Today's side deal straps a pair of blades to your feet and launches you onto the ice for thrills, spills, and triple sow-kapow action. For $5, you get a skate rental and full-day admission to the Aerodrome Ice Skating Complex (a $10 value). You can buy up to six and make you and your friends the magnificent almost-seven of ice dancing. Check the schedule for public skating times. This Groupon must be redeemed within three months.

The Aerodrome, contrary to popular belief, is not suspended by zeppelin above Willowbrook—but it is the home of the Houston Aeros. With your admission, you'll be free to spend the day carving sinuous figure eights and majestic figure 2,345,678.098's on the sprawling rink. During evening sessions, special-effect lighting and pumping music lend the wintry circumference a party atmosphere. Ice skating is a great way to build up ankle muscles, show off a sense of balance, and wear sequin-studded miniskirts with a lack of embarrassment. But be gentle: tender is the ice.

Reviews

Six Kudzu users give Aerodrome Ice Skating Complex a near-perfect 4.5 stars, and Yahoo! Travelers give it four:

• Tired of going to movies or the same old hangouts - go ICE SKATING!...They have good facilities, both for training and recreational use - I highly recommend this rink. – Kim K., Kudzu
• The best part is that there are people there whose only job is to help people up when they fall...it is a huge rink, so there is room for people who want to go really fast, and for those who want to hug the wall. – Orine D., Kudzu
• The rink is HUGE! And VERY cold...My kids loved it! – Stephanie K., Kudzu