Money, Money, Money Must Be Funny in a Rich Man's World

Went out to lunch and on a boat ride today with my mom's friend Patty. It was a really nice time. The boat took us around the Naples bay where all the wealthy Neapolitans live. And oh boy do they know how to live. The houses were ridiculously fancy and the prices? None less that $7 million. The most expensive? A mere $90 million. Oh and that starting $7M is just to build the house, not to buy the lot on which the house will sit.

It was pretty interesting to see and gape at yet at the same time Patty voiced exactly what I was thinking, "I wonder how much the Three Cups of Tea guy could do with the money spent to build these." (See this post for further clarification) And the people who own these houses don't even live in them most of the time, they're just "summer homes" (though usually occupied in the winter months).

We also saw a bottle-nosed dolphin! It saw up beside the boat and was jumping in the water - so that was really cool to see. We spotted lots of Pelicans, too.

But for all that rich and famous lifestyle gives, I'd rather live in an apartment in Brooklyn than in a multi-million dollar home on Naples Bay.