Hokey, Wholesome Fun
New York Trapeze School
Not everyone dreams of running away and joining the circus, but if performing under "The Big Top" before a live (and very supportive) audience holds any appeal to you, NY Trapeze School is well worth a lesson. "Classes" run for about 2 1/2 hours every day of the week and pre-registration is mandatory. In terms of instruction, there's not much! You basically arrive, get harnessed up, hang from the low swing to get the general feel for about 2 minutes and then climb the 23-foot ladder to the high swing and step off the platform to try your first trick. If you inspire enough confidence in the very capable and adorable instructors, you might even get an opportunity to try a "catch."
The Vendys
The first-ever Street Vendor Awards Event was held in November 2005 in, of course, a cart storage garage in NoHo. Cost of entry is less than what you'd pay for a sit-down meal, but the options for dinner are much wider as street cuisine from Greece, India, Pakistan and Germany are included in the eclectic menu. Beer and wine are free-flowing (as long as it lasts) and the mood is insider-meets-international food press. It seemed like there's equivalent attendance by food writers and Food Network reporters in search of the latest, quirkiest story as there are the epicurious.
Fall
The Cornfield Maize
Depending on your sense of direction, finding your way through acres of mile-high corn fields is either Field of Dreams or Children of the Corn. Either way, it’s good clean family adventure — not to mention a great way to test the strength of your relationship. There are 165 maize mazes throughout the U.S. (in places you wouldn’t expect). Real daredevils (and stubborn mules) will try to brave through without a map.
Apple and Pumpkin Picking
Call ahead to the farms to see what’s available.
Wightman’s Farms: (973) 425-08401111 Mt Kemble Rd. Morristown, NJ 07960 -- they have a cornfield maze too!
Alstede Farms
Fiato’s Orchard
Von Thun’s
About an hour from the GW Bridge, Applewood Orchards in Warwick, NY, 845.986.1684, has seven varieties to pick-your-own, pyo pumpkins, and their own winery.
Cairo, NY (a little over two hours away) holds their Annual Apple Harvest Festival and Craft Show in October. Horse cart rides, a frog jumping competition, and an apple pie baking contest. More here.
For more on pick-your-own farms, apple fests, and other apple-y info, go to the NY Apple Country website.
Christmas
Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem is a unique, quality market with lots of crafters, entertainment and fun for the whole family. Learn more about this spectacular holiday shoppers paradise, perched right in the center of the Christmas city.
Not everyone dreams of running away and joining the circus, but if performing under "The Big Top" before a live (and very supportive) audience holds any appeal to you, NY Trapeze School is well worth a lesson. "Classes" run for about 2 1/2 hours every day of the week and pre-registration is mandatory. In terms of instruction, there's not much! You basically arrive, get harnessed up, hang from the low swing to get the general feel for about 2 minutes and then climb the 23-foot ladder to the high swing and step off the platform to try your first trick. If you inspire enough confidence in the very capable and adorable instructors, you might even get an opportunity to try a "catch."
The Vendys
The first-ever Street Vendor Awards Event was held in November 2005 in, of course, a cart storage garage in NoHo. Cost of entry is less than what you'd pay for a sit-down meal, but the options for dinner are much wider as street cuisine from Greece, India, Pakistan and Germany are included in the eclectic menu. Beer and wine are free-flowing (as long as it lasts) and the mood is insider-meets-international food press. It seemed like there's equivalent attendance by food writers and Food Network reporters in search of the latest, quirkiest story as there are the epicurious.
Fall
The Cornfield Maize
Depending on your sense of direction, finding your way through acres of mile-high corn fields is either Field of Dreams or Children of the Corn. Either way, it’s good clean family adventure — not to mention a great way to test the strength of your relationship. There are 165 maize mazes throughout the U.S. (in places you wouldn’t expect). Real daredevils (and stubborn mules) will try to brave through without a map.
Apple and Pumpkin Picking
Call ahead to the farms to see what’s available.
Wightman’s Farms: (973) 425-08401111 Mt Kemble Rd. Morristown, NJ 07960 -- they have a cornfield maze too!
Alstede Farms
Fiato’s Orchard
Von Thun’s
About an hour from the GW Bridge, Applewood Orchards in Warwick, NY, 845.986.1684, has seven varieties to pick-your-own, pyo pumpkins, and their own winery.
Cairo, NY (a little over two hours away) holds their Annual Apple Harvest Festival and Craft Show in October. Horse cart rides, a frog jumping competition, and an apple pie baking contest. More here.
For more on pick-your-own farms, apple fests, and other apple-y info, go to the NY Apple Country website.
Christmas
Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem is a unique, quality market with lots of crafters, entertainment and fun for the whole family. Learn more about this spectacular holiday shoppers paradise, perched right in the center of the Christmas city.
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