Personal Narrative: My First Anniversary On The Santa Monica Pier

On April 27th2003 my wife (Sara) and I spent our first Anniversary on the Santa Monica Pier in California. There was a carnival going on with a giant Ferris wheel. Tables and booths lined the pier. The aroma of cotton candy and popcorn mixed with the saltiness of the ocean air. As we walked my wife became fascinated by a man painting. He was painting on mirrors, just not with brushes or cans. He was using his finger nails. As the man painted her eyes lit up and a smile widened on her face she did not dare look away until the man was done. Though only a few minutes passed that was all it took for him to paint an ocean scene at sunset.
I couldn’t believe all that he captured. A sky that was alive with purple and white swirls, birds in the