Unlike a new puppy, a vintage knick-knack is already broken in, has had time to establish its pedigree, and is almost always housetrained. Save on obedience training with today’s Groupon: for $4, you get a one-day admission to the Junk Bonanza (an $8 value) on Friday, September 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Junk Bonanza returns for a sixth year with more than 130 juried vendors who stack, shine, and assemble vintage finds, antique wares, art, and handcrafted curios at an indoor exhibition. Savvy shoppers peruse oddities such as beer-sign-adorned end tables, evaluate unique skirt fabrics, and decide, after viewing repurposed-object artwork, to finally have a go at turning that old typewriter into an ottoman. Traditional thrift fare, such as gently used or vintage clothing, mingles with antique furniture, and together they size up the new kids on the block—vendor-made tchotchkes such as Scrabble-tile magnets, quilted aprons, and felted handbags. Patrons can also enter to rack up discounts in the Do You Feel Lucky drawings, which grants coupons for a variety of merchants starting at $50.
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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