{"id":294,"date":"2026-02-10T20:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/openlab-basics\/?p=294"},"modified":"2026-02-10T20:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:19:54","slug":"winter-break-highlights-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/openlab-basics\/2026\/02\/10\/winter-break-highlights-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Break Highlights &#8217;26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By John Franks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started my winter break with various celebrations with my family. I had parties for Christmas eve, Christmas day, and New Year&#8217;s eve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/openlab-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/02\/holiday-lights-new-york-empire-state-building-istock-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349\" style=\"width:418px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/openlab-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/02\/holiday-lights-new-york-empire-state-building-istock-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/openlab-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/02\/holiday-lights-new-york-empire-state-building-istock-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/openlab-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/02\/holiday-lights-new-york-empire-state-building-istock-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/openlab-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/02\/holiday-lights-new-york-empire-state-building-istock.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the holiday hangover I made plans to go to see my first Broadway show in many years by planning a night out to see <em>The Outsiders.<\/em> After the show I went and got dinner at an Italian restaurant near the theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/openlab-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/02\/The-Outsiders-Playbill-2024-03-16_Web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361\" style=\"width:157px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/openlab-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/02\/The-Outsiders-Playbill-2024-03-16_Web.jpg 649w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/openlab-basics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/02\/The-Outsiders-Playbill-2024-03-16_Web-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Franks I started my winter break with various celebrations with my family. 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