Boston hit 102 degrees yesterday and is already stewing in the 90's today ... everyone around me is complaining, but I couldn't feel more at home - must be the Florida in me. I have already written about how I'm a native Floridian ... I was born and raised in South Florida back in "the day". As in, a time when Florida was truly a world apart ... there was no highway, no development, and no urban sprawl. I literally grew up in a tropical wonderland, dotted with tiny bungalow style homes ... we kept an aviary of tropical birds as our pets and had a dune buggy out in the driveway to explore the miles and miles of empty coastline. Hard to imagine that I'm writing about South Florida, which today is so overdeveloped it could be considered urban by any standards.
And although I haven't lived full-time in Florida for 20 years, the 'Florida' in me is definitely still alive and well ... like today with this heat wave and every March when I've had just about enough of this silly annual New England event called winter. And then there's also evidence of it when I see something like this and my heart skips a beat:
These jeeps were introduced exclusively for Lilly Pulitzer about 2 years ago to commemorate the company's 50th anniversary. When I go back to visit my family in Florida, I get to see one of these beauties daily as it's parked outside of the Lilly store in my hometown. The company owns several of them, but they have also sold a few to private owners as well (it's basically a $6,000 option to have the Lilly 'wrap' put onto the car, you order it thru a Jeep dealership located in Atlanta) ... if money were no object, I'd drive this festive car every day! I fully realize that many people see this and get turned off by all those bright colors and patterns in one place, but I can't help but smile when I see this colorful whimsical jeep - must be the Florida in me?
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How cute is that jeep?! I would love one too if money were no object! Of course, I would rather drive it in Florida...I was meant to live some where warmer! I always tell my husband that we are going to retire there! We will live in a retirement community, drive a golf cart and play BINGO in the evenings with all the other old people!
Oh my...that is quite the jeep!!!:)
Love the bright colors, and even though it would fit in a little better in FL, I could turn quite a few heads driving that around IL huh???:) The girls would love it anyway!
We haven't been to FL in over a year, but we are always amazed and a little bit "wigged out" by the traffic and amount of people! We are enjoying the simpler life here...even though we could do without all that snow!
Enjoy the night
Never been to FL. And humidity is my death note. AZ is hot, but humidity is rare. Glad it's you and not me.
Never been to FL. And humidity is my death note. AZ is hot, but humidity is rare. Glad it's you and not me.
LOVE it! How fun would that be to tool around in? I found a pic of the cutest VW bug all decked out in a Marimekko paint job. I wanted that baby so bad!
You are so funny! Thanks for your kind comment! You must of missed the part where I said my cookies are hard as ROCKS!! :)
i find that i am the ONLY one around here that is not complaining about the heat...i'm loving it too!!! i'm in western MA and people find time to complain whether its snowing or heat wave!!! a pink lilly pulitzer jeep....i'm in love!!!!!
Haha, it is SUPER warm where I live, too! I don't love it, but I am definitely used to it by now :)
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