What better way to spend Fourth of July than in our Nation's Capital, right? Right. Well, we've already done that. Twice. So this year C & I are heading to nearby Philadelphia, the 10-year 'temporary' U.S. Capital while things were being moved from New York to DC. Neither one of us has ever been to Philly and we're excited, in a stars and stripes sort of way, not only because we'll be able to see things like Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, but also because we can run (or walk) up the steps of The Philadelphia Museum of Art. You know, like Rocky. And when it really comes down to it, isn't that what America is all about? Hot dogs, apple pie, and Rocky IV? Queue up Eye of the Tiger in the iPod. I'm rising up!

After Philly, when we've had quite enough of being patriotic, we're getting the hell out of the States and driving to Canada, where the drugs are cheap and the beer is Molson, eh? Unfortunately, we will have just missed Canada Day celebrations. However, we will be just in time for wedding celebrations. C's cousin is getting hitched, and we would never miss a family wedding in Montréal, where C & I had our own wedding about six (crap! six?) years ago. Should bring back some memories. Speaking of memories, Thursday night, I will probably be complicit in a bachelor party somewhere in Old Town, administering some karmic payback to the aforementioned cousin for the rough time he wrought upon me six years ago in that same city for my last night of bachelordom. Ahhh. Sweet revenge.

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