Did somebody say Valentines? Call in the reserves: grandparents, godparents, the neighbor or...in a pinch a giant Bernese Mountain Dog will do. 

You and hubby are ditching the kids and headed upstate for a romantic wknd for two at the just reno'ed 1850s House Inn & Tavern in Rosendale, just 90 miles from NYC.

Imagine: blissing out in 1 of 12 beautifully appointed boutique suites with Custom Linens; and a night cap bellied up to an awesome antique bar.

The 1850s house is a stone's throw from the best hiking, antiquing and food in upstate New York; and footsteps from the Rosendale Trestle Footbridge over the Roundout River, a herculean $2 million decaying railbridge to pristine foot bridge transformation, completed in June 2013. (Fun factoid: in 1872, the Rosendale trestle bridge was the highest span bridge in the United States.)