Pacific Grove and the worst thing ever!!
August 13, 2018
This weekend, we went on our first family trip and it was such a fun experience. We were worried because we started sleep training Kota literally the day before, but he was such a fun baby all weekend! Even when we dunked him in the swimming pool, he just gasped for a minute or so.. but then he was fine! We are slowly getting used to this three person family life.
SO. We went to Pacific Grove, right? And I was LOVING IT. For example, we visited our favorite sandwich shop in the area and explored this beautiful secluded beach called Lover's Point. The water was crystal blue and there were chunky squirrels among the rocks! And as we walked along the shore, almost as a welcome sign, there were Chinese lanterns everywhere! We asked a shop keeper what they were about and she explained that it was a celebration of the original Chinese settlers in the area. WOW WHAT A WOKE TOWN.
NO!
No!
Because THIS. IS. THE. FEAST. OF. LANTERNS:
Yessssssss..... this is what it is. I don't even want to tell you how Jon and I spent our evening after Kota went to sleep (eating deep dish pizza while watching 30 minutes of the Feast of Lanterns play that features an evil Mandarin, belly dancers, and Japanese kimonos?) But I will tell you that it is crazy and it is so completely racist, and Jon read op-eds for 2 hours, mostly summarized by a Pacific Grove-ian who stated "it's not racist, and also we will never change."
You almost won me over with your fat squirrels, Pacific Grove! But then you busted out these gwai-lows with oriental headdresses. You are the worst and we will only come back if we get another good deal at the Hyatt Regency.
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