How do you spend a rare day that comes around only once in four years?
For "leaplings" born on Feb. 29, there's free booze and food out there for you somewhere.
For everyone else, we've got a few ideas:
► Hunt for hidden treasures
Meet up with other geocachers at the Bourbon Street Bar & Grille at 346 West 46th St at 5:30 p.m. for a Leap Day event. What's geocaching? It's a real-world game in which players make their way to a specific set of GPS coordinates in search of a container, or "geocache," hidden at that location. You'll need a GPS device or a GPS-enabled phone, and a membership with Geocatching.com to participate in the game.
► Propose to your boyfriend
You let him pick the movie you watched together on Netflix last week, so why not take matters into your own hands today and embrace a centuries-old tradition of women proposing to their paramours on Leap Day? (If he refuses, you tell him convention prescribes a fine — a kiss, a silk dress, expensive gloves, or cold hard cash.) The practice was never taken too seriously in 19th century New York City, according to the Bowery Boys, but, at the very least, it inspired some ladies to select their own dance partners.
► Eat brinner
It strikes us as fitting to eat breakfast for dinner on a generally topsy-turvy day. That's what Meatpacking chefs will be serving at the "Battle of Breakfasts," a competition featuring neighborhood restaurants like Serafina, Fig & Olive, and Toro. Tickets to try the items on contestants' breakfast menus and to cast a ballot cost $55. For access to brunch drinks at the open bar, you'll have to pay $20 more. The event, located on a stretch of 14th St. beneath the High Line, kicks off at 6:30 p.m.
► Play with puppies
If you missed out on some quality puppy time courtesy of Uber before the Super Bowl, you'll have an opportunity to make up for it Monday. The Residence Inn at 148 E. 48th St. is hosting an afternoon puppy party in its lobby from noon to 4 p.m. Shed your stress and consider taking a furry party favor home with you; the North Shore Animal League America will be on-site to arrange adoptions.
► Leap(frog) your way into learning
For those of you rare souls who prefer frogs to puppies, you can head over to Staten Island's Greenbelt Nature Center, at 700 Rockland Avenue, for a lesson on amphibians and instructions on how to make your own origami frog. Admission to the program jumping off at 2 p.m. costs $3 for center members, and $5 for everyone else.
► Confront your feelings
Sometimes it feels 365 days in a year aren't enough to unpack our emotional baggage. Leap Day can be a chance to heal old wounds by laughing at them with the performers of "You Are Not Alone: An Uplifting Show About Depression." Improvisers on stage at the Magnet Theater (254 W. 29th St.) will "create scenes inspired by essays written about personal experiences and show that sometimes laughter really is the best medicine," according to the Facebook event, which starts at 7 p.m.
