I Wanted To Live In A Houseboat

Things About Me You Didn't Know

Heaven is a little closer in a home by the water. - Anonymous

Have you ever fancied living in a houseboat?

I have. Soon after I watched the 1958 romantic comedy, Houseboat.

It stars Cary Grant (Tom), a widower struggling to raise three children on his own after his wife's death. After meeting the charming and beautiful Cinzia (Sophia Loren) at a concert, he hires her as a live-in nanny in a rented houseboat.

Unbeknownst to Tom, Cinzia is actually a European socialite on the run from her domineering father and has absolutely no experience with cooking, cleaning or raising children.

She does, however, have an interest in Tom.

So there's the plot. Delightfully romantic, I will concede.

What does it have to do with this blog's premise? 

Nothing.

Except that I thought how fun it would be to literally live in a home that floats. 

To wake up to a waterfront view every day.

Wind in your hair. Sun on your face. 

Dark nights, bright stars.

Couldn't life be simpler? 

Just add water.