So... my 2 cents
Oh great and wise 1C, 2C and 3C parents~ where did you take your PC for dinner on Sat. night of PW? Did you stay near Great Neck or venture into the city? ...thumb:
So short and sweet in our case following our son's and his classmates wishes here's what they wanted to do for their 20 or so hour of freedom that they spent with us...
We stayed at the Marriott Uniondale so neither right around KP or in the city, it's ~14 miles away. After checking in to the hotel the boys wanted to change out of their uniforms and be "regular folks" for a while and rest for about an hour.
We then went to dinner, they wanted Thai food so we asked the concierge for a recommendation, he was Asian and on seeing my son's friend was from Singapore he directed us to an authentic place in his neighborhood about 8 miles further west in Hicksville, He warned me and my wife the food would be hot and spicy. We went there. No reservation needed, not overly crowded and very good. The price was between $100 - $120 all in for dinner for 5 including a couple of drinks. We all enjoyed our meals and between my son's friend and the waitress my wife and I were properly guided through the menu.
We then went back to the hotel and relaxed for about another hour before the boys asked if they could go to a movie, we (Wife and I) asked if we could all go - we did. The movie was something fun but not memorable, it was relaxing for us all. We then went back to our two rooms at the hotel and everyone crashed for a good night's sleep. Probably the first uniterupted 10+ hours they had in over a month and half.
We got up and went to a large brunch at the hotel, by then it was like 2:00PM; we checked out of the hotel, and then they wanted to go and buy a few things nothing exotic just stuff they couldn't get easily at the NEEX. We found it all at Waldbaums in Manhasset. We goofed off a while and before you knoew it they wanted to go back to KP which we did - droped them off close to 1800. After we left them, they found out they had extended lib so they went into Great Neck together and got dinner, we go a cell phone call as we drove down the NJTP home - DS was most thankful and grateful for a relaxing weekend doing wha the and friend wanted, instead of a big deal.
I think lots of folks have similar underlying experiences of their own, in many cases this won't be the weekend they want to go wild, rather they might just want to relax and have asimplier family experience. That was ours.