, sun-damaged, or congenitally sad-clowned. During the treatment, a soothing cyclone of organic fruits and emollients penetrates pores to cleanse and exfoliate the epidermis. To cap off each procedure, a mask tones visages as a moisturizer and spray of mist from the grocery-store produce section maintain hydration. On the day of their facials, customers can also take advantage of 20 per cent off any Éminence skin care product sold in-store in Spa Boutique’s retail area.

Groupon Says

The Groupon Guide to: Drink Orders

How can I order a cocktail so that they give me wine?

Read more…

http://www.groupon.com/vancouver/

Submit an All-Bran recipe here for a chance to win a $250 Grocery gift card. Did somebody make an All-Bran hamburger? I’ll have to pass on that. Good Luck!

Entry Frequency: monthly
Age: age of majority

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Enter here for a chance to win a Sony 8GB bloggie Touch HD camera. Might as well just call it a YouTube camera. That’s all anyone uses them for. Good Luck!

Entry Frequency: weekly
Not open to: QC
Age: age of majority

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Enter here every day for a chance to win a Barbie Prize Pack. This would be great for my niece. And if she doesn’t want it, I could keep it. Good Luck!

Entry Frequency: daily
Not open to: QC
Age: age of majority

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Enter here daily for a chance to win a Disney Princess bedroom set. Ladies, be honest, if you walked into a guys bedroom and found this, would you turn around in run? I’m asking, uh, for a friend. His name is, uh, Jason. Good Luck!

Entry Frequency: daily
Age: 13+

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Enter here every day for a chance to win a Cars prize pack or a Disney Princess prize pack. I wish talking cars were real. It would make lonely car rides much more enjoyable. Good Luck!

Entry Frequency: daily
Age: 16+

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Enter here every day for a chance to win $5000 or 1 of 1000 $10 EnviroCare vouchers. That’s a nice chunk of change. Good Luck!

Entry Frequency: daily
Age: age of majority

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Enter here every day for a chance to win a 2-night trip for 2 to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil to see David Guetta in concert. He has his own music? I thought he just remixed other peoples songs for profit. I guess I was wrong. Good Luck!

Entry Frequency: daily
Age: age of majority

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