Here are some ideas for the mid-winter break. For links to the museums mentioned, look for a list called, Manhattan Arts on the grey sidebar to your left.

Ice skate_Central Park, Prospect Park, Rockefeller Center, or Chelsea Piers.

Swim_Use the pool, whirlpool and sauna at the Brooklyn Mariott…

Look at Art_The Gates in Central Park, Tim
Hawkinson at the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Egyptian Wing at the Met, Museum of the City of New York, Retratos: 2000 Years of Latin American Portraits at the El Museo Del Barrio, photographs by Ralph
Eugene Meatyard at the International Center of Photography, show the
kids your favorite old TV shows at the Museum of Television and Broadcasting, show
the kids what it was like back in the ’80s: East Village USA at the New
Museum, Noguchi and Martha Graham exhibit at the Noguchi Museum in Queens right
near Socrates Sculpture Garden…

Theater_25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Avenue Q, Brooklyn Boy, Wicked, Little Women, Waiting for Godot…

Be a Tourist_Go
grocery shopping in Chinatown or wander around Pearl River, browse art
supplies at Pearl Paint on Canal Street, wander around Times Square,
take pictures on the Coney Island Boardwalk or Brighton Beach, have lunch at Katz’s Deli on the Lower East
Side and explore the neighborhood, tour the Prospect Park, Central Park
or Bronx Zoo…

Just Hang_Sleep late, read books, watch classic movies, catch up on homework (ha), if the weather permits, take a bike ride, read a book aloud, do an art project, clean the house together (ha), nap, clean the rabbit’s cage…

Tip: Everyone spend some time alone.

More ideas needed. Send them in. Best idea wins a PRIZE. Details to come.