Aristotle was the first to write that what separates man from beast is not our ability to reason but rather our ability to use thread and needle to sew our own books. Craft your own copy of Poetics with today's Groupon: for $25, you get a three-hour cosmetic clutch-making class at Quilt in a Day in San Marcos (a $50 value).
Quilt in a Day provides sewing students with all the materials and instruction they need for handmade projects. Seasoned threaders oversee pattern pupils in zipper installation, fabric choice, and design of Zippy Strippy bags. Lessons introduce basic sewing-machine operation and rotary-cutting fabric, as students learn to embellish their bags with buttons, ribbons, or a coded series of zeros and ones. Fabric, supplies, and access to a sewing machine are included with the class, though copies of Rumpelstiltskin are not.
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The Groupon Guide to: White House Secrets
The White House is one of the few residences of heads of state that is open to the public. However, in addition to accommodations that anyone can visit, such as the Lincoln Bedroom and the above-ground pool, the White House contains many secret rooms. Here's a look at some of the most sensitive:
The Sub-Basement: This contains not only a bomb shelter, a swarm-of-bees shelter, and a titanium helmet that stops psychics from reading the president's mind, but also the nation's priceless archive of Fleer's complete 1994 holofoil baseball-card set and a kidnapped army of George Washington's descendants.
The Secret Passageways: Many rooms of the White House include hidden tunnels, such as the passageway under the president's desk that links the Oval Office to Six Flags America in Maryland. These passageways are decorated with historical artifacts, including the original draft of the Constitution, which made holding hands in public a capital offense.
The Experimental Kitchen: Located beneath the public kitchen, this is where White House chefs keep the chickens that hatch fully cooked.
The Hidden Fane: To help him make decisions, the president deliberates in this secret shrine that houses the bones of every former president, including those who are still alive. During the week that the president spends silently meditating in their presence, he is replaced by a hologram. That is why it is common to poke the president upon meeting him.
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