{"id":18443,"date":"2010-12-29T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T20:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=18443"},"modified":"2012-01-26T18:54:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T22:54:08","slug":"offbeat-stories-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/18443\/offbeat-stories-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"offManhattan&#8217;s 11 Favorite offBeat Stories of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>We are gathered here today to reflect on 2010, a year spent being preoccupied with our tech gizmos rather than our environment and the people around us. In 2011, let us make an oath to getting to know each other again without the electronics, to doing something wildly old-fashioned like handwriting letters, and to exploring places outside of our comfort zones\u2014and offManhattan!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Here are 11 offbeat oM stories from 2010: <\/strong><!--more--><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Have Dog, Will Travel: 7 Pet\u2013Friendly Getaways Near NYC\" href=\"..\/2010\/03\/04\/pet-friendly-getaways-nyc\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Have Dog, Will Travel: 7 Pet\u2013Friendly Getaways Near NYC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to A Self-Guided Graffiti Tour of Brooklyn Part II\" href=\"..\/2010\/01\/25\/nyc-graffiti-bushwick-east-williamsburg\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Self-Guided Graffiti Tour of Brooklyn Part II<\/a><a title=\"Permanent Link to The College Guide: Bars, Arts, Shopping, Cheap Activites, Etc.\" href=\"..\/2010\/01\/09\/the-college-guide-bars-arts-shopping-cheap-activites-etc\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to A Raw Deal: Where to Get a Food Facial in Philadelphia\" href=\"..\/2010\/05\/18\/food-facial-philadelphia-juju-salon\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Raw Deal: Where to Get a Food Facial in Philadelphia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to The Eight NYC Bridges You Should (and should not) Bike Over\" href=\"..\/2010\/05\/17\/bike-bridges-nyc\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Eight NYC Bridges You Should (and should not) Bike Over<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Vine Time: A Guide to Long Island\u2019s North Fork Wineries\" href=\"..\/2010\/09\/07\/north-fork-wineries-long-island\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vine Time: A Guide to Long Island\u2019s North Fork Wineries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to The 17 Best Camping Sites Near NYC\" href=\"..\/2010\/10\/04\/camping-near-nyc\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The 17 Best Camping Sites Near NYC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to A Romantic Getaway to New York\u2019s Finger Lakes Region\" href=\"..\/2010\/10\/18\/finger-lakes-getaway\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Romantic Getaway to New York\u2019s Finger Lakes Region<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Off Season Adventures: Things to Do in Block Island\" href=\"..\/2010\/10\/14\/things-to-do-in-block-island\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Off Season Adventures: Things to Do in Block Island<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to What a Growing Locavore Movement Looks Like: Things to Do in the Berkshires\" href=\"..\/2010\/10\/11\/things-to-do-in-the-berkshires\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What a Growing Locavore Movement Looks Like: Things to Do in the Berkshires<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Snowy Seasides: 6 Winter Beach Getaways Near NYC\" href=\"..\/2010\/12\/13\/winter-beach-getaways-near-nyc\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Snowy Seasides: 6 Winter Beach Getaways Near NYC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to The Anti-Holiday Travel Guide: 5 Quick Getaways from NYC\" href=\"..\/2010\/12\/01\/quick-getaways-from-nyc\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Anti-Holiday Travel Guide: 5 Quick Getaways from NYC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are gathered here today to reflect on 2010, a year spent being preoccupied with our tech gizmos rather than our environment and the people around us. In 2011, let us make an oath to getting to know each other again without the electronics, to doing something wildly old-fashioned like handwriting letters, and to exploring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":21587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[325,316],"tags":[529,381,49,483,299,20,417,282,58,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-18443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"category-weekend-getaways","9":"tag-adventurous-getaway","10":"tag-biking","11":"tag-cultural-activities","12":"tag-family-friendly","13":"tag-locally-sourced","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-pet-friendly","16":"tag-romantic","17":"tag-wine","18":"tag-winter"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":21587,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5687579102_ea6aa0fdd7-300x223.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}