Free weekend admission to museums

It’s the first weekend of the month, and that means Bank of America customers can visit museums free through the bank’s Museums On Us program. Just show your Bank of America credit or debit card Saturday, May 2, or Sunday, May 3, and you’ll get free admission to more than 120 museums and attractions in [...]

Expo Alfresco food and wine fest

Hollywood’s Expo Alfresco will be 5 p.m tp 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, at ArtsPark at Young Circle, at U.S. 1 and Hollwyood Boulevard.
The event includes tastes of dishes from downtown restaurants, free wine tasting, kids’ activities, a business expo and and a Battle of the Chefs.
Admission is $15, with kids under 10 free. The [...]

Free and cheap ice cream treats

Two chances for free or very cheap ice cream this week:
* 31-cent Scoop Night at Baskin Robbins is Wednesday, April 29. From 5 p.m to 10 p.m., you can get a scoop of your favorite flavor for just 31 cents. Click here to find a participating location near you.
* Carvel Ice Cream turns 75 this [...]

Free KFC grilled chicken

I think it’s safe to say that I’m the only South Florida blogger whose family actually used to eat at Colonel Sanders’ original restaurant in Corbin, Ky. My mother used to stop there on her way to college in the 1940s, and my aunt actually spent her wedding night in the Colonel’s motel behind the [...]

1-cent appetizers at T.G.I. Friday’s

Penny appetizers? Dollar entrées? I know. You think I’ve got to be joking. Not so. All you have to do is sign up with T.G.I. Friday’s “Give me more stripes” program BEFORE April 30, 2009. Their website promises that within 24-hours of signing up, T.G.I. Friday’s will email you a coupon for 1¢ appetizers with the purchase of any beverage at the bar and $1 [...]

Free Champps appetizer, free pretzel

Here are a few more free food deals:
* Enjoy a free appetizer at Champps when you make a $9.99 food purchase with this coupon, good through May 31. Champps is at 6401 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale.
* Get a free original soft pretzel Sunday, April 26, in honor of National Pretzel Day. Participating locations in Broward are Pretzel Time at [...]

Donate product, get free coffee

The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale is doing a National Week of Service Project this week to benefit the Ronald McDonald House.
From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 23, you can get a free cup of iced coffee — from Ronald McDonald himself — if you donate a green cleaning product and drop it [...]

$22.75 off tickets to Fleetwood Mac

Here’s a great concert deal from TravelZoo: almost 50 percent off tickets to Fleetwood Mac’s “Unleashed: Hits Tour 2009″ stop 8 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise.
With this deal, upper-level seats normally priced at $46.75 are $25. Enter the code LANDSLIDE in the box marked “Travelzoo Ticket Offer”
The deal is good [...]

Earth Day coupon from Publix

Publix Supermarkets is offering a free reusable bag plus $1 off if you buy a two-pack of GE Energy Smart 10, 13, 20 or 26-watt compact fluorescent light bulbs. Unlike most Publix deals, this one requires a coupon. This Earth Day special is good through Wednesday, April 22.
While you’re at Publix, check out this week’s [...]

Free cone day at Ben & Jerry’s

Have you noticed that we are vigilant about reporting all the free and discount ice cream promotions?
This week it’s Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s. On Tuesday, April 21, stop by your local scoop shop from noon to 8 p.m. for a free scoop of your favorite flavor (I want Triple Caramel Chunk). Click [...]