Being a Tourist

(Aaron being a tourist at Bubba Gump's on the Santa Monica Pier.)

Don't you hate being taken for a tourist? You know the people walking around taking pictures of every little thing. Standing in front of the ferris wheel, the pier, the museum sign, at the restaurant. Yup, you feel like a jerk. Yet at the same time, you want some sort of reminder that you were there. Tangible evidence that you were actually there.

So it's a fine line. You'd love to take those pictures if only no one saw you doing it. But in order to have them to reminisce and laugh about years later you have to bite your tongue and sit there, putting on that fake smile that says, "I'm really enjoying this. This is fun."

And because we get so much company here in Palm Springs I guess we do our share of trying to pretend we're not tourists. But heck we need the tourists. And, when it is your own relatives you do crazy things because you love them. So keep on coming. We love you all.