Happy Friday!
At long last, here are the photos that trickled out little by little, all rounded up into one place. It was a blur of a trip, but it was good.
If you know me you know I'm a stay-at-home mom and that I love getting out of the house, so, #worthit 😉
Mark worked on Saturday as he usually does, and I had an allergic reaction to some chemical fragrances Friday night that lasted all day Saturday so I basically got nothing done as far as packing until he came to help me. We left PA very late, and arrived at our hotel after midnight.
(We stayed at Doral Arrowwood in Rye Brook, New York. I do recommend them.
See my final thoughts at the very end. ❤)
The kids napped on the way there, and then of course were wide awake once we arrived. Mark needed to wind down anyway from actually trying to stay awake, so I decided to have an impromptu picnic on the floor.
All 3 of the kids thought it was a blast,
and it was the perfect way to help their anxious selves feel like we had done something that night when in reality they were really just chilling and eating snacks on the floor while Mommy set things out for the next day. 😂
Fast forward to the next morning....
The kids were still in bed and Mark and I could barely force ourselves to get up, we were so tired. So Mark brewed some coffee while I order some room service.
I've actually never done that before (I told you I only pretend to be fancy 😜) so it had to be documented. 👇
Of course the minute food arrived,
Mommy got bombarded. 😂
But what I did get to eat was delicious. Lol.
After our pre-breakfast snack, Mark and the kids chilled with some Netflix on the tablet (so Mark could finish waking up haha)
while I shot some photos for my Bless Box unboxing featuring Bless Box x Meaningful Beauty.
You can check that blog post out here.
Here the girls are in their Wal-Mart find dresses (Yay me!) all ready to go find some more food!
The breakfast buffet offered at the hotel looked AMAZING and seemed reasonably priced for the great service they offered in the atrium where it was served (I did pop down there and check it out), but we opted to instead hit the road as early as possible and grab breakfast on the fly in hopes of accomplishing more sightseeing.
Had to take a picture of the lovely view from our room but got photobimbed by this cutie. ❤
I managed to get one solo, further down 👇
My lovely Chari, almost always willing to pose for a photo.
Here we go, just Momma. 😉
I snapped some more photos of the room and the rest of the hotel as we checked out and headed for the van.
Above you can see the views from the lobby & lounge.
What you can't see are the pretty navy velvet sofas. 😍
I can only imagine what the views are like with snow!
The view from the parking lot.
My little group of adventurers. 💕
Our first view if the city area.
I love the way the fall foliage looks against the city skyline.
❤
The view of the Hudson River as we rounded the corner and headed down...
This is Tarrytown, New York, and there's a beautiful boardwalk along the Hudson River.
It was such a lovely place for a Sunday afternoon stroll.
My babies seeing The Hudson for the first time ever.
No caption needed, right?
Except maybe that this is the new Tappan Zee Bridge.
I'm probably more dramatic than most, but all I could think of while we drove over it was all of those end-of-the-world movies where wires on bridges snap and cars fall into the water.... 😕
Just an old house that I thought looked picturesque.
The place above here is a small (memorial?) park in a town called Sleepy Hollow.
This is right past Sleepy Hollow headed towards Tarrytown Lake,
Pictured below.
The colors were gorgeous.
You can't really tell in this photo because I upped the brightness, but it was almost getting to be too dark to see.
But the views up around Bear Mountain were 😯😯😯😍😍😍.
That concludes our jaunt into New York.
Some final thoughts on the room...
For the location (near Westchester / Tarrytown and other very scenic & upscale areas) the price of the room was definitely on point.
Some of the hotel seemed a bit dated, but absolutely spotless. It is HUGE so there was some walking involved, unlike other park>walk inside maybe 15 ft> crash & sleep kind of places, but it's NOT that kind of hotel.
They offer valet parking but Mark hates valet parking (Idk why 🤔, I just didn't even ask...) hence the walking with the suitcase photo. 😉
There was a pool and I believe a game room also, random chairs & lounges nestled here and there, and a bar, as well as of course conference rooms and I think a venue for weddings... The hotel has it all.
I noticed lots of families with children as well as business people, so it is upscale without being snooty.
Nobody smirked at us for having 3 kids in tow, but there weren't kids shrieking up and down the halls either.
Breakfast smelled and looked AMAZING, and the amount of people that were there for the food spoke for itself.
Staff was extremely friendly and helpful,
and checking in/out was seamless.
If you need to stay in the area, or if you simply need to get away, I do recommend them.
Well, that's all for now!
I'm already looking forward to our next travels...
Xo, The Brunette
