Getting a Tan It was cold and rainy at the Atlantic Ocean resort where I was spending my vacation, but I finally bundled up and went down to the beach. There I saw a man in a bathing suit, lying on a large beach blanket. I walked up to him and asked why he was punishing himself that way. ""I've been waiting all year for this vacation so I could get some color,"" he said. ""And I'm going to get it - even if it's blue.""