I Went on a Staycation With My Family — Here's What It's Really Like

Ever since we moved to our city, my husband and I — the food fans that we are — have been compiling a list of restaurants we’ve wanted to try. The only problem was, most of them are impossible to go to on nights or weekends. Having five straight weekdays in town but not chained to our desks meant that we could finally eat — albeit lunch — at some of the most popular dining spots around. The same went for children’s museums that, come Saturday afternoon, felt more like circus disasters and hipster neighborhoods that we could never navigate with a stroller on any given Sunday.