It was a last minute decision to go out — the rain had stopped, and our morning playdate had cancelled.  All the old routine came back in force — packing all the requirements for a journey, e.g. food, diapers, clothes, drinks.  But in actuality things went quite smooth.  We explored a new Vietnamese cafe (although the owner almost scared us off saying there might not be room for the stroller, but in the end there were 3 tables occupied in the whole place) and a Italian wine bar/cafe waiting for the Vietnamese place to open.  In fact, Kai cooperated by sleeping so long we were almost late getting home to meet the baby sitter later in the day.  But we did manage to spend some time with Kai cruising around in his new boots around the mall.  Now inspired, I think we will try to be more adventurous when given the chance.