Alternatively, for a beach with a view, climb up to BoveNEMO, an inner city beach supreme located on the rooftop of NEMO, Amsterdam's modernist ship-shape children's science centre, complete with lounge chairs, a bar and even a fair bit of sand.
Plans for a new $20.5 million school -- including a synagogue, 31 classrooms, science labs, a library, lounges, tennis courts and a music conservatory, art studio and outdoor swimming pool -- were filed on Dec. 4 with the Village of Lake Success.
First, brainstorm a list on the board of different distinct areas of the school that might benefit from becoming "smarter" (suggestions might include the library, cafeteria, auditorium, gymnasium, computer lab, science lab, art room, music room, faculty lounge, student lounge, etc).
"I've never seen something done with this sort of depth, and anyone who comes in can get hooked and spoken to in their own language," he said, pointing to the art and science collaborations in the Ultra-Lounge and the list of cooking demonstrations to be held over the next few weeks.
Rutavic sat on an empty science probe container, while I lounged on one of the sofas singing along in awe of the amount of hard work this team was putting in.
At the Science Ball, he coordinated the Quantum Lounge, where people could rest their tired feet while making new connections.
The place had some houseplants, some lounge chairs, and some Modern Science magazines.
Equally dramatic vistas can also be enjoyed from Evolution Restaurant, DNA Bar and Homo Sapiens Explorers Lounge with a library dedicated to science and the Galapagos.
No one who sees the rousing production by the excellent Aquila Theater Company in the first-floor lounge of the main arts and sciences building of New York University will forget a whit of it.
