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Any delivery of booze will be with you, ready to pour, in sixty minutes or less. Given that we seem to spend half our lives waiting in socially distant lines these days, Drizly’s expedient promise is an alluring one. Several of our colleagues swear by their (very) regular deliveries of wine from local-to-them stores in NYC and LA. Hop on the app and lose an hour scrolling through the bulging lists of your favorite neighborhood spots. It almost feels like going out. Almost.

LOOM is an online sexual and reproductive health education platform for people and families in every stage of their journey—thinking about conceiving, struggling, expecting, parenting, and everything in between. In the pregnancy and postpartum program, which is taught by cofounder and CEO Erica Chidi, you’ll learn about choosing care providers, preparing for birth, and how to protect your mental health and physical wellbeing during it all. The baby care basics guide covers everything from diapering, sleeping, and swaddling. And after the baby is born, there’s baby massage, feeding support, and so much more. In this fully digital version of LOOM, you’ll have access to on-demand videos, in-depth written guides, live events, and audio conversations with therapists, pediatricians, fertility doctors, and lactation experts. Chidi, who is a former doula and the author of Nurture, is our go-to for nonjudgmental, science-backed information beyond pregnancy and birth: programs on sex, intimacy, periods, and menopause are also coming soon to the platform.

Methodology, a food delivery plan that ships nationwide, is made for busy professionals (or generally fast-paced New Yorkers) looking for nourishing meals at minimal effort. Their plans range from vegan to keto, and they taste amazing. The menu, which changes weekly, is full of cleaned-up comfort foods like Spanish chickpea paella and vegan eggplant caponata made with basil pesto, broccolini, and pistachio parmesan. Their desserts are amazing, too: think matcha chocolate collagen balls and paleo dark chocolate brownies with avocado frosting. You can mix and match your proteins and sides, and arrange for portions to be big enough for two servings. Meals arrive in glass jars, which travel well, and they'll pick up for easy reuse. Delivery is available nationwide (except Alaska and Hawaii).

Sure, it’s not officially in Manhattan, but this amazing science center is just a short train trip or drive away. Beyond boasting the largest IMAX dome in the states, there’s a Tesla coil lightning show, an outdoor obstacle course that mimics the way wildlife moves through nature, and the Touch Tunnel, where kids grope and crawl their way through a pitch black space.