Comments on: Column: Adventures in Multicultural Living

By: Kenji

Kenji — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:49:24 +0000

Thanks for mentioning my dog. She has freckles, too, on her belly. I think it’s a pit bull thing. In Japan where I come from, I grew up with women, like my mother, who were very protective of their skins. They would walk outside with a parasol on a hot summer day. But at the same time, I had friends who were avid skiers and surfers who didn’t care much about getting tanned.

By: Mena

Mena — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:59:45 +0000

I am always the darkest among my friends and proud of it. I’d be under the sun hours and hours working in the garden planting flowers. It’s safe and don’t worry. One friend just said lately that she is jealou of my tan! The doctor still said that I need more Vitamin D!

By: Barbara Annis

Barbara Annis — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:05:42 +0000

Interesting article. It has been a very long time since anyone I knew tanned. Too dangerous. Cover up, cover up, cover up — black, white and everyone in between. Maybe those Asian elders knew something we didn’t?