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Escape the city grind at the Finger Lakes. Walk to local wineries, row on the lake or grill dinner on the private beach by your four-bedroom cottage on Cayuga Lake. Vacation Rentals by Owner, vrbo.com. Winter rate: per week $600.

You spend way too much money ordering in, so have a chef give you a private in-home cooking class. You’ll learn to make the most of your toaster oven so you can throw a dinner party in your closet-size pad. dinnerpartychef.com.

Go to a dog park and play with other people’s pooches; all the fun and licking without all the poop scooping. For a list of local dog runs, go to nycgovparks.org.

Take a pottery class at Supermud and replace those dishes you destroyed in a rage. 2744 Broadway between 105th and 106th Sts (212-865-9190, supermudpotterystudio.com)

Puppy-sit for Puppies Behind Bars, a group that raises little mutts that become service dogs when they grow up. You’ll have to leave your desk to walk your hairy pal. puppiesbehindbars.com/volunteers.htm, aspca.com

Nostalgic for the carefree days of your childhood when rent and grocery money weren’t a part of your vocabulary? Take five minutes and $1 into Central Park and you can pretend you’re wee again on the carousel. Midpark at 64th St (212-879-0244, centralparkcarousel.com)