I just have to say you ladies are making me a bit homesick. My dad is from Great Neck (three generations lived there, actually!), and my grandparents retired out to Locust Valley. Every time we'd go up to visit, we'd go skating so my grandparents could see what I was up too....the Colosseum and Beaver dam mostly (awesome outdoor rinks there back in the 80's). Except for the odd flight into/out of JFK, I haven't been back to LI since my grandfather died just after 9/11. I miss it so much! Enjoy what you have!