well, i found some bikes to lust after. Two different brands, Mondonico
and Torelli!
There's a bike shop south of me (Spoke & Sprocket, near Tacoma) that seems to specialize in steel road bikes. They have a lot of ITALIAN Stuff. yes, I'm italian too.
They also think it's important to have room for fenders.

No photo yet, but it's certainly distracted me from what I should be doing today, that qualifies as bike lust