Next list the nice-to-haves--the extra specials like concert tickets or a weekend getaway--plus the weekly out-of-pocket expenses you're already keeping track of.
Opportunely, the University of Chicago Press has begun reissuing the out-of-print Parker novels, starting with the first three: "The Hunter," "The Man With the Getaway Face" and "The Outfit".
The way Porter literally conjures a getaway car out of nothing when his enemies get too close, for example, is brilliant.
Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m., Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, at Chambers Street, Lower Manhattan, (212) 625-8369, dnadance.org; $20. (La Rocco) JILL SIGMAN/THINKDANCE (Friday through Sunday) If an exotic getaway seems out of reach this year, consider a trip to "ZsaZsaLand," Jill Sigman's new mash-up of a dance.
Property he and his wife bought as a weekend getaway turned out to have acres of vines, he said, and over the years they have expanded their holdings to 6,000 acres.
And for whatever you're taking with you on that getaway, roll out and carry on are two of the best ways to go.
"Anyone looking for an adult getaway would feel out of place," said Kyle McCarthy, editor of FamilyTravelForum.com, about such resorts.
"I would tell them things that didn't sound right to me - the fact that a getaway driver would get out of the van to join in the action, for instance.
Back across the state In Fort Myers, fishing guide Conley has suffered through red tide episodes before in his 10 years running charters out of Getaway Marina.
You might not think of Oregon as a prime fall destination, but Hood River has all of the wineries, orchards and access to great hiking you could want in a seasonal getaway, roughly 60 miles out of Portland.
