Venice Canals.

I want to go to Europe. 

Bad.

I'm dying to see France, Spain, Germany, Italy...

I could go on and on. 

We were planning a trip for this past December, 

but once Ryan received a job offer in Los Angeles beginning in January,

we decided we definitely needed to postpone our Euro-trip. I was so excited about moving 

(and also, being the extreme micromanager I am, 

maybe a tad worried about the logistics of it all), 

I knew I wouldn't be able to thoroughly enjoy being out of the country just before our move.

But Saturday, we discovered this little slice of Italy in California!

In case your knowledge of Venice, California is slim (mine was),

there's more to it than just the crazies on the Venice Beach boardwalk.

Just a few blocks away from the beach, we found these beautiful canals.

And now, Ryan is dying to live here. Which works for me because I would just

buy a gondola and hire someone to drive me around in it all day, 

while I sit under an umbrella, sipping coffee and writing.

So if anyone wins the lottery and has a few mil to loan us, feel free.

You can come over any time you'd like and join me for a gondola ride. 

This can be my new house.

I'll take this house, too.