The occasion of a child’s first haircut can be as momentous as his or her first words, especially if those first words were, “I need a haircut to bolster my sense of self-worth before my upcoming job interviews." Create lasting hairstyle memories for kids of any age with today’s deal: for $20, you get $50 worth of services at Sit Still Salon, located in West Linn. This Groupon may also be used towards party packages. It is not valid toward products.

Sit Still specializes in fun and gentle styling services for children, tweens, teens, and full-grown humans. A Sit Still haircut ($25) includes a shampoo, cut, blow-dry, and style, with a quick buzz ($10) or a trim ($8+) also managing shaggy moppet mops. Cuts for 11-year-olds and up are available ($30+), as well as special stylings such as up-dos and braids ($20+). Add color to your offspring's head-hide with highlights, temporary coloring, and permanent coloring services ($45+, $5 per foil) that bring chromatism to chromes boasting yawn-inducing natural hues. Mini-manicures ($10) and pedicures ($15) are also options for digits left dirtied and dulled by backyard dinosaur-fossil excavations.

During appointments, younglings can amuse themselves with toys, games, books, or their favorite TV show, with special treats given to kiddies after they've undergone Sit Still's hair-reduction treatments. The salon even hosts birthday parties, with two-hour private bashes ($350 for up to 10 kids, $30 for each additional child) featuring special hair stylings, makeup, mini-manicures, and keepsake photos. Help your son or daughter let go of his or her imaginary hat and mature with the mane maintenance of Sit Still Salon.

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The Tooth Fairy is a burglarizing fetishist specializing in black-market ivory trade, and she must be stopped. Today’s Groupon helps keep teeth in mouths and out of the hands of maniacal, winged phantasms: for $59, you get an exam, a full set of digital x-rays, and a take-home whitening treatment from Mt. Tabor Dental (a $421 value).

When you enter the doors of Mt. Tabor Dental, you'll be greeted first and foremost by Willy, the dentally informed mascot dog, and then by an extremely helpful desk staff. After being seated comfortably for your comprehensive oral exam, Dr. Todd Beck and his staff will peer deep into your mouth for signs of trouble, take pictures of your teeth for Mt. Tabor's yearbook, and address any concerns, pains, or existential ennui you may be experiencing (a $98 value for exam and a $116 value for full mouth x-rays). Your pearly whites will then get the chance to be made several shades pearlier and whiter with a highly effective take-home whitening treatment (a $207 value).

Dr. Todd Beck has been practicing general dentistry for 11 years, and he also teaches and supervises the budding dental superstars of tomorrow. Dr. Beck strives to create a professional and friendly atmosphere within his office so that you and your teeth feel more like family than test subjects. Clear your smile of a summer's worth of splattered bugs with today's Groupon to Mt. Tabor Dental.

This deal is valid for new patients only.

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Contrary to popular belief, boats are actually much safer than cars, which inexplicably sink every time you drive them on water. Take a proper water road ride with today’s Groupon: for $19, you get a ticket to either a Portland Spirit tour on the Willamette River or a Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler tour of the Cascade Locks from Portland Spirit River Cruise Dining (up to a $38 value).

The Portland Spirit tour offers scenic sightseeing tours showcasing beautiful glimpses of flora, fauna, and firmament. Board the magnificent Portland Spirit ($28–$38 depending on cruise time), a 150-foot vessel boasting two climate-controlled indoor decks and an outdoor top deck for landscape gazing and playing the sea-bird version of the license-plate game. Cruises set sail at three different times and typically depart from the Salmon Street Springs fountain. Your sightseeing adventure will migrate south, dancing on the drops of the Willamette River and moving upstream to the Milwaukie Basin/Lake Oswego area before returning north through downtown. A full-service bar is available to address all of your hydration and secret-telling needs.

The Cascade Locks cruise usually takes leave from the breathtaking Marine Park in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Narrated tours ($28) aboard the stunning Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler, powered by advanced paddle-wheel technology independent of hamster labor, offer panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. Sightseeing excursions depart for an afternoon jaunt on weekdays, and morning and afternoon tours on weekends. See the schedule for boarding times.

This Groupon may only be used for sightseeing cruises, and cannot be used toward a brunch, lunch, or dinner cruise.

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Words, often criticized for being too concrete, have been slowly falling out of favor, with authors preferring to tell their tales via pop-ups, photographs, and interpretive ketchup blobs. Share your photographic memories with today's deal: for $10, you get one 20-page 8"x8" hardcover photo book (a $29.99 list-price value) from Shutterfly. This Groupon cannot be used toward tax or shipping and handling, which starts at $7.99; it expires on November 22, 2010, and is limited to one per person.

