Free Birthday Adventure

The locations I called no longer offer these for free on your birthday:

• Einsteins Bros - no free meal
• Hooters - no free t-shirt
• Krispy Kreme - a dozen free donuts on your birthday - only valid if your birthday is the anniversary day 7/13
  
• Z Tejas - no $15 off coupon - just dessert now

Sign up online to be an eClub member (use junk email account) and get these deals:

• Abuelo's $5 off
• Auntie Anne's free pretzel
• Buca di Beppo - free appetizer w/ entree purchase
• Dave & Busters - $10 free game in play
• Joes Crabshack - free calamari appetizer w entree
• Keva - free 24 oz juice
  
• La Madeleine - free cup of soup or caesar salad
  
• Red Robin - $3 off purchase
• Spaghetti Warehouse - free appetizer w/ entree purchase

Free Birthday Offers

After signing up:

• Baskin Robins - free 2.5 oz scoop and $3 off coupon for ice cream cake (min $15 purchase)
• Cold Stone Creamery - free Love it sized Signature Creation - I got Birthday Cake Remix.
• Dave & Busters - $10 free game in play
• Keva - free 24 oz juice - Hawaiian
• La Madeleine - free birthday pastry - fruit tarte $5
• Red Robin - free Gourmet Burger - I got the Guacamole Bacon Cheeseburger ($10 value)
• Spaghetti Warehouse (4th street) - free spaghetti & spumoni dessert (cherry, pistachio, chocolate ice cream sundae) - $15

Without signing up:

• Trudy's - free martini (mexican martini is usually the best value)
  
• Toy Joy - pick a toy from Treasure Chest
  
• Terra Toys - pick a toy from Treasure Chest

Birthday discounts (after signing up):

• Abuelo's $5 off
• Arden B - 20% off
• Buca di Beppo - free dessert w/ entree purchase
• DSW - $10 off $10 minimum purchase
  
• Fresh Choice - 25% off for two people
• Joe's Crabshack - free appetizer w entree
• La Rouge - 10% off everything and $20 off purchase of $40 or more
  
• Macaroni Grill - free calamari appetizer w 2 entrees
• Souper Salad 20% off
• Wingstop - free 10 wings w/ purchase of soft drink

Restaurants I tried during my birthday week:

• Roaring Fork
• Zoot
  

Boston, Chicago, DC, Long Beach

BOSTON

• Tascas (tapas & sangria), Tapeo was recommended by multiple people
  
• All American Lobster dinner @ Legal's Seafood
• Devlin's
  
• Paramount (I recommend the crab cake BLT and clam chowder)
• Boston Tea Stop (Harvard Square) - really good and unique flavors of mochi - japanese ice cream in thin, flavored dough and bubble tea was OK
• Italian in the North End - Strega Ristorante was AMAZING; Bova's 24 hour pastry shop has TO DIE FOR Eclairs and many other yummy treats
• Parish Cafe - samples from other well-known restaurants in the area - all the sandwiches I tried (mine and my friends' ) were tasty
• Flour Bakery & Cafe to get Joanne Chang's "sticky buns" featured on Throwdown with Bobby Flay
• Brown Sugar - REALLY good Thai cuisine (I was VERY surprised considering the non-traditional name)
• Faneuil Hall (Ned Devine's - my first time having Magner's cider, Red Sky)
• Green Briar (I was pleasantly surprised to find an Irish pub with 95% Irish people in it - binge drinking on a Monday night, of course)
• Joshua Tree bar for Stump Trivia night
• coffee at Dunkin Donuts
• Tealuxe had good Chai iced tea
• shopping on Newbury Street, Copley & Prudential Mall, Thom Brown shoes
• best shopping at H&M, Filene's Basement (I went to DC after and both of these were much better in DC)
• walked around the Boston Public Garden/Boston Common, and Boylston St.
• walked the Freedom Trail and had slushies
• cute boutiques in Harvard Square

CHICAGO

• The Bean
• Portillo's chicago dog
• Giordano's deep dish
  
• Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company's pizza pot pie
  
• shopping street
• Garrett's popcorn
• walking near river
• hotel with view for drinks (view of harbor)

WASHINGTON, DC

Tourist

• Smithsonians (13? FREE museums)
• International Spy Museum - SO BADASS
  
• National Monument
• Vietnam & Korean War Memorials
  
• African American & Civil War Museum
• The Capital (tours)
  
• Union Station - metro station with shopping inside (kind of like Grand Central Station in NYC)
  

Shopping

• H&M & Filene's Basement (metro center)
• shopping in Georgetown (metro to Foggy Bottom, then 15 minute walk)

Lip smackin' good food

• Ben's Chili Bowl - Bill Cosby's fav place - I like the JUMBO ALL BEEF chili dog!
  
• Busboys and Poets - historical activist gathering place - tasty meatloaf!
  
• Granville Moore's - mussels featured on Throwdown w/ Bobby Flay
• Eastern Market - blueberry pancakes are supposed to be really good here on the weekends for brunch - I haven't ever been able to make it down there on the right day