omg and the video?! Perfection.

I couldn't have asked for a better gift after my day today.

of course, Meghan's response

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Jon sent me that article and as soon as I saw Anna and Andre I had to forward it to Meghan.  I said I couldn't believe she was missing this.

The email response I woke up to from her:

"Omg me neither!!!!! It's killing me. Though I am sitting in a piazza in the middle of ischia, so life ain't bad. (Internet service is super spotty though - will write more when we are off this island!) xoxoxoxo"

Makes sense.  

this will be my song of the summer

More of this please.

my hood

Yesterday Gala asked me to send her pics of where I lived because Laura wanted to live in this area.  I sent her that picture and said, "it's basically the Golden Girls".

It has been nice to remember how beautiful my neighborhood is.  I made it home tonight in time to run at sunset.

I didn't go in the water, although it looked very appealing.

From any angle.

And of course, luxury cars.

So many luxury cars...

So yeah Laura, you should move to my neighborhood.  I might need somebody to rent my apartment for a couple months anyways.

a place for everything

The best part about these closet organizers is that the detective can use them to sleep in.

That's definitely why I bought them.

it's a beautiful day

I got called in to work later today which is just as well, but it motivated me to go for a run so I could at least enjoy some part of this amazing day.

I ran down A1A, where I'm amazed that they are still cleaning up from hurricane Sandy.

After I cleared the construction I continued to be distracted by things like this:

It kind of looks like the perfect job.

My eyes kept wandering to the perfect beach weather until I finally gave in and went for a swim.  It was so worth it.

I wasn't the only one enjoying this amazing day.  On my way back home I encountered this beauty: 

I thought it was funny that I saw a white lamborghini, a red and silver ferrari, and a midnight blue ferrari before I encountered a car that actually stopped me in my tracks to take a picture.  What got me was the interior: 

Talk about wood trim!  I also couldn't help but notice that the logos on the hubcaps are properly aligned, do you think they move independently like spinners?  

Hopefully the next time I see this car I won't have to go to work and I can just wait until the owner comes so I can ask them.  What do you think the person is like who drives that?  

I'm guessing they are fantastic.  

rabbit rabbit rabbit

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It's May!  Another month down, unfortunately I can't feel good about myself until after this week, but still, one month further from the past and closer to the future.

So far we're off to a good start.  I told the girl at Starbucks that my name is Benjamin, this is what she heard:

almost!

And in case you're wondering what the Detective has been up to so far this new month here's a little peek in to his new life:

perhaps you noticed that he's sitting in a different spot on the couch.  Watch out world.

Speaking of fat cats, here's a very nice guy for May: