May 18th - Sweet Deals: 8 Cent Cinnabon + Free Haagen Dazs!

Get some SWEET deals today!

• 8 cent Cinnabon cupcakes, 11a-8p! (Penn Station) - get text coupon here

• FREE Scoop of Haagen Dazs 4-8p! (Mott St, B'way and 33rd) - link (thanks Sophia G. for the heads up!)

This Week: Robin Hood, Free Shoes, + more!

I know, long overdue - but life has been busy over here!!  Look forward to playing soon though: )  Summer is just about here!

Wed 4/12 - TONIGHT

• World's Biggest Dodgeball Game - 7p @ 69th St Armory (details)
• Free workout classes at 92nd St Y - see schedule!

Thurs 4/13 - 730p

• ROBIN HOOD, Russell Crowe - Sign- up HERE (note: must be a registered member)
• Madison Square Garden Venue Swarm - Check out these MSG venues for free drinks and a chance to score concert tix (Pearl Jam, MGMT, etc!) - (details)

Fri 4/14 - 730p

• TOUCHING HOME, Ed Harris - Sign-up HERE

ONGOING:

• Thru Thurs 5/13 - DSW Union Sq giving out free pair of shoes every half hour, nice
• Thru Sun 5/16 - Half-priced Starbucks Fraps now , 3-5p
• Thru Tues 5/18 - See Tribeca Films at Tribeca Cinema (schedule) - recommended: The Trotsky! So good!  Plus Amex Cardmembers get FREE popcorn and soda, when you show your card!
• Mondays in May - free admission to The Museum of the City of NY (10a-5p | 5th Ave + 103rd St)
• *Save the Date*: NY Light Saber Battle! 9p, Downtown - Reserve your $5 light saber on the website!

Starts Tomorrow! - Tribeca Film Fest 2010

This is a classic NY event - the Tribeca Film Festival 2010 - and it kicks off for a few week starting tomorrow 4/21!  There are some great films lined up, and I'm especially excited about being at the opening night film of Shrek Forever After!

Check out all of the films HERE!

See you at the movies, NY: )

TAX DAY FREEBIES 2010

I hope you did your taxes already!!  All my accounting and tax friends will be happy after today is over haha...but in any case, TurboTax was nice and quick for me, so I'm happy it's done to!

To celebrate, of course, there are some freebies to hit up!  It's a ton of fun (it's fun even just to say FREEBIES!), so go for it!

Here we go:

• Free STARBUCKS brewed coffee - bring your own travel mug! 
• Free ENERGY KITCHEN wrap or burger between 12-2p, w/ drink purchase (stop by one of 9 locs!  We got the Bison cheesesteak wrap last time, and it was pretty delicious!  Nothing is over 500 cal too.)
• Free CINNABON cupcakes (2) between 6-8p - sweet!
• Buy 1 Get 1 Free Meal - BOSTON MARKET - print out this coupon
• Buy 1 Get 1 Free Drink - JAMBA JUICE (thru 4/25) - print out this coupon
• $10.40 Dinner @ MCCORMICK & SCHMICKS - American steakhouse, it's good!

 While you're here, sign up to win/print out tix to these events!

• Thru Sun 4/18 - See HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK production for free @ WFC
• Th 4/29 - GRAND GOURMET: THE FLAVOR OF MIDTOWN - tasting event, tix are normally $75!
• Fri 4/23 and Sat 4/24 -  2010 NFL DRAFT
• 4/25 - 5/9 - Theater tix to MACBETH @ The Frog and Peach Theater 
• Mid-May: Trip to the 2010 CANNES INT'L FILM FEST - via TimeoutNY

Thanks to theskint.com, couponcravings.com, and nycdailydeals.com for their coverage of this year's Tax Day 2010!

Sat 4/3 - Easter Wknd: Haiti, Pillow Fight, Jazz!

Here's to the first weekend of April!  So wonderful to celebrate Easter with this weather too: )

Come out to play!

Sat April 3

• 9-11a: World Vision's Run for Haiti is taking place in Flushing (Take the 7 train to Mets-Willets point and walk to Flushing Meadows Corona Park)!  Come join us as we cheer on our friends George and Steph who are running the half!  [DONATE | More info about RACE DAY].
• 3p: NYC Pillow Fight, in Union Sq!  It's ON!  Grab a pillow (feather free!) and meet us there.  Someone is going to hit you either way, so might as well be someone you know? haha.
• 945p-2a (Fri 2 and Sat 3): Victor Lin plays @ Knickerbocker (33 University Place, at E 9th St).  Come hear this incredibly talented jazz musician play and enjoy some good eats too (the FRIES: ).

Sun April 4 - Easter Sunday!

• 10a: Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival - 5th Ave bet 49 and 57!  This is a fun parade, featuring some of the craziest Easter bonnets you've ever seen.

Enjoy!

Other Random Fun!

Here are a few more quick events to put on your calendar:

• Wed 3/31 - TMRW! - Stop by Times Sq btwn 11a-3p and look for the SEARS red tag brand ambassadors for a free gift card
• Thurs 4/1 - Free food and drinks to celebrate opening of new Aussie restaurant The Sunburnt Calf [4-10p | 226 W 79th + B'way]
• Sat 4/3 - It's back, the Int'l Pillow Fight Day!! [Union Sq @ 3p] 
• Sat 4/10 - BOGO Footlong Subs for Customer Appreciation Day [All Subway locs]
• Mon-Sun Apr 12-18: Spa Week! $50 treatments

Sign Up: FREE Shows on Opera, B'way, Reality TV: )

Here are three FREE show opportunities in April (right around the corner!) that you should sign up for NOW!

OPERA: The Met Opera - Armida
Apr 9 (Fri) - 11a

• For the final dress rehearsal of Armida on Fri April 9 @ 11a, The Met Opera is giving away 1,000 free tix via an online drawing!
• Last chance - Enter HERE by TODAY 3/30 @ 8p.

BROADWAY: Million Dollar Quartet

Tues Mar 30 @ 8p, Thurs Apr 1 @ 8p, Fri Apr 2 @ 8p, Sun Apr 4 @ 7p, Thurs Apr 8 @ 8p

• Please email your ticket requests to: mdqtickets@gmail.com as soon as possible w/ one of the above dates to request a pair of complimentary tix (first come, first serve). 
• About the show: "MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is the new smash-hit musical inspired by the famed recording session that brought together rock 'n' roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley for the first and only time."
• Thanks to Becca W. for the heads up!

REALITY TV: NBC's America's Got Talent, Hammerstein Ballroom

Apr 21-23 (Wed-Fri), 1p and 6p shows

• "NBC's #1 show" has a few upcoming show tapings in April, two time slots each day - 1p and 6p.  I'm thinking about going to one of the 1p shows!
• Get more info and tix HERE.