Photo books contain 20 pages or more (up to 101 pages available for an extra charge) of photographically preserved time, printed on high-quality photo paper and professionally bound in a sturdy hardcover fold. Photo books are constructed online using the simple process of Shutterfly's Storyboard tool—choose your style, edit your pages, customize your cover, and preview your finished book. During the style stage, choose from multiple backgrounds, such as fibrous, flaxen wheat, to vividly complement the portraits in the foreground. The subsequent step provides an opportunity to easily edit photos and add short captions, such as "Billy, Age 2," or "The Velociraptor That Ate My Top Hat." Depending on the chosen layout, up to sixteen photos can fit on some pages, and if 20 pages do not provide enough real estate, additional pages can be added for $1 each. It can take five minutes to create a book; see how easy it is here.

The keepsake compilations are built to last, ensuring their presence will spruce up any coffee table, personal library, or stack of books for a long time to come. Whether the book is a gift for yourself or someone else, it will spellbind all viewers, who will wonder how to navigate its analog pages without a keyboard and mouse. In addition to producing tangible mementos, Shutterfly allows users to store and share any photos in online albums, which can be digitally passed onto friends, family, and Abe Vigoda.

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The Invisible Animal Kingdom

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The crepe, or French pancake, was invented in 1923 to make its American counterpart look fat, oafish, and uncouth in comparison. Help the disced dessert maintain its well-deserved sense of superiority with today's Groupon: for $6, you get $12 worth of delicious crepes and Taiwanese shaved ice from Mojo Crepes on SE Division St..

Channeling the whimsical spirit of Japanese street vendors, Mojo serves up portable griddle fare and desserts in the form of cone-shaped crepes and frozen desserts. This casual, playful preparation fashions fresh crepes from daily-made batter, twists them up into a delectable wizard's cap filled with tasty toppings, and garnishes the concoction with whipped cream and a stylish Pocky stylus. Ice cream crepes ($5.25) are plumped full of locally supplied ice cream, fruits, and sauces for specialty creations such as the classic mojo (strawberries, bananas, Nutella) and the purple rain, which features blueberries, strawberries, and the sauce formerly known as blackberry. Light crepes skip the ice cream, but maintain rich flavors through uncanny yet delicious partnerships such as the miruku (neatnik condensed milk and slovenly chocolate sauce, $3.25).

Crepes make excellent street food while doubling as an edible sack for an over-the-shoulder bindle stick, ideal for quickly escaping from the terrors of the dust bowl while singing "Oh! Susanna" through a muffled mouthful of yet more crepe. Carbophiles and anyone who wants to avoid these Okie contingencies can skirt the fiendish, battery goodness by ordering straight scoops of ice cream or Mojo's milk-flavored Taiwanese shaved ice. Throttle taste buds with schoolyard flavor favorites endemic to the Oreo krush, an offering of crushed Oreos and bananas, splashed with condensed milk ($4.75), or build your own from a list of more than 25 toppings ($3.25 for plain, toppings $0.50 each) including fresh fruit, crunchy dry toppings, and decadent sauces. Use today's Groupon to explore geometry's tasty side with conic delights from Mojo Crepes.

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Crepes or Creeps?

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In the Old West, cowboys rode into town to have a glass of whiskey at the town saloon, heckle the thieves in the stockades, and exfoliate their rugged mugs with the sheriff's spurs. Saddle up for modern shaping up with today's Groupon: for $30, you get $65 worth of waxing, facials, and other skin services at Studio Luxe Hair and Skin Spa in the Pearl District. Hair treatments and nail services are not included.

The talented ladies of the Studio Luxe Hair and Skin Spa team gather in a chic brick-walled urban loft space each day to offer a bevy of skin services that promote and enhance dermal beauty. Let the eyebrow specialist reshape or separate Siamese brows ($35 for the first time), or have an expert hairscaper clear your upper lip ($10) and chin ($12) to create a smooth surface for better novelty-moustache adhesion. Or just skip the specifics and get a full face of water-wicking skin ($25). Migrate away from the mug and take care of gnarly arms ($30) or a hirsute pair of leggy walking arms ($60 and up). Prepare for beach season with a Brazilian ($65) or with its front-sided cousin, the French bikini ($45).

Indulging in spa services is good for the skin and the youthful spirit, which flickers like a flame waiting to be stoked in the hearts of most humans and some automatons. After all, just because time is a linear illusion doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take some for yourself. Clients may also opt for a rejuvenating facial treatment such as a sircuit cosmeceutical peel ($60 and up), which sheds layers of dated skin, leaving only a fresh, fashionable surface behind. For the personal touch, try the physiodermie customized facial ($85 and up), which is adjusted to the needs, hopes, and dreams of your individual frontispiece. Brow and lash tinting services are also available ($25 brows, $30 lash, $50 for both). Call ahead to make an appointment.

