Spherical sports have distinct advantages over rectangular sports, such as Rubik's cubing and throwing bricks into windows. Roll your way to feasting and fun with today's Groupon: for $99, you get $200 toward any private event at Pinstripes, a combined bowling, bocce, and bistro hub in Barrington and Northbrook.
Pinstripes yields sanctuary to all sorts of celebrations, sheltering bowling lanes, bocce courts, and a kitchen firing out hearty Italian cuisine. Birthday parties entertain children with a more enjoyable blend of sports and satiation than football tastings, blessing boys and girls with shoe rental and 120 minutes of ball-tossing bliss fueled by a choice from seven kid-friendly entrees ($20/child). Adults in touch with their inner targeting computer can rent a bowling or bocce forum ($65–$85/lane or court, depending on day and time) to suit any sort of gathering. Reignite teenage rivalries by hosting high-school reunions amid rolling battlefields, celebrate weddings with couples competition, or celebrate retirement by playing bocce with papier-mâché balls made out of unneeded timesheets.
Hosts may augment their bash with snacks from Pinstripes’ tempting menu such as the sweet-and-savory prosciutto-fig flatbread ($12). Purist pours from the extensive wine list can be complemented by creative mixed drinks, including the candy-coated chocolate martini made with real Godiva chocolate ($10), which acts as a perfect chaser for house-made s'mores ($6) and a perfect way to chase off dentists.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: What Makes a TV?
Enjoying television is as patriotic as knitting an apple pie or eating American flags. Here's a look at some of the components that make up these high-tech picture boxes:
• Glass: A high-end TV has a glass screen that when turned off (not recommended) will reflect your image. When turned on, it will reflect how awesome TV is.
• Cathode Ray Tube: No longer needed for modern TVs to work, but manufacturers still put one in every set just for old times' sake.
• Gold: TV signals, like men's hearts, are lustily attracted to gold, causing them to fly out of the sky into the gold brick in the back of every TV.
• A Couple of Horse Bones: 'Cause why not, right?
• Wires: They hook up to the wired helmets that all the actors wear to beam their acting into your TV.
• An Eternal Flame: To honor the former TV stars who have died.
• Tiny Fire Extinguisher: In case the eternal flame gets out of control.
• IBM PetaFlop SuperComputer: Guesses when you want to change the channel, lower the volume, etc., all to cover up the fact that the remote control doesn't do anything.
• Martin Sheen: He's gotta live somewhere.
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