7 Mom's Night Out Ideas on Long Island

4/5/10 - By jennifer

If you’re anything like most moms I know, you’ll look high and low looking for new and fun activities for your children. In the process, we sometimes neglect our own friendships and don’t stray from our normal routines. In the chaos of everyday parenting, our conversations with friends fit in between requests from kids, whines from toddlers or mealtime for babies. It’s hard to get some solid quality time… unless you plan for it. Here are some suggestions of places to go with your girlfriends on a well-deserved night (or day!) off.

From group spa outings to cooking classes to crafting, here are seven fun places to hang out with the girls:

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Foot Reflexology & Back Massage
Mia’s Foot Relaxing Station
204 Smithtown Boulevard
Nesconset, NY
(631) 724-4156

Need an excuse to take a load off and put your feet up? Well, at the price point of $28-$30 for an hour’s worth of massage you’ll probably be finding an excuse to re-visit this little oasis each week. They are open most days from 10AM to 9PM. Make appointments with your girlfriends and you’ll still have cash to head out to dinner afterward!

 

Spa Services with a (Future) Perk
T. Carlton’s Spalon
725 Smithtown Bypass
Smithtown NY
www.tcarltons.com

While many spas offer group packages if you’re bringing your own ‘party,’ T. Carlton’s has an added benefit: a $50 gift card redeemable on a service of $75 or more in the future. Your party may consist of 5 or more girls and packages start at $125 for services like a manicure and pedicure and quick fix facial to $185 for an hour facial and a spa manicure and pedicure. Call T. Carltons for more information or to book your party.

Please note that it’s Spa Week from April 12-18th. Look into your own local spas for special deals - services for $50 a piece!

 

Cooking Classes – No Clean Up Required!
Viking Culinary Center
835 Franklin Avenue
Garden City, NY
http://bit.ly/bGODCc

Lucky for us Long Islanders, Viking’s only location in New York is right in the heart of Nassau County. While they offer a variety of classes from pies and pastries, to Parisian classics, they have specific Girls’ Nights that have great themes as well. Upcoming Girls’ Night events include The Greek Isles, In Rome and In Honolulu. The cost ranges from $109-119, including all the ingredients and 3 hours in the kitchen. Classes book up very quickly so plan well in advance in order not to miss out! Call 516.877.1010 to register.

 

Sur La Table
1468 Northern Boulevard
Manhasset, NY
http://cookingclasses.surlatable.com/

Sur La Table has a wide range of class offerings. Examples of some of the upcoming classes are a spring cupcake workshop, spring pasta workshop and essential Indian class. Sur La Table is also able to accommodate private parties. You can choose the menu to prepare and they’ll handle the rest. Class participants will receive a 10% coupon good toward cooking equipment purchases. Call 516.365-3297 to find out specific pricing or to register for a class.

  

Decorate Your Dish 
There are several ‘paint your own pottery’ venues on the Island. Below are a few of them. Gather the girls and get your pottery painting in gear. Best part is that you leave with a creative self-made party favor!

 

Once Upon A Dish
659 Franklin Avenue
Garden City, NY
www.onceuponadish.com

Adult parties are three hours long and there is a ten person minimum. The cost is $11 per person plus the piece of pottery. Call 516.742.6030 for more details or to reserve a date for your mom’s night out.

 

Muddworks
6C Bond Street
Great Neck, NY
www.mudd-works.com 

Muddworks offers parties for adults that are two hours long (there is an added charge for an additional hour) and cost $15 per person plus the cost of pottery. Call 516.305.4900 for more information.

 

Greenport Art & Design Paint Your Own Pottery Studio
117 Main Street
Greenport, NY
www.greenportartanddesign.com

If you’re further east on the Island, check out the pottery painting studio in Greenport. If you host a mom’s night out party here, it will cost $9 per person plus pottery for a three hour party. There is a ten person minimum, but they will accommodate smaller parties without closing to the public.