02/05/2012

Peninsula

Things to do on the SF Peninsula On The Cheap: discount tickets, daily deals, free activities and events ...

AMC Movie Ticket Deal: 50% Off

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The AMC Silver Experience Movie Deal is back for a few days via one of the big daily deals sites. AMC Silver Experience tickets do not expire and exclude admission to any movie within 10-14 days of its original release date and special engagements. After buying this deal you'll get the tickets by mail in a week or two. See the fine print for more … [Read more...]

Restaurant Discounts: Up to 80% Off

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Some of the best dining deals are available for hundreds of restaurants in many cities from this discount source. You can download vouchers that give you huge discounts, depending on which one you buy and the current promo running. You may have heard of it or used it before, but we like to remind people, particularly during promos, which can be up … [Read more...]

SFJAZZ Summerfest: Free

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SFJAZZ Summerfest 2012 features dozens of free outdoor concerts from June through October. The concerts showcase local musicians and a range of musical styles, from straight-ahead jazz, to Latin rhythms, swing, blues, and vocals. WHAT: SFJAZZ Summerfest concerts are free. WHEN/WHERE: June through October, various times and two … [Read more...]

Buy, Trade or Sell Your Gift Cards for Cash

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Gift Cards seem like a great idea when someone just doesn't know what to get you. The problem is, you can't return a gift card, even if it's for a store that doesn't particularly suit you. Now there's a work-around. You can now buy, sell and trade gift cards and save up to 92%. You can sell or trade your unwanted gift cards, and even buy discounted … [Read more...]

CuriOdyssey Museum: Free Days & Discounts

Coyote Point Museum

Coyote Point Museum is now CuriOdyssey. Don't worry, you can still take the kids to find out all the cool things about science -- only more so -- and the free days remain. The kid-friendly environmental science and wildlife center houses more than 50 non-releasable animals native to the area, along with many other creatures and curiosities. Show … [Read more...]

Dining On The Cheap (With a View) for Less

Ristorante Portofino

Why just eat out on the cheap when you can eat out on the cheap with a view? When you know the current Restaurant.com promo code, you can dine out on the cheap all over the Bay Area, at a wide range of restaurants and locations. You can get $25 worth of dining for as little as $2 some days. So hard to choose, though, so here's just a sampling of … [Read more...]

Dragon Boat Lessons in Foster City: Free

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The Bay Area Dragons offer FREE dragon boat lessons every Saturday at 10:30 am in Foster City. They provide the life jackets, paddles, boats, and expert coaching. A dragon boat is a 44 foot canoe that seats 20 paddlers. Their flyer describes the dragon boat racing as "one of the fastest growing sports in North America. It's sort of like rowing or … [Read more...]

Young Eagles – Teens Fly Free Around the Bay

Young Eagles Kids Fly Free

Want to get your 8-17-year-olds away from the remote or video game? Sign them up for the Young Eagles program and let them take to the sky and man the joystick for free. The Young Eagles program, sponsored by the US Experimental Aircraft Association (EEA), invites youths interested in aviation to fly free on board a registered airplane flown by a … [Read more...]

Dine Well on the Cheap in Half Moon Bay

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When the weather gets warmer, people cool off by heading west to the San Mateo Coastside. Here 's how to get big discounts at several favorite restaurants along Half Moon Bay. For good and unbelievably cheap Mexican chow, stop into the Happy Taco (at the strip mall on Hwy 92 and Main Street) before heading to the beach. But for crazy good deals at … [Read more...]

SF Bay Area Halloween: Cheap Activities

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Here's a list of free and cheap things to do around the San Francisco Bay Area for Halloween (week of October 31). This is a list in progress, so please share your Halloween activity suggestions in the comments box below this post.  SAN FRANCISCO: Zombie NightLife at Cal Academy Skip The Line tickets (when you buy them here … [Read more...]