The Pink Book

About three months ago I became overwhelmed by the number of recommendations we were getting. It would seem that “certain behaviors” from my younger days might have stunted my ability to remember all of the places people so nicely told us about. So I decided I needed help. An address book would do the trick. I went to the local bookshop and bought the smallest one they had, which happened to come in only one color, Pepto-Bismol pink.



I entered state names by first letter into the book, as well as special pages for Canada and Mexico. Now whenever someone says in conversation, “when you are in ______ you MUST visit ______" it goes into the book. If I know this person well enough to know their address, I also add their name to the listing. For example: on the Baja page “ Surf spots K38 and K39, San Miguel (Husong’s bar)- Rick”. This way when I get trundled by the surf at K38 I’ll be reminded whose fault, namely Rick’s, it is. My goal is to visit the places recommended and send a postcard from there to the person who suggested it, or in Rick’s case my medical bill.
Of course if you recommend a place out west, where we will be early on in the trip, your odds of getting a card are higher than say if you suggest the everglades, but who knows I may just come through.