{"id":30083,"date":"2012-06-26T16:34:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T20:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=30083"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:15:00","slug":"fun-classes-to-take-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/30083\/fun-classes-to-take-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Fun Classes to Take in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next time you&#8217;re planning a date, how about you skip the High Line-biergarden route in favor of something a little less. . . standard. Whatever makes your heart beat faster\u2013be it biking, barbeque or burlesque \u2013oM\u2019s got some titillating tips for how to make magic happen offline and off the main island.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Stay Classy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The only thing hotter than having a date teach you something new? Learning something new together. Take it to the classroom and worst-case scenario, you\u2019ll have plenty of distractions and leave with a few new tricks and treats.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50113 alignright lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/10298929_729680643721212_6896268097774362385_n.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn Brainery\" width=\"315\" height=\"315\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50113 alignright lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/10298929_729680643721212_6896268097774362385_n.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn Brainery\" width=\"315\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/10298929_729680643721212_6896268097774362385_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/10298929_729680643721212_6896268097774362385_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/10298929_729680643721212_6896268097774362385_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/10298929_729680643721212_6896268097774362385_n-25x25.jpg 25w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/noscript>1.<\/strong> Gowanus\u2019s <a title=\"permanent link to brooklyn Brainery website\" href=\"http:\/\/brooklynbrainery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brooklyn Brainery<\/a> offers an eclectic range of affordable lectures and workshops, from mixing seasonal cocktails to sunset street art tours to one-on-one literary agent advice. (Most classes $10-30\/person) <em>Brooklyn Brainery:\u00a0516 Court Street, Carroll Gardens<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0For your next rainy day date, why not bring the outside in? Grab a few figurines and a container and get your hands mossy in a terrarium at Sprout or Twig. Private workshops and for-purchase materials (Twig boasts figures \u201cfrom hikers to hookers\u201d) are also available. ($35-45\/person and up)\u00a0<em>S<\/em>prout: <em>44 Grand St, Williamsburg <\/em>and<em>\u00a0Twig: 274 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Ave, at President, Gowanus<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft lazyload\" title=\"Painting Lounge\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/7450014686_7f424b44a5_z.jpeg\" alt=\"Painting Lounge\" width=\"323\" height=\"267\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft lazyload\" title=\"Painting Lounge\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/7450014686_7f424b44a5_z.jpeg\" alt=\"Painting Lounge\" width=\"323\" height=\"267\" \/><\/noscript><\/strong><\/strong><strong>3.\u00a0<\/strong>Pick your painter and your poison. At each of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paintinglounge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Painting Lounge<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2012\/06\/12\/best-byob-nyc\/\">BYOB<\/a>\u00a0classes, students learn how to create a different design and leave with their 16&#215;20\u201d masterpiece in hand (or their date\u2019s). They\u2019ve got the art supplies, corkscrews and cups covered; all you have to bring is some liquid courage to get those creative juices flowing. ($50\/person).\u00a0<em>Painting Lounge: 438 Union Ave, Williamsburg<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> There\u2019s something for every taste bud in <a title=\"permanent link to brooklyn kitchen website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebrooklynkitchen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brooklyn Kitchen&#8217;s<\/a> culinary laboratory, from \u201cHow to Become a Cheese Wiz,\u201d to \u201cIce Cream Making,\u201d \u201cVeggie Burgers 4 Ways,\u201d \u201cVietnamese Street Food\u201d and a even a romantic \u201cCouples Dinner Class.\u201d (Most classes $50-85\/person).\u00a0<em>Brooklyn Kitchen: 100 Frost Street, Williamsburg<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more NYC classes, visit coursehorse.com. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next time you&#8217;re planning a date, how about you skip the High Line-biergarden route in favor of something a little less. . . standard. Whatever makes your heart beat faster\u2013be it biking, barbeque or burlesque \u2013oM\u2019s got some titillating tips for how to make magic happen offline and off the main island. Stay Classy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":50111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[327,320,315,325,326],"tags":[723,273,274,740,33,717,724,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-30083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bronx-outer-boroughs-destination","8":"category-brooklyn-outer-boroughs-destination","9":"category-day-trips","10":"category-new-york","11":"category-queens-outer-boroughs-destination","12":"tag-city-love","13":"tag-classes","14":"tag-cooking","15":"tag-dating-adventures","16":"tag-long-island-city","17":"tag-painting","18":"tag-planting","19":"tag-romantic"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":50111,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/23963_4693205015637_557223130_n-300x210.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30083","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\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}