I out riding this morning on a new route for me. I passed this dress shop and there was a really cute dress (for dd) in the window and I turned my head to check it out. I turned back to looking straight ahead just in time to see a curb about 12 inches in front of my wheel. I braked and turned left and then righ and narrowly missed slamming into the curb. Luckly, there was no car traffic at that moment either. Turns out it was one of those streets where the corners jut out in front of the parking spaces to make it easier to cross the street. Had I turned back forward facing a second or two later I would have had a major crash, and nobody to blame but myself. I was wearing my heartrate monitor and shot from ~140 to >165 in just a moments time. good reminder to keep my eyes on the road.