Sunglasses were popular among ancient Romans, who toted brick-heavy shades to gladiatorial contests to catch a glare-free glimpse of mascots catapulting togas into the crowd. Assess the modern version of vision with today’s Groupon: for $50, you get $125 toward designer sunglasses at Eclipse Eyewear in Coronado.
Offering more than 1,000 frames by more than 20 brand-name designers, Eclipse Eyewear outfits ocular bulbs with stylish shades. Fashionista-formed glare-stoppers, such as those from Chanel ($275–$450) and Armani ($165–$250), envelope eyeballs in an environment of elegance while enhancing their eyesight. Available just in time for summer days, polarized sunglasses in a variety of styles, including Marc Jacobs ($125+), Juicy ($125+), and Prada ($245+), reduce glares from the sun’s interstellar barbecues. Eclipse Eyewear’s expert frame stylists aim to fit frames and lenses to their patron’s faces in about 15 minutes or less, leaving customers plenty of time to try on several styles and find the set that complements their personality, eye color, and angry kinkajou perched on their shoulder.
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The Groupon Guide to: Personal Happiness
There are many factors that determine a person's happiness, from their serotonin levels to the number of times they wash their hair per day. To help you feel great, take inspiration from some famous sad sacks who learned to feel good about themselves:
Abraham Lincoln: "Honest Abe" gained that ironic nickname after his first presidential address, when he admitted that he was actually Zeke Chalmers, professional con man, unlicensed dentist, and wanted falcon poacher. Despite living a life of ill repute, Lincoln/Chalmers vowed to become a new man, saying he found the positivity necessary to be president in a book of inspirational limericks.
Henry Ford: Noted grump Henry Ford famously invented the automobile after being insulted by the groom at a horse wedding, then a common ceremony. Although the irritable inventor initially believed he was "too glum to be a success," Ford turned his frown upside down via an experimental surgery that replaced his facial muscles with upturned bronze implants. His smiling, bulletproof face became one of the richest, most famous visages in the country.
CoCo, the Sign-Language Gorilla: Like most animals who have been granted the curse of speech but not the Cartesian knowledge of the self to cope with it, CoCo's first words were an anguished "Why am I?" CoCo later became happy when she found a banana, then sad again after she ate the banana, then happy again with a different banana, then sad again, on and on, over and over again without end.
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