It’s New Year’s day, so we’ll take a break from the news to turn yet another year off the calendar and recover from what many across the region celebrated Monday night at First Night activities in the Grand Center neighborhood.

Other than maybe sleeping in a little later on the holiday (at least for most of us), what are your plans for this weekday day-off? Most shopping malls are open, the Zoo and Missouri Botanical Garden (Shaw’s Park) and the Art Museum are open.

Or maybe you’ll join the the group of hardy swimmers who take a dip in the icy cold Mississippi River at the foot of the Gateway Arch every January 1.

Lacking anything else to do, there is always the task of mapping out your commute come a shut down Highway 40. For that, get help online at our Highway 40 Special Report or at the Post-Dispatch and KMOV’s (Channel 4) complete traffic site, POST4TrafficOnline.com.