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Hair: Man's In-Grown Enemy

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Contrary to popular belief, boats are actually much safer than cars, which inexplicably sink every time you drive them on water. Take a proper water road ride with today’s Groupon: for $19, you get a ticket to either a Portland Spirit tour on the Willamette River or a Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler tour of the Cascade Locks from Portland Spirit River Cruise Dining (up to a $38 value).

The Portland Spirit tour offers scenic sightseeing tours showcasing beautiful glimpses of flora, fauna, and firmament. Board the magnificent Portland Spirit ($28–$38 depending on cruise time), a 150-foot vessel boasting two climate-controlled indoor decks and an outdoor top deck for landscape gazing and playing the sea-bird version of the license-plate game. Cruises set sail at three different times and typically depart from the Salmon Street Springs fountain. Your sightseeing adventure will migrate south, dancing on the drops of the Willamette River and moving upstream to the Milwaukie Basin/Lake Oswego area before returning north through downtown. A full-service bar is available to address all of your hydration and secret-telling needs.

The Cascade Locks cruise usually takes leave from the breathtaking Marine Park in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Narrated tours ($28) aboard the stunning Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler, powered by advanced paddle-wheel technology independent of hamster labor, offer panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. Sightseeing excursions depart for an afternoon jaunt on weekdays, and morning and afternoon tours on weekends. See the schedule for boarding times.

This Groupon may only be used for sightseeing cruises, and cannot be used toward a brunch, lunch, or dinner cruise.

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With the resurgence of 3-D movies, theatergoers everywhere are stealing the complimentary glasses in an attempt to experience the fabled third dimension in real life. Gain a clearer perspective of the world with today's deal: for $50, you get $225 toward glasses at Pearle Vision. Redeem this Groupon at the Clackamas or the Vancouver locations.

Started in 1961 by Dr. Stanley Pearle, the nationally recognized and trusted franchise now operates in nearly 800 company and franchise locations nationwide. The master visionaries at Pearle are well trained in assisting all bespectacled beings, from casual librarians to picky, temperamental Cyclopes. Equip a corrective pair of Essentials frames starting at $99.95, or slip on a pair of designer eye enhancers, such as those by Anne Klein and DKNY ($149.95+) or Versace ($205+). Single-vision lenses adjust a singular field of vision ($120 for plastic scratch-resistant), while specialty PearleTHIN complete lenses ($205) are lightweight heavyweights.

Eyeglasses are the MVP of the sartorial world, providing the wearer with instant style, sight, and disguise. Color-coordinate your spectacles to your shoelaces, change your appearance based on mood, or channel an inner Clark Kent to confuse enemies with an altered appearance. This deal is only valid for a complete pair of eyeglasses (frames and lenses) and cannot be combined with vision insurance or other promotions.

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For $20, today's side deal gets you $50 worth of modest swimwear from Hapari. This Groupon is valid for online orders, but shipping is not included with this deal.

Specializing in modest swimwear that enhances alluring features while hiding the less-alluring ones, Hapari offers a wide range of women’s, men’s, and junior items. Available in various styles such as the Island Fever Butterfly ($39) or the Retro S.O.S ($54), the tankini, which can be worn as a halter, tank, or in a crisscross, provides a versatile addition to beach-going wardrobes. Men can pick up a pair of compression shorts ($18), and youngsters can also frolic in a Retro Sport tankini ($35) or a pair of junior compression shorts ($15). Or soak up some extra sun with a traditional Cali Palms bikini ($36).

This Groupon will be available for redemption starting September 4.

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The modern-day pub was named for the publican, a water bird with a large throat pouch that enables it to scoop up large baskets of cheddar fries and pints of frosty, hop-rich liquids. Pay tribute to that noble beast with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of classic pub fare and drink at The Dublin Pub. This Groupon cannot be used to pay the $5 cover charge for live music on Fridays and Saturdays. It can be used, however, toward happy hour.

The Dublin Pub has been serving traditional pub fare and a large selection of brews for the past 27 years. The uninitiated may be overwhelmed by the 59 beers on tap and the innumerable cocktail combos staring defiantly from behind the polished wood bar; simplify and stay local with offerings from Oregon breweries such as Full Sail and Mt. Hood. After funneling down frothy brews, guests can delve into dining with a menu featuring a who's who of comfort food, such as fish and chips ($11.50), the corned beef sandwich ($6), and four different burger permutations, including the Irishman's Supper burger, topped with cheddar, egg, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onions, and Thousand Island dressing ($7.75).

Live music fills The Dublin Pub on Friday and Saturday nights, and anti-dancers can channel their energies into pool, foosball, and shuffleboard. Duck haphazardly thrown darts and dig into The Dublin Pub's array of Emerald Isle eats.

Customers must be at least 21 years old.

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Irish Jean's Ireland Bar

The most authentic Irish experience outside London, Ireland.

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