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The Holiday Inn Conference Center Lehigh Valley / Allentown, where I stayed during the weekend of July 22, 2006, is undoubtedly the most patriotic hotel I've ever stayed at. Everything about the place is American, right down to the Mexican immigrants cleaning the rooms and bussing the tables.

My friend Jeremy married his fiancée Sarah on Saturday, July 22, 2006 at the German Cultural Heritage Center in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.

A trip up to the Sunrise visitor center and a 1.5-mile trail starting more than 6000 feet above sea level.

Pictures taken at the 2006 Northwest Folklife Festival (www.nwfolklife.org)

A drive to Jerusalem and a visit to the Old City there.

February 24, 2006: A giant platter of 120 pieces of sushi prepared by Andy's Sushi Bar at Wholey's