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Happy Fourth of July weekend!  Driving to Brier Creek for dinner last night, I was surprised with a good thirty minutes of fireworks.  Lots of people pulled onto the side of highway 70 to take a moment to enjoy the show.  But the Triangle has much more than fireworks in store for those of you interested in celebrating:

• Through today, Earth Fare has whole seedless watermelons for only $2!  Must present coupon.  (www.earthfare.com)
• Through today, buy one entree get one FREE at Draft Carolina Burgers and Beers.  (http://www.draftraleigh.com/eblast/IndepDay063011/exports/coupon.pdf)
• Today at Lake Benson Park, Garner celebrates with live music, the NC Symphony, kids’ activities, and fireworks (9:30pm).  Gates open at 5pm.  FREE
• Today at South Park in Fuquay Varina, live music, kids’ activities, and fireworks.  Gates open at 6pm.  FREE
• Through Monday, July 4, select beach towels are 60% off at Kohl’s.  (www.kohls.com)
• Through Monday, July 4, Party City has lots of patriotic items (cups, table covers, plates) buy one get one FREE.  (www.partycity.com)
• Through Monday, July 4, Bruegger’s will donate $1 from every Big Bagel Bundle purchase (a baker’s dozen bagels and two tubs of cream cheese) to Home for Our Troops.  And if you are feeling brave and don’t mind the food coloring, red, white, and blue bagels are options.  (http://www.homesforourtroops.org/site/Calendar/1306420942?view=Detail&id=108221)
• Through Monday, July 4, Whole Foods offers a $20 bundle meal deal including approximately one pound of wild-caught Sockeye salmon, a family size mixed green salad, a six-inch apple pie, and thirty-two ounces of Santa Cruz organic lemonade – a $13 savings!  (http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/storespecials/NRL_specials.pdf)
• Through Monday, July 4 (10-6pm daily), Durham’s Festival for the Eno offers live music, garden expos, arts, and children’s activities.  Admission is $15/person.  (www.enoriver.org/festival/index.html)
• Through Monday, July 4, Perfumania offers 10% off select items plus FREE shipping on orders $25 or more plus three FREE samples with every order.  Use coupon code “JULY4TH”.  (www.perfumania.com)
• Through Monday, July 4, get 20% off of any one sale item at Stein Mart.  (http://f.e.steinmart.com/i/24/2075620050/6_29_July4_Coupon.pdf)
• Through Monday, July 4, paints and stains are 30% 0ff at Sherwin Williams.  (www.sherwin-williams.com)
• Through Monday, July 4, 16.6 pound bags of Kingsford charcoal briquets are buy one get one FREE at Lowe’s.  (www.lowes.com)
• Monday, July 4, live music, sports competitions, arts and crafts, and mini-golf will be held at the State Fairgrounds beginning at 5:30pm.  Fireworks begin at 9:45pm.  FREE
• On Monday, July 4, look for the NC Symphony (7:30pm show) and fireworks (immediately following) at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary.  FREE

Here are some other events to look forward to:

• On Tuesday, July 5, try Ornamentea’s Try-It-Tuesday project for only $2!  (www.ornamentea.com)
• Through Thursday, July 7 , get a FREE dessert when you purchase two entrees at Rocky Top Hospitality restaurants.  (http://www.rockytophospitality.com/eblast/Rockytop_062911/couponIndep0711.pdf)
• On Thursday, July 7 and Tuesday, July 26, join the FREE yoga classes at North Regional Library.  Classes start at 7pm.  (http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/locations/northregional/default.htm)
• Through Friday, July 8, get 99 4″ x 6″ prints for 99 cents at Snapfish.  Use coupon code “JULYPENNY99”.  (http://www.snapfish.com/snapfish/storepage/storePageId=store-summer-penny-prints)
• On Friday, July 8, visit any Chick-fil-A store dressed like a cow and get FREE “chikin”.  (http://www.cowappreciationday.com/)
• On Saturday, July 9, Logan’s offers a FREE terrarium class at 10am.  (http://www.logantrd.com/2011/terrarium/)  Also, during the month of July, buy two hostas get one FREE.   And, here’s a coupon for 25% off of anything red, white, or blue in the Gift Room (through 7/31).  (http://www.logantrd.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/RWB-July-Coupon-2011.jpg)
• On Saturday, July 9, chat with bead maker, Lynn Burcher, from 11-3pm at the Museum of History.  Make a paper bead and sample some treats.  (http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/wgo/programs.html#july)
• Check out Sam Moon’s newest arrival, the Shell Flower Ring, for only $5!  Available in turquoise, black and grey, fuchsia and clear, or pink and beige.  (http://www.sammoon.com/items_amj.asp?sub=sub101&cat=jewelry&tempcat=LRINGS&tbl=LRINGS&img=6232011_mg_3765&id=2428)
• Take a look at the latest Kohls Cares items for only $5 each – any Clifford plush animal character or one of four Clifford children’s books.  (http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/landingpages/kohlscares/kidscausemerchandise.jsp)
• Every Saturday from 1-4pm, World Market offers FREE wine tasting.  (www.worldmarket.com)
• At Ulta every Monday through Wednesday with a level 1 designer, get a color, cut, and style for just $50 – a $40 savings!  (www.ulta.com)
• To give your meal a different feel with new “lamps”, gather wineglasses, scrapbook paper, LED tea lights, scissors, and double-sided tape.  Go to www.goodhousekeeping.com/candlelamps and get a template for a shade.  Easy and adorable.  Found in the May 2011 issue.

Enjoy your holiday and be safe, but no matter how you celebrate, try this new Grilled Bananas recipe from Whole Foods.  This could be successfully paired with a burger, beer, or ice cream.  Mmmmmm.