The Great Escape: Milkshake Break

Your teens are babysitting for the neighbors on Saturday. Your parents have volunteered to watch the kids while you run errands on Sunday afternoon. Your tweens are glued to Glee on Tuesday evenings.  It’s your time. Take it. Looking for ways to spend it?

Each week, Patch throws out one great idea to give you a much deserved break, and make your life a little easier, maybe a whole lot easier!

The Washington, D.C. area may be fast becoming the nation's capital for the best burger joints but, with burgers, comes something possibly even more exciting - milkshakes!

And what better way to make an excuse to "escape" from your house for a few minutes - or to make a quick stop between errands - than to indulge your sweet tooth with this creamy treat?

Here are a few places Patch recommends you pop into:

• Johnny Rockets in Georgetown features hand-dipped premium ice cream milkshakes, available in a variety of flavors including Hershey's Chocolated, as well as old-fashioned malts, blended with real powdered malt.
• Good Stuff Eatery on Capitol Hill is a great stop if you're in that next of the woods. The toasted marshmallow milkshake has been hailed by critics as the best in the region.
•  in Clarendon offers 10 milkshake flavors including the "Tropical Hawaiian Shake" with vanilla ice cream, coconut, bananas and pineapple. At $4.99, it's a lot less pricey than a mid-winter tropical beach week. Other local locations include Mclean, Falls Church and Fair Oaks.

• in Arlington blends premium ice creams with "mix-in's" to create unique, one-of-a-kind milkshake concoctions like "Cherry Cheesecake," which includes milk, cheesecake-flavored ice cream and cherry pie filling.

Enjoy!