Us neither, and it’s not just distance to factor in - we’re happy to drive to SoCal (we’re in the Bay Area) for a long weekend and have done it a number of times (LA, theme parks, San Diego, Palm Springs even), and the driving time pretty much ends up equivalent to the flying time to the east coast.
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A nice long weekend trip is to Cambria, Ca. You can see the sea lions north of town on Hwy 1. Take a drive up to Ragged Point. It’s an awesome coastline without the commitment to go all the way to Big Sur.Visit Hearst Castle if you haven’t been. We love having a glass of wine at the Hearst winery tasting room on the coast. Spend the day in Paso Robles. Visit some wineries or just browse the shops round the square. They have a light show Sensorio that’s worth a visit. Other day trips can be to Morro Bay, explore the marina and visit the rock. Cayucos is a cute tiny seaside sound that has a swimming beach. San Luis Obispo has a small airport that is served by some major airlines.
Santa Barbara airport also is a great small airport where you can arrive just a short time before your flight. Many airlines have direct flights.
I find if the airport is easy a flight isn’t bad for a long weekend.
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Paso Robles, Hearst Castle and the drive up to Ragged Point is one of our favorite weekend getaways! We love Paso wines.
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One of these days we are going to get to Nepenthe!
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Sensorio was great! We spent a bit of time exploring the places you mentioned when C26 was doing a summer program at SLO. Cayucos was very cute. But also add in Avila Beach and Pismo Beach, with its gorgeous cliff top walks.
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We just had a fabulous 4-day weekend at the von Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont. It’s just a beautiful place, and there are so many fun things to do. We hiked with goats, observed their herd of cattle and learned all about them, heard a lecture about the family’s history, met Maria’s granddaughter, took a yoga class, toured their grove of maples and sugarhouse, and got massages, sat in the hot tub looking over the mountains, etc. They do everything with excellence - I shared in the other thread that because it was our 40th wedding anniversary, they gave us $150 in gift cards. Who does that?!? Our room, just a regular one, had a balcony with a view of the mountains.
I can’t recommend this place highly enough. Whenever I tell someone about it who has been there, they say, “Oh, we love that place!” Over and over I’ve heard that.
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Going with my book group to Nantucket Island (The Grey Lady) for the Nantucket Book Festival this upcoming weekend. We all live in same town in Central Mass, so it’s 95 miles to Hyannis to catch the slow ferry to the Island (30 miles out to sea–give or take). Looking forward to all the sessions, especially Ann Patchett, who is the keynote author this year. We’ll check out a few sights in town (Whaling Museum) and out of town (Sconset Bluff Walk). Also really ready to have great seafood at Straight Wharf and Cru. I sound like the island Chamber of Commerce but, honestly, Nantucket is magical.
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@Bromfield2 Enjoy! Covid nixed my planned trip to Nantucket in 2020, but it remains on my list.
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At church last month, I sat next to a woman (early 40s) I hadn’t met. I struck up a conversation with her, and we really hit it off. She friended me on Facebook, and from looking at her page I learned that her husband passed away suddenly from pneumonia, just before Christmas! We started corresponding, and long story short, she accepted our invitation to go up to our cabin this weekend. She lives a couple of hours north of us, so we will meet in a town on the way up. I really think we’re going to be good friends. 
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Last weekend my daughter went to Santa Barbara on Thurs night, had Friday and Sat there just tooling around, then she ran a half marathon on Sunday morning in Ventura, then went to a Dodger game and then flew home.
Today she’s on a business trip to Salt Lake and will stay on Saturday with friends (work) and do things there. Next weekend Hawaii (for 6 days). The next weekend is a girls’ weekend in Breckenridge (other daughter going too). June will then have no more weekends.
She told me she’s going to Green Bay to a Packer game on Dec 13 for her birthday weekend. A bucket list item for her.
No, she never stays home
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If you live near a major airport, Mexico City was a fantastic long weekend. No jet lag, only 5 hours each way nonstop, tons of fantastic stuff to see and do, affordable, amazing food, great shopping, and I could go on. I want to go back!
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We live on the east coast and I took ShawWife to Paris for a long weekend for her birthday (or anniversary, I can’t remember). Lots of art plus great food. Tiring but she was very happy. She was very pleased that I was able to pay for the hotel and airfare with points. I think we also did a long weekend in San Francisco – especially when both kids were living there.
Every year since I completed my PhD, I take a long weekend trip with a dear and wise friend usually to the mountains (but also to the Chattooga River, the Chiracahua national monument, and the moutnains near Santa Cruz) for 2-3 days. We focus the weekend on our values and then how we allocate our time – talking while we hike. We started 40-some years ago thinking about our career aspirations and then over time we added relationships/wives, families, health, spirituality and our legacies. We then look at whether we spend our time in ways that our consistent with advancing our values. A different kind of long weekend, but this annual checkin has been very valuable for both of us.
We do NY long weekend trips regularly – art/theater/food/friends.
I suspect that as we age, we will pass on long weekends in Paris or San Francisco. A lot tougher on the body.
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I was just going to post about this same recommendation. We did a long weekend in Paris years ago- flew there on a Thursday, flew home on Monday. Had nearly all of the day Friday there, and all day Saturday and Sunday - so what felt like three full days. Fantastic trip. With a direct flight, it was very doable!
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We stayed on that trip at the Prince de Galles hotel – very nice. My assistant had them put flowers in the room with a note from me. The bouquet was massive.
I just searched for Paris in my google calendar and found three or four times ShawWife has met me in Paris when I’ve been working in London or Paris or Frankfurt and we’ve had a long weekend there. Life is good.
I think I took the whole family to Rome for a long weekend many years ago when the kids were young.
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Proximity to Europe is a big part of why we want to retire on the east coast! Long weekend in Paris, yes please.
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There are a lot of great weekend places in upstate NY - Catskill, Niagara, Poughkeepsie, etc. And I would throw in the nearby Berkshires also.
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And if we are doing cities - don’t forget Boston!
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Has anyone done a weekend in Washington state to see dahlias?