Soma Buena Vista mixte, by Tim Kinney

Some of the finest commercial frames being made are from Soma IMHO

http://www.somafab.com/

They are one of several companies who are bringing back the Mixte frame, which was popular with European bicycle campers back in the 70's and 80's.

Their mixte frame is the Buena Vista and I've wanted one ever since I saw it in a magazine ad.  The price was a little bit above my threashold of pain until Niles got one in Recycled Bikes.  It was for a customer project which fell thru, and Niles gave me a good deal on it. I built it up as a City Bike: