{"id":22847,"date":"2011-07-22T09:14:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T13:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=22847"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:15:08","slug":"hot-air-ballooning-outdoorbound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/22847\/hot-air-ballooning-outdoorbound\/","title":{"rendered":"oM Weekend Agenda: Hot Air Ballooning, Summer Soiree, Free Bike Workshop, More"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Have some bubbly aboard a hot air balloon<\/strong> at sunset on Sunday; transportation is provided. [OutdoorBound]<\/li>\n<li>The<strong> Latino Cultural Festival<\/strong> runs through Sunday in Queens. [QueensTheatre]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Go fly a kite!<\/strong> Arrive at the Parade Grounds on Governors Island early Saturday for a free kite and help getting airborne. [Governors Island Alliance]<\/li>\n<li>More than 45 chefs from all over the U.S. are setting up shop in Brooklyn Bridge Park Saturday for <strong>Meatopia<\/strong>. [Meatopia]<\/li>\n<li>Music, storytelling and circus antics make up <strong>Queens Family Day <\/strong>on Sunday. [NYCParks]<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA summery celebration of gut-splitting proportions,\u201d <strong>the 3rd Ward Pig Out<\/strong> is Saturday in Brooklyn. Learn how to fix a bicycle, watch chocolate sculpting\u00a0 and fill up on barbeque and tasty drinks. Free admission. [3rdWard]<\/li>\n<li>Make a reservation before it\u2019s too late: <a title=\"Restaurant Week NYC 2011 \" href=\"http:\/\/www.nycgo.com\/restaurantweek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sunday is the last day of restaurant week<\/strong><\/a> in the boroughs. [NYCGO]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tug and Barge Week website\" href=\"# http:\/\/brooklynbridgepark.org\/go\/programs-\/-events\/tug-and-barge-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tug and Barge Week<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s exhibits and tours come to a close Monday. [BrooklynBridgePark]<\/li>\n<li>The Feelies perform free as a part of <strong>Celebrate Brooklyn!<\/strong> on Saturday. [BricArtsMedia]<\/li>\n<li>The <a title=\"Vans Warped Tour website\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2011\/07\/11\/east-coast-music-festivals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Vans Warped Tour<\/strong><\/a> stops by Uniondale Saturday. [offManhattan]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Brooklyn Short Film Concerts website\" href=\"# http:\/\/www.nycgovparks.org\/events\/2011\/07\/23\/old-stone-house-presents-brooklyn-film-worksthe-short-film-concerts-outdoors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Brooklyn Short Film Concerts<\/strong><\/a> finishes up its two-weekend stint with some classic films on Saturday. [NYCParks]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Courtesy of <a title=\"Beverly &amp; Pack photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/walkadog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beverly &amp; Pack<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have some bubbly aboard a hot air balloon at sunset on Sunday; transportation is provided. [OutdoorBound] The Latino Cultural Festival runs through Sunday in Queens. [QueensTheatre] Go fly a kite! Arrive at the Parade Grounds on Governors Island early Saturday for a free kite and help getting airborne. [Governors Island Alliance] More than 45 chefs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":22854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[766,4,325],"tags":[529,177,129,145,663,120,142,254,213,269,473],"class_list":{"0":"post-22847","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archive","8":"category-events","9":"category-new-york","10":"tag-adventurous-getaway","11":"tag-bike","12":"tag-concert","13":"tag-dining","14":"tag-drinking","15":"tag-family-fun","16":"tag-festival","17":"tag-free","18":"tag-governors-island","19":"tag-party","20":"tag-views"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":22854,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/3897126692_cc1292ff20-269x300.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22847","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\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}