A Laidback Weekend

After a busy week, I was so looking forward to having some down time. The weekend started late Friday night after a rushed visit to Bloomingdales in Whiteplains to buy a dress for an upcoming wedding. After hours of much needed R&R on Saturday, we headed to Brass Mill Center, a mall in Waterbury to meet Nelson's parents. This has been a good half way meeting point for us when we don't have the time to drive all the way to MA. This is a decent enough mall esp when shopping is a only side activity. I managed to get a few things on my list with quick visits to H&M & Victoria's Secret. Besides the food court, only a couple of restaurant choices were available. We had dinner at Bertucci's, an italian restaurant chain that we hadn't been to in ages.

After our usual morning routine on Sunday, we headed to downtown Ossining. We had lunch at Cidade Cafe, a Portuguese bakery that is new in town. A variety of sandwiches and other traditional lunch options were available. I had some chicken empanadas and cod cakes that were freshly fried. Several delicious pastries and cookies were also available at reasonable prices.

To celebrate spring and enjoy the refreshingly cool weather, Nelson took me for a walk on part of the Ossining Aqueduct trail. Now we are determined to find more of the trail near the Hudson on a future date. Our day ended with a drive thorough several neighboring towns before I fell asleep in the car, comepletely relaxed!