Found: Perfect summer shorts

Now I know I've professed a significant amount of ambivalence about girls in shorts, but I fell in love with the perfect pair this morning. I went to West Hartford, Connecticut, to tape a segment about the Summer Resorts Guide (Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Newport, and the Hamptons—all here!) and just my luck, the NBC affiliate was about 20 feet from the best mall in the state. Obviously, we had a do a tour of all of West Farms offerings before we could drive back to the city, which is how I found myself buying this pair of delicately printed ikat shorts at J. Crew. They're just the right length without being overly scandalous (I've seen a ton of too short, shorts lately—you guys, too?).