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Orly's Treehouse in Westbury
Quick ReadThis is Orly's Treehouse, a recreational club for families with the slogan, "Where kids climb up and parents wind down." Rather than focusing only on children - leaving moms or dads to sit waiting in dance or karate studio lobbies while their children have all the fun - Orly's Treehouse offers simultaneous separate classes for parents.
Photo credit: Newsday photo / Audrey C. Tiernan | Orly Regev, owner of Orly's Treehouse, poses in front of a mural painted on the facility's wall.
Four-year-old Andrew Margaritis, dressed in a white martial arts uniform snugly cinched with a green belt, gleefully flipped his mother onto her back at Orly's Treehouse in Westbury one recent Thursday morning.
Mom Lisa would soon leave Andrew in class with his instructor while she headed to the Orly's Treehouse cafe to relax. She'd just finished an adult kickboxing class herself.
While...
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