Online Coupons

Seeing a lot of action recently on Groupon and Living Social. I even signed up to get the email alerts...


I wonder if a lot of people are really using them? I know I am tempted every time I get one-although not sure I really need Rumba lessons 1/2 price...For me some of them are more exciting because I commute to NYC. The Suburban online coupons are not as good yet--Side note FourSquare is starting to have great deals in and out of the city!!

I found this post on a blog and thought I'd share it (here is the direct link
http://24sevenpost.com/world-news/16-interesting-fact-on-the-similarity-and-differences-about-living-social-and-groupon/)

Similarity Between Living Social and Groupon
1. Both Living Social and Groupon are coupon based company.
2. Both Living Social and Groupon are trying to make it easier for people to save money by making it easy to share and earn coupons with friends.
3. Both Living Social and Groupon have raised funding in the last couple of months.
4. Both Living Social and Groupon are busy expanding to new cities.
5. Both Living Social and Groupon making good use of social features.
6. Both Living Social and Groupon offer only one deal per day.
7. Both Living Social and Groupon have similar website and comparable average deal prices. (Living Social Website, Groupon Website)
8. Both Living Social and Groupon also offer buy the deal and share it (if three of your friends buy the deal, you get one free), if enough people opt for the deal it makes and you redeem your coupon for the discount.
9. Both Living Social and Groupon’s websites use Facebook Connect to help people find deals according to the geography, then share these deals on Facebook or other social media.
Differences Between Living VS Groupon
1. Groupon is based in Chicago and founded in Nov 2008 as ‘group coupon’ company VS Living Social is based in Washington DC and founded in 2007 as social discovery and cataloging network company.
2. Groupon has 40 million subscriber in 35 countries and 335 cities VS Living Social has 10 million members in 5 countries and 89 cities.
3. Groupon turn down $3 billion offer from Yahoo & $6 billion offer from Google VS Living Social only just get the $175 million investment from Amazon.
4. Groupon get 79% of US traffic VS Living Social get only 8% of US traffic
5. Groupon’s investor are New Enterprise Associates. Eric Lefkofsky, Brad Keywell & Digital Sky Technologies VS Living Social are AOL founder Steve Case, U.S. Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners & Amazon.
6. Groupon is the pioneer VS Living Social is a clone.
7. Groupon is earning 3 times more than Living Social is making.

What do you think?
Tod

iPad 2

So Apple sold out of the new iPad 2 within hours of the release...

I know many people who bought the first iPad and they all love it. It is now proven to be a game changer, and the begining of the end of laptops. Soon nobody will carry big bulky laptops (never thought we would call laptops bulky) but instead just an iPad and some cables....

What are your thoughts?

Hope not

Preppy Wines!!!!

When I was out skiing with the family over Christmas break I got a nice email from Amy over at Preppy Vines. She and her crew have followed their true love, making wine!

As many of you may know I follow one of my loves, drinking wine (LOL), so I thought I'd bring their information to you...

I have not have the pleasure of trying one of the two varieties yet. But with names like Preppy Vines Pinot Noir and Popped Collar Pinot they are worth a try, don't you think?

If anyone has tried them yet please let us know! I am always looking for new and fun wines!

Tod

ps. I am always open to share fun ideas with people, just drop me a line (email is under "preppy guy info" just use @ instead of the at

Happy Preppy New Year

I hope everyone has a good New Years, and the best year ahead for 2011!!!

"Tod"

The weather is great; now complain

We all hear it, "wow it's too hot today", these are the same people who bitch in the winter there is too much snow!

Come on, if you are blessed (YES! BLESSED) enough to live in a place that has four seasons embrace it and LOVE it. New England in my humble option is THE best place in this country to get the most of the four seasons. STOP FINDING ANOTHER REASON TO BITCH!

Don't get me wrong, I am not a fan of oppressive heat and humidity OR so cold in the winter we can't ski or even walk outside. But those days only last a few in a row-the rest are regular seasonal changes.

Enough of my bitching at the bitching tonight, what do you think???

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"Tod"

Pink & Green Wedding

A reader of the blog emailed me that she is getting married soon and having a pink and green wedding. She asked for some help on some ideas; focusing more on cocktails than flowers I believe LOL

So I send a few suggestions (Email below): Please use the comments section to give your ideas=== anything you think the happy couple could use!!!

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WOW, that will be so much fun. For cocktails the first thing that comes to my mind is the Cape Coder (more vodka to make it pinker LOL)for green anything with Midori in it can get the color, but here are some quick ideas

Apple Martini

Midori Cosmo

green carnation

Green Swizzle
Juice of 1 lime
1 teaspoon icing sugar
soda water
2 dashes bitters
2 oz white rum
1 tablespoon crème de menthe (green) Shot of Creme de Menthe (called Mint Frappe)

Green Tequila
1½ oz tequila
¾ oz melon liqueur
Squeeze of lime
Lime to garnish

Another idea is to have mint frozen in the ice cubes!

Other Pink cocktails:
Razmopolitan

Pink lemonade with Vodka

The Cosmo!

Pink Lady
1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz applejack
1/4 oz lemon juice
1-2 dashes grenadine
1 egg white
maraschino cherry for garnish

Pink Martini
2 oz good-quality gin
½ oz guava nectar
½ oz fresh orange juiceorange twist (for garnish)

I know there are dozens more! I would stay away from the green food dye in the beer and probably have bottles of Heineken, Becks and Grolsh

I will ask any of our readers too!!!

Must Have for Preppy Men

Last week I saw "10 things a Preppy guy must have" on a great website "Preppy Must have" http://preppymusthave.com/index.html

The list went from needlepoint belts (love them) to the standby Top-Siders and even LL Bean bag (not sure a "must have" but good).

I think all these are great and a fun site.


I think if you have a few minutes jump over to this site and check out the ideas....Do you have any others?

Posted by "Tod"