the perfect day!

it really and truly was...

it began with the best weather of the year and an early morning spin class

while i was at the gym, charlie scouted out 2 estate sales

and scored some classic record finds:
3 Little Pigs
Hans Brinker & The Silver Skates
Hansel & Gretel
Walt Disney - 30 Favorite Classic Songs
Night on Bald Mountain from Fantasia

{the chipmunk record will be a great addition to our "Muppets and John Denver" Christmas CD}

he also bought me this fun prize

My Fair Lady staring Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews

...wait, Julie Andrews?...

this is the record of the stage musical and not the movie staring Mrs. A. Hepburn

I do have the vinyl of the movie/musical but

I can't wait to hear Mrs. Andrews take on all of my favorite songs

then we hit up my two favorite resale stores in the world...

Blue Bird & Catholic Charities

by this time we had worked up quite the appetite and headed over to our favorite

crepe and waffle joint...The Brownstone Cafe

they have the best nutella and "very thin pancake" concoctions you can imagine!

as we were leaving Charlie spied an interesting looking

i.e. orville redenbacher's doppelganger

person standing outside of a Tin Soldier / rare-book-and-print store.

Never one to shy away from a memorable conversation, Charlie started visiting with Orville.

One thing led to another and we ended up going inside to stand agape at all of the

Ernest Hemingway

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ludwig Bemelmans (Madeline)

Cormac McCarthy
Ayn Rand

SIGNED first editions

these beauties cost upwards of $15,000 - $40,000 and were in great condition.

'Ol Orville didn't disappoint in the conversation department and we promised to come back

when we had an extra 20K laying around to invest.

On our way home charlie found another estate sale going on

where he, newly inspired, picked up a few classics for our library...

i hit the pool and finished Steve Martin's biography "Born Standing-Up"

drove over to eat dinner with my lovely Mama at Happy Lamp

and then visited the Twardowski family.

what more can a gal ask for:

glorious weather

challenging workout class

one-on-one time with the sweetest man in the world

allowing myself to enjoy the moment

unexpected discoveries

family togetherness

get really excited for the future

stop & take everything in...