The Lobster Returns
Damn it! I did it again! I took White Dog for her midday walk without putting sunscreen on. I just noticed that my face and arms are a nice shade of pink/red.
In my old neighborhood, I got the nickname “Lobster” because of my propensity to have sunburned face and arms. That was mainly due to my driving around in a convertible w/ the top permanantly down, without sunscreen (or a cap- I don’t like caps).
Down at the beach, it was pretty easy to even-up my “farmers tan”- an hour poolside with the reflections worked wonders. And if I really wanted to get rid of the tan lines, I could hit one of the dozen or so tanning salons, all competing for business with cheap packages.
This is pretty trivial, but there are NO tanning salons in downtown LA. (I think there are a couple over by USC). I’m not sure if this is a business opportunity or not, given peoples fear of sun-damage, but give me a high-end tanner and I’ll get brown- not orange like the cheap tanning beds, or worse like a “fake spray tan” gone bad.
As much as I hate putting more stuff on my skin, I guess I have to break out the sunscreen and remember to USE IT. Otherwise this web site will become “Red Man / White Dog”.