Reminder that weekend plans — what would you do? [v5]

This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks. I want to write something more comprehensive about this later but starting with a quick post to gather thoughts. I want to write something more comprehensive about this later but starting with a quick post to gather thoughts.

The trade-offs here are not obvious to me and I keep flip-flopping. For context, I am working with a pretty modest budget so high-end suggestions probably will not land. I tried three different approaches and none of them felt quite right.

Been thinking about this for a while and curious what the community thinks. This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks. This came up at a meetup recently and the room was split, so curious what the broader community thinks.