Banana Chaise With Canopy and Other Silly Things

A few weeks ago, my friend S. and I were in Z. Gallerie, which is a "pretty useless things" kind of a store. Right up front, positioned like expensive cereal, was an item called something like "banana chase with canopy." It was basically a chaise lounge made of banana-tree wood, and it had a canopy made of linen that went over the top. S. thought it looked v. comfortable, and I agreed, but what a useless furniture item. I mean, where do I put it? In my tiny bedroom? Next to the high chair in the kitchen? Perhaps in front yard, so the pirates next door can observe me peeling grapes? I mean, please.

Feeling righteously indignant, I swore I would never purchase such a silly thing. Then, yesterday, I found myself in Babies R Us staring at something called the Baby Cabana. It's basically a baby-sized pup-tent designed to protect the young'uns from sun exposure. I looked at the Baby Cabana. I looked at my fair-skinned, red-headed little angel smiling at me from the cart. I looked at the Baby Cabana. I thought of melanoma. I looked at the Baby Cabana. I looked at her mottled skin under the harsh lighting of a warehouse store.

You know how this story ends.

Banana Chaise with Canopy.