I must be a lucky, lucky girl.

This is my bike. I love it. It's a seriously happy bike...everything that constitutes sparkles and fluff.

We live on a slight hill so the greatest joy comes from pedaling out of the garage and gloriously whizzing down the street - feet up, hair blowing and letting out a loud WEEEEE!!! as I gleefully cruise on to the end of my cul-de-sac.

I am a lucky girl, it seems, to have this bike. As I was researching images of my lovely friend for this post, I realized through chats and messages that this bike is deeply coveted in the world of cruisers, bike geeks and design freaks all around.

It seems it is hard to find. It is the Petro Zillia by Electra bikes and was a collaborative design effort by Electra and the chief designer Nony Tochterman of the fashion design company Petro Zillia. I was lucky enough to receive it for Mother's Day a few years back from my awesome kid and doubly awesome husband. He knew what he was doing. He's both a bike geek and a design freak.

See, I found it in a catalog and super-imposed my face into the ad and then not-so-subtly posted my creation above my loving husband's computer with the intention of him finding it and (hopefully) getting a good laugh. I loved the detail on this bike. It was not lacking in the details...everything was considered. I can appreciate that.

I was oh-so-excited to realize my wish on Mother's Day that year with the picture handed back to me in a card telling me it would soon be mine. ALL MINE. I can't go on long road rides with my husband with this bike, but I can cruise to the pool with a drink in the basket and enjoy my alone time with the wind whipping through my hair and the breeze on my face. Ahh....summer can't come soon enough.