If we aren’t feeling the urge to cook dinner at home, our favorite spots are Mercato in Red Hook for the most amazing kale salad and homemade pasta (and Ferebee can’t leave without a scoop of the Salted Caramel Gelato) and Market Street in Rhinebeck for delicious flat bread pizzas, salads, and Italian food.Both spots are very low key…there is never a need to put on heels in this area!

On a nice Saturday morning, after grabbing coffee and pastries from the Red Devon in Bangall, we like to drive to Stissing Mountain to hike to the Fire Tower.It’s the most incredible view of the Hudson Valley, and makes us feel like we are very very far away from New York City.

Our favorite Fall activity is to take the kids to Haan Farm, where you can go pumpkin picking, ride on a pony or a hay wagon, run through a pitch black corn maze (which freaks both of us out, but doesn’t seem to phase the children), feed animals, and munch on the most delicious apple cinnamon donuts and hot apple cider.