Gettin' out of town

Saturday we got a wild hair. We decided to rent a car and head to the mountains! Bear Mountain, that is. Home of the best outlet mall I've ever been to (and I've been to a few). Our friends the Gullette's came too (in their own car - they're a family of five). We caravaned up to Woodbury Commons on the winding (and a little bit scary) streets. We arrived to find the most exquisite shops on cobblestoned streets with a beautiful mountain backdrop. What a day we had! We let the kids run like wild beasts - and we shopped till we dropped (actually until they kicked us out at 6:00). The stores were not your typical "outlet" stores. Some of my favorites were - Oilily, Theory, Juicy, and Kate Spade. We didn't have time to see it all... but we were very impressed with what we did see (and buy).
After leaving the outlets we headed to the neighborhood Chili's! Isn't it crazy that after being in NY with all these great restaurants, I was actually thrilled about the prospect of eating at Chili's! A big part of the appeal is the free refills and great kids menu!
We had to wait a while for a table for 9, but the kids were great. We spent 2 hours at Chili's and decided to wrap up the trip with a visit to Target (afterall - we had rented the car for 24 hours - why not make the most of it). We closed down Target at 10:00 and headed back to The City.
We've found that sometimes we have to "get away" and breathe the fresh air so the hustle & bustle doesn't get to us!