Weekend Getaways with the Girls

Weekend getaway: Restaurants

Staycation 1: The foodie adventure

Must-do activity: For this staycation idea, you can go two routes:

1. Restaurant hop around your town: do appetizers at one place, entrees at another and dessert at a third. You could also make an entire day of it and walk/drive around sampling dishes from all the places your home as to offer (even the smallest towns have at least one restaurant).

2. Have a progressive eating day: have one friend make breakfast, another make lunch, a third afternoon tea, a fourth dinner and a fifth dessert. Head around to each other’s places in a pack (and don’t forget to help with the dishes).

What to pack: Since you’ll be eating a ton, wear loose-fitting pants or try a maxi-dress with an empire waist, sooo comfy and no one will be able to tell you’ve got a mini Buddha-belly going on. Bring along a travel makeup kit, like N.Y.C. New York Color Complete Makeup Kit, $4.99, so you can spruce up your look from morning to night.