Review of New to Me Restaurant, Carlsbad Beach Grill

Because I purchased a certificate from one of the daily deal sites recently, I tried a new to me restaurant called Carlsbad Beach Cafe, located conveniently on the 101 last week. I have also noticed that this restaurant is one of the choices on restaurant.com, so you can purchase certificates at a drastic discount at any time (please use Around The Town's link located on our blog or web page www.barbaroundthetown.com. Carlsbad Beach Cafe has friendly owners and workers (shout out to Monica), a cheery sun-filled interior, and fantastic food. They offer tasty appetizers including calamari, fried zucchini and shrimp cocktail. Entrees include salads, soups, sandwiches and burgers (I had a super tasty burger with jack, avocado and bacon), fish tacos and more. Breakfast items are also available. They make a different soup every day. My husband tried the clam chowder with a onion and bacon base (he added a dash of Tabasco) and it was one of the best he has tried. Oh, and the 80's rocking tunes in the background did not hurt either! Try it out, I know we look forward to going back! www.carlsbadbeachgrill.com.

Check Around The Town Blog Page Daily

I hope you enjoy getting your daily email updates from Around The Town. Did you realize there is a link at the bottom of these emails to click into the blog, rather than just read from the email update page? I suggest you do this for a couple of reasons. For some reason, updates intended for publishing do not always publish on the email update, but they will appear on the blog page. Also, when you go to the blog page, you will see the current specials with my advertisers. For example, right now restaurant.com is featuring 70% off, coupons.com has fresh grocery coupons available, and snapfish has a special for you- 100 free prints with purchase. Just check the banner ads to find the latest as these deals change from day to day.

Benefits of Email Clubs

Do you join the email clubs of your favorite restaurants and stores? If you don't, you really should think about it. February is my birth month, and my inbox is PACKED with birthday offers- I am going to try to remember all that have come in so you can see how I will benefit this month. Swagbucks- 50 points added to my account, Chico's- $10 to spend, Rubios- free combo meal, McDonalds- free breakfast sandwich and medium McCafe coffee or hot chocolate, Claim Jumper- free meal (up to $18.00), Which Wich- Free Sandwich, Daphne's- free meal, Islands- free dessert, Chili's- free dessert, Buca di Beppo- free appetizer, Dennys- free Grand Slam, Baskin Robbins- free cone, Surf Ride- 20% off next purchase, Ruby's- Free Sundae, Cold Stone- free ice cream, Pat & Oscars- free Big Cookie Dessert, Boston's- free dessert, Mimi's- free entree up to $10, Starbucks- free drink of my choice. These are just some of the deals that come to mind- others have come in, and others will continue to roll in. So as you can see, there is great value to joining email clubs. You might want to consider an alternate free email account such as gmail to use for such things so your email inbox does not get cluttered up.

Discounts for Online Shopping

I have heard this one a few times, and just started doing it myself. When you go online to shop and find items you are interested in, put the items in your cart and then...wait. As in log out and forget about it for a day or two. More often than not, during that waiting period between putting items in your cart and actually purchasing, the vendor will send an email code for a discount that's anywhere from 25-40% off. It gives the customer incentive to complete their order. This tends to work about 50% of the time.

Freebies at Souplantation

At http://www.souplantation.com/ you can become a member of Club Veg which entitles you to $75 in savings throughout the year, a birthday gift and newsletters with coupons straight to your inbox. BOGO offers are frequently offered. This morning I received an email with 2 buy one get one free offers as well as a discounted lunch coupon.

Free Birthday Beverage at Starbucks

What do you have to do to get a free birthday beverage of your choice at your favorite Starbucks? Simply register for Starbucks Card Rewards at http://www.starbucks.com/. When you register your card you can also enjoy free wi-fi when you visit.

Snapfish Now Buying YOUR Photos

Word hit the street today that Snapfish is now going to be buying stock images. What does this mean for you? You submit photos for consideration, and potentially the right picture (s) will be purchased from you and make you some extra cash. Turn your hobby into a money-maker today! Please see Snapfish link for all the details. http://stockimages.snapfish.com/LSMarketplace/LogIn?ReturnUrl=/LSMarketplace/campaignName=stockimages_facebook_2011