v-day brawl

I'm jealous if you live in

Philidelphia

Boston

New York

or DC.

to see

You know what's the best?

My iGoogle homepage application, "Places to See," that's what.

Everyday it pops up on my dashboard with a new picture of somewhere beautiful I ought to visit.

Here was today's:

Guess what?

I've been there:

Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin, Ireland

check.

simple pleasures

Let me break it down for you:

 Me

+ 

The nurse at the front desk who recognized my

Cath Kidston

coin purse 

=

Immediate bond/
Automatic day-maker.

She gets a gold star for sure.

leaves after it rains look like...

100% humidity

don't you wish we all looked like this:

via

on a rainy day?

don't worry,

I just pulled out my knee-high plastic boots instead