Ready to Cruise

I must begin by saying that usually my gondola doesn't look like this.
There's often a healthy amount of dust and salt everywhere.
Only after a fair dosage of preparation and primping does she reach the "all dressed up" point, and this evening, while the light was still good and just before my passengers arrived, I snapped a few photos of her.
I think if my gondola could talk she'd say something like "remember me this